Cooking System: Street Food Rules-Chapter 358 - 357: Top-tier Dishes, Jiang Feng’s Culinary Art!
The "MasterChef" All-Star season is very popular in China.
The online audience came specifically to watch Jiang Feng.
Anyway, they don’t know the others.
Every time Jiang Feng performs well, just as everyone knows him to be.
Very steady.
This is his most impressive quality.
"Boss Jiang is indeed strong, you have to admire him, it feels like he’s a level ahead, in a league of his own."
An online commenter remarked.
"Reasonable and convincing."
"I think so too, he’s truly in a league of his own, and the key is that the snacks he makes, we can also enjoy them."
"His personality is also unparalleled among chefs!"
People commented one after another.
This food show became instantly popular in the country.
Sometimes whether a show is good or not depends on whether it has someone you’re interested in.
If there’s someone you’re interested in, then you’re naturally willing to watch.
For example, in the current League of Legends professional league, after the older generation of players left, the number of viewers has been decreasing.
Many people already liked Jiang Feng, and now that Jiang Feng is dominating in the All-Star Master Chef Competition, they like him even more.
As a result, many people in the country are supporting Jiang Feng.
There are also a good number of Chinese people overseas, and this kind of thing that boosts a sense of identity makes many Asians stand by Jiang Feng’s side.
Jiang Feng didn’t expect that just by cooking Chinese cuisine, it would cause such a big ripple.
This is bigger than any previous commotion.
It could be called a nationwide show of support.
Jiang Feng also noticed the buzz online.
"The popularity of this show is surprisingly high, not only is it hot in M Country, but the buzz in Europe and Australia is also not low."
"A world-class competition, the stage is really big."
Jiang Feng thought to himself.
There is pressure now.
The competition attracts a lot of viewers.
In the Jiangyue Terrace management group, the executive chef and the floor manager also showed support for Jiang Feng.
It’s said that Jiangyue Terrace also launched a special small gift event, where spending enough in the restaurant could earn you a dessert, all to support Jiang Feng.
He’s really become the top figure in the culinary world.
Those celebrity influencers probably don’t understand either.
Everything was going so well, how did a chef surpass them in popularity?
No way around it, this is the era of self-media, top-tier skills + calm personality + good looks and temperament = explosive popularity
And so, under the gaze of the public, Jiang Feng once again arrived at the All-Star Master Chef Competition stage.
The venue was packed, with continuous cheers.
Gordon specially invited all the previous champions back, not only to watch the competition and create momentum but also to prepare for the next episode.
Jiang Feng wasn’t familiar with these people, but for the audience, seeing familiar faces was very exciting.
Because among these champions, there were always ones they had supported before.
Seeing them again brings a sense of nostalgia.
Watching the various people cheering, that feeling of excitement surged within Jiang Feng once more.
No matter what, he has to win this final.
With the Culinary God System in hand, if he still can’t win, it wouldn’t make sense.
Even if the system is just a tool, cooking ultimately depends on himself.
Then, with the noisy prelude over, the competition finally got to the point.
The theme for this final is:
Appetizer, main course, dessert.
Simply put, each person has to make three dishes.
The first dish, an appetizer, is to stimulate the appetite, the second, the main course, is the highlight, to be savored, and the third, usually a dessert, is to aid digestion.
Actually, this theme is advantageous for Italian chefs.
Because appetizer, main course, dessert is the dining style of Western cuisine.
The competition has no additional conditions, allowing Italian chefs to fully utilize their strengths.
The way Chinese cuisine is consumed typically involves cold dishes, hot dishes, and post-meal fruits.
So it’s not too different.
But the variety of desserts is fewer.
On-site, there are many fans from China, and upon seeing this theme, they also showed a worried expression.
Appetizer, main course, dessert?
They hadn’t heard of this before.
It seemed somewhat unfair.
Jiang Feng remained calm.
Chinese cuisine is abundant, making an appetizer and a post-meal dessert is not difficult.
Typically, Chinese appetizers are cold dishes, like marinated beef, cucumber sticks, chilled chicken jelly, and such.
Just hearing these dishes makes one salivate.
But here, on a world-class competition stage, making marinated beef would seem too simple.
Thus, after pondering for a while, Jiang Feng had his answer.
The appetizer he was going to make is called "Moon Over Western Chamber."
Just by the name, you can tell it’s a dish of state banquet level.
At this moment, the audience on-site anxiously watched the competition, everyone wondering what dish Jiang Feng would come up with.
Jiang Feng went to the kitchen and began selecting ingredients.
He remained unhurried, very composed.
This dish is quite challenging, but as long as it’s made, Jiang Feng is confident he can take the lead.
Soon, the cooking began.
All eyes were focused on the stovetop.
At this moment, the psychological pressure on the chef was quite significant.
But Jiang Feng, having honed his skills during street vending, felt nothing of it.
Jiang Feng took out a few pieces of fresh and tender scallop meat, mashed them in a bowl into a paste.
One portion was made white, and another was mixed with red pepper juice to create an orange-red color.
Scallop paste was further enhanced with scallion and ginger water for flavor adjustment.
Looking at the two bowls of paste, Gordon fell into deep thought.
Isn’t this the method used in India?
Globs of paste.
Is Jiang Feng also going to make flatbreads?
But Jiang Feng’s next move left him baffled.
Jiang Feng took out two plastic bags, the very ordinary kind, put the scallop paste inside, and then rolled out the air with a rolling pin.
Thus, the scallop meat turned into two paper-like sheets of different colors.
Everyone was dumbfounded!
What kind of magical technique is this?
Is it possible for a dish to be made this way?
What is he trying to do?
Then, Jiang Feng placed the two colored bags in a steam box and steamed them for five minutes.
After five minutes, the scallop meat set, and when taken out from the plastic bags, they really resembled two sheets of thick paper.
At the same time, Jiang Feng placed a clay pot on the stove, with old chicken, chicken meat, pork bones, pork skin, ham, ginger, and other ingredients inside.
This is to stew a high broth.
Seeing the delicious ingredients being added to the pot, people were even more astonished.
Is this an appetizer?
Pork, chicken, ham, such grandeur for just an appetizer?
They didn’t realize that this step was merely for cooking the broth.
An appetizer needs to be simple and appetizing.
It should either be mainly sour and spicy, or it should be light.
In this pot, pork and chicken are stewing.
Then, Jiang Feng began his true performance.
He brought over the two steamed scallop sheets and took out a very small knife.
The more everyone watched, the more confused they became, all wanting to see what he intended to do.
Jiang Feng used the small knife to cut shapes from the "paper" and arranged them in a bowl.
Sometimes it was a petal, sometimes a long piece, curled into a stamen.
An integration of Chinese paper-cutting art and carving art.
Skillfully applied to culinary art by Jiang Feng.
With each cut, carve, and plating.
Then, under the astonished gaze of the crowd, two pure-color flowers appeared on the plate.
One was white, the other orange-red.
Beautiful like real flowers.
A sense of beauty arose spontaneously.
Foreigners were completely bewildered.
What on earth was this person doing, is this cooking?
Are you telling me this great art is actually cooking?
Gordon, watching from the front, was momentarily at a loss for words.
Oh no, inviting an actual Culinary God for the MasterChef competition.
In the show, when introducing Jiang Feng, it was mentioned that he is the "God of Cooking" of China.
Never thought this God was so divine.
Absolutely extraordinary!
Each step Jiang Feng took was beyond anyone’s expectations.
After the two exquisite flowers were carved to perfection, Jiang Feng placed them in a steam box for another steaming session to set their shape.
This appetizer was simply to eat these two flowers made from scallop meat.
The scallop meat tasted delicious with the added seasonings.
And with the intense broth simmering further to enhance the flavor, the dish became even more delectable.
The broth bubbled in the pot.
The scallop flowers steamed in the steam box.
Once everything was fully cooked, it would be plated on a round platter.
Two flowers bathed in the broth, accompanied by a bit of green vegetables, much like a lotus emerging from clear water.
In terms of artistic conception, Chinese cuisine indisputably reigns supreme.
The crowd burst into discussion.
"This is unbelievable, is this the culinary art of Chinese cuisine?"
"I can’t believe he made two flowers with his bare hands!"
"Are we sure he’s a chef and not a magician?"
"I’ve never seen anything like this in Chinese cuisine before!"
"He’s been called the God of Cooking in China, truly amazing!"
"No wonder he always takes first place!"
The excitement and admiration in people’s eyes couldn’t be concealed. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶
Everyone gathered here because of their love for culinary arts.
Amateurs and those who have formally studied culinary arts alike.
It was the first time they witnessed cooking techniques like Jiang Feng’s.
Perfectly integrating art into culinary skills.
Everything seemed so incredible!
