Chapter 886: Chapter 886: Back to Where You Came From
"The Changping Competition is hosted by the Zhao Family, are we going to cause trouble for ourselves?"
Security: "..."
The problem is, Li Xiaoyun isn’t part of the Zhao Family either.
Mr. Zhao, did you not realize anything wrong when you said that?
"Yes." The security had no choice but to nod.
With Zhao Dingli’s guarantee, what more could they do?
They could only go back to where they came from.
Zhuang Mingyan noticed and immediately changed her expression.
But upon seeing clearly where Li Xiaoyun was seated, she mistakenly assumed Li Xiaoyun was also one of the Zhao Family.
She thought maybe Li Xiaoyun was on Zhao Dingli’s side.
"Some minor issues came up during the competition, let’s continue." An Haiyin said.
The scene where Zhuang Mingyan shouted to have the security escort Li Xiaoyun out was quickly cut by the director.
Although the live audience could see it.
But the viewers watching the broadcast online couldn’t see it.
Even if they find out, it would be later.
As for Li Xiaoyun’s words cursing Zhuang Mingyan.
Sorry, the director didn’t cut that.
After all, only Zhuang Mingyan was scolding others, shouldn’t others have the chance to talk about Zhuang Mingyan?
We need to present facts and reason, both sides need to be heard!
So that the audience not present wouldn’t be misled.
"We still have the last contestant, Zhou Junhao’s dish hasn’t been served yet, if we wait any longer, its taste might be affected." An Haiyin reminded.
Lowell quickly said, "Then please bring Zhou Junhao’s dish over."
Nobody paid attention to Zhuang Mingyan anymore.
Zhuang Mingyan thought angrily, let them be complacent now.
Ultimately, it’s the scores that matter.
What use is being verbose now!
Zhao Dingli didn’t listen to the comments about Zhou Junhao on stage.
Instead, he turned to the little fellow and asked, "Why are you carrying a loudspeaker with you?"
Is this something you’d normally carry around?
Really can’t even imagine.
The little fellow said, "I came here to cheer for Xiao Fei, just in case my voice couldn’t compete with other fans, I brought the loudspeaker."
That’s why he’s carrying it.
See, it comes in handy.
Li Xiaoyun proudly lifted his chin, "Our Xiao Mo is really smart."
Zhao Dingli: "..."
After the judges finished commenting on Zhou Junhao’s dish.
An Haiyin said, "Now, the attendants will deliver a score sheet to each judge."
"Please fill in the score for the first round for each contestant in the score sheet." An Haiyin said.
Before the judges scored, the director gave a close-up shot of the score sheet.
To show the audience clearly what the score sheet looks like.
At the top of the sheet, it says "Soup Dishes."
Underneath the soup section, it lists the judges’ names.
Below that are the names of ten contestants.
Judges would score each contestant accordingly.
While the judges were marking the scores, the camera only captured the paper at a distance without showing the exact scores.
"Once the judges have finished scoring, please put the score sheet into the envelope," An Haiyin said.
The envelope already has the judges’ names written on it.
This way, if a judge accidentally forgets, it won’t be awkward not knowing who scored what.
"Please drop the sealed envelope into the box in front of the judges," An Haiyin added.
All six judges sealed their envelopes and dropped them into their respective boxes.
With the audience supervising, no one can secretly alter the scores.
After all the envelopes were in the boxes.
An Haiyin stepped up again and said, "Next, the second round of the competition, Meat Dishes."
"Time limit: 1 hour."
After the meat dishes, it’s Vegetarian Dishes.
For vegetarian dishes, Ye Fei simply made vegetable dishes.
Without insisting that vegetarian dishes need to imitate meat.
Following vegetarian dishes, it’s the dessert round.
Desserts are different from snacks.
Ye Fei made rich and smooth soybean pudding.
The sweet pudding with a strong soybean aroma, just taken out from the fridge, is refreshingly cool.
For those who’ve already had soup and two dishes, the cool refreshing pudding perfectly alleviates the greasiness.
Not to mention, the judges are tasting dishes from ten contestants in one go.
Even just one bite from each dish is a big task.
After all that, they really need such refreshing desserts to relieve greasiness and aid digestion.
Other contestants chose plum or hawthorn to aid digestion.
The judges’ stomachs were saved after the tasting.
And Zhuang Mingyan seemed to smarten up, in her later reviews, she didn’t deliberately target Ye Fei.
She didn’t say too many negative things about Ye Fei’s dishes.
But every dish still had some flaws here and there, just her attitude wasn’t as aggressive.
With this, only the final round, Chinese pastry competition is left.
Today’s finals not only tested the contestants.
But even the audience sitting through it was quite tough.
Not to mention the contestants standing on stage, continuously cooking.
This was a great test of the contestants’ physical stamina as well.
For Chinese pastries, Ye Fei made rose cakes.
Crushed rose petals mixed with rose wine, sugar, and honey to make rose filling.
He steamed peeled mung beans until cooked, then blended them into a paste.
The finely ground paste is a soft creamy yellow, due to peeling its skin.
Ye Fei poured mild oil into the pan, choosing bean oil mixed with canola oil, then added mung bean paste, stirring in sugar.
Stirring until the mung bean paste becomes a non-stick dough.
Afterwards, Ye Fei wrapped the prepared rose filling inside the mung bean paste and used a mold to shape it.
The thin layer of mung bean paste on the outside reveals the magnificent red of the rose inside.
The rose color isn’t evenly distributed in the center.
In the molding process, it spreads a bit in various directions.
Suddenly, it’s like a small splash painting on mung bean cake.
Visually, it’s already very appealing.
Guo Wenbo tried a bite, "Not overly sweet, the rose filling has a hint of alcohol."
"Did you add wine to speed up the fermentation of the rose jam?" Guo Wenbo asked.
"Yes. I only added low-alcohol rose wine, but you can still taste some alcohol which balances the sweetness." Ye Fei explained.
"Indeed." Gu Changfeng nodded, "And the rose cake itself isn’t very sweet, honestly, disregarding the standard sugar ratio, I personally prefer this light taste."
"This light taste is suitable for freshly made and eaten, doesn’t keep well." Ye Fei said, "If bought from a store for longer shelf life, it would definitely be sweeter."
"But since conditions allow for freshly made and eaten now, I appropriately reduced the sugar ratio." Ye Fei said.
