Daddy! Come Home for Dinner!-Chapter 1243

Chapter 1243: Chapter 1243: Suspected of Having Absolute Taste_1 Chapter 1243 -1243: Suspected of Having Absolute Taste_1 “We do have limitations, otherwise, I would have told you about this earlier rather than now.” Wesley Gordon explained.

“Even though we’re allowed to get the question in advance, the leeway is only one day.” He elaborated, “Even if there are no competition organizers present to supervise us, they have ways to ensure we abide by the rules.”

“Because the categories are set by them.

For instance, if they set ‘soup’, we then have to choose a soup from a certain country’s cuisine, a certain type.” Gordon explained.

“And this category is only given to us the day before the competition to prevent us from studying and practicing the cuisine too far in advance.” Gordon added.

Gladys Joy rolled her eyes: “Those foreigners sure are clever.”

“You’ve been brainwashed by those chicken soups.” Yannick O’Brian laughed, “Always praising foreigners for their high-quality work ethic, always sticking to the rules without bending, they’re actually quite astute.”

“I know that, but they can’t even do simple calculations.” Joy continued to complain.

“So, you think they’re simple.” Aiden Huxley chimed in.

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Joy: “…”

Everyone burst into laughter.

After they finished laughing, Wesley Gordon said: “The category given to us this time by the International Chef Association is indeed ‘Soup’.”

“From this, Hunter Clarke and I have discussed and decided to choose Japanese cuisine.” Gordon added.

“The countries nearest to us offer primarily Japanese food, which is relatively diverse.

Korean cuisine ingredients are only a few types: kimchi, chili sauce, soybean paste, also, onions, apples, pears mashed and mixed in with the sauce.

As for fried noodles, they see it as our Chinese cuisine.

This boundary blurs easily, causing unnecessary troubles instead.” Gordon continued.

“Among the dishes, soybean paste soup, kimchi soup, ginseng chicken soup, these ones dominate.

They can all be produced with the same basic seasoning.” Gordon stated, “These are simply too plain, it’s not easy to innovate from there, not suitable for a competition.”

“As for Southeast Asian cuisine, it’s quite close geographically to the Indian triad, and the tastes can somewhat coincide at times.

Their experience with Western cuisine as former colonies provides a certain advantage.”

“So after much thought, we decided to choose Japanese cuisine.

Firstly, their culinary culture has been influenced by ours resulting in many similarities, their preference for lighter flavors makes ingredient selection flexible for us.

Regarding the Indian triad who heavily leans towards curry and masala, their tastes are pungent and strongly tantalizing.

Suddenly giving them a light cuisine instead, although no weak contenders will be participating in the competition, what if this catches them off guard?” Hunter Clarke smilingly commented.

Cynthia Florine nodded: “Korean cuisine is also spicy-dominated, although different from Indian cuisine, both are pungent and rich which should be easier to grasp for them.”

“Good, that’s the topic.” Wesley Gordon announced, “You have one day to prepare.

Gather here at 9 a.m.

tomorrow, the competition officially starts at 10:30 a.m.”

“By the way,” Hunter Clarke added, “For tomorrow’s match, each team will select three members, compete in individual competitions, two out of three rounds will win.

So everyone should think about it, we’ll meet here at 5 p.m.

today, Teacher Gordon and I will taste everyone’s dishes and decide who will compete tomorrow.”

“Are there any other questions?” Gordon asked again.

Cindy Clarke asked, “Who will be the judges tomorrow?”

“The judges will be the guides from the opposing team.

They will appoint three guides as judges to carry out the blind selection.

You don’t have to worry about fairness,” Gordon assured.

“At that time, we will have our staff serving as waiters, serving dishes for the guides.

The dishes will not be labeled with who made them, the chef’s name tags will be hidden under the bowl.” Gordon further explained.

“In this way, although the judges are from the opposing team, because they will not know the topic in advance, they can’t judge which dish was made by whom.”

“The International Chef Association was very meticulous about maintaining fairness when establishing these rules.

Although we have the advantage of receiving the topic in advance to practice, the judges therefore cannot be from our side, and must be from theirs.” Gordon elaborated.

“Can’t we just have the International Chef Association send over someone to be the judges?” Bartholomew Bailey furrowed his eyebrows.

Hunter Clarke chuckled, “Have you forgotten about the previous Pingla Competition, about the character of the person sent by the International Chefs Association?”

This response left Bartholomew Bailey speechless.

He really had forgotten.

“Due to that incident, Samson Zhekova and the headmaster have been persistently complaining to the International Chefs Association.

They finally agreed to stop interfering with any of our selection activities,” Hunter Clarke mentioned.

“Moreover, people from the International Chefs Association, though seemingly from a third party, no one can ensure they won’t have connections with either of the teams.

If the challenging team doesn’t have any advantage, they’d also have complaints.”

“After all, we’re not just defending teams, but also challenging teams.” Clarke explained, “So, this is considered a more balanced way.”

“Besides, you ought to have faith in our Headmaster,” Gordon reminded, his face breaking into a rare smile upon mentioning Samson Zhekova, “He’s an acknowledged genius chef, presumably has ‘absolute taste.'”

Upon hearing this, Cindy Clarke was taken aback.

Samson Zhekova too possesses absolute taste?

This was the first time she had ever met someone who also has the same ‘absolute taste.”

And yet, she didn’t know about this fact until now, even he was her uncle.

“Presumably?” Cindy Clarke asked.

“Because it’s never been confirmed.

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But up till now, he’s never been wrong about identifying ingredients from tasting dishes,” Gordon explained.

“With him present, he is definitely capable of discerning our team members’ unique styles,” Hunter Clarke added, “Even if there’s an innovation attempt, an individual still has some unchangeable habits.”

“We might not notice it ourselves, but the Headmaster will definitely see them.

It’s like a person’s tag.” Clarke remarked.

Cindy Clarke nodded her agreement, that was indeed true.

She had noticed that she too had her own habits.

And that she was especially fond of a certain ingredient.

She wondered if this could be considered her personal tag.

For a chef, only after they’ve achieved success and fame, these small habits can be called ‘tags.’

Otherwise, they’re just habits.

Cindy Clarke thought that for now, she should probably only call them ‘habits.”

After all, only those close to her have tried her cuisine, she’s yet to expand her offerings to the wider range of diners.

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