Chapter 383 (2/2)

“This place is indeed very good.” Zhou Shijie said proudly with a smile.

“You have truly done a lot of work. Thank you.” Courtesies were never missed by Yuan Zhou.

“Um. Now it’s your turn to say something.” Zhou Shijie went up only to say that.

“Alright.” Yuan Zhou nodded his head.

“Today’s leading role has arrived now. This old man has starved all day long and waited for a whole day just to taste this meal. I believe everybody is probably the same.” Zhou Shijie wasn’t solemn today as how he had been during the contest. Once he went up to the chefs, he joked with them.

“Haw-haw. We are also waiting to see Boss Yuan show his awesomeness.” These chefs were still waiting for Yuan Zhou to give them the reasons.

“Exactly. Boss Yuan, you have to handle us all by yourself.” Dressed in casual clothes, the talking chef crossed his arms over his chest and looked at him smilingly.

“Yeah. Boss Yuan still has to bother with us.” Another chef immediately chimed in.

Chu Xiao just sat at the side and watched them without saying any word. Of course, his expression showed obvious disbelief.

“Hey, why don’t you say something to persuade him?” Xing Min was slightly worried when he saw that, but since it wasn’t appropriate for him to say anything, he had to ask Lee Yanyi beside him.

“It’s none of my business.” Lee Yanyi just revealed a look of puzzlement.

“What a stubborn old guy! Pity, what a pity!” Xing Min then became flustered and exasperated. He patted his thighs and muttered vaguely, all about bad words to Lee Yanyi.

Lee Yanyi nevertheless just kept silent and waited to eat.

Naturally, Yuan Zhou could get the sarcasm from their words, but he just remained expressionless. Only when these chefs finished talking did he start to say.

“Please, do you have the colorless crystal rod?” Yuan Zhou said to the waiter beside him.

“Yes, we do.” The waiter didn’t expect Yuan Zhou to talk to him and hence only answered after a slight hesitation.

“Please give it to me.” Yuan Zhou said deservedly with his expression unchanged.

“Ho Ho. Let me wait and see how you act out later.” The disdain revealed on Master Cheng’s face was almost flowing out.

“The thing is actually like this. Due to my mysophobia problem, my plate presentation would probably be quite different from those made by others.” While Yuan Zhou was talking to the serving girl, he washed his hands.

According to the old customs, Yuan Zhou repeated the actions three times. Only when they saw how Yuan Zhou washed his hands and wore the face mask did those chefs stop talking. After Yuan Zhou did all that, however, he took up a daikon and immediately started to sculpt while speaking.

“Shua Shua Shua”. While the kitchen knife was dancing in the air, the thin daikon slices fell off like the lunar aureole. In a short while, Yuan Zhou had sculpted the daikon in his hand into a beautiful ancient court lady.

With a big downward bun, the court lady was dressed in layers of gowns. The skirt angle was flown upward and the scarf was blowing in the wind. The gentle smile revealed on her face, the plentiful and plump temperament and romantic charm as well as the white and smooth skin all indicated Yuan Zhou’s superb craftsmanship.

“Damn!” As a master that had been famous for long, even Master Cheng couldn’t help rubbing his eyes.

“That was way too fast.” Master Fang became flabbergasted.

“Sh*t! I also want a plate presentation like this one.”

“No wonder he doesn’t want others to cut the vegetables for him.”

“….” Other chefs thought of their interjections bitterly in the heart.

“I never expected him to be that good.” Chu Xiao was also a little surprised.

The first was that Yuan Zhou used the kitchen knife; secondly, the time was very short; thirdly, it was almost a work of art rather than a decoration of a plate presentation. Chu Xiao had to admit that Yuan Zhou’s knife skill was really better than his.

“I like this style of presentation. It’s unique and is of a minority.” This time, a rare faint smile appeared on Yuan Zhou’s face, which made him seem extraordinarily sincere.

Unique?

Was that only unique?

As for being the minority, it was indeed so, as none of the chefs on site could reach that level.

Then, the chefs that watched at the side only wanted to say inwardly, “I don’t know what to say, but we all like this style of plate presentation. Get us a dozen, oh no, ten dozen, please.”

No wonder he didn’t want others to help…

“Master Yuan seems to be a very tough guy.” Zhou Shijie said to the other two people at the side while stroking his beard.

However, the sculpture was only the very start. Yuan Zhou’s presentation of culinary skills had barely begun.