"This is..."
The bird rests on the pristine porcelain plate, the scene instantly triggering Xia Yu’s mories of the manga and ani "Cooking Master Boy".
"It must be the ’Phoenix Crystal’!"
He was certain in his heart, and added a sentence.
The bean sprouts, praised by poets as having ’ice-like skin and jade-like bones’, crafted into a bird using them as the main ingredient could only belong to this recipe.
According to the plot of the ani version of "Cooking Master Boy", this dish is presented by Chef God Liu Maoxing during an imperial culinary battle. Emperor, who has seen all kinds of delicacies, was nonetheless stunned into silence by Liu Maoxing’s dish.
However, the bird gradually taking shape under Ye Feizhou’s hands was sowhat different from the Ice Crystal Phoenix in Xia Yu’s mory.
It’s obvious, the reason for this difference lies in the premature "caralizing" of the bean sprouts!
What’s even more astonishing is that the bean sprouts, when "caralized" and coated in a layer of sugar, seed to beco more pliable, allowing Ye Feizhou to continue weaving the bird with ease, a confident, collected expression on his face.
Pliability!
According to common sense, the sugar coating from caralizing, like on caralized sweet potatoes or taro, should be crisp with a sweet taste after cooling and setting, right? This enhancent of pliability seems almost mystifying.
"The issue lies with the material used for boiling the sugar syrup!"
Thinking of this, Xia Yu squinted slightly, a hint of suspicion passing through him, "Could it be the natural properties of that kind of water..."
That’s right.
He estimated the answer in his mind.
Though clearly pressed for ti to start his own cooking, Xia Yu still had so much ntal activity, showcasing his interest in Ye Feizhou’s ’Phoenix Crystal’.
The recipe has undoubtedly been modified.
So, just how astonishing is the modified ’Phoenix Crystal’?
Holding this unique anticipation, Xia Yu put aside distractions and fully imrsed himself in his culinary world.
Don’t forget.
The [Heart of Cooking] evolved to its peak, transforming into the golden-frad [Food’s Profound aning].
Keep in mind, before the transformation of the cooking heart, Xia Yu had long conquered and utilized the full aning of food through the techniques of Bursting Fla and spice inequality.
More dramatically, during his competition with Lei Zhe, he even comprehended the aning of "Chaos Dance".
According to normal standards for a Lin Chef in the real world, Xia Yu undoubtedly t the criteria.
However, the system didn’t acknowledge it!
Not until today, when the progress completed the transformation of the cooking heart, did the system clearly recognize his culinary stage. This is why Xia Yu exclaid at the system’s strictness.
"A fully charged cooking heart, oh, it should be called Food’s Profound aning, is there a difference from ordinary food anings?"
With this question in mind, Xia Yu got to work.
Taking the second "Shiny Silk-footed Fish," he tossed it into the hot pan, frying it with taboo oils!
This step was key.
Because the "Shiny Silk-footed Fish" was a relatively unfamiliar ingredient to Xia Yu, to control it, through the concept of "Food Dominator" and the approach of solving puzzles, he could only attack with resonance ingredients.
And the Moor’s oil, naturally symbiotic with the strange fish, was precisely Xia Yu’s taboo resonance ingredient!
Thus, gaining another handy tool, controlling the "Shiny Silk-footed Fish" was much easier than managing the "rck Star Dust".
What cos after frying the fish?
This ti, without the system forcibly popping up information to cause a snag, the cooking process smoothly moved to the second step.
Brewing dicinal liquid!
No, it should be called dicating.
Taking a rather large stew cup, placing the whole fried fish inside without chopping it into pieces.
Then opening several packets of dicinal ingredients.
All 9 dicinal ingredients from Fan’s new formula were poured in, sprinkled over the fish.
Then taking six full bowls of boiling water, when the water overflowed the stew cup, tiny bits of dicinal ingredients floated on the surface, and as the cara swept over, Xia Yu just tossed in two or three pieces of sun-dried bamboo leaves.
With that, the stew cup’s aesthetic turned vibrant and colorful.
"Mother, is that light bamboo leaf?"
In the guest compartnt, Tang Family Master Tang Tianxing saw Xia Yu throw in bamboo leaves and close the stew cup’s lid, and couldn’t help but be amazed.
Granny Tang smiled mysteriously, "Yes, that day, he specially thanked this old woman, saying he got his inspiration from ."
It has to be said, the top stage for the younger generation in the Chinese Realm, the kitchen environnt, was truly perfect.
If it were Far Moon’s Western kitchen workbench, it might lack stoves burning charcoal, coal, or simply firewood, but on the hunting platform, Xia Yu easily found a retro stove with a copper-covered surface.
Onto the stove, he placed a deep pot, filled it with water.
Then putting the stew pot and rack into the pot, finally closing the deep pot’s lid!
"There’s 45 minutes left..."
"The ti is quite tight, to fully brew the dicinal properties, I can only use Bursting Fla!"
Xia Yu pulled out the Heavenly Craft Wind Box he brought on stage, blowing gusts of wind against the stove’s air intake.
Woosh—
The entire stove, with an intricate beast pattern-covered copper surface, imdiately burst into flas.
"Is it stewing? Will the ti be enough?"
Tang Yuqiong’s face slightly changed.
"Don’t worry!"
Li Han sat upright, listening to the roar of the flas inside the stove, "With his Bursting Fla level, compressing the simrti of six to seven hours into half an hour is very easy."
At the judging panel.
The leader of the Chinese Realm withdrew his gaze from Xia Yu, slightly lowered his head, clearly contemplating the combination of those nine dicinal ingredients, "Again with the fernted black beans?"
He imperceptibly frowned.
"Isn’t it?"
Beside him, Lan Fengxian, serving as the official leader of this hunting event, rarely joked, "Looking at his recent style, it seems without fernted black beans, he can’t cook."
Wise Man Karl didn’t respond, his eyes were firmly captivated by the radiant bird in front of Ye Feizhou.
Wei Qinglian’s hands placed on her knees clenched into fists, her palms full of sweat.
Half an hour later.
"Ding—"
A bell chid, the announcer called out, "15 minutes remain until the cooking session will forcibly conclude, please both contestants hurry!"
The bell continued echoing.
Ye Feizhou suddenly stepped back a small step, his hands, and the sprouted beans on the plate after "caralizing", had been entirely used up in weaving the bird.
"Still missing the crown on the head..." he focused his eyes on the dish, chuckling lightly, took a "crown" carved from fruits and vegetables sohow placed on the plate, and carefully placed it atop the bird’s head. Notably, the bottom of the "crown" was sared with so heated sugar syrup, like a layer of glue that easily stuck it on.
"Serve the dish!"
After taking a last look at the opponent across, focusing on the wind box, Ye Feizhou didn’t pause, picked up the white ceramic plate, with the spotlight chasing him.
On the plate, the bird engulfed in flas had transford into a phoenix, its body more resplendent under the light.
Look at the vivid and lively phoenix, full of vitality.
Then, there’s the white-garbed chef holding the plate, his face always maintaining a faint smile.
In his gestures and movents, there was an air nad "Grace".
This grace wasn’t so Western gentleman’s deanor, but rather the cultured elegance gradually developed under the old ritual and music system.
Bang!
The plate settled gently on the judge’s table, Ye Feizhou softly spoke, "This is my dish, please enjoy."
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