Chapter 995 8-Clawed Flame Mountain
Naturally, the people at the judges' table didn't know what Chef Li and Yuan Zhou were thinking. After all, they were discussing what to eat next.
Eating is the most important thing in life, especially when it comes to delicious food.
"I think we should try Chef Yuan's squid first." Bai Xiaoxiao said immediately.
"This view is very constructive." Zhang Yan nodded, not knowing what was constructive about it.
"But I think the crab balls should be eaten first." Wang Xiang had a different opinion.
"This squid cannot be cooled. If it is cold, it will be fishy." Bai Xiaoxiao said.
"This crab is even colder." Wang Xiang was thinking that if he couldn't eat the little green dragon, it would be good to eat a Dungeness crab.
After all, they are all in the sea, and they are all relatively large shelled seafood.
While several people were having a friendly discussion in low voices, Zhou Shijie spoke.
"There are six more dishes in total." Zhou Shijie said.
Zhou Shijie's meaning was obvious. There were six more dishes to follow. These six dishes were for everyone to eat. There was no need to argue about order. They all went into their own mouths anyway.
"There are still six more ways to go, so let's eat the squid first. After all, it's your favorite, Boss Bai." Wang Xiang reacted immediately after hearing Zhou Shijie's words and said humbly.
"But these crab balls are also your favorite, Chef Wang, so why don't you invite them first." Bai Xiaoxiao also understood and said sheepishly.
"It's okay, Boss Bai invites you first," Wang Xiang said.
"No, no, no, chef Wang invites you first," Bai Xiaoxiao said.
The two were pretending to be polite for several minutes, and finally Zhang Yan said directly: "Serve the cold snail meat, starting from this side."
"Okay." The etiquette lady nodded, and then started to divide the dishes.
Now Bai Xiaoxiao and Wang Xiang were a little dumbfounded. It seemed that this was not the one they had just given in to. This president was too uncouth.
"F*ck." The word flashed through Bai Xiaoxiao and Wang Xiang's minds at the same time, and then their faces showed no emotion.
Sure enough, there are not many people who can hold a certain position, but I don’t know how capable they are, but their shame is something they have developed through training.
As soon as you hear the name of the cold snail meat, you can tell that it is served cold and for appetizers. Naturally, the portion is not large, so a few people almost lost the taste just after they tasted it.
After several people finished eating, they looked eagerly at the next dish prepared by Yuan Zhou on the table, but Zhou Shijie instigated the etiquette lady to bring the dishes from the Seafood Alliance.
The four of them gulped down the seafood alliance and then came to Yuanzhou's third dish, the Eight-clawed Flame Mountain.
Of course, as for the taste of the cold conch made by the Seafood Alliance, you can tell a little bit from the slight frowns on the judges' brows.
But it was obvious that Chef Li didn't feel this way. He always looked like he was sure of victory and stood contentedly in his position.
"Bring on that dish." Zhou Shijie pointed at Yuan Zhou's eight-clawed flaming mountain.
"Okay, please wait a moment." The etiquette lady said softly.
This time, the etiquette lady did not divide the food into dishes and send them to the judges. Instead, she directly brought the dishes prepared by Yuan Zhou.
Therefore, while the judges here were waiting to deliver the food, the host with a very weak sense of presence over there was hanging around as usual.
"Now that the judges have eaten, Chef Yuan's will be the first to taste the third dish." The host extended his hand to signal everyone to look at the Eight-clawed Flame Mountain.
At this time, the etiquette lady was introducing to several judges.
"Chef Yuan said that President Zhou, please fiddle with the squid tentacles, and this dish will match its name." Miss etiquette took out a pair of special metal chopsticks and handed them to Zhou Shijie.
"Oh? Interesting." Zhou Shijie took it with interest.
"Then I'll give it a try." Zhou Shijie looked at the other three with expectant looks on their faces, and without being polite, he directly stretched out his chopsticks and hesitated a little.
The shape of this eight-claw flaming mountain is relatively beautiful. It is served in a round black stoneware plate. The plate is very shallow and only one finger thick.
The squid above is in the shape of a mountain, but from the outside, the mountain looks like it is made of squid tentacles piled one by one.
And the squid tentacles are straight, which does not fit the situation of the squid tentacles bending when heated.
The mountain-like purple-black squid tentacles look very fresh and tender on the black stoneware plate. If you look carefully, there are purple and transparent onions sprinkled on each squid tentacles.
Zhou Shijie moved the squid very skillfully, and the squid tentacles were not messed up at all. But just after he finished, red flames suddenly rose from the entire inside of the stoneware plate.
"Sizzling" The flame-burned squid tentacles make a sizzling sound. The squid tentacles visible to the naked eye become curled, and the transparent onions on them emit bursts of fragrance.
"What an ingenious idea." Zhou Shijie sighed as he smelled the smell of squid in the air.
"It turns out the soup is inside." Bai Xiaoxiao pointed to the red soup flowing out as the flame burned.
Yes, while the flames were burning, the red soup spread from the bottom of the squid mountain. The red soup lined the curly squid tentacles, and smelled the alluring iron plate in the air. The scent made Bai Xiaoxiao swallow his saliva.
"It smells so good." Wang Xiang also nodded and said.
The flames continued to burn, and the squid mountain on the stoneware plate kept burning, making it look like it was really an eight-clawed flaming mountain.
"It's worthy of the name. It seems to be edible now." Zhou Shijie said with a smile.
"Let me have a taste." Zhang Yan didn't think so much this time and went straight to the chopsticks.
Zhang Yan picked up a squid tentacle. As soon as the squid tentacles left the Flame Mountain, the flames on it went out, and the extinguished squid tentacles gave off a more fragrant smell.
"I'll try it too." Bai Xiaoxiao swallowed his saliva and began to pick it up without any courtesy.
Someone started the meal, and Zhou Shijie motioned to Wang Xiang next to him to start eating too, and he was the last to take the meal.
The plate was burning with flames, but the squid tentacles that were removed were not. It felt like eating chestnuts from the fire, really eating from the Flame Mountain.
Bai Xiaoxiao stuffed the squid tentacles on the chopsticks into his mouth with satisfaction.
As soon as the squid tentacles entered his mouth, Bai Xiaoxiao couldn't help but narrow his eyes.
The "kaka" squid tentacles were very chewy, because after all, Bai Xiaoxiao was so excited that he started chewing them without tasting the taste first.
But as soon as I chewed it, I found that the squid tentacles were incredibly crispy. As soon as I bit it off, I found that the squid tentacles in my mouth had a bouncing feeling, and only then did the bitten squid tentacles exude a spicy flavor.
Because there are sesame seeds and onions that are bitten at the same time, there is a mixed aroma of sesame seeds, the spiciness of onions and peppers, and finally the tender and crispy feeling of the squid that is the main dish.
The flavors blend directly into your mouth into a beautiful compound movement.
Because of the flames, the squid was still a little hot in the mouth, but Bai Xiaoxiao didn't care about it and stretched out his chopsticks again to pick it up.
However, it is precisely because of this blanching that the squid remains optimally crisp and tender. After all, squid is relatively easy to cook and needs a suitable temperature to maintain its fresh taste.
And a low-temperature flame that continues to burn is the best choice...