Chapter 598 Layering

With the experience from last time, the four of them stopped their movements, held their breath, and stared at the drink in front of them attentively.

But this time nothing changed inside the cup.

Malu took out the timer originally placed on the table from his arms.

“I actually didn’t finish this dish because there were parts that required on-site cooking, so I asked the staff for advice.

“They said this part can be left until stage time, just factor in the cooking time.”

Indeed, some dishes now cannot be eaten directly after being served to the table. They need to be processed on-site by waiters or even chefs themselves.

This is also to ensure flavor or ornamental value.

After getting the signal from the staff, Ma Lu took a picture of the timer again and came to the rostrum.

Then he took out a dropper from his arms and poured it into the glass in front of the four judges.

The next moment a miracle happened.

The brown juice fell into the cup and turned into a coconut grove. The coconut trees continued to grow downward until they took root at the bottom of the cup.

Later, large coconut leaves grew on the coconut tree, and eventually coconuts were born.

This scene, which was like a magical reappearance of the Harry Potter world, stunned all the Muggles.

The four judges were all dumbfounded.

They were still thinking about how to express "meaning" in the fifth dish of Malu.

Most people think that he might use liquid nitrogen or dry ice to create a smoky scene, or find a way to recreate the "Grilled Buns" he made in the first game in the same way.

That dish is also quite artistic.

In the end, no one expected that Malu had another big surgery this time, and in front of everyone, a coconut grove grew out of the drink.

Is this scene really real and not a hallucination?

Violet Huppert, the editor-in-chief of Food & Wine magazine, flashed his eyes, thought of something, and blurted out.

"Are you using the cocktail layering technique?"

Layering is a basic skill for every bartender.

For example, the famous rainbow wine is prepared using this technology. Base wines or liqueurs with different densities are added into the wine glass in order of density.

The densest one is at the bottom, and the small one is at the top. You can easily achieve layering, add pigments for coloring, and what is finally presented in the cup is a cocktail with different colors in each layer, as gorgeous as a rainbow.

But Malu should have gone one step further.

After layering them with base wines or liqueurs of different densities, he did not add pigments to allow the layers to appear.

This makes the drinker mistakenly believe that he is not using layering technology.

And what he just added into the cup with a dropper should be mixed with a lot of coconut milk and milk.

Using coconut milk and milk to spread at different speeds in wine layers of different densities, the illusion of coconut trees growing and bearing fruit is finally created.

To confirm her suspicion, Violet Huppert then took a sip of the drink in front of her.

Sure enough, I tasted the taste of coconut milk, alcohol and syrup.

Although she saw through the secret behind the magic, Violet Huppert's evaluation of this dish did not decrease, but instead increased again.

Because knowing the principle is one thing, but wanting to do it is another.

In just a small bite, he tasted six or seven different flavors, and this was only a small part of the above.

He estimated that in order to achieve the final effect, Malu divided the drink into at least a dozen layers. It was extremely difficult to do so, and most people would not be able to make the coconut milk spread into the shape of a coconut tree without thousands of experiments. arrive.

Even if it is done, it is estimated that it will be difficult to successfully reproduce it.

In the end, Violet Huppert could only lament, “It’s so ingenious that although most of the chefs I’ve come into contact with know a lot about wine, there are very few who can work part-time as professional bartenders.

"Because this is also a profession that requires talent and a lot of practice. Being at the top is no less difficult than becoming a chef. How many skills do you have that we don't know about?

"Or I should ask, are there any other skills that you don't know how to do?"

"No."

Malu's answer was as arrogant as ever.

The last person to play was Luo Junkang.

Luo Jungkang does not have the same endless supply of novel ideas as Sun Mei and Ma Lu before him.

He just cooked the dishes honestly, because the time this round was really tight, he didn't even bother to put the dishes on the plate.

But it smelled pretty good when I served it.

Gaggan Anand poked a butterfly-shaped piece of fried food on the plate with his fork and asked curiously, "What is this?"

"Tea steamed buns." Luo Junkang said, "A traditional snack in Huai'an. I used it to make loofah tea steamed buns. Well, I just changed the recipe. The chicken soup was replaced with truffle soup, and crab meat was added. It was considered a deluxe version of the competition. Yes."

Rocky Chen was not in a hurry to taste the dish, although it looked tempting, but continued.

"I noticed that your time is almost running out. Even if you pass this round, you won't be able to compete again. Unless you have some back-ups that we don't know about, why don't you choose a better one? Where’s the food?”

"I have no backup plan," Luo Junkang shook his head, "As for why I didn't choose something easy to do, it's not that I don't want to, it's just because my opponent is too strong."

"If I don't do my best, there is no hope of surviving this round. As for the next game, I don't have time to think about it."

"I see."

After eating the loofah tea, the four judges tasted the three people's works in this round, and then they finished scoring.

Sun Mei also felt a little nervous this time. Although Sun He and Luo Junkang's grandfather are old friends and have worked together, she and Luo Junkang are not very familiar with each other.

However, Sun Mei had tasted Luo Junkang's dishes before and recognized the latter's strength. She always regarded Luo Junkang as her potential opponent for the championship.

In order to save time for the last round, she didn't show her full state in these two rounds.

On the contrary, Luo Junkang seemed to have given up the championship and used up all his time in this round.

In this way, Luo Junkang, who burst out his last remaining strength, could pose a greater threat to Sun Mei.

Sun Mei also regretted a little. Should I spend more time polishing "Night in a Foreign Land" in this round, but when her eyes shifted to Ma Lu, she became determined again.

For her, the second place is no different from the third place.

Only by defeating the man in front of her can she fulfill her promise with Sun He.

Because there are only three people left, the staff can calculate the scores much faster.

The final score is released. Ma Lu leads the field again with 5 points, Sun Mei gets 4.25 points, and Luo Junkang also gets 4.25 points.

It's a tie.

This is the first time that the last place has been tied since the competition started.

Next, the judges need to discuss a result.