Chapter 157 - Fujian Cuisine (2/2)

“Yes.” He looked up and asked, “Do you know her?”

“Lu Yuxi is our former neighbor. She moved away about three to four years before you were born, so I had even carried her in my arms when she was young.”

Shen Hui said in high spirits, “Fate is really so amazing. The two of you have never met before, but you actually know each other now. By the way, is she staying at our house?”

“Mmm.”

“Come, Lele, take a photo with Mommy. I want to post it to show off. My son is a little Master Chef!”

After Shen Hui raised her phone, Li Qing leaned over and took a photo with a grin.

He was especially excited about coming to the competition venue, not to mention going on stage as Xu Le’s assistant. This was an extremely important part of his cooking career!

“The next round of cooking for the audience should be after selecting the ingredients. The amount of ingrdients provided should be randomly picked. How troublesome, they probably won’t be finished until after seven to eight hours.”

The competition would definitely end late at night. Xu Le had already read the rules of the show and was not surprised. He said calmly, “I’m looking forward to the end of the competition, when that Master Chef shows his face.”

Shen Hui put her arm around her son’s shoulder and said, “Good luck. I believe you can definitely win.”

Xu Le did not value winning or losing that much. Hearing this, he looked at his mother strangely and said, “I’ll try my best.”

Soon, the break was over. After returning to the stage, a large table was placed in the middle of the kitchen on both sides. On it were various vegetables and meat, as well as condiments.

The host said passionately, “Everyone, please take a look at the ingredients on the table. Both sides have to choose the ingredients they need based on the cuisine and quantity voted by the live audience.”

In this round, there were four people in each group. Similarly, only three chefs appeared on the other side. There was no sign of the Master Chef.

Li Qing whispered gossipingly, “Why doesn’t the person opposite look like someone who can cook? He doesn’t look like a chef. He looks just like my father who hasn’t even stepped into the kitchen before.”

Zhang Tong frowned as if he found him to be too full of himself at such an important competition. “Don’t randomly call others your father.”

“Hey, what are you saying? Don’t think that you can lecture me just because you’re more experienced than me.”

Li Qing did not back down.

Shen Hui glanced at the two of them and said, “Stop arguing.”

“Alright, now let’s invite both temas into the kitchen.”

The host suddenly made an inviting gesture. Even though the contestants and audience were confused by this request, the contestants did as they were told.

After entering, the host said, “Now, we will take turns choosing the ingredients. Please don’t discuss it with your team and go out to get them.”

Li Qing raised his eyebrows and said, “Then I’ll go first.”

Li Qing went up first to get the white promphret, followed by Zhang Tong, who took the chicken, while Shen Hui picked the water chestnuts. Xu Le took a piece of pork belly…

Ten minutes later, both sides finished choosing their ingredients. Because they took the ingredients immediately, they did not have much time to think. Therefore, whether they could match the dishes chosen by the audience in the end depended on luck.

The eight main cuisines scrolled across the live screen. Below, the audience voted. Soon, it settled on Fujian cuisine.

Fuijian cuisine originated from Fuzhou. It focused on a light and refreshing flavour. The representative dishes included Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, Tea Noodles…

After obtaining the results regarding the cuisine, the few of them hurriedly checked the ingredients they had brought back. Xu Le suddenly felt a vacuum bag and felt that the things inside were very unfamiliar. He picked it up and took a look.

“Which one of you took the bamboo leaves? Why do you need bamboo leaves?”

Li Qing’s eyes widened. “I was too anxious just now. I thought they were onion leaves.”

After checking them one by one, Xu Le pointed at a pile of fresh fish and said, “There is yellow fish, smooth fish, leaf fish, so we can make soy sauce fish. And out pork belly and red yeast rice can be used to make lychee meat.”

“Alright.” Shen Hui looked at the ingredients that did not complement each other and said awkwardly, “But this tofu, bamboo leaves, and cashews… No, how should we deal with the Jade Mountain Fruit?”