Chapter 34: Top-notch Chive Dried Tofu

"Of course you can. If you want to make it, then it's settled. You can start making it now. Just make the same amount as yesterday. After all, there are many people here. If you make less, there won't be enough to eat."

After giving his instructions, Cao Xiaodong left.

Wang Jianye started to prepare the dish of leek and dried tofu.

His cooking skills for this dish have now improved to the level of a top chef.

He is very skilled and proficient, and he can do it very well even with his eyes closed.

[Ding, experience value +1]

[Ding, experience value +1]

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Wang Jianye did them one by one, because the experience points gained in this way could be calculated separately, and he could gain more experience points.

If he makes this dish together, he might only need to make it five or six times, and he can only get five or six experience points. It would be better to make it separately.

Not long after, Wang Jianye prepared twelve dishes of leek and dried tofu and served them on the table one by one.

Wang Jianye was still sitting in the same seat where he had dinner yesterday, with Sha Zhu sitting on his left and Cao Xiaodong sitting on his right.

However, unlike yesterday, today Li Si did not sit at the same table with Wang Jianye, but sat with Feng Qingjie at another table. Because he came late, there was no seat for him at Wang Jianye's table.

In the kitchen, the better the cooking skills, the higher the status.

It’s the same when eating. If the one who is good at cooking doesn’t start to eat, then no one else will start to eat either.

So the kitchen arranged the chef of the first kitchen to sit at one table, the chef of the second kitchen to sit at one table, the chef of the third kitchen to sit at one table, and the apprentices to sit at one table.

In this way, the cooking skills of people at the same table are not much different, so there are not so many rules about who should start eating first and who should start eating later. You can just eat whatever you want.

However, those who were sitting at the same table with Cao Xiaodong had previously tacitly let Cao Xiaodong eat first. After all, he was the best cook and had the highest talent at this table. Although they were still eating at the same table, their levels were already very different.

Now that Wang Jianye's level has improved by leaps and bounds, everyone sitting at the table tacitly agrees to wait until Cao Xiaodong and Wang Jianye have finished picking up their chopsticks before they start eating.

At the table next to Li Si, Li Si saw that the leek and dried tofu dish on the table looked good, so he couldn't wait to pick up a piece with chopsticks and take a bite.

"Hmm? This dish..."

Li Si's eyes lit up.

"what happened?"

"Try it soon." Li Si said quickly.

Feng Qingjie took a bite.

Li Si asked: "How is it? Is it delicious?"

Feng Qingjie nodded and said in surprise: "It's delicious, much better than what I made."

The gap did exist, and it was huge, he had to admit.

"I feel that this dish is even more delicious than the one my master made."

Li Si took another bite and was very sure.

Feng Qingjie agreed with his opinion: "You are right, this dish is really better than the one made by our master."

They have the same master. Li Si suddenly remembered: "Oh, Brother Feng, our master is the second chef, right? This dish is actually better than our master's, doesn't it mean that the level of this dish can only be made by the first chef?"

"Hey, it's true."

Feng Qingjie also reacted. He just thought the dish was delicious and didn't expect this.

Now that Li Si reminded him of this, he was amazed: "Who made this dish? It's so good that it can reach the level of a master chef. This is amazing. Who do you think made this dish?"

Li Si doubted: "With such a high level of skill, it must have been done by Brother Cao, right?"

If it were in the past, he would definitely conclude that the dish was made by Cao Xiaodong. After all, among so many apprentices in the kitchen, only Cao Xiaodong had the best talent and the highest level. Who else could make such a delicious dish except him?
But now it’s different, Wang Jianye has also shown very strong talent and a very high level.

The excellent spicy and sour potato shreds yesterday were made by Wang Jianye.

What about today’s dish?
Feng Qingjie guessed, "Brother Wang's talent was not good before. He just showed his talent recently because of the tight schedule and he is about to take the test.

In such a short time, Brother Wang must first improve those ten dishes to a level that is ready to cook. He should still be short of a few dishes.

There is a huge gap between the level of a dish being cooked enough to be cooked by a chef and the level of a dish being cooked by a master chef.

Brother Wang is busy making the dishes ready for cooking, so how can he have the time to make a dish ready for cooking? Don’t you think so? "

"That makes sense, so this dish must have been made by Brother Cao."

After Feng Qingjie's analysis, Li Si felt that this high-quality leek and dried tofu dish was made by Cao Xiaodong.

Feng Qingjie took another bite and couldn't help but sigh: "Brother Cao is really amazing. He can cook this dish so well."

"I think he must have been provoked by Brother Wang. Yesterday, Brother Wang made a dish of hot and sour potato shreds that was as good as that of a second-class chef, which made Brother Cao lose face. So Brother Cao specially made a dish that was as good as that of a first-class chef today to compete with Brother Wang and to beat him."

Li Si felt that his analysis was correct.

Feng Qingjie nodded: "This leek and dried tofu dish is really well made. When will I be able to be as good as Brother Cao?"

"Hey, try this fried kidney, it's really well made."

Li Si took a bite and reminded Feng Qingjie with his eyes brightened.

After tasting it, Feng Qingjie said, "Well, it's really good, but the quality is obviously not as high as the leek and dried tofu dish just now. It's at most the level of the second chef. In my opinion, this dish might have been made by Brother Wang."

Li Si agreed with him very much and felt that this dish was made by Wang Jianye and no one else could have made it.

Because generally speaking, an apprentice is only responsible for making one dish. Cao Xiaodong has already made a very high-level dish of leek and dried tofu, so this dish of stir-fried pork kidney is not made by him.

Among so many apprentices in the kitchen, Wang Jianye is the best besides Cao Xiaodong.

So they concluded that this spicy pork kidney dish was made by Wang Jianye.

"Our brother Wang is really amazing. In addition to the spicy and sour potato shreds, he can also make the stir-fried kidney dish to the level of a second-class chef."

Li Si took a bite and said with emotion.

"It's quite good, but he still can't compare to the leek dried tofu made by our brother Cao. The level of that dish is so high, even better than that made by our master. It has reached the level of a head chef."

Feng Qingjie thinks Cao Xiaodong is still better than Wang Jianye.

Because the leek and dried tofu dish made by Cao Xiaodong is at the level of a master chef, while the stir-fried kidney dish made by Wang Jianye is only at the level of a second-class chef.

(End of this chapter)