Universe Infinite Canteen.

Chapter 592: Still Coconut
“Well, I really like to cook fusion food,” Qi Shanzhu replied.

"But...after all, this competition is based on coconut as its theme. You did add coconut to this dish, but the taste is honestly not prominent enough." Rocky Chen said.

"When I think back to the dishes I just had, the first thing that comes to my mind is the delicious red snapper. Of course, it cannot be denied that you fried the fish just right."

After Qi Shanzhu, Fan Yixin took the stage and prepared the second dish - Xiao Qinglong Laksa - in just 34 minutes.

Although Fan Yixin also mixes and crushes coconut meat and coconut to make coconut milk, the coconut flavor of her Xiao Qinglong Laksa is indeed much richer than Qi Shanzhu’s fried dumplings.

And then Luo Junkang, who had always been highly expected, finally got into the state.

He placed small pieces of coconut meat under the fried grouper fillets and then drizzled apple cider vinegar over them.

Rocky Chen picked up the fried golden grouper and the coconut meat and put them into his mouth. "Ah, this taste reminds me of a classic Huaiyang dish - squirrel mandarin fish."

Luo Junkang nodded slightly, "My inspiration comes from squirrel mandarin fish. The sour taste comes from apple cider vinegar, and the coconut meat is responsible for providing sweetness, replacing the original sweet and sour sauce."

"It's really good. The freshness of the grouper and the sweetness of the coconut meat are well combined. Thank you, Chef Luo Junkang." said Hajime Yoneyama.

Sun Mei was the fourth to hand in her paper. She served a dish of ginseng. The top layer was ginseng, a specialty of Sanya, paired with fruit tomatoes, and in the middle were kelp, seaweed and chicken jelly.

The most amazing thing is the tart crust, which is different from the usual ghee crust, as it is made by roasting the coconut meat directly until it is crispy.

Her dish also received unanimous praise from the judges.

Kawano Zhengming, who was less than half a minute later than Sun Mei, made squid sashimi, a kaiseki dish this time.

This dish itself is not difficult to cook, but it is not easy to choose squid suitable for sashimi, it must be very fresh.

Kawano Masaaki had to work hard to find this Chinese squid that was caught in the early morning in the food area.

After being made into sashimi, it is sprinkled with coconut flakes and then used as a dip in a sauce made from ground squid liver.

A top-notch kaiseki cuisine is ready.

Malu was the last one to hand in his paper in this round. He took a full 45 minutes. Together with the 40 minutes he had spent before, he had spent a total of 85 minutes.

It ranked second among all the contestants' time.

Although not as outrageous as Qi Shanzhu’s, 35 minutes left did not seem like enough time to make the remaining three dishes.

But that was a matter for later. At this moment, everyone's attention was completely attracted by the dish that was served.

The judges were shocked again after seeing what was on the plate. "This is..."

"coconut."

“But your previous dish…”

"Also called coconut." Millipede replied.

"........."

Okay, everyone compromised.

Anyway, the judging criteria of the competition do not include the names of the dishes. In theory, the chef can call them whatever they like. It is not wrong for Millut to call two dishes "coconut".

Although this black thing doesn't seem to have anything to do with coconut.

On the contrary, it was very similar to the baked steamed bun he made on the first day of the competition, and Malu was thoughtful enough to give everyone another spoon.

Gaggan Anand broke the outer shell of the black bun with a spoon, and then smelled a sour, spicy and slightly seafood-flavored coconut aroma.

However, when he looked down, he did not see any ingredients inside. Instead, what caught his eye was a slightly smaller black baked bun.

Ah, this... maybe it's because the shock brought to everyone by baking steamed buns on the first day was too great.

So when attacked by such a fragrance bomb again, everyone's reaction was much calmer. The most important thing was that the scene inside the baked buns was not as dreamy as before.

Until someone used a spoon to crack open the black steamed bun shell again, and this time they smelled the burnt fat of red snapper mixed with mint and camphor.

There are also sporadic coconut and bean scents mixed in, but the coconut scent is not as obvious as before.

You have to sniff carefully to smell it.

Soon one of the judges blurted out, “Hey, isn’t this the taste of the fried dumplings that Chef Qi Shanzhu made?
"When I smelled this, I recalled the fried dumplings I had just eaten, and my mouth couldn't help but saliva."

"Me too." someone echoed.

"Wait, I thought it was just my illusion. When I smelled the first scent, Chef Fan Yixin's laksa came to my mind."

"Isn't this a coincidence?"

Olette Huppert was once again deeply shocked. He looked at Malu again, "Did you do this on purpose?"

"I did it on purpose!" Malu said proudly with his chest puffed out.

And as if to confirm his words, the chef then broke the third black toasted bun wrapped inside.

This time, the smell came out as fried mandarin fish, apple cider vinegar and coconut meat.

"Ah, is this okay?"

"How did they do this?" The judges' common sense was once again broken, and some of them couldn't wait to break the bottom layer of steamed bun skin.

This time it was Sun Mei's turn to be beaten with ginseng, and Kawano Zhengming's squid sashimi could not escape either.

And then...and then nothing happened.

After breaking the last layer of steamed bun shell, the plate was empty, but the judges felt like they had eaten the previous four dishes again.

And it was precisely because there were no ingredients that everyone felt incredible.

How is this done? There isn’t a single vegetable hair left, yet the flavor is retained and restored so well.

All four judges fell into silence.

The audience at the scene and in front of the TV could not smell anything. They only saw the judges crack open the five layers of the steamed bun shells, and then there was nothing inside.

There was an uproar at the scene.

Before this round of competition, Boss Ma, who had been performing strongly, is he going to be eliminated this time?

He worked for so long and was the last one to hand in his homework, but all he produced was a few steamed bun shells. Where was the coconut?

Not only was there no coconut, it could be said that there was nothing at all. Did they intend to let the judges just chew on the shells?
Even the other contestants nearby didn't quite understand. They saw the judges whispering to each other before finally completing the scoring.

At this point, everyone’s scores are out, and the scores are still calculated on-site by the staff.

However, when the final score came out, the whole audience was shocked again.

Qi Shanzhu scored 3 points in this round, Fan Yixin scored 3.25 points, Luo Junkang scored 4 points, Kawano Zhengming scored 4 points, and Sun Mei got a high score of 4.25 points this time.

And millipedes once again got full marks.

(End of this chapter)