Chapter 172 Eight Sea Treasures

Soon, Xu Qing returned to everyone's sight with several baskets of seafood.

Lai He tilted his head to look into the basket, and seeing the pile of tiny shells inside, he said disdainfully, "So it's these. You have the best ingredients but you choose to pick up these garbage instead."

Xu Qing shook his head and said, "You are wrong. These are not garbage. These are precious treasures that have never been seen by the public."

"Precious treasure?"

Lai He sneered, "Can these things compare to the Eight Delicacies of Shanghai?"

"maybe."

Xu Qing did not comment.

Lai He did not take Xu Qing's words to heart. In his mind, the Eight Delicacies of the Sea are the best of all the ingredients in the sea, and the eight ingredients in his hands are the best of the Eight Delicacies of the Sea. They can be said to be one in a million, top-level delicacies that are hard to come by.

Such precious ingredients are far from comparable to the junk seafood that can be picked up at the beach.

Lai He didn't even linger on the garbage, but looked towards the judging panel and winked at the guards waiting on the side.

Three guards walked behind Master Jidi, Meili and Li Yan, each holding a black cloth in their hands.

"What do you want to do!"

Master Jidi quickly protected Meili behind him, his muscles tensed and his eyes stared sharply at the men in black.

Once they make any move, Jidi will take action immediately.

Lai He said, "Don't be nervous. They won't hurt you, at least not now. I just want to ensure the fairness of this cooking competition, so I need to blindfold you three. You also know that two of the three judges are in the same camp, which is unfair to us. After blindfolding, you don't know who made the dishes you tasted, so you can judge the quality of the dishes more objectively. This is fair, isn't it, chefs of the bright cuisine world?"

Master Jidi put away his attitude and said, Lai He is right, this is indeed fair.

But at the same time, he felt very uncomfortable.

Hearing the word "fairness" from the mouths of people in the dark culinary world who are good at using conspiracies and tricks can only make people wonder whether they are hiding a deeper conspiracy behind the scenes.

Jidi and Xu Qing looked at each other, and Xu Qing nodded slightly at him.

No matter what conspiracies there are, the chef will ultimately speak with his skills.

Jidi understood what Xu Qing meant. He put aside his worries, sat back in his seat, reached out and took the black cloth from the man in black. After checking that there was nothing abnormal, he blindfolded Meili himself.

After all, the other party is from the dark culinary world, and no one knows what tricks he will use.

When you are in the enemy camp, you can never be too careful.

Then Jidi covered his eyes with a black cloth.

Li Yan also took the blindfold from the man in black and covered his eyes.

He also had doubts in his heart.

Lai He doesn't look like someone who would like to have a fair fight.

Although he keeps talking about fairness at this moment, I'm afraid he has already planned it behind the scenes.

Anyway, he was just a spectator in this duel, and Lai He's conspiracy and Xu Qing's life and death had nothing to do with him.

All he could do now was to wait, accumulating strength while waiting and preparing for his revenge.

Lai He picked up the firewood from the stove and threw it casually onto the incense burner placed in the center.

The burning wood brushed past the incense stick and ignited it skillfully. Instantly a wisp of green smoke rose up. Lai He said, "The cooking time is one stick of incense. The dish must be ready before the incense burns out, otherwise it will be considered a failure. Boy, did you hear that clearly?"

Xu Qing nodded.

One stick of incense time is enough for cooking.

It seems that the people in the dark cuisine world are not plotting anything regarding the time limit.

Lai He was secretly proud of himself, thinking that this period of time of a stick of incense was actually the biggest trap.

Let this kid have enough time to prepare, and then face a miserable defeat!

Afterwards, Lai He stopped paying attention to Xu Qing and focused his energy on the top-quality eight delicacies from the sea.

The eight delicacies of the sea are fish bones, sea cucumbers, shark fins, abalone, fish maws, scallops, fish lips and fish roe.

The fish bones here do not refer to fish bones. Fish bones, also known as fish brains, specifically refer to the cartilage at the joints of the skull, jawbone, fin base bones and vertebrae of sharks and other fish. Because of the different types of fish, the cartilage content is also different.

Sharks are cartilaginous fish, which means that their skeleton is mainly composed of cartilage, which is very elastic and light, allowing sharks to swim quickly in the sea. The reason why sharks can become the top predators in the sea is because of their unique cartilage.

Normally, shark cartilage calcifies and hardens as it grows.

The shark that Lai He chose was a species called the Hana shark. The unique feature of this shark is that all of its skeletons are cartilage without a hard shell, and all of them are edible.

The top-quality Hana shark in Lai He's hand was accidentally fished out by someone in the dark cuisine world. It is huge in size and its cartilage tastes excellent, especially after being processed into dried goods. The taste of the cartilage has been further contracted and condensed. It can be said that the entire cartilage is the essence of the essence.

At this moment, the fish bones in Lai He's hand had been soaked in advance, so they only needed simple processing before being put into the pot.

The next thing to deal with is a sea cucumber as big as a forearm, which can be said to be the giant among sea cucumbers. Sea cucumbers have no bones or shells, and their meat is unique. The most delicious thing about sea cucumbers is the meat. The fuller and more elastic the meat is, the more delicious it is.

Therefore, when eating sea cucumbers, people look for big ones, the bigger the better.

The shark fins in the small jar have an extraordinary golden color and a transparent texture like emerald jade. They look extremely gorgeous.

The abalone is also surprisingly large. Generally, abalone that is the size of a fist is considered top quality, but this abalone is three times larger than ordinary abalone. I really don't know how it grows.

Each fish roe is as big as a pearl, round and full.

The dried scallops are pure milky white, just like warm jade.

The fish belly is full and transparent, showing a light goose yellow color, with fine wrinkles on it, which looks extremely tempting.

Fish lips are the skin on the lips of sharks and other fish. The skin in this part is thick and rich in collagen, and has a very unique taste. The fish lips in front of us are twice as thick as ordinary fish lips.

Lai He has processed all kinds of ingredients and is just waiting for the last step.

Before this, Lai He thought this would be a fierce battle between dragons and tigers. After all, the young man in front of him was a legendary figure, not only in the world of light cuisine, but also in the world of dark cuisine.

This young man once defeated Chang Lin, a top chef, as an ordinary chef, and then became the youngest top chef in history in a very short time.

Even the elders of the dark cuisine world take him very seriously and do not hesitate to send Chef Lin to deal with him.

Therefore, Lai He made careful preparations, striving to ensure that nothing could go wrong.

Lai He was very disappointed when he saw Xu Qing using junk seafood as food.

This made him feel that his previous careful preparations were a joke.

However, now that things have come to this, he will make the best dish to completely defeat Xu Qing and make him regret it in his grave.

(End of this chapter)