That's right, Liu Huaxing's cooking is almost exactly the same as Gu Jingzhou's in terms of ingredients and dishes, but it's only "almost", and there are still some differences. The most straightforward difference is that Liu Huaxing's plate arrangement is more than one level more refined than Gu Jingzhou's. When I saw Gu Jingzhou's cooking for the first time, I felt amazing, but after comparing...

Looking at Gu Jingzhou's cooking now, it feels like cheap knockoffs.

In addition, there are some differences in the form of cooking.

For example, for the dish of "cheese crisps", Gu Jingzhou made them into the shape of ears of wheat, while Liu Huaxing's cheese crisps were in the shape of delicate maple leaves, with fine and complex textures visible on them, obviously spent a lot of time before putting them in the oven. A lot of effort.

"Try it." Liu Huaxing clapped his hands and said with a smile, "Your lobster panna cotta uses ordinary panna cotta, but I use orange panna cotta with a few drops of sea buckthorn oil added in it. After eating like this, In addition to the extremely soft taste and sweet milky aroma, there is also a hint of refreshing and lively sweet and sour on the tip of the tongue, adding to the flavor of this dish."

Then, Liu Huaxing turned to his second dish: "As for this cheese crisp, I made it into a maple leaf shape, which is thinner and crisper, and it is more acceptable when paired with melissa, chrysanthemum and lavender. Their aroma, crunchy texture melts quickly when eaten, followed by a rich walnut flavor mixed with floral notes."

Afterwards, the cod was eaten three times, which were also fish balls, fish floss and fish fillets. Liu Huaxing added a few pieces of salmon roe to the fish floss to enhance the umami taste of the fish, while Gu Jingzhou just perfunctorily grilled the fish fillets with a spray gun and marinated them. The cod fillet was then sprinkled with black pepper, but Liu Huaxing pressed it into a thin slice with sauce, which looked like a shining marble.

As for black truffle lamb chops, Gu Jingzhou used pure lamb chops, but Liu Huaxing made a piece of "fake lamb chops" made of lamb chops, lamb tenderloin, lamb neck and lamb shoulder. The flavor is stronger than pure lamb chops.

Leaving aside the taste, Liu Huaxing's cooking completely outperformed his opponent in terms of appearance and details.

But the focus of cooking is naturally the taste, so everyone needs to taste it before making a conclusion. Liu Huaxing handed over this right to Gu Jingzhou himself: "Come on, try it yourself, and treat it as a 'return gift' for entertaining me."

Gu Jingzhou just tasted a piece of cheese cracker and was speechless.

Rather than saying that Liu Huaxing copied him and "imitated", it would be better to say that he completely improved his cooking and became "green out of blue". So now Gu Jingzhou's face is turning blue and red, and he can't think of anything to save face, not just because his cooking skills are a level lower than Liu Huaxing's. Only Liu Huaxing knew that there was a deeper reason.

"You have stayed in Geranium, right?" Liu Huaxing smiled while crossing his arms, "Geranium, a restaurant that ranks fifth in the world's three-star Michelin restaurant, I have seen all these dishes in that restaurant, and I know them too Of course, the authentic products in that store are not as poorly made as yours. Then you may wonder why I have such a level but don’t cook this kind of food?”

Speaking of this, Liu Huaxing put together the row of dishes he made: "The per capita consumption of Geranium is about 2,600 RMB. You can also see that each dish is quite complicated. Compared with the ingredients The cost, more cost lies in the production. Is there anyone in China who is willing to spend 2600 yuan to eat such a meal? Of course there is. But it is not a customer of our restaurant."

Liu Huaxing looked around the kitchen of this restaurant, and continued: "This restaurant was born with sauerkraut fish, and all his customers like this flavor. Since this is the case, it is natural to make adjustments according to the tastes of the customers. This also Very common, the so-called "Tso's Chicken" and "Tianjin Rice" are Chinese dishes that do not exist in China. This is how you adapt to the society, not the society to adapt to you. You do what others eat, Or what do you do and what others eat, this depends on the 'popular taste'."

Indeed, the concept of many foreign three-star Michelin restaurants is "I cook what I think is excellent food, you like to eat it or not", insisting on their own cooking style, but this premise is also on the premise of ensuring enough customers.

If the taste and portion of the restaurant are completely unsuitable for the current environment, so that there are so few people in the restaurant that they can’t even earn back the cost of maintaining the business, then what can they do to insist on cooking what they think is excellent?

Just like this set of Michelin "high-end dishes" prepared by Liu Huaxing. Every dish here is only one bite, and the price is extremely expensive, which is unacceptable to many Chinese. The most important thing is that Wandao did not start out with this style, and naturally it cannot become popular with it.

Of course, Liu Huaxing actually knew that Gu Jingzhou just wanted to make a name for himself by kicking the hall. He probably has a pinhole camera hidden somewhere on his body or someone is secretly helping him take pictures. After he goes back, he will edit and send it to On the Internet, it will naturally make a fuss about the matter, let him take advantage of Wandao's current enthusiasm, and then take advantage of the trend to open his own store.

Gu Jingzhou's cooking skills are good, but he has not yet reached the level of a chef. The key point is "originality".

All these dishes are dishes created by the chef of the "Geranium" restaurant in combination with the culture of his country. Gu Jingzhou just copied it, and the copy is not very good. He may be a good cook, but he is not yet the head chef.

But Liu Huaxing is different. Putting aside the basic skills, his creativity is the reason why he can sit in the position of sous chef.

Because, if you fail, you can read the file and start again. What is more important for innovation than this?

But at this time, Gu Jingzhou was speechless, and the others started talking.

"Hey, that's it?" Master Chen couldn't help being the first to speak, "I wonder if the Michelin star is only at this level? Oh, it's all fancy, such a big plate, with such a small mouthful inside Just sell it for two thousand and six? Our two thousand and six can feed more than a dozen people!"

At that time, the other chefs in the shop also followed suit, which was very similar to the scene of everyone laughing after Ip Man defeated Jin Shanzhao.

"Ordinary people..." Gu Jingzhou snorted coldly, frowned and was about to turn around and leave.

"This meal is free for you, you have to pay for the boiled fish set meal outside?" Liu Huaxing shouted from behind.

Gu Jingzhou paused, then strode out of the kitchen angrily, and Yang Chengzhi finally heaved a sigh of relief.

"Good boy!" Yang Chengzhi grabbed Liu Huaxing's arm and said angrily, "With this level, why don't you show it?"

"It's a torment for me to cook like this. It's not chefs who can cook like this, but artists. Artists need people who can appreciate his works, and chefs need to satisfy the tastes of most people." Liu Huaxing explained.

"It's true... The key is that no one pays for this craftsmanship." Yang Chengzhi shook his head regretfully.

It would be too laborious for Liu Huaxing to make such a meal by himself. It is okay to come here once in a while, but it is impossible to operate it as a restaurant. If the whole kitchen is needed to help him, then the whole kitchen must be used to help him. Everyone has changed.

"Xing Xing, you were so handsome just now!" After starting to clean up the kitchen, Yang Xiaoxiao hugged his arm and let out a shrill, nympho laugh.

"Why are you acting like a little nymphomaniac?" Liu Huaxing glared at her and said teasingly, "Here, there are a few dishes that he has never tried before, do you want to try them? It's rare that the boss took so much effort to make them, don't eat them It's such a waste."

"But these dishes are so beautiful, I can't bear to eat them..." Yang Xiaoxiao tiptoed off a piece of lamb chop and tasted it. Two rows of black truffles and some colorful honey flowers were placed on the lamb chop, which was very beautifully decorated It's like an abstract painting.

At that time, a blush of happiness appeared on Yang Xiaoxiao's face, "It's delicious... I can't explain why, but it's delicious. The taste is springy, and the mutton flavor is very strong but not strong. It goes well with this sauce."

"Hey, I'll try it too..." "I want to eat too, and the per capita consumption is 2,600 yuan!" Everyone in the kitchen joined in the fun.

Ordinary people eat when they are hungry, and the purpose is to eat well; while the three-star Michelin food is eaten for enjoyment, there is a difference between the two.

In fact, Gu Jingzhou himself knew it in his heart, and he said this on purpose just to gain popularity, so as to provoke Liu Huaxing to have a "head-to-head confrontation" with him to facilitate hype, but who would know the result...

Of course, Liu Huaxing didn't intend to do his work in vain in a "head-to-head confrontation" with the other party here. The other party's purpose was to hype, so Liu Huaxing also came to follow the hype.

"Uncle, you can use the video you recorded just now." Liu Huaxing reminded in a low voice.

"Stinky boy...you are a big kid." Yang Chengzhi frowned and said, "Okay, I will find someone to arrange it."

As a result, a video titled "Culinary Showdown between Chef Wandao and a well-known Michelin chef" became popular on the Internet. The video was played from a third-person perspective. After some editing, it first showed Gu Jingzhou's delicate cooking, and then showed Liu Huaxing's more delicate cooking.

After this video was uploaded, it was reposted and liked by many parties. Many guests who have been to Wandao also commented below, saying that it is no wonder that Wandao’s dishes are so delicious. It turns out that the chef has Michelin-level craftsmanship. Taking advantage of Gu Jingzhou's "kicking the restaurant" this time, Wandao also became a hot search again, and made more diners notice this restaurant.

Of course, Liu Huaxing does not deny that this is indeed a hype, but after all, it is a real talent rather than a show, so what's the matter with hype? Others want to use them to hype, and it is reasonable for them to use others to counter-hype.

Moreover, after the restaurant incident, a western restaurant that was under renovation not far from Wandao suddenly stopped renovation and put up a notice of "transfer of facade". Liu Huaxing guessed that Gu Jingzhou originally planned to take advantage of this "kicking the restaurant" to gain popularity and then open such a western restaurant opposite Wandao to steal away their customers, but he unexpectedly lost his wife and lost his army.

He couldn't catch his popularity, and was ridiculed by the other party instead. If this restaurant wants to continue to open, not to mention its popularity, it will become a green leaf of foil, and it can only be transferred to the facade. But what the truth is, probably only Gu Jingzhou himself knows.

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