"Huaixiang Group has nearly 100 top chefs, including five Chinese masters and eight masters. It is very difficult for me to stand out." Qiao Zhi analyzed rationally.

"The Chef King Competition is a chance for young chefs. Chefs above master level will not participate, and their age is also limited. Within 35 years old, we strive to select potential chefs."

Tao Nanfang said lightly, "You don't have to be humble. The fairy rice snow frost soup made for me and the pheasant hornet pot made for Xu Hexiang are qualified to participate in the main competition based on these two dishes. However, the chef industry is full of talents, and it is quite difficult to get the title of King of Chef."

Qiao Zhi had no expression on his face, "You have given me a problem."

Tao Nanfang smiled faintly, "Just use it as training yourself. I know you have great potential, so I let Ru Xue marry you. But as a man, you still have to show your talent to make women look at you with admiration."

Tao Nanfang was using the provocation method, and Qiao Zhi smiled and said, "Then I'll try it."

"It's not trying, but doing your best." Tao Nanfang's face darkened and said seriously, "If you don't achieve good results in the Chef King Competition, then you have to hand over the operating rights of the Internet celebrity canteen. This is a bet agreement."

Qiao Zhi underestimated Tao Nanfang. He originally thought she was willing to support her creativity, but she did not expect that she had other plans. He thought that as long as she agreed to participate in the Chef King Competition, she would agree no matter what plan she handed over.

She is not optimistic about her business plan, but just wants to lure herself into the Chef King Competition.

There are many experts in the Chef King Competition, and they are not only competing with skills, but also cooking skills.

It seems that Tao Nanfang is bound to win the Qiao family's imperial chef inheritance.

Qiao Zhi also knows Tao Nanfang's character very well. If he handed over everything he knew, he would lose his value.

No one is willing to fall into the trap. Cats teach tigers and have to keep their unique skills in climbing trees. Qiao Zhi is the same.

"Your dad is in good condition in Country M. There are the best instruments and equipment and experts and doctors there. I believe he will recover soon." Tao Nanfang's tone slowed down and comforted him.

Because Qiao Zhi's father suffered from heart disease, he is now in the best cardiac hospital in M ​​Country. The daily expenses are astronomical, and the Tao family bears all of them.

In order for his father to recover completely, Qiao Zhi had to swallow his anger and bear humiliation.

It is precisely because of this that the sisters Tao Ruxue and Tao Rushuang regard Qiao Zhi as a soft-hearted person.

"You actually know the relationship between the Tao family and the Qiao family, which has been continued since grandfather's generation. Your grandfather and Ru Xue's grandfather were colleagues and worked in the best restaurant in Jiangnan. Your grandfather was the chef of the restaurant at that time, and Ru Xue's grandfather was the boss and shopkeeper.

The Tao family was able to accumulate the first pot of gold, which was inseparable from your grandfather's superb cooking skills. Later, the Tao family transferred the industry abroad, and your grandfather refused to go abroad for the sake of his family, so he cut off contact.

When your grandfather passed away, Grandpa Ru Xue did not eat or drink for several days. He also made a will to marry Ru Xue. So you must be successful and become the independent chef like your grandfather."

Tao Ruxue followed Tao Nanfang's surname, so Tao Ruxue's grandfather was actually Tao Nanfang's father, that is, the normal grandfather.

Qiao Zhi had heard Tao Nanfang's words countless times, and his ears had been called out.

The truth is quite different from Tao Nanfang’s description!

In order to help the Tao family’s restaurant start, my grandfather not only worked hard, but also had a very low salary.

The restaurant was originally doing well, but because Tao Ruxue's grandfather became increasingly degenerate and had poor management, he even had no working capital to buy ingredients every day.

The restaurant had no choice but to go bankrupt and immigrate to the country. Before leaving, my grandfather gave all his savings to the Tao family.

Tao Ruxue's grandfather regained his old career abroad, returned to his old career, and slowly recovered his vitality. He returned to China twenty years ago, when his grandfather had already passed away.

Tao Ruxue's grandfather founded Huaixiang Group. He was very grateful for the timely help from the Qiao family back then, but Huaixiang Group was truly growing under Tao Nanfang's management.

Tao Nanfang himself did not have too much contact with the Qiao family, and even if he wanted to repay his kindness, he would not be so dedicated.

If it weren't for accidental hearing a recording, Qiao Zhi would have thought that his mother-in-law was very simple and a gentle and kind elder.

However, although Tao Nanfang was so cunning and had other plans, it was only superficial to Qiao Zhi, but it did not cause much harm to Qiao Zhi.

Qiao Zhi was not very disgusted with Tao Nanfang, but was more careful and cautious.

Qiao Zhi also believed that as he kept getting along, the thin film between him would sooner or later be pierced.

Qiao Zhi’s idea was a bit extravagant. He wanted to use his own efforts to melt the ice of this family.

Although in the eyes of others, their material life is very rich, their feelings are very poor.

To put it more bluntly, the emotional intelligence is very low...

I came to Xu Hexiang's ward, and it was just past eleven o'clock.

Seeing Qiao Zhi appear, Xu Hui greeted him with a smile, "You finally appeared. My dad said it more than ten times. What delicious food did you bring to him today."

In addition to the rooster huju, Qiao Zhi also prepared other dishes for Xu Hexiang. With Xu Hexiang's tricky taste buds, he also admired Qiao Zhi's cooking skills.

"I didn't bring it, Teacher Xu has to eat takeout today." Qiao Zhi joked.

"Then you get out of here." Xu Hexiang deliberately lost his temper in the house.

Xu Hui took the packed box from Qiao Zhi and smiled and said, "Dad, Xiao Qiao is joking. How can you be so snobbish?"

Xu Hexiang laughed, "I know he is joking. It is also a progress for him to comment with foodies of my level."

Xu Hexiang is right. Qiao Zhi has indeed collected valuable experience from Xu Hexiang these days. With the help of exchanges on food, Dayou Boya feels like a confidant when he meets Ziqi.

"Today I bring you the main dish: Dragon Playing with Pearls." Qiao Zhi opened the food box and the aroma was everywhere.

Xu Hexiang first looked at the color of the soup. The fish soup was thick and mellow and not greasy. He tried a bite of the fish meat, which was tender, fresh and elastic.

Dragon refers to crucian carp, and "bead" refers to the round shrimp in the soup, with a light yellow color, tender and crispy.

Xu Hexiang held a spoon in one hand and chopsticks in the other, drinking the soup carefully, and then tasted the fresh and tender fish meat, the rich soup without any slight odor, and the warm taste slid down the tip of his tongue.

His lips and tongue were occupied by deliciousness. He squinted his eyes slightly and bit his shrimp round.

The shrimps are full of smell, and the bullet mouth is tight. They roll a few times between the teeth before they reluctantly bite them.

When Xu Hui smelled such a scent, she couldn't bear it and quickly filled a bowl for herself.

"So fresh and delicious." Xu Hui praised with her thumb.

"You are too perfunctory." Xu Hexiang smiled bitterly, "How can such delicious food be described in two words?"

Xu Hui drank two more sips of the soup and felt her pores open all over her body. This was the first time she had such delicious fish soup.

"The ingredients are selected from the best wild Yangtze River crucian carp. Remove the scales of the crucian carp, the old skin of the lower jaw, gills and internal organs, and wash the black membrane of the belly wall; beat the shrimp into white water, crush them with the fat pigs, add egg yolk, wine, salt, starch, MSG, and onion and ginger juice to stir it into shrimp... This is an authentic Huaiyang dish."

Xu Hexiang commented.

"The biggest difficulty of this dish is the cooking method, which uses the 'blanch' method. Blanch, add one on top and one on the bottom. The water cannot be rolled away and needs to be heated slowly over low heat. You must have control over the temperature of the water. One more point will lead to the old age, and one less point will lead to the growth."

As soon as Xu Hexiang finished speaking, a young nurse poked her head out and smiled with a red face: "Teacher Xu, what are you eating today? It smells so good. This floor is full of fragrance."

"You're a coincidence, I'll put a bowl for you to try."

Xu Hexiang said with a smile.

Food must be shared, that is happiness.

Xu Hui gave Xu Hexiang a blank look. The amount of dragon playing with pearls is not large. The father and daughter can enjoy the food, and adding one person seems not enough.

Xu Hui is not greedy, but in the face of such delicious food, she really can't help but feel reluctant to eat alone.

"Hu, Hu, Hu..."

The delicious soup flowed into the little nurse's mouth. She quickly covered her mouth, for fear that a trace of soup would overflow, because wasting a drop was also a sin.

“It’s so delicious.”

The young nurse was so excited that she was about to cry.

"Where is this fish soup sold? I want to buy one."

"You can't buy it, but the chef is far away from the sky and close to you." Xu Hexiang took another sip of fish soup leisurely and immersed in the beauty of his taste buds.

The little nurse's eyes were fixed on Qiao Zhi and said in surprise: "Can I add you on WeChat?"

"I'm already married, so I can't add WeChat from the opposite sex casually." Qiao Zhi said awkwardly.

Xu Hui laughed secretly beside her. Qiao Zhi is really a straight man who doesn't mess with him.

"You misunderstood. I want to add you on WeChat and learn how to cook this dish from you." The young nurse looked shocked and disappointed, and she defended her with great reaction.

"The method of playing with dragons is easy to learn and can be found online. But it takes a solid foundation to make this taste." Qiao Zhi said with a smile, "After a while, I will open a store. When you go there to have a meal, you will have the opportunity to taste this dish."

The young nurse was about to arrive at Qiao Zhi's contact information and repeatedly asked to wait for the store to open, so she was extremely eager to push the address to herself.

Xu Hexiang said curiously: "You plan to open a restaurant and need a partner?"

Qiao Zhi immediately realized that Xu Hexiang wanted to invest, "There are already investors. However, I have a reluctant request. In the future, Teacher Xu will ask more publicity and take care of my business."

Xu Hexiang was slightly stunned and patted his thigh heavily, "No wonder he has treated me to various delicacies these days. It turns out that he is waiting for me here. Oh, there is no way, use other people's means to eat other people's short mouths, and when the store officially opens, I will definitely support you and recommend it to your old friends."

Xu Hexiang is a foodie. He has his own official account and other official accounts on Weibo.

As for his friends, they are all food experts. With his connections, Qiao Zhi's canteen will definitely become popular quickly.

After Qiao Zhi left, Xu Hui said curiously: "Dad, don't you never help others do publicity privately?"

Xu Hexiang took out a piece of paper, which was filled with the dishes that Qiao Zhi had cooked for him over the past few days, and sighed: "This kid is very considerate."

I have written a lot of comments on Huaiyang cuisine in food magazines over the years, and he prepared these dishes for me in order.

Everything gives me a new feeling.

I have to help him with this sincere and sincere heart.”
Chapter completed!