The Spirit of Gourmet

Chapter 210 has arrived! Rare ingredients!

"ladies and gentlemen!"

"The final battle for the championship in this year's Tianhua Prefecture Youth Cooking Competition is about to begin, with Du Ziyan and Qin Lang facing off!"

Amidst the deafening cheers and screams, the host's voice rose to its limit, making Qin Lang, who was already seated in the standard cooking unit, seriously suspect that the guy's voice was almost hoarse.

"The theme of this competition is rice. The contestants must use rice-related ingredients in their cooking. The final judges will be seven first-level food critics from Danju City. They will choose their favorite dish from the two contestants' dishes, and the one with the most votes will win!"

"The winner of this match will become the champion of this tournament!"

"Will Du Ziyan, who won the runner-up title in the last Youth Cooking Competition and is now making a comeback to aim for the championship, be able to successfully take the title, or will Qin Lang, the dark horse of this competition who has overcome all obstacles, win the final victory?"

"Let us wait and see!"

Amid the host's enthusiastic words, the bell rang to signal the start of cooking, and the contestants standing in front of the two cooking stations took out their ingredients.

The large screen, which was clearly visible to the entire audience, was divided in two. The left side displayed the ingredients arranged by Qin Lang, while the right side displayed those arranged by Du Ziyan.

As the high-quality ingredients, visible to the naked eye, were presented to the audience, a continuous stream of exclamations of surprise and admiration erupted from the room.

In this top-level cooking competition, both contestants have clearly taken the selection of ingredients to the extreme, with almost all of them being top-quality ingredients.

Suddenly, an even louder cry of surprise rang out, and then almost all the audience's eyes turned to the ingredients that Qin Lang had taken out.

Those were two extra-large chicken drumsticks, significantly larger than ordinary chicken drumsticks, almost comparable to turkey drumsticks. Unlike ordinary chicken drumsticks, their surfaces seemed to have a faint glow, making them look extraordinary.

"Rare ingredients?!" Pang Ju, the animal food recommender, who had been watching the spectacle, couldn't help but exclaim in surprise as he picked up the microphone.

The other food recommenders also changed their expressions, looking at Qin Lang in the room with a hint of surprise on their faces.

This kid actually has connections to get his hands on rare ingredients; he's really hiding his true abilities...

"Unexpectedly, Qin Lang actually brought out a premium-grade chicken leg!" the host couldn't help but exclaim. "This is above the standard quality, reaching near-ultimate quality due to absorbing a large amount of extraordinary energy!"

"The prizes for the top three winners in this competition also include a mysterious and rare ingredient. It seems that Qin Lang is determined to win the championship!"

As the host introduced the concept of rare ingredients, some viewers who were unfamiliar with it also came to understand. Many viewers who were not optimistic about Qin Lang initially began to have their opinions shift with the appearance of these rare ingredients.

The most obvious change is that there are significantly more spectators chanting Qin Lang's name in the arena.

"Hehe, now I can finally say it."

In the stands, Cao Dongdong chuckled and winked smugly at Yu Zaozao's live stream camera, "With such premium ingredients in hand, Qin Lang's victory in this match is practically guaranteed!"

As for the possibility of Qin Lang's failure, he had not even considered it.

After all, he had already tasted the delicious food Qin Lang had prepared for the competition.

That dish, called Yangzhou Fried Rice, was an unparalleled delicacy that, with just one bite, surpassed all the delicacies he had eaten in the past ten years.

"Don't open the champagne at halftime!" Zhao Qian slapped Cao Dongdong hard on the back of the head. "The game isn't over yet, anything can happen."

"What's there to be unsure about?" Cao Dongdong scratched the back of his head dismissively. "Unless Du Ziyan can also produce a rare item..."

Before he could finish speaking, gasps of surprise suddenly erupted from all around.

Pairs of eager eyes turned to the big screen, to the sea bass in Du Ziyan's hand, its scales shimmering with iridescent colors.

"It's a delicacy." Fisherman Bao Heng couldn't sit still either. He abruptly stood up, staring intently at the sea bass, his eyes filled with rapture and fascination. "Such beautiful scales..."

"I can't wait to taste the food made with it!" "So, this is a showdown between rare ingredients?" Lu Suzhi, the food recommender of Valley, couldn't help but ask.

Upon hearing this, a strange light also appeared in the eyes of the other food recommenders.

A showdown between the finest ingredients!
Just hearing about it made them eager to try it out.

"Another rare ingredient!" The host's voice was almost cracking as he looked at the sea bass displayed on the big screen and couldn't help but exclaim, "It seems that contestant Du Ziyan was not completely unprepared."

"Each contestant has brought out a rare ingredient. Although the formal cooking has not yet begun, the competition seems to have entered a heated phase!"

"Let's wait with the utmost anticipation for the final result of this match!"

Qin Lang paused slightly upon hearing the host's words.

He looked up at the cooking unit on the other side with some surprise, and his gaze met Du Ziyan's across the distance.

Du Ziyan raised an eyebrow, his eyes filled with a fierce fighting spirit as he looked at Qin Lang, as if to say, "You didn't expect I also have rare ingredients, did you?"

"Interesting." Qin Lang chuckled, then took out two chicken gizzards from the ingredient bag.

Unlike ordinary chicken gizzards, these two gizzards are also larger, and at the same time, their surfaces also have a strange shimmering light.

They came from whole chickens produced by the chubby chickens, and the second whole chicken was produced almost right at the end of the competition, which was extremely difficult.

As for the other parts of the two whole chickens…

Qin Lang put it away for now, planning to treat himself after the competition.

Upon seeing the premium chicken gizzard, Du Ziyan gave a soft snort and looked away.

A childish trick.

Does separating chicken drumsticks and gizzards make them two kinds of delicacies?

My own prized sea bass, a whole one!

Soon, all the ingredients were presented to the audience and judges, and Du Ziyan brought out the main ingredient of the show: rice.

“This is…” Lu Suzhi looked at the rice grains, round and pearl-like, shimmering with light, on the big screen, his expression moved.

"It's rice from Wuhe Lingxiang, the best quality rice in the Dongyun area!"

"I remember that the rice you have here, Lao Lu, was introduced from Wuhe Lingxiang?" Pang Ju couldn't help but ask.

“Indeed, but due to the different environment, the rice produced in the Fengshou Terraces is of much lower quality than that from the original production area,” Lu Suzhi said truthfully.

Upon hearing this, the other food recommenders were all moved.

The rice from the Fengshou Terraced Fields is already considered top-quality, but the rice from Wuhe Lingxiang is even better.
Just then, Qin Lang took out the rice he had prepared.

After just one glance, Lu Suzhi jumped up from his seat.

"This, this is..."

"Rare rice?!"

(End of this chapter)