After Marrying the Officer Chapter 1386 - 1385: Special Extra—Gastronomy Conference

Moreover, most of Z country’s court dishes are overly complex and not suitable to be made here.

Thinking for a moment, Xia Chuyi said: "Then I’ll choose to make some home-cooked dishes."

Xia Chuyi wanted to promote the more common Z country cuisine, which would benefit WEI’s future business operations.

High-end cuisine is too challenging for chefs and not suitable for mass production; home-cooked dishes are more practical.

But while Xia Chuyi thought this way, the H side didn’t take it seriously.

They even felt dissatisfied upon hearing the word "home-cooked," thinking that Xia Chuyi was belittling them.

In the eyes of the Korea team, Xia Chuyi wanted to use "home-cooked" food items to counter their court banquet, which was simply like hitting a stone with an egg.

The H country’s negotiator glanced sideways at Xia Chuyi and said, "Since that’s the case, let’s select our chefs."

"Our Da H Republic has chosen Chef Jin from Jinming Country for Sichuan cuisine."

"Chef Jin’s ancestors once cooked for the Emperor in the palace, and the family craft has been passed down for hundreds of years; the culinary skills are highly superb."

When it comes to boasting, one has to admit, H country people are indeed very good.

As for Z country, needless to say, naturally it was Xia Chuyi who took on the challenge.

"Z country sends you to compete?" Seeing Xia Chuyi take on the challenge, Korea’s side was taken aback again.

"It’s indeed me." Xia Chuyi calmly responded.

Upon hearing this, both the negotiator and Chef Jin felt that Z country was arrogant, sending a young chef, and a female chef at that, to compete, looking down on them.

"Alright, since you’ve chosen your representative, let’s begin!" Korea’s negotiator was feeling quite uncomfortable and spoke with a rather poor tone.

Korea’s negotiator looked at Xia Chuyi with a gaze full of dissatisfaction and disdain.

Hmph, this is a great chance to teach Z country a lesson, to educate them not to be so arrogant!

Such information was fully revealed in Korea’s negotiator’s gaze.

"Alright." Xia Chuyi pretended not to understand the gaze.

Who educates whom, really can’t be said for sure.

At this moment, as the matter of the challenge was agreed upon, the media present became particularly excited.

On the Korea side, perhaps they felt confident, so they were also quite excited.

As for the Z side, overall, there was mostly indignation.

Even though Xia Chuyi’s culinary skills were well-recognized, the original situation at Z country’s pavilion was all well, and yet H country suddenly came in and stole a lot of attention.

Only by winning this challenge, and winning it beautifully, can it all be restored.

The competition officially began.

H side came prepared, bringing everything needed for their court banquet ahead of time.

On the contrary, in Xia Chuyi’s situation.

To be honest, even if Xia Chuyi really wanted to make court dishes, she might not be able to prepare the ingredients in a short time.

At Z country’s pavilion, the available ingredients were plentiful due to the popularity of Mapo Tofu, especially the tofu.

So, Xia Chuyi planned to use tofu to make a full tofu feast.

Tofu is a magical substance; it has no color or taste, and generally, foreigners don’t eat it much.

But through appropriate culinary techniques, especially in Chinese cooking, it can perfectly absorb sauces or broths and turn itself into an ultimate delicacy.

With this direction, Xia Chuyi initially set a few dishes: Mapo Tofu (stir-fry), Green Onion Mixed Tofu (cold dish), Grilled Tofu (barbecue), Wensi Tofu (soup).

Based on these few dishes, Xia Chuyi believed the taste wouldn’t be a problem, but the appeal was still lacking.

She still needed a dish that could leave a strong impression.