Rebirth's Private Kitchen

The qualifiers came as scheduled, and Tang Lin followed the staff out of the hotel. When he was leaving the hotel, he raised his eyes and saw Su Zhi who had rushed over.

Tang Lin smiled at Su Zhi, pointed to the man in a suit leading the way, moved his mouth, and silently told him that he was going to the competition.Su Zhi nodded, watching Tang Lin get into the car and leave before looking away.

Secretary Qiao followed Su Zhi, and waited for Tang Lin to leave before standing up and asking, "Boss, why don't we go over?"

"Put your luggage away first, and go there later. Tang Lin is in the fifth game, and it will be his turn in at least two hours." Su Zhi said.

Secretary Qiao realized this, and entered the hotel first to get two rooms. After the check-in, Secretary Qiao held the two room cards in his hand and felt that one of them was probably going to be wasted.

After putting away his luggage, Su Zhi communicated with the company's executives about some matters through the mobile phone video, and then called Secretary Qiao to go out together after seeing that the time was almost up.The business building for the qualifiers was not far from the hotel, and Su Zhidong used some means to enter the top floor to watch the match.There are several security guards standing outside the top floor, it seems that the culinary art competition organizer's awareness of prevention is very important.

The top floor is not open-air. The roof is made of special materials that look like glass, but even at noon, it will not conduct heat when exposed to the sun.The inside is very big, with several tables and a glass cabinet for ingredients. There are staff members in black suits coming and going.There are rows of seats near the door, which are prepared for the players waiting for the game, called the candidate competition area. In addition to sitting here and waiting for their own game, the players can also watch the game in front of them at a close distance.No matter what, people who come in with their IDs, whether they are players or staff, are not allowed to leave the scene.

And the security guards at the door were probably also set up to keep an eye on the people on the top floor.

Tang Lin was sitting in the candidate competition area talking to Liang Ting. Liang Ting came in as Tang Lin's assistant. In the qualifiers, each player could bring an assistant in. After the assistant came in, he had to sign a serious confidentiality contract.

When Su Zhi came in, Tang Lin just raised his head, and as soon as he raised his head, he collided with the other party's gaze.Su Zhi didn't go to find Tang Lin, but just stood by. Tang Lin knew that he was taking the initiative to avoid suspicion.Tang Lin originally wanted to take out his mobile phone to tease Su Zhi, but he found that the mobile phone had been confiscated by the cooking competition staff when it came in.

Su Zhi knew what he wanted to do just by looking at him, and couldn't help but frown.

Secretary Qiao and Liang Ting had the same expressions at this moment, why couldn't these two see the occasion and flirt?

After the preparations are ready, the competition of the first group of players in the first qualifier officially begins.

The staff used the microphone to call the names of the three contestants. Three people walked out from Tang Lin's side and behind him. A woman of about 45 years of age.

The three of them walked to the center, and then the host seemed to say something to them, and then saw another staff member carrying out a box.The three players took turns pulling out a small ball of the same color from inside, and then opened the balls one by one, revealing a note inside.

It seems that this is the topic. Is this to draw the topic yourself?

I don't know what types of questions are in these balls, Tang Lin thought.Both Fang Pingshui and Chu Xing were watching the first group of contestants seriously. They were chatting just now, and they didn't know when they stopped.

After the topic was selected, a photo of the three of them popped up on a huge screen next to it. In addition to the name and age, a line of words appeared under the photo, which was their competition topic.

Tang Lin looked over one by one, and found that the three dishes were Chinese dishes. It seems that the organizer of the culinary art competition was not so crazy in the qualifiers.

After drawing out the questions, enter the countdown of the competition, and each person only has one hour to cook.

As soon as the three contestants heard the sound of "Ding" to start the competition, they rushed to the ingredients area, and each quickly took out the ingredients they needed.There are not many types of ingredients in the culinary competition, and some common ingredients may not be available, so if the contestants need these in the dishes, they can only try to choose other ingredients to make up for it.

The three contestants have already returned to their stands. Some of them took a lot of ingredients, while others only took two or three ingredients. It was really exciting.

Tang Lin stared at the three people in front of him without blinking. From their knife skills, to their seasonings, to their stewing time, he couldn't help but calculate in his heart how the taste of the dishes produced by these steps would be. how.

After watching it for a while, Tang Lin understood, and probably guessed who was going to be eliminated.Looking back at Chu Xing and Fang Pingshui, the expressions of these two people are no longer as serious as before. It seems that these two people, like myself, have seen the result of this game.

An hour passed quickly, and the three contestants hurriedly finally cooked the dishes.The 30-year-old man sweated the most. Once the dishes were finished, he couldn't help but reach out and wipe his forehead.Compared with the three, that young man seemed the most relaxed, but also the most particular.After finishing the dishes, he washed his hands with dish soap, then took out a handkerchief from his clothes and gently wiped his face.

The dishes were ready, and I thought there would be judges to score, but after waiting for a while, no one came.Tang Lin glanced around, and found that the staff present all looked indifferent, completely turning a blind eye to the dishes of these three people.

After a long time, a staff member finally came out. He took a pair of chopsticks from the side, took a bite of the young man's food, then shook his head and walked away.

On the screen, another line of words appeared under the heads of the three people.

"Fail."

Then the sound of the microphone sounded, and the three of them were eliminated directly.

Tang Lin couldn't help frowning, he didn't expect his estimation to be wrong, and...he looked up at the person holding the microphone, this game seemed to have other meanings.

"Why are all three of us eliminated!"

The young man probably didn't expect this to happen, he panicked and became aggrieved.He didn't even know that the handkerchief he had just used to wipe his sweat fell to the ground.

The other two also looked angrily. They felt that there was nothing wrong with their dishes. They would probably be unwilling to lose to the other party, but now that all three of them have been eliminated, it made them feel ridiculous!

"We need a reason," said the female player.

The staff member holding the microphone pushed his eyes on the bridge of his nose and smiled, "Of course it's no problem."

He said, "Take a look at the dishes you made yourself first." Whether it was the three contestants in the first group or the people from the candidate competition area, they all turned their attention to the three unattended dishes on the long table.

"Our judges felt that your dishes were not up to standard, so you were eliminated."

"Judge? He's the only one? And he only tasted it!" The big man pointed at the staff member who took a bite of the young man's dish and said loudly.

"He's not alone." The man holding the microphone narrowed his eyes, "It's all our staff present. Your dishes are not just for cooking, but also to attract the attention of all our staff present. As long as half of the staff present recommend you to advance, then you can successfully advance to the next round."

"A warm reminder, there are fifty staff members in total, which means you have to make dishes that 25 of them like."

After the microphone person finished explaining, he picked up the mobile phone in his hand and swiped, and then continued to click the names of the second group of contestants.The faces of the players in the second group were not very good. This game was really unfriendly to the members of their first and second groups. They only now knew the specific rules of the game.

Dishes that all the staff will love, what can they do?And these dishes are decided by drawing questions, they can't change it.And everyone's taste is different, some people like spicy, some like sweet or salty, it's hard to make everyone like it?

No matter what, the contestants in the second group walked to the center and drew the questions like the first group. It was still Chinese cuisine, but some dishes were obviously spicy and beet.

The faces of the contestants who have drawn these are even more gloomy. Do you want to make the dishes spicy/sweet?What if most of them don't like spicy/sweet food?So is it possible to neutralize these smells?If the original flavor of this dish is neutralized, it will be greatly reduced!

The time has already started, the contestants have selected the ingredients, but they have not done it for a long time, and the three of them stand in front of their own table, falling into infinite struggle.

Tang Lin hooked his lips. Sure enough, the culinary arts competition will not let the contestants go so easily. Huaguo cuisine is simple, but the organizer added a problem later, which directly raised it to a higher level.

Tang Lin noticed that the other people in the candidate competition area all had pensive expressions on their faces.It seems that they are racing against time to think about how to "take food from the tiger's mouth" from fifty staff members.

"How is it? Dude, are you confident?" Fang Pingshui patted Tang Lin's shoulder with a smile.

"Of course." Tang Lin smiled.

"I just like how confident you are." Chu Xing also chatted.

"But the organizer is really treacherous. The contestants in the first group directly became cannon fodder." Fang Pingshui couldn't help but hissed.

"Others are too nervous." Chu Xing whispered, and shook his head after speaking.

While they were talking, the game time of the second group was drawing to a close. The players moved faster and faster, and finally stopped with the sound of ending.

A girl who looked only about 25 years old couldn't help squatting down and crying. The other two contestants looked even uglier when she cried like this. They probably had expected their own results, and their eyes were a little desperate. .

Originally thought that after three years of hard work, they came to the stage of the culinary art competition and got the rare qualification to participate in the competition. They didn't expect that they would face the result of being eliminated in the first qualifier.How can it make people not sad!If they lose, they can only wait for three years. How many three years can each person have?

No matter what the contestants thought, the staff brought the three dishes to the long table, and everyone's eyes couldn't help falling on the staff walking around.But it was a pity that these staff members still looked indifferent, and none of them went to the long table to try the dishes.

Obviously the qualifiers had just started, but the tense atmosphere had already swept the audience, every player seemed to have a huge boulder on their hearts.

Su Zhi also couldn't help frowning. Although he trusted Tang Lin very much, he was also worried that Tang Lin would be affected by the atmosphere of the game, and how could these staff members be moved?He was faintly impatient.

Secretary Qiao was heartbroken. He knew that the culinary competition was cruel, but it was his first time to face the competition. The national competition and the world competition did not count.The players from the Su family also came out of the qualifiers before, but he didn't come to the scene as he is now, so he didn't know that the qualifiers were so cruel to the players.

No one tried the dishes, and the contestants in the second group were ashamed, and were invited out of the competition by the staff, and six contestants were eliminated in one fell swoop.

It was the third team's turn to play, and this time there was Fang Pingshui in the team.Fang Pingshui, Chu Xing, and Tang Lin touched their fists together, and walked out of the candidate competition area with their heads held high.

The topic of Fang Ping's water draw is ginseng chicken soup, a very ordinary dish.One of the other two contestants is Cantonese cuisine and the other is Zhejiang cuisine, both of which are very different.

Compared with the other two, Fang Pingshui was much cleaner and quicker. As soon as the competition started, he quickly walked to the ingredients area to pick out the ingredients he needed.Then he went back to the table, took out his big bag, and took out a stew pot from it.

After the stew pot was set up, he cut and diced the required ingredients and put them aside.The most important ingredient needed in ginseng chicken soup is chicken. Fang Pingshui directly caught a live chicken and killed the chicken himself on the spot.There is also frozen chicken in the ingredient area, but a qualified chef would not choose it. Even if the competition time is only one hour, they would rather use the freshest meat.Moreover, each living creature is also different, and you have to rely on your own eyesight when choosing.

Fang Pingshui's movements are very simple and rough, and the roughness forms a powerful cooking aesthetic.After everything was ready, he stuffed a lot of ingredients into the chicken, and then saw that he took out a ceramic jar from his big baggage, lifted the lid, stirred some very light sauce, and spread it on the chicken. surface of the chicken.

After finishing all these, he put the chicken into the stew pot and ignited the fire to stew it.During the stewing process, he didn't look at the watch or the time, his eyes were fixed on the stewing pot, and his ears moved slightly.

Tang Lin looked at Fang Pingshui expectantly. Fang Pingshui looked simple and honest, but it gave Tang Lin a very unfathomable feeling.

"Ding--"

The moment Fang Pingshui picked up the stew pot, the sound of the end of the game resounded throughout the top floor.

The faces of the other two contestants were a little ugly, especially one of them, whose face was as white as a sheet of paper. Tang Lin's eyes fell on the opponent's dishes, and he knew it by heart.It's a pity that this person's dish is not finished yet.

This person's unfinished dishes may not even be served on the table, and the staff is not blind, so they just dumped his dishes into the trash can, and eliminated him directly.

Fang Pingshui and another player's dishes were placed on the long table. The other player's dishes were brightly colored, but they did not attract the attention of the staff present.Fang Pingshui walked over to open the lid of his stewing pot, and the strange smell of ginseng chicken soup suddenly exploded from the middle like a cloud of smoke, and bursts of aroma swept the noses of everyone present.

It smells so good!

Tang Lin heard the sound of a staff member smacking the bar's mouth, and looked at Fang Pingshui with more serious eyes.

Chu Xing was still smiling, and he said softly, "I know that Fang Pingshui is not easy, and I really look forward to comparing with him soon."

Tang Lin nodded, thinking exactly the same as Chu Xing.

The fragrance of Fang Pingshui's soup kept coming, and it didn't dissipate for a while.Several staff members had already stopped what they were doing and walked up, took a bowl, filled some soup and drank it.There was a rare trance look on their faces, no longer the indifference before.

The man with the microphone nodded, and after the 10-minute dish tasting time, Fang Pingshui won the next round with 26 votes.Those who advance can choose to stay and continue to watch the battle, or they can choose to leave immediately.Of course Fang Pingshui chose to stay, he was very much looking forward to seeing the match between Tang Lin and Chu Xing.

The competition in the fourth group also ended soon, and no one advanced.

Soon, it was the turn of Tang Lin's team, the fifth team.Tang Lin stood up, and took a backpack from Liang Ting's hand.

Su Zhi's body couldn't help standing up straight, and Secretary Qiao looked at the nervous boss, and she also became nervous.

When Tang Lin walked into the center of the competition field, he turned his head to glance at Su Zhi, and gave him a reassuring look.With just one look, Su Zhi's impatience was smoothed out.

Tang Lin put the backpack in front of his table, followed the other two players to the center, and took turns drawing a ball from the box.Tang Lin opened the ball, looked at the questions in the ball and raised his eyebrows.

"Dongpo Braised Pork."

Tang Lin smiled, this topic is really suitable for him to play.

Dongpo Braised Pork is actually Dongpo Pork. It is a traditional special dish in the Jiangnan area, and there are several cooking methods. The most common cooking method of Tang Lin is to cook it directly to collect the juice.

The main ingredients needed for Dongpo Meat are pork, and the pork at the competition site is still fresh, at least not frozen.Tang Lin took out a thick and moderate piece and shook it in his hands. After choosing other side dishes, he turned around and returned to his table.

He opened his backpack and took out his cooking tools from it. Like Fang Pingshui, he took out two casserole pots.He put both casseroles on the stove before continuing to cook.

He first took out a spoonful of white rice and put it into one of the porcelain jars, then added water to wash it, and then boiled the rice directly.Then he cut shallots and ginger into granules, and cut the pork belly into even squares of four centimeters up and down. Then he tied up the pork belly with string and began to blanch and drain.

Compared with Fang Pingshui's rough cooking techniques, Tang Lin is more pleasing to the eye. Every movement seems to carry a breeze, slow and unhurried, claiming to be a school of beauty.

After putting the pork belly in the casserole, Tang Lin added a side dish, and then took out a small porcelain jar from his backpack.He stirred two spoonfuls of the sauce out of a small china pot, and started to simmer the pork belly casserole.Later, the casserole was taken out, the gravy was poured again, and it was put into the steamer again, and it was boiled for almost 10 minutes.Finally, when the game was about to end, Tang Lin poured the pork belly into the boiled rice and covered it with a pot.

In the next second, the game is over.

The other two players in Tang Lin's group seemed to be very good, at least much stronger in mental quality than the previous groups of players.

Tang Lin's dish is in the third place, and the other two are in the first and second place respectively.The first person opened the lid first. Although it was not as strong as Fang Pingshui, making the fragrance linger all over the place, people who were far away could still smell some light fragrance.

The No.1 player got 16 votes, which is a pity.

The No.2 contestant was similar, with four votes more than No.1, but still missed the cut.

Now it was Tang Lin's turn. Tang Lin stepped forward to open the lid, and a cloud of white mist flowed up leisurely. Everyone could smell the scent of white rice and pork belly.The two merged into one, and just hearing this made many people's stomachs growl in disbelief.

The staff member holding the microphone licked the corner of his mouth, coughed, and turned his face away.

As soon as the lid was opened and the aroma came out, no one could hold back the greediness. No matter how reserved people were, they dropped their helmets and walked around in front of the Dongpo Pork dish, waiting in line to try it.

In the end, Tang Lin ranked first with the highest 45 votes, and entered the promotion round just like Fang Pingshui.

Tang Lin walked back to the candidate competition area, Fang Pingshui licked his lips and said, "Your food looks delicious, I am drooling."

Tang Lin smiled and promoted his private restaurant by the way.

"Bull!" Chu Xing gave Tang Lin a thumbs up. Although he praised Tang Lin, he still had a smile on his face, as if he was not afraid of Tang Lin.

Tang Lin raised his eyebrows, looking forward to Chu Xing's match.

Chu Xing was in the seventh group, so it was his turn after the sixth group.He didn't take anything and went on the field empty-handed.

Is this extreme self-confidence?Tang Lin thought.

If you have your own cooking tools and your own secret sauce, you will have a greater chance of winning the competition.But Chu Xing abandoned both, and just walked up with bare hands. It seems that his strength is not simple.

After drawing the questions and choosing the ingredients, Chu Xing started cooking with the knives provided for the cooking competition.What he twitched was sliced ​​boiled meat, I saw that his knife skills were very good, he cut a large piece of meat into a stack of moderately thick slices within a short while.

After the meat was marinated, he put the meat into the frying pan and stir-fried it, and then made the sauce for the meat slices with the existing ingredients, adding pepper and broth, so that everyone could smell it Arrived a burst of fragrance.

When everything was done, Tang Lin knew that Chu Xing was destined to advance.

In the first qualifier, only three people got the chance to advance, and these three people were Tang Lin, Chu Xing and Fang Pingshui.

The three agreed to see each other next time, so they said goodbye and left.

Let them see you next time!