Food Wars, My Dishes Don't Just Shine

The meat is delicate; with just a slight bite, you can feel its juices, which, along with the spiciness, spread in your mouth, slowly releasing its umami flavor.

As the skillful old lady spoke, she closed her eyes, feeling the intense heat of the chili peppers lingering in her mouth, which brought out the original flavor of the white meat.

This feeling is like free fighting with a burly boar-man; you punch me, I punch you back—it's incredibly exhilarating!

Master Baiyao opened his eyes, and an astonishing aura burst forth from his entire body. The intense heat of the Ziba chili peppers brought back the feeling of his youth!

Chapter 81: Streams of Light Clash! A Battle of Titans!

"You kid, you've already reached the level of a six-star special chef!"

Looking at the hunched old man in front of him, Master Baiyao placed his chopsticks on the empty plate and asked a question quite seriously.

"It was already achieved three years ago."

It's funny, actually. I had already given up, but unexpectedly, after giving up, I unknowingly reached this level.

Upon hearing Master Baiyao's question, Lei Tianci immediately gave a wry smile and then recounted his advancement experience.

"You've been too tense, which is why you haven't been able to get the hang of it. But you've accumulated enough experience, so now that you relax, your cooking skills will naturally improve dramatically!"

Master Baiyao's voice was filled with emotion, saying that sometimes being too tense is not a good thing, and that a balance between work and rest is the only way to make steady progress.

"It's never too late to understand!"

Lei Tianci said nonchalantly that after all these years of wasting time, his attitude towards life has undergone tremendous changes.

"Without a doubt, this is an excellent work. Personally, I would give it a nine out of ten, and that's not an exaggeration at all!"

Looking at Lei Tianci's carefree face, Master Baiyao raised his hand and wrote a nine on the paper in front of him. Putting everything else aside, just based on the dazzling golden light, this Lizhuang white pork is worth nine points!

Moreover, the dish of Lizhuang White Meat is a testament to mastery of knife skills; anyone with weaker knife skills would not be able to slice meat so thinly.

"I didn't expect you to have advanced to six stars. Although I'd love to nitpick, your cooking is truly excellent, and I'll give it nine points as well."

Upon hearing that Lei Tianci possessed the strength of a Special Grade Six Star, Fatty An was not particularly surprised.

As his former rival, he possessed exceptional talent and strength. However, his defeat was a huge blow to him, making him desperately want to break through, but he ended up stuck at the Special Grade 5.

Now it seems that he has emerged from that experience and has even gone a step further, reaching the same level as him.

"But you should hurry up and take the certification exam after this competition. Putting aside everything else, the retirement pension of a top-level six-star chef is several times higher than that of a five-star chef."

The skillful old lady joked half-heartedly, then wrote down a nine on the paper in front of her. There were still two more skilled people waiting to compete. If she easily scored ten points, then things would get complicated.

"Twenty-seven points! It's unbelievable that even the three kings of the Cantonese Culinary Association gave it nine points!"

"You know, that Chaozhou-style raw fish dish only got seventeen points! Just how amazing must the dish be to earn such high praise from three Heavenly Kings at the same time?!"

Someone gaped in shock and exclaimed, utterly shaken: "Twenty-seven points! Just three points shy of a perfect score!"

"If I'm not mistaken, that was golden light just now!"

"Yes, it's normal for a top-tier five-star chef to create dishes with a golden glow, but this is the first time I've ever seen a dish that actually glows!"

"It seems this is the most likely winner this time! A score of 27 points, I really can't think of any dish that can surpass it!"

As soon as the score of 27 was announced, a heated discussion broke out in the room, with everyone starting to imagine how delicious the dish would be.

"Even though it's all chili peppers, I want to try it! Ahhh! Why am I a spectator? I want to eat delicious food too!"

"It's a pity that the chef has retired, but he could go to Tianlan Restaurant where he used to work. Maybe the current head chef there can also do it."

"That makes sense! I'll call ahead and make a reservation."

"Damn it! Go to hell, you dog!"

"I wonder what kind of dishes the next two contestants will present. They also performed exceptionally well in the ice sculpture assessment!"

As the atmosphere at the scene was completely ignited, everyone's attention turned to the uncle in blue and Bai Yuan. At this moment, the uncle in blue finished cooking and placed the cooked fish on a plate.

"This dish is called Three Delicacies Boneless Fish, which belongs to the Jiangsu cuisine. Simply put, it involves deboning the whole fish and then stuffing it with three kinds of delicacies. It is mainly cooked by frying and braising."

Carrying the plate, the man in blue glanced at the three Heavenly Kings and couldn't help but look away, pulling his straw hat down further in an attempt to conceal his face.

"No need to cover it up, I already knew it was you. I should say that with such a flamboyant outfit, you're the only one in Guangzhou who can match it!"

Only those viewers who haven't seen you before wouldn't recognize you. Anyone who knows you or has seen you before would recognize your true identity!

Watching Zhang Xingyuan's actions, the skillful old lady complained speechlessly, "With this guy's attire, it would be a miracle if anyone who knows him didn't recognize him!"

"Haha, I've been recognized! Who cares? A cooking competition is all about how delicious the food is. Identity is irrelevant, don't worry about it!"

"You actually lowered yourself to compete with a junior, you really are..."

Looking at the laughing uncle in blue in front of them, the three people present were at a loss for words, so they turned their gaze to the boneless fish with three kinds of seafood in front of them.

The fish was covered by a lid, but Master Baiyao did not hesitate and reached out to lift the lid.

In an instant, a dazzling golden light emerged from the fish on the plate, causing most of the audience to instinctively close their eyes!

The golden light dissipated, replaced by a continuous shimmering light that lingered on the surface of the fish's body, instantly adding a touch of sophistication!

While the audience, unaware of what the shimmering light represented, were completely stunned, the three kings of the Guangzhou Culinary Alliance stood frozen in place, their expressions somewhat lost in thought.

"I never knew you were so good at Jiangsu cuisine, and you even made the legendary 'flowing light dish'!"

An Pangzi's voice subtly revealed a hint of jealousy. This guy! He just made such a superb dish, so perfectly fresh!?

"Radiant cuisine, huh? For a dish of this caliber to appear in a divine knife skills duel, you really went all out."

I don't even want to talk about envy and jealousy anymore. Zhang Xingyuan truly deserves to be the strongest of the Four Heavenly Kings; his strength is beyond question!

Poor Bai Yuan, he was destined to lose the match before it even began.

"No matter what, let's try it first."

As Master Baiyao spoke, he stretched out his chopsticks. Although the aroma of the dish in front of him was not strong, it was like little hands scratching at his heart, tugging at him to taste it quickly!

As soon as their chopsticks touched the surface of the fish, before they even applied any force, the soft fish meat was stretched open, revealing the three-delicacy filling inside.

The aroma, as soon as the fish burst open, surged out like a tide, permeating an area of ​​hundreds of meters.

"It smells so good! Is this...is the aroma coming from the judges' table? I'm dozens of meters away from them!"

A woman, who couldn't even see the judges' seats even when she was on tiptoe, exclaimed in shock.

A rich aroma of fish lingered around her nose, and if she sniffed carefully, she could smell the fragrance of the three-delicacy filling even deeper!

The rich aroma of pork, the fresh taste of shrimp, the unique flavor of chicken gizzards, and the delicate fragrance of winter bamboo shoots and shiitake mushrooms.

The aromas of these ingredients blend together during cooking, creating a complex and rich fragrance that now permeates the entire space.

This aroma combines the freshness of seafood, the richness of meat, and the freshness of vegetables, making one's stomach rumble upon smelling it.

For a moment, the scene was filled with the rumbling of stomachs.

"The fish melts in your mouth. Its delicate texture, combined with just the right amount of cooking time, allows the fish to retain its original freshness while adding the aroma brought by the cooking process."

At this moment, Master Baiyao had already put the fish into his mouth, closed his eyes to carefully savor its deliciousness, and couldn't help but start chanting.

"The richness of the pork, the freshness of the shrimp, the crispness of the chicken gizzard, and the delicate aroma of the bamboo shoots and mushrooms intertwine in the mouth to create a wonderful symphony of flavors. The umami of these ingredients permeates each other, making the overall taste of the dish even more full and rich!"

The skillful old lady also closed her eyes, and ingredients such as pork, shrimp, chicken gizzards, and carp appeared before her eyes, then blended together to become this dish of boneless fish with three kinds of delicacies.

This dish is not difficult to make. The only difficult part is to debone the whole fish so that there are no bones left inside the fish meat!

This is more difficult than deboning a whole fish because you have to remove all the tiny fish bones, but it greatly enhances the diner's tasting experience, since the most annoying thing about eating fish is spitting out bones!

"What an enviable dish."

Fatty An said through gritted teeth, "This is so delicious! I've only ever made a few dishes like this in my whole life, and I've never made it so easily before. This guy is truly enviable!"

"I can't give this dish any score other than 10!"

They frantically ate the boneless fish with three kinds of seafood in front of them, and in less than three minutes, all the fish meat was gone.

In the end, not a single drop of soup was left on the plate; Fatty An drank it all!

The sauce is so delicious that you could eat a whole bowl of it just by dipping steamed buns in it! The only downside to its saltiness is that it's essentially fish soup.

"Then I'll give it a perfect score! Because I can't give it any other score."

Master Baiyao nodded and wrote ten on the paper as well. He couldn't give any score to this dish other than full marks.

The Flowing Light Cuisine itself is already a perfect score!

And so, Uncle Zhang Xingyuan's final score was revealed to everyone, once again causing the audience to gasp in surprise.

A score of 30 out of 100 means that no matter how top-notch Bai Yuan's dishes are, they can only be tied with his. He is in an invincible position from the start!

"I really don't know what you're after by fighting with a junior like this."

Although she gave him full marks, the skillful old lady couldn't help but complain that this guy was shameless for bullying the weak, and it was not honorable for him to win!

"All I want is to compete with him. In my eyes, he's not some junior, but a genuine chef! There's no need to give me the competition prizes. The title of five-star chef is useless to me."

"It's alright, we never intended to award it to you anyway. Your reward will be postponed, otherwise people would definitely be talking behind your back."

Master Baiyao shook his head. The four kings of the Guangdong Culinary Association participated in the competition organized by the Guangdong Culinary Association and swept the first place prize.

If this gets out, it won't sound good at all.

It gives people the feeling that they can't afford to play games.

"That kid's done too! I saw him preparing the duck earlier, I wonder what kind of dish he'll make? I'm really looking forward to it!"

Zhang Xingyuan looked in Bai Yuan's direction, his eyes gleaming with a peculiar light.

He had been holding a grudge against Bai Yuan for overpowering him on the ice sculpture, so he put all his effort into preparing the dish. When he came to his senses, the dish was shimmering with a faint light.

"Sorry for the wait, let's finish with this dish. Five-Layer Duck, an improved version of the Three-Layer Duck of Huaiyang cuisine, please enjoy."

Bai Yuan carried a large earthenware pot to the judges' table, placed it on the table, and began to introduce it to the judges.

The simple description made the dish seem ordinary. However, the moment the lid was opened and a rich aroma wafted out, they knew they were wrong.

The aroma was accompanied by a burst of golden light, and the dish was wrapped in flowing light. People had been saying envious words until they were tired of hearing them. Zhang Xingyuan was able to make dishes with flowing light, which was the result of his years of accumulation. What did Bai Yuan do to deserve this?

"How did you make this 'flowing light cuisine'?"

Master Baiyao smiled bitterly. Why did something he had pursued his whole life appear so easily in Bai Yuan's hands?

And judging from his effortless manner, this was clearly not the first time he had made the luminous dish.

To reach this level at such a young age is simply outrageous! This is a dish of the Radiant Light level; as long as one passes the assessment, one can become a Special Grade Seven-Star Chef!

Even if Bai Yuan started cooking from the womb, he only has twenty years of culinary experience, while seventy or eighty years have passed since he picked up a kitchen knife. This world is really unfair!