Chapter 177 (1/2)

A Yao didn't know that the moon watching and the bird's nest were inside. She was surprised that the maid took the tray and walked into the box. The heavy curtains fluttered. She vaguely saw the glittering steps of the woman inside. The maid could see it.

Probably some noble man.

In front of the box, several judges sat in a row. The maid passed by. The person on the edge smelled the taste and looked at the soup bowl, revealing a trace of surprise.

The maid half squatted and held the soup bowl in front of the long princess for a few seconds, so that she could see what was in the soup bowl, and then calmly got up and left - she had done the same before. It was a great honor for the cooks to read these dishes in front of the long princess, and only a few people and dishes came into her eyes.

”Wait, you put it here, scoop a spoonful and I'll try it.”

The eldest princess made a noise to stop her from leaving. The maid first brought the chrysanthemum tofu to the case, carefully scooped it up and presented it.

Several chrysanthemums float in the clear soup. The golden soup bottom sets off the snow-white of chrysanthemums, and a medlar is dotted in the middle to show the stamens.

”I remember correctly. Your little apprentice only got one piece of tofu at the scene. One piece of tofu can make such chrysanthemums, just like a lotus out of water.” The eldest princess said that she teased with chopsticks: ”good idea and skillful hands.”

The moon looked back and said, ”the moon looked back and thanked the princess for her praise.”

”Tell me how it's done.”

Look at the moon and explain.

Chrysanthemum is cut with tofu. It is not as thin as hair. If you look closely, you can see that there are edges and corners on the edge of ”petals”. This is a knife dish, which is a great test of the chef's knife work. Cut the tofu longitudinally and horizontally without cutting it to the end, so as to ensure that the bottom can become a ”calyx” when it is picked up and can drag up the petals. If the spacing of each knife is too sparse, it cannot bloom like flowers when placed in the water. If the spacing of each knife is so thin that the previous knife is cut, it will be chopped into Rong.

However, ah Yao's Thoughts on it were not only that. She cut a piece of tofu into four pieces, two of which were divided into two and turned into four small pieces. She then cut the large ones into cylinders, and then began to cut more than 30 knives vertically and 30 knives horizontally.

Take clear water and lift it away. Cut the top into petals with a knife in the water. Finally, drain the water, move it to the soup bowl, inject high soup at the edge of the soup bowl to avoid breaking the shredded tofu, and steam it in the pot.

The eldest princess looked like it, scooped out a whole chrysanthemum soup, blew away the heat and sent it to the entrance, chewed it carefully, then smiled and signaled that the maid could take the soup out.

The moon is tight in my heart, as expected.

The appearance and color matching of this dish are beautiful, but in terms of taste——

Tofu itself only tastes like beans. If you choose Tender tofu, you can taste tender and smooth. This knife dish can't make people have an appetite just by its appearance. Even if you eat it, it doesn't have much taste. It's all seasoned by the soup. The quality of the soup is very important.

And ah Yao's mistake is in this soup!

She could smell that the ham inside was not used well. The materials purchased in a short time could not be controlled by the cook, and the quality was inferior.

The maid went in for some time, and the judges outside talked one after another.

The spectators upstairs are also whispering:

”I remember the little girl correctly. I only grabbed a piece of tofu an hour ago?”

”It's her. That piece of tofu is made into chrysanthemums?”

”It's too far away. I seem to see it vaguely. She really made flowers of a piece of tofu and carved it with turnips. I know how to carve tofu?”

”It's nothing more than a knife dish. There's nothing strange.”

”Since there are no rare knife dishes, why did that dish stay in it for so long?”