Chapter 110 (1/2)

Chapter 110: The Meaning of Being a Chef

[I was hungry ages ago. The second gathering for dinner is happening now. Come on. Get on the car,] from Boundary of Firmament.

[Hi, rich man. Where are you gathering for the dinner? Can I join in?] from Amisa.

[You are also a rich man. Come and join us,] from Boundary of Firmament.

[You honorable rich men, tell me the address, please,] from Accompanying You.

[Let me get the topic back to what it was. Meng Meng, we are all hungry. Would you join me for the dinner?] from Shime.

[This is a cunning guy. Meng Meng, come join us. Help yourself to any of Boss Yuan’s dishes,] from Boundary of Firmament. Electronic currency, a gift in the form of a plane, was then transferred across the screen to Meng Meng.

[That’s right. You should join us. Come on, come on,] from Amisa. This wealthy man also transferred her with another plane.

Then the topic totally changed to waiting to treat Meng Meng to eat in Yuan Zhou’s restaurant.

The customers and the judges, nevertheless, started to savor the dishes.

There were only 8 shrimps in Yuan Zhou’s Phoenix-Tail Prawns dish. Wang Shuyuan directly picked up one shrimp and several phoenix tree flowers, cruelly ruining the decorative phoenix bird resting in the phoenix tree on the plate. Even so, Wang Shuyuan still cared about his reputation so he didn’t take all the decorative items away.

“Why did you take away the decorations? Look, the style is immediately damaged.” Those who liked the appearance of the dish were taking photos with their phones when they realized Wang Shuyuan actions.

Little Wu allocated a few shrimps to each plate for everyone accordingly. The amount of the prawns in Chef Yu’s Phoenix-Tail Prawns dish was larger, basically sufficient to allocate everybody with two. However, there were totally 8 shrimps in the dish cooked by Yuan Zhou, hence it was troublesome for Little Wu to evenly allocate them to the customers.

Seeing this awkward situation, some customers said to him considerately, “No need to give me that one. I just want some prawns cooked by Chef Yu.”

Only that way could the shrimps cooked by Yuan Zhou be allocated evenly to each of the remaining customers.

Wang Shuyuan first savored the prawns cooked by Chef Yu, which were basically alike to those cooked in the previous contest. The outer surface was brown and crisp while the meat was fine and tender. The abundant freshness and the non-oily ingredients just brought about the special flavor of the Phoenix-Tail Prawns.

As for the shrimp from Yuan Zhou’s Phoenix-Tail Prawns dish, Wang Shuyuan savored it meticulously. As the kind of prawns used was changed this time, the taste was also different from that he had experienced in Yuan Zhou’s restaurant.

The prawns in Yuan Zhou’s restaurant almost push the word “freshness” to its limit. Moreover, it tasted extremely elegant and was free from any other disturbing scents. The existence of vegetables seemed to be only an ornament and even the elasticity of the prawn meat seemed to serve as a foil to the delicacy of the prawns.

Now, although without the utmost freshness, this dish nevertheless had a more crisp and tender taste and felt like it combined several different flavors into one. It’s not easy to say which one is better. But on the aspect of taste, it was definitely the prawns cooked in Yuan Zhou’s restaurant that outclassed the current one. As for the taste, both had their own merits.

The outcome of this contest is quite apparent to Yuan Zhou and Wang Shuyuan. As for other people, the empty plates that didn’t even have the decorations left, proved everything.

“Seriously, where does this young master come from? Even the decorative radish could be made so delicious. Yet, we didn’t notice how he flavored it just now even though we were all watching personally,” a customer who had just taken the last bite of the dish asked eagerly.

“How should I know? Anyhow, the marvelous taste immediately conquered me in that moment.” While speaking, he touched the arm of the one beside him and continued saying in a low voice, “In comparison, the prawns cooked by Chef Yu were a little greasier, not as fresh and cool. Right?”

“I think so, too. Formerly, I felt that Chef Yu cooking Phoenix-Tail Prawns was absolutely beyond comparison but now…” another man approached them and likewise agreed.

“Enough. Don’t say that anymore. Luckily, we don’t need to make the final decision; otherwise, Chef Yu wouldn’t have a nice expression.” At any rate, Chef Yu had been their favorite chef.

The face of the general manager wasn’t so happy, either, as the results were much too obvious. There were still some prawns left in Chef Yu’s dish while the plate containing Yuan Zhou’s dish was just a few steps away from being cleaned by the customers. They were merely waiting for Wang Shuyuan to announce this known-to-all result now.

“This old guy knows it’s only an exchange of pointers today, thus the result doesn’t actually matter. If talking seriously, both the chefs had their own merits. It’s merely that Master Yuan does it slightly better.” Noticing the time was more or less appropriate, Wang Shuyuan straightway stood up and announced that in a rather polite tone.

The customers who were on the site for the taste test actually felt what Wang Shuyuan said made sense. However, the expression of the two masters still appeared alright. Yuan Zhou was still as solemn as before and didn’t have any difference from when he first came, giving people a feeling that he did everything earnestly.