Chapter 373 Winner

Han Jiang’s dishes are brilliant fireworks ignited by violent conflicts, while A Mao’s dishes are small joys piled up from countless ordinary things.

One has a strong taste impact, while the other, although tasted bland at first, hides its deliciousness in every chewing, with a long aftertaste.

Which will win, brilliant bloom or plain happiness?
It's really hard to decide.

Because these are two equally excellent dishes, it is difficult to clearly distinguish the better one.

They each have obvious shortcomings, for example, Han Jiang's dishes lack stamina, while A Mao's dishes are a bit bland.

At the same time, they have extremely outstanding advantages, which perfectly cover up the shortcomings of the dishes and even make these shortcomings become a unique feeling.

Even Dong Fang, who admired Han Jiang's cooking skills very much, could not ignore the voice in his heart at this moment.

He prefers intense emotions, likes the blooming in an instant, likes the shock of that moment, and also likes the regret that once lost, it will never come back.

If there were no regrets, this love would not be so unforgettable.

However, the little happiness that continued to accumulate in life was also hard for him to resist.

This is the quiet companionship and the warm words that have never been spoken, which gently melt into every bit of life and warm every ordinary day.

It turns its blazing passion into spring water, and wherever it passes, there is green grass and blooming flowers.

Which one is more beautiful, the passionate red rose or the quiet white rose?

How could there be an answer to this!

But that’s what a cooking competition is like, fair yet cruel.

It is bound to have winners and losers.

Even if Dong Fang proposed a draw, Han Jiang would not accept it.

Therefore, even if he was reluctant, he still had to make a choice.

Since it is difficult to tell which is better in terms of style, and both sides have equally excellent ideas in their dishes, the criterion for judging is the chef's basic skills, that is, the level of his cooking skills.

There is no doubt that Han Jiang has the ability of a top-class chef, and his years of experience and accumulation are not comparable to that of Amu, who has just started cooking.

Moreover, Amu has always been following the cooking methods of Master Abei, which makes his dishes taste indescribably familiar and lack a bit of novelty and agility. From this aspect, Han Jiang's dishes are definitely the advantage.

But Amu’s dishes have a huge advantage that cannot be ignored, and that is his knife skills.

From the performance point of view, Han Jiang's knife skills are as smooth as flowing water. His excellence lies not only in his speed, but also in his calmness and just the right amount of strength control. Every swing of Han Jiang's knife is accurate and without any hesitation or delay.

This is a combination of strength and beauty. Only such exquisite knife skills can preserve the deliciousness of the ingredients as much as possible.

However, Amu's knife skills were too slow, even slower than that of an ordinary person. It didn't seem like the knife skills that a person with superb cooking skills could display at all.

Amu's knife skills are very consistent with his age, and at first glance he looks like a novice who has just started.

However, what Dong Fang didn't expect was that his knife skills, which he despised, could fully bring out the deliciousness of the ingredients.

Han Jiang's knife skills are designed to preserve the fresh taste of the ingredients, preventing their delicious flavor from being lost during the cooking process. They taste as crisp and refreshing as if they were just picked from the fields, maintaining their natural beauty.

But A-Mao's knife skills are not to preserve, but to dig out. He uses his indescribably exquisite knife skills to thoroughly dig out the deliciousness hidden in the ingredients that no one has ever felt before.

Although they are using the same ingredients, the ingredients cut by Amu are tastier than those by Han Jiang. They are more fresh, sweeter, crispier, closer to the ideal state of the ingredients and their most authentic taste.

If the competition is about the beauty of knife skills, then Han Jiang would definitely win.

However, the purpose of knife skills is not to make it look good. Ultimately, it is to serve the ingredients and the deliciousness. This is the essence of knife skills.

Amu abandoned the external beauty of knife skills and used all his energy to pursue the essence of knife skills, which was to use knife skills to show the deliciousness of the ingredients as much as possible.

From this perspective, Amu's knife skills are much better than Han Jiang's. It can be said that the gap between the two is like a natural chasm. Even if Han Jiang has many advantages in other aspects, no matter how hard Han Jiang tries, he can't make up for the huge gap between them. Thinking of this, Dong Fang had the answer in his mind.

Dong Fang looked at Master Abei and the old man, both of whom had already finished tasting the dishes.

Dong Fang said, "Master Abei, old man, we have tasted both dishes. It is time to announce the results of the cooking competition."

The two nodded slightly.

Han Jiang thought to himself that Dong Fang should be on his side, and Master Abei would certainly help her own child, so the key to determining the outcome should be this old man.

I don’t know which side he will choose.

Han Jiang thought about it and still felt that his dish had more advantages.

Because the biggest feature of his dishes is passion and vitality, which may not be worth mentioning to young people, but has a stronger appeal to older people.

Just looking at Dong Fang, you can tell that Dong Fang has been deeply fascinated by his dishes, obsessed with the lost youth and passion.

And this old man looks older than Dong Fang, so he probably prefers this youthful vitality.

Thinking of this, Han Jiang felt relieved.

At this moment, Amu was so nervous that his palms were sweating.

You won’t lose, right?

He has tried his best. If he really loses... there is nothing he can do. He has to accept his fate.

Dong Fang said: "Now let's announce the results of the cooking competition. The winner of this competition is..."

Dong Fang did not say it directly, but pointed his chopsticks at one of the dishes on the table.

Master Abe also made the same move at the same time.

The two pairs of chopsticks pointed to the same dish, which was the shredded pork with fish flavor made by Amu.

Amu breathed a sigh of relief.

When Ke Ling saw this scene, she jumped up happily and cheered, "We won! Amu won! We won!"

"Great! This boy Amu is really amazing!"

"Won!"

Hong Xi, Li Shun and the other chefs who went downstairs cheered loudly.

"This...this is impossible!"

Han Jiang shouted loudly, interrupting the cheers of the people going downstairs.

Han Jiang asked, "Mr. Dong, why did you choose the dish made by this kid? Is there anything wrong with my cooking?"

Dong Fang shook his head and said, "No, your dish is very good. This dish is of a very high standard. Just as Chef Abei said, it has reached the standard of a top chef. At the same time, the ingenuity contained in this dish, as well as the strong taste shock and fresh and wonderful feeling it brings to us, are not possessed by other dishes."

"Then why..."

Han Jiang didn't understand. He had done so well, why was he not the winner in the end?

Dong Fang sighed and said, "Because this young man's cooking skills are better than yours."

　I have a migraine. I will make up for the chapter I missed today tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)