Chapter 376

Chapter 376: Yuan Zhou’s Face-slapping

Translator: Xiong_Guoqi Editor: DesTheSloth

“This is the soybean that is at the transition time of spring to summer rather than a pure spring soybean . About one-third of them are from that period . ” Yuan Zhou brought out his judgement calmly .

“You are right, but I haven’t finished . ” Chu Xiao turned his head, taking a look at Yuan Zhou, and then continued .

“Since this master has said that, I don’t say it anymore . ” Chu Xiao just glanced at Yuan Zhou lightly, not intending to mention his name .

“This pot of bean sprouts has been handled by three people and all of them are girls . I suggest the females who touch the food ingredients not to use perfume,” Chu Xiao shrugged and then continued saying that .

He didn’t feel uncomfortable at all for Yuan Zhou’s interruption just now . After all, he would also correct it directly if he saw others giving wrong information .

“I’m done . That’s all . ” Chu Xiao directly turned around and went back to his own position .

He would never admit that he might have made mistakes .

Nevertheless, Yuan Zhou was murmuring the different scents of the few brands of perfume silently .

“Speaking of which, these perfumes definitely have their own names . I seem to know very little of that . ” Yuan Zhou knew the tastes of these perfumes, but he just couldn’t bring their names out .

He made up his mind inwardly and prepared to broaden his scope of knowledge after he went back . It was always good to know more .

Yuan Zhou was the fourth contestant, therefore he didn’t walk very far away .

“My luck today is surprisingly so good . ” Yuan Zhou signed voicelessly, thinking that even such an unusual thing could appear when he saw the stuff on the plate .

On the plate was a flower and two leaves under it as the background, which appeared fairly beautiful .

“Loosestrife . ” Yuan Zhou brought out the name with certainty .

“The vegetable is indeed seldom seen now . We are eating it far less nowadays . ” The chairman of China Chefs’ Alliance stroked his goatee and said smilingly .

“Yeah . I tasted it once a few days ago and the taste was still fresh in my memory . ” The middle-aged man, whose nameplate was reading Research Doctorate of Precious Ingredient Research, pushed his glasses upward and said earnestly .

“Little Dong, you are too young . How dare you are so bold to eat whatever you are interested in?” The chairman of the alliance said with a smile .

“You are right . I still like the processed ones . If not, it must be very fresh ones . ” Judging from his words, the great gourmet was known to be picky about things .

“The vegetable is produced in Xin’an and the smoothest and most tender ones are from the upper reaches of Xin’an River . It’s a perennial herbal Asteraceae plant that likes warm surroundings . Its leaves are similar to the mother chrysanthemum, therefore it’s also named as the Stelpnolepiscentiflora . When it blossoms, the flower is small and white with a lustre alike to that of pearls . That’s why it’s named as the Loosestrife . “

Yuan Zhou was used to revealing the phenotypic traits of the vegetables according to the system’s introductions .

“What the hell is the matter with this guy? Isn’t he a chef? Why do I feel like he is actually a botanist?” The chefs off the stage discussed with a low voice .

“You are right . He’s not Chu Xiao . Is it really necessary for him to bring out even the scientific name of a vegetable?” A chef frowned and said slightly discontentedly .

He had decent reasons to feel dissatisfied . For Chu Xiao to speak like that was still acceptable as they had been used to his posturing ways and totally surpassed them . However, why could a person that suddenly appeared make a long-winded speech without any preparations?

Wouldn’t that indicate that they are quite incapable?

However, Yuan Zhou continued talking even before they finished their complaints .

“The vegetable in front of us looks beautiful and plump, but it isn’t grown in the wild . In this season, only the Guangdong area has the wild-growing ones . If it was transported here, it wouldn’t be so fresh . So the vegetable is produced from the greenhouse in the suburbs . These few plants of Loosestrife should have been planted in the middle, which brought such strong scent . “

“It is mostly used in Teochew cuisines . Nevertheless, I think there’s no need to cultivate it in water next time as it will lose the taste of soil . ” Yuan Zhou said lightly .

“Sh*t . Both of them are like dogs . No, even the dogs don’t have that sensitive smell . Their noses are definitely not human’s . ” The chef said speechlessly while looking at the mud on the roots of the Loosestrife .

The roots were caked full of mud . God knows how to judge it to be hydroponically grown .

The chefs below the stage were all stupefied .

“Old Lee, you finally got a pair of sharp eyes this time . He’s doing fairly well in revealing such an obvious pitfall out . ” Xing Min switched on a new round of ridiculing mode .

“So you also got it?” Lee Yanyi asked back lightly .

“Of course . This old man also has sharp eyes . ” Xing Min turned red and retorted .

“Ho Ho . ” Lee Yanyi laughed with a sarcastic tone without saying any word .

“What do you mean, Old Lee? If you agree, we can have a contest personally today . I will let you know my failure last time was an accident . ” Xing Min was instantly irritated . He rolled his sleeves and prepared to go up to him .

However, Lee Yanyi just sat there quietly as if to have nothing to do with it . He occasionally looked at the rostrum and then at Yuan Zhou, but kept away from Xing Min .

That attitude immediately irritated Xing Min . He jumped up right away and said with a loud voice .

“Damn it . You dare to look down upon me . Old Lee, you stand up . Let’s have a contest now . ” Seeing Lee Yanyi not look at him at all, Xing Min took a few steps forward and prepared to beat him .

“Sir, look . The results are published . ” His assistant revealed a helpless manner and had only to point at the front to divert his attention .

It turned out that the first roundof the contest had finished while the two old men quarreled . The chairman was declaring the candidates that were to take part in the contest the next day .

“No need to look at the results . It’s definitely Chu Xiao that was the most awesome . ” Without turning his head, Xing Min prepared to fight against Lee Yanyi .

“Such a dim-sighted old fool!” Lee Yanyi took a glimpse at Xing Min with a gaze of dislike .

It was a manner of total indifference .

“Old Lee, you’d better state it clearly . Who is dim-sighted?” Xing Min said without a decent manner .

“You look for yourself . ” This time, Lee Yanyi answered Xing Min with sympathy . He pointed at the front and signaled him to look at the result by himself .

“I’m looking . Undoubtedly, my apprentice is the best . ” Xing Min muttered .

“Only an apprentice taken late in life . ” Lee Yanyi added mercilessly .

“Even so, he is still a talented apprentice taken late in life . ” Xing Min cared about that least as it was indeed true . However, he was still proud .

“Look at the results now and then talk to me . ” Lee Yanyi humphed .

In the banquet hall, there was a projector on which the results appeared . Only three contestant chefs were qualified to take part in the precious ingredients identification for the next day, because these three people had a great gap with others .

Chu Xiao: 148 kinds

Yuan Zhou: 148 kinds

Fang Tian: 63 kinds

The remaining contestants could basically only tell 20 or 30 kinds . The gap was too great, therefore the judges chose these three people . Even among the three, however, the gap was also very big .

“The young man called Yuan Zhou was recommended by you?” Xing Min stared at Lee Yanyi closely .

“That’s right . He is just showing the most ordinary performance today . ” Lee Yanyi revealed a faint smile on his solemn face and then said with a provoking tone .

“You just keep showing off like that . He definitely wouldn’t be able to tell a few precious food ingredients tomorrow . ” Xing Min humphed and continued .

“What a pity that he is following you! If he studies something from me, I can guarantee he’ll be the next Chu Xiao . ” Xing Min said affirmatively .

“Excuse me, but I have never studied from anybody . ” Yuan Zhou who was passing by them suddenly said that .

Then, the two elderly men stood gazing at one another . With such a superb craftsmanship, he surprisingly had no teacher . Was he really more awesome than Chu Xiao?

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