Chapter 805 - 580: Is This the Legendary ‘Golden Tongue’?

Chapter 805: Chapter 580: Is This the Legendary ‘Golden Tongue’?

When Huang Jun announced that they could start making the dish "Stuffed Tofu"...

Zheng Yaohua, Zhao Weiguang, Yu Daqing, and Meng Hongzhe quickly and orderly took their positions, standing steadily by their respective stoves, like warriors about to go to battle, poised to showcase their culinary skills with full force.

At this moment, Meng Hongze was the first to take action, starting to select the essential ingredients for this dish.

He looked at the tofu neatly placed in the sink, and couldn’t help but feel a bit picky.

To be honest!

Although the quality of this tofu was acceptable and average, in the eyes of a chef with extremely high standards for ingredients, they did not reach the top standard.

Despite their freshness being adequate for cooking needs, in terms of texture and taste, they barely reached a passing level.

And the deliciousness of a dish is closely related to the quality of its ingredients, like the inseparable relationship between fish and water.

If the ingredients themselves are mediocre, no matter how skilled the cooking technique, it is hard to cover up their inherent flaws, and the final product’s taste and flavor are bound to diminish significantly.

But with the reality of the situation as it is, he had no choice.

The cooking environment here was worlds apart compared to his refined and professional kitchen back at his family restaurant.

In the kindergarten, they needed to cook large dishes targeted at children, ensuring balanced nutrition while being cost-effective, naturally unable to choose top-quality ingredients at will like in a restaurant.

Even with a desire to select the best ingredients, they were powerless against the limitations of reality and supply channels.

Therefore!

Meng Hongze could only accept the current situation and decided to make full use of these existing ordinary ingredients, pouring all his efforts into preparing a delicious Stuffed Tofu.

However, for a moment...

A faint doubt quietly enveloped Meng Hongze’s heart.

Speaking of which!

Could the online praises for Huang Jun’s culinary skills truly have their unique merits, or are they merely exaggerated bubbles?

This doubt wasn’t arising without reason, but was based on the actual situation he saw before him.

The ingredients before him were so ordinary that he could hardly imagine them transforming under Huang Jun’s magical hands into tempting, long-lasting gourmet dishes...

Recalling how he developed deep admiration for Huang Jun’s cooking skills after watching those captivating videos online, eager to learn alongside him and explore the mysteries of cooking, he embarked on the application path without hesitation...

Uh...

No way?

No way?

Could he really be the "big fool" trapped by a moment of impulse?

Thinking of this, Meng Hongze couldn’t help but pat his head annoyedly.

But...

The culinary skills exhibited by Huang Jun in the videos, whether in the precision of knife work or the proficiency in cooking techniques, left no room for criticism, especially his superb knife work, which was truly impressive.

At this moment, Meng Hongze’s heart was filled with contradictions and struggles, unable to make a decision for a while.

Enough!

Since I’ve come, I might as well settle down!

It’s better to focus on the dish in front of him, unleashing his culinary abilities to stand out.

After successfully applying, tasting the dishes made by Huang Jun himself would naturally resolve all doubts.

If Huang Jun’s culinary skills truly fail to live up to the reputation, then at most, he’ll just leave and go back to being a head chef at his family restaurant...

At most, it’s just a waste of some time and energy; consider it a rare learning opportunity and life experience.

If Huang Jun’s culinary skills truly live up to the reputation, then he will willingly stay and humbly learn from him.

No matter the outcome, he has nothing to lose.

He took out a piece of fresh pork with alternating layers of fat and lean, carefully cleaned it, and placed it on the cutting board.

Skillfully wielding the kitchen knife, he finely chopped the meat, repeatedly mincing it into a paste, until every grain of minced meat was uniform and fine, then placed it into a large bowl to set aside.

He also chopped the scallions into fine scallion pieces, minced the ginger, and added them to the bowl of minced meat.

Added some dried shrimp to the bowl, poured in an appropriate amount of cooking wine and soy sauce, sprinkled in some salt, and gently stirred with chopsticks until all the materials were perfectly integrated, forming a fragrant, alluring filling.

It is worth mentioning...

This filling’s ingredients can be freely adjusted according to personal taste, such as adding fish or dried squid, all of which can add a unique flavor to the dish.

But due to the current limitations of materials, he could only adjust according to the existing ingredients,

With the meat filling settled, he swiftly picked up a piece of tofu, skillfully cutting it into approximately ten-centimeter square blocks.

Then, along each diagonal of the large square pieces, he cut cleanly, instantly slicing each square block into eight small triangles.

In fact, this method of cutting isn’t necessary; cutting into small squares is also possible, but his family restaurant always preferred this way, so he continued the tradition.

Huang Jun, on the side, occasionally cast a scrutinizing look, observing every move of Meng Hongze.

Meng Hongze’s fluid and smooth knife work undoubtedly revealed his deep kitchen experience honed from a young age, with such solid basic skills that allowed him to match evenly against the other three applicants, making it hard to distinguish the superior!