Chapter 50: Ready to Go
Jiang Hao boarded the plane to Xiangjiang. On the plane, he opened the system panel. Now his mission value has reached 99%, and he is only one line away from completing the mission. He is about to achieve the goal.
I hope that in this cooking competition, I can achieve my goals and complete my tasks.
When he walked into the competition hall, Jiang Hao glanced at it. Almost all the giants in the catering industry in Xiangjiang were here. Many people were saying hello and chatting, but no one paid attention to him. His current reputation is very bad in the food industry in Xiangjiang, and he is typically without friends.
Jiang Hao didn't care. Just as he thought of his own table, he suddenly saw a familiar face. He was delighted and immediately walked over.
"Xiaoqiu, aren't you in the mainland?" Jiang Hao asked as he looked at the beautiful woman.
Xiaoqiu blinked her big eyes and looked at Jiang Hao with a smile, "Are you very surprised? I know you are participating in the competition today. I'm back quietly and come to support you."
Jiang Hao smiled, "Thank you, if you don't come, I'm afraid I don't even have a supporter. I'm the enemy of the whole world here."
At the beginning of the competition, the host was the celebrity Ms. Xue Jiayan, holding the microphone and said: "There are eight restaurants participating in the 'Xiangjiang Food Competition' this year. Eight chefs compete on the same stage, which will definitely bring us the best Chinese food."
"Master Tang Niu of the Dahhhh Group, currently the God of Food, Master Dai of the Dalongfeng Restaurant, Master Yang of the Imperial Kitchen, Master Liao of the Manhan Building..."
When introducing these chefs, people would give warm applause whenever they read a name, "The last one is Stephen Zhou, Master Zhou of the Pee Beef Pills Food Company."
The scene was silent and no one applauded.
The scene was very awkward for a moment.
Jiang Hao glanced around, Master Dai looked at Jiang Hao with resentment, and he still hated Jiang Hao to the core. Master Yang also had a bad look. Tang Niu had a playful expression on his face. Today he called Stephen Zhou to come over to step on him and humiliate him. As for others, no one applauded him if he had any good impression of Stephen Zhou.
"Smack ~~"
A burst of applause sounded, very abruptly. Everyone looked over and found that it was a young woman applauding hard. Zhen Xiaoqiu clapped and shouted loudly: "Stephen Zhou, come on, you are the best."
Jiang Hao nodded to Xiaoqiu.
Xiaoqiu is Jiang Hao's only supporter on the scene.
"Okay, now I announce that the game will start, with a limited time of two hours." said the host.
With the order, the chefs began to get busy. The host introduced: "Master Dai from Dalongfeng Restaurant made the 'honey bear paw', the black bear's forefoot. After the barbecue, they were steamed in a pot with natural honeycombs. The honey flowed into the bear paw. It was really creative."
"Master Yang from the imperial kitchen made the 'Qinglong Noodle Sea'. He used the highly toxic bamboo leaves and green snakes as the main ingredient, cut it into snake shreds, steamed it in a steamer over medium heat for about an hour, add raccoon meat, mushroom shreds, fish belly shreds, black fungus and other ingredients to make the best soup."
"Oh, Master Tang Niu made the most classic dish, abalone, sea cucumber, fish lips, yak skin glue, abalone mushroom, tendons, flower mushrooms, cuttlefish, Yaozhu, quail eggs, etc. Add soup and Shaoxing wine and simmer over low heat. Only this taste can truly achieve the mellow feature."
"Master Liao from Manhan Building made soup with yellow croaker...Master Zhang from Lide made steamed Dongxing Spot..."
When Jiang Hao arrived at Jiang Hao’s table, the host was stunned because Jiang Hao was standing there, his eyes closed and his hands were inserted, and there was nothing on the table.
"Master Zhou, why don't you start cooking?" the host asked in surprise.
Jiang Hao opened his eyes and said, "It's ready to go."
"But the game has a time limit."
"It's time."
Tang Niu glanced at Jiang Hao and said disdainfully: "I don't know how to cook, and I'm afraid of being ugly on the spot, so I dare not move."
Jiang Hao ignored him.
Time passed by minute by minute, Jiang Hao never moved, while other chefs’ dishes were released one after another. “Master Liao’s soup with yellow croaker was released, please give it a taste.”
Several judges walked up and picked up the chopsticks to taste. At this time, Jiang Hao moved, and followed him, squeezed to the judges, picked up the chopsticks to taste.
There was an uproar in the scene.
"Hey, Stephen Zhou doesn't cook food himself, why did he go to eat other chefs' dishes? He is not a judge." Someone asked in confusion.
Someone knew the inside story and said: "When Tang Niu invited Stephen Zhou to participate in the food competition, Stephen Zhou asked that he must be allowed to taste other chefs' dishes, and the conference organizing committee agreed."
"Oh, so that's it, but what does he mean by eating vegetables?"
"Who knows, I don't know if I don't believe the judges' final judgment. After all, his reputation is too bad in the food industry."
"Haha, that's what he asked for."
No matter what others say, Jiang Hao picked up a chopstick dish and put it in his mouth. The taste was so beautiful. He closed his eyes and waited for a few seconds, but he never received a system prompt. The last bit of task value never moved, which disappointed Jiang Hao.
He frowned and shook his head, looking very disappointed.
Master Liao saw Jiang Hao's appearance and thought he felt that his food was not good. He was angry and asked, "Why, is Master Zhou not satisfied with my food?"
"Haha, I'm not a judge of the competition, so I don't make comments. Of course, if you insist on me, I can give a few comments." Jiang Hao said with a smile.
Thinking of Jiang Hao's poisonous mouth, Master Liao was stunned.
If he asked him to comment, he would probably not say anything good. It would be better not to let him speak.
"Need not."
Jiang Hao returned to his position and continued to pose.
Afterwards, the dishes of other chefs were released one after another. Jiang Hao frowned and shook his head whenever he tasted a dish, which made the chefs feel uncomfortable, but no one dared to provoke him and asked him to evaluate his own dishes.
In fact, they didn't know that Jiang Hao shook his head just because the task value had never increased. It was really difficult to obtain the last task value.
Finally, Tang Niu's "Buddha Jumps Over the Wall" was ready. After serving it, the judges tasted it again. After eating it, they nodded one by one, praising the authenticity of the dish. Jiang Hao went up to try it, but Tang Niu stopped him.
"Stephen Zhou, don't be fooled. You are here to participate in the competition, not the judge. We are still waiting for your food." Tang Niu said.
"What are you worried about? Isn't there still time?" Jiang Hao pointed to the watch on the wall, there were still ten minutes before the end.
Tang Niu snorted and ignored him.
Jiang Hao ate a few bites of Buddha jumped over the wall, still shook his head, his face getting even more disappointed. He had tasted all the dishes of the seven chefs, but the system still did not collect the task value. Why was the last bit of task value so difficult?
Tang Niu saw him shook his head, and was very angry and said, "Stephen Zhou, what does it mean to keep shaking your head? Are the dishes I cooked not delicious?"
Chapter completed!