Once the competition began, Jiang Qiuqiu brought out the star of today's show: tofu.
The shop owner must have been making tofu for some time. Jiang Qiuqiu had looked at the customer reviews and saw that this shop's tofu was constantly improving. It had started out a bit crumbly, but now it was a very successful commercial product.
The slightly yellowish block of firm tofu rested quietly on the cutting board. Dicing tofu wasn't difficult; you just had to grip the knife handle tightly and let your eyes guide the blade along imaginary lines. First, she sliced it into planks, then made intersecting horizontal and vertical cuts. In no time, Jiang Qiuqiu had diced the large block into perfectly uniform cubes.
Jiang Qiuqiu moved from one block to the next with hardly a pause. When she used the flat of her blade to scoop the cubes into a bowl, she didn't break a single one.
Such meticulous knife work was a delight to watch, no matter how many times you'd seen it.
