In the second episode, Little Taotie happily curled his eyes, eagerly awaiting the delicious food to be served.
This time, they were assigned to assist eight randomly selected contestants in making gourmet dishes, which would be scored.
Fate is just that magical.
Little Taotie was assigned to contestant number 44.
Because of the last commercial shoot, Little Taotie had become somewhat familiar with number 44.
"Number 44 brother, what delicious food are we going to make?"
Number 44: "Have you ever eaten snails?"
Little Taotie shook his head: "Are they the bugs that look like snot worms?"
"They do look a bit like that, but they have shells."
"All slimy and gooey, can they be tasty?"
"French snails, don’t worry, they will definitely be delicious," number 44 said, brimming with confidence.
Little Taotie hung his head, feeling that the chances of winning weren’t too great.
Suddenly, he was given a task.
"Help me cut some butter."
Number 44 handed him a small ceramic knife and instructed, "Be sure not to linger outside, cut quickly, don’t attract the big guys."
Little Taotie was also good at cutting strawberries at home, so he was quite adept at cutting these.
The first dish was a fragrant pan-fried French snail.
For the second dish, number 44 fell into deep thought.
Each person had to make three dishes, and this time there were enough ingredients to choose from, allowing for two dishes of higher difficulty to showcase one’s skills.
"What do you want to eat?" He decided to leave the choice of this dish up to Little Taotie, promising to make whatever Little Taotie craved.
Little Taotie tilted his head, thinking of the delicious fried rice with egg, and blurted out: "Fried rice with egg!"
Number 44 already had a shadow hanging over him from fried rice with egg.
He could guarantee that the judges would have banded together to eliminate him right away because of the last fried rice with egg he made.
"Pick something else, I made that last time."
"But I only want to eat fried rice with egg."
Number 44 looked into Little Taotie’s shining eyes, which seemed to be studded with stars, and seeing the expectation in those eyes, he subconsciously nodded in agreement.
When he came back to his senses, he was full of regret.
"Fried rice with egg is super good, only a very talented chef can pull it off."
"Yes, it is indeed like that."
Number 44 started making the fried rice with egg, and Little Taotie became anxious: "That’s not how it’s done, you have to separate the egg whites from the yolks first..."
There are many ways to make fried rice with egg, and many variations are popular.
Number 44 just wanted to satisfy Little Taotie’s wish.
When Little Taotie started talking about Third Brother’s fried rice with egg, the little one just kept going on and on.
Number 44, too, was inspired by this.
The first step was to separate the egg yolks from the whites, something he had never done before as he always mixed them together.
Soon, a large plate of fried rice with egg was served.
Little Taotie didn’t eat it but instead put it on the table and took two serious photos, posting them on his newly opened W-blog.
[Update! Zaizai’s dormant account has finally sprung to life!]
[I’m dying of laughter, are we zombie fans?]
[Look, Eight-Treasure Duck!]
[That’s what I love!]
[Is that pig intestines? Didn’t you say Eight-Treasure Duck?]
[I’m not a big fan of pig intestines, they’re so hurriedly rushed.]
As two of the three dishes were considered too modestly priced, number 44 was invited to make a fourth dish, one more than the others.
Accordingly, he had an additional 20 minutes compared to the other contestants.
He wasn’t one for going out much anyway, so he was rather patient.
"Pig intestines smell awful." Little Taotie stood far away from number 44, eyes wide as he watched him clean the intestines.
"They might smell awful but taste delicious."
"No, they’re definitely stinky."
"Does Little Taotie suddenly fart?"
"What are you talking about? She’s a female artist on the rise!"
Number 44 gave a sheepish laugh, not daring to question any further.