Chapter 81:
Online, the netizens were already drooling with envy.
At the venue, the judging panel had all gathered together.
In the middle of them was the fragrant Braised Spicy Rabbit Heads.
"I'll try a piece first," one of the younger judges couldn't hold back any longer. He swallowed a mouthful of saliva, picked up his chopsticks, grabbed a rabbit head, and put it in his mouth.
"Wow!" The moment the rabbit head entered his mouth, he closed his eyes and let out a cry of surprise!
His taste buds were completely filled with an extremely rich aroma.
As he gently chewed —
"Crunch!"
The rabbit head made a crisp sound under his teeth.
At the same time, a fresh, meaty flavor exploded in his mouth once again.
This taste was impossible for him to describe.
It wasn't that he had never eaten rabbit heads before.
But other versions of braised spicy rabbit heads only had the numbing and spicy flavors. The natural deliciousness of the meat was mostly masked.
After all, the gamey smell of rabbit usually needed heavy spice to cover it up.
But Xiangling's braised spicy rabbit heads magically managed to preserve the numbing and spicy flavors while perfectly bringing out the natural aroma of the rabbit meat.
"So this… this is what rabbit actually tastes like," the judge said excitedly after chewing and swallowing the rabbit head, his eyes wide open.
On the internet, the netizens were also swallowing their saliva.
Even through the screen, they could feel how delicious those rabbit heads were.
However, they found it strange.
What did he mean by "So this is what rabbit tastes like"?
Had this judge never eaten rabbit meat before?
With some confusion, many netizens posted barrages asking.
{No way? Is this his first time eating rabbit heads? And he's a judge? I could do a better job than him!} {Dying of laughter! Isn't rabbit meat supposed to taste like chicken? So rabbit heads should taste similar to chicken heads!} {You guys are talking nonsense. I know that judge — he's the famous food streamer Brother Jie. In his last live stream, he ate rabbit. How could he not know what rabbit tastes like?} {Huh? Then what did he mean by that? Could it be that Xiangling's rabbit heads taste different?} {......}
Bing Bing had the same question.
Hearing the judge say that, she quickly asked: "Brother Jie, is there something special about these rabbit heads?"
She asked this with a heavy heart, because she was a rabbit lover.
"It's different. Completely different," Brother Jie was still very excited. He said: "Other people's braised spicy rabbit heads only have numbing and spicy flavors, but Xiangling's is different."
"Besides the spice and numbness, the natural flavor of the rabbit meat isn't masked at all!"
"I don't know how she did it, but this is the first time I've realized what rabbit meat actually tastes like."
Seeing him speak so convincingly, the other judges frowned slightly.
"Young man, aren't you exaggerating a bit?" An older judge said to the young one: "Are you saying this just because the girl is cute?"
Hearing this, the young judge immediately got angry.
"What kind of thing are you saying?" He pointed at the old judge with an angry expression: "You can question my professional ethics, fine. But you cannot question Miss Xiangling's braised rabbit heads!"
The old judge realized he had spoken poorly and quickly waved his hands with a smile: "My wording was wrong. Let me try it myself and see if it's really that delicious."
In the live room, the netizens also disliked this old judge.
They posted barrages complaining.
{This old guy really doesn't know how to talk. So annoying!} {Exactly! If you want to know if it's good, just eat it!} {Sigh! How can someone like this even be a judge? Trash!} {The young judge is awesome! He doesn't tolerate him at all, hahaha!} {...}
While the netizens were talking, the old judge picked up a piece of rabbit head with his chopsticks and put it in his mouth.
The next second!
His eyes widened dramatically.
His expression twitched in a strange way.
It was pure shock!
"Insane!" After swallowing the rabbit head, the old judge gave his evaluation.
Just two words, but those two words made the entire internet burst into laughter!
{Hahaha! The face-slap came way too fast!} {That expression is killing me! It looks like he just ate the best thing in the world!} {I want to try it so badly! Mom, help!} {...}
One minute later, all the judges had taken a taste.
They all gave extremely high praise!
Seeing this, Bing Bing felt very conflicted inside.
"Everyone says it's delicious. If this becomes popular, I don't know how many rabbits will suffer!" This thought flashed through Bing Bing's mind.
She felt she had a responsibility to do something for the rabbits!
Soon, an idea came to her.
She would taste it herself and deliberately say it wasn't good!
That way, she could give the viewers the impression that it wasn't the rabbit meat that was delicious — some people just thought it was!
With this thought, she took advantage of the moment while the judges were scoring and forced a smile: "Everyone has given this Braised Rabbit Heads very high praise!"
"Let me try it too."
As Bing Bing spoke, she picked up her chopsticks. Enduring the disgust in her heart, she closed her eyes and put a piece of rabbit head into her mouth.
Originally, she planned to spit it out and say it tasted bad.
But...
The moment that extremely rich aroma exploded in her mouth, she subconsciously started chewing.
Then, "Gulp."
She swallowed it.
After that, she licked the corner of her mouth with an expression of endless aftertaste.
"Fragrant… so fragrant!" she said with some excitement.
This Braised Spicy Rabbit Heads had opened the door to a whole new world for her.
However, the moment she said those words, Bing Bing realized something was wrong.
The next second!
Tears welled up in her eyes. "Wuwuwu! I'm sorry, little rabbits. It's not that I don't love you — it's just that you're too delicious."
Judges: "..." Netizens: "...."
This dramatic scene added a lot of entertainment to the competition.
In the end, Xiangling won the National Chef Competition championship with a perfect score.
Lao Hei walked up to her and gave her a thumbs-up. "Congratulations. The young people of this generation are really impressive."
Xiangling smiled modestly and said: "Thank you, senior, for going easy on me."
"If senior had made a strong main dish, it might not have been me who won the championship."
"Hahaha!" Lao Hei looked at Xiangling with even more appreciation in his eyes.
The netizens were also impressed by Xiangling's humble attitude!
They all praised her.
{Haha! Our 2D has risen! We are the champions!} {Xiangling wife is so humble! I love it, I love it!} {I hope Xiangling wife can open a restaurant. We will definitely go and support her!} {I never expected Xiangling to win the championship. It feels like a dream!} {.....}
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