Chapter 441

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"What a magnificent Golden Smiling Bun!"

At the expert judges' table, Wu Tao praised it loudly.

If Wensi Tofu was just a display of knife skills and not as difficult as imagined, then the Golden Smiling Bun was a delicacy that could make people applaud in admiration for both its creativity and difficulty!

Few chefs could make a simple pastry so interesting and fun; this brand-new dish was definitely a masterpiece that could win the Chef God Competition!

"May I ask, what exactly makes this dish so good?" Like all ordinary people, Host Xiao Sa asked this question to the elder Wu Tao.

Everyone knew the dish was excellent, but as for what exactly made it good, one had to let the expert explain it clearly.

Wu Tao laughed, stroked the not-very-long beard on his chin, and said: "In our China, the basic standard for judging whether a dish is good or bad is based on color, aroma, and taste.

And for food programs like this, most viewers can only see the appearance of the dish visually, and then learn about the aroma and taste from the descriptions of the tasting guests.

As for this Golden Smiling Bun, first of all, its appearance is like a smiling face made of gold; the color is pleasing, the expression is cute, and it makes people feel very hungry at first glance.

Secondly, this dish also brings an unprecedented innovation in terms of sound, which is something all previous dishes could not achieve.

Many famous dishes are world-renowned for their unique taste, or are household names for their unique color or shape, but this Golden Smiling Bun is famous for its unique 'laughter.' I think this is its greatest feature, and also the part that I find most innovative."

Host Xiao Sa nodded: "Just as Elder Wu Tao said, the sound this Golden Smiling Bun makes after coming out of the fryer is its greatest feature and its unique trademark. Now, let the judges proceed with the tasting and then give their scores!"

The appearance of such a high-level dish almost instantly attracted everyone's attention.

So much so that Miss Luo Quan's other appetizer, Wensi Tofu, was neglected, left alone on the side with almost no one touching it, because everyone went to eat the beautiful and fun Golden Smiling Bun.

Gold and "smiling often" are both top-tier good omens and good intentions in Chinese culture. Whenever a family has a happy event or a banquet, gifts or congratulatory messages using these two things always appear.

And for a pastry, this should be the first time.

And it's a pastry that really makes a laughing sound. If this weren't Miss Luo Quan's master's unique creation but a traditional Chinese famous dish, I guess you would see it at every banquet—it would definitely be a hit.

By comparison, Wensi Tofu seemed much plainer. Although cutting tofu into hair strands was amazing enough, compared to the Golden Smiling Bun, it still lacked some gimmick.

However, everyone was deceived by the external performance of this pastry, thinking it won by innovation, not knowing that the true core of a delicacy is the supreme enjoyment it brings to the taste buds.

Would Miss Luo Quan make something that looked good but didn't taste good?

For these buns, she used two methods just for kneading the dough.

One was Master Master Xie's steel rod hammering, and the other was the Bairo family's "Bairo Snake-Turning Refinement" (a special dough-kneading method of a pastry family in *Cooking Master Boy*).

The dough made through this method had a texture far superior to ordinary pastries. Although the meat filling was just ordinary beef soup-bun filling, the various seasonings were also configured in the best proportions, so the taste definitely couldn't be bad.

Therefore, Miss Luo Quan was already prepared to enjoy the surprised expressions of these guests.

The tasting began. The camera gave a close-up to the judges' table. Elder Wu Tao picked up a Golden Smiling Bun. After sitting in the ice for a while, its outer skin was no longer as scalding as when it first came out of the fryer, with only a little residual heat left.

But he knew that soup buns were not ordinary buns; they were not only hot but also very prone to bursting with juice, so he was very careful when eating.

However, when he opened his mouth to take a bite, he was still hit by the piping hot broth and meat filling inside. Fortunately, Elder Wu Tao was true to his name—his mouth was very large—so he swallowed it all in one go, not ending up like the other guests with it all over their collars.

"This taste, it's wonderful!" After just one bite, he couldn't help but exclaim, "The bun skin is crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, full of chewiness; the broth is rich, the meat filling is soft like sand, and the taste is just right—it's simply a top-tier treasure!"

At the same time, all the guests tasting it on-site also exclaimed.

Those chosen as judges, even the public judges, were not ordinary members of the public.

Although they wouldn't be like people in certain variety shows who could cry their eyes out just by listening to a song, they certainly had some experience with food. Many of them were food streamers who had traveled all over the country; what delicacies hadn't they eaten?

However, after eating the Golden Smiling Bun this time, they still couldn't help but want to praise it loudly.

Through the camera, the audience saw the guests on-site praising it one after another, and they couldn't help but swallow their own overflowing saliva.

Sure enough, in these kinds of food programs, the audience is the most miserable.

No matter how delicious the dish is, they can only watch, and they can't even touch the taste.

But just by looking at the reactions of these judges, they could imagine how delicious this bun was.

"I know the secret!" Elder Wu Tao suddenly slapped the table, startling Host Xiao Sa, who was eating happily next to him.

He picked up a bun and walked to Miss Luo Quan, asking: "Miss Luo Quan, would your master mind if the secret recipe for this bun were leaked?"

"He has always hoped that these lost or self-created dishes could be carried forward; the more people who know, the better, of course," Miss Luo Quan said very generously.

In fact, this dish was very, very difficult to replicate. Just making the bun "laugh" would take a huge amount of time to master.

Of course, if more people learned it, it would actually be good for everyone. After all, she couldn't be a cook for everyone forever; she couldn't just hold onto the recipe and do nothing.

"I think your master Tang Niu is the true Chef God!" Elder Wu Tao's tone was firm as he gave his evaluation.

Miss Luo Quan suppressed her laughter and nodded solemnly: "I think so too."

"The mystery of this bun lies in that cut you made on the outside of the dough, the amount of soup filling, and the frying temperature—all three are indispensable." After praising her, Wu Tao began to decode it: "First, that cut cannot go completely through the skin; you must leave a thin layer to separate the meat filling from the oil.

Then, the frying time must also be grasped; you must make the crack open into a smile without completely breaking that layer of skin.

When it is about to reach the critical point, take it out immediately and put it on an ice plate. The stimulation from the hot steam inside the bun and the cold ice will break that thin skin, and it will make a sound.

And the position where you cut the dough is exactly in the middle of the bun. As long as you strictly control the proportion of the soup filling, the broth won't overflow when the skin breaks, which would otherwise affect the laughing sound.

Is the mystery of this bun the same as what I analyzed?!"

"What a magnificent Golden Smiling Bun!"

At the expert judges' table, Wu Tao praised it loudly.

If Wensi Tofu was just a display of knife skills and not as difficult as imagined, then the Golden Smiling Bun was a delicacy that could make people applaud in admiration for both its creativity and difficulty!

Few chefs could make a simple pastry so interesting and fun; this brand-new dish was definitely a masterpiece that could win the Chef God Competition!

"May I ask, what exactly makes this dish so good?" Like all ordinary people, Host Xiao Sa asked this question to the elder Wu Tao.

Everyone knew the dish was excellent, but as for what exactly made it good, one had to let the expert explain it clearly.

Wu Tao laughed, stroked the not-very-long beard on his chin, and said: "In our China, the basic standard for judging whether a dish is good or bad is based on color, aroma, and taste.

And for food programs like this, most viewers can only see the appearance of the dish visually, and then learn about the aroma and taste from the descriptions of the tasting guests.

As for this Golden Smiling Bun, first of all, its appearance is like a smiling face made of gold; the color is pleasing, the expression is cute, and it makes people feel very hungry at first glance.

Secondly, this dish also brings an unprecedented innovation in terms of sound, which is something all previous dishes could not achieve.

Many famous dishes are world-renowned for their unique taste, or are household names for their unique color or shape, but this Golden Smiling Bun is famous for its unique 'laughter.' I think this is its greatest feature, and also the part that I find most innovative."

Host Xiao Sa nodded: "Just as Elder Wu Tao said, the sound this Golden Smiling Bun makes after coming out of the fryer is its greatest feature and its unique trademark. Now, let the judges proceed with the tasting and then give their scores!"

The appearance of such a high-level dish almost instantly attracted everyone's attention.

So much so that Miss Luo Quan's other appetizer, Wensi Tofu, was neglected, left alone on the side with almost no one touching it, because everyone went to eat the beautiful and fun Golden Smiling Bun.

Gold and "smiling often" are both top-tier good omens and good intentions in Chinese culture. Whenever a family has a happy event or a banquet, gifts or congratulatory messages using these two things always appear.

And for a pastry, this should be the first time.

And it's a pastry that really makes a laughing sound. If this weren't Miss Luo Quan's master's unique creation but a traditional Chinese famous dish, I guess you would see it at every banquet—it would definitely be a hit.

By comparison, Wensi Tofu seemed much plainer. Although cutting tofu into hair strands was amazing enough, compared to the Golden Smiling Bun, it still lacked some gimmick.

However, everyone was deceived by the external performance of this pastry, thinking it won by innovation, not knowing that the true core of a delicacy is the supreme enjoyment it brings to the taste buds.

Would Miss Luo Quan make something that looked good but didn't taste good?

For these buns, she used two methods just for kneading the dough.

One was Master Master Xie's steel rod hammering, and the other was the Bairo family's "Bairo Snake-Turning Refinement" (a special dough-kneading method of a pastry family in *Cooking Master Boy*).

The dough made through this method had a texture far superior to ordinary pastries. Although the meat filling was just ordinary beef soup-bun filling, the various seasonings were also configured in the best proportions, so the taste definitely couldn't be bad.

Therefore, Miss Luo Quan was already prepared to enjoy the surprised expressions of these guests.

The tasting began. The camera gave a close-up to the judges' table. Elder Wu Tao picked up a Golden Smiling Bun. After sitting in the ice for a while, its outer skin was no longer as scalding as when it first came out of the fryer, with only a little residual heat left.

But he knew that soup buns were not ordinary buns; they were not only hot but also very prone to bursting with juice, so he was very careful when eating.

However, when he opened his mouth to take a bite, he was still hit by the piping hot broth and meat filling inside. Fortunately, Elder Wu Tao was true to his name—his mouth was very large—so he swallowed it all in one go, not ending up like the other guests with it all over their collars.

"This taste, it's wonderful!" After just one bite, he couldn't help but exclaim, "The bun skin is crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, full of chewiness; the broth is rich, the meat filling is soft like sand, and the taste is just right—it's simply a top-tier treasure!"

At the same time, all the guests tasting it on-site also exclaimed.

Those chosen as judges, even the public judges, were not ordinary members of the public.

Although they wouldn't be like people in certain variety shows who could cry their eyes out just by listening to a song, they certainly had some experience with food. Many of them were food streamers who had traveled all over the country; what delicacies hadn't they eaten?

However, after eating the Golden Smiling Bun this time, they still couldn't help but want to praise it loudly.

Through the camera, the audience saw the guests on-site praising it one after another, and they couldn't help but swallow their own overflowing saliva.

Sure enough, in these kinds of food programs, the audience is the most miserable.

No matter how delicious the dish is, they can only watch, and they can't even touch the taste.

But just by looking at the reactions of these judges, they could imagine how delicious this bun was.

"I know the secret!" Elder Wu Tao suddenly slapped the table, startling Host Xiao Sa, who was eating happily next to him.

He picked up a bun and walked to Miss Luo Quan, asking: "Miss Luo Quan, would your master mind if the secret recipe for this bun were leaked?"