Chapter 376 (1/2)

Chapter 376: Yuan Zhou’s Face-slapping

“This is the soybean that is at the transition time of spring to summer rather than a pure spring soybean. About one-third of them are from that period.” Yuan Zhou brought out his judgement calmly.

“You are right, but I haven’t finished.” Chu Xiao turned his head, taking a look at Yuan Zhou, and then continued.

“Since this master has said that, I don’t say it anymore.” Chu Xiao just glanced at Yuan Zhou lightly, not intending to mention his name.

“This pot of bean sprouts has been handled by three people and all of them are girls. I suggest the females who touch the food ingredients not to use perfume,” Chu Xiao shrugged and then continued saying that.

He didn’t feel uncomfortable at all for Yuan Zhou’s interruption just now. After all, he would also correct it directly if he saw others giving wrong information.

“I’m done. That’s all.” Chu Xiao directly turned around and went back to his own position.

He would never admit that he might have made mistakes.

Nevertheless, Yuan Zhou was murmuring the different scents of the few brands of perfume silently.

“Speaking of which, these perfumes definitely have their own names. I seem to know very little of that.” Yuan Zhou knew the tastes of these perfumes, but he just couldn’t bring their names out.

He made up his mind inwardly and prepared to broaden his scope of knowledge after he went back. It was always good to know more.

Yuan Zhou was the fourth contestant, therefore he didn’t walk very far away.

“My luck today is surprisingly so good.” Yuan Zhou signed voicelessly, thinking that even such an unusual thing could appear when he saw the stuff on the plate.

On the plate was a flower and two leaves under it as the background, which appeared fairly beautiful.

“Loosestrife.” Yuan Zhou brought out the name with certainty.

“The vegetable is indeed seldom seen now. We are eating it far less nowadays.” The chairman of China Chefs’ Alliance stroked his goatee and said smilingly.

“Yeah. I tasted it once a few days ago and the taste was still fresh in my memory.” The middle-aged man, whose nameplate was reading Research Doctorate of Precious Ingredient Research, pushed his glasses upward and said earnestly.

“Little Dong, you are too young. How dare you are so bold to eat whatever you are interested in?” The chairman of the alliance said with a smile.

“You are right. I still like the processed ones. If not, it must be very fresh ones.” Judging from his words, the great gourmet was known to be picky about things.

“The vegetable is produced in Xin’an and the smoothest and most tender ones are from the upper reaches of Xin’an River. It’s a perennial herbal Asteraceae plant that likes warm surroundings. Its leaves are similar to the mother chrysanthemum, therefore it’s also named as the Stelpnolepiscentiflora. When it blossoms, the flower is small and white with a lustre alike to that of pearls. That’s why it’s named as the Loosestrife.”

Yuan Zhou was used to revealing the phenotypic traits of the vegetables according to the system’s introductions.

“What the hell is the matter with this guy? Isn’t he a chef? Why do I feel like he is actually a botanist?” The chefs off the stage discussed with a low voice.

“You are right. He’s not Chu Xiao. Is it really necessary for him to bring out even the scientific name of a vegetable?” A chef frowned and said slightly discontentedly.

He had decent reasons to feel dissatisfied. For Chu Xiao to speak like that was still acceptable as they had been used to his posturing ways and totally surpassed them. However, why could a person that suddenly appeared make a long-winded speech without any preparations?

Wouldn’t that indicate that they are quite incapable?

However, Yuan Zhou continued talking even before they finished their complaints.

“The vegetable in front of us looks beautiful and plump, but it isn’t grown in the wild. In this season, only the Guangdong area has the wild-growing ones. If it was transported here, it wouldn’t be so fresh. So the vegetable is produced from the greenhouse in the suburbs. These few plants of Loosestrife should have been planted in the middle, which brought such strong scent.”

“It is mostly used in Teochew cuisines. Nevertheless, I think there’s no need to cultivate it in water next time as it will lose the taste of soil.” Yuan Zhou said lightly.

“Sh*t. Both of them are like dogs. No, even the dogs don’t have that sensitive smell. Their noses are definitely not human’s.” The chef said speechlessly while looking at the mud on the roots of the Loosestrife.

The roots were caked full of mud. God knows how to judge it to be hydroponically grown.

The chefs below the stage were all stupefied.