1827 Why is it like this?
“Indeed. It doesn’t look like there are any signs of stitching at all. The technique is really brilliant.” Xia MA also felt that it was unbelievable. He got closer to take a closer look, but there were no flaws.
“It’s truly an eye-opener.” The dark-faced chef of medium height was a chef from Vietnam, and his name was salanka.
Food was essential in an exchange. Therefore, when the chefs were discussing the color and shape of Yuan Zhou’s dish, opello didn’t say anything more and prepared to eat it directly. When he saw Yuan Zhou’s plate presentation, he was alarmed and had to admit that he had lost in terms of plate presentation.
Although opello was fast enough, Chu Xiao was even faster.
“Ka.” Chu Xiao took advantage of the time when everyone was amazed and poked the crab with his chopsticks first. He inexplicably felt that he would be surprised.
Indeed, the moment Chu Xiao’s chopsticks touched the crab, the whole crab started to fall apart like a porcelain bowl. Starting from the crab shell, it was broken into four big pieces. The red chili and the glossy crab meat appeared in the four shells.
The chili was cut into rhomboids of the same size, and the crab meat was also cut into small pieces, about the same size as the chili. If not for the layer of red tomato sauce that revealed the White and tender crab meat, one might have thought that it was red chili.
“His knife skills are quite outstanding.” Opello’s hand trembled when he saw that. He had thought that he had already witnessed the extreme of Yuan Zhou’s knife skills from the previous braised noodles. However, he had obviously underestimated the young man in front of him.
“Yes. Head chef Yuan has obtained the knife King’s signboard, which is recognized by all of China. In other words, head chef Yuan’s knife skills are unparalleled in China.” Chu Xiao said firmly.
Opello and the others were really unclear about this point, because there were too many honors wrapped around Yuan Zhou. First, he was the number one young chef in Asia, then he became the top Chef in Asia and the president of the China famous chef Alliance in less than a year.
In comparison, the saber King was not as eye-catching in the country, but whether he was eye-catching was one thing, and his value was another.
“I remember that many Chinese dishes pay a lot of attention to cutting skills. They can be called the best in China. No matter what, the best cutting skill in Asia is no problem.” Junior Brother Qin Chuan muttered in a low voice. After watching the plate presentation and knife skills, he felt that his senior brother was really in a difficult position this time.
Before they even started eating, the chefs were already shocked by Yuan Zhou.
While the others were having complicated feelings, Yuan Zhou didn’t have that much burden in his heart. He just waited quietly for the others to have any questions and then he would answer them. However, Chu Xiao had already finished explaining.
After Chu Xiao, opello took a piece of crab meat with his chopsticks and put it into his mouth before his annoying Junior Brother.
The crab meat looked chewy, but when it was placed in his mouth, it naturally melted and turned into thin strips of crab meat. At this time, he could feel the chewy texture of the crab meat. A sweet and spicy taste spread in his mouth, and a hint of sourness slowly shuttled through it. The tenderness of the crab meat, the sourness and sweetness of the tomatoes, and the spiciness of the chili combined together to form a unique taste.
It wasn’t as spicy or sour as the Thailand flavor, but it still left a deep impression on the taste buds.
“It’s indeed authentic Singapore nangyao cuisine. It’s very traditional and authentic, but it’s acceptable and full of Singaporean flavor. ” Opello closed his eyes and felt carefully while mumbling incoherently. He had never expected that Yuan Zhou would have such a high attainment in F * cking cuisines.
When he ate another piece, the White and tender meat of the swimming crab had almost no fishy taste. It felt like he had eaten a big mouthful of crayfish meat, but it was far more tender and smooth than the meat of crayfish. To be more precise, the leg meat of the hairy crab was very thin but delicious. In one bite, it felt like the leg meat of many hairy crabs had been put together.
The crab meat, wrapped in the sauce, looked red and spicy, but it was actually tomato sauce. Not only was it not spicy, but it was also appetizing.
The appetizer was the appetizer, and the chili crab was the main course. Very few main courses had this feature, and opello wondered why it had this feature. It should be tomato flavor, but in this dish, opello only felt a slight hint of tomato flavor.
He had the most say in this dish, because when he first improved ‘mother provokes’, it was the first dish he improved. In order to highlight the Singapore style, opello put a lot of effort into the spicy and sweet taste of this dish. The ‘sweet chili’ opello forcibly set a tone for Singapore.
In order to develop a cuisine, one must have a more written goal.
After many years of development, opello had been walking further and further in the direction of sweet chili. Now that he had eaten the chili crab cooked by Yuan Zhou, opello felt that it might not be right for him to continue walking in this direction. He had some new ideas about this dish. No matter whether it was before or after the improvement, opello was sure that the tomato in the chili crab was only a seasoning and couldn’t be tasted.
“Why do I feel that head chef Yuan’s Chili crab is the most authentic Singapore dish?” Opello picked up another piece of meat with his chopsticks and put it in his mouth. He didn’t understand why he had such a feeling.
If opello felt that his chili crab wasn’t as delicious as Yuan Zhou ‘s, he wouldn’t be so conflicted. If it wasn’t as delicious as Yuan Zhou’ s, it meant that his cooking skills were inferior, including his knife skills, skills, ingredients, and so on. But now, opello felt that Yuan Zhou’s crab was more authentic than him, which was very hard to accept.
“Senior brother, eat slowly, give me …” Qin Chuan said to eat slowly and leave some for me, but when he saw opello’s inquiring eyes, he swallowed his words.
Not only Qin Chuan, but saranka, Liu Yuanshan, li Dehua and the others also slowed down. At their level, they could naturally see that opello must have had some enlightenment and should not be disturbed.
“Is this the fragrance of hogwash leaves? That’s right, head chef Yuan actually added hogwash leaf. ” Opello was really amazing. Yuan Zhou only used two pieces of hogwash leaf as seasoning and he could still taste it.
“No, the feeling of authentic Singapore cuisine is definitely not caused by the hogwash leaf. If adding hogwash leaf gives me the feeling of Singaporean cuisine, then it would be too simple.” Opello denied his new discovery in his heart. Hogwash leaf was indeed a favorite dish in a woman’s game, especially when it was a must for spicy noodle soup.
“Is the most traditional Singapore Chili Crab made of swimming crab?” Opello suddenly thought of the biggest difference between him and head chef Yuan.
But that wasn’t the case. Swimming crab was indeed abundant in the Malay Archipelago waters, but there was no doubt that Singapore didn’t like swimming crab very much. Opello was very confident about this. To put it more bluntly, opello had eaten this dish since he was a child, when his grandmother was still alive, but he had never eaten swimming crab.
Opello still didn’t figure it out even when Yuan Zhou’s plate of chili crab was almost empty. He took a deep breath.
“Head chef Yuan, why did you choose swimming crab to make this dish?” Operos thought about it for a long time but could not come to a conclusion, so he asked directly,””Could swimming crab be more suitable for this dish?”
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[Author’s note: This chapter was originally written long ago, but the noob cat was a little unsatisfied with the crab’s taste. Hehe, so he ordered a spicy crab and finished eating it before editing it. Hahaha, although the spicy crab is different from the chili crab, writing the taste after eating the crab is like having the help of God!]