Chapter 839 Another strong man sheds tears
Apart from the phoenix eggs, there are actually many good dishes on the table. Sun Maocai's rock sugar golden bird's nest is quite satisfactory. Although it is not surprising, his cooking skills alone make it a decent dish. It is better than most chefs on the field.
Jiang Feng was partially responsible for the poor performance of Sun Maocai's rock sugar golden bird's nest. Sun Maocai ran away to eat while cooking, could the final product of the bird's nest be amazing?
The two dishes in the Chinese restaurant are standard Tan family dishes, sunflower duck and pumpkin cheese. Among them, pumpkin cheese is a new product introduced by the Chinese restaurant in recent years by improving other desserts and catering to the tastes of the American people. Neither of the two dishes is very representative of Tan's cuisine, nor is it even a very difficult dish. This shows the dedication of the four chefs in the Chinese restaurant.
When the four judges were eating the dishes, they also felt a strong desire not to advance.
So the four judges very considerately gave four scores that were neither very high nor ugly, but would definitely not make the cut.
This makes The Lights of New York look awkward.
Because New York Lights works really hard.
It can be seen from the fact that the bearded chef spent five hours, concentrated on it, and used all kinds of precision instruments to make a most difficult molecular cuisine that he would not even be willing to pay for, that he really wanted to win.
But some things are not something you can just think about, nor can you do just by working hard.
You really can't.
The bearded chef is one of those people who can't.
It is true that his molecular cuisine is so exquisite that it can really look like the real thing. Even the well-informed judges couldn't help but applaud his wonderful molecular cuisine and praised it as the most exquisite, realistic and confusing molecular cuisine they have ever tasted.
But it's just molecular cuisine.
It doesn't taste as good as other dishes.
It may be good compared to the pumpkin bake, but compared to the rock sugar bird's nest at Tai Fung House and the Opera on the top floor restaurant, it's just an ordinary pudding.
The Opera in the top-floor restaurant is made by Roland. As a former chef of a Michelin-starred restaurant, Roland had to work as Chef Arnold's little brother due to lack of money, but he still had a few skills of his own.
Opera is a famous French dessert with a long history. Roland makes a traditional Opera with six layers in total, with a very thin layer of chocolate sauce on top and some gold foil flakes sprinkled on it for decoration. Three of the six layers are sponge cake soaked in coffee syrup, and the innermost filling is made of butter cream and chocolate cream. It is a sweet but not greasy, dense-tasting calorie bomb.
Chocolate and coffee lovers will go crazy for this dessert.
Even Peng Changping, who doesn't like chocolate very much, felt that Roland's dessert was very good. This made him even more curious about how much money Roland owed, so he had to go to the top-floor restaurant to work for Chef Arnold.
Yes, it is no secret that Roland had to be Chef Arnold's little brother because he owed a lot of debt. Chefs from both China and the West have heard about it, and there are even some good people who secretly take inventory and analyze how much Roland owes.
"I think Roland's cooking skills have improved a lot this year. It seems like it's a good thing to be able to help Chef Arnold." David sighed sincerely after eating Opera.
Henry didn't say anything about it, just silently finished the piece of Opera in front of him.
Opera was the last dish they tasted.
Compared with this amazing dessert, the main course in the top-floor restaurant was actually a little perfunctory. Chef Arnold made the beef dish that he is good at. Grilling and frying bring out the full flavor of the beef. The large pieces of beef need to be topped with sauce to be eaten in a big way. It is a very rough and wild dish that is different from the beef tart.
The corresponding taste is slightly inferior to the beef tart.
Although it feels a bit perfunctory, after all, Chef Arnold made a beef tart during the test, which is extremely time-consuming, laborious and difficult, with multiple tastes and multiple enjoyments. However, in the semi-finals, he was not as serious as he was in the test. One can't help but wonder if he is holding back his ultimate move and preparing to release it in the finals.
But one thing cannot be denied, this is a delicious beef dish.
Better than the lamb dishes at New York Lights.
It's on par with Jiang Feng's phoenix egg.
After tasting the dishes, all the judges in Jinjiang knew which two restaurants they were in. Even if they didn't know each other's scores, the results were already certain.
The staff tallied up the scores of the four judges and gave the final result quickly.
There are two dishes in a restaurant, but the points are not separate, but unified. The four judges will give a score based on the overall quality of the two dishes. After the scores are announced, they will comment on the dishes and state the reasons for their scores, which can be regarded as an explanation to the contestants.
The most important thing is to give an explanation to the viewers who watch the program after it is broadcast.
If it were an ordinary food competition, these judges wouldn't be bothered to comment on every dish. You have to think of adjectives for each dish, and you have to praise it in different ways. When you scold it, you can't scold it too harshly. Are you tired?
The final score was 9.6 points for the rooftop restaurant, 9.4 points for Tai Fung House, 8.7 points for New York Light, and 8.5 points for the Chinese restaurant.
The bearded chef fought hard and finally achieved a good result of 0.2 points higher than the last place.
The scores have come out, so naturally we have to give an explanation to all the contestants. After three or four minutes of pushing, which was actually a word that he had not yet thought of, Xu Cheng, as the world's most famous food critic, reluctantly picked up the microphone and was the first to comment.
"First of all, I am very happy. I have the honor to serve as a judge for this food competition today. This is probably the most luxurious semi-finals I have ever seen in my lifetime. No matter who the contestants are, I believe they will all be there." The ability to win championships in other competitions..." Xu Cheng came up and started talking nonsense to make it appear that he said a lot.
It is worth mentioning that he spoke in English, and the following comments from each judge will be in English, because some people are destined to not understand Chinese, but everyone can understand English.
“Among the eight dishes, the one that surprised me the most was Chef Roland’s Opera. It has rich layers, a dense texture, and just the right amount of sweetness. Being able to eat such a dessert is every diner’s luck. In my opinion, Chinese style Desserts and Western desserts Although the expressions of sweetness are different, the purpose is the same. Sweetness can make people taste joy and happiness. I believe that even if I recall this dessert many years later, I will still feel sweet and happy. .”
"As for Chef Arnold's flame beef, although it is above the standard, to be honest, I am a little disappointed. Maybe it is because I had the honor to taste the beef tart made by Chef Arnold some time ago. In my heart, beef dishes Chef Arnold could have done better, expectations were high and not that satisfying.”
“As for the two dishes presented by New York Light, they are both very exquisite dishes, especially the dessert which is exquisite but slightly inferior in taste. I am actually a little disappointed with the main course as the lamb did not have the taste it should have. On the sauce..."
The bearded chef who has not yet come out of the shadow of 8.7 points:? ? ?
Ingenious but slightly inferior in taste.
The bearded chef is autistic.
Xu Cheng's reviews were actually very mediocre. Except for praising Jiang Feng's Phoenix Eggs and Roland's Opera, he didn't criticize the other dishes with particularly strong words even if he didn't think they were good.
After all, this is a variety show, and it will be broadcast for others to see. It's okay to praise, but it's definitely not okay to scold. If the proud creations of these restaurant chefs are criticized as useless on the program, it will definitely affect the restaurant business after the broadcast. This is a result that no one wants to see.
Being eliminated is already very disastrous, so don’t hurt people’s self-esteem anymore.
The other three judges also continued Xu Cheng's style of commenting, but their hearts were different from Xu Cheng's. Peng Changping's favorite dish was obviously Jiang Feng's phoenix eggs, but he expressed it more implicitly. The way to express his love for Jiang Feng's phoenix eggs was just to praise it a few more times.
What Henry liked was the beef dish that Chef Arnold didn't go all out for. David and Peng Changping also liked Jiang Feng's phoenix eggs very much.
But he is not as reserved as Peng Changping. When commenting, he is extremely exaggerated, his tone is very exciting, his body movements are also big, and his words are full of common middle school and high school English vocabulary such as amazing, unbelievable, fantastic, and genius.
From the sound of it, Jiang Feng wondered if someone from the Jiang family secretly gave the fat judge money before the competition.
Look at this boast.
I really want people to listen to it twice more.
This is how the semifinals ended.
Just as everyone expected, it was different from what the bearded chef expected.
After the competition, the contestants from the two promoted restaurants need to go backstage and wait for a while, and the staff of the program team will communicate with them the specific matters of the finals.
The final date is tentatively set for next week, and the specific time has not been determined yet. Since it needs to be discussed, you can definitely make a request. Jiang Feng bets that Chef Arnold must be full of demands when he looks so calm.
In fact, the program team was a bit disappointed with Chef Arnold's performance in the semi-finals.
This was not the Chef Arnold they wanted.
The review session they expected would be a scene of swordsmanship and bloodshed. When Xu Cheng said that he thought Chef Arnold's dishes were not ideal, Chef Arnold should jump up and confront Xu Cheng. As a result, Chef Arnold was very calm and calmly accepted the fact that others felt that his dishes were not ideal.
This disappointed the director, and the cinematographer Fu was also a little disappointed. His chance of promotion and salary increase was gone.
But the director and cinematographer Fu combined were not as disappointed as the bearded chef.
He felt like a joke.
After working hard for more than five hours, the dish was exquisite but tasted average.
The bearded chef feels like he has returned to the fear of being dominated by Chef Arnold. He goes to work diligently every day and cooks seriously, and then scolds Chef Arnold, "This is not good, that is not good, this is good" There are problems with that, and this needs to be redone and that needs to be redone.
That's how he got to the position of chef after being scolded every time he said shit.
Before Chef Arnold joined the New York Light, he was just an ordinary assistant chef at the New York Light. Later, because he was scolded a lot by Chef Arnold, he gradually got more and more scolded, and his position got higher, until he became Chef Arnold. After changing jobs, he directly became a chef.
When he first became a chef, he was still a little nervous. He felt that he was incompetent. As expected later, Chef Arnold's reputation dropped rapidly as soon as he moved to New York Light, but not many people scolded him. Later, everyone gradually got used to not being able to eat Chef Arnold's dishes, and the reputation improved slightly, which gave the bearded chef a lot of confidence.
Then today we go back to before liberation.
The game is over.
The cameraman was ready to turn off the machine and call it a day and go back to eat.
Jiang Feng and the others had already started walking backstage.
The bearded chef still stood there silently, not even noticing that his shadow, Chef Arnold, had walked up to him.
"What kind of shit did you do today?" A familiar smell came out of his mouth.
"What's the point of making the food beautiful and exquisite? First of all, it must be delicious. Have you been brainwashed by your piece of shit boss to think that expensive food is good food?"
"Idiot."
"Are you worthy of being a chef?"
"I knew there was no future in that shit restaurant."
"That shit boss is even more stupid than my current boss!"
“That shit boss doesn’t even want to raise his salary, at least now he gives me more money.”
The bearded chef is a bit tempted to change jobs.
The more I think about it, the more sad, frustrated, and aggrieved I become. The more I think about it, the more I feel that there is no hope for a salary increase. The more I think about it, the more I feel that my credit card bill will never be paid off.
The bearded chef was in tears.
The camera teacher, who had not turned off the camera, almost jumped with excitement.
It's coming, it's finally here, the plot everyone has been waiting for is finally here.
"Shit!"(End of Chapter)