C33 (1/2)

”This is one of Master Wei's best dishes. It has already reached the peak of perfection in all aspects of cooking. Normal people would not even have the chance to taste it, let alone point out the flaws in this dish.”

”But there are still some flaws. Otherwise, Master Wei would not have taken out this piece of chicken to test.”

”Even those few old fellows who come here to eat often find it hard to find any problems. However, Old Wei has already gone easy on him. All he has to do is to point out a flaw and it will be counted as him passing the test. ”

The chefs had already begun their discussion.

Liu Daqing was also mumbling to himself. If Zhou Tian had answered wrongly, then bringing him here would be a miscalculation. He would lose a lot of face.

”This piece of chicken is as white as a hibiscus. It is smooth and delicious, but it is still somewhat lacking in beauty. The first point was that the oil temperature was too high when cooking chicken slices. The second point was that the crocodile was too thick, and its juice did not turn into transparent glass. Last but not least, this chicken is not chosen well enough and the chicken is not tender enough. ”

He listed every single part of it.

Especially Master Wei, who was a chef, had a face full of shock. The first two points were indeed as Zhou Tian had said, he could not control them with ease, and as for the last point, even he did not know. He only had a feeling that it was broken by Zhou Tian.

One had to know that they were extremely strict with the selection of ingredients, and all kinds of vegetables and fresh fruits were guaranteed to be fresh. The choice of chickens was the same as well.

”Wow, you're amazing! ”I was even able to find fault with this piece of Hibiscus Chicken. I ate it three to five times and only after learning how to cook it myself did I find out what the flaws of this dish were.” Li Qing gave a big thumbs up and praised him.

Liu Daqing didn't say anything, but his expression was enough to explain everything. He was very pleased with himself. After all, he was the one who personally went to fetch this man.

”Did you ever eat this dish before, or did you make it yourself?” Master Wei asked.

”About this, I've only read about it in the recipe and haven't had the chance to make it myself. Today is my first time tasting it, so I would like to thank you for your craftsmanship.” Zhou Tian said.

He already had a certain understanding of the culinary skills of the imperial chef's descendants. One must know that the old man had trained his cooking standards to be very strict. However, he was only able to find out the three small flaws of this dish.

It is not appropriate to say that it is flawed, but it is only slightly flawed compared to other aspects.

His sense of smell was far more sensitive than ordinary people could imagine. If he wanted to find out the flaws in this slice of chicken, he estimated that he would be able to find out the flaws in every step of cooking.

”Do you really have that talent?” Master Wei looked at Zhou Tian with wide eyes. He was the one who had bet that Zhou Tian did not possess such talent.

”It's alright …” Zhou Tian didn't know what to say.

How could a taste be considered a gift? This talent is too simple, Zhou Tian thought to himself.

These were just his hobbies. His true talent lay in his medical skills. With his godly eyes, even this old man was ashamed of his medical talent. Otherwise, this old man would not only choose him as his personal disciple.

It was said that in the old man's generation, there was a martial uncle whose talent was not inferior to the old man's. However, this bloodline could only choose a successor, and the martial uncle that was unlucky could only go down the mountain.

”Come, little brother, I have a hollow glass ball. You can try it.” Master Qin, who was betting on Zhou Tian's talent, brought out a plate of fragrant hollow glass balls.

Zhou Tian didn't hold back and immediately started to eat. The pill had just exploded and was still very hot.

But it was sweet and crisp.

”Isn't this hollow glazed ball for Dr. Chuan?” Seeing that Zhou Tian had already eaten half of the plate of Hollow Glass Beads, Li Qing couldn't help but ask.

”Don't bother with that old guy. He's already so big, yet he still likes to eat sweet things. He's not afraid of decay, he's angry, and he's going to get diabetes.” Master Qin said in a domineering tone.

When Li Qing saw that Zhou Tian had come with Ming Xia, he thought to himself, ”Perhaps the two of them are a couple and haven't seen his father-in-law yet. Isn't it too much of a waste to just snatch food from his father-in-law's tiger's mouth?”

”The fragrance of this hollow glazed ball is somewhat lacking, probably because it has been placed on the side for too long; the syrup on each pellet is not even enough, some are thicker, some are thinner; the ratio of white sugar to oil is not fixed, but is flexible, depending on the need.” Week still lists only three points.

”Tsk tsk, a young hero indeed came out!” However, this was only one of the tests. Being able to eat it would not necessarily mean one had true skill, because cooking was impossible to achieve perfection. As long as you follow the instructions of the cooking process, you can easily pick out the flaws in it. Of course, I'm not denying your ability, but that's the truth. ” Master Wei said with a smile on his face. He was still unwilling to admit defeat so easily.

Zhou Tian agreed. After all, manpower was limited. One could only get as close to perfection as possible. No matter how good a dish was, as long as one wanted to be picky, they could easily find the fault.

For example, if a dish needed to be fresh and tender, then the chef would have to approach the perfect standard as closely as possible. Therefore, you're right to say that the flaw of this dish was that it wasn't tender enough.

This was the way it was in the world. It was always easy to move one's lips.

Liu Daqing stood up with a smile, ”All the masters want to test you, are you willing?”

”Sure, but the dishes you guys made all belong to me.” Zhou Tian also laughed. He hadn't eaten enough. With such a good opportunity in front of him, how could he let it slip away so easily?