Daddy, Come Home For Dinner!

Chapter 878: Chapter 878: That Fiery Temper

As the soup before the meal, Ye Fei thought it would be better if it were simple and pure.

Thinking this way, Ye Fei took out tomatoes and potatoes.

Ye Fei went to the ingredient room to choose some seasonings and also took out a blender.

Immediately, the tomatoes were turned into tomato juice using the blender.

Then, the tomato juice was put into a pot for cooking.

Salt, sugar, and other seasonings were added.

After cutting the potatoes into slices and steaming them until cooked, the potatoes were turned into a mash using the blender.

But the mashed potatoes were not smooth enough.

Ye Fei added milk to the mashed potatoes.

The mashed potatoes became thinner and their color paler.

Ye Fei then added salt, freshly ground black pepper, and minced parsley.

Until the mashed potatoes turned into a creamy, smooth, soft texture.

The mashed potatoes were put into a piping bag.

For the soup boiled from the tomato juice, Ye Fei didn’t add water.

In this way, the juice was boiled to an increasingly thick texture, with a rich aroma.

When Ye Fei served the tomato soup, its texture was somewhat like corn juice, slightly thick.

The judges’ seats were actually below the stage, directly facing the competitors’ cooking stations.

This arrangement allowed the judges to clearly see the competitors’ cooking process without obstructing the audience behind.

"I see that both Yu Yingyan and Ye Fei are using tomatoes and potatoes," Guo Wenbo said, "but their methods are quite different."

"I can roughly guess the reason they chose tomatoes," Gu Changfeng said. "Presumably, it’s to whet the appetite, so that diners don’t lose their appetite for the main course and entrée after drinking the soup."

"Other competitors have similar thoughts," Ye Huasong said. "Like Ye Fei and Yu Yingyan, they used the sourness of tomatoes to whet the appetite. Tian Pengpo chose hawthorn, Xu Aoliang made something similar to sour and spicy soup."

"However, he ought to have made some modifications; I am curious about the flavor of his finished dish."

"I see Huo Jiarong chose to use sour plum. Ye Fei used sour plum before to cut the grease; I wonder how Huo Jiarong plans to incorporate it into the soup this time."

The judges were commenting one after another, yet Zhuang Mingyan hadn’t opened her mouth.

Knowing she’s not a professional chef, if she were to speak, she surely wouldn’t be able to say anything meaningful.

But earlier, Zhuang Mingyan was confidently claiming to have been invited by the Changping Competition to participate.

Speaking as if the competition begged her to come.

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But she’s not a professional chef; during the discussion, she couldn’t say much.

One wouldn’t expect her to say anything substantial during the judging phase either.

The biggest concern was that when the time came, Zhuang Mingyan might speak nonsense even though she didn’t understand.

Lowering the level of the competition.

The competition, until now, had received great public acclaim.

It would be unfortunate to drop the ball at the end and tarnish the reputation because of Zhuang Mingyan.

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Zhuang Mingyan herself lacked the skills but insisted on flaunting.

If her performance really was poor, the competition shouldn’t have to bear the blame.

So, why not reveal Zhuang Mingyan’s inadequacies now to prepare the audience?

Don’t let the blame be pushed to us.

With this in mind, Gu Changfeng smiled pleasantly, put on a good-natured face, and turned to ask Zhuang Mingyan, "Miss Zhuang, how do you see the selection of ingredients by the competitors?"

"I can’t say for sure now," Zhuang Mingyan said, without a trace of embarrassment. "It’s too early to conclude; it’s better to wait until the competitors present their finished dishes."

When Zhuang Mingyan said this, not only Gu Changfeng, but other judges also immediately showed displeasure.

Wasn’t she secretly mocking us?

Before, it was us discussing the competitors’ ingredient selection.

Although we hadn’t seen the final products, we were commenting on their choices.

Was Zhuang Mingyan implying that we were speaking blindly?

Guo Wenbo wasn’t too concerned.

Luo Jialin, with her fiery temper, directly chuckled twice.

Since Zhuang Mingyan planned to step over us from the beginning, first claiming that she came because of an invitation from the Changping Competition organizers.

Now she mocked us.

Luo Jialin wasn’t someone to back down and let Zhuang Mingyan babble nonsense here.

Luo Jialin then said, "I didn’t expect Miss Zhuang to be so cautious. Speaking of which, the audience might not have a thorough understanding of Miss Zhuang."

"Miss Zhuang, as the representative of the International Cooking Competition organizers, contacted the Changping Competition organizers directly upon arriving in Hua Country, expressing the curiosity of the International Cooking Competition organizers about the competitors in the Changping Culinary Competition."

"Especially upon learning that now the Changping Culinary Competition has selected the top ten competitors and is about to hold the finals. The International Cooking Competition organizers want to see the current champion’s level and also to observe the top ten competitors’ abilities."

"After all, each year at the International Cooking Competition, a considerable number of competitors come from Changping."

"So, at the request of the International Cooking Competition organizers, they hoped that we would agree to let Miss Zhuang become the sixth judge for the finals."

After hearing Luo Jialin’s words, Guo Wenbo and the others laughed.

Luo Jialin still had such a strong temper.

She won’t suffer injustice.

If anyone tried to step on her, Luo Jialin certainly wouldn’t be polite, she would retaliate on the spot, definitely won’t leave it unresolved overnight.

The audience noticed Luo Jialin’s words.

Some were curious: "Didn’t Zhuang Mingyan say earlier that she was invited by the Changping Competition organizers?"

"Yes, I remember. But now, according to Luo Jialin, the International Cooking Competition organizers pretty much forced Zhuang Mingyan in."

"There are quite a few competitors from Changping participating in the International Cooking Competition. If the International Cooking Competition organizers forced someone, wouldn’t Changping have a hard time refusing? After all, adding one judge isn’t a big deal, and rejecting the International Cooking Competition would strain relations, which wouldn’t be good for Changping competitors going forward."

"For their competitors, Changping had to agree."

"Can you really discuss relationships when it comes to the International Cooking Competition?"

"Pah! You think foreigners are noble? They’re actually more cunning."

"Throughout history, there have been numerous incidents where Chinese people face discrimination abroad, and it’s not a rare occurrence. Leaving that aside, just at the International Cooking Competition, many incidents of discrimination against our competitors have occurred."

"In cases where our competitors were equally matched with foreign competitors, judges still gave higher scores to foreign competitors."

"If Changping itself wasn’t strong and didn’t have a significant say at the International Chef Association, the situation for our competitors would be even more challenging. Of course, there are good aspects, but in many ways, you shouldn’t think too highly of them. Deep down, they still discriminate."