Is the status of Yang Mingwei’s show not guaranteed? Big celebrity actor "surprises to usurp the throne": Make it today

South Korean chef Zheng Jishan and Japanese chef Tatsuya Kawagoe recorded the TVBS cooking competition program "Start the Cooking", with Li Yuxi and "Dora" Xie Yuzhi as kitchen assistants respectively. On the first day of the finals, the finals were held at Taipei's Yuanshan Flower Expo. The designated ingredient was "soy products" and the two teams had to compete for sales within two hours. Ke Youlun and Shi Zhitian served as the duty managers of the Japanese team and the South Korean team respectively. Due to the stark contrast between their skin colors, they were jokingly called the "black and white managers" by everyone. In addition, Director General Yang Mingwei also secretly invited the well-known catering group founder A Wei from Lollipop to serve as a food mystery guest without the knowledge of the two teams. He holds a key 10% of the turnover increase, adding variables to the first day's battle.

Li Yuxi (from left), Shi Zhitian, Zheng Zhishan, Yang Mingwei, Kawagoe Tatsuya, Ke Youlun, and Dora recorded the "Let's Get Started" finals on the first day of the Taipei Yuanshan Flower Expo. (Provided by TVBS)

In order to achieve good results in the finals, the Japanese team used the luxurious ingredient "lobster" and launched "Grilled Lobster with Tofu Skin and Soy Milk Miso" and "Japanese Style Meat Tofu Don". The aroma of lobster cooking attracted a large number of people to queue up. Some people even upgraded to purchase a thousand-yuan set meal. Within an hour after the sale started, all 80 portions of lobster were sold out. Faced with the high popularity of South Korean chef Zheng Jishan and the huge disparity in queues, Japanese chef Tatsuya Kawagoe felt concerned for a while. Kitchen assistant Dora Xie Yuzhi immediately shouted confidently: "Winning or losing is not the point now. After these two days, Taiwanese people may never be able to eat your food again, so we will go all out." , Let Taiwanese people remember the taste of Kawagoe Tatsuya's cuisine!" In order to attract more customers, Dora also had the idea to launch a "one-bite tasting", which successfully captured the public's taste buds and attracted more than a dozen groups of customers to join the queue. Even Kawagoe Tatsuya couldn't help but praise her strategy.

The finals also welcomed a heart-warming surprise. The family members of two kitchen assistants, Li Yuxi and Dora, came to cheer them up. Li Yuxi's father, Li Yaming, personally lined up to taste his son's cooking. He was so moved that he said, "It's the first time in my life to eat something he made. I was moved while eating." Dora's eyes turned red when she saw her mother and relatives and friends showing up, and she reminded herself frequently: "I'm busy checking out, so I can't cry!"

On the other hand, Ah Wei, who serves as a food critic, also gave a wonderful summary at the end, which was praised by everyone. He revealed that after observing Yang Mingwei's performance today, he couldn't help but joke: "You, the Director-General, will do it today!" He then took off Yang Mingwei's Director-General's vest and assumed a posture of preparing to usurp the throne. Dora also followed suit: "We have changed the director general!" Yang Mingwei immediately countered: "You (A Wei) introduced me as someone from another catering group." The funny interaction made the whole audience laugh.