2350 Selfish motives
After all, Yuan Zhou was a human and he had his own selfish motives. Although he didn’t hide anything from the chefs of various countries when they came to the culinary exchange, he was obviously biased towards cultivation.
In China, there were two in-name disciples in a cuisine, and in other countries, there was one in-name disciple in each country. Of course, there might be one more in French, Turkey, and Italy cuisine.
It had always been Yuan Zhou’s goal to work hard to become the master chef and make the Chinese food culture known to the whole world. For this goal, he naturally had to work hard to complete the mission. Therefore, he took some time to record a video for opello.
“If you want to record, then do it well. Meat and bone tea!” For the mission, Yuan Zhou really worked very hard.
If the local dish in Singapore was spicy crab, then the most difficult dish in Singapore was meat tea.
In fact, it could also be said to be the simplest dish. It was a little like boiled cabbage. It was definitely difficult to cook it well, but it was really easy to cook it.
Yuan Zhou brought out this dish in order to make it invulnerable.
In fact, Yuan Zhou didn’t have a tough tree in his heart. With his culinary skills, anything he did would be impeccable.
Zhou Shijie also asked about the progress from time to time, for fear that someone would make more troublesome requests.
In fact, opello was a very tactful person. Ever since Yuan Zhou agreed to shoot the video and consider giving a lecture, he had never mentioned anything related to that. At most, he would seize the free time every day to exchange cooking skills with Yuan Zhou.
This time, opello and Bai Ye didn’t just come to China for an exchange with Chengdu, but also for the exchange between two countries. Only Yuan Zhou and the chef’s Association were in Chengdu, otherwise, they would go directly to Beijing. Even so, they still had to go to Beijing. Other exchanges had to be settled there.
Therefore, after a week of fun, opello left Chengdu with li Dehua, Tang le, and the others who were reluctant to leave. They were really reluctant to leave, and of course, they also took the recorded video with them.
As a matter of fact, opello didn’t watch it because he had enough confidence in Yuan Zhou. Therefore, he prepared to play it at the exchange meeting in Singapore.
Note: the Los Leones exchange meet is the most high-class chef exchange meet in Singapore.
There were delicious food every day and top-notch Masters communicating with each other. Even if they didn’t understand, they could still edify it. The bits and pieces of knowledge that were leaked were precious knowledge to them, so it would be strange if they were willing to leave.
Not to mention them, even opello almost refused to leave. If it wasn’t for white Leaf’s urging and the fact that he really had something important to do, opello would have stayed for a longer time.
After opello left, Yuan Zhou’s life returned to the right path. Apart from opening the restaurant, he was practicing his cutting skills every day. He had already made a decisive breakthrough in his second skill, the collector’s level cutting skill. Therefore, he spent more time practicing his cutting skills recently. He put aside the two missions and concentrated on improving his cutting skills.
This second collection-level knife skill was different from the first one. It didn’t have the agility and vivacity of a few animals. It was more open and wide, so it looked clumsy. However, where the knife light passed, it left behind an exquisite outline.
If one had to describe the feeling, it might be like a rampaging crab, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws. It might look rough, but no one would think that this was the masterpiece of the seemingly reckless cutting technique.
“The knife skill has taken shape. All that’s left is to Polish it. I can give it a name now.” Yuan Zhou took a look at the vivid rabbit under his hand and then directly threw it into the trash can at the side.
Although the rabbit looked exactly the same as the real one, Yuan Zhou could easily see seven or eight imperfections with his sharp eyes. Naturally, it would end up in the trash can.
This was an old rule.
“The reason why the three beasts are crossing is because of the characteristics of several animals. This one is a little different. It can be related to everywhere, but it can be said that it is different from everywhere.” Yuan Zhou felt that he should give this cutting technique that he had created with great difficulty a resounding name. After all, it would be passed down through the ages.
There were only a few collector’s level knife skills, and he had already mastered two and a half. Soon, he had mastered three, which could be said to have surpassed most of the chefs since ancient times.
Actually, Yuan Zhou was being too modest. He was already the strongest person in the current era if he could master one collector’s level knife skill. He had mastered two of them and even created one himself. It was only because the system was very knowledgeable that he was able to master it. Now, he had another one. It was simply unbelievable.
“Let’s just call it the miracle knife. It’s loud and in line with my status as the master chef. The main thing is that if you don’t look closely at this knife skill, it’s almost the same as just one knife.” Yuan Zhou, the genius of naming, began to ponder in his heart again.
It was impossible to say that he had completely completed the cutting technique, but he had already created a model. With Yuan Zhou’s level, there shouldn’t be any accidents.
“System, little comrade, we are already close to the third collector’s level cutting skill. Should we reward you with something to encourage you? This can increase people’s enthusiasm, right?” Yuan Zhou started to ask for some benefits from the system.
“Congratulations to the host for completing the creation of the second collector’s level knife skill. You have been rewarded with a big mystery gift bag.” The system was quite straightforward this time. It didn’t even need Yuan Zhou to say much and directly told him the reward.
Yuan Zhou was stunned for a while before he reacted. He was really rewarded. He was just saying it casually.
Looking at the big black gift box shining with silver light in his mind, which had never been so gorgeous before, Yuan Zhou always felt that the system had undergone some changes that he was unaware of.
After a pause, he decided to open the gift box to see what the reward was worth such a big show.
“I think I should wash my hands first, light some incense for the system, and then open the gift box. Although I’m a European king, I can be a little more European.” Yuan Zhou looked at his slender and fair hands and decided to wash them.
“Hua la, Hua la”
The clean water flowed through his fingers. With the help of the disinfectant, Yuan Zhou carefully washed each finger until it was clean.
After wiping his hands dry, he went to offer incense to the system. Only after that did Yuan Zhou sit down properly and intended to open the gift bag.
Each and every action of Yuan Zhou revealed how much he valued the grand prize.
“Receive your reward.” Yuan Zhou said calmly.
Then, as soon as he finished speaking, the gift box in his mind exploded like fireworks. A gorgeous light filled the space, and the stars flickered. After it slowly disappeared, a book appeared.
The Golden words on it were particularly eye-catching,”Volume 1 of ethnic cuisines,” which was simple and clear.
Yuan Zhou couldn’t help standing up as soon as he saw it clearly. The reward was indeed a Little Big. There were 57 ethnic groups in China. Besides the Han, there were other ethnic groups. Each ethnic group had their own unique eating habits.
For example, the Guizhou and Yunnan cuisines that he had previously obtained contained many unique delicacies of ethnic minorities, such as the Miao and Buyi.
The reward now should be a summary of the diet of various ethnic groups. Thinking of this, Yuan Zhou directly opened the book and various knowledge began to be instilled into Yuan Zhou slowly. The numerous and complicated knowledge was poured into him in a very gentle way as if it had a life of its own.
“The Zhuang, the Hui, and the Bai races all have their own unique food culture. I’ve really learned something new.” Yuan Zhou digested it in a daze for a while and then opened his eyes.
Just as Yuan Zhou had thought, this reward indeed summed up the food culture of every ethnic group together. It was clear at a glance that some of the food culture was familiar to Yuan Zhou because it appeared in other cuisines and some were unfamiliar to Yuan Zhou. In general, there were less food cultures that Yuan Zhou was familiar with and more food cultures that he was not familiar with.
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