Chapter 437: Comparable
"Look carefully." Bai Renzong scooped up a piece of tofu and showed it in front of the camera. "After this old tofu is fried, there will be a lot of holes formed by this bubble, but it is precisely because of this hole that the sauce is perfectly soaked into the tofu, which tastes particularly delicious!"
Then, Bai Renzong scooped up a spoonful of sauce: "In addition, this sauce is not Mapo sauce, which does not contain pepper, fermented black beans and meat foam, but is made by mixing chicken sauce, tomato, red pepper powder and precious wine. It has a rich aroma and a special sweet and sour taste, which makes this dish easy to eat, but the aftermath... is very spicy."
"Mammia..." Carl Brando slapped his tongue, "This style is really scary. The perfect sour, sweet, salty formed by chicken sauce and tomatoes and precious stew wine, as well as the rich aroma and crisp taste of fried tofu trick you into eating it constantly. It's too late to realize it's spicy..."
"That's his style..." Bai Renzong rolled his eyes and said, "In fact, I think this is purely the man's evil taste, just as if cheating the customer's tongue will make him feel a kind of revengeful joy."
"Oh..." Jamie Tira looked at Bai Renzong with interest, "They all said that you can understand the personality of a chef through the chef's cooking. Now it seems that you are really capable."
"So you admit that you are indeed a person with bad taste?" Bai Renzong held his chin with both hands, frowned and looked solemn, "I want to tell me, this is not a quality that a chef should do..."
"It is precisely because of this..." Jamie Tira came to Wang Bei and patted her on the shoulder. "When you meet someone who can appreciate your cooking skills, you should cherish it even more, right?"
"You really have to cherish..." Emma Berry tried hard to prevent his facial features from being deformed because of the spicy taste. He took a sip of red wine gracefully before continuing, "because not everyone can accept this style."
"So spicy!" Yamamoto's facial features were wrinkled. He picked up the wine glass and took a sip, then smiled and said, "Well, the spicy taste in his mouth has been perfectly washed away. Do you know? Spicy gluten cannot be dissolved in water, but can be melted in alcohol, so when you feel it is too spicy, a glass of alcoholic beverage can effectively relieve the spicy taste in your mouth."
"But put aside this bad taste," Bai Renzong took another bite of Mapo tofu. "The fried frozen tofu is more suitable for Mapo tofu than I imagined... Especially the bubbles inside make the tofu particularly tasty, and the crispy taste also makes the whole dish richer and more layered. He is worthy of being a chef who has improved Mapo tofu..."
After coming back to his senses, Bai Renzong smiled and said, "Okay, then...what is the next one?"
Paul Patterke came to Bai Renzong with his own cuisine with a confident smile on his face.
Bai Renzong hugged his arms and smiled, "I hope you don't plan to give me another serving of Mapo tofu."
"Of course not." Paul Patterke smiled, placing the tray in front of him.
On the plate are three portions of tofu, which are golden, white and black, with red, green and white fillings wrapped in the middle.
"Oh, is this... stuffed tofu?" Bai Renzong said unexpectedly, "But do you know that stuffed tofu is likely to make the protagonist turn from tofu into filling inside, right? I think Chef Paul shouldn't make such a low-level mistake?"
"Hmm." Paul Patterke groaned with a smile, then raised his hand to signal him to taste it.
Bai Renzong first picked up a piece of golden tofu with red filling and tasted it. The outer skin was fryed so the taste was crispy, while the inner layer was still tender.
"The red filling inside is bell pepper marinated with grape vinegar, crispy and sweet, seasoned with a little seaweed salt, but..." Bai Renzong closed his eyes and frowned: "There is this special aroma...I know the taste."
After pondering for a while, Bai Renzong slapped: "By the way, it's edamame!"
Bai Renzong turned to Paul Patterke and laughed: "Did you make this tofu with edamame??"
"bingo!" Paul Patterke laughed happily, "I grind the tofu myself, and I used edamame instead of soybeans."
"Emodora tofu...this fragrance is so special." Bai Renzong couldn't help but exclaim.
Usually tofu is made of soybeans, and edamame is actually an unripe soybean. But it is precisely because of this "not yet mature", edamame has a special plant fragrance and tastes more tender than soybeans.
The tofu made with this edamame will have a special fragrance inside, and the taste will be more tender than ordinary tofu.
Bai Renzong tasted another portion of white tofu, which contained green fillings, and the filling was pickled onion and ginger in white vinegar.
But compared to the previous portion, this portion is raw tofu that has not been fried, so the aroma of edamame becomes stronger when it tastes. The combination of chopped green onion, garlic and ginger makes the tofu fragrant.
As for the last black tofu, it is a stinky tofu made of edamame, which turns black due to the soaking of fermented black beans and Xianggu, and a strong and irritating smell comes to your nose.
"You know, I don't mind this smell, but the others..." Bai Renzong said, turning to the other three judges. At this moment, everyone was struggling to eat this smelly dish.
"It's okay, Xiaobai, your comment is enough." Paul Patterke said with a smile.
Bai Renzong shrugged, picked up the third portion of stinky tofu and continued to eat it.
"The white sauce inside is garlic sauce. The garlic itself provides the right spicy flavor. In addition, the stinky tofu itself produces glutamic acid due to proteolysis, which provides a stronger umami flavor. When paired with the fragrance of edamame tofu, it is absolutely amazing!" Bai Renzong praised for a while, "Of course, I don't think everyone can like it..."
"How to say it." Carl Brando was still very professional and forced himself to taste all three kinds of tofu. "Not considering the disgusting smell, this tofu is still very delicious."
"Agree." Emma Berry sighed, then wiped his mouth with a napkin, "But no matter what, I think a good dish can be completely colored, fragrant and flavorful, rather than... sacrificing the other to enlarge one. Of course, the first two portions are pretty good, and the fragrance in the tofu has increased the deliciousness to a higher level."
"My opinion is exactly the opposite." Yamamoto Yuto took a sip of the beer and sighed. "If you have to sacrifice the fragrance or appearance to enhance the deliciousness of a dish, then I think it's worth it. After all, the dish is for eating, and its entire value is based on its taste, just like durian. So, I think this dish is great."
"It seems that the judges have had a controversy for the first time." Bai Renzong smiled interestedly, "But I think this controversy is actually a good thing. After all, controversy means that this dish has its own characteristics. This is probably a cultural difference?"
"The First Cause of All Realms"
But at this time, Yang Hua cleared his throat loudly, and Bai Renzong came to his senses: "Oh, it's the next chef's turn to show off his cooking. Chef Yang Hua?"
"I'm just waiting for you." Yang Hua smiled proudly, and came to everyone with his own dishes.
On the plate is a tofu flower sprinkled with various ingredients and sauces.
"Oh, sweet tofu brain or salted tofu brain, this is really an eternal rhythm." Bai Renzong sighed, then paused, and then laughed: "I'll come first, can you eat sweet tofu brains!?"
Under the rhythm of Bai Renzong, the barrage exploded at that time, and everyone began to discuss salty tofu brain and sweet tofu brain.
"Okay, okay, stop arguing, let's take a look at this tofu flower first?" Bai Renzong said, focusing on Yang Hua's tofu flower.
Scoop up a spoonful, and the sticky soup slides down the spoon, and the rich aroma comes to your nose.
"There is no doubt that this tofu is salty. Then try it?" Bai Renzong said, scooping up a spoonful and tasting it.
"Oh, this sticky texture..." Bai Renzong sighed intoxicatedly, "It's walnut sauce. The walnuts are ground into a form similar to peanut butter and added to the soup. Adding a lot of pepper, this bowl of tofu flowers tastes very fragrant. The side dishes inside include fried ginger, mint ginger and pickled carrots, plus mint leaves and lemon juice to titian..."
Speaking of this, Bai Renzong shrugged: "I don't know what other judges think, but I personally like it very much. It is mainly salty and fragrant, the spicy pepper and the slightly bitter walnuts, and the crispy texture of fried steaks. The aromas provided by snow vegetables, carrots, mint and lemon juice are clear in terms of taste and taste. In addition..."
Bai Renzong took another sip: "The ingredients are very smart. If you look closely, you will find that the ingredients inside are all very light-tasting materials, so they will not suppress the fragrance of the tofu itself at all. The whole tofu flower tastes very harmonious."
"I have to say that this dish is not worse than the previous portion of Wensi tofu. It has a layered texture and taste." Emma Berry wiped his mouth with a napkin and said, "Of course, from the visual aspect, that Wensi tofu is obviously more shocking..."
"It's because the techniques are similar." Carl Brando added, "It's all beautify it with a variety of materials to set off the 'tofu' as the protagonist... But so far, everyone's dishes are comparable, but there is no dish that can surpass this Wensi tofu, which disappoints me a little."
"Maybe it's the next one?" Bai Renzong said with a smile.
Because the next one to serve his own dishes is Chen Jianfeng. If anyone's tofu dish on site today can surpass Shang Qinglong, then it's only Chen Jianfeng.
Chapter completed!