Abandoned the Immortal Cultivator, returned to his hometown to farm and sing

Chapter 907 901. The Mountain is Still a Mountain

I've been waiting for this sentence.

The ten chefs immediately picked up their chopsticks, picked up a piece and put it in their mouths.

He chewed, savored, and thought carefully. Question marks appeared on his face again, and his brows furrowed again.

The suspicious kind.

The director of “New Taste” did his job conscientiously and brought each chef’s micro-expressions to the screen in a refreshing way.

Countless viewers were also confused. What's going on? There are changes? What is it?

The chefs said nothing.

Instead, he waved his hands and asked his assistants to have a taste as well.

Fortunately, there was a lot of food prepared, so each group was given a plate. The assistants picked up their chopsticks and picked up a piece and put it in their mouths.

Soon, a young man from the state banquet chef Xu Jisheng's team exclaimed, "This fat meat is really tasty, fatty but not greasy, and it softens in your mouth."

"Fat meat?" Xu Jisheng gave him a look. You can figure out what he means.

The young man's face turned red again and he immediately lowered his head.

I know I said the wrong thing.

And his words came out clearly.

The scene turns to the judges' panel, who are once again in sync with the audience, whispering with confusion on their faces.

Someone in the front row raised his hand and said, "Didn't we just analyze mushrooms? Did we say that they turn into meat after we put them in our mouths?"

The scene turns back to the chefs, and representative Gao Bingyi answered: "Indeed, the texture and taste are exactly the same as meat, and it is the most delicate pork fat cooked with the most exquisite cooking skills."

When this was said, the judges felt that it was true, but at the same time they were extremely shocked. What method could have been used to fool so many chefs into mistaking meat for mushrooms?
The same judge asked anxiously, "It is meat, right? Not mushrooms?"

Gao Bingyi waved his hand. "It's meat, but it also has a strong mushroom flavor. I think it's mushroom."

Lin Rangming, one of the top ten chefs in Guangdong, said: "If I hadn't seen it beforehand and tasted it blindfolded, I would have thought it was pork steamed in mushroom soup."

"It could also be flavor pairing, mixing sliced ​​pork with various mushrooms, stacking them and leaving them for a while so that they have the flavor of mushrooms." Zhou Xiaoyan proposed another idea.

After all, he is a master of theory and knows a lot.

Flavour pairing is a Western cooking technique that is rare even in Western cuisine and almost non-existent in Chinese cuisine.

The more famous one is chocolate blue cheese, which is only available in the Roquefort area.

Hearing Zhou Xiaoyan's words, Liao cuisine geek Liu Wenjie felt a little embarrassed and said, "I thought it was because the pigs had been fed mushrooms since they were young, so the flavor substances of the mushrooms could not be fully absorbed and accumulated in the fat layer."

Anyway, starting from Lin Rangming, chefs are increasingly inclined to think that this is meat, but they don’t know how the umami flavor of mushrooms is integrated into it.

It should be said that so much mushroom flavor is incorporated into it.

This is a bit difficult.

But the idea of ​​mushrooms has been almost abandoned.

The reason is that these people are chefs.

People say seeing is believing, but for chefs, especially master chefs, seeing is not necessarily believing. There are so many cooking techniques that can transform one food into the appearance of another.

The most common one is imitation meat dishes, or vegetarian dishes cooked with meat.

For example, vegetarian ham and vegetarian shrimps, in the hands of experts, can look exactly like real shrimps.

The reverse is also true, which is called using meat to support vegetables, such as chicken tofu pudding, which uses chicken and eggs to make tofu pudding look like; there are also carrots and bacon; jackfruit imitates hand-shredded chicken, etc. So compared to vision, chefs trust their tongues more.
-
It seems that everyone is stuck in a dead end.

Master Wang interrupted the discussion and said, "Since no one can come to an agreement, why don't we hear the judges' opinions?"

After speaking, he waved his hand.

A group of staff members came on stage with trays and placed identical portions of "Xian Shaobai" and tableware in front of the judges.

Each of these judges is a gourmet and they have been itching to try it for a long time.

When the delicious food was placed in front of them, at least half of them couldn't wait to pick up a piece and put it in their mouths.

There are various expressions including surprise, enjoyment, confusion and pleasure.

Some impatient people started to comment right after tasting it, "It's the most standard Sichuan traditional salty braised pork recipe. No onions or ginger, cooking wine or any other wine were used when marinating the meat. The minced ginger in the bean sprouts was added before steaming, but the meat still smelled a little fishy. How did they get rid of the fishy smell? I don't understand..."

Followed by the second: "Lard is used for frying, not vegetable oil, and the oil tastes different."

A third person said: "Pure fat meat, fat but not greasy, retaining the soft texture and meaty aroma of fat, but not greasy at all. I suspect it was double-steamed to remove the greasiness."

Read the error-free version at 69shuba! 6=9+shu_ba is the first to publish this novel.

The fourth person disagreed: "If you steam it twice, there will be too much water and the meat will be soggy. I think it's not steaming it twice, but using the oil absorption method, burying the meat in ingredients that can absorb oil, such as yam or millet."

Just as he finished speaking, another person slammed the table and said, "I've got it. This is Tianhan. I heard that Tianhan has something called mushroom flavor. The flavor substances extracted from mushrooms will be buried in the mushroom flavor, absorbing the oil and blending into the mushroom flavor."

As soon as this was said, everyone at the scene expressed their agreement, saying that the analysis was "too accurate" and reasonable.

I have to say that these gourmets have some real skills and they pay attention to details so well.

But, they were also deceived...
-
The chef felt relieved when he saw that the judges' opinions were consistent with his own.

Gao Bingyi smiled and gave Master Wang a thumbs up, "Brother Wang is really amazing. He taught us that the mountain is still the mountain."

Then he pointed to the plate of "shaobai" next to Master Wang and said, "From a distance, it looks like meat; from a distance, it looks like a mountain."

Then he pointed in front of him, "If you look closely, it is not meat; if you look closely, it is not a mountain."

Finally, he pointed at himself and said, "When you put it in your mouth, it's still meat; when you see a mountain, it's still a mountain."

Then he spread his hands and smiled at the people around him, "Brother Wang is preaching, helping us understand the essence of things. We will explore it up and down."

Wow, it turns out this dish has such a profound meaning.

Several young chefs actually believed it and bowed to Master Wang.

It means that Master Wang is of a high enough generation that Gao Bingyi, who has the highest status here, has to call him senior brother.

If it were someone else, they would be scolded to death for playing like this.

Master Wang laughed in a very strange way, like a fox that had stolen a chicken.

Looking at Gao Bingyi, he shook his head and said, "You think too much. Let me tell you the answer. It's a mushroom."

The voice just fell.

Gao Bingyi frowned, "Impossible. I've worked with at least four or five hundred kinds of mushrooms, and none of them can produce this effect. If the size is too soft, it's impossible to make it."

Master Wang smiled even more and gave a thumbs up, "You're right, you've never seen this mushroom before."

Gao Bingyi still didn't believe it. "Even if I haven't seen it, there are so many people here, all professionals, how could they not have seen it?"

Master Wang continued to nod, "You're right, I've never seen it before..."

(End of this chapter)