Chapter 591 The Lethality of One Sentence

The chefs slowly walked towards the exchange venue as Liu Tong praised Yuan Zhou's fish cooking skills.

The exchange venue is the banquet hall of the Century Hyatt Hotel.

The layout of the banquet hall this time was completely different from the usual one. An oval shape was placed in the center of the banquet hall, separated by cooking tables.

Standing behind the cooking table are chefs wearing neat and new chef uniforms, and there is a table opposite each cooking table.

The ingredients are behind the chefs for easy access.

The table is made of solid wood, the color is the natural wood color, and there are things for tasting on it.

With a series of utensils such as chopsticks, chopstick holders, mouthwash cups, and five dipping saucers, the chair is a matching wooden chair.

This arrangement is obviously convenient for chefs to enjoy.

In addition to such an oval-shaped glass table and dining table, there is also a circle of chairs placed around it, which looks like a temporary resting place.

"It's really neatly arranged." Yuan Zhou has a good eye and couldn't help but muttered as he looked at the furnishings on the table and the distance between the tables and chairs.

"Tsk, tsk, this year's tables and chairs must have been arranged by obsessive-compulsive disorder. It feels like every table and chair, except for the chef, was copied and pasted. It's really neat." Wu Jun touched his chin and said with interest.

However, his words were ignored. Fortunately, the person responsible for the reception from Japan arrived at this time. This time it was the president of the Chefs Association.

"Hello everyone, please forgive me for coming all the way." The Japanese president looks about the same age as Zhou Shijie. He is wearing a traditional Japanese kimono with exquisite ukiyo-e embroidery on it. He nodded slightly when he spoke. He apologized and looked very sincere.

Of course, the president spoke Chinese, but it was not as standard as Narita Ichiro who picked him up at the airport.

"President Aso is very polite. President Zhou asked me to say hello to you on his behalf." The person who came forward on this occasion must be Zhou Shijie's eldest disciple, Li Minghui.

"Mr. Li is really young and promising. President Zhou is so polite. I hope we can learn from each other next time we go to China." President Aso from Japan said with a smile.

"Of course, your idea is also President Zhou's idea." Li Minghui responded naturally.

"Okay, now that the greetings are over, I won't disturb you anymore. Narita-kun will show you around." President Aso said immediately after achieving his goal.

"Okay, sorry for the trouble." Li Minghui nodded in agreement.

Immediately afterwards, there was another round of pleasantries, but Yuanzhou had no intention of paying attention. He was curious about the cooking skills of these chefs.

"I wonder what these chefs are good at." Yuan Zhou raised his feet and prepared to go to the chef.

He saw a small card-like thing on every table with something written on it, and was about to take a look.

"Gentlemen, if you finish eating, remember to go back to the chair over there and rest." Zhong Lili was the first to notice the movements of Yuan Zhou and others.

"Yeah." Yuan Zhou hummed casually. As for the other chefs who didn't like to communicate, they had already gone over there.

Yes, Yuan Zhou was not the only one who didn't like those small talk, there were several others who didn't like it, including the talkative Wu Jun, and the grey-haired middle-aged man with a bad temper.

After Zhong Lili said this, the only people here were Li Minghui, Liu Tong, Zhong Lili and the Japanese representative.

"It's indeed an introduction." Yuan Zhou walked to the table, picked up the card on the table, and then confirmed his thoughts.

There are only four pieces of information written on the small cards, such as the one in front of Yuan Zhou.

Name: Matsumoto Kiyoshi

Age: 39

Cooking age: 19

Specialties: Cooking pufferfish

"This chef's experience is really scary." Yuan Zhou muttered softly.

"What's scary about this? You have to know that the chefs who can step into this venue today are all top-level chefs from both countries, and their cooking experience is only average.

"Wu Jun appeared behind Yuan Zhou mysteriously.

"Well, go and try it quickly." Yuan Zhou responded in a neither salty nor bland manner.

"I know, I'll just keep my review short." After Wu Jun finished speaking, he didn't bother Yuan Zhou this time, but went straight to the food.

Yuan Zhou did not try the food at the beginning, and if he had not sat down, the chef would not start cooking, because the cooking process of this exchange meeting also required the chef to watch.

After walking around the oval table, Yuan Zhou picked up every card and looked at it.

The contents on the cards are similar. One of the oldest cooks has 35 years of experience, but he only specializes in one dish, which is Mita beef cuisine.

Yuanzhou still knows what this Santian beef is. It is actually Kobe beef in the common sense.

But Kobe is actually a city and does not raise cattle at all. Those cattle come from the countryside around Kobe, and the best among them is Mita cattle.

The quality of the cattle here is determined by a certificate, something called a cattle registration certificate.

This paper traces the cow's history through three generations, including the name and phone number of its breeder and artificial inseminator.

Such a cow needs to be inspected again fourteen to twenty-nine months after the certificate is issued.

The association that issues cow registration certificates also holds competitions every year, so the cow that wins the top prize will receive tens of thousands of yen for each sperm.

"Tsk, tsk, our fates are really different. I'll just be a cow in my next life." This was Yuan Zhou's emotion when he just got to know this cow.

"There are actually ramen. Isn't our Lanzhou ramen famous?" Yuan Zhou picked up the last card on the table and complained in his heart.

Yes, the chef on this card specializes in ramen.

The first thing Yuan Zhou tried was not ramen or beef, but eel, Kabayaki eel.

The chef is a middle-aged man who has been cooking for twenty years and is good at kabayaki-roasted eel and hand-grilled eel.

"Hello, what's for dinner?" The chef asked immediately when he saw Yuan Zhou sitting down. His lunch was very awkward, but fortunately Yuan Zhou understood.

"This, eat this." Yuanzhou picked up the introduction sign and pointed at the kabayaki eel and said.

"Please wait a moment." The man spoke in Japanese this time, but Yuan Zhou understood that he meant "wait a moment," so he sat down with peace of mind.

However, from the moment the chef started handling it, Yuan Zhou's brows furrowed and never relaxed.

The eel's body has no scales and is slippery, making it difficult to handle. The man wiped a carving knife with a clean white cloth, then grabbed the eel with his left hand and cut it open.

The slippery and difficult-to-handle eel is like a cucumber, being slaughtered by others with smooth and natural movements.

However, Yuanzhou has been denying this approach in his heart.

"The iron tool ruined the taste of the fish, and the movements were rude. The knife was even crooked just now." Others were smooth and natural, like flowing clouds and water, but in Yuanzhou's eyes, there were flaws everywhere.

The five senses that are different from ordinary people give Yuanzhou an extremely picky and harsh attitude.

Therefore, after finishing the two slices of kabayaki eel prepared by the chef, Yuanzhou returned directly to the chair in the rest area.

At this time, he just started talking about the food he tasted.

"What do you think of this gentleman?" Ichiro Narita asked Yuan Zhou, who had just returned, with a smile.

When you ask this question, Narita Ichiro is actually waiting for praise. After all, he is a professional in kamo-grilled eel!

Yuanzhou remembered what Zhong Lili said, not to say too much if you are playing at home, but to keep a low profile. So Yuanzhou summarized the shortcomings he just discovered and commented:

“Except it’s not delicious, everything else is pretty good.”

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ps: Caimao’s personal experience tells you that in this kind of weather, everyone should pay attention to the temperature when turning on the air conditioner. Don’t make it too low, otherwise you will easily catch a cold when it gets cold or hot.