Guide to tame my villainous husbands novel Chapter 816

Ling Chu was certain that the competition was in his bag. But when he heard the words spoken by the Empress, he was stunned. What did she mean by that it tasted bad?

Beside him, Li Lingmu was not in a good condition either. He looked at the Empress who refused to take another bite from the dishes that were placed in front of her and was confused.

What was going on? No matter what, he was a B-rated chef, how could he not cook a dish that would satisfy his audience?

Even Yi Yazhu and the rest of the judges were stunned. To them, the dishes cooked by Ling Chu and Li Lingmu tasted heavenly. So why did the Empress say that it was not good?

"I agree, it's not good," Just as they all were pondering over the lack of appreciation of the Empress, Concubine Qi also placed his metal chopsticks on the table and sighed. "These dishes have lost their essence."

"W—-what do you mean, your majesty?" Yi Yazhu asked with a slightly stunned voice. What did they mean that the dish had lost its essence?

Fu Zhao smiled at his question. "I know that it's a bit weird to say that the dish doesn't taste good... I am sure that the other judges feel like this dish is really good and tastes delicious. But if you take a bite of the raw salmon, you will realize what we mean."

The judges looked at one another, even the two competitors were a bit confused. However, no one dared to refute the words of the Empress. Soon, the organizer of the competition ordered a tray of cleanly fillet salmon that wasn't cooked to be served in front of the judges.

To the judges, eating the raw meat and fish was rather unpalatable. However, the words of the Empress were not refutable, they could only grit their teeth and pick up their chopstick.

The first to take a bite of the raw salmon was Ning Chuyi. She took a bite of the smallest piece of raw salmon, her expression was scrunched up but once she chewed the salmon piece, her expression cleared up.

She brought her hands over her lips and gasped, "It is indeed delicious! It's even more delicious than the dishes that were cooked from it!"

Beside her, Xian Jing also nodded. There was a look of surprise on her face but she did not say anything much. She chewed the piece of raw salmon and critiqued, "This is indeed one of the best fish that I have ever tasted. There is a tinge of sea and freshness is simply inexplicable. Not to mention the umami taste and the texture of this fish…it's simply heaven-defying. No wonder it was ranked A+. There is no such thing as this raw salmon."

"This makes me wonder, how delicious the taste of A+++ grade salmon might be."

Her words caused many people to swallow. They all looked at the filleted salmon and gulped. Maybe they might give this new site a try.

"You heard that?" Fu Zhao said with her hand in front of her, her palm facing the ceiling. "The dish itself is not bad but it cannot retain the essence of the salmon. A single bite and we can only taste the spices and solution used to make this fish. I am sorry but the task was to create a dish with the salmon and not to use it as a side dish."

Concubine Qi also had a difficult time expressing himself. "I apologize but I have to agree with the Empress on this. The essence of the fish is lost and as we have eaten the fish sold on the All Hail Mother Nature site, we cannot declare either of this dish as winner."