The Spirit of Gourmet

Chapter 192 Astonishing Consistency

"Qin Lang, do you have any ideas about the origin food for the second Food Spirit?"

On the way back to the hotel, Zhao Qian couldn't help but become curious.

“Of course I have ideas, but the problem is I have too many.” Qin Lang looked troubled upon hearing this.

Having too many dishes can sometimes be a hassle.

He wanted to make very difficult dishes in one go, but considering Danbao's situation, he sometimes felt that simple dishes were also good.

So far, the only thing Qin Lang can think of is that the new Food Spirit should ideally have a different flavor attribute than Egg Treasure.

Even so, there are just too many satisfying dishes.

Seeing Qin Lang's difficult expression, Zhao Qian's lips twitched violently.

She didn't need to ask that question!
"Jingle Bell--"

A sudden ringtone came from the cell phone at Qin Lang's waist.

"Hello? It's me..."

Qin Lang answered the phone and quickly showed a delighted expression, "Okay, we'll be right back!"

"What's wrong?" Cao Dongdong asked.

"The beef delivered by Zhenniu Restaurant has arrived," Qin Lang said with a smile. "The hotel received it and then called me."

"So, we'll be able to eat delicious beef dishes soon?" Yu Zaozao couldn't help but swallow hard, looked at the camera in her hand, said goodbye to her fans at top speed, and then ended the broadcast at lightning speed.

"What are you waiting for! Let's get back to the hotel!"

The group quickened their pace and soon returned to the hotel.

Upon arriving at Qin Lang's room, the hotel staff's advance delivery of several enormous, icy-cold freezers immediately drew gasps from the group.

"That's quite a lot!" Zhao Qian couldn't help but exclaim. "It must weigh at least a hundred pounds, right?"

"All of them are silver-frost beef?" Cao Dongdong clicked his tongue. "That's quite a generous offer."

"This is a necessary expenditure for practicing tasting dishes."

Qin Lang smiled, opened one of the freezers, and carefully took out a piece.
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The deep red beef had incredibly clear muscle fibers, and the silvery-white fat marbling was like frost covering the gaps between the beef. The moment the Silver Frost Beef appeared on stage, countless gasps of amazement erupted from the audience.

"It's Silver Frost Beef!"

The host's enthusiastic voice rang out, "This is Silver Frost Beef from Zhenniu Restaurant in Dongxia City. It can sell for tens of thousands of yuan per kilogram. You can't find beef of better quality anywhere else in the entire Tianhua Prefecture!"

"It's clear that Qin Lang is very particular about the ingredients. What kind of delicious food will he make with such high-quality beef? Let's wait and see!"

“Silver Frost Beef…” Qiu Lei looked at the beef Qin Lang took out of the freezer and snorted, “I underestimated you.”

As he spoke, he quickened his pace, took out the freezer containing the ingredients he had brought, and, in full view of everyone, took out a piece of beef that was also covered with silvery-white frost patterns.

Gasps of surprise erupted from the crowd once again.

"Qiu Lei also chose silver-frost beef as his ingredient!"

The host raised his voice again, "It seems that both of the top eight contestants have brought out their best skills. This is a showdown of the best!"

"Using the same top-quality beef, what kind of delicious food will they create, and what kind of result will they deliver?"

"Now, both contestants need to start processing the ingredients!"

As the host spoke, the large screen in the room split in two, simultaneously displaying Qin Lang and Qiu Lei's cooking. The next moment, gasps of surprise rang out again from the audience.

Because Qin Lang and Qiu Lei's food spirits were doing the same thing to the beef in their hands—blowing on it!
With the help of the food spirit, the two frozen beef pieces thawed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the surface even showed the muscles twitching naturally, as if they had just been cut from the cow, showing extreme freshness.

"It's absolutely fresh!" The host's voice rose again. "Not only did the two contestants choose the exact same ingredients, but their food spirits also possessed the exact same culinary skills!"

"This culinary technique, which allows ingredients to return to their freshest state, is absolutely perfect for the current beef theme!"

"Qiu Lei's culinary skills are also quite novel?" Cao Dongdong couldn't help but exclaim from the stands, "Isn't this too much of a coincidence?"

Silver Frost Beef is the highest quality beef in the entire Tianhua Prefecture. If contestants want to focus on the quality of ingredients, they cannot ignore it. The only question is whether the contestants are qualified to purchase it from Mr. Fu Xing.

Since Qin Lang has gained Mr. Fu Xing's approval, he can naturally make the purchase.

As for Qiu Lei...

He himself may not have obtained the right to purchase, but his family owns the most prestigious restaurant in Qingyang City, and their signature dishes are beef dishes. It is entirely reasonable for him to open up purchasing channels with Zhenniu Restaurant.

So when the two of them took out the Silver Frost Beef at the same time, Cao Dongdong was not too surprised, but now the two of them actually have the same culinary skills.

That's quite astonishing.

"In the previous round of 16, Qiu Lei also did not use his food technique," Zhao Qian said in a deep voice, a complex look appearing in her eyes.

"Unlike Qin Lang, he is deliberately hiding his true abilities!"

Zhao Qian made this judgment for a very simple reason.

Qin Lang didn't use fresh ingredients on the dragon beard noodles because it wasn't necessary.

However, the dishes Qiu Lei made in the round of 16 clearly could have been made with plenty of fresh meat, yet he still didn't use any culinary techniques.

"I believe in Qin Lang, he will definitely win!" Yu Zaozao said with great certainty.

As for the reason, it is also very simple.

When Qin Lang was tasting the dishes, she ate the most. She was so full that she couldn't walk and ended up spending the night in Zhao Qian's room.

“That’s right.” Cao Dongdong nodded. “Although culinary skills greatly help the cooking of spirit chefs, they are ultimately just an auxiliary means.”

"You can tell by looking at Qin Lang's dragon beard noodles in the last match."

"In the end, a chef's duel comes down to culinary skills."

While Cao Dongdong and the others were discussing in hushed tones, Qin Lang, who was in the audience, couldn't help but glance at Qiu Lei when he saw that Qiu Lei's food spirit skills were the same as Danbao's.

Meeting Qiu Lei's provocative gaze, Qin Lang smiled and looked away.

interesting.

When cooking beef, freshness is the most important factor.

Now that the quality and freshness of their ingredients are exactly the same, the only thing left to compare is the cooking itself.

Although it was somewhat unexpected, it might not be a bad thing for Qin Lang.

Thinking of this, Qin Lang took the beef from Danbao.

He quickly sliced ​​the large piece of sirloin (rump tip meat) into pieces about two millimeters thick. The difference in thickness between each piece was barely perceptible to the naked eye, as if it had been cut by a machine. When this detail was shown to everyone on the big screen, another gasp of surprise rang out in the audience.

Before he knew it, Qin Lang had shown off his knife skills. He picked up the ginger and scallion water from the side, grabbed a handful of ice cubes from the freezer and put them into the ginger and scallion water to cool it down. Then he skillfully added the ginger and scallion water in batches and mixed the beef with it.

(End of this chapter)