"Yue Guangmi, I have heard of it." Bai Renzong said, grabbing the baked rice ball in front of him and looking left and right.

But no matter how he looks at it, it is just an ordinary baked rice ball. The difference between a baked rice ball and a regular rice ball is that it will be coated with some sauce on the outside of the rice ball and roasted on the fire, so seaweed will not be wrapped in the rice ball.

Because the rice balls have been roasted, the rice layer outside tastes like a crust and is crispy. A strong rice aroma and soy sauce aroma come from the grilled rice balls in your hand, and Bai Renzong couldn't help swallowing.

"Then... let's try it first." Bai Renzong said with a smile, taking a bite of the grilled rice ball.

The sound of "huff!" came. The crispy rice outside brought a strong burnt aroma after entering the mouth, accompanied by the unique salty and sweet taste of Japanese soy sauce, but the grilled rice ball is still soft and glutinous. In addition, there is a unique sweet and sour and deliciousness in the rice.

Bai Renzong looked carefully at the side of the grilled rice ball. There were shrimp-like substances and small red particles inside the rice.

"It's the little silverfish and pickled plums..." Bai Renzong said to himself, "This little silverfish is used so cleverly... This fish itself has no obvious taste, but it can provide a delicious taste similar to seaweed, and it is matched with the sweet and sour pickled plum meat inside."

As he said that, Bai Renzong took another bite, then looked at the rice ball center with interest: "This is... pickled tuna."

There is a small translucent golden fish meat in the middle of the grilled rice ball, which is marinated with various seasonings such as Weilin, soy sauce, pepper, etc., and there is a special aroma in the whole rice ball.

"Is it water soaked in cherry blossom petals?" Bai Renzong turned to Jiro Nakamura and asked.

"It's really amazing..." Jiro Nakamura said in surprise, "In fact, I just gave some cherry blossom petals to cook together when cooking, so that the scent of cherry blossoms can penetrate into the rice and add to the fragrance of yoguri rice."

"It's really effective." Bai Renzong sighed, and then took a bite of the pickled tuna meat.

"Oh... this tuna meat tastes as soft as jelly, with a light sweetness, saltiness and fragrance that matches the rice." Bai Renzong praised, "This seemingly simple and unpretentious grilled rice ball actually has an extremely gorgeous taste. It is like its simple appearance, hiding such a gem-like fish."

"And the best thing about this grilled rice ball is that all the ingredients added are just supporting roles." Yamamoto said seriously, "Tuna, small silverfish and pickled plums have very light tastes. Their task is to provide umami and sour flavors to the rice balls, and the purpose is to set off the yoghum rice. I think it is really rare to be able to do this with so many ingredients."

"But I still prefer the style of Chef Nakamura." Carl Brando frowned, "that...high-end feeling is more acceptable to the world."

"However, that's not the style of our country." Jiro Nakamura said seriously, "We don't need to change our own style for the sake of the world. What we need is the world accepting our style. You may not like it, but we won't change it."

"Hmph..." Chen Jianfeng, who was standing beside him, nodded with satisfaction.

Jiro Nakamura smiled at him and then turned to Carl Brando: "That's it."

"It's really impressive," said Emma Berry with interest. "It's a fun change whether it's the cooking or the attitude of Chef Nakamura."

"In the past, I stood in a restaurant, and I represented my restaurant, myself." Jiro Nakamura said in a humble manner, "But today, I represent our cuisine culture. So I can't give in."

"As long as your cooking is excellent enough, everyone will accept you." Bai Renzong said with a smile, "So, who is the next one?"

"It's me." Chen Jianfeng stood up at this time, "Seeing the attitude of chef Nakamura, I feel that I should express my opinion on our cooking culture."

As he said that, Chen Jianfeng placed the tray in his hand in front of everyone, and the tray was a piece of snow-white rice. Yes, it was a piece of white rice. This made the other three judges frown, but only Bai Renzong knew about it.

"Is this the legendary..." Bai Renzong asked tentatively.

Chen Jianfeng nodded and smiled, "Yes, the legendary fried rice with eggs, 'Bodhi Jade Zhai'."

"My good dear..." Bai Renzong smiled excitedly, "I thought it was just a movie! Is it true??"

"About this..." Chen Jianfeng shrugged, "Anyway, you can try it first. I want to hear your opinion."

Bai Renzong nodded, then scooped up a spoonful of rice and tasted it. Various rich fragrances burst into his mouth.

"Oh, this fragrance is really..." Bai Renzong closed his eyes and sighed carefully, "The vegetables include radish, cucumber, winter bamboo shoots, eggplant, onions, red peppers, fragrant omen, and then the spices are cloves, star anise, cinnamon, pepper, cumin, cardamom and fennel. Audience, you may not believe me, but although they are all vegetarian dishes, the fried rice made in the end has a strong meaty aroma."

"It's true that the meat smells, it's true." Emma Berry stared at the spoon in his hand in disbelief and said, "But let alone meat, there is only rice in it? How did this be done? It's simply magic!"

"I want to know too!" Carl Brando said in surprise, "However, I think this is all rice! Why does it have such a complex and rich aroma? It's so incredible!?"

"Can you add ingredients together when cooking like Nakamura?" Yuto Yamamoto asked curiously.

Bai Renzong smiled and said, "In fact, we used the unique cooking method of our country to 'steam'. We used a steamer to steam different materials on the stove. Vegetables and spices are placed in the first few layers, and rice is placed on the top layer. As for the specifics... I don't know much."

Bai Renzong turned to Chen Jianfeng: "I think it's better to let Chef Chen Jianfeng solve our doubts?"

In fact, Bai Renzong had also seen Zhang Guanghan use this technique before, but he knew very well that the two were completely different.

Because the ingredients given to the Babao chicken made by Zhang Guanghan were all ham and scallops with extremely strong taste, the fragrance of these materials was easily transmitted to the ingredients on it through the steamer.

But Chen Jianfeng used vegetables with clear taste such as eggplant and cucumber. How can we transmit the aroma of these ingredients into the rice through a steamer? This method has been tried online, but the rice made with this method is the same as rice, and it has no aroma of other ingredients at all.

"I won't keep it aside." Chen Jianfeng smiled, "In fact, this cannot be considered the authentic 'Bodhi Yuzhai', but an imperfect version I have personally developed. The method is to soak these ingredients in water and steam them so that the taste can be better transmitted to the rice on it. Otherwise, the steamed rice will be the same as the rice, without any special fragrance."

"Oh...I understand this principle." Bai Renzong suddenly said, "It's still very scientific if you think about it carefully."

When soaking the ingredients in water and putting them in a steamer, it is actually equivalent to putting the ingredients in water and boiling them into vegetable soup, and then further heating the vegetables soup into water steam, so that its fragrance can penetrate into the rice better.

"Of course, it's actually much harder to study than this." Chen Jianfeng continued, "Because Buddhism does not eat lard or jujube, I used many combinations during the research, and finally determined these ingredients. I tried many types of fried rice but finally decided to use tea seed oil. Its aroma can further enhance the aroma of the previous ingredients."

"It's so admirable..." Bai Renzong couldn't help but applaud.

"What is admirable is the chef who invented the 'Bodhi Yuzhai' at the beginning." Chen Jianfeng smiled modestly, "and I just fumbled and invented this fried rice with some information left by my predecessors. I have to say that it is a pity that such an art dish is lost. And what caused it to be lost is the fast pace of this society."

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Speaking of this, Chen Jianfeng's expression was a bit sympathetic: "In addition, 'egg fried rice' is often difficult to identify with its expensive price, which has led to the fact that this dish is slowly lost because it cannot make money. In my opinion, this is a pity. Such a dish is more artistic and cannot be measured by value. Just like another dish..."

"Are you talking about the 'three no-touch'?" Bai Renzong asked tentatively.

Chen Jianfeng nodded with a smile: "Indeed, Sanbuzhan is also a typical example. It is a very complicated and very difficult craft dish, but the price has to be lowered just because the ingredients are ordinary, which has led to more and more people not willing to learn this dish..."

Speaking of this, Chen Jianfeng turned to Bai Renzong and said seriously: "Our task is to ensure that these excellent dishes can continue to be passed on, rather than disappearing into the torrent of history like the 'Bodhi Jade Zhai'. Everyone can only taste this... inferior idiot, and never know its true taste."

Bai Renzong took the lead in applause: "It's so good! But I have to say that this fake product is also excellent, and may even be better than the original."

"What an admirable ingenuity." Jiro Nakamura also applauded.

"I have to pay my respects to such a chef." Yuto Yamamoto said seriously, then raised his glass and took a sip.

For a moment, there was applause on the scene, which made the next chef a little difficult to make it appear.

But there are always people who don’t care about the atmosphere at the scene. At this time, Jamie Tira shouted: “It’s so noisy, quiet!”

The scene became quiet again, and Jamie Tira came to everyone with her own dishes and smiled and said, "Eat."

On the plate is a Mexican dish,

ito.
Chapter completed!