Chapter 997 Big Crab Dumpling

"Finally the last dish, how do you feel about Chef Zuo?" Chef Li looked at Chef Zuo behind him who had been silent and asked.

"How do you feel, Ao Pi?" Chef Zuo frowned slightly, with a serious face. He did not answer Chef Li's question, but instead asked today's collaborator, Ao Pi.

Yes, originally this rolling crab dumpling was Chef Zuo’s specialty, but Ao Pi happened to be good at cooking crabs as well, because this was a main dish that required a lot of effort, so this dish was a collaboration between the two of them.

"Of course it's no problem." Ao Pi was quite confident in himself. The cooperation between him and Chef Zuo was not as simple as one plus one equals two.

However, just after listening to Ao Pi's words, Chef Zuo's frown deepened.

"Chef Zuo?" Chef Li was a little confused about Chef Zuo's attitude.

"I'm a little worried." Chef Zuo said seriously.

Chef Zuo is an older chef. He has been in this business for a long time. His restaurant was opened when he was young. It has been twenty years now.

Naturally, he is no longer the chef in the store, but he is also his most proud disciple, and his cooking skills are no worse than his. This time, it was because the comments on Yuanzhou Tasting Online were too unpleasant that he came here to teach Yuanzhou how to behave.

However, strictly speaking, Chef Zuo's apprenticeship is really good. The key problem is that his apprentice is only in command. If there is no high-ranking official, he will not do it himself.

But Chef Zuo doesn't know about this. Now Chef Zuo is worried that he will be rebelled against by Yuan Zhou.

"What are you worried about? I am also good at this crab. There will be no problem if the two of us join forces." Ao Pi said with certainty.

"It's not that there's something wrong with our food, but that Yuan Zhou, I don't think it's that simple." Chef Zuo said.

"What did Chef Zuo find?" Chef Li asked immediately after hearing this.

"That's not true." Chef Zuo shook his head.

"Then what are you worried about? Chef Zuo, you must be thinking too much. You are probably nervous. This is our first time participating in this kind of league competition. We have to thank Chef Yuan." Chef Li was relieved and teased said.

"I think that after the competition, our seafood alliance does not need to disband, but should cooperate more closely." Ao Pi said.

Chef Li nodded in agreement and said, "We can turn this alliance into a brand."

In his opinion, as long as it is famous, diners will eat it. Whether it tastes good or not is another matter.

In fact, the idea of ​​Li Chu and others is to consume people's perception of authority. If one day, no matter what the list is, people no longer believe it, then I will be happy.

"The competition is one thing, but you can see that Yuan Zhou is not panicked at all. His expression has not changed from the beginning to now. I think he is very confident." Chef Zuo thinks that he has rich experience in the world, but he can't do it as well as Yuan Zhou This Qi nourishing skill.

Indeed, whether it was when Yuan Zhou was cooking or when the judges were tasting, Yuan Zhou's expression was as expressionless as ever, neither nervous nor smiling.

"Haha, this Chef Zuo is overthinking. I heard that this person is expressionless to begin with. He is the kind of facial paralysis mentioned on the Internet." Ao Pi interjected and laughed.

"This is the best." Chef Zuo relaxed on his face, but he was still a little uneasy in his heart.

In fact, this was wrong. Yuanzhou still had some ideas in his mind. After all, he didn't have enough time, so he was mentally preparing to go back and prepare ingredients for dinner.

Soon the discussion stopped because the judges had already started eating.

This time, the judges did not ask the etiquette lady to divide the dishes. Instead, they directly brought the plates over and then each person opened them with a pair of chopsticks.

Of course, it is still the same as before, first rinse your mouth with tea, wash your hands with water, then use warm water to remove the smell, and then start tasting.

Yuanzhou's big crab balls are packed in a large disk. The lower part of the disk is painted with a cyan brush to look like sea water waves, and the crab is on top of the waves.

It looks like this fiery red sea crab is floating on the waves, which is quite artistic.

Because the name is called big crab dumpling.

So naturally it looks like a dumpling. This dumpling is easy to find. It is hidden under the crab shell. When you open it, you can see a jade-colored dumpling soaked in red soup.

This time, except for the complete crab legs on the side, the overall shape is like a sun rising slowly on the sea, beautiful and appetizing.

"Not bad." Zhou Shijie said.

"Indeed." Zhang Yan said.

"The Dungeness crab meat in California is of such good quality, why are all the crab meats picked out jade-colored?" Wang Xiang asked.

"Maybe? It feels a little different." Bai Xiaoxiao, who doesn't know how to cook, hesitated, even though he provided the crab.

"You'll know after you eat it." After Wang Xiang finished speaking, he looked at Zhou Shijie eagerly, waiting for him to use his chopsticks first.

After all, this is a competition, and Zhou Shijie and Zhang Yan are the main judges. Among them, Zhou Shijie has a higher status, so he uses his chopsticks first for every dish.

In this regard, Wang Xiang and Bai Xiaoxiao are still very careful.

Before, Zhou Shijie used his chopsticks to open the Eight-clawed Flame Mountain first, and then they grabbed it, although they grabbed it later.

"Okay, let's start." Zhou Shijie said, first he started with the big dumplings and took a chopstick.

The crab meat was made into dumplings. Zhou Shijie initially thought it would be difficult to pick it up, but his chopsticks suddenly revealed that the crab dumplings looked like tofu, and a complete piece came out with just a pinch.

Moreover, the crab balls were tender but not falling apart. They were still intact, except for a piece missing from the place where they had just been pinched.

"There is a rumor in our food industry that sea crabs are not as good as river crabs, river crabs are not as good as river crabs, and river crabs are not as good as lake crabs. Now this sea crab is considered to be the lowest-class crab. I don't know how it tastes." Wang Xiang's face was filled with anticipation, and his mouth was filled with anticipation. But he said.

"That's right. This lake crab has all five flavors without the need for salt and vinegar, but this sea crab is naturally fishy, ​​not to mention the meat is rough." Zhang Yan nodded, and then picked up a piece of crab meat with chopsticks.

"If you say that, I'm afraid I won't be able to sell this crab in the future." Bai Xiaoxiao said helplessly.

"Are you still worried that you won't be able to sell it? Let's stop talking and start eating." Wang Xiang said with a smile.

When it comes to crabs, there is naturally a lot to talk about. After all, there are too many people who love crabs from ancient times to the present. From Liu Chengxun in the Later Han Dynasty, nicknamed Huang Da, to Bi Zhuo in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and Li Yu in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, known as crab crazy, and even The money you spend buying crabs is called life money, which shows how delicious crabs are, but what these people like to eat is lake crabs.

But what Yuan Zhou is doing now is sea crabs, and the raw materials are different in this regard.

Wang Xiang is good at making Xiaoqinglong, and Xiaoqinglong is sea shrimp. He knows best how to cook these shelled ingredients from the sea and what are the difficulties.

Therefore, he directly stuffed the crab meat that looked like soft tofu on the chopsticks into his mouth.

In fact, now is not the most plump time for Dungeness crab. December is when it is on the market.

So Wang Xiang lowered his expectations slightly, but as soon as he took his mouthful of crab meat, he realized that he was wrong, and how wrong he was.

"This? This smell?" Wang Xiang's eyes widened in surprise, a little in disbelief.

Yes, the crab meat looks like soft tofu, very soft and tender, but after a sip, the crab meat turns into long strips of crab meat, and after a little chewing, the chewy texture of sea crab comes out.

Because it is made into a ball, the sweet and fresh juices in the crab meat are not exposed at all, and are contained in every bit of crab meat.

Every time you chew it, it feels like eating a crab that is in season, with the salty taste of the crab itself neutralizing the overly delicious taste.

It wasn't until Wang Xiang chewed that he discovered that there was a trace of crab roe in the crab meat. This trace of crab roe was broken into pieces and perfectly integrated into the crab meat. The moistness of the crab roe and the toughness of the sea crab meat hovered on the tip of the tongue, opposing and merging with each other. The flavors are mellow and complement each other.

"Hmm, delicious." Wang Xiang sighed in his heart, but his hands were not slow. This time he picked up the crab balls near the red soup.

The crab balls here have a faint red color when picked up, as if they have been poured with a thin layer of gravy, or like jade covered with a layer of red sand.

This piece of crab meat on the brown chopsticks gives off a sense of beauty like a beauty separated from the clouds.

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