Besides the restaurant owner, other onlookers and chefs from all over the country were excited and even the housewives who could only cook two simple dishes seemed to have seen a huge opportunity at this moment.
“Oh my god, isn’t this just a simple way to say that Su Jing is now openly accepting disciples?”
“Oh My God, is it true that as long as we learn seventy percent of that dish, we have the chance to become his apprentice? Not only will we have a high salary, but we will also taste the food in the ‘Sky of Grass and Fish’ restaurant’s VIP area, which costs at least a hundred thousand yuan for one meal.”
“Great, my chance to soar to success has finally come.”
“The one Upstairs, you’re funny. Are you sure you can even learn how to cook that dish?”
“You never know until you try. I’m going to buy some fish and start learning. Don’t disturb me with your nonsense.”
“Hehe, I already bought it earlier. Let’s get started.”
“Sharpening your axe will not delay your job of cutting down trees. I’ve decided to slow down and review my learning process.”
Su Jing’s words were so tempting that for a moment, a wave of people wanting to learn how to cook fish swept the nation.
Even those who could only make scrambled eggs with tomatoes felt that they might have untapped talents as future world-class chefs and couldn’t help but buy fish to try it out.
However, after trying it once, twice, or three times, most of them felt a deep sense of despair.
Some people persevered for some time, and some experienced chefs who had some skills followed the recipe and made a delicious meal.
The ingredients and techniques chosen by Su Jing were extremely perfect and although it was not a secret recipe and just an extremely good technique, it still created a delicious dish.
However, it was only delicious, and it was completely different from the feeling of drooling at the sight of Su Jing’s cooking. Selling it for one hundred thousand yuan along with papaya porridge and six-inch green tea was even more impossible.
Some true culinary masters, after failing several times, began to study the video of Su Jing making the dish and they researched each and every step in a slow-motion video carefully. However, the more they looked, the more shocked they became.
“Oh my God, every time he makes a cut, it seems like he’s just slicing it directly, but in fact, he’s cutting along the grain of the fish. How is he doing that?”
“I’ve understood how to cut fish along the grain a long time ago. Isn’t it common sense?”
“No, what I mean is not just about the angle, but cutting completely along the grain. If you look closely, it seems like the fish meat isn’t cut by the knife, but it’s already composed of slices, and he’s just taking them apart.”
“Is this possible? Is it just a coincidence?”
“It’s not a coincidence. Look at this slice, then look at this one, and this one too. Each cut is like this. And because he’s so fast, every piece of fish seems to still have life flowing through it, it was as if it’s still alive.”
“Oh My God, how is this possible?”
“Listening to you, I observed the slicing skill of the other ingredients, and it doesn’t seem like simple cutting either. Look at how every cut Su Jing made is so unpredictable.”
“You guys are getting more and more mystical. It’s just cutting onions.”
“Look at how the fish is put in the pan. It seems like a simple pour, but if you look closely, the fish spreads out evenly and each piece doesn’t touch each other. Then he grabs the handle and moves it a bit and the hot oil lightly flips over and perfectly coats each piece of fish. Then look at the stir-fry process, at first glance the fire seems to be burning the whole pan, but actually, he’s controlling it with extreme precision. He controls the heat to a meticulous degree, which is why there’s the phenomenon of high heat but not a single burnt piece.”
“How is this possible? Unless he can control the flame.”
“With his knife skills following the texture, and his control of the flame during stir-frying, is he a god?”
“Today, I’ve really broadened my horizons.”
“Wow, I’m impressed. Can I just not learn anymore?”
“I think you guys might be overthinking it a little. Maybe there are some coincidences and this is just one of them, and Su Jing didn’t say that we had to master it completely, just learning 70% is enough. I made a dish with care and it felt perfect to me, it should have reached at least 70%, maybe even 80%.”
“I also made one, and my daughter-in-law ate it and said it was super delicious.”
“I think I’ve learned enough for now, I’ll go apply at Sky of Grass and Fish restaurant tomorrow and see if I can get in.”
This made many cooking experts who were still studying wonder if they had overestimated themselves. Did those who applied first really pass the test?
However, news quickly spread from Sky of Grass and Fish that dozens of people had applied within a day, but not a single one had achieved even 30%.
Su Jing didn’t even need to be present, as none of them could pass the test of the head chef of Sky of Grass and Fish, Mao Weixian.
At first, those people were still in denial, but after Mao Weixian made a dish with ordinary fish and let them taste it, they all had to admit his superiority.
Mao Weixian’s video of cooking fish was also recorded and uploaded online by someone. It was clear that he was learning Su Jing’s dish, and many aspects of his technique were identical to Su Jing’s technique.
“Our guess was correct, even the cutting of the fish and ingredients is along the grain.”
“The precision in controlling the heat is indeed necessary.”
“This Mao Weixian is very skilled, and he learned on the spot, so he’s already one step ahead.”
The chefs no longer took shortcuts and continued to study the slow-motion footage, but the more they studied, the more hopeless they felt. This really was something that was beyond the capabilities of a mere mortal.
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