Shokugeki no Imitation Chef

"Is that... dried eel? Is he serious? Use dried food as ingredients? Ryo is good at fresh food, right? Besides... the topic is a Western-style main course, not soup!" Liu Maoxing wondered.

"Although the dried eel in Kurokiba should be raw fish, not salt dried fish, and the taste will not be too salty, but if it is used as a Western-style main dish, it will not be suitable for the taste?" Ryoko and others There are some doubts about that too.

However, at this moment, Kurokiba Ryo took out another ingredient... This time it was fresh eel!

"Ha! Let me just say it! It seems that the dried eel should be just an auxiliary material... huh?" Dawu said halfway, but was slapped in the face by Kurokiba with practical actions.

After Kurokiba took out a few fresh eels, he picked up two thick-backed seafood knives and used both hands to smash the eels with their flesh and bones!

Afterwards, these minces are boiled with the stock prepared in advance...

Alice seemed to know what Kurokiba Ryo was going to do, but she looked at the other side curiously: "Hayama Ryo is weirder, isn't he? Turtle? Although he has always been confident in his use of spices, he doesn't worry about the smell of turtles." , but... what kind of Western-style main course can turtles be?"

At this time, Ye Shanliang was also not affected by the doubts, but handled the soft-shelled turtle neatly. He had already cut off the carapace, picked out the soft-shelled turtle meat, took out the internal organs, and peeled the skin.

After using high-quality whiskey as the base, adding various spices to make a unique sauce, tear the dark green soft-shelled turtle gall that was taken separately before, and add the gall to it...

Using soft-shelled turtle gall to remove the fishy smell of soft-shelled turtles can be regarded as a widely spread and effective local method. The bile of soft-shelled turtles is not bitter, but adding it to soft-shelled turtle soup will enhance the umami taste of soft-shelled turtles. It can neutralize the fishy smell.

The sauce with bile was also brushed on the processed soft-shelled turtle meat by Ye Shanliang, and then it was left to stand.

On the other side, Kurokiba started to use the broth that boiled the fresh eel, started to soak the dried eel, and started to prepare side dishes... The ingredients are also various dried seafood!

And Ryo Hayama's side dish ingredients are potatoes... that is, potatoes!

"Potatoes? Turtle? Why do I have a strange feeling..." Liu Maoxing raised his eyebrows and said.

Two hours later, half an hour before the time limit, Ye Shanliang had prepared the hot oil, and after frying the French fries, he also put the sliced ​​and breaded soft-shelled turtle meat into it!

"Fried soft-shelled turtle meat? The taste...isn't it strange?" Dawu exclaimed.

"Furthermore, the side dish is French fries, and the main ingredient is deep-fried aquatic products... Although it seems strange to use soft-shelled turtles, this is actually... fish and chips, right?" Zhaoji also said in a strange tone.

As a food that was popular among workers for convenience during the Industrial Revolution in the UK, fish and chips make people want to complain to various extents!

Just the fact that its birthplace is the UK is enough to make people black...

Although the cuisines of the world have their own strengths, there are also differences in food culture in different places. Because of the differences in eating habits, it is not a healthy idea to simply criticize a cuisine as a cook in the era of world cuisine fusion.

But it is true that British cuisine has won the title of the most unacceptable cuisine in the world for several years...

Of course, British cuisine also has its unique strengths. The concept is biased towards processing ingredients with pure flavor, and then when eating, you can mix your favorite sauces and sauces...

"If you insist on saying that fish and chips are a Western-style main course, you really want to complain, but you don't know how to refute it..." Xiangzi Ganri couldn't help but said.

"This year's Yuanyue students... are very interesting!" Dojima Gin said in admiration.

However, whether these doubts or complaints, all disappeared after Ye Shanliang put the first piece of soft-shelled turtle meat coated in breadcrumbs into the pot!

"This is... the umami taste of soft-shelled turtle, perfectly blended with the aroma of spices!"

"To be able to do this to such a degree! You are indeed a spice expert with the 'God's Sense of Smell'!"

"At the beginning, I felt that the aroma was a bit irritating to the 'Western-style main course', but the hidden mellowness in it made people look forward to the taste when I really tasted it. Has the 'aroma' and 'taste' been separated to a certain extent? ?”

"Did you conquer the audience with the fragrance in an instant? Rather than saying that you are a spice expert, you might as well say that you are a spice king..."

Yuuji fluttered her nose, wanting to challenge the judgment of spices: "Coriander, fennel, oregano... and... Damn it! I can't tell the difference!" But in the end, she obviously gave up.

But Liu Maoxing continued: "Cinnamon, basil, ginger, turmeric, laurel, sage leaves... On the one hand, it balances the fishy smell of the soft-shelled turtle, on the other hand, there are also a small amount of spices that stimulate the appetite. Whiskey is used as the base of the sauce. The wine makes the fragrance more mellow..."

Although Liu Maoxing didn't know exactly how many kinds were missing, he knew that he couldn't resolve them all in an instant.

Not because Hayama Ryo's skill in using spices has improved by leaps and bounds in a few days, but because of the use of soft-shelled turtle bile!

Although the role of bile now also belongs to spices, this animal-type spice is a mixture of different molecular components to create a unique fragrance. There are some shortcomings in the judgment of overly complicated spices.

In this kind of fragrance type that requires exponentially overcalculated, the intuition cultivated by Ye Shanliang with spices every day is more useful than Liu Maoxing's "multiple inequalities of spices".

I don't know if it was a coincidence, or discovered this, Ye Shanliang seems to have found the weapon to defeat Liu Maoxing in the use of spices!

Different from Liu Maoxing's unique skill "Multiple Inequality of Spices", Ye Shanliang is working towards the true pinnacle of "Spice Essence"...

When the audience was dominated by Ha Shanliang's aroma, Kurokiba looked even more inconspicuous, silently wrapping the soaked eel and some seafood balls as side dishes in oven paper, It looks like a lucky bag.

"Is Kurokiba okay? Was it affected by the atmosphere off the court?" Yuuji asked.

Alice was not worried: "No, Ryo now won't be affected by anything! His full attention is already on the cooking table!"

"That's right, it's really amazing concentration... It's a pity!" Liu Maoxing said.

"Huh? You're not optimistic about Haoliang's match this time?" Alice asked suspiciously.

"No, this time the competition won't reach the end, no one will judge the outcome, but... I mean 'a pity' in another sense."

Liu Maoxing has already discovered that in terms of concentration, Kurokiba Ryo, who is in a fighting state, has already stood at the peak of the first year.

It has surpassed Ye Shanliang and Liu Maoxing, and has reached the basic standard of being able to condense the "rudiment of the heart of the chef", but still has not condensed the "rudiment of the heart of the chef", otherwise this competition will be stable!

Is this kind of behavior of "hiding" the fighting form in normal times helpful to improve concentration?

Of course, the same is true for Ye Shanliang, who realized that not only "spices" can play the role of "spices", but also marching towards the "essence of spices".

If you have mastered the "essence of spices", Kurokiba has no chance of winning...

But the two are still one step away from each other, so in the end, Liu Maoxing dare not speak lightly. The only thing that can be confirmed is that both of them are indeed stronger than the original timeline!

With Ye Shanliang completing the code board, Kawashima Rei's voice also rang out: "The second round of the semi-finals of the autumn selection competition has reached the final stage! Ye Shanliang has already presented the dishes, and who will qualify for the final with Liu Maoxing? ?let us wait and see!"

Kadozaki Taki looked at the dinner plate in front of him, there were several pieces of fried turtle meat, and thick thumb fries as side dishes, and next to them were three distinct sauces for dipping, and he couldn't help saying: "This is your dish? "

"That's right, the soft-shelled turtle version of fish and chips, please try it!" Ye Shanliang said.

Kadozaki Taki was full of doubts about "Fish and Chips", but the previous dominant aroma opened a crack in her doubts...

Gently use a fork to pick up a piece of soft-shelled turtle meat. The crispness of the bread crumbs and the softness of the meat inside instantly amazed the judges.

"Sure enough, the soft-shelled turtle meat is cooked before being coated with flour. It's so soft that you want to swallow it whole!" Mu Kuzhiyuan fruit said.

The first piece of soft-shelled turtle meat of the five judges all chose to ignore the dipping sauce and put it directly in their mouths to feel the original taste...

"Hmm... It's hard to imagine that soft-shelled and crispy texture is made of soft-shelled turtle meat!"

"In Chinese cuisine, soft-shelled turtle meat is also called 'five-flavored meat' because it has the flavors of chicken, deer, beef, sheep, and pig at the same time, but in fact it can make soft-shelled turtle dishes show all the five flavors. There are too few...but in this fried turtle dish, I seem to really taste five distinct flavors!"

"That's right, by making full use of spices, the five flavors of the soft-shelled turtle are peeled off separately. Unexpectedly, the soft-shelled turtle meat can be cooked in the form of frying to give the effect of five-flavored meat..."

"The aroma of the unique British Scotch whiskey also solves the problem of greasy taste, making people want to drink one after another!"

Of course, the judges still restrained themselves and tasted the effect of each dipping material later...

As a master of spices, the three kinds of dipping materials are naturally Ye Shanliang's strong point!

"Ah! This orange sauce is... fruit sauce? The sweet and sour flavors of various tropical fruits, as well as the aroma after fermentation, can match fish and chips so well!"

"The red one is Thai-style chutney! It's like a powder keg, but amidst this intense stimulation, there seems to be a deeper aroma that can't be resisted..."

"The white one is...French salad dressing, mixed with salad oil, tomato sauce, white vinegar and chopped onion, it is really..."

"Not only that! Not only the fried turtle, but also French fries with three kinds of sauces. With the thick taste of potatoes, you can taste the pure deliciousness. It will make you get used to the taste of five-flavored meat and feel a new impact!"

The five judges seem to have seen that Ye Shanliang was built on a thick armored turtle, and three cannon barrels protruded from the back of the armored turtle.

"Balanced! A dish that is balanced both in 'attack' and 'defense'!" Dojima Gin finally said.

And at this moment, Kurokiba Ryo, who was still not discouraged, also served the dishes.

On each plate, there are already soaked oven paper tied in the shape of a lucky bag...

"Hey, stinky brat, at least prepare the food for us? Do you want us to untie it ourselves?" Tsunozaki Taki said angrily.

"Shut up! Baba, now, untie the paper bag for me honestly, and prepare to taste the real delicacy!" Kurokiba, who was in the fighting form, naturally chose the hard anus from the front...

"Eight, eight mother-in-law? You little brat...don't think that you can do whatever you want because you are still a student! Do you want me, as a senior, to teach you etiquette?"

Kadozaki Taki and Kurokiba in combat form, the two shaking Ss met together, and sparks full of gunpowder smell were knocked out.

But the other judges obviously don't care about the smell of gunpowder, but whether the dishes on the plate are delicious!

"Okay, Kakuzaki, let's do the review! You were as rude as him when you were a student, right?" Dojima Gin said.

Hearing that Dojima had spoken, Kadozaki Taki could only sit back angrily, and angrily untied the paper bag.

Suddenly, a strong aquatic umami taste gushes out from the paper bag...

"Well, the taste is not bad, but because of the fish and chips before, it still... feels a bit ordinary." Kakuzaki Taki said.

Although he wouldn't lie about tasting, Kadozaki Taki never let go of any chance to hit the opponent. Who told Kurokiba to offend her before?

Although the other judges did not speak, they actually thought so in their hearts.

However, even though they were a little disappointed, the five judges, including Taki Kadozaki, still used their knives and forks and began to taste the dishes. After all, this is their responsibility as judges!

Yuki looked at Kurokiba's dishes from a distance and said, "Is this grilled dried eel?"

"From the perspective of Chinese cuisine, this method should be similar to 'steaming', which uses the water vapor in the paper bag after being heated in the oven to heat." Liu Maoxing always believes that this kind of "roasting" should not be simply translated as "roasting".

Of course, it doesn't matter which cooking method it is, what is important is that the judges' expressions changed drastically after tasting it!

Originally, it was just a routine tasting, but I didn't expect...

"This eel... is still alive?"

"Not only is it still alive, it's almost like living from the Jurassic era to the present!"

"Even though it's just baked in an oven, it doesn't have the taste of dry food at all. Instead, it looks like a fresh eel... No, it's more delicious and juicy than a live eel!"

"There are also eight seafood balls... made of dried sea cucumber, shark's fin, abalone, scallop, crab, shrimp, squid, and halibut! Steamed and roasted in a paper bag together with the eel that seems to have been revived from ancient times Afterwards, the umami has been integrated into one, this, this feeling..."

"Beast-level... No! It's monster-level delicacy!"

The five judges seem to have seen that a Godzilla with a turban on his head is raging among the buildings, while Ye Shanliang's three-cannon turtle chariot is fighting against Godzilla in groups. The battle between the two sides is inextricable ...

Kurokiba said at this time: "Of course, what is used to soak dried eels is not clear water, but a broth made from eight other dried seafood, boiled fresh eel meat paste, and broken bones to soak the hair! Before being sealed in a paper bag, the dried surface of the eel was coated with the eel colloid that was crushed from the eel swim bladder...

With the heating of the water vapor in the paper bag during baking, the colloid penetrates into the eel, restoring its fresh taste! And there is still the concentrated umami taste unique to dry goods! "

"As for the eight kinds of seafood balls..." Kurokiba said, glanced in Liu Maoxing's direction, and then continued: "When I participated in the seafood noodle competition with Liu Maoxing, I was inspired by his cooking and made a special recipe. Vegetables! By the way, they actually use the same ingredients used to make broth!"

Seeing no response from the five judges, Kurokiba said unhappily: "Hey! What are you thinking? Did you hear me!"

Not to mention Kurokiba, even if Rei Kawashima announced that the judges could start the decision, the five judges remained silent, as if they were struggling...