Chapter 132: Re-examination Begins

The previous assessment of top chefs actually took these factors into account, but they were not presented in the form of clear scores.

And in the end, the taste of the dish still matters. No matter how creative you are or how skilled you are, if the taste is not up to standard or does not meet the topic, you will not pass the assessment.

Now, Lei Hua has come up with a scoring system, separating out factors such as creativity and skills that were originally included in the dishes, in order to increase the chances of winning.

Yao Ye's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said, "That's right, since the question can't be changed, then we should encourage them in scoring."

Hongze thought, this is indeed a good idea, it is amazing that Lei Hua could come up with such an idea.

But, can she really get what she wants?

“Juewei” is not an obstacle that can be easily overcome.

The road to "absolute taste" can be so difficult that it makes you despair.

Even if they want to increase their score through creativity, skills, etc., it is still unknown how well these chefs can perform in the face of such despair.

Moreover, unique skills, ideas, and even special ingredients are sometimes not advantages, but rather huge disadvantages.

Innovation is not something that can be achieved so easily.

It is less likely to make mistakes if you focus on what you are good at. However, once you step into an unfamiliar field in pursuit of uniqueness and innovation, the obstacles you will encounter will be unimaginable, and sometimes even completely destroy your self-confidence.

No matter how hard they struggle, the end result is the same.

Hongze said: "Okay, then we will follow your suggestion and implement the scoring system."

Hearing Hongze agree, Lei Hua and Yao Ye breathed a sigh of relief.

Finally, there is some hope.

"Now do you have any other questions?"

Hongze asked.

"No more." Lei Hua shook her head.

Hongze said: "Very good, the candidates will be here soon, let's tell them that the re-examination will be based on a scoring system."

"Yes."

Lei Hua calmed down. The candidates knew that the final assessment would be based on a scoring system, so they would definitely make targeted improvements to the dishes, and then their chances of winning would be greater.

Led by the examiner, Xu Qing and his companions went to the examination room for the re-examination.

The examination room for the preliminary examination is spacious enough, and the examination room for the re-examination is even better. It can no longer be described as simply spacious, it can be said to be magnificent.

The circular examination room was surrounded by steps, with countless ingredients placed on the ground, from fresh vegetables to meat, everything from flying creatures in the sky to swimming creatures in the water. All the high-quality ingredients from all over Guangzhou, no, even the whole country, were gathered here for them to use at will.

However, what are displayed here are only the best of the ordinary ingredients. The truly precious and valuable things cannot be bought with money. They are the treasures that are collected by major restaurants like heirlooms.

Xu Qing and his friends placed the food they brought next to their respective stoves, and then came to the examiner.

Lei Hua said, "From the moment you entered the examination room, the re-examination of the top chef has begun. The formal review will be conducted in three days. This review will be based on a scoring system, with scores based on the appearance, creativity, skills and taste of the dishes. The candidate with the highest total score will pass the assessment. This is over."

After saying that, Lei Hua turned and left, leaving time and space to the chefs.

There is a secret room at the top of the examination room, which offers a panoramic view of the examination room. This is the room reserved for examiners. When Lei Hua returned to the room, she heard Yao Ye and Hong Ze discussing the ingredients selected by the chefs.

Yao Ye said: "It seems that they all choose to bring their own ingredients. This is no wonder. After all, the first test questions of this assessment are so difficult, and the difficulty of the second test questions can be imagined. The major restaurants are probably taking out all their treasures collected over the years."

After hearing this, Hongze said nothing.

Precious and precious ingredients are indeed very unique, but they are not so easy to control.

During these three days, we have to create original dishes and handle precious ingredients. I’m afraid that in the end, I won’t be able to achieve any of them.

After all, he had seen many people like this during the Dragon Chef Assessment.

Lei Hua and Yao Ye's thinking was limited by the assessment of top chefs. They failed to see that the real difficulty of this assessment was not in the word "excellent taste", but in the chefs themselves.

Lei Hua also came over at this time. She was very familiar with the major restaurants in Guangzhou and introduced them to the other two examiners.

"Jiang Cheng is the heir of Feihuanglou, which is the number one chicken restaurant in Guangzhou. The chicken breeds bred by Feihuanglou are the best in the country. I once had the most famous Phoenix Banquet at Feihuanglou, where the whole table was made of chicken dishes. Generally speaking, people get bored of eating too many dishes made of the same ingredients, but the texture and taste of each dish at that Phoenix Banquet were completely different, and each dish gave the taste buds a new taste, which was simply amazing."

Lei Hua sighed.

Hearing Lei Hua say this, Yao Ye immediately felt yearning and said, "After the special chef assessment is over, I want to try the Phoenix Banquet too."

Lei Hua shook her head regretfully and said, "I'm afraid it won't work recently. Something happened a while ago. Not only did Feihuanglou's reputation suffer, but it also dealt a heavy blow to the chef. Since then, he has rarely cooked in person."

"Alas, what a pity."

Yao Ye was also full of regrets.

Lei Hua continued, "The ingredients Jiang Cheng chose should be the type of chicken secretly bred by Feihuang Tower, called Baifeng, and it is said to have an excellent taste and texture. Back then, the cultivation of Baifeng almost exhausted Feihuang Tower's family property. Fortunately, the cultivation of Baifeng was successful, which made Feihuang Tower famous and became the number one chicken restaurant in Guangzhou. However, Baifeng is rare, and only a handful of people have tasted Baifeng over the years."

Yao Ye said: "It seems that this time, no one can compare to Jiang Cheng from Feihuang Tower in terms of the quality of the ingredients."

"Not necessarily."

Hongze said, pointing at Xu Qing below, or more precisely, at the package he placed on the ground.

Lei Hua and Yao Ye followed his gaze and looked carefully for a long time before they noticed the moving bird head wrapped in the black cloth.

The bird is completely black, almost blending in with the color of the package, and it cannot be spotted at all unless you look closely.

Yao Ye asked curiously, "What is this? A black bird? The topic this time is chicken, and using other birds would not fit the topic."

"No, it's definitely chicken."

Hongze said that he had been observing Xu Qing since he entered the room. To be exact, he was looking at the things in his package. He stared at it for a long time before he was finally sure.

Hongze couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this kid is so lucky that he can even find legendary things.

"chicken?"

After hearing these words, combined with the appearance of the pitch-black bird in front of them, an unbelievable thought came to their minds.

"That's impossible... Could it be the legendary spiritual bird - the black-bone chicken?"

(End of this chapter)