Just when the officials of the competition organizer were about to announce that Han Xiangfei won the first place in the cooking competition, Han Xiangfei suddenly stood up and said that he could not win this award. As soon as he said this, not only the audience, the judges, Even Ningxi and Rong Daquan were stunned. Did this kid have water in his head? If you don’t want to win the prize, what are you doing in the competition?
The official’s expression changed, and he was about to angrily scold him for being nonsense, but Han Xiangfei said, “Please calm down your anger, sirs, and let Caomin understand the truth.”
“Okay, say it!” The official still loved him very much, and wanted to hear what he had to say.
I just heard Han Xiangfei say: “That day, Caomin drew lots to draw the name of the dish ‘Sand Boat Ta Cui’. For many days, I couldn’t figure it out. I happened to meet Ningxi girl one day. Knowing that in the desert area, sand boat is the name of camel, so I can think of using camel’s palm to make this dish. It can be said that if there is no Ning girl, this dish can’t be cooked by Caomin, so Caomin really dare not do it. To take this award with a cheeky face, this big brother Rong really deserves it.”
Not only Rong Daquan also shook his head and said, “Actually, my ‘Red Plum Fragrance Bead’ was inspired by a dish that Ning Xi once cooked. If Brother Han said he dared not take this award, then I don’t dare. These days, if I hadn’t been by Ning Xi’s side, I had benefited a lot in cooking. How could I have this level of cooking today? To be honest, it’s Feining The stream is none other than the stream.”
These remarks made the audience in the audience wonder, who is this Ningxi girl whom the two superb chefs admire so much? Someone who has watched the first two games came out to explain: “This Ningxi is a little girl who scored first in both the preliminary round and the semi-finals.”
“It’s actually a little girl? Then why didn’t she come to the finals? Could it be that there is something unfair in it?” The voices of doubt gradually increased, and the audience asked the organizer to explain why the chef Ning Xi, the best performer, could not participate in the finals.
Actually, the organizer also felt very wronged, such a young female chef, what a publicity stunt, she obviously had to withdraw from the competition.
While there was a lot of noise, suddenly a waiter rushed in in a panic: “Sir, it’s not good, someone is coming to kick the hall!”
“What to do, make it clearer.”
“Yes, it’s a Japanese who came with an apprentice, clamoring for a challenge.”
At this time, someone had already barged in. It really was a middle-aged man in his forties. He was wearing a black kimono. Next to him was a man in his twenties with a wooden barrel in his hand. He strode in proudly.
Ningxi saw that it was Taichi Ito, who had met at the beach last time.
Meng Shuangshuang grabbed Ning Xi’s hand nervously: “Ning Xi, why is this person here?”
Ning Xi said: “I’m afraid it’s coming for me, the person who comes is not good!”
“What about that?”
“It’s okay, I’ll meet him for a while, it’s nothing to worry about.”
Ito Taichi took his apprentice directly to the stage, and the officials on the stage shouted: “Who is here, how dare you be so arrogant?”
The young Japanese man said: “Master Ito is the first person in Yamato’s ethnic cuisine. I traveled abroad. I passed by this place recently. , so dare to challenge.” The man spoke Chinese fluently.
Being so insulted, no one could bear it. Han Xiangfei said angrily, “I dare to speak up in a small place. Today, I will show you what real food is.”
The young Japanese man shook his head arrogantly: “It’s just you, it’s not worthy of our master Ito to do it yourself, we are going to challenge a girl named Ningxi today.”
“Ningxi?” Everyone on the stage involuntarily looked towards Ningxi’s direction.
Ning Xi had to stand up: “Then I’ll come to experience Mr. Ito’s cooking skills!” After speaking, he walked up the stage and clasped his fists at the other party, “Mr. Ito, we meet again, what? Is it because you lost in the sashimi competition last time, you are not convinced?”
As soon as the audience heard it, they immediately cheered.
Ito Taichi’s face suddenly turned ugly, and his apprentice said: “We are guests from afar. We propose the topic of this competition. You shouldn’t have any opinions, right?”
“No, this is so unfair.” Rong Daquan said angrily.
Ning Xi smiled slightly: “Okay, it’s up to you to decide the topic.”
“Ningxi!” Rong Daquan called her anxiously.
“Don’t worry!” Ning Xi said confidently. From the first time she met, she could see that Taichi Ito was impetuous and liked flashy things. Such a person can’t settle down and really study cooking with his heart. Therefore, she believes that this person’s cooking skills will not be any better, and she is still confident that she will outperform him.
“Then do this!” The young Japanese put the wooden barrel in his hand in front of Ningxi, “Fugu!”
Ning Xi was startled and looked up at Taichi Ito, only to see a smug smile on the corner of his mouth: “How about it? If you don’t dare, say it out loud three times in public, ‘Dazhou’s food is not as good as Dongying’.”
He came prepared this time. Since he lost to Ningxi on the beach last time, Taichi Ito has been worried and always wanted to find a chance to retaliate, so he has been paying attention to Ningxi’s movements, knowing that she is cooking In the final of the art competition, the dish “Xishi Ru” was drawn, but she actually withdrew from the competition. The sensitive Ito Taichi immediately guessed that Ning Xi was afraid to cook this dish.
There is also a tradition of eating puffer fish in Dongying, but puffer fish is highly poisonous. A little carelessness in cooking will cause toxins in the fish. Therefore, it has been a rule since ancient times that the first puffer fish must be cooked by the person who cooks the puffer fish. Chefs taste it with their own mouths, but no matter how careful they are, there are times when there are hundreds of secrets, so every year, there are dozens of chefs who die from eating poisonous puffer fish.
Ito Tai knew that Ningxi would not dare to make puffer fish, probably because he did not dare to eat the first mouthful of puffer fish. This situation is also very common in Dongying. Many chefs with superb cooking skills, especially women, do not. The courage to cook fugu.
He grasped this point and dared to break into the door at this time, wanting to give Ning Xi a disgrace.
Ning Xi had been silent for too long, and Jun Qianyu felt that something was wrong. She should not have hesitated so much. Then, when she heard some noise from the side, she turned around and saw that it was Meng Shuangshuang. Desperately trying to rush up, someone stopped him: “Girl, don’t be impulsive, you really can’t go up.”
“Let me go, they are bullying people!” Meng Shuangshuang said eagerly.
Jun Qianyu motioned to the people beside him to bring Meng Shuangshuang over: “What’s the matter?”
Meng Shuangshuang said: “Lord Yu, you must help Ning Xi. They must have done it on purpose. They must have heard that Ning Xi dare not be a puffer fish, so they said so.”
“Oh? Why doesn’t Ning Xi dare to be a puffer fish?”
“Because someone had eaten the puffer fish made by Ningxi before and died of poisoning, this incident has left a great shadow on Ningxi. Since then, she has never dared to make puffer fish again. In this competition, she The dish drawn in the lottery was puffer fish, which is why she quit.”
Jun Qianyu was shocked: “So it is.”
He just wanted to speak out to stop the competition, when he suddenly heard Ning Xi say: “Compete, I want us to admit defeat, daydreaming!” Her voice was steady as before, no one knew that she was using her own I mustered up the courage to say these words after pinching my thighs with my fingers.
The two puffer fish brought by Taichi Ito are both male and female. There are male and female puffer fish. They have testes and ovaries in their bodies. The ovaries are highly poisonous, but the testes are non-toxic and edible.
The testis of puffer fish is commonly known as Yubai, which is the so-called Xi Shi milk, which is the most delicious part of puffer fish.
Taichi Ito picked the female puffer fish first, and Ningxi took the male puffer fish. The male puffer fish has testicles, which can be used to make a Rouge Shih Tzu milk.
Ningxi forced himself to be calm and calm, try his best to stabilize his hands, cut open the puffer fish to remove the dirty, under the fish fillet, rinse it with running water repeatedly, until the fish meat is white and bloodless before use, and the same is true for fish white, First remove the surrounding bloodshots, then add a little salt and alum, rub off the mucus, rinse it repeatedly, and then change the water and soak it several times before it is safe to eat.
It seems that I have returned to the time when I first learned the art. I am very careful and careful. When I cut the knife, it is neither too deep nor too shallow. I will never touch the place that should not be touched. I will carefully distinguish the internal organs. Clearly, a pair of fish eyes, a pair of livers, a pair of kidneys, a pair of fish gallbladders, and a piece of fish skin are all intact and unbroken.
The rinsed fish meat and fish white were carefully inspected, and there was no bloodshot. Ning Xi finally settled down and started cooking.
Add seasoning and steam until cooked, cook with a spoon, cook the seasoning, make the stock, then simmer with a spoon, use the red soup boiled with amaranth to color, then collect the juice to thicken it, and turn it over with pepper oil.
Finally, Ningxi presented a delicious and beautiful dish – Rouge Xishi Milk.
At this time, Taichi Ito’s dish was also ready. It was a fugu choy sum soup. The puffer fish was fresh and sweet, and it was delicious when paired with the tender choy sum. It was just between the white fish and the green choy sum. Mixed with bright red dots, upon closer inspection, it was actually puffer fish eggs.
Ning Xi was stunned: “These fish eggs…” The fish eggs are poisonous and should not be eaten. Even if he is eager to win, he shouldn’t be so bold.
Ito Taichi did not intend to use puffer fish roe for cooking, but he did not expect that Ning Xi would agree to compete with him. He knew Ning Xi’s craftsmanship. In order to increase the odds of winning, he had to risk it. But the taste is also extremely delicious roe.
Taiichi Ito: “The toxicity of the roe is not too strong. After cooking for a long time, only a small part of the toxicity remains, which is not fatal. On the contrary, it will cause a slight dizziness when eating, which makes people feel fluttering. It feels like a fairy.”
Ning Xi said: “But how much toxicity remains is extremely difficult to control, how can you disregard the safety of people’s lives for that illusory feeling?”
Tai Ito smiled disdainfully and said, “The first bite of this dish that I made, of course, I also tasted it myself. Why, isn’t Miss Ning afraid to eat the puffer fish you made?”