The beginning is only when you become a chef

Chapter 90 Different Catfish Noodles

The rich flavor of the fish soup is like a bomb, attracting many famous chefs.

Charme and Shinomiya Kojiro came over.

Then I saw Liu Shimeng and her agent, and Yang Jinli.

Three people were holding their bowls of noodles and slurping them up.

The noodles have umami flavor.

The fish soup also has a burst of freshness.

Charme and Shinomiya Kojiro, who came in search of food, looked at each other and saw the appetite in each other's eyes.

Xia An didn't notice the two of them immediately, his mind was immersed in the panel.

[The host is currently in the ancient recipe illustration collector mode. ]

[Ding, you have obtained the 10% stage illustration reward (catfish noodles), do you want to claim it? ( exp)]

[Ding, you have obtained the 50% stage illustrated reward (Catfish Noodles), do you want to claim it? (1 attribute point)]

"Receive award!"

Xia An immediately used the 1 attribute point he had just gained to add to the basic skill of [Fire Temperature].

[Fire (great success) → Fire (perfection)]

[Comment: You have a good understanding of the fire power, heating time, and the changes in ingredients during the heating process.]

So, after the knife skills, pasta and seasoning.

The temperature quickly reached the [perfect] level.

This means that Xia An has now reached perfection in four basic skills.

But Xia An was not satisfied. Looking at the remaining two basic skills of flipping the wok and arranging the dish, he thought to himself:

"The beginners need to flip the pot, and the beginners need to arrange the dishes."

"The basic skills of flipping the wok and controlling the heat are actually one and the same. Practicing the skill of flipping the wok is nothing more than making sure the ingredients are heated evenly."

As for plating, it is a huge art.

In this age where appearance and looks are everything, no matter how skilled a chef is, if he doesn’t know how to package his food and the dishes are messy and lack visual impact, they will hardly be popular among new diners.

However, for Xia An, his current dishes are mostly based on the restoration of ancient dishes.

Even "Flame Soup Dumplings" is built on the original framework of Flame Dumplings.

Therefore, Xia An was not in a hurry to improve his plating skills for the time being.

It's the same principle as flipping the pot.

No need to rush.

A weak pan flip does not mean the heat is bad.

On the other hand, his basic skills of controlling the heat have been perfected, and the skill of flipping the wok immediately becomes auxiliary.

"There is no rush for these two basic skills. They need to be perfect. After all, a hexagonal chef cannot have low-level skills."

"But there has to be a certain order of priority, you can't just blindly increase the level!"

Xia An's eyes fell on the golden stunt.

[Special Skill: White Snake Chain (100%)]

[Grade: Classic (Gold)]

[Progress: Beginner (983/10 exp)]

Look at the progress experience bar.

The corner of Xia An's mouth twitched slightly. Even though he had been practicing this unique skill almost every time he had free time for the past week or so, it was obvious that his progress was slow due to his diligent practice.

It will take an eternity to fill up this 10 experience bar.

What else can I say, it’s just a waste of experience!

10% illustration reward, 2 cooking experience points.

Taking into account the two times of developing dishes, serving the corresponding degree of completion of "Catfish Noodles" naturally gained a lot of cooking experience.

After Xia An checked it, he couldn't help but exclaimed.

After developing two dishes, a total of 3 cooking experience points were earned.

That means, in addition to the 1 attribute point that has already been spent, Xia An has gained an additional 60 total experience points from the ancient recipe of "Catfish Noodles" with a completion rate of 5%.

Don't forget it!

Before coming to Shu to participate in the show.

Xia An is still in Lijiang City. He set up a stall normally once, selling "Flame Soup Dumplings". The second time, he achieved the super double reward of completing two business goals with fantasy dishes, and gained 4 cooking experience points.

Plus what was accumulated earlier.

Now, Xia An discovered that he had a total cooking experience of over 10.

A thought came to mind.

Nearly 100,000 points of cooking experience were swallowed up by the golden skill [White Snake Chain] in an instant.

[White Snake Chain (Beginner) → White Snake Chain (Entry Level)]

There is a hot feeling in the lower abdomen.

It's like cupping.

There is a ball of scorching energy burning and surging.

At the same time, a feeling of mastery of skills that seemed to have been practiced for years filled Xia An's mind. "Is this "Catfish Noodles"? "

After Xia An sorted out his thoughts, he heard Liu Shimeng's trembling voice asking.

"You're right." Xia An met the eyes of the descendant of the Liu family, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, "But it's not the original version of your ancestor. Did you figure it out after eating it?"

He didn't believe that Liu's descendants couldn't tell that an important part of the original "Catfish Noodles" had disappeared in his replica of the dish.

"Yes!"

Liu Shimeng's eyes widened: "Boss Xia, your 'Catfish Noodles' are not 'Non-Noodles', there are no squid shreds in the noodles!"

That's right.

Xia An used flour and displayed his pastry-making skills.

Therefore, his recreation of "Catfish Noodles" has actually deviated from the "non-noodle" theme of the original work.

Xia An was given his own understanding and approach.

You should know that the background of the birth of this ancient recipe is the special examination held every four years in Guangzhou in ancient times.

In order to prepare for the exam, Liu Maoxing created the recipe. The whole dish does not contain any flour; even the "fish noodles" are made of pure fish meat.

As for other candidates in the same exam, for example, Lan Feihong, his exam recipe was "Potato Cold Noodles", that is, potato noodles made from potato starch instead of any flour.

But it deviates from the original "Catfish Noodles" recipe and forcibly integrates alternative fish noodles and white snake chain.

That 60% completion/reproducibility is basically the end.

Xia An is well aware of this.

"Just tell me whether it tastes good or not?" Xia An smiled and did not explain his mental journey in detail.

“Of course it’s delicious!”

Liu Shimeng nodded and praised: "It has a faint shadow of the ancestor "Catfish Noodles", but the noodles are springy and chewy, it feels like eating authentic ramen!"

"what about you?"

Xia An looked at Yang Jinli and Liu Shimeng's agent.

The two of them hurriedly said:

"Thank you, Boss Xia, for your hospitality!"

"I didn't expect being a show manager would have such benefits. I love it!"

……

After the seven debut chefs tried their respective dishes, the show rehearsal came to an end.

"Boss Xia!"

Liu Shimeng ran to catch up with Xia An in the Juxialou garden. The girl panted and said, "Can you add some prestige?"

Xia An did not refuse and showed her WeChat business card. Liu Shimeng happily scanned the code to add her and accepted her friend request.

the other side.

After the media meeting.

The promotion and publicity activities of the program "The Chrysanthemum Goes Down the Hall" have also been officially launched.

Look, the rehearsal has just ended.

The short and sharp video of Xia An performing a lost stunt went viral on multiple platforms.

……

"Is this the White Snake Chain?"

Xiang Shilin was in the hotel, watching short videos out of boredom.

Unexpectedly, the official Douyin account of "The Juxialou Contest" that he followed suddenly released a short video.

Just click in.

Pastry stick, a man holding a long stick and drawing a circle.

The key point is the "white snake" that spirals and entangles along the long stick. It seems to have life and is extremely spiritual, faintly following the movement of the long stick and the man's fingers and wrists.

This scene.

It has a strong sense of absurdity that is detached from reality.

Xiang Shilin jumped up in shock, his eyes wide open, and he refreshed his screen several times before he suddenly remembered something. He switched to the prestige interface to question Wu Zhu.

But Wu Zhu had already sent a message on WeChat:
"I asked you to follow the official account of the "Chrysanthemum Downstairs Contest" production team. Did you follow it? It turns out that something big happened when Boss Xia went there!"

Xiang Shilin: "I followed it and saw that short video!"

Wu Zhu: "What do you think? Do you think it's the White Snake Chain?"

Xiang Shilin: "One hundred percent White Snake Chain Transformation, it couldn't be more real!"

Wu Zhu: "Hiss~ It's over now. The Shenzhou food industry is going to be bombarded by Boss Xia's nuclear bomb again!"

Xiang Shilin: "Sparrow food, Arhat crystal chop, although it is also an answer in the field of knife skills, it is only an answer that specializes in fresh food."

"The White Snake Chain Transfer is different. It is the answer that all pastry chefs in the entire pastry industry desire, and it is the final answer!"

After thinking about it, Xiang Shilin smiled and showed a bad taste on his face. He forwarded the Douyin short video to a North American female friend whose WeChat ID was "Xiao Jinghua":
"See? There are so many geniuses in the food world of China, and I just lost to one of them!"

"I now feel that I deserved to lose. It's so clear why I lost!"

Xiao Jinghua: “!!”

　The day before yesterday 4/4!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)