Chapter 74 "Skillfully Carved Pumpkin Crab"
Three food judges came to Xie Qingfeng's platform. Liu Yifan picked up a piece of dumpling skin, held it in front of him and looked up and down, and asked inadvertently: "Xie Qingfeng, are you preparing to make dumplings for us to eat?"
Liu Yifan's expressionless face made Xie Qingfeng unable to see what he was thinking.
I could only try to suppress the thumping mood, put the already pinched Sixi flower dumpling skin on a thin layer of flour chopping board, and replied in a calm tone as possible: "I am not very familiar with hairy crabs, and I am not sure about making big dishes, so I chose to make a traditional, Chinese pastry-style Sixi crystal dumpling."
"I am worthy of being a straight-forward brother, this is too straight-forward!" The audience in the live broadcast room felt amused and laughed when they heard Xing Feng's answer.
It's no one to tell your shortcomings.
"I was surprised by the idea of breaking out the crab noodles to make up for my shortcomings in this regard. The idea was a bit like that. The Sixi Crystal Dumpling Skin is very complete and the basic skills of Baikan are very good."
Liu Yifan had a rare high praise. He put the dumplings in his hand on the chopping board, pulled the small bowl placed in front of the chopping board a few times, and asked in surprise: "We gave you five complete hairy crabs. Is there only a little bit of the crab noodles you removed?"
"It's a bit troublesome to dismantle, so..." Seeing the crab meat balls that were only half the size of an egg in the bowl, Xie Qingfeng felt a little embarrassed.
The five fat hairy crabs weigh nearly one and a half pounds. Theoretically, a fat hairy crab can be used to disassemble about 80 grams of crab meat, and one and a half pounds are about 120 grams of crab meat.
Xie Qingfeng took out less than 40 grams of crab meat, less than one-third of the standard one.
"Hahaha, very good, you made a good job. I look forward to using such a little crab noodles to make enough for the three of us to try the dishes." Liu Yifan smiled strangely, without saying anything more, and turned around and walked towards the next contestant.
"Xie Qingfeng, I hope you don't forget that crab meat is the protagonist of this game, come on." Cao Kefan's eyes flashed with regret, and he patted Xie Qingfeng's shoulder with encouragement, and followed Liu Yifan over.
The last remaining Zhou Huajian said meaningfully before leaving: "I like your hair and blood, and your sword skills also amazed me. I hope you can work hard and not fall down here."
None of the three judges said clearly, nor did they pick out the issue of eliminating Xie Qingfeng in advance, but as long as they are not a fool, they can guess what they say.
Obviously, Xie Qingfeng only had this little crab meat, and the situation was already dangerous.
At the same time, it can also be seen that the three food judges all had high expectations for Xie Qingfeng's cooking skills. They secretly made suggestions before leaving, hoping that Xie Qingfeng could understand their meaning and correct them in advance.
"It seems that if I only use this little crab meat, I will probably be eliminated here and I have to find a way." Xie Qingfeng originally only prepared two Sixi crystal dumplings, and only planned to use these two to participate in the competition, but now it doesn't work.
"It seems that they can only be used. Although I am not good at handling these things, I am at a critical moment now, so I can only take a risk." Xie Qingfeng turned his eyes to the right and used two small bowls of white and orange ingredients to serve them.
After thinking for about a minute, Xie Qingfeng left the cooking station and headed straight for the ingredients to replenish the ingredients needed.
Xie Qingfeng was able to make adjustments in time. Liu Yifan, who had arrived in front of the next contestant, was very satisfied and reminded all contestants again: "Everyone, I will reiterate to you one last time that boldness and carefulness is your creative foundation, but the protagonist of this competition is crab, which is very important, and it is related to whether you can continue to stay in this dream kitchen."
In the top chef competition, the three food judges have the dual attributes of judges and mentors. The players who are taught by children are obviously more liked by them.
The kind of contestant who is extremely conceited and does not listen to anyone's advice or guidance at all, no matter how outstanding his talent and cooking skills are, for the mentors, they will always be the option of the latter.
Liu Yifan, the team of the contestants, reminded that except for a very small number, everyone else has made more or less adjustments to present better competition dishes.
As the three food judges checked the remaining contestants, the competition time was also passing quickly.
Seeing the countdown on the clock less and less, the players' movements became more and more urgent, and the atmosphere became more and more tense and heavy.
When all 30 players were checked, the Sanming Food Review returned to the low platform in front, and the 7 players took off their aprons in advance and left the field. Before they knew it, the final moment had arrived.
"Dear contestants, there are only the last five minutes left. When the time comes, you can't touch any ingredients and dishes anymore." The paper folding fan that Cao Kefan opened was already closed at this moment, as if he was ready to taste the food that the contestants had made in an hour.
"Now is your time to place the dishes. Your future service is customers. Whether the dishes are outstanding enough can often gain the first favor of customers. I hope you can show the best dishes and let me see beautiful dishes, rather than just like the mud piled up randomly."
Liu Yifan's words seemingly putting pressure on the contestants are actually using reminders to constantly teach the contestants, so that these amateur contestants can absorb experience and move towards professionalism step by step during the competition.
Throughout the competition, Liu Yifan has never stopped his professional guidance on this area.
The importance of placing a plate to dishes is that Xie Qingfeng has gained his own experience by reading various pictures of pleasing dishes in various Chinese and foreign food books.
The insufficient portion of the staple food is the biggest danger that Xie Qingfeng needs to face in this game.
In order to make up for this disadvantage as much as possible, the spare time is used to make pasta (actually, the poor three four-happy crystal crab dumplings donuts do much time at all).
Xie Qingfeng used his other strengths - cooking sculptures, and carved three small crabs with green mango flesh for the next decoration.
Before this, Xie Qingfeng had already carved a three-dimensional crab with pumpkin and put it into the steamer with three dumplings.
When the two are combined, and with the green cucumber crescent slices that have been cut and placed on the chopping board, they should have a very classy effect on the placing plate.
This is the only way for Xie Qingfeng to make up for the main character's ingredients and increase the chance of promotion while trying to make up for the portion as much as possible.
Chapter completed!