NovelBonte Chapter 92 Cooking Mapo Tofu
Chapter 92 Cooking Mapo Tofu
Chapter 92 Cooking Mapo Tofu
"Xu Yang, except that the stove here is still in use, you can choose whatever you want."
"Chef Liu, I don't have any requirements for the stove, this is it." By the way, I looked around and chose the one closest to me.
There is really no requirement for the stove.
The quality of the stove will not affect the taste of the dishes.
"Okay, if you have any requirements for raw materials and seasonings, please speak up as soon as possible, and there are other requirements that can be fulfilled, there is no problem."
Xu Yang shook his head and smiled: "I don't need these, just prepare a piece of fresh tofu for me. It must be the freshest, otherwise it will affect the taste. As for other seasonings, I think they are similar."
He originally wanted to say that he didn't need to prepare anything and that it wouldn't be so troublesome.
It suddenly occurred to him that he had told Tian Mingzheng, Wang Yuangang and the others one thing before.
The freshness and quality of tofu will affect the finished dish, so it is natural to remember it at this time.
If you say you have no requirements now, wouldn't you tell them that you were just making excuses before? That definitely won't work.
The best dishes, of course, can only be made with the best ingredients.
I prepared the ingredients last night by myself, so there is no such problem.
"No problem. Mapo tofu was originally in the culinary exchange tonight. The tofu selected is very fresh, and it is very suitable for making mapo tofu. It should meet your requirements."
After Liu Wenke finished speaking, he asked someone to bring it over.
Xu Yang looked at it.
It is indeed very fresh.
And this is a piece of tender tofu, which is indeed suitable for making mapo tofu.
"How about this piece of tofu?"
He nodded in satisfaction and said, "Yes, this piece of tofu is very suitable."
"That's fine, think about whether there are other requirements."
"I don't have any more, we can officially start."
After speaking, Xu Yang devoted himself to cooking.
The first step is to cut the tofu into even small pieces.
For Xu Yang, uniformity means true uniformity. It does not mean that each particle is the same size, but it is almost the same.
This is of course the benefit of upgrading to a two-star chef.
One-star chefs have also improved their knife skills, but not too much.
The better the star rating, the more the knife skills will be improved.
It is estimated that when it reaches the nine-star and ten-star stars, it can be truly uniform in size.
The knife skill at that time is not what Xu Yang can imagine now.
In the process of cutting, the people standing around and watching also nodded one after another.
As a chef, it was natural to see how good Xu Yang was with knife skills.
Liu Wenke also nodded with a smile and said, "Last night watching Xu Yang cook was a kind of enjoyment. I didn't expect watching Xu Yang chop vegetables is also a kind of enjoyment. To be honest, his knife skills are very good."
All the ingredients were prepared in advance last night, there is no need to prepare and chop vegetables on site, otherwise it will take more time.
Now the tofu is a whole piece, of course it needs to be prepared.
Zhao Leijun smiled and said: "Although Xu Yang is only 24 years old, he can already bring us a lot of surprises. I was surprised at the beginning, but now I am used to it. It would be wrong if he didn't have such knife skills."
Tian Mingzheng also said with a smile: "In the beginning, I saw that Xu Yang's knife skills were relatively average. I didn't expect that during this period of time, he not only improved his cooking skills, but also improved in other aspects."
"Are you saying that the sword skills before needing to be mediocre?"
"Yes, it's not just average, it's almost at the apprentice level."
"It's incredible." Liu Wenke sighed with emotion.
"There will be more surprises in the future." Zhao Leijun added from the side.
Hearing this, Liu Wenke agreed: "Forget it, let's continue reading. One surprise is also a surprise, and three surprises are also surprises."
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When they are discussing, everyone else is discussing.
"Yes, this knifeman handles the tofu very well." At this time, someone said from the side.
"I learned to be a chef relatively late. At his age, I am still honing my knife skills. Where can I find such cooking skills?"
"After listening to what the head chef and Chef Wu said just now, I'm already looking forward to this Mapo Tofu. It shouldn't disappoint us."
Hearing their discussion, Xu Yang didn't care, and continued with his actions.
After cutting the tofu, Xu Yang began to prepare other seasonings.
All these things are available, so everything is ready quickly, and then comes the actual cooking.
As the seasoning of the first course is put into the pot, a strong aroma hits the face.
"Is this Mapo Tofu?" Wu Yongfei said in surprise.
"The aroma of the dishes is too strong, it's unbelievable." Another person followed suit.
At this time, Zhao Leijun said with a smile: "Everyone, don't think that the cooking seems to be nothing special at the beginning. Only when the real cooking starts, you will immediately understand the difference of this dish."
They have already experienced it once, and they know that this kind of situation is normal here in Xu Yang.
If there is no such fragrance, how can it taste very good.
Liu Wenke was also surprised.
"Old Zhao, do you think Xu Yang always cooks like this? But why wasn't the taste very strong last night? I remember that the husband and wife's lung slices tasted very good too."
Zhao Leijun shook his head.
"Not all dishes taste so good, but Mapo Tofu has the strongest flavor, which is normal. As long as you cook this dish near the station, you can smell it easily. As for the husband and wife's lung slices, it may be the reason for the cold dish, so the taste is not very good. concentrated."
"I see."
"Are you looking forward to the finished product more?" Zhao Leijun couldn't help but smile.
"It's more than anticipation, it's simply impatient."
This brought out all the greedy people around him.
A few minutes later, Xu Yang turned off the fire, took out the pot, and put it on a plate.
"Chef Liu, Chef Zhao, Mapo Tofu is ready."
Looking at the mapo tofu on the table, Liu Wenke gave a thumbs up.
"Xu Yang, let's not talk about anything else. Let's just talk about the color, shape and tangy aroma of this dish. It must be a rare good dish, and the taste will not be too bad."
Pan Lin also said: "I think the Mapo Tofu I made is good enough, but now that I saw Xu Yang's dish, I can't make it."
Then, a chef who questioned Xu Yang's cooking skills just now also said: "I take back my previous guess and apologize to Xu Yang. The aroma of the dishes tells me that I will be surprised if I take a bite."
"Okay, old Liu, I tell everyone not to be emotional. After talking so much, I still don't know the specific taste. Whether it is good or not will only be known after tasting."
Just talk but not taste, what if the taste is not good.
Especially when everyone is looking forward to it, the taste is so-so, which is really hard to explain.
Even if Zhao Leijun had confidence in Xu Yang, he couldn't guarantee that this dish would be delicious.
Liu Wenke nodded and said, "That's right, you can only know how it tastes after you taste it yourself, but before that, I have a request that I hope I can agree to."
"Whatever request, tell me and listen. As for whether you agree or not, it depends on Xu Yang's own choice."
"Of course, this is asking for your opinion. I was supposed to try this top-notch Mapo Tofu last night, but I didn't have the chance, so I hope this dish can be scored today to see how many points it can get. No I know what Lao Zhao and Xu Yang think."
Zhao Leijin took a step back and pointed at Xu Yang, "I have already agreed with Xiao Xu about the mapo tofu dish tonight. The whole process is up to him, so I don't decide whether to rate or not."
He is serious and not lying.
Liu Wenke immediately understood, and turned to look at Xu Yang.
Glancing at Liu Wenke who was staring at him, Xu Yang smiled and said, "Chef Liu, I also really want to know how many points this mapo tofu can get, and whether it is the best dish I have made."
Xu Yang actually calculated the points he could get in his mind.
Because it is a hot dish, the score will be lower than the cold dish.
But because this dish has been cooked many times, Xu Yang has gradually gained his own understanding.
In fact, all aspects of the dishes have been improved to a certain extent, maybe it is better than the husband and wife lung slices that are also five-star dishes.
Add the finished dishes to the pan.
First of all, Xu Yang can give himself a high score of 35-37 points in the first three items.
Except that the fragrance may deduct 1-3 points, the rest will deduct about 1 point at most.
For the scent, his understanding of the score is not particularly good, so there will be a difference in the score, and the other two items can be determined.
As for the taste, according to the last taste, it will not be less than 55 points.
Last time, the husband and wife lung slices performed very well in terms of taste, also scoring a high score of 55 points.
So Xu Yang combined his last score and his knowledge of Mapo Tofu, so he knew that the score would not be lower than 55.
From this point of view, the minimum score for this dish should also be 90 points.
And Xu Yang guessed that it should be 91 points or 92 points most likely.
That is to say, the score will be 1-2 points higher than that of Husband and wife lung, which is very normal.
Anyway, the minimum acceptable score is 90 points. If it is lower than this score, Xu Yang will definitely raise his own doubts.
He can't guarantee other dishes, but needless to say, this mapo tofu must taste good.
If he had just unlocked it, Xu Yang might not have such high confidence.
This is a dish that has been unlocked for a long time.
Let him do it by himself, without using the system, he can already make one-star mapo tofu, let alone with the system.
This Xu Yang has not experimented, but his guess should be correct.
The star rating of a dish will determine the quality of the dish, but one's own cooking skills will also affect the quality of the dish.
When the dishes are also five stars.
If it is ordinary to cook this dish by yourself, then it will be relatively ordinary after the dish is prepared.
If you can achieve one star by cooking this dish yourself, the taste of this dish will also improve accordingly.
Although 1+5 is not equal to 6, it will definitely be better.
As your cooking skills get better, the star rating of your dishes will be higher, and the dishes you make will definitely taste better.
Based on this, Xu Yang believes that even though it is a hot dish, the score will not be lower than 90.
This is the only dish that guarantees a score.
Besides, they have already agreed to cook this dish, such a small matter is definitely not a big deal.
He nodded and smiled, "Of course I have no problem. I also want to know whether this mapo tofu is good or bad."
After determining the score that can be obtained in my heart, of course I choose to agree instead of rejecting.
Liu Wenke was very satisfied and nodded repeatedly.
"Since you are willing, Xu Yang, then we will follow the normal process, but this time I will do the scoring. The problem caused by the low score, Xu Yang, is the problem caused by the high score. Xu Yang You don’t have to say it, it’s my own problem.”
Mapo tofu is out of the AC range.
And Xu Yang shouldn't be cooking today.
Then Liu Wenke's comments will not be so strict, and he can point out the low score, and the high score is his own business.
From this point of view, there are only advantages and no disadvantages for Xu Yang.
It also means that the score will definitely not be too low.
Xu Yang did not refuse, it was Liu Wenke who proposed it, there is no reason and no need to refuse.
"Okay, let's ask Chef Liu to comment."
Liu Wenke glanced at the dishes, then leaned in to have a look
After about 2 minutes he nodded.
"The first is the color of the dishes. This mapo tofu dish is bright in color and very appetizing. I can give it 9 points."
"The second is the appearance and aroma. I won't say much about the appearance. Both the presentation and the tofu are all qualified. Basically, there is no problem. I give it 14 points.
"As for the fragrance, I also give it 14 points."
Hearing the score, Xu Yang nodded slightly.
There is no difference from what he predicted, almost exactly the same.
The only thing that surprised him was that the fragrance also scored 14 points.
Although it is said that the range of 1-3 points is given, in fact, I still think that 3 points are the most likely.
Otherwise, you can guess the range of 1-2 points.
Then Liu Wenke explained: "This Mapo Tofu dish, as soon as it is served, the spicy and fragrant flavor hits your face. It is all the flavor of seasonings. You can't smell other flavors. It is handled very well and deserves high marks."
"Old Liu, the total score for the three items is 40, and you gave it 37 points. Don't deliberately give high scores." Zhao Leijun said with a smile.
Whoever looked at it would think that Liu Wenke gave high marks on purpose.
Xu Yang himself also had this idea.
Could it be that this happened because Liu Wenke was not particularly strict?
Hearing this, Liu Wenke shook his head and said: "Don't worry, this is the fairest review here. Mapo Tofu is worth 37 points."
His attitude was very firm, and it didn't look like he was deliberately giving high marks.
Xu Yang also nodded and said, "Chef Liu, don't put water just because Mapo Tofu is not included in the score. You must evaluate according to the strictest standards. I still have confidence in my dishes."
"No problem, I promise to strictly follow the review process. Next, I will taste it and see the score."
After speaking, Liu Wenke took a bite.
There was no change in expression on the face when tasting, but it could be seen that he was savoring carefully.
After swallowing it, Liu Wenke took another sip without saying a word.
After tasting the second bite, he slowly shook his head: "It's no exaggeration to say, this is the best mapo tofu I've ever eaten. After the first bite, I couldn't help but want to eat the second bite. In the kitchen, I really want to taste it all by myself."
"Haha, Old Liu, does it taste the same as Husband and Wife Fei Pian?"
"No, no, this dish is much better than couple's lung slices."
Needless to say, everyone around could see it.
His expression has been completely betrayed.
If the taste is not good, it must be another look.
(End of this chapter)