A Divine Farmer

Chapter 383

C383 – The Judging Panel Was Heartless

Probably because he saw that everyone else was busy, the ‘master chef’ of the Divine Dragon Great Restaurant felt a little embarrassed. Finally, under the watchful eyes of the crowd, he began to do his job. He picked up the kitchen knife and sliced the cucumber.

It had to be said that the cucumber was cut very evenly. However, everyone came here to compete in cooking. Although the Divine Dragon Great Restaurant only cooked vegetarian dishes, was it not a little too much to use a cucumber to compete?

For a moment, everyone was discussing among themselves. Some said that the Divine Dragon Great Restaurant knew that they would not be able to get a good ranking, so they deliberately only cooked cucumber slices. This way, it would seem that they were being modest and had intentionally lost the competition. After all, there were only vegetarian dishes that could be selected, and many ingredients could not be used. If they lost the competition on purpose, it would be better for their reputation.

Some also said that the Divine Dragon Great Restaurant looked down on the Restaurant and Catering Association. It was obvious that they did not put much effort into cooking. They did not put the Restaurant and Catering Association in their eyes, which was why they were so perfunctory.

Otherwise, if you were to cook the ingredients simply, at least you would have put some effort into the seasoning. Who would you be insulting if you were to use a bag of salt?

Regarding this point, everyone else was wronged. It was this bag of salt that the kitchen staff recommended that they buy from the supermarket. Otherwise, everyone would definitely be able to taste the cucumber slices that Zhang Xiaolong had mentioned, the most delicious cucumber slices in history.

How many slices could two cucumbers be cut into? It would only take a few minutes. Therefore, in the remaining time, other than sprinkling some salt on the cucumber slices, the chef could only stare at the busy surroundings.

The chef next to him also looked awkward. He was in such a hurry that he almost wanted to drink tea. It was such a huge contrast.

After a long time had passed, the chef of the Divine Dragon Restaurant heaved a sigh of relief. This was the simplest dish, but the pressure it gave off was not small.

The dishes were passed to the judges one by one. In the end, the judges would give each dish a score.

As a junior, the Divine Dragon Great Restaurant was naturally placed last. After the dozens of dishes were tasted, the judges’ mouths were already filled with various flavors. Even if they kept their mouths clean, they would still have the taste of the dishes from before.

“This is the last dish. It’s the signature dish of the Divine Dragon Great Restaurant, the cold cucumber slices.” Originally, Qiu Yuansheng was not the one to make the announcement, but he still helped to say it out loud.

When the judges saw this dish, they also smiled speechlessly. Most of them were hired by Qiu Yuansheng, and their relationship with him was not bad. Even if the dish was not good, they would still take good care of the Divine Dragon Great Restaurant that had offended the Qiu family when judging the dish.

But in this situation, did they need special care? There was no need for a gourmet expert to come. Even a foodie would know that this dish was just to fool them. This was too infuriating. It was simply an insult to the gourmet experts.

Although they were angry, they still had to eat a few mouthfuls of the dish to judge it. Otherwise, people would still talk about it.

Everyone was also trying to fool them, so they picked up a cucumber and put it in their mouths.

Hmm? Hmm…

When the cucumber entered their mouths, the first feeling was not bad. It was very light, but it was suitable for them to eat two mouthfuls of it now. It could relieve the greasiness of the previous dishes.

After chewing twice, they felt a natural fragrance of the melon that made their tongues feel very comfortable. It made people who wanted to spit it out swallow the cucumber line. Some people even picked up a second chopstick.

The number of judges was not too high nor too low. With two chopsticks each, the cucumber was basically finished. There was no other way. Divine Dragon Great Restaurant was stingy. They didn’t cut the cucumber too much. Only two of them were very ordinary. Even some beauties didn’t choose such thin cucumbers.

“What do you think of this dish? The ingredients and the process of making it are all very ordinary…” A judge put down his chopsticks, wiped the cucumber that was stuck to the corner of his mouth, and chewed it again.

Hehe …

Some people below laughed. The people who came to watch the evaluation weren’t just the people from the hotels. There were also reporters and some onlookers.

No one had personally tried it, but they could see it with their eyes. After the judges had tasted each dish, there was still more than half of the dish left. Some didn’t even move, but Divine Dragon Great Restaurant’s cucumber was only left with the bottom. If you were to say it was not delicious after eating it, it would be too embarrassing.

Right, it was the fat man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks. Just now, he was the first one to say that the dish was not good. What a moron! There must be something going on behind the scenes!

Although no one said it out loud, everyone understood what was going on.

The others also began to comment. With the fat man as an example, no one dared to speak too much. They only said that the material of the dish was not bad, but the cooking method needed further improvement. Otherwise, it would be even better.

Although these were all negative comments, it was still a good thing that they were fair. If the fat man could get such an evaluation just by adding salt, he would be considered as a god.

However, it was not good to say it out loud. He had forgotten to hold back his tongue just now. If he said that the dish was not good after eating it, it would be like lifting his pants and not recognizing his own person.

If no one was watching, he would have lifted his pants and not recognize his own person. However, it was equivalent to having sex in public. If he lifted his pants and did not recognize his own person, he would be lying.

After giving a round of comments, the Divine Dragon Great Restaurant was actually ranked 15th among the dozens of restaurants.

Although they did not make it into the top three, a plate of cucumber strips was enough to make it into the top ten. It was obvious how powerful the Divine Dragon Great Restaurant was.

Some of the people who were only known for their reputation but had never seen the Divine Dragon Great Restaurant in person were finally able to widen their horizons. They knew very well that since the judges were hired by Qiu Yuansheng, it was impossible for them to be close to Zhang Xiaolong. Under such circumstances, if the judges were to compete fairly, the Divine Dragon Great Restaurant would at least rank in the top three.

Not only did these people look at the Divine Dragon Great Restaurant in a different light, they also had other thoughts.

The process of making the cucumber was simple. All it took was adding a little salt, and it was even tastier than many of the big dishes in the hotel. Although it was a trick, it was the most disgusting moment in the judges’ mouths, and it was a great bargain. However, just this score alone was enough to prove that the ingredients were of the highest quality.

How could a chef not know how rare these kinds of good ingredients were? Immediately, many people went over to Zhang Xiaolong, wanting to know where they had ordered the vegetables.

Naturally, Zhang Xiaolong did not hide anything, and directly reported the name of Soaring Dragon.

“As far as I know, Soaring Dragon seems to be your own company, right?” Qiu Yuansheng was very dissatisfied with the top ten positions of the Divine Dragon Great Restaurant. He wanted to get the other party to the last place, “Director Zhang is promoting his own vegetable company here, but he is not willing to provide food for everyone. This doesn’t seem to be very polite!”

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