Chapter 646 - A Scent Beyond One’s (2/2)

“Wow, you reminded me of the necessity of listening to Professor Tengyuan’s opinions,” Zhou Shijie nodded his head and said that solemnly.

Of course, he was actually thinking of the fun when Tengyuan found a tough opponent shortly.

After all, he had tasted the dishes cooked by Yuan Zhou more than once or twice.

While Zhou Shijie was crossing swords with Masheng secretly, the reporters who surrounded them to watch were also discussing ceaselessly in a low voice.

“So, are you convinced now?” Old Lee gestured with his lips as a signal to let others look towards Yuan Zhou.

“Well, the marvelous knife skills directly made these Japanese chefs dizzy. I’ve never expected that Chef Yuan would be so awesome,” Old Xu nodded his head and praised happily at the side.

“Hopefully, the taste can make that arrogant professor close his mouth. His title really makes me uncomfortable.” The full-beard reporter nodded his head.

“Exactly. Let’s wait for Chef Yuan to defeat him and win honor for us. That old guy always reveals a manner that he is No. 3, coming only after heaven and the earth.” All the reporters basically had the same idea.

However, the reporters from other countries naturally had different opinions. Many Japanese reporters waited for Tengyuan to give comments with his sharp tongue.

After all, the taste was the ultimate goal of cooking. The excellent knife skills also existed in Japan as raw fish always required knife skills.

Five minutes were very short. The time came very soon.

“Zi”. Yuan Zhou removed the big lid of the iron pot outside. He wasn’t in his restaurant now. Therefore, a little bit of fragrance was emitted from inside as soon as the big lid was removed. When the lid of the wood barrel was removed later, the scent rushed straight towards the nose.

The way Yuan Zhou removed the lid was very special. He first lifted the lid at his side and then only the whole lid quickly.

Therefore, the taste suddenly burst out.

“Um?” Chu Xiao knitted his brows immediately.

Yuan Zhou turned around and looked at Chu Xiao without saying anything. At that time, the steam dispersed and then, the rice showed up. The steam came out little by little and the scent also became lighter.

“The fragrance has all dispersed. I’m afraid there’s nothing left in the rice now.” Tengyuan looked at the steamed rice that had a good appearance, yet started to look for faults.

“Chef Yuan, the fragrance has all dispersed. What else would you like us to eat?” Dashi Xiujie said quickly as if he had found some problems.

Instead of answering him, Yuan Zhou nevertheless began to scoop the rice.

Of course, the kitchenware was also provided by the organizer of the exchange meeting. It was a small, egg-shell shaped, white and blue porcelain bowl, which was pure white inside and painted with some patterns outside.

Yuan Zhou scooped the rice into the three bowls very quickly. The amount of rice in each bowl looked the same. To be exact, the bowls were barely filled. Then, they were served up in two trays.

One was naturally for Chu Xiao while the other two for Tengyuan and Dashi Xiujie.

“Please take your time and enjoy your meal.” Yuan Zhou took up the trays and handed the bowls to them.

“Humph.” Dashi Xiujie was dissatisfied with Yuan Zhou not answering him just now, thus he couldn’t help humphing coldly when he received the rice.

Different from him, Tengyuan contrarily had a sense of decency. When he received the rice, he slightly nodded to Yuan Zhou and appeared like a great master.

“Hmm? There’s surprisingly some fragrance?” Dashi Xiujie muttered to himself in surprise.

That’s right. The rice was still giving out the elegant fragrance when it was served to him. The fragrance wasn’t strong, but no one could neglect it.

That was totally unscientific.

Tengyuan straightforwardly knitted his brows and picked up the spoon to eat.

The rice grains of the steamed rice in the blue and white small bowl looked white and plump. They were piled up loosely with some white-crimson fish meat occasionally mingling inside.

It seemed to have enough water and suitable for eating.

Tengyuan took up the spoon and stuffed a mouthful of the rice into his mouth. He only scooped half a spoonful of the rice so that he could point out the problems the first time.

As soon as the rice entered his mouth, however, he was stupefied.

Why was it so delicious?