Daddy! Come Home for Dinner!-Chapter 628: The Zhao Family Is Toxic

Could it be that the CEO Dog scolded him again?

Manager Zhu quickly turned his head to look at another section of the stands.

Being far away, he couldn’t hear what the Zhao Family members were chatting about over there.

Judging by their expressions, they didn’t seem particularly pleased.

Could they have some opinion about this competition?

Manager Zhu was pondering this when he suddenly saw the entire Zhao Family, young and old, all turning their heads to look over again.

From the old man and old lady, to Zhao Dinghuan and Chi Jingsi, and then to Zhao Gushen and Xiao Mo, all had accusatory looks in their eyes.

Manager Zhu: "..."

What happened this time!

"Mr. Lu." Manager Zhu quickly passed the buck, "Look, the whole family of the CEO is looking at you!"

Lu Chenghong: "..."

Lu Chenghong pretended he hadn’t heard.

He was resolute about not turning his head to look.

If he didn’t see them, he could pretend he didn’t know.

The Zhao Family is toxic!

Ye Fei stood on stage, clearing her mind and after thinking for a while, finally came up with an idea.

Only then did she head to the ingredients room.

At the very beginning of the competition, the other contestants had already gone to select ingredients.

When they went earlier, it was quite crowded.

But now as Ye Fei went, since all the other contestants had finished selecting, only Ye Fei hadn’t done so.

The ingredients room was quite spacious now.

As long as there was enough time, Ye Fei could leisurely select her ingredients.

"Huh? Ye Fei chose king oyster mushrooms?" Ye Huasong said.

Since Ye Fei was the last one to enter the ingredients room. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

She inevitably received more attention.

Because there was only her left in the ingredients room and no one else to watch.

Other contestants were still in the initial preparation stage, it was hard to see anything yet.

"Could Ye Fei be planning to simulate meat with king oyster mushrooms?" Luo Jialin said involuntarily.

"There are many ordinary recipes like this; in this competition, it wouldn’t be very competitive." Luo Jialin said regretfully.

"That shouldn’t be the case. With Ye Fei’s performance in the previous rounds, she wouldn’t make such an ordinary choice." Lowell always had confidence in Ye Fei.

"Up until now, there are only 14 contestants left in the scene. It can be said that the competitiveness of the competition is increasingly intense. The gap between contestants is not large; it can be said that with just a slight mistake, or even not a mistake, just a normal performance, even playing it safe, one can possibly be eliminated." Gu Changfeng said.

"Indeed." Guo Wenbo nodded, "At this stage of the competition, one cannot play it safe anymore. It’s imperative to innovate while ensuring taste and quality, to have one’s own character and creativity."

"Previously, with many contestants, playing it safe and placing oneself in a middling position meant one wouldn’t stand out but also wouldn’t be eliminated. But now with only 14 people remaining, whoever remains mediocre will be eliminated."

"Playing it safe, walking the unremarkable path is truly unreliable."

Lowell shook his head saying, "I believe Ye Fei won’t do that. Even when there were many contestants, she didn’t play it safe, placing herself in a safe position. She didn’t prioritize ensuring advancement; instead, she kept challenging herself, continually innovating."

"In the previous competitions, she was able to innovate like that; I believe in this competition, she won’t let people down. Even if she gets eliminated, her creativity will remain."

Everyone nodded.

"Lowell’s words make sense too; with such excellent performances earlier, there’s no reason to mess up at this more critical point." Gu Changfeng said with a smile, "Lowell, you’ve been favoring Ye Fei all along, haven’t you?"

Lowell laughed, "My judgment is usually quite accurate; look at those star-rated restaurants I have, those chefs were poached by me one by one, some already famous, some not yet famous, but whom I believed had potential, and I was willing to give them this opportunity. Some weren’t even chefs before, but I made them chefs in our restaurant, and you see, now each restaurant is very successful. So I have faith in Ye Fei, and I believe she won’t let me down."

"Ye Fei possesses a vigor, a spirit of continuous exploration and upward trend in the culinary field, which I highly appreciate. As long as this spirit remains in her, she won’t fail. The failure I refer to isn’t about winning or losing the competition; the outcome isn’t absolute. A temporary loss is just that, but in the entire culinary career, she will certainly succeed."

"I’ve learned from this; your remarks are very reasonable." Luo Jialin also teased, "Can’t see it, Lowell, you usually joke around, appearing non-serious, yet at crucial moments, your insights are quite thought-provoking."

"Of course." Lowell laughed heartily.

All the contestants were focused on their cooking; without Shi Jiumei, without Ding Ruyun, without Fu Jiaxu.

The remaining contestants had very harmonious relationships, focused only on the competition and the win-loss, only concerning themselves with cooking and nothing else.

The judges noticed Ye Fei slicing king oyster mushrooms into thick slices, and cutting patterns into the edges.

Up until now, they couldn’t make out what pattern Ye Fei was cutting.

After blanching and cooling these king oyster mushroom slices, she put them in the fridge.

Then she made soybean milk, added gelatin sheets, and the pulp from grated pears.

"What’s Ye Fei making?" The old lady didn’t understand and turned to ask Zhao Gushen and Xiao Mo, "Has Xiao Fei made this for you to eat?"

Zhao Gushen and Xiao Mo, one big one small, shook their heads in unison.

Xiao Mo said, "Never seen it before; it should be something Xiao Fei came up with on the spot today on stage."

Zhao Dinghuan nodded, "After all, just finding out about the theme; it’s improbable to coincidentally happen upon something she’s done before."

The other spectators were also speculating.

Looking at it like this, it really wasn’t clear what the contestants were making.

Not just Ye Fei, others also couldn’t be discerned.

Finally, time was up.

Everyone stopped at the last second.

The judges went directly down, tasting in sequence according to the contestants’ cooking station numbers.

"Is this mock crab?" In front of Zeng Jieyun’s cooking station.

Before tasting, Gu Changfeng had already made out the name just by looking.

Zeng Jieyun nodded, feeling quite uneasy.

Because she hadn’t tackled this kind of dish before, on the competitive stage today, in anxious haste, she couldn’t come up with any idea.

In the end, a sudden thought led her to make this mock crab.

"The dish, mock crab, doesn’t use complicated ingredients; most families can easily attempt it themselves, making it essentially a household dish." Ye Huasong said.

"The simpler the dish, the harder it is to make it stand out." Luo Jialin said, taking a taste.

"There’s a taste of ginger; the ginger particles are finely ground but also retain some coarseness." Luo Jialin said.