Chapter 147 A Bolt From the Blue? Lin Xu's Ultimate Comeback! 【Ask for Monthly Ticket】

Game scene.

After a short rest.

Geng Lishan announced that the Five Powers Tournament was about to begin.

soon.

The ingredients on the shelves have been updated.

Lin Xu found that onions, ginger and other ingredients were all wrapped in bags, and there were three pots of cooking oil and pork on top.

“All contestants must choose the ingredients and ingredients they want in turn. They can only choose the same thing each time. In the first round, the first place picks first, in the second round, the second place picks first, and in the third round, the third place picks first. Pick... There are five rounds of picking in total. After the five rounds, use the ingredients you selected to make a dish. There is no limit to the taste."

Can only use five ingredients?

Everyone stared intently at the ingredients on the shelves.

Thinking about how to choose the right one.

After the game starts.

Lin Xu walked to the shelf and first took a pot of cooking oil.

No matter what dish you make, cooking oil is an essential ingredient.

There are only three barrels of oil on the shelf, so you have to grab them first, otherwise you will have to cook oil-free dishes, or hope to get pork next time and use pig fat to make lard.

Seeing this, Guo Xinghai and Wei Qian behind them also chose cooking oil.

The remaining two contestants took the remaining two pieces of pork in their hands. It was obvious that they also thought of the idea of ​​using pig fat to refine cooking oil.

After the first round of selection.

Guo Xinghai, who placed second in the previous round, started the second round of selection.

He originally wanted to get the ribs, but when he saw there were only four packets of salt on the shelf, he took one packet without hesitation.

Wei Qian and the other three people behind him saw that they all chose salt.

Lin Xu: "..."

How do you want me to choose?

Off stage.

Shen Jiayue's heart was in her throat, and she was about to slander the person who asked the question, but it seemed that it was Lele's grandfather who asked the question, so she resisted the urge to complain and asked Xie Baomin, who was sitting not far away:

"Senior brother, what should Xu Bao do now? Will he be eliminated?"

No more salt.

Then cooking becomes empty talk.

Xie Baomin was also a little surprised that such a question came up in the top five competition.

"At this time, we can only make dessert dishes. Fortunately, my junior brother is also very knowledgeable about dessert dishes. The dishes such as Shaqima and almond tofu he made before are also very good."

But good is good.

In a gourmet competition, if there are no limited dessert dishes, you will not get high scores if you cook this kind of dish rashly.

After all, savory dishes are the mainstream.

There are too many restrictions on sweetness.

In front of the storage rack.

Lin Xu also knew that salty dishes were no longer relevant to him.

But as for the dessert dishes…

He saw that there was only one bag of white sugar on the shelf, weighing about two or three kilograms, and he immediately picked it up in his hand.

Well, hurry up and take up the sugar, so that you won’t be unable to make desserts later.

After he got the white sugar.

Regardless of the judging panel or the advisory panel, a trace of regret flashed across everyone's face.

Using dessert dishes to compete with savory dishes is undoubtedly a trap.

Many people even began to complain quietly about the person who set the question.

For a gourmet competition, just let people cook and stir-fry. Why bother with so much trouble?

"Lao Gao, what should we do?"

Lao He from Building 1 asked proactively.

Uncle Gao smiled bitterly:

"What can we do? Just keep doing it. No matter what step you take, it counts. Children deserve some setbacks. How can it always be smooth sailing?"

But say so.

In his heart, he can still hope that his apprentice can prove himself through dessert dishes.

Such a high talent.

It would be a shame to stop at the top five!

In the online live broadcast room.

Fans were no longer in the mood to joke.

"Can Boss Lin pass this round of competition with the dessert dish?"

"It's quite surprising. In all food competitions, there is no precedent for a dessert dish to finally defeat a savory dish."

"What a pity... He is obviously so talented!"

"Yes, I get up at around four o'clock every day. I work so hard. I don't forget to shoot a Vlog every other day to teach us how to cook."

"I went to post under Lin Ji's food topic. I hope everyone will cheer for Boss Lin!"

"Come on, big devil, no matter where you are, you are still the food champion in our eyes!"

"Yes, you will always be the food champion in our hearts!"

"..."

Game scene.

After the second round of selection.

Wei Qian, who placed third, started the third round of selection.

He got a tenderloin.

The last two contestants got beef and chicken wings respectively.

When it was Lin Xu's turn, he glanced at the meat filling in the meat ingredients, and then took away an old pumpkin on the shelf. This was the only ingredient on the shelf suitable for making dessert dishes.

"This is pretty good...at least I can make the dish of sugar pumpkin without getting zero points."

Xie Baomin muttered.

Seeing Guo Weidong looking over again, he put up all the middle fingers of his hands angrily.

How can I be in the mood to flirt with you right now?

The selection continues.

Guo Xinghai chose minced meat.

Then the fourth round of selection officially begins.

Lin Xu got the salted duck egg yolk, which gave Shen Jiayue a little comfort.

At least I can make baked pumpkin with egg yolk!

And while waiting for the fifth round of selection.

Lin Xu stood in front of the shelf and thought for a long time before choosing a bag of glutinous rice flour.

"What did he choose glutinous rice flour for? This dish of baked pumpkin with egg yolk does not require glutinous rice flour."

When the elders on the advisory board see the ingredients, they can guess what everyone is going to cook.

They no longer pay attention to Lin Xu.

Instead, he focused on Guo Xinghai, who chose meat fillings and loofah. If he guessed correctly, this 'Mr. Xiao Guo' was probably going to make loofah stuffed with meat.

Five rounds of selection are over.

Everyone stood in front of their respective stoves and started working.

At the chief judges' table.

Geng Lishan looked at Lin Xu apologetically.

He really didn't expect that the competition process he designed would actually harm his confidant.

But that's it.

It is too late to change the rules.

We can only continue to compete like this.

In front of the stove.

Lin Xu poured one-third of the sugar into the pot with a normal expression, then added a bowl of water and put it on the stove to start boiling.

While it's boiling, stir it in the pot with a spoon.

This can not only speed up the melting of the sugar, but also allow the sugar to heat evenly and prevent it from sticking to the bottom of the pot and causing a paste.

Soon, all the sugar in the pot melted.

Continue stirring.

When the surface of the sugar water in the pot turns slightly yellow and the sugar water becomes more and more viscous.

He turned off the fire and brought over a large empty pot.

Pour the boiled syrup in, place it on the ground and turn it quickly. Use the centrifugal force of the rotation of the iron pot to quickly evaporate the water in the syrup.

"What is he doing?"

"It looks like it's making candy."

"sugar?"

"Confectionery products such as kitchen candies, candied scallions, and candied melons are all made this way."

"I know about these candies, but this is a food competition. Can you get a high score just by having candies?"

"That's enough!"

In the audience, listening to the whispers of those around her, Shen Jiayue hugged Dundun and almost cried.

Chen Yan comforted her and said:

"Okay, okay, my brother-in-law is so good, what if he can make it through this round?"

Geng Lele held her cheek and sighed.

When formulating the rules, grandpa asked her for her opinion. She casually said that the players should choose the ingredients. Who knew that grandpa actually did so.

Sorry, Boss Lin!

The syrup in the iron pan quickly becomes thick.

He felt that there was still a bit of moisture, so he put it aside and blew it with a fan. Then he picked up another pot, cleaned it and wiped off the flour on the surface, then poured the glutinous rice flour into it and put it on the stove to stir-fry over low heat.

What Lin Xu has to do now.

It was the perfect snack that was rewarded when making Shaqima - Longxu Cake.

He plans to use the dragon beard cake as an embellishment to change the dish of baked pumpkin with egg yolk in a new way.

As for whether it can succeed.

He couldn't tell.

Anyway, just try your best.

When making dragon beard cake.

Maltose can easily lower its temperature during repeated pulling, causing the sugar strands to break.

So use the heated glutinous rice flour to maintain the temperature.

During the pulling process, let the sugar strands continuously roll over the warm glutinous rice flour. This can not only maintain the temperature, but also prevent the sugar strands from sticking together.

After the glutinous rice flour is heated.

He took the pot and poured it into a deeper tray.

Then, the maltose that was almost blown by the fan was taken out of the pot.

"Wow! Isn't he afraid of being burned? This candy must be at least 60 or 70 degrees Celsius, right?"

"He's not afraid of being hot or cold. He looks like a seasoned cook. It's a pity that we won't be able to see him in the next round."

"It's really a pity."

"It's indeed a pity, but isn't this the case with competitions?"

"Well, that's the charm of the game, it's always full of suspense and variables."

"..."

Lin Xu rolled the maltose in his hand into a long strip, then connected the two ends together and squeezed tightly.

Then carefully open the ring, expand it and put it in glutinous rice flour to coat the surface with glutinous rice flour, then twist it to form a figure 8 ring.

Finally, fold it in half again, grab both ends, spread it outwards, and continue folding it in half.

By pulling repeatedly like this, the sugar strands became thinner and thinner, and the originally golden maltose turned white.

"Damn it! Boss Lin, is he going to open it up?"

"Isn't this just dragon's beard cake as thin as hair? I bought a box at the scenic spot before and it tasted pretty good."

"Boss Lin hasn't given up yet!"

"He will definitely not give up. I hope there will be a miracle in this competition!"

"Come on, Boss Lin, we won't give up!"

"Ma Dan, keep posting and shouting to Boss Lin to come on!"

"I'll go too. If I don't do something, I'll always feel sorry for those teasing you before."

"..."

Don't look at the fans who always make fun of Lin Xu.

But at this moment, they really hope that Lin Xu can create a miracle.

No matter how amazing this miracle is.

As long as we can advance to the next round of competition.

Finally, Lin Xu pulled the maltose, which was originally golden and slightly hot, into a cluster of filaments thinner than hair.

After finishing all this.

He cut the Longxu Cake into pieces, took a large bowl, and slowly poured the Dragon's Mustard Cake into it.

Place the bottom of the bowl first, and then plate it up in circles, all the way to the mouth of the bowl. Fold the excess dragon beard cake in and set it aside to cool.

Then he picked up the pumpkin he picked out earlier.

Peel first.

Then cut half of the pumpkin into strips of different lengths, and use a ball scooper to scoop the other half into round pumpkin balls.

After doing both of these.

Heat oil in a pan.

After the oil is hot, put the pumpkin strips into the pan and fry until the skin becomes crispy. Take them out.

Then add the pumpkin balls and fry them until the skin becomes crispy.

"Senior brother, what is Xu Bao doing?"

Shen Jiayue originally thought that Lin Xu could make egg yolk-baked pumpkin, but she had been busy for a long time making dragon beard cakes, and now she was frying pumpkin balls, and she couldn't understand what she was doing.

Xie Baomin was also a little surprised.

However, seeing his junior brother working in full swing, he would occasionally show a confident smile.

He said to Shen Jiayue:

"Maybe junior brother will make a new dish. Don't worry, brother and sister. He is so talented that he will never admit defeat."

"Yeah, I'm not worried. No matter where he ranks, he is still the king of food in my heart!"

On the advisory board side.

A group of old gentlemen were also stunned.

"Lao Gao, what is your apprentice doing?"

How could Uncle Gao know?

But Lin Xu didn't give up or feel sorry for himself, which made him very happy.

"No matter what he does, it's better than doing nothing, right? After all, he has no less ingredients than others. Although he doesn't have salt, others don't have sugar either."

Anyway, five ingredients for each person.

Nothing more, nothing less, impartial.

In Uncle Gao's opinion, this is actually quite fair.

This competition tests the cooking skills of chefs under extreme conditions.

Maybe it really breaks the situation for the apprentice.

"Lao Gao, seeing how excited you are, if your apprentice really survives this test later, shouldn't he be rewarded?"

Uncle Gao said nonchalantly:

"Whether he wins or loses, I will give him a shop. If he wins, it will be a reward, if he loses, it will be encouragement."

In front of the stove.

Lin Xu is still busy.

After he fried all the pumpkin strips and pumpkin balls, he poured the oil out of the pot.

Then pour half of the remaining white sugar into the pot, then pour in half a bowl of water, simmer over low heat, and stir slowly in the pot with a spoon while simmering.

Continue stirring while the sugar in the pot boils.

Wait until the sugar becomes thick and turns dark brown, then turn off the heat.

What comes out like this is caramel.

It doesn't taste particularly sweet, but it has a nice caramel flavor.

Turn off the heat and stir for a while to let the temperature in the pot drop slightly. Then pour the fried pumpkin strips into the pot and stir-fry quickly to make the surface of the pumpkin strips covered with caramel.

Wait for everything to hang evenly.

Get a large plate, put the pumpkin strips covered with caramel in the middle, and then use your hands to slightly shape it into a messy and concave shape.

After setting it up, Lin Xu changed the pot.

Put the salted duck egg yolk you got earlier into the pot, steam it, and then flatten it with a knife.

Then pour oil into the pan.

Before the oil heats up, pour the salted duck egg yolk into the pot and stir-fry.

When frying until bubbling, add three tablespoons of sugar to the pot to neutralize the saltiness of the salted duck egg yolk.

Finally, pour the fried pumpkin balls into the pot.

Stir-fry over low heat until the egg yolk paste evenly coats the pumpkin balls.

Remove from the pan.

At this time, the pumpkin strips covered with caramel are no longer hot.

Lin Xu took out the almost-formed dragon's beard cake from the bowl and carefully placed it in the depression in the middle of the pumpkin strips.

It's actually the right size, and looks like a bird's nest on a pile of dead branches.

Then carefully place the pumpkin balls filled with egg yolk paste in the bird's nest.

This unique dish that combines caramel pumpkin, egg yolk baked pumpkin and dragon beard cake is ready.

"Damn it! Boss Lin really turned it on!"

"What kind of dish is this? I've never heard of it before. Is it original?"

"It should be original. Inside the bird's nest is pumpkin baked with egg yolk, and below the bird's nest is caramelized pumpkin. These are different dishes."

"Oh my god! Is this Boss Lin at full power?"

"I originally thought he was just playing in the first three rounds, but now it seems that he was playing in the first four rounds!"

"Thank you to the organizer for forcing Boss Lin to use full power."

"Thank you, thank you. Otherwise, when can we see this dish?"

"..."

The emotions of the fans in the live broadcast room were like a roller coaster.

From the beginning when the championship was in sight, to the bolt from the blue without salt, to the current twists and turns, everyone's mood has experienced ups and downs.

The audience at the scene was also attracted by the dish cooked by Lin Xu.

"Yeah! It looks so tempting!"

"I can't resist caramel at all, I really want to try it."

"I'd love to try those egg yolk pumpkin balls."

"Everyone else has done almost the same thing, it's time to give points, right?"

At this time, Guo Xinghai’s loofah-stuffed pork, Wei Gan’s stir-fried tenderloin, and the other two contestants’ braised chicken wings and stir-fried beef were all ready.

It’s time again for the judges to taste and score and the audience to swallow their saliva.

Geng Lishan walked down from the judges' seat.

Looking at Lin Xu, he asked:

"Original dish? This has never been done before."

Lin Xu nodded:

"It's considered an original dish. It's actually just a few dishes stitched together."

Everyone knows that it is a combination of several dishes.

But some people look beautiful together, and some people look completely wrong when they combine together.

What Lin Xu does falls into the former category.

Geng Lishan asked again:

"Have you thought about the name of this dish?"

The judge next to him immediately shouted:

"Since it looks like a bird's nest, let's call it a bird's nest."

"The overlapping rate of Bird's Nest is too high, so a single word, Nest, would be more artistic."

"I also think the nest is good, with artistic conception and ideas."

While several people were discussing.

Lin Xu smiled and said:

"Whether it's a bird's nest or a bird's nest, it's the bird's home, so I think it should be called 'home'."

Home?

Geng Lishan stared blankly at the dishes on the plate.

I think the name is really apt.

Not only does it have a good meaning, but the bird's nest made of mille-feuille also represents the softest part of everyone's heart. It contains family members, children, and everything a person cares about.

What a name!

Last time he complained that the current chefs' cooking had no connotation and no culture, but now, he was severely slapped in the face by the kid in front of him.

This dish is very good in terms of connotation, culture and even meaning.

It can be said that this is the best dish I have encountered in recent years.

This little friend is not simple!

However, what he didn't know was that when Lin Xu made this dish just now, he went through a lot of thoughts, consumed a lot of brain cells, and spent 200,000 system points.

[Excellent level plating techniques: Redemption price: 100,000 points]

[Excellent caramel technique: Redemption price: 100,000 points]

Today I have spent 400,000 points, squandering all the points I saved after redeeming the Ruthless Iron Hand. Now there are not even 5,000 points in the system.

It’s like going back to before liberation!

When I want to lament that my points are not spent.

The system prompt sounded in Lin Xu's mind:

"The host used the techniques he mastered to create the perfect dish "Home", and received a perfect dish redemption reward once. The host can redeem the dishes in his memory. Do you want to redeem it immediately?"

Memorable dishes?

Which one should I exchange for?

Lin Xu thought for a moment and suddenly remembered a dish that his senior brother had cooked in the store...

It’s you!

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