Chapter 343: Village Cooking Competition
Early in the morning, there was a crowd in front of Zhao Bajia's house, and the villagers came to watch this so-called "village cooking competition". After all, for the villagers of Lushui Village, this cooking competition is definitely a new thing.
For this kind of competition, they have only seen it on TV, and in reality, it is definitely the first time!
"Baliang, really let the big guy be the judge?" Niu Deshui is definitely the most curious person, the most important thing is that Aunt Niu also signed up, if you let the villagers be the judges, Niu Deshui is ready to start canvassing!
"Yes, the main focus of my restaurant in the future is farmhouse cuisine, since it is a farmhouse cuisine, of course, it is still authentic made by the villagers!" Zhao Baliang said with a smile, and the villagers who heard Zhao Baliang's words were also discussing!
Seeing Niu Deshui's imminent appearance, Zhao Baliang knew that he wanted to canvass for Aunt Niu, Zhao Baliang hurriedly said: "Uncle Deshui, you can't go to canvass for votes, everyone is in the township, let's have a fair game!"
"How can it!" his thoughts were seen through by Zhao Baliang, Niu Deshui smiled a little embarrassedly, and said: "The game must be fair, just and open!
Niu Deshui's words caused everyone to laugh, and at the same time, it also made the big guy give up the idea of canvassing.
Soon, the game began, the villagers all brought their own small benches, and the big guys sat in the open space in front of Zhao Ba's two families chatting, just waiting for the food to be baked!
The villagers who signed up for the competition had already made preparations, and after the order was given, the big guys went out one after another, and they were busy.
The managers borrowed by Zhao Baliang from the Haoshi Restaurant Group acted as the on-site referees for the competition! They were responsible for supervising the cooking of each family and preventing fraud.
The first round of the competition lasted an hour! An hour to cook a dish was enough!
Soon, an hour passed, and as the time approached, the discussion among the villagers who came to be the judges became more enthusiastic! Many anxious villagers even began to muttered why they didn't come!
Soon, ten dishes were brought from different parts of the village, all of which were anonymous, and only these referees knew who made each one!
"Eight taels, I still think it's not appropriate to let the villagers be the chefs!" Although Re Zhou Ting supports Zhao Baliang to open a restaurant, she can't be so childish!
Although the villagers' cooking skills are all good, at most they are not unpleasant! There is still a long way to go before they become chefs! Now, Zhao Baliang actually plans to choose the villagers as the chefs! Isn't this driving away the people who come to eat?
"Don't worry, I'm measured!" Zhao Baliang gently hugged Zhou Ting's shoulders and said. You must know that the raw materials for Zhao Baliang's cooking at that time are all vegetables watered with Ganlin's secret technique. This is practiced, and it is very delicious! Liu Cuihua's dishes made with these ingredients have been praised by many people!
And the reason why Zhao Baliang considered choosing the villagers as the chefs was that he planned to come up with a big gimmick! When the time comes, a restaurant that does not hire professional chefs will be able to make him popular. In addition, the ingredients in the restaurant are really authentic and high-quality, and it is difficult for Zhao Baliang's restaurant not to become popular!
As long as you make a name for yourself, it will be easy to do in the future!
Seeing Zhao Baliang's confident appearance, Zhou Ting couldn't say anything!
Gently grabbing Zhou Ting's little hand, Zhao Baliang said: "Let's go, let's go taste it too, everyone is a judge today!"
Although she was a little speechless, Zhou Ting still followed Zhao Baliang over!
The ten dishes were placed on the dining table one by one and displayed out! Naturally, they could not be compared to those made by professional chefs! However, if the peasant dishes were made into the flashy appearance of a big hotel, they would be a little unworthy of the name!
The villagers tasted the dishes one by one, and Zhao Baliang asked each villager to give a soybean, saying: "There is an empty bowl behind each dish, and the big guy thinks which dish is delicious, so he puts the soybeans in his hand into the empty bowl behind the dish!"
Although he was holding a soybean in his hand, it was a major choice for the villagers, because everyone attached great importance to it!
After the first round of voting, someone will be in charge of the statistics! And the second round of the competition has already begun!
The second round of the competition is the designated dish - vegetarian stir-fried vegetables! There is no restriction on green vegetables, as long as they are fried!
This is an extremely ordinary peasant dish, and the villagers participating in the competition are free to choose the type of green vegetables!
Soon, the vegetarian fried vegetables made by the villagers came out of the pot, and the dishes were still the same as last time, and the dishes were placed on the table! Because this time everyone made vegetarian fried vegetables, although the types of vegetables are different, but it can also be clearly seen from the appearance of everyone's cooking skills.
"Okay, let's start tasting, after tasting, please vote for the most precious vote in your hand!"
As in the first round, after the villagers have tasted it, they start voting. However, the number of votes was not announced. The reason why it was not announced was that Zhao Baliang also had his own considerations! If the villagers who cooked knew the number of votes they received, it might affect the performance of the next round of the competition!
When it was time to vote for the second round, the third round started immediately. The third round is a completely designated dish -- stewed local chicken! There is an old Chinese saying that there is no banquet without wine, and there is no banquet without chicken! As a traditional peasant dish, how can there be no local chicken?
The signature local chicken is definitely one of Zhao Baliang's main dishes!
For the stewed local chicken, although the general practice of the villagers is similar, when it is actually made, the taste is still very different. The different seasonings and methods put in each house will lead to different tastes!
After all, in the future, Zhao Baliang's own restaurant, local chicken and grilled fish, will definitely be the two main dishes!
Due to the long time it takes to prepare the stewed local chicken, Zhao Baliang also made a special trip to select a few talented people from the future management of the hotel to perform talents for everyone!
I have to say that all of Liu Yun's reserve cadres are outstanding! Not only are they highly educated, but they are also talented! Many of them also have all kinds of specialties! I really don't know where Liu Yun recruited so many talents!
When watching the talent show, time passed quickly, and before I knew it, more than an hour had passed, and the villagers' stewed local chicken was ready!
Smelling the fragrant stewed local chicken, many villagers couldn't help but swallow their saliva! They didn't expect that an ordinary stewed local chicken could be so fragrant!
"This must have been made by my daughter-in-law, this smell is too familiar!" Niu Deshui couldn't help but say as he smelled the smell of chicken wafting in. It immediately attracted a burst of jokes from the villagers!
"Okay, let's start! Remember to cast your sacred vote!" This time, the chief referee didn't talk nonsense, because the villagers were already eager to try, and if he talked nonsense a few more times, he might be beaten!
The folks, who had been impatient for a long time, walked to the table one after another and began to taste it!
After tasting, the votes will begin! This time the number of votes is also the most important! According to the rules of the competition, the total score of the first two rounds of the competition is 30%25 of the total score, and the score of the third round is 40%25 of the total score. It can also be seen from this that Zhao Baliang attaches great importance to this stewed local chicken!
"Let's go, let's see the votes!" Zhao Baliang was very curious, who would win in the end! He had tasted all those dishes just now, and it could be said that the difference in taste was similar to that of several people! Even if he was asked to choose, he might not be able to choose!
However, in the case of a relatively large number of judges, this subtle difference will be magnified! Therefore, as long as everyone votes fairly, then the best dishes will not be missed!
Pulling Zhou Ting to the room where the votes were counted, the two girls were working hard to calculate everyone's score!
"Mr. Zhao......" Seeing Zhao Baliang coming, the two girls quickly stood up.
Smiling at them, Zhao Baliang asked, "Is the score out?"
"It's out. One of the girls smiled sweetly and said, "Mr. Zhao, do you want to take a look first?"
Waving his hand, Zhao Baliang held back his curiosity, "Don't look at it, just go and announce it!" Zhao Baliang didn't want his subtle thoughts to affect the fairness of the game! If they showed that they were not satisfied with the results of the game, they might take the initiative to propose amendments! In this way, it would affect the fairness of the game!
Zhao Baliang and the others walked out, and the villagers stretched their necks and waited! Especially those villagers who participated in the competition, they were all even more nervous! I couldn't wait to know the results immediately! However, deep down, I didn't dare to hear the results announced, and I was worried that my results would not be satisfactory!
This is the same as handing out test papers when I was a child, and the teacher read out the scores of one test paper! The nervousness of everyone is completely indescribable!
"Alright, now it's up to me to announce the scores!" the chief referee picked up the score sheet that had already been counted and said to the big guy.
Hearing that the scores were going to be announced, many villagers were nervous. Some anxious villagers even stood up directly!
Seeing that everyone was so anxious, the chief referee did not ink, so he said loudly, "This time, only the top four results will be announced! The results of other villagers will not be announced, if you have any questions about your results, you can come to me to check the results, we have made reservations about everyone's votes!"
"Fourth place, Zhou Hui ......"
"Third place, Wang Daya ......"
"Second place, Ma Lianxiang ......"
After reading the names of these three people, the chief referee paused deliberately, and the villagers even held their breath, everyone wanted to know who won the first place!
"Hurry up, the big guys are in a hurry...... "The anxious Niu Deshui couldn't help but shout loudly at the referee. Although he knew that his daughter-in-law could not win the first place, it did not prevent him from wanting to know who won the first place!
Seeing that it provoked the anger of the public, the chief referee did not dare to ink, and hurriedly announced this last suspense......