Chapter 233 - Chapter 233: Chapter 233: The Nine-Colored Deer (2/2)
Having been in the culinary world for half his life and participated in over a hundred competitions, he’d never expected that today his speed in serving dishes would actually be slower than that of a twenty-something-year-old young man.
About ten more minutes passed before his dish was finally brought out.
“A lost imperial secret dish, the Nine Colored Deer! Please, everyone, have a taste!”
He said this with extreme excitement, as if the dish he’d prepared was the finest in all the world.
Yet, no one at the scene paid him any attention; they were all gathered around Chen Yu, carefully tasting his food.
Wen Zaichang couldn’t help but widen his eyes; logically, food tastes best the moment it comes out of the pot. Ten minutes had already passed; Chen Yu’s dish should have already lost its flavor.
His own dish’s aroma should have been able to surpass Chen Yu’s.
Wen Zaichang subconsciously sniffed the air, only to find that the fragrance lingering was still strongest from Chen Yu’s side.
“How is this possible? What method did you use? Did you add some other kind of seasoning to the dish?”
Wen Zaichang was somewhat off-balance; his Nine Colored Deer dish had once won a world-class cooking competition, earning him the title of Kitchen God.
But now, Chen Yu had casually prepared four dishes that seemed to surpass his own!
Chen Yu didn’t answer but simply pushed his dish forward.
“According to the rules, both parties in the competition have to taste each other’s dishes, and I am very interested in the master’s signature dish.”
Without waiting for Wen Zaichang’s consent, Chen Yu had already picked up some chopsticks and took a piece from the Nine Colored Deer.
It must be said, Wen Zaichang’s culinary skills were indeed top-notch. Just this Nine Colored Deer alone used twenty-four different ingredients, and the taste of each ingredient didn’t clash with the others. Instead, they were perfectly fused together through the venison.
That mellow fragrance left Chen Yu with a lingering aftertaste.
If he didn’t have the system on his side, Chen Yu would likely not stand a chance against his opponent.
“Indeed worthy of the master’s signature dish, it’s just a pity that you skipped two steps in the preparation!”
As these words came out, Wen Zaichang’s eyes instantly bulged.
The main point of this dish was to fully enhance the aroma of the venison using the other ingredients, which required first charcoal-grilling the cured meat, then steaming it to allow the flavors of the other ingredients to fully integrate.
But such a process was overly complicated, and seeing Chen Yu cooking at such a fast pace had forced him to skip this step.
What astonished him the most was that Chen Yu could discern the essence of his dish after just one bite.
“Who exactly are you? Who taught you how to cook?” Wen Zaichang stared intently at Chen Yu with a strange look in his eyes.
“No one taught me. I just happened to come across an ancient cookbook and slowly practiced according to the methods described there!”
Wen Zaichang trembled all over: “So you’re saying you’re self-taught!”
Chen Yu didn’t reply, just picked up the ingredients beside him and continued cooking.
He hadn’t come here for a competition; he simply wanted to cook a good meal for these people.
After all, Victor and Reynolds had traveled a long way to get here; he had to make it worth their while!
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