Translator: SJade, Editor: Dj22031
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The Level 4 exam was even grander than before. All five vice-presidents were present. There were more ingredients in the food area and more tableware. Su Yemu even saw casseroles, rich sauces, and cooking wine.
Wasn’t this what Boss Hei just launched on the Blue Star Mall?
This time, the live broadcast did not wait until the exam started. Instead, the live broadcast room was already open to the public before the candidates came. A large number of viewers came in, and the number of people online continued to rise. People in the association were stunned. It was too scary. The number of people online was almost four million, many of which bore federal IDs.
Cooking had received unprecedented attention, which was undoubtedly related to Her Royal Highness the Queen’s public support for Su Yemu yesterday.
Who came here specifically to see Su Yemu? Who is he? Where is he?
Look, the one standing in the middle who has a handsome appearance, a slender figure, and a charming temperament…
With a lot of good words coming out, you could tell that he was a fan of Su Yemu, but his introduction did not arouse the resentment of others, but everyone kept nodding in agreement, he was really handsome and elegant. The female fans even said: I am in love.
The reservedness in the front shows that this boy is underage at first glance.
Am I willing to wait for him to grow up? Snort!
That’s right, let’s all rely on our abilities!
The live broadcast room became a bit tense, and everyone was vying for who could win Su Yemu; Su Fei’s fans were very angry, but excluding the fact that he had lost his followers, the number of his officially registered fans currently already exceeded 5 billion, which basically meant that he couldn’t compete with Su Yemu’s fans now, and the live broadcast room was almost occupied by his fans. It was really annoying, but he had no choice but to grit his teeth secretly.
“Welcome to everyone to advance to the intermediate technician level. The next step is the second level examination,” Mr. Chen continued: “The next scoring system is 1+3, one is green pigment, and the rest of the third is color and fragrance.”
“In other words, the green pigment value is equal to the score, fifty points each for color, fragrance, with a total of two hundred and fifty points.”
After Mr. Chen finished speaking, everyone was in an uproar. Su Yemu’s green pigment value in the last two games was both over ninety. Although the highest level of promotion was only sixty, this was too far behind.
Sophie’s face turned cold: “I object, this is unfair, he is green…”
“This is a system negotiated by the association. You are just a candidate. You can question it, but it will not change for you,” Ning Cheng said: “Don’t try to let the system accommodate your abilities.”
As soon as he said this, Sophie was undoubtedly slapped in the face. She immediately turned red with anger and roared: “Who are you? You are just a little vice president, do you know who I am?”
Mr. Chen smiled: “I don’t care who you are. This is the Chefs Association, which is affiliated with the Imperial Royal Culinary Association. As long as you stand in the examination room, you are just a candidate.”
“You wait for me…”
“Miss Sophie, please calm down.”
Cappe hurriedly interrupted Sophie. With the character of this eldest lady, he knew instantly what she would say. There were 40 billion viewers at the scene. If she really said this, the congressman would be dragged to death by her.
Wait for what? Wait? Arrogant and domineering, and still the fiancée of His Highness Ryan, it’s terrible.
Oh my God! How come I didn’t realize that this young lady was so rampant before?
What nonsense are you saying before, little princess Sophie is really serious, unlike some people who keep pretending.
Who are you talking about?
Su Yemu’s fans and Kai’s fans broke out at the same time. Because they didn’t know who she was talking about, fans from both sides grabbed them and started to yell at them.
Mr. Chen saw that Sophie’s face was turning red and white. He turned to the twenty-five candidates below and said calmly: “Well, the question this time is the meaning of spring. Based on this question, make a suitable dish. The time limit is three hours.”
As Mr. Chen finished speaking, both the live broadcast room and the examination room were stunned. They had never taken exams like this before. They always talked about staple food, non-staple food and the like. Now it was just two words ‘spring’? It was too abstract, so Sophie wanted to speak again, but Cappe and Saruman coughed heavily, forcing Sophie to swallow her words.
Before coming to the exam, her grandfather made a special statement that the situation was not very good and asked her to follow the actions of Cappe and Saruman in the exam room. Of course Sophie refused to obey. Her grandfather, who knew her, said bluntly that if she did not follow his wishes, then she would exchange her engagement with her cousin, which was enough to make her worry.
One or two people who threaten her were waiting in the wings, and she won’t make it easy for anyone.
The candidates present frowned and thought hard about what to do; Mai Tian had long experience working on a farm. But Kai was miserable. He shook his head from side to side. Seeing Su Yemu’s eyes meeting his, he immediately winked at him, causing everyone in the live broadcast room to complain.
Cramp?
Excessive, prohibit broadcasting in my home, obscene man.
Amidst everyone’s chirping, it was time for Su Yemu to select materials; since Su Yemu’s performance in the previous games was beyond expectations, this time everyone’s eyes were fixed on him.
The chefs who came up to pick up the ingredients had to give the name of the dish. When Su Yemu gave the name ‘boiled cabbage’, everyone looked at each other. This had nothing to do with spring!
Mr. Chen reminded: “Yemu, our request is spring.”
Su Yemu replied: “Yes, it also has a name called spring scenery in the lotus pond.”
Everyone who cared about Su Yemu breathed a sigh of relief.
The ingredients Su Yemu chose included chicken, duck, ham, ribs, etc., whole lean meat, chicken breast, scallops, etc., five cabbages, and one carrot.
Returning to his position, Su Yemu first boiled the broth, put the chicken, duck, ribs, and ham into a large pot together, then added water, a strip of green onion, and ginger. After boiling it over high heat, he added cooking wine, then turned to low heat and simmered it for two and half hours.
During this period, Su Yemu chopped the chicken breast and lean meat into puree, and mixed it with water into a paste for later use. He took the tenderest part from all five cabbages. Then Su Yemu puts the cabbage into the water, carefully separated the outer leaves from the core of the noodles, makes a few light cuts with a knife, and then cut the outer leaves along the original traces which were put back together to form a complete tree again. Then the layer of silk on the surface of the outer leaf petals was torn off, and a small hole was poked in the outer periphery with a toothpick for later use.
Seeing that it was still early, Su Yemu pulled up a chair, took a knife, and started carving small fish and shrimps out of carrots.
The other candidates were either nervous in their movements or still frowning and thinking about the dishes. Su Yemu was already free. Even though they already knew Su Yemu’s strength, they still had the urge to beat him.
Poof, calm Su Yemu.
This is the real chef!
Everyone in the live broadcast room marvelled, and then they all gathered around Su Yemu to see what he was doing.
Holy shit, is Su Yemu kidding? He is carving a fish, it is so awesome, the fish is smaller than my fingernail.
What I am more surprised about is the shrimp, which is smaller than the fish. I could even see the eyes of the shrimp.
Genius, artist! Looking at the fish and shrimp, I can already imagine how they would play happily in the water.
Lifelike, he just used a knife to carve out this beautiful thing, even made it look so simple.
Su Yemu sat there for more than two hours, carving ten fish and shrimps the size of fingernails each.
The freshness of the soup overflowed, stimulating the appetite. Everyone swallowed their saliva and looked at Su Yemu in unison. The candidates present became even more nervous. The movements of their hands began to speed up unknowingly, but they felt unusually calm in their hearts, as if this person should be like this… This was awesome.
Su Yemu used a sieve to remove the soup residue and skimmed off the oil. He poured the clear soup into another pot of soup. Then he added the minced pork. Stirred it over low heat until it slowly dispersed. Then he discarded the minced pork and added minced chicken. The same as minced pork, after it was dispersed, he discarded the minced meat and oil until the soup became clear, then he added seasoning and set it aside.
He blanched the cabbage in water until it was mature, then he took it out and soaked it in ice water to remove the smell.
After soaking the cabbage for three minutes, he took it out, added it to the soup and put it in the steamer for two minutes. He took it out and put it into five porcelain cups with large mouths. The bright yellow cabbage cores were waiting in the porcelain white soup cups, like budding flowers.
After boiling a few more things and preparing them separately, when the time came, Su Yemu was just right.
After the examiner stopped, they began to taste the dishes. There were twenty-five people in the examination room, except Su Yemu, who were all preparing dry goods. There were meat and vegetables in porcelain white pots, arranged in the shape of flowers or trees, or on top of a piece of steak, there were a lot of flowers and it looked full of spring.
If one or two people did it this way, it was okay, but if 80% of the people in the audience did it this way, it seemed ordinary.
However, if you could reach level two, you still had some strength. Although the creativity was not very good, fortunately, the taste was not bad, and the green pigment value of this group of people was obviously high. The highest candidate reached eighty-nine, closely chasing Su Yemu’s previous data.
Su Yemu was placed at the end. When he came up with five cups of cabbage soup, the judges were a little stunned. This clear soup had a tender yellow cabbage in the middle. Although it looked good, it didn’t match Su Yemu’s usual level.
Mr. Chen was about to ask questions. When Su Yemu picked up a pot of soup and poured it into the middle of the cabbage. At this moment, a miracle happened. The cabbage slowly unfolded like a budding flower and turned into the shape of a lotus. The middle of the flower core was decorated with a bit of red, two small fish and shrimps floated out from the unfolded petals, swimming happily, and emerald green petals floated with the soup… Exquisite and beautiful, the beauty of spring flowers in full bloom was vividly presented in one dish.
Oh my god, it’s so beautiful, then, that’s a real fish! It can still swim, and I seem to see its tail dancing.
What do I see? I finally understood why this name is called Spring Scenery in the Lotus Pond. This is the lotus blooming in spring!
It’s so shocking. Can dishes be done like this?
Mei cried, Bobo is so awesome, I can’t bear to eat it!
What’s going on with this chef named Su Yemu? These people were all thrown to the Pegasus Department by him.
No matter how beautiful it is, it still won’t taste good.
Amidst the praises, this voice came out. Everyone ignored him and was already immersed in the beautiful scenery.
Don’t eat it yet, it’s gone.
Someone reminded, and everyone realized that there were already judges on the move to grab it! It’s okay if you don’t rob them, these judges already had criminal records.
The soup looked clear, but when you drank it, it had a rich and mellow aroma, not greasy. The cabbage cooked in the soup was bright yellow and soft in color, with a refreshing fragrance in the mouth and leaving a fragrant taste in the teeth and cheeks.
As an imperial dish, boiled cabbage had a high status, which was comparable to that of Buddha jumping over the wall, which showed its exquisite taste.
The taste of boiled cabbage was different from other dishes. Most of the other dishes were delicious and everyone devoured them, but they were reluctant to part with the dish of boiled cabbage. They chewed it carefully, enjoying the sweetness of the cabbage and the richness of the soup. They felt so happy.
Su Yemu once again won a great victory. A dish of boiled cabbage not only made him famous in the empire, but also shocked the people of the federation who climbed over the wall today. Their federation also needed this talent!
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