Chapter 584 Limited time offer
All the contestants tried their best to turn the banquet hall into a snack street, where you can see and eat street food from various countries.
It’s not even limited to Asia anymore, there are also people making fish and chips and shawarma.
But Malu was not in a hurry this time. When it came to setting up a stall, no one among the players present was more experienced than him. Well, no, there used to be a night market lady in Taipei. It is said that she has been working in the night market for more than 60 years. She has become very famous, attracting countless diners, and even received a Michelin star.
It is the only street food that has received one Michelin star, and it should surpass Malu in terms of stall setting.
But she was eliminated in the first round of the signature dish competition, so now it's Malu's home court.
Malu was not in a hurry to cook, but asked the staff for a small blackboard and chalk.
He used chalk to write down the snack he wanted to make on the small blackboard - volcanic sausage. This was the first dish that made the No. 1 snack stall in the universe a hit.
It has both taste and visual effects, and it is Lao Wang's original creation. Although the taste will decrease to a certain extent after replacing ordinary ingredients, it is compared with the original version.
It doesn’t lag behind other street food.
Besides the volcanic sausage, Malu also has a unique trick. Through observation, he has found out the four most popular snacks in the venue.
They are Kawano Zhengming’s tempura, Choi Junxian’s pork chop rice cake, Luo Junkang’s seafood lion head, and Ki Shanju’s fried fish cakes.
Unlike Ma Lu, Qi Shanzhu got up on time to do yoga at seven o'clock today. She slept for less than five hours, but she still looks as energetic as ever.
This reminded Ma Lu of the rumor that Koreans don't need to sleep and all people practice immortality.
And perhaps because there was no pressure after the first round, Qi Shanzhu was very relaxed and didn't think much. After seeing the theme, he decisively chose fried fish cakes, a common street snack in Korea, and got busy.
Traditional Korean fried fish cakes are mainly made of glutinous rice flour, surimi, eggs, and vegetables.
Qishanzhu has made some improvements on this basis, wrapping oysters and pickled radish in the middle to further increase the umami and crispiness.
In addition, she also prepared coconut berry sauce to pour on the fried fish cakes. Coupled with her very good looks, she unexpectedly gained a lot of attention in this round.
There was a long queue in front of the cooking stations for these four people.
Seeing this, Ma Lu wrote a limited-time special package under the volcano grilled sausage - tempura + seafood lion head + pork chop rice cake + volcano grilled sausage. Just 3 snack coupons, the slogan is refundable if you don’t eat well.
Except for Qi Shanzhu, all the remaining three families were copied.
David was shocked when he saw this, "Can it still be like this?"
"Are you asking about whether he copied other players, or about 4 snacks for only 3 coupons?"
"Both of these are quite... outrageous," David said.
"But it does not violate the rules of the game." Yu Yizhuo said, "He should be able to attract a lot of customers by doing this, but I still don't think this is a good choice."
"The real challenge in this round of competition is actually time." Yu Yizhuo pointed to the countdown on the big screen.
“Unlike the previous round, this round only has 90 minutes, which means that the contestants have to make at least 100 pieces of street food within 90 minutes, and they have to find a way to sell them.
“If you take away the time for selecting ingredients and preparing meals, there will be even less time left for cooking.”
"Boss Ma now plans to sell them at a 25% discount on the market price, which means he has to make 134 snacks to pass the test.
"And he opened 4 menus at once, which means he has to prepare 4 ingredients, and the difficulty of cooking will also increase."
"Listen to what you said, the time for this competition is really tight." David didn't know, but he was shocked. If Malu wants to pass this round, he must control the meal preparation time within 40 seconds, and if the meal preparation time is removed, this time will only be shorter.
This is a matter of making things difficult for yourself.
However, what Yu Yizhuo didn't understand was that it was okay for other people to make such mistakes. Ma Lu was a person who had been setting up stalls for a long time, so he shouldn't ignore time.
While Sun Mei was cooking her own snacks, she was also observing what was happening over at Malu.
Originally, in this MasterChef competition, the only people she cared about the most were Seoul magician Cui Junxian and Luo Junkang, the successor of Huaiyang cuisine.
The former is the most famous, while the latter, like her, was born into a family of chefs and became famous at a young age. However, Luo Junkang chose to follow the arrangements of his parents and ancestors and inherited the family's ancestral craftsmanship.
He became a chef at the age of 16 and became a head chef at the age of 19. Sun Mei had eaten his cooking six years ago. It can be said that he has surpassed his father and received almost all the true inheritance from his grandfather.
Just because he does not participate in international competitions so frequently, his reputation is not as famous as Cui Junxian, but his strength is probably still above Cui Junxian.
In addition, people like Kawano Zhengming and Master Luang Posen are considered half-rivals in Sun Mei's opinion. This is because although their cooking skills are good, they are very biased.
Kawano Zhengming is very good at handling seafood, and Master Luang Po Sen is very good at vegetarian food. However, once they leave their familiar areas, they will become invisible to everyone.
But what Sun Mei didn't expect was that the name that left the deepest impression on her after the first day of competition was a name she had never heard before - Ma Lu.
In fact, Sun Mei's attention has now completely shifted to Malu.
Seeing that Ma Lu had not opened fire, Sun Mei immediately became vigilant again.
What does this guy want to do again?
Malu didn't let her guess for too long. It didn't take long for him to put up the small blackboard. Together with the sound of the first batch of volcanic sausages, it immediately attracted the attention of many people.
Soon, the news spread among the crowd that with 3 snack coupons, you can eat 4 kinds of snacks in one go.
Some people immediately became excited.
--Discount. Ordinary people can't resist the temptation. Just look at the supermarkets after 8 o'clock and Double Eleven to know how lethal these two words are, not to mention the unique grilled sausages that can breathe fire.
In addition, the queue in front of the cooking table of Kawano Zhengming, Luo Junkang and others was already very long.
So many people came to Malu's stall with the attitude of giving it a try.
But in Yu Yizhuo's view, Malu's challenge has just begun.
Can he satisfy the needs of so many customers in a short time?
The answer is yes.
The reason why Malu wrote down four dishes in one breath was to save time.
Because he plans to cook four dishes at the same time, he can also make use of the waiting time.
Multitasking may be difficult for humans, but for silicon-based beings like Lao Wang, it is nothing more than opening up multiple threads.
Malu had already asked the staff for 8 more pots and 6 chopping boards, which were placed in a circle around his body.
(End of chapter)