Chapter 385

Chapter 385: Please Take Me As Apprentice

Translator: Xiong_Guoqi Editor: DesTheSloth

Chu Xiao didn’t really like explaining . Since everybody was puzzled in this situation, however, he had to explain to them by himself .

“Do you know about the human scent?” Seeing Yuan Zhou cut quickly and precisely, he also said solemnly .

The two characters of “human scent” stood for too many meanings, so the chefs on site all fell silent .

“The scent of human bodies?” A chef asked tentatively .

“No, it isn’t . ” Chu Xiao frowned again and then said, “Everyone has his own scent and the precious foods are most likely to be contaminated by that . “

“I got it . No wonder you have that rule, Master Chu . ” Master Cheng was enlightened and he suddenly said .

“What rule is it?” A chef didn’t really know about that and thus he asked curiously .

“Food ingredients sent to me can’t have any scent of humans . ” Chu Xiao crossed his arms against his chest and said naturally .

All chefs on site got choked by his words .

Except for the three judges, Xing Min and Lee Yanyi, every chef basically couldn’t smell this thing called human scent . The word of Chu Xiao now instantly made each of them speechless .

“Master Chu, you have a sharp nose . ” A chef couldn’t help but say so .

“The ingredients can’t be used anymore if every person touches it once . ” There was full of disgust in Chu Xiao’s tone .

“So is that the reason why Master Yuan is keeping us away from the ingredients?” The remaining chefs then got to know why they weren’t needed .

As for the unpleasant words of Chu Xiao, they all indicated that the wind was so strong and they couldn’t hear that .

“A crowd of chefs keeps twittering like those who sing Chinese opera in the tea house . ” Lee Yanyi can’t help satirizing when he found Yuan Zhou still hadn’t started .

“Come on . Which of these chefs do you think is not prideful? That young man doesn’t even leave them any soup . Of course, they will embarrass him . ” Xing Min knew about these chefs’ mindset better and therefore, he directly brought it out .

“Humph . So complicated . ” No one actually knew whom Lee Yanyi was mentioning by saying complicated . After saying that, he sat in the chair and said nothing more .

“Alright . Attention, please . ” Yuan Zhou turned the plate upside down and took up the beef .

After a sound of “Peng”, he set it down on the azure stone countertop lightly .

“Why does it look like it isn’t cut at all?” A chef even revealed his accent in surprise .

“It indeed looks like that . I just don’t know what the thickness is like . ” Chu Xiao frowned and said . His eyesight wasn’t as good as his smell .

Yuan Zhou wiped the quadrangular beef lightly with the knife and immediately the entire piece of beef became trapezoidal .

Then, Yuan Zhou’s knife skills were well displayed in the trapezoidal beef . Other chefs that watched at the side couldn’t help saying with one accord .

“What the f*ck!”

“Let me get close to have a look . ” Chu Xiao took a few steps forward with big strides after he said that .

Yuan Zhou just made a gesture of “Please” to him .

On the white rectangular plate that had no patterns was an entire piece of beef . Every slice of the beef was seen to have the identical spacing and size in the short distance .

Even the thickness that was hard to control while cutting without measuring was the same .

What Chu Xiao specially observed was the first several pieces and the last several ones .

Normally, people would use only the middle part of the beef no matter they sliced or shredded it before cutting it into a square . Only in that way would the beef not be sliced or shredded into different sizes .

However, Yuan Zhou didn’t do that like what people normally did, therefore Chu Xiao specifically observed the two parts carefully .

“He surprisingly cut it along the radian and veins . ” Having noticed that, Chu Xiao felt a little uncomfortable .

Yuan Zhou wasn’t wasting any of the ingredients . Even Chu Xiao himself couldn’t even do that . Moreover, the beef wasn’t contaminated with the slightest scent of Yuan Zhou after it was held in Yuan Zhou’s hand for so long time .

What filled his nose was the prime-grade aroma of fresh beef . Just by smelling the aroma, people could feel that the beef would definitely be fresh, tender, and succulent .

“Wait . I want to pick one piece up with the chopsticks and have a closer look . ” Chu Xiao suddenly thought of something and then asked Yuan Zhou while looking at him .

“Over there . Help yourself . ” Yuan Zhou still respected the rule of his restaurant, “Food should be made by one’s own hands; only then will it taste better . “

“Alright . ” Chu Xiao nodded his head .

Having taken the chopsticks, Chu Xiao took a deep breath and then breathed out again .

Only then did he start to pick the beef slice up .

“It truly is so . ” Chu Xiao instantly uttered while looking at the beef between the chopsticks .

“Hiss . ” Other chefs that stayed behind him couldn’t help uttering that .

The reason why the beef slice made Chu Xiao comment like that and those chefs sigh admiringly was just because of its thinness .

The beef slice contrasted sharply to the ivory white chopsticks . Through the fine-grained beef, they could even see the chopsticks covered by the beef slice . It was thin but meanwhile quite tough and tensile, not breaking at all . Hanging on the chopsticks, it looked like a piece of scarlet white paper painted with the marble patterns .

“This is paper thin! And it was done by cutting without measuring . ” Master Cheng almost couldn’t snap out of his daze .

“Are we shooting a film?” A chef suddenly said that .

Another even said, “Master Yuan is ascending the heavens . “

No way out . This technique of Yuan Zhou was way too amazing .

“Beef Sashimi . ” Suddenly, Chu Xiao said affirmatively .

“Indeed . This can be eaten directly . As the part between the rib eye steak and sirloin, it’s soft and succulent and we can clearly see the conspicuous frost pattern . The quality is superior and the texture is fantastic . ” Yuan Zhou uttered a long speech while wearing his face mask .

“Cutting Beef Sashimi without measuring . ” This time, Chu Xiao added another two characters . He appeared to be indifferent and calm, however, there was a slight radiance of surprise in his eyes .

“Take your time and enjoy, please . ” While he was saying that, Yuan Zhou didn’t prepare the chopsticks and sauces as usual .

Then, the chefs all ran to take the chopsticks . When they came back and found there were no sauces, they immediately uttered anxiously .

“Master Yuan, you forget to make the sauce . I . . . . ” When Master Cheng just wanted to say he had confidence in that, he thought of the embarrassment just now and hence shut up his mouth involuntarily .

“It’s perfect to eat it now without sauce,” said Yuan Zhou . Afterwards, he began to wash up straightforwardly regardless of others, because he would have proper business to do shortly .

Chu Xiao ate it first and then Master Cheng followed suit . He picked one piece up and stuffed it into his mouth immediately .

The beef was way too thin . As soon as it entered his mouth, the beef melted upon touching the warm mouth cavity . With some more bite, the faint milky aroma blended with the sweet and refreshing succulent beef flavor instantly occupied the entire taste bud .

“Good . It’s super delicious . ” Master Cheng said affirmatively after he gulped it down .

“Hey! How can you guys do like this? I have only eaten one piece . ” Right after Master Cheng praised the dish and reacted, he found the plate had been empty . Then he said in surprise .

“How many pieces do you think there are? The beef is barely enough for everyone to eat one piece . ” Another chef who ate only one piece also said that helplessly .

“Master Yuan, you can start now . ” The aged chairman set down the chopsticks without a trace and urged him primly .

“Yeah, yeah . Those ingredients should have been cooked earlier . ” Lee Yanyi immediately echoed .

“One moment, everyone . The dishes are to be served one after another . ” Yuan Zhou changed a new face mask and then said loudly .

“He’s truly an awesome opponent, haw-haw . ” Chu Xiao had sat back quietly in a handsome sitting position . While looking at Yuan Zhou, he revealed a strong desire to fight back .

Having eaten the dishes, the chefs all became silent . Any words were feeble and futile while only delicious dishes lasted long .

Master Cheng savored the aftertaste in his mouth for a while and looked again at Yuan Zhou . Then, he made up his mind reluctantly and came over to Yuan Zhou .

“Master Yuan, sorry to bother you . ” While looking at Yuan Zhou, Master Cheng appeared rather solemn .

“Go ahead . ” Yuan Zhou set down the kitchen knife .

“Could you do me a favor? Of course, you don’t need to answer me now . ” Master Cheng looked around at the surroundings and said that .

“Um . ” Yuan Zhou nodded his head .

“I want to revere you as my teacher . I will go to visit you one week later . You can tell me your answer then . ” Master Cheng said that in one breath and then left straightforwardly, not giving Yuan Zhou any chance to react .

“Interesting!” It was Yuan Zhou’s turn to say so this time .

All chefs on site were looking at Yuan Zhou that remained expressionless and all wanted to know if he would agree . After all, any techniques for vegetable washing or cutting of Yuan Zhou deserved to be learned .

Then, here comes the problem . Would Yuan Zhou agree?

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