What is bitter sea? Bitter melon juice... Actually, it doesn’t have to be eaten. These old masters present can tell at a glance.

It seems that this guy Zhou Aiguo is very confident in himself?

Bitter melon is a good thing, especially for comrades who love spicy food, it also has the magical effect of protecting farts, clearing heat and removing fire, removing dampness and regulating qi. It can be said to be a medicine in vegetables and a treasure in vegetables.

However, not everyone can enjoy this kind of good thing. This dish is really bitter and difficult to match perfectly with other ingredients. Even for the first-class chef, it is very skillful.

Generally, chefs use bitter gourds at big oily and thick-tasting banquets, and most of them wait until the guests eat spicy and salty. It is best to just taste famous desserts such as Baoji Pumpkin Porridge, and only serve this dish after having various aftertastes in their mouths.

At that time, the bitter taste will be eliminated by the various thick tastes in the mouth of the diner, which will play a role in clearing the mouth. If you master the timing well, it will be the finishing touch. If you don’t master it well, it will be the addition of the best. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a taboo dish that can be practiced diligently.

The first dish like Zhou Aiguo uses bitter gourd as the main ingredient, and it also gives a very eye-catching name called "Cihang Pudu". This is the first time you have seen it.

What occasion is this? Not to mention that Master Zhou Dong is present, the judges present are all old masters. If you make a mistake, you will be a tiger but a tiger. This kid is so brave!

After Yuan Zidan finished speaking, he scooped a spoonful of bitter melon juice into his mouth, but did not make any comments. He just looked at everyone with a smile, and it seemed that he had not been bitter.

The old masters were curious and scooped the bitter melon juice to taste. Zhou Dong looked at Zhou Aiguo and felt that his students still needed encouragement, so he only turned on the taste skills to the master level, and took half a spoonful of bitter melon juice to taste.

If Zhou Aiguo can be flawless under the master's taste, he will be worthy of his identity as a special first-class chef.

"Huh? This sea of ​​bitterness is a bit interesting..."

After tasting a spoonful of bitter gourd juice, Yizhiyu quickly scooped a spoonful and put it in her mouth. She shook her head and commented: "It's still bitter, but it's not so domineering and violent, and the aftertaste seems to have a tendency to be sweet, but there is no obvious sweetness...

good!

I thought you, a kid, just used some "suffering and sweetness" methods. Although you could barely pass the qualifications, it was a bit less than the artistic conception of Cihang. Now it seems that your kid is asking for a lot?

To be honest, how did you do it?"

Zhou Aiguo himself has a great talent. After becoming a disciple of Zhou Dong, under the influence of the system's behind-the-scenes halo, he has a passive bonus in terms of talent and understanding. In addition, he has broadened his horizons and enjoyed the joys of Kyoto during this period, and Yuan Zidan gave his careful guidance. This cihang Pudu is remarkable, and even Yi Zhiyu couldn't guess the secrets at the moment.

Huang Mingju laughed and said, "What's wrong, Lao Yi, a young man passed you through the exam. Isn't that right?"

Yi Zhiyu glared at him fiercely: "Do you know if you say come and listen?"

"Haha, there is a master here, why do you and me show off?"

Huang Mingju glanced at Cai Chongjiu and smiled and said, "I have heard that Senior Cai is a serious inheritance of Gu Qinxing, and is also recognized as the chef and food god in Xiangjiang. Why don't you ask Senior Cai to review it?"

In fact, he and Yi Zhiyu are both top figures among foodies. It may not be possible to say that they cannot eat the secrets of this bitter melon juice at all, but they are not sure, for fear of being embarrassed if they say it wrong.

Cai Chongjiu was known as the chef god of Xiangjiang back then. Due to its special historical and geographical reasons, Xiangjiang is a food capital that combines dishes from north to south. It is known as the chef god of Xiangjiang, but it is not far from the chef god of China.

In addition, the senior citizen surnamed Cai, even Zhou Dong, a back-up who is faintly the leader of the Chinese divine chef, is somewhat inferior to the qualifications; and Cai Chongji has not come out of the mountain for more than 9 years, but now he is willing to be invited to be a judge. God knows what his idea is?

If the Chinese cuisine is determined by other cuisines, then Su cuisine will be passive, so Huang Mingju is also determined to push Cai Chongjiu to the front to see how many portions this "old senior" who has retired for many years still has.

After Zhou Dong drank a spoonful of bitter gourd juice, he looked at the compassionate and merciful Guanyin Bodhisattva in the sea of ​​suffering, but did not evaluate his students. He also looked at Cai Chongjiu and wanted to listen to his comments.

"Haha, let's forget about the God of Food. The current Xiangjiang God of Food is Cai Bo, and I won't argue with this name. But since I am a student of Chef Zhou, I will just give it a few comments..."

Cai Chongjiu smiled and looked at Huang Ming. Since he appeared, it was very wrong for these masters of diligent movements who represent major cuisines. Why can he not understand? This boy named Huang actually took the initiative to measure him. It seems that he, the Xiangjiang chef god, has retired for too long, which has made these contemporary diligent movements lose their awe.

"Well, these days, there are not many people who are willing to work hard to steam and dry. It seems that you have prepared a lot of things. This bitter gourd must have been prepared early, otherwise the time to prepare the dishes just now would not be enough?

A very clever technique is to exude the sweetness in the bitter melon, and to make it just a trend towards sweetness. Don’t let people eat obvious sweetness. No matter using white sugar, rock sugar will not work. It is called using ministers to deceive the king, which will ruin the artistic conception of this dish.

So, Patriot chose to use natural sweetness rather than condensation-forming sugar. If my old mouth hasn't been skewed, I think I used pumpkin and honey..."

Zhou Aiguo couldn't help but be stunned. Although this dish was created by Yuan Zidan, it was extremely difficult to fully understand and master it. It was almost like a brand new creation. In order to study this dish, he practiced hard in Suiyuan for two weeks!

Looking back now, since he was at the "teacher", he was studying and practicing cooking skills, and the problems that were difficult to figure out before can often be suddenly enlightened, and all basic skills have also improved very quickly. But when he encountered this silly boy who only knew how to make African rusty cakes before, it seemed like he had become the foolish boy who had only made African rustic cakes. Those two weeks were really hard.

However, Cai Chongjiu told the secret of this dish just after taking a bite or two.

"Justice Chef Zhou mentioned that he wanted his disciple to show his sword skills. In fact, this 'Cihang Pudu' also has some requirements for sword skills.

We must first use the smallest carving knife to carve a 'thousand miles' inside the pumpkin..."

Cai Chongjiu deliberately paused when he said this. The judges who were waiting for the surprise and praise of Zhou Aiguo, the newcomer. This is also a way for him to make friends with Zhou Dong.

Sure enough, the old masters present were stunned at first, then nodded, giving Zhou Aiguo a high affirmation.

‘Walking a thousand miles with one knife’ is a state of carving. There is no distance between pumpkins horizontally and vertically, but what if a winding path is carved inside the pumpkin? This path is winding and coiled, and it can turn out countless circles, and this distance will be long.

Although Qianli is an exaggerated statement, it shows that it is difficult and complex.

This kind of knife skills is also a very low-key type. Unlike chefs who directly carve dragons and phoenixes, they can surprise and praise them when placed on the table. It is the so-called "one sword walks thousands of miles, and the skill is under the skin". It is generally necessary to make certain special ingredients completely taste good before they can be used.

"Patriotic first carves thousands of miles into the pumpkin, and then pours high-quality wild honey from the 'intersection'. After the honey fills the entire pumpkin, it will steam the pumpkin in a basket, and then dry it naturally to allow the honey and the sweetness of the pumpkin to be initially integrated..."

Cai Chongjiu looked at Yuan Zidan with a smile and said, "I have heard that the owner of Suiyuan has a long history of learning and has often had wonderful ideas in the kitchen. It is really worthy of its reputation.

This Cihang Pudu design is so complicated that it was already so cumbersome when preparing dishes. It was not enough to steam and dry it once. At night, you had to go into a cool well to hang it, relying on natural and coolness to maintain quality. On the second day, you have to steam and dry it again. If you do this nine times, you can reach the state of extremely complexity and change in my chef's house. Am I right?"

Yuan Zidan laughed at this: “Senior Cai’s eyes are like torch!

However, although I created this dish, I hate its cumbersomeness and have never made it with my own hands. The one who really made it perfectly present to you is the boy Patriotic. Haha, the apprentice that Brother Zhou and I joined forces to accept is very successful!"

Everyone heard it, you are so kind, you are so kind. Before we can comment, you have defined it as perfect?

However, for Zhou Dong's sake, no one raised any objections. Besides, Zhou Aiguo is really rare. Not to mention the skill of "Thousand Miles Road", there are still a few chefs who can be patient and steamed nine times, not to mention that this is just the preparation stage.

Lu Zhiwei did not miss the opportunity to show his presence. He praised Zhou Aiguo for a few words before saying: "You have spent so much effort on Paiguo. Is it to use the honey that has been steamed and dried in the pumpkin?"

"Haha, you said it wrong this time..."

Cai Chongjiu laughed and looked at Zhou Dong and said, "Brother Zhou, Chef Zhou, since you are your apprentice, this secret will be revealed for you."

"Mr. Yuan is really amazing. In fact, I thought at first that such a tedious method was to finally use honey. However, even honey cannot be as good as 'sweet but not sweet'. After careful taste, I determined that the focus of this dish during the preparation stage is actually pumpkin."

Zhou Dong smiled and said, "After nine steaming and nine drying, the honey essence has actually penetrated into the pumpkin. If you use honey at this time, you will buy a box and return the beads.

At this time, you should pour the bitter melon juice into the middle of the pumpkin and steam it again, so that the pumpkin that absorbs the honey essence can warm the bitter melon juice. In this way, although the bitter melon juice is bitter, it will not be too domineering. It can truly achieve the "trend to sweetness". If an experienced foodie can already feel the profound meaning in it...

However, although 'the bitterness is over and sweet' is good, it is not qualified to name this dish 'Cihang Pudu'. Mr. Yuan, patriotism, am I right?"

Cai Chongjiu smiled and said, "It's good to say that it's good to have all the hardships, but it's still human affairs, and human resources can do it!

But Cihang is the method of gods and Buddhas, so how could it be so simple? It can be seen that the mystery of this dish is not just this plate of 'bitter sea of ​​bitterness'?"

"Patriotism." Zhou Dong nodded to Zhou Aiguo.

Seeing the master looking at him with encouraging eyes, Zhou Aiguo felt relieved and walked closer: "Sir, the so-called sea of ​​suffering is boundless, and turning back is the shore. The secret of this dish is of course in this great compassionate Guanyin Master who is widely used to save you!"

As he said that, he pointed to the Guanyin Master standing on the pumpkin boat on the plate. It was like he was doing magic. A curling white smoke suddenly appeared around the Master, and suddenly it covered the entire "sea of ​​suffering". When the white mist disappeared, the Master disappeared, as if a god and Buddha descended on the earth to manifest the true body and left immediately.

The twenty old masters were all stunned. Even Cai Chongjiu did not expect such a change. He was a little confused for a moment.

Zhou Dong looked at Yuan Zidan and Zhou Aiguo, and felt a little surprised. It would be fine if Zhou Aiguo was not, but Old Yuan was really up to date with the times? If he hadn't accepted Masada Wugong as his disciple some time ago and learned about the latest cutting-edge technology in the world's kitchen industry through him, he might have been fooled.

Of course, if you directly start the legendary taste, even if you have not experienced the popular science of Takemiya Masada, Zhou Dong would not be stumped.

Yuan Zidan squeezed his eyes at Zhou Dong, smiling with a smile on his face, but he refused to take the initiative to reveal the mystery. It was obviously because he was deliberately trying to get Zhou Dong, the new chef.

Zhou Dong nodded with a smile: "It turns out to be a molecular cuisine... It is indeed a wonderful idea, and it is also very suitable for this 'Cihang Pudu'.

However, you still have to remember that molecular cooking is a trick made by Westerners after all, and although it can attract attention, it is not very helpful for improving basic cooking skills. If you use it occasionally, it will of course be no problem when using it in the right place. If you are too obsessed with it, it is a taboo for a chef.

After all, chefs cook, they only pay attention to physical and chemical changes. If they work hard on the surface of the dishes, they will eventually go astray.

I once said that the way of cooking is also a great way, but this way of cooking is not even a way of reading. If you are too greedy for it, you will enter the devil's way..."

Zhou Aiguo's face tightened when he heard this: "Master, I remember it."

"Well, just remember. In fact, just for this dish, Mr. Yuan's creativity in using molecular cuisine is still very enviable."

Zhou Dong comforted Yuan Zidan and then smiled: "Everyone, the sea of ​​bitterness in the plate has changed color. You can try it again, and I believe you will definitely have a new feeling."
Chapter completed!