If a lion and a tiger are fighting, and a leopard is watching, it will naturally feel that these two beast kings are cautious in advancing and retreating, and their attacks are fierce. The only thing left for me is to study. What faults can I find? But if it falls in the eyes of the mythical beast, then There must be flaws and problems everywhere, and if you pick one at random, it will make the liger fall to the ground, chasing after him and calling him "big brother".

Zhou Yi is like a mythical beast, Old Man Hong and the little white ape Yuan Xiang are like ligers and tigers. If he wants to find something wrong, it will only take a matter of minutes. He just feels a little bit reluctant and doesn't want to let the old man see the Chinese people's nest. They are fighting here and promoting the theory that "one person becomes a dragon, three people become an insect".

But Yuan Xuan treated him like a mallet, so what else could he say?

"Haha, kid! I just want you to find fault, but I'm afraid you won't be able to find fault."

Yuan Xing is very proud. The French Wine and Food Expo will be held soon, and he, Chef Yuan, has also signed up. There are so many chefs from all over the world in this competition, but his background is still a bit lacking. As long as he handles everything well today It won't take long for the news to spread all over Paris. He can also take advantage of the situation to fight. Isn't this a good thing for "Sister Lin" to fall from the sky?

"Okay, if that's the case, then I'm welcome."

Zhou Yi picked up the spoon, slowly scooped a spoonful of snake soup into his mouth, rolled it on his tongue twice, then put down the spoon, nodded and said: "It's really good. If Master Yuan hadn't told you, I would have thought you were As for the apprentice of the 'Snake King', this snake soup can be regarded as being perfected by you."

"Xiao Zhou, do you understand what you're eating? This has gone to the extreme. You still have to kowtow to me?"

Old Man Hong had a bitter look on his face. He said in his heart that what he hears is worse than what he sees. Fortunately, your senior brother has praised you to the sky. He said that your cooking skills are unparalleled and you also make good wine. It seems that Lao Ye has also learned to lie. It’s been publicized, isn’t this deceiving people?

"Haha, good! You are a good eater. You actually know the benefits of this soup..." Yuan Xuan was very proud after hearing Zhou Yi's words.

"Haha, snake soup is different from meat soup: snake meat is originally tender, but if you cook it for a long time, it will inevitably become tough. If you cook it for a short time, the nutrients in the snake meat cannot be extracted. So you have to make snake soup. Chef Generally, the snake meat is first cut into thin strips or diced, and the heat must be paid attention to when boiling; so this soup is also called the "basic of the world's kitchen", which means that each soup must test the chef's selection of ingredients. , knife skills, fire control and other skills, even if the basic skills are inferior... Huh? I didn't realize that this little brother is really an expert. But these things you said are just general talk, is there anything else? ?”

Yuan Xuan glanced at Zhou Yi with a smile and said to himself, "Brother, I can't help it. It's my fault that you shouldn't have come with this stubborn old man. Even if you keep flattering me, you have to be the green leaf that strengthens my reputation today." .

"The most difficult part of this snake soup is to use the knife... It is not easy to convince a famous chef like Yuan Xing. Zhou Yi was not in a hurry. He just said: "To make the snake soup just right, actually it is not Instead of shredding and dicing, the snake meat should be cut into evenly thin slices. The thickness of each slice should be controlled at about five millimeters. If it is too thin, the snake meat will become old easily, and if it is too thick, it will become boiled snake meat. It will be difficult to blend with the soup. .Master Yuan, is that what you said?"

"You also know this?"

Even in the hands of famous Cantonese chefs, there are many ways to make snake soup, each with its own secrets. Just whether to slice, dice or shred when cooking is controversial; and cutting into five millimeter thin slices is a 'hou wang'

Hou Junjian's secret that has not been passed down. The reason is that snakes have a cartilage that penetrates the whole body. Once the bones are removed, the meat will rot. To cut the meat into uniformly thick slices without removing the bones requires excellent knife skills.

and techniques, unexpectedly, Zhou Yi pointed it out.

"Of course I know this truth, but it's just a pity... Zhou Yi smiled and shook his head and said: "Manpower is sometimes exhausted. Although Master Yuan is a famous master and a junior, with first-class knife skills, he still has not reached the level of true perfection."

"Xiao Zhou, your words are getting more and more mysterious. Even I can't understand you... Zhou Yi first praised Yuan Xuan, saying that he made the snake soup to the extreme, but now he said

What he did was not perfect, not to mention that the diners laughed secretly and felt that this young man's words were unreliable. Even Old Man Hong shook his head.

"Boy, keep talking... Yuan Xuan's expression changed slightly, and he just urged Zhou Yi to speak quickly.

"The smell of snakes is not in their meat, not in their blood, but in their bones! So when a chef makes snake soup, he must avoid the cartilage of the snake's body and cut it into cubes or shreds from the side. However, it is not as good as slicing.

It is delicious and nourishing, but slicing it will inevitably damage the cartilage, causing the snake soup to have a fishy smell, so it must be suppressed with aniseed or even white wine. However, in this way, the taste of the snake soup will be destroyed... Zhou Yi smiled and said: "

However, there was no smell of aniseed or alcohol in Master Yuan’s soup, which shows that you have unique knife skills and have tried your best to avoid the cartilage of the snake body, so you did this, right?"

"You... Yuan Xuan's complexion suddenly changed. When making snake soup, it is actually very important whether to slice or shred it. His master Hou Junjian once said that the snake soup must be nutritious and not old or tender.

, you must use a straight knife to slice along the snake body; because only by cutting in this way can the natural texture of the snake meat and the density of the meat be not destroyed, and the nutrients of the snake meat can be released more evenly when boiling.

Whether it is diced or shredded, it actually destroys the natural texture of the snake meat. If you do that, no matter how long it takes, you will end up with inferior meat soup...

.

This secret is actually not a secret, and many chefs understand it, but there are only a few people who can actually do it. Even his master has studied for a long time, and can only master the success with his extraordinary talent.

The disciple of the 'Monkey King' is the most talented one, but he has only mastered 70% of it. He still can't avoid the cartilage of the snake body 100%, which will still produce a fishy smell in the soup. But he has other ways to make up for it, and ordinary people even

It’s just something even gourmets can’t eat.

Now that Zhou Yi's words are clear and logical, does this kid also understand the master's unique sword technique?

"You used the ring knife method, right?"

Zhou Yi smiled slightly and said: "This knife skill is not bad, but it is a pity that humans are not machines. No matter how subtle the knife skills are, as long as the heart is still beating, the hands will shake. Even a trained chef is no exception. I say Master Yuan does it

To reach the extreme means that when you made this pot of snake soup, you not only showed first-class fire control skills, but also the knife skills you used have reached your own peak; if I read it correctly, you should have achieved 70% of it.

, although it will also touch the cartilage of the snake body, it will not leak too much fishy smell. The most rare thing is that you can make up for the shortcomings with your heart, so you can be regarded as reaching your perfection. Unfortunately, your perfection does not mean true perfection."

"This young man is amazing, he seems to be very knowledgeable... Zhou Yi's voice was not loud, but the diners on the second floor were listening attentively. There was silence upstairs, and his words were immediately heard clearly by everyone. These People are all good at eating. After listening to Zhou Yi's words, I thought back to the snake soup I once drank. It really felt like this. And now that I think about it, the snake soup I just drank seems to have a fishy smell, right?

Old Man Hong became even more energetic. He patted Zhou Yi on the shoulder and said, "Xiao Zhou. What cheating methods did he use to make up for it? You have to tell me carefully, Mr. Yuan, do you know how powerful he is this time?"

"Master Hong, this is not a cheating method, but the meticulous care of the chef..." Zhou Yi said with a smile: "Master Yuan refused to use aniseed, and wanted to eliminate the natural fishy smell in the snake soup. But he used Tianchi in Changbai Mountain Hot spring water?”

"Mr. Zhou, can you even eat this?"

Yuan Xing was really surprised this time. He didn't dare to call him "boy" anymore, and instead addressed him as "sir".

"Haha, the snakes from Changbai Mountain are combined with the Tianchi hot spring water from Changbai Mountain. You can actually make the original soup into original food."

Zhou Yi stirred the bowl with a spoon, sniffed it lightly, nodded and said: "It's true, this is Tianchi hot spring water. The hot springs in Changbai Mountain are originally the hot veins flowing in the center of the earth, containing minerals mainly sulfur. However, the top of Changbai Mountain is covered with snow all year round, and there is what Taoists call the mysterious yin energy... so the smell of sulfur is washed away, leaving only the essence; this substance can dilute the fishy smell of snakes and insects, and use This kind of water is much better than using any aniseed liquor to make snake soup... But this water alone is not enough. In order to completely eliminate the fishy smell, Master Yuan should also use medicinal materials such as Polygonum multiflorum and Angelica sinensis to feed the snakes. After the snake ate the medicinal materials, some of the fishy smell in its bones was removed. This set of internal and external repair methods just made up for your lack of knife skills, so this soup has reached the first-class level, but the cost is a bit higher... At this point, Zhou Yi laughed again: "Master Yuan sold these soups at a fair price in order to bet with Master Hong. I'm afraid he will have to lose a lot of money, right? What a big mind and courage?"

The cooking sub-class in the Almighty Idle Man system is unique. It not only has the ability to turn rotten food into magic and transform it ~ because of the incredible skill of green food, but it can also identify various food ingredients and even water sources, so Zhou Yi can taste it as soon as he tastes it. It can be concluded that the water used for cooking the soup is not produced in France, but from the Changbai Hot Spring!

This was so remarkable that Yuan Xuan was stunned on the spot and was speechless for a long time. He felt regretful in his heart.

If I had known this, I wouldn't have made Zhou Yi open his mouth to comment if he were killed. What a blessing. Not only did this mysterious young man reveal all the secrets of the 'Monkey King', but he also used his long Baishui, the secret of feeding snakes with medicinal materials has been revealed. If there are colleagues here, wouldn’t you be at a big loss?

"Mr. Zhou, stop talking, stop talking... Yuan Xuan rubbed his hands anxiously, his head covered with sweat.

"Haha, boy Yuan, are you admitting defeat? Well, then, kowtow."

The debts in June must be paid quickly. Old Man Hong's temperament is really not very good. What does it mean to repay evil with kindness? It's all nonsense to him. He is a man who is determined to retaliate, and he is not prepared to save any face for Yuan Xuan.

"I... Although Yuan Xing has an arrogant temper, he has a good point. When he saw someone who was really capable, he really admired him, so he wanted to admit defeat at that time. But he looked at Zhou Yi, rolled his eyes, and suddenly said: "Wait a minute, what Mr. Zhou said is indeed right. I admit it. But after all, it's all said and done. Can you, Mr. Zhou, make perfect snake soup? If you can do it, let alone let me Five bodies fell to the ground, and six bodies were completed!"

"Well, you kid are still not convinced? Six bodies? You should tell me, what are six bodies? Don't think it's inappropriate for children..." Old Man Hong narrowed his eyes and laughed. The words were extremely ambiguous.

After hearing this, the Chinese diners burst into laughter. Some foreigners didn't understand, and asked: "Oh. Six bodies, what are six bodies? In Chinese idioms, isn't it all about five bodies falling to the ground... Zhou Yi quickly saw it Stop it, otherwise you will have to clean up sooner or later~ Huang Ban called, so he took Yuan Xuan's words and said: "I don't have to do it, right? This Tiangang Tower is Master Yuan's territory after all. Isn't it against the rules for me to cook here?"

"No, no, no, Mr. Zhou, please don't be polite. Meeting friends with food is also a rule of thumb. Yuan Xuan has to meet an expert today and must ask for advice. If Mr. Zhou refuses to give advice, I won't let you go."

How could he let Zhou Yi go just like this despite his love for food? He didn't care that he was already in his forties, yet he acted like a fool in public.

"Master Yuan, what are you doing... Zhou Yi couldn't help but smile bitterly. It seems that you have to be more honest. He just threw Henry into the pit, and now he has begun to suffer retribution before he can see the effect. First, he met the old man Hong who is not good at cultivation. My son, I was dragged into the water inexplicably, and now I meet a very persistent little white ape, who even acts coquettishly and shamelessly with me in public. What is this?

"Okay, then Master Yuan, just take me to the kitchen. I'll make some snake soup and then go..." Zhou Yi glanced at Old Man Hong and said, "Master Yuan, please get some for this old gentleman." Food, he came here to eat for me today."

"No, Xiao Zhou, don't worry about eating...I'll go to the kitchen with you to open my eyes and see your craftsmanship." Old man Hong became more energetic after hearing this. His old friend was Zhou Yi was praised so much in front of him. If he didn't see Zhou Yi's craftsmanship with his own eyes, he would die with his eyes closed... Hey, Master Yuan, is this not okay? This Mr. Zhou said it so well that it aroused our curiosity. It's exciting. We also want to see Master Zhou's craftsmanship... Yes, we are all old customers of Tiangang Tower. You can't do this. If you want me to say it, just bring all the kitchen utensils and ingredients here. Mr. Zhou will show off his skills in public, and we will learn from it and go home to feed his wife the snake soup."

When Old Man Hong shouted, the diners also started shouting. Seeing this, everyone wanted to learn from Zhou Yi, and even used the method of "lady diplomacy"... Mr. Zhou, you see... ." Yuan Xing was also a little embarrassed.

"Haha, then just stay here. I don't want to go to the kitchen."

Although Zhou Yi has never officially been a cook, he has heard some rules from Qin Xing from Zhang Zhao. It is not easy to get into the back kitchen. Once a foreign master of cooking joins the back kitchen, he will be either an enemy or a good friend. He is an enemy. If you can't get along with Yuan Xuan, then you can become good friends? But are there any good friends who make dishes in front of the second chef, third chef, and other chefs?

The meaning of cooking here is completely different. Even if the diner is addicted to the food, many restaurants have this special service. He can advance, attack or retreat, and he can come and go at his leisure.

"Okay, then it's Mr. Yizhou's."

Yuan Xuan went down and ordered excitedly. Not long after, the kitchen stove, pots and dishes were placed on the second floor. However, there was something wrong with the ingredients. Yuan Xuan had just been angry with Old Man Hong and used all the snakes at once. It was all gone, even the Changbai Mountain Tianchi hot spring water that was specially flown in was gone, and there was only a five-flowered python left in the snake cage in the kitchen!

"Mr. Zhou, this is the only python left. Do you think it can be used?"

Although Yuan Xing admired Zhou Yi in his heart, he was still unwilling to lose to a young man. Originally, he just went out and bought a local snake. It was better than getting a big python, but he didn't take the initiative to ask. Let Zhou Yi make the request to stay out of the limelight for this young man.

"python?"

Snakes are inherently fishy, ​​and pythons are even more fishy. What's more, this is not an anaconda, but a Wuhuashan python? This thing is the most difficult to deal with. Not to mention that Zhou Yi couldn't use aniseed liquor to suppress the smell of snakes. If he wants to use it, he may not be able to suppress it.

So when Zhou Yi saw it, he knew that this was Yuan Xing's test, or that he had set himself an almost unsolvable problem. He couldn't help but feel a little competitive, and smiled slightly: "Okay, Master Yuan is going to do this." To test my skills, I will use this five-flowered python to make pot snake soup." Then he walked towards the snake cage.

Yuan Xuan's face changed: "Mr. Zhou, this is a real wild python with a very vicious temper. Let Snake An kill him. You can wait until he goes to the python head before you take action... Dou Qi will return to Dou Qi, he doesn't want to It has caused a life-threatening lawsuit. This five-flowered python is as thick as the mouth of a bowl and can swallow a kid with its mouth open. It is risky for the chef to kill it. It is better for those who specialize in killing snakes to have more experience in snake cases.

"No need. In the case of snakes, killing a python will most likely require electric shock. Once the python's flesh is stiff, even the gods won't be able to do it. I'll do it myself."

Zhou Yi walked to the python cage and said to the snake case: "Open it."

"Mr. Zhou, this python has been hungry for more than half a month, and now it is very fierce..." Snake Case was afraid that Zhou Yi would not know how powerful he was, so he killed the python by electric shock first, otherwise it would be very troublesome for this young man. You actually asked him to open the cage directly, so he wouldn't be afraid of being swallowed by a python?

"Don't worry, open the cage."

"Okay...but you have to be careful."

Snake case opened the lock on the python cage door, stood at a distance and used an iron hook to open the door. Unexpectedly, as soon as the cage door was opened, a gust of gorilla wind rushed over, and the Wuhuashan python turned into a black line. It flew out and rolled towards Zhou Yi.

The python was indeed hungry. It came up and tried to break Zhou Yi's bones before swallowing him.

"Okay, it is indeed a wild python, and it is a good food!"

Not only did Zhou Yi not panic, he even praised it, saying that such an energetic little python is the best tonic, and he was considered a blessing today.

"Snapped!"

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