"Tsk, you actually have the same score as those guys."

Looking at the scores his team got, Chef Xiao Li secretly gritted his teeth.

However, he was relieved in his heart. You must know that the question this time was quite unfavorable to them. Thanks to the master's excellent knife skills, he was able to win back the victory. If he lost to Xinyue Xuan, it might be a long time in the future.

I can't even lift my head.

Xiao Li glanced at Chef Lin next to him and found that his face was calm and steady.

As expected of a chef, he was indifferent to this. Could it be that he expected this?

But what he didn't see was that the slightly trembling hands behind Chef Lin had already betrayed his true inner thoughts.

"It's almost ready."

Watching the third team withdraw, Bai Qiyun shouted to Xiang Ling who was guarding the oven, asking her to stop what she was doing.

"oh!"

Roasting duck is not a difficult task. What is difficult is how to control the temperature of the roast duck so that it is in the best condition when it comes out of the oven. This is the natural advantage of the holder of the Eye of God.

This is something only Xiangling can do.

"Next, let's welcome the last group of contestants! They are young chefs who have become famous in the land of Liyue. Let's wait and see what kind of performance they will bring to us this time!"

Hey, hey, hey, is this guy too excited?

Seeing the host on the stage looking almost crazy, Bai Qiyun felt like he had goosebumps all over his body.

It's obviously just a cooking showdown, don't make it look like a life and death arena.

Seeing the service staff bringing the roast ducks to the judges' table one by one, Bai Qiyun's slightly impetuous mood became unusually calm.

It’s too late for those who should work hard, now is the time to be tested.

Different from ordinary roast duck, the roast duck served by two people is not sliced ​​in the street restaurants but is served whole, and guests need to cook it themselves.

Ke Qing, who was sitting on the far side, looked straight away, as if he didn't recognize Bai Qiyun and the two of them, and picked up a few pieces of duck meat from the small blade on the side.

The stainless steel blade scratched the duck skin, making a crisp sound, which made the girl raise her eyebrows.

But when the knife at hand was inserted into the meat, there was a slight change. The softer meat made the tip of the knife feel like a fish in water inside the duck.

With a single stroke of Ke Qing, a large piece was immediately removed.

Such a smooth feel cannot be achieved by firm duck meat.

Pull out a piece of roast duck with a knife, and you will see that under the crispy skin, a layer of yellow and white is connected to the tender white meat.

When you get closer and smell it, a rich aroma spurts out from it, including the smell of duck, fish, and a bit of mushroom aroma.

"This is..."

Ke Qing, who had little talent in eating, looked at Zhongli beside her for help, but the man just looked at it for a few moments and then swallowed the roast duck in front of her without any intention of answering her.

Seeing this, Keqing didn't care about anything else, and directly stuffed the piece of meat in front of her into her mouth, chewing it carefully.

When you put it in your mouth, the oily aroma of the grilled duck skin immediately rushes back and forth in your mouth, making you feel satisfied.

Then a hint of fish aroma slowly spreads under the cover of duck skin. Under the melted duck fat, the fish meat becomes more and more tender.

Thanks to Xiangling, the fish meat wrapped inside the duck did not lose its characteristics due to the fierce fire. Instead, it retained the most distinctive feature of the fish meat - tenderness.

Chunks of garlic clove meat ran wildly in her mouth, making Keqing think she was eating grilled fish instead of roast duck.

But just when the fish meat was about to disappear in the mouth, a familiar taste appeared on the tip of the tongue again.

It's more elastic than fish meat and firmer than duck meat.

This thing is....

"mushroom?"

After swallowing the food in her mouth, Keqing couldn't wait to cut open the duck skin on one side again and took out a part of the 'duck meat'.

I saw some mushroom pellets scattered between the gaps between the subsequent fish layers.

Wrapped in heavy fat, these little things are extremely inconspicuous, and their existence can only be discovered when diners chew them themselves.

"I see."

On the other side, Zhongli put down the tableware in his hands and silently savored the taste in his mouth.

Although he only tasted it, he roughly understood the principle.

It is truly a very innovative yet very solid dish on a conservative path.

Using fish meat instead of duck meat to complete roast duck may sound very bold at first, but if you calm down and think about it carefully, fish itself has its own uniqueness compared to duck meat, and that is tenderness.

But in a grilling environment, how to maintain this advantage without turning it into a disadvantage depends on the chef's skill.

Another point, if he felt correctly, the potato and fish paste used at the skin-meat joint was extremely soft.

Under normal circumstances, if you put it in the oven and bake it, it will never retain such a taste when it comes out of the oven.

That means the chef must have done something wrong.

Zhong Li calmly glanced at the cook girl in front of him, holding her waist, waiting for the judges to judge.

So that’s it, is it Xiangling?

With the help of the Eye of God, the direction and distribution of the flame can be perfectly controlled.

It is precisely with the help of this that this roast duck can achieve an obviously uneven distribution of heat in various places, but it is appropriate and reasonable.

In addition, using mushrooms to give the fish a different flavor is also a great trick. The fish itself is tender and tender, and when you chew it, you won’t have the satisfying feeling of the rich fat of duck meat itself.

But Bai Qiyun and the others made up for this by mixing some mushroom pellets soaked in oil between the fish. Although they did not completely replace the duck itself, they did their best to restore the duck meat without losing its own characteristics.

It can be described as an ingenious idea to achieve the satisfaction of roast duck itself.

But if you say this dish has no shortcomings, that's not the case.

As a roast duck, its most important aspect of eating is lacking.

The whole plate that was served contained only a solitary duck, no side dishes, wraps or anything else.

Of course, this is definitely not something Bai Qiyun and the other two have forgotten, and this is probably also their helpless move.

Because the fish itself has a bland taste, the whole dish is a bit bland without adding anything, let alone rolled into a pancake, which will only accentuate this shortcoming.

After going through all the pros and cons in his mind, Zhongli picked up the cardboard placed nearby and wrote down his score.

"Oh! The judges have given their scores one after another. In a while, in a while we will be able to witness the birth of the champion of this final!"

The panting host on the stage yelled so hard that Bai Qiyun's head hurt. Who asked him to stand closest to the stage?

Lian Yu and Mr. Yuan looked at each other's scores and smiled as expected.
Chapter completed!