ebookland Chapter 249 Promoted to Intermediate Cook!
Chapter 249 Promoted to Intermediate Cook!
You should know that Zhao Xiaojing has taken the graduation exam eleven times, and her tutor left directly five of them.
And he didn't fail the first exam, but the three in between and the two times before this exam.
The instructor didn't explain the reason for leaving, so Zhao Xiaojing could only guess based on her own feelings.
After she left last time, Zhao Xiaojing took out her notebook and looked through the instructors' reactions to the eleven exams she had recorded. She focused on the five dishes that the instructors had walked away without even tasting a single bite, and compared and reviewed them carefully.
Only then did I vaguely feel that the problem seemed to lie in her overall combination and the quality of the food she served.
At first, she failed the test several times. She thought it was because the dishes had no special features and there was no finale dish. So she took the effort to add more dishes to show her skills, and concentrated her focus and time on two or three dishes. She even carved flowers on them, thickened the sauce, and arranged the dishes in an extremely delicate manner.
But time was limited, and she spent more time on the main dish, so she had less time for other dishes. So she had to choose relatively simple and time-saving dishes. That time, cold dishes accounted for almost half of the meal. But after it was served on the table, the overall color combination looked comfortable, and the meat and vegetables were balanced. As a result, the instructor took a look and walked away. That was the first time that Zhao Xiaojing failed the exam without even trying the instructor's dishes, and she was caught off guard.
After that, she tried to adjust the quality of the dishes and made a table with some rare seafood and expensive-looking dishes, but it also took a long time, so she simply changed it to eight dishes, and the instructor took another look and walked away.
During the last exam, she made several dishes that required a long time to prepare but could be served in just 3 seconds of stir-frying. She finished the same ten dishes more than ten minutes earlier.
But the overall look seemed to be quite repetitive, visually unappealing, and the variety of meat dishes was not rich enough. The instructor shook his head and walked away.
From this, she deduced that the graduation exam did not actually require exquisite and high-end dishes, but rather required comprehensive abilities to prepare a table of seemingly ordinary dishes, such as planning the types of dishes and their taste, the timing of the dishes, and colors that did not need to be too exquisite but were visually pleasing at first glance.
Therefore, although the dishes this time are homely, they are actually the result of careful consideration by Zhao Xiaojing. From the types of dishes to the color matching, and the combination of meat and vegetables, the overall decision has been made comprehensively, and has been practiced many times in the virtual space.
The sauce-colored beer duck and dry-pot spare ribs; the red tomato beef brisket; the clear and shiny chicken soup with yellow oil floating on it, and corn segments and wolfberries floating on the surface; the jade-white lotus root slices dotted with chopped green and red peppers and yellow chopped ginger; the golden and oily fried oysters and mushrooms with a burnt color, which look crispy on the outside and tender on the inside; and the simple and light, but exquisitely presented and colorful steamed sea bass and blanched shrimp; and finally a white and blue blueberry yam with a volcano shape that is refreshing and eye-catching.
There was no repetition of any type of meat ingredient, the color combinations were quite rich and beautiful, and there was plenty of time, with the time allocation for each dish being relatively reasonable. Zhao Xiaojing herself was quite satisfied.
The instructor tasted the ten dishes one by one. After tasting each dish, he would rinse his mouth before trying the next one. His frown slowly relaxed. After tasting the last dish, he thought for a moment and pointed at the fried oysters. "After the oil is hot, turn on a low heat and let it slowly set. Serve the other dishes first. When pouring the hot oil over the sea bass, turn on a high heat and pour the egg liquid. Flip it a few times and serve it with the sea bass."
This was the first comment from the instructor since the exam, and Zhao Xiaojing quickly nodded in response.
The instructor disappeared after he finished speaking. Before Zhao Xiaojing could taste the food, the system prompt sounded.
[Ding~ Congratulations to the host for passing the graduation exam]
【经过系统评估，目前厨娘等级：3 5(中级，普通的牛人，满级为1 0 0)，本次升级获得系统金币x 1 0 0 0，现金x1 0 0 0 0！】
[The system has opened up the intermediate chef's authority, please check it yourself. ]
Finally promoted to an intermediate cook! Zhao Xiaojing was delighted.
She was promoted to a junior cook at level 1, and she thought she would be able to reach the intermediate level after reaching level 5. She was excited for a while when she was learning the course. However, there was no movement after passing level 3. She asked the system several times, but the system just said that the time had not come yet.
Zhao Xiaojing quickly jumped to the system page to check the newly added permissions.
As soon as I opened the page, I found that the virtual space module was flashing.
Zhao Xiaojing's mouth widened. When she wanted to upgrade the virtual space before, Xiaozhi said that the primary chef virtual space had few functions, so she had been thinking about the new functions of the intermediate level.
The elementary level is already so practical, the intermediate level must be even more so.
[The scene cropping and splicing function has been turned on, the splicing scene saving function has been turned on, the step-by-step recovery function has been turned on, and the spatial flow rate function has been enhanced. ]
As soon as you enter the virtual space, upgraded functions will appear one after another.
Zhao Xiaojing's heart beat faster and she stared at the function demonstration intently.
The scene cropping and splicing function and the splicing scene saving function, as the name suggests, can crop and splice several different scenes together to form a new scene for use. They can also be saved and used continuously as long as the area is within the currently available area.
For example, Zhao Xiaojing can cut out the food scene on the workbench of Gushanfeng Restaurant, and then splice it with her own kitchen scene. In this way, she can practice in her familiar kitchen and use the good ingredients of the restaurant.
For example, by combining the rough processing area of Gushanfeng Restaurant with her own kitchen, she can use fresh, unprocessed ingredients and prepare them according to her own wishes, rather than processing them to fit the restaurant's fixed dishes.
Even if the area is large enough, she can go to the vegetable market...
The step-by-step recovery function is like undoing or returning to the previous step. In the virtual space, if she messes up a step while cooking, she can specify a certain area or operation to restore it to the level she specified.
However, it is more suitable for making complex dishes, and is basically not used for simple stir-frying nowadays.
As for the enhancement of space flow rate, it is even simpler and more direct. It is directly increased from one minute in the outside world and one hour in the virtual space to one minute in the outside world and two hours in the virtual space.
After reading the introduction, Zhao Xiaojing couldn't stop smiling.
"Boom boom boom!"
Just as I was about to check other functions, there was a knock on the door.
Zhao Xiaojing hurriedly exited the virtual space. As soon as she opened the door, Su Yuchen ran in holding a computer.
"Mirror, look!"
Zhao Xiaojing sat aside and watched the video on the computer.
Su Yuchen had shown her the video a few days ago. It was a song that their band had just rehearsed. The song was written by Su Yuchen and was liked by all the band members. Then they spent a month finalizing the general framework and produced a first version of the demo.