novelraw Chapter 530 - 287: The Clown Was Actually Myself
Chapter 530 - 287: The Clown Was Actually Myself
Seventh Dining Hall, in a private room on the first floor.
Looking at the familiar dishes laid out in front of them, the two Bakery Chefs didn’t think much of it, but the five Red Chefs all wore expressions that grew darker and darker.
Jiang Yu was the one who had offered to treat everyone to lunch, but now the dishes they had tested during the competition were being served.
What was the meaning of this?
Was it to mock them for their poor cooking skills, suggesting they could only eat such dishes?
Even if your culinary skills are better than ours, you can’t look down on us so blatantly!
It’s not as if we begged to stay for this meal!
A tall and burly chef was already very angry. He slammed the table and said indignantly:
"This is too much! Do I really need this meal? I’m not eating anymore, if you want to eat, you go ahead!"
With that, he stood up abruptly from his seat, intending to leave.
Even if my cooking skills aren’t great, I have my pride too!
Seeing this, the others pushed their chairs back with a kick, looking like they were ready to leave as well.
After all, they’re chefs, their cooking might not compare to Jiang Yu and the others, but it’s definitely better than a housewife’s cooking. How could they endure such treatment?
Jiang Yu was clearly looking down on them!
Who could tolerate this?
"Wait!"
Just then, a handsome young man who had been silent raised his hand, stopping the indignant crowd. He took the chopsticks resting on the bowl, placed them inside, and reached for some of his own dish while calmly saying,
"In this Seventh Dining Hall chef recruitment, since we were all eliminated, do you really think Boss Xiao Jiang would go out of his way to humiliate us like this?"
The tall chef was evidently agitated, taking a few deep breaths, and said resentfully:
"Do we even need to ask why? Just to show off!"
"He’s impressive to begin with, we aren’t even worthy of being his stepping stones!"
The handsome young man picked some dry-fried green beans with his chopsticks and put it in his mouth. After chewing for a moment, his eyes lit up, like two small light bulbs!
While eating, he gestured with his chopsticks towards the dishes, urging continuously,
"Try it! Quickly, try it! Is this something we could have cooked?!"
"Cut it out! I cooked this, how could I not know how it tastes?"
The tall chef rolled his eyes but didn’t budge, his gaze constantly darting to the dishes on the table.
That’s right, he made the stir-fried shredded pork with bean sprouts. When he used a small wok, he did it well, it had great wok hei and the seasoning was on point. Maybe not enough to make people eat non-stop, but it should at least impress them.
But cooking this dish in a large wok was his first try, and because he couldn’t control it well, the bean sprouts released too much water, affecting the seasoning.
He didn’t feel it was due to his lack of skill; it was just unfamiliarity with large wok dishes.
Because of this, he had been feeling a bit unconvinced about being eliminated.
Who would have thought, Jiang Yu was the one who volunteered to treat everyone, and yet the dishes they cooked themselves were served. It’s infuriating.
If you had said so earlier, that you’d serve our own dishes to us, I would have left on the spot!
If I wanted to eat my own cooking, I could just go home and make it!
And put up with this nonsense here?!
But he only thought this to himself; he wasn’t about to say it out loud in public. Nonetheless, he was genuinely upset.
The tall chef stood unmoving, but the others couldn’t hold back any longer, especially seeing the handsome young man enthusiastically taking one bite after another. They all sat back down, grabbed their chopsticks, and reached for their own dishes.
They genuinely wanted to find out what the handsome young man’s "This is something we cooked too" really meant.
These are clearly the dishes we made, how could transferring them from the tray to the serving plate change the taste?
Thinking this, their chopsticks didn’t pause, eagerly trying the dishes, and once the food entered their mouths, their expressions changed instantly, exclaiming:
"This, this, this, it’s impossible!"
"Is this really the dish I made? My god, it’s so delicious!"
"Oh my god, what on earth happened?!"
"..."
The chefs were wide-eyed in disbelief, faces expressing surprise, shock, incredulity... These varied expressions clearly showed that the taste of these dishes was truly extraordinary!
At least, the flavors were beyond what they could achieve!
A short and chubby chef quickly swallowed the food in his mouth, sighed, and said:
"There’s no need to guess anymore, these dishes weren’t made by us, Boss Xiao Jiang must have cooked these again for us.
His intention isn’t to mock us but to show that even though large wok dishes are difficult, with enough skill, they taste no worse than dishes made in small woks!"
Previously, this short and chubby chef was also displeased after being eliminated.