“Husband, please check for me. Does this dress show my belly?”
Before the program officially started recording, Yu Antong changed into his chef uniform and asked Xing Lixuan in a low voice.
This episode of “Here Comes the God of Chefs!” was filmed in the hotel where judge Sun Ming serves as the executive chef. All four contestants had to put on uniform chef uniforms from the hotel kitchen.
The program team gave him clothes according to Yu Antong’s size, but after he put them on, he felt that his belly was a bit showing.
“It does, a little bit.” Xing Lixuan honestly said, “Do you want them to get you a larger size?”
While the two were talking, the program director over there shouted, “Everyone, get ready, the filming will start soon.”
Yu Antong didn’t want to waste everyone’s time. “Forget it, let’s leave it like that, no one will notice.”
As a judge, Xing Lixuan separated from the contestants and walked to the other side.
When the recording started, the host appeared holding a small black box, with his usual malicious smile on his face, and said mysteriously, “At the beginning of this episode, we will draw lots first as usual.”
“According to the ranking order of the previous issue, Yu Antong comes first.”
Yu Antong stepped forward and touched a card. Different from the previous number card, this time there was a word written on it: “Red”.
What’s the meaning? The color of the dish? The theme?
Before Yu Antong could figure it out, the other three people had also finished drawing the lots.
Zhuang Zhouyang asked curiously, “I got ‘Blue’, what do you get?”
“I’m Blue too.” Fu Fengxing turned over his card.
Fu Fengxing and Zhuang Zhouyang drew the same, while Xie Wenchang and Yu Antong drew the same.
The host said, “This time we will divide you into red and blue teams based on the color of the cards you drew. Teams of two will work together to complete this challenge!”
Yu Antong was very surprised. In the previous episodes, the players competed with each other and never cooperated. In this episode, they actually have to cooperate, and his teammate should be the weakest amongst them four.
“You will work together to complete four dishes in the next two hours, and your dishes will be reviewed by five VIP guests in the hotel and our five judges.”
“The winning team will directly advance to the top three. The losing team will face a brutal overtime PK1player kill; it’s taken from the Chinese gaming scene. Rather than actually killing players, it’s more like PvP in general. where teammates become opponents. The winner of the overtime will get the last top three spot.”
The host continued, “An excellent chef should be able to adapt to and coordinate a new team as quickly as possible, so there is one last rule in this competition. There are only two members in each team, which means you can’t bring your assistants!”
Yu Antong opened his mouth in shock. Without the help of Jiang Yuxiu and Lin Haoning, he was not sure whether his physical strength was enough to support him in completing this round.
With a relatively weak teammate, Yu Antong was a little worried about this game.
Yu Antong quickly calculated several possibilities.
The first and best case scenario is that he and Xie Wenchang try to decide the outcome in one game, so that they don’t have to participate in the overtime PK.
The second is that they lose this game, which is also the most likely situation. He and Xie Wenchang compete.
In this case, it seems that Xie Wenchang has a slim chance of winning against him, because after two hours of work, his physical strength will be very exhausted. If he is unlucky enough to draw a dish that consumes a lot of energy during the competition with Xie Wenchang, for example, making hand-beaten beef balls, he will be completely defeated.
Unless he played passively during the first two hours to save his energy, but this means he’ll protect himself and sell out Xie Wenchang.
As soon as this idea appeared, Yu Antong was thrown out of his mind.
It is true that he wants to win, and after these previous efforts, his desire to win the championship has become stronger and stronger. But he cannot win with this kind of strategy that harms others and benefits himself.
Since it’s a cooking competition, he must compete head-on.
Yu Antong said to Xie Wenchang with firm eyes, “We must win!”
Xie Wenchang knew that his level was the worst and thought that no matter who was in the team with him, they would feel unlucky and be held back by him. Unexpectedly, Yu Antong did not complain and actually believed in him and told him that they would win.
Xie Wenchang, who had already planned to be eliminated in this episode, was touched by Yu Antong’s determination.
Swallowing away all the unconfidence and frustration in his heart, he said firmly, “I will definitely try my best, and we will definitely win!”
The host announced four dishes, “Lion’s head with crab meat2蟹粉狮子头; Lion’s head is a type of meatball that is very huge. 
, catfish in white sauce3白汁鮰鱼; something like this 
, sturgeon with tomatoes and thyme4something like this: 
, pan-fried scallops with foie gras sauce5something like this: 
, two Chinese and two Western, the timer starts!”
Yu Antong was not good at cooking Western food, but this time when he saw two Western dishes. He looked at Xie Wenchang with some surprise: “Are you the best at Western cuisine?”
One of the reasons why Xie Wenchang’s performance on the show has been mediocre is that in response to the call from above to promote Chinese cuisine, the show rarely gives contestants the opportunity to make Western dishes.
Xie Wenchang’s Chinese cuisine skills were average, while his Western cuisine skills were better, so it was very difficult to get through.
Today seemed to give him a chance to prove himself. Xie Wenchang became more confident. He high-fived Yu Antong. “Well, we will win this time!”
The two had a clear division of labor and quickly got into the groove, but Zhuang Zhouyang and Fu Fengxing had differences.
Both of them have their own ideas, and no one agrees with the other.
Zhuang Zhouyang said, “I think we can handle the ingredients for each dish together first, and then start the fire. This can ensure the taste of the food to the greatest extent, so that some dishes will not be cold and some will not be cold when the judges evaluate them. The dishes are cooked just in time.”
Fu Fengxing: “It’s easy to mess up, so one person should be responsible for the entire dish.”
The two argued for a long time, and finally went their separate ways.
Yu Antong has no assistants, so he has to do everything by himself, and his progress was relatively slow.
Lion’ head with crab meat was more time-consuming, so Yu Antong plans to make this first.
He steamed the crabs first, boiled a small pot of chicken soup, and took advantage of this time to mince pork with suitable fat. After that, he chopped various ingredients: onion, ginger, and garlic.
When the crabs finished steaming, he took out the crab meat from its shell, sautéed it with oil and cooking wine to remove the fishy smell, set aside a portion for garnish, and poured the rest of the crab meat into the meat filling with the minced pork.
He added the seasonings to the meat filling and stir well, then with wet hands, he rolled the meat filling into a big meatball – the lion’s head. Due to limited time, Yu Antong did not dare to make it too big for fear that it would not be cooked through.
He spread a layer of vegetable leaves in a pot, put the lion’s head into it, then garnished it with the reserved crab meat, covered it with a layer of vegetable leaves, poured in chicken soup, and simmered it over low heat. He no longer had to worry about it for some time.
He glanced at Xie Wenchang’s side and saw that he was making good progress, so he continued to cook the next dish with confidence.
He washed the catfish and cut it into pieces. He blanched the slime on the skin of the catfish in boiling water to prevent it from smelling fishy. He then washed the fish with cold water to tighten the flesh and drained it.
Heat the wok over high heat, add lard, add onion and ginger, stir-fry until fragrant, then take it out, put the catfish pieces in and fry for a while, then put it into a big pot and add Shaoxing wine and cover it to simmer. After that, he added bamboo shoot slices, salt, sugar, and some water before simmering it over low heat for 15 minutes. Then, he increased the heat to reduce the water.
When it came out of the pot, the soup was white and creamy like thick milk, and the appearance was up to standard. Yu Antong tasted it and found that the soup was properly viscous, tasted great, while the catfish meat was tender and delicate. The bamboo shoots’ fragrance permeated every bite of the fish.
Yu Antong nodded with satisfaction, this dish will definitely win.
“There are only three minutes left!” Yu Antong had just relaxed for a minute when he heard the host shout, “Contestants please prepare the dishes. The first dish to be served later is sturgeon with tomatoes and thyme.”
Yu Antong asked Xie Wenchang, “How is it?”
Xie Wenchang just finished and made an OK gesture to him. “Don’t worry.”
This was the most successful time he had ever done it. The freshly cooked sturgeon filets with tomatoes and thyme were fried until both sides were perfectly caramelized, exuding an alluring aroma.
The combination of delicate sturgeon meat and sweet and sour tomatoes, mixed with the smell of white wine, and the unique aroma of thyme, all reflect the romance and sophistication of French cuisine.
The edge of the white porcelain plate was embellished with a cherry tomato and two broccoli flowers. It was a high-end dish that can appear in a five-star hotel.
Yu Antong gave him a thumbs up, then looked towards Zhuang Zhouyang.
Zhuang Zhouyang was in charge of this dish and seemed to have done a pretty good job.
After a while, the host shouted, “The food is ready!”
A special waiter came over to bring out the dishes they had prepared. The Lion’s head was the last one to be served, so Yu Antong simply let him stew on the fire until the last moment.
Yu Antong obviously felt that it would be better to stew it for a longer time, but there was no way, the competition time was limited.
This dish was what he was most worried about, but it was okay, because his opponent was not the standard Lion’s head with crabmeat, but one made by the blue team. He had a peek at Fu Fengxing’s side, and the Lion’s head made by Fu Fengxing wasn’t better than his. It’s bigger than his, so it’s possible that the innermost layer won’t be cooked through.
He still has a chance to win against the blue team.
“Check again. Have you brought your admission ticket, ID card, card-painting pen, and others?”
On the day of Yu Annan’s college entrance examination, Yu Antong woke up early and asked Xing Lixuan to drive her to the examination hall.
Yu Annan rechecked it “Nothing is missing, Ge. I’m going in. Xing-ge, please take my brother back.”
“Well, calm down and take the exam well. I’ll pick you up at noon.”
Yu Annan glanced at his belly. “Ge, don’t run away and expose my little nephew again.”
There was a large crowd of candidates outside the cordon at the school gate, as well as a large number of parents who came to take the exams. It was crowded and not very safe.
“Okay, okay.” Yu Antong compromised and only followed her this time.
After two days of college entrance examination, Yu Antong took his sister home and prepared to cook her a large table of delicious food as a reward for her hard work.
“It’s almost done.” Xing Lixuan followed him to the kitchen and said rather bitterly, “That’s a full six dishes.”
This was treatment he had never experienced before.
Yu Antong: “They are all home-cooked dishes, and they don’t take much trouble.”
Moreover, the ingredients are all prepared by the helper Auntie, so he can sit up quickly and easily, without feeling tired at all.
Xing Lixuan still felt sorry for his wife. “Your sister doesn’t have to stay at home for the whole duration of the summer vacation. You just need to ask her to come over a few more times, maybe not so many days at once.”
“I can’t do that.” Yu Antong said, “Her friend asked her to go on a graduation trip, and she will leave the day after tomorrow.”
Yu Antong sighed. “It’s good to be young. You can go wherever you want and leave as soon as you want.”
Xing Lixuan: “…” Although he didn’t know why, his intuition told him that he couldn’t accept this following question.
Sure enough, Yu Antong then glanced at him faintly: “I really want to travel too.”
Xing Lixuan: “We can. We just have to wait until Xiao Nian is born, then we can go wherever we want.”
Yu Antong was dissatisfied. “I want to go now.”
Xing Lixuan looked at this young master indifferently. “Dreaming is faster than flying.”
Yu Antong laughed angrily, handed the spatula to the auntie, rushed over and beat him. “You are so annoying!”
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