Life is a Game

Just like that, Jiang Feng was directly dragged away by Sun Jikai from the back kitchen, and the sea cucumber simmering fire hadn't been turned off in time, so he called Jiang Weiwei to help him turn off the fire when he remembered after getting in the car.

"Are we going to start the semi-finals tonight? Why are we in such a hurry?" Jiang Feng asked puzzled after getting into the car.

"The site is in the suburbs, and it takes more than an hour to get there by taxi. If there is a traffic jam on the road, it will take three hours to go back and forth. It is already 3:30. In the past, we will prepare for mining before checking the site. If we don't hurry up, we will go to the restaurant on the top floor. Going ahead, Bei Cai doesn’t know how long it will be delayed, and it will take a lot of time.” Sun Jikai explained.

Jiang Feng suddenly realized that he didn't know a lot of information when he didn't receive the call, so he could only ask Sun Jikai first while he was in the car.

"Have we changed the venue? Didn't they say in the final test that the venue was used for the semi-finals and finals? I think it's a good place. The kitchen table is nice and the venue is big."

"I also think it's a good place, but there seems to be something wrong. I don't know if it's the firefighting or it's unqualified. Anyway, it's just been arguing and dragging on like that, so I changed to a new place." Sun Jikai said, sighing. , "I heard that the reason why the semi-finals took more than 20 days to give us the news is not only because of a problem with the venue, but also a player in the United States who had a problem with his visa and needed to be replaced. That's why it took so long."

Jiang Feng suddenly became interested. No matter when it is, gossip is always the most interesting: "There is a problem with the visa, what is the problem? Could it be that he is engaged in something illegal?"

"Looks like he got caught for drunk driving."

Jiang Feng:?

You call this a visa problem? This is a problem with people, okay!

Jiang Feng asked some other questions, and Sun Jikai answered everything he knew and could answer. Jiang Feng didn't pay much attention to the competition these days, and he didn't even know as much about the competition-related matters as those who had already been eliminated.

Due to the lack of news about the semi-finals, all kinds of gossip and rumors are flying all over the sky. There are various versions. Some said that the father of the funder on the US side withdrew the capital, some said that Xu Cheng and Han Guishan offended people and the venue could not be used, and some said that Han Guishan’s investment failed and the capital chain was broken and the capital was withdrawn. Since Han Guishan's most failed investment in history was the porridge shop in the snack street, Jiang Feng felt that the last one must be a rumor.

The two exchanged information along the way, and when they were about to arrive at the venue, Jiang Feng finally remembered the question he had been wanting to ask Sun Jikai at noon and forgot to ask later.

"By the way, Old Sun, I have a question to ask you. Do you think the method of thickening the eight-treasure chestnut pigeon can be used in other dishes?"

"Ah?" Sun Jikai was stunned, he didn't know why the topic suddenly changed from gossip to such a serious discussion of cooking skills.

Or a culinary discussion that he couldn't answer.

"This..." Sun Jikai thought for a while, "It should be possible."

"Then do you think I can thicken Jiang's ginseng soup with the method of eight-treasure chestnut pigeon to thicken it, can it bring about a qualitative change in Jiang's ginseng soup?" Jiang Feng asked countless people all kinds of weird things these days The more questions you ask, the more you practice, the more you will naturally learn.

He himself was able to realize the thickening technique of the eight-treasure chestnut pigeon at the beginning because he watched Cao Guixiang thicken the big black ginseng. Correspondingly, Jiang Feng felt that the thickening method of the Babao Chestnut Pigeon was very ingenious. This kind of thickening method, which depends on the subtle changes in temperature and sensation to directly determine the final quality of the dish, should be suitable for Jiang's ginseng soup in theory. .

Of course, it needs to be changed.

Sun Jikai:?

You are embarrassing me, Fat Tiger.

"No, maybe it's possible." Although Sun Jikai hadn't fully learned how to thicken the Eight Treasure Chestnut Pigeon, he suddenly felt that it was quite feasible after hearing what Jiang Feng said.

Although he doesn't know Jiang's ginseng soup, he has seen Jiang Feng do it.

"I also think it's okay, so don't leave tomorrow afternoon, let's discuss it in the kitchen." Jiang Feng patted his thigh.

Sun Jikai looked out of the window in despair.

Mother's, he doesn't know how to thicken cornstarch or Jiang's ginseng soup, what a waste of discussion!

They arrived before Sun Jikai looked out of the window in despair for two minutes.

Although the new competition venue was decided hastily and in a more remote suburb than the previous venue, it was very large.

Really big.

It was so big that Jiang Feng felt that if each of the four restaurants formed a cheerleading team, the cheerleading field would not be too crowded if they danced behind their respective contestants during the competition.

Although the venue was made temporarily, the stage, lighting, and other equipment looked very good and professional, which made Jiang Feng feel like he was in a TV studio.

Compared with the previous test, the cooking table is also larger. There are four optical stoves, two vegetable sinks, and two ovens. It can be said that it is very luxurious and can be directly taken to the back kitchen of the hotel.

Jiang Feng wanted to pack the oven and take it home. The oven prepared by the program team looked more high-tech and more expensive than the oven in Taifeng building.

Sun Jikai and the others were justified in their worries. Although the competition venue was huge, there were only two preparation rooms. Wu Minqi and Sun Maocai arrived first and were already in the preparation room. Jiang Feng and Sun Jikai went to the kitchen table to check everything facility.

Like children who have never seen the world, the two yelled at a series of kitchen utensils prepared by the program group.

"Wow, Lao Sun's oven is definitely the latest model. I don't think I'm very good at using it. Is there an instruction manual? Do you have an instruction manual?" Jiang Feng stroked the oven in amazement.

Taifeng Building doesn’t use the oven much, mainly Zhang Guanghang uses it, and Ji Xia also uses it when making snacks. The oven is very simple, cheap, affordable and cost-effective, and the one prepared by the program team looks like it pays the IQ tax The styles are completely different.

Sun Jikai searched for his oven for a long time: "No."

Jiang Feng beckoned to a staff member: "Can you please show me the instruction manual of the oven, I don't seem to be very good at using it."

staff member:?

After studying the oven, Jiang Feng and Sun Jikai studied the stove, vegetable sink, cutting board and other things again. It may be to highlight the high-end of this show. The cooking station in the new venue obviously adheres to the principle of choosing only the expensive ones and the right ones. Just looking at the appearance, they are very cool. Even the vegetable sink is the same as Jiang Feng and Sun Jikai on weekdays. The vegetable sink I saw was different.

This is a stylish vegetable sink.

How should I put it, the first feeling of such a kitchen table is that the person who cooks on this kitchen table should not be a chef.

Should be a robot.

What comes out should not be vegetables but nutrient solution.

Naturally, there was nothing wrong with the things. Jiang Feng and Sun Jikai spent about an hour touching the inside and outside of the kitchen counter. They didn't even let the pots and pans go unnoticed. They even tried the pressure cooker and it was very useful. .

I even want to buy a set and take it back to Taifeng Building if it fits in the back kitchen.

Wu Minqi and Sun Maocai set off half an hour earlier than Jiang Feng and the others, and logically speaking, they should have arrived half an hour earlier. Jiang Feng worked on the cooking table for more than an hour, but Wu Minqi and the others didn't finish their preparations. After putting on their makeup, they waited for more than 20 minutes before the staff came to inform him and Sun Jikai to go to the preparation room to prepare for collection.

As a rough estimate, it takes about two hours for a person to prepare for mining.

It's been a horribly long time.

After entering the preparation room, Jiang Feng found that there were many more staff in the room this time than the previous few times. Unlike the previous few times, there were only simple props such as tables and chairs in the room, and the camera teacher directly took pictures of people's faces.

The interior decoration of the house was exquisite this time. A small round table and a sofa chair were prepared for Jiang Feng. There was a row of cabinets in a place far away that the camera should not be able to capture. There were various drinks and juices on the cabinets. In addition, there are many insignificant but fresh decorations in the house, such as wallpaper, potted plants, and artificial flowers on the windowsill, which make people feel very relaxed when they enter.

"Mr. Jiang Feng, right? I'm sorry to keep you waiting, do it quickly, what do you want to drink? This time the preparation time may be very long, you can treat it as a small interview. When the time comes, sixteen contestants We will cut the interview into a short program and broadcast it, which will last about an hour, and you can use it as a warm-up before the semi-finals." As soon as Jiang Feng entered, the staff responsible for asking questions warmly greeted him to sit down.

Jiang Feng shook his head and said that he didn't need to drink.

"Then let's start now. I have a lot of questions here. If you think some questions are inappropriate or difficult to answer, you can just ignore them and treat them as ordinary chats." The staff lady smiled and started up.

"Due to some special reasons, the start of the semi-finals has been delayed for a long time. There is a gap of more than 20 days since the end of the last test. During this time, we learned that many players have made a lot of preparations for the semi-finals But among the 16 contestants, your preparation is the most unique. As far as we know, you locked yourself at home for half a month, as if you were practicing cooking at home. Can you tell us why? "

Jiang Feng was taken aback for a moment. He didn't expect that the program team knew the current situation of these contestants quite well, and they were very well-informed. It was obvious that they were well prepared to ask such a purposeful question as soon as they came up.

Jiang Feng sat up straight involuntarily, with a smile on his face, he polished and revised the remarks he had made to fool the old man and the third grandpa, and said them very smoothly.

Reasonable and convincing.

"It sounds like a good pre-match preparation tactic. May I take the liberty to ask, have these fifteen days greatly improved your cooking skills? Has there been any obvious improvement in your mood?" The staff then asked.

"No." Jiang Feng said.

staff member:?

"No?" The staff thought they had misheard.

Jiang Feng nodded: "Yes, not at all. I wasted fifteen days exploring a completely wrong path."

The staff was stunned for a short time, but her good professionalism made her react quickly and asked the next question: "So you actually delayed the precious 15 days of pre-competition preparation, so do you think that after all the other contestants have done it? In the case of very effective training, will the waste of these 15 days directly lead to your loss in the semi-finals?"

Jiang Feng shook his head: "I think it's okay for me to enter the final."

The staff smiled and continued to ask the next question.

Every question asked by the staff is related, and they are all linked together. Even if Jiang Feng chooses not to answer and skip a few questions, the next question can be linked together with the previous question. It can be seen that this is a very sincere little interview.

Two hours passed quickly, and the interview, which lasted for more than two hours, came to an end as the staff asked the last question.

Just when Jiang Feng was about to get up to leave, he finally remembered what the question he wanted to ask the most at first was.

After answering questions for two hours, his mind is a little dizzy now.

"By the way, you have never said when the semi-finals will be held? Now that the venue has been set, is the time for the semi-finals still undecided?" Jiang Feng asked.

"The specific time has not been determined, but it must be in the near future. The eight players from the United States will arrive in Peiping tomorrow. They will definitely face some problems such as acclimatization and jet lag. After they adjust their condition, we will The time for the semi-finals can be determined," the staff member explained.

Jiang Feng nodded to express his understanding, and left the house without forgetting to take a bottle of water before leaving.

He died of thirst after talking for two hours.

No wonder the staff asked him what he wanted to drink as soon as he entered.

Just as Jiang Feng was walking out and gulping water, Chef Arnold walked towards him, obviously going to the preparation room.

I haven't seen him for more than 20 days, and Chef Arnold looks even stronger.

The two are getting closer.

Chef Arnold slowed down and his eyes began to change.

Jiang Feng also slowed down and drank the water in the bottle in one gulp.

Passed by.

Suddenly, Jiang Feng stopped.

Chef Arnold also stopped, his face was even a little smug, I knew he had something to say to me when it was full.

"Chef Arnold, I have a question for you." Jiang Feng turned his head.

Chef Arnold raised his head proudly and looked down at Jiang Feng, looking both proud and contemptuous.

"Although I didn't eat your beef tower in the last test, I still have a few questions to ask you. How do you control the thickness when you slice the beef? Is the thinner the better or is there a limit? Is it not the best thickness of beef with different degrees of maturity? I have been thinking about this question for the past few days. If the taste can directly affect the level of taste, the knife skill can play a decisive role. But the chef around me I don’t have much experience in this field, I think it should be related, because I remember that when you make beef towers, the way you cut each piece of beef is actually different.”

During the last test, Jiang Feng was too busy and basically watched other people cook.

Chef Arno: ?

Sun Jikai, who came out a few minutes earlier than Jiang Feng and had been waiting for him at the door: ...

Sun Jikai had already started thinking that if Chef A Nuo and Jiang Feng started fighting, should he rush up to start a fight, or should he call Wu Minqi and Sun Maocai to come over first, and then rush up to start a fight.

Chef Arnold's expression was obviously dull for a few seconds, and soon the dullness turned into doubt.

He stared at Jiang Feng.

Stared at Jiang Feng for half a minute.

"Of course, the optimal thickness of meat with different degrees of ripeness is different, and different parts are different. To be precise, each piece of meat is different, and there is no way to find the best point. How can the meat be thinner? Knife skills are one of the most important skills, didn't Peng Changping even teach you this?" He said in Chinese.

Sun Jikai:? ? ?