The Spirit of Gourmet

Chapter 199 Golden Beef
Unlike Danbao, Qin Lang was more concerned about Zhao Qian's second food spirit's culinary skills.

【Essence Lock】This cooking technique can form an energy-based locking layer on the surface of a designated ingredient. This locking layer will not affect the cooking process, but it can lock in all the essence of the ingredient during cooking and prevent it from being lost.

This is a truly practical culinary technique. When used in cooking, it can achieve special effects that are impossible to achieve with conventional cooking methods.

Its preciousness is in no way inferior to the freshness of Egg Treasure.

"Seeing your second Food Spirit makes me want to create my own second Food Spirit as soon as possible," Qin Lang said, shaking his head with a wry smile.

"Then hurry up!" Zhao Qian said with a grin. "After the second Food Spirit is born, you'll have two Food Skills, which might give you a better chance in the next two matches!"

Qin Lang was somewhat tempted, but after thinking about it, he shook his head.

"never mind."

The second food spirit, like Egg Baby, is meant to accompany him for life; there's no need to force a choice just to increase his chances in the competition.

He is still struggling with the origin of the second food spirit, so he will wait until he has a finalized idea before the second food spirit is born.

"Speaking of which, Zhao Qian, have you named your second Food Spirit yet?" Cao Dongdong asked, somewhat intrigued. "If you haven't named it yet, how about I help you? I have a name that's absolutely amazing!"

"Tell me about it?" Zhao Qian immediately became interested.

“Call it Crab Crab!” Cao Dongdong chuckled. “Isn’t it a perfect name? And every time I call it by its name, it feels like I’m thanking someone.”

"Thank you so much." Zhao Qian refused with a dark expression, "No need, I've already named it."

"It's called agate."

"Jili!" Agate responded excitedly upon hearing its name.

“Agate…that’s a good name.” Qin Lang smiled. “We should go, the semi-finals are about to begin.”

"Don't you want to see Du Ziyan's cooking skills?"

Upon hearing this, Cao Dongdong and Zhao Qian quickened their pace.

The first match of the semifinals was between Du Ziyan and another contestant, while the second match was between Qin Lang and Ellie.

However, Du Ziyan had previously made some harsh remarks to Qin Lang, so Qin Lang and the others naturally didn't want to miss Du Ziyan's competition.

They wanted to see just how skilled the other party was at cooking beef.

At the entrance to the arena, Qin Lang and his two companions met up with Yu Zaozao, who was already waiting there. Yu Zaozao couldn't help but say, "If you guys had been any slower, the competition would have officially started!"

"Sorry, Zhao Qian has given birth to her second Food Spirit, so we were delayed on the way," Qin Lang said with a smile.

"Huh?" Upon hearing this, Yu Zaozao's attention immediately shifted to Zhao Qian beside her. "That dish turned out well?"

“Of course.” Zhao Qian nodded and smiled, summoning the second Food Spirit and showing it off in front of the camera. “This is agate.”

"Wow, what an adorable food spirit!" Yu Zaozao's eyes lit up, her face filled with an expression of "wanting to have it."

The four of them entered the venue chatting and laughing. As they walked to the stands, the match between Du Ziyan and another contestant named Liu Jing had just begun.

"Boom!"

With a dull thud, Du Ziyan placed a large piece of steak with the ribs still attached on the table. Under the high-definition close-up lens, the snowflake-like texture of the steak's cut surface was clearly visible.

Upon seeing it clearly, Qin Lang exclaimed in surprise.

The beef that Du Ziyan took out was not from Zhenniu Restaurant, but in terms of quality, it was in no way inferior to the silver frost beef he had used before.

In contrast, the fat that fills the muscle texture is not white, but a peculiar golden yellow.

Yellow fat?

A hint of surprise flashed in Qin Lang's eyes. Beef fat typically appears yellow, which usually indicates one of two things.

The first possibility is that the cow's fat turned yellow due to a disease, but obviously, Du Ziyan would not choose a sick cow as food.

Then, there is only the second possibility left.

These are top-quality grass-fed cattle raised in a free-range environment. Because their diet includes carrots and other foods rich in carotene, they accumulate carotene.

The fact that the beef taken out by Du Ziyan was even more vibrant red than the silver-frost beef also proves this point.

"Contestant Du Ziyan has brought out 'Golden Fat Beef'!" The host exclaimed at that moment.

"This beef originates from Wuhe Prefecture, and its quality is comparable to that of Silver Frost Beef. Wuhe Prefecture boasts abundant natural grasslands, and 'Golden Fat Beef' is renowned for its pure natural grass-fed nature, resulting in tender meat with a natural fragrance!"

"I never expected Du Ziyan to be so picky about his ingredients. Let's look forward to his final product!"

“Golden Fat Beef…” Qin Lang looked at Du Ziyan in the arena and nodded thoughtfully.

An excellent spirit chef should not only have culinary skills, but also have access to various high-quality ingredients.

After all, ingredients like "golden beef" and "silver-frosted beef" are mostly not normally available on the market.

It must be said that Qin Lang is still lacking in this aspect.

However, as long as he continues his travels, this problem will soon be resolved.

While he was pondering, Du Ziyan officially began his cooking.

He skillfully separated the steak from the bone, then cut the meat into pieces and quickly began marinating it.

Baking soda, sugar, pepper...

Looking at the marinade that Du Ziyan had chosen, Qin Lang nodded slightly.

In this respect, the two sides are surprisingly in agreement.

I don't know if the other person got the inspiration from his cooking or if that's just how it is.

However, when culinary skills reach a certain level, there will naturally be commonalities.

After mixing the beef thoroughly, Du Ziyan put the beef in the refrigerator, and then took out long strips of beef ribs and put them into the pressure cooker.

Is this... meant to be beef bone soup?

A hint of surprise flashed in Qin Lang's eyes.

However, is it a bit hasty to choose beef ribs, which have very little marrow, for beef bone soup?
With a thoughtful look in his eyes, Qin Lang then watched Du Ziyan cook.

After completing the adjustments, Du Ziyan summoned his second food spirit from the Tianxuan Star Vein, and the light instantly enveloped the entire pressure cooker.

Culinary skills, speeding up cooking!
A moment later, when Du Ziyan reopened the pressure cooker, the water inside had turned into a milky white bone broth.

After scooping out the beef ribs one by one, Du Ziyan began a task that surprised Qin Lang.

Use a fine needle to carefully hollow out the inside of the beef ribs.

The beef ribs, after being pressure-cooked for a long time, have become very tender, and the bone parts can be easily pierced with a little force.

However, it remains an extremely difficult task to hollow out the inside of an entire beef rib with a fine needle without damaging its surface.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, a whole beef rib gradually transformed into a semi-transparent, hollow shape in Du Ziyan's hands.

Then came the second one, the third one…

(End of this chapter)