Shokugeki no Imitation Chef

"...Cooking begins!"

With the sound of cooking starting, Liu Maoxing breathed a long sigh of relief, although it was conceivable that after the game, he would have to "explain and explain" again.

Liu Maoxing felt that his "explaining" skills were almost maxed out, as if every once in a while, he would face some difficult situations to explain!

Finally, after the start of the competition, apart from the "only" a few dangerous gazes and a few more glances at himself, Liu Maoxing could no longer feel the gazes of other contestants, and the emcee of the royal sister did not say any provocative words anymore.

What caught Liu Maoxing's attention the most was that the last one to withdraw her gaze was none other than Iris Shiratori... You can tell from her "really so" look in her eyes that she must have connected this incident with the late-night strike-up incident as a judgment Evidence of my nature!

After the competition started, the emcee of Yujie also began to introduce to the audience, the identities of the ten judges, Liu Maoxing only knew three of them, including Dojima Gin, and the other two gourmet judges in the preliminaries!

Among them, there are five time-honored brands in No. 1 Ramen Street. The shortest is ten years and has not been squeezed out from No. 1 Ramen Street. The longest is since No. 1 Ramen Street was just established a hundred years ago, forming a challenge every three years. Once the rules are in place, the super time-honored brand is there!

And since they can serve as judges, it naturally means that there are no juniors in their ramen restaurant to participate in the competition.

After all, not all shops will have heirs of the right age every year, and their time-honored brands do not need to forcefully "hire someone" to represent them in the competition...

The rules of the final are similar to those of the "Hokkaido Seafood Competition". There are ten judges with 10 points each.

When everyone was watching just now, Liu Maoxing also experienced some feeling of "putting the play". Of course, Liu Maoxing didn't intend to go back and exchange thoughts with Si Yingshi!

The reason why I feel this way is probably related to the arrangement of Liu Maoxing's cooking counter now...

Now Liu Maoxing's cooking table is very Si Yingshi's style, that is, it is surrounded by four glass walls, enclosing a large area, which is already close to the boundaries of other cooks around.

And on each of the glass walls, there is a horizontal bar that seems to be used to hang clothes.

Of course, Liu Maoxing didn't intend to change clothes in public, but directly took out the flour from under the cooking table and started kneading the dough with "White Dragon Snake Transformation"...

Through the four glass walls, the audience can directly see Liu Maoxing's superb kneading skills.

The face was rolled up by the iron rod during the rotation, as if a white dragon was imprisoned in a transparent cage!

In the "White Dragon Snake Transformation", after making the dough texture just right, Liu Maoxing divided the huge dough into many small pieces, and each piece was only a small ball. Some people even wondered whether Liu Maoxing was not good at "pulling" dough, that's why it's divided into these little balls...but if that's the case, why not use a pasta machine?

Afterwards, everyone discovered that Liu Maoxing actually began to throw these small doughs around, and within a short time, "pulled noodles" with uniform thickness and moderate length were formed.

And it happened that the middle part was placed on those "beams". Now the ramen made by Liu Maoxing is thinner than ordinary ramen, but it is far from the level of dragon beard noodles.

Gradually, the ramen has spread all over the four glass walls, and I don't know if it is because of the uneven quality of the noodles. The colors of these ramen seem to be slightly different.

Liu Maoxing's whole body was inside, and he became indistinct, as if in a transparent bathroom in a small hotel, with a translucent curtain drawn...

It is precisely because of this that the audience's attention to him has also decreased. After all, after blocking it, they can't see anything clearly. Follow those real seed players.

After watching Liu Maoxing's "lively", the audience also turned to pay attention to the representative contestants of the ramen restaurant that they supported at the beginning...

So I also missed what Liu Maoxing will do next!

If someone sees through the ramen curtain at this time, they will see Liu Maoxing inside, picking up one end of a ramen, and then holding a normal-sized knives and a small carved knife, pulling along the end of the ramen. When he came out, he used the two knives directly, as if his arms... no, they were extensions of his fingers!

So dexterous and meticulous, you can use two knives to "tumble" the ramen from all sides to the level where it is placed flat in the middle of the cooking table...

And if someone is more careful and has "super vision" level of vision, he will find that the surface of each ramen that is placed flat is no longer as smooth as it was at the beginning, but has more carvings... And keep repeating this process.

But in the face of this huge project, Liu Maoxing obviously didn't have time to do other things for a while, and he became unknown among the nearly 300 contestants.

At this time, the most eye-catching players on the field are the four super-seeded players including Shiratori Iris!

Except Shiratori Iris from the only star-rated ramen shop in the island country, the other three are representatives of local ramen restaurants in Sapporo.

Although they are young, in the hearts of the audience, they are no different from ramen masters!

At this time, they each prepared the signature noodles of their own ramen restaurant, and coincidentally, the ramen of the four were four kinds of the most basic Japanese ramen!

Shiratori Iris makes the signature "Soy Sauce Ramen" of "Nichitori Ramen". Ramen" and Negishi Ramen's signature "tonkotsu ramen".

As many ramen masters agree... innovation is a must, but the most popular will always stand the test of time!

Although their "soy sauce ramen" and "shio ramen" sound like simple and unadorned ramen, the taste must be constantly adjusted every year, and sometimes some weird ramen will be launched, but most of the ramen that hunt for novelty , it will not be on the market for more than three months, just to give old customers a taste of the new...

They will not focus on developing brand new ramen, but keep improving the existing recipe!

In the ramen world, the most timeless ramen are naturally the four kings of "soy sauce ramen", "shio ramen", "miso ramen" and "tonkotsu ramen".

Apart from these four, even Erina's attention is still far behind them, and she is considered to be in the second echelon!

Of course, this is only the situation in the first half...

At this time, the audience still arranged the order of attention according to the inherent impression in their hearts. After all, they don't think that the individual contestants can compare with the accumulation of the old stores!

But in the second half, the attention of the audience gradually began to pay attention to the students of Yuanyue Academy...

Well, that's right, it wasn't Erina, Liu Maoxing, or Ryo Kurokiba who was wearing a headscarf, but Nao Sadazuka who fired the first shot of "stealing the spotlight"!

This "witch in front of the pot" is always able to grab everyone's attention with a style of painting that is completely different from those around her.

After all, among a group of ramen teenagers who are "struggling", a "witch" who is boiling the product of black magic suddenly appears, of course people will notice it at a glance!

"Hmm! What's that dark thing?"

"I don't know... it's so far away, and it's not a closed space, yet it can still smell the stench. If it's in a closed place, it might already be able to sterilize the bacteria, right?"

"Wait! What is the thing she uses that looks like dried pickled fish? Why doesn't it look like it was fermented within three days?"

"No, I saw it before, it was taken out of a can... According to the rules, it should be a commercial can, not some secret formula, so it won't be banned..."

"Difficult, could it be the legend..."

"That's right! It's canned herring!"

The sound of canned herring, canned herring... gradually spread among the audience.

The ramen lovers who had watched many competitions at one time also expressed shocking application.

It's as if in the world of cultivating immortals, in a sect competition, an unknown disciple took out a high-grade spiritual weapon... Ah no, it's a high-grade magic weapon!

"Is she crazy? Is that kind of food that can be controlled by normal cooking methods?"

"That can't be counted as an ingredient at all, right? It will only make the taste worse..."

"I've heard that some well-known cooks in Northern Europe have developed some dishes that allow people to enjoy canned herring indoors, and it will not affect the cooking skills of the diners in the same room... But in their cooking methods, absolutely This does not include dishes that require hot soup like ramen!"

"Ah! Look, she's pouring the black hot soup over the pickled herring..."

The stench that bloomed in an instant washed the audience over and over again!

Canned herring, a kind of canned food in Sweden, where it originated, and in most countries, is listed as a can that is prohibited from being eaten in residential areas and public places. Even in countries without such regulations, if it is opened in a crowded area, it is also " The danger of drinking tea in the name of violating public security management...

This ban has also caused great controversy. For example, in the early days of the "Great Cuisine Fusion", many regions came into contact with "canned herring" for the first time. Many cooks and gourmets cannot accept the ban in some countries!

Because in their view, since it is a product of cooking, it must be respected. How can they forcefully stipulate where it is eaten?

For this reason, there were quite a few "jokes" at the beginning, such as protesters eating "canned herring" in public in their own country, and the famous "canned herring challenge" at that time, etc...

As a result of the protest, more and more countries have labeled canned herring with restrictions on where they can be eaten...

However, in modern times, with the birth of many new cooking techniques, canned herring has gradually become "surrendered". Some Nordic restaurants even provide canned herring with special cooking, which can be eaten without affecting other people or going to the wild. Download and enjoy!

But most of those methods are based on "cold food". It is rare to see this kind of canned herring with hot soup...

Of course, Nao Sadazuka's way of cooking is definitely not without influence on others!

The other players on the field couldn't help glaring at Nao Sadazuka, but Sadazuka, who had entered the "witch mode", still had a weird smile on his face, stirring the soup awkwardly, pouring a spoonful of pickled herring from time to time .

And the one who is most affected now is undoubtedly Ye Shanliang, who is looking depressed. For him, this kind of olfactory attack is definitely a "knife crit" when he is not on guard!

But it's not too difficult for him, I saw that after taking a deep breath with his mouth, he closed his eyes and put his hands on his nose, as if he was using his own sense of smell "resolution" to shield this The impact of an unusual smell on one's own sense of smell!

And the stench from Sadazuka's side did not "rule" the arena for too long. Immediately, a new "smelly smell" came from Negishi's side...

At the beginning, this faint smell was completely covered up by the smell created by Zhenzuka, but gradually, as this smell merged into the ink herring smell of Zhenzuka, it seemed to change. The structure of this smell is the same, and while the sense of smell tells oneself that it is a "stinky smell", it also feels a faint seductive aroma rippling in the heart!

At this moment, Ha Shanliang couldn't help but glanced at Negishi...

If it was just "helpless" when I looked at Nao Sadazuka before, then this time I was a little "scrupulous"!

Liu Maoxing, who has a super sense of smell, also glanced at the representative contestants of Negishi Ramen at this time, and couldn't help but think to himself: These old shop successors themselves have solid basic skills, and their brains are not rigid. With the secret formula, they really should not be underestimated!

Negishi's ramen is the signature "tonkotsu ramen", which is made from pork bones. Because it takes a long time to boil, the soup of authentic tonkotsu ramen will have a faint "pork bone smell". But it is not as obvious as habitual ingredients and smelly ingredients.

And Negishi uses this kind of slightly smelly tonkotsu soup, which makes Nao Sadazuka's soup herring less impactful in terms of smell!

At this time, the other elite students of Yuanyue gradually attracted the attention of the audience, and also brought pressure to other players...

"Wow! What a big piece of beef, look at this frost... Could it be A-grade beef?"

"Isn't it too extravagant? In ramen restaurants, it's rare to see such precious ingredients..."

"Huh? What is that blond-haired foreign boy over there doing? Could it be that he doesn't understand the language? Why did he prepare rice? It's a complete mistake!"

"No, that should be rice-shaped spaghetti..."

There are many shapes of pasta, from the most familiar noodle shape, hollow powder, spiral shape, small ring shape, to the uncommon snowflake shape, plum shape, bow shape, rugby shape, etc... There are many "noodles" with very small particles, Like rice-shaped spaghetti.

"And did you see it? That orange-haired girl over there, don't look at her as if she is quiet now, just now I saw her killing wild ducks on the spot!"

"What's the matter? It's still the girl with white hair. It's even more strange... Look at the equipment next to her cooking table. Is she going to make ramen or a clone?"

"I still want to see that one in cooking magazines! She is Nakiri Erina's younger sister and also the granddaughter of the 'Great Demon King'. Although she is not as eye-catching as the older sister who has the 'God's Tongue', she is also known as the One of the leaders of the new generation of 'molecular gastronomy', he has also won awards in many age-limited molecular gastronomy competitions!"

"The red-haired contestant is also very strange. He doesn't seem to have prepared soup until now. Could it be... isn't he making 'ramen'?"

"There's also that guy with the turban, who was scolding the audience just now, tsk tsk... But looking at his cooking process, he is different from the fiery personality. Although he seems to be open and close, his handling of the ingredients is very different. It's very delicate! A whole salmon has been shaved with a blade, leaving only a complete fish bone..."

"Miss Nakiri who has the 'God's Tongue', is she making udon noodles?"

"It's not udon noodles, udon noodles don't have that smooth surface, that should be 'rice noodles'!"

"By the way, the one who won the 'Hokkaido Seafood Noodle Contest' has gradually removed the ramen around him. Although I didn't see what he was doing before, but... now his performance seems to be unremarkable."

"Indeed, and his cooking table is so strange. Besides the glass walls around it, what is the metal groove on the inside for?"

"Who knows...Actually, I didn't even see what he was going to do, and he didn't prepare broth, did he?"

"Wait! He's starting to use those grooves! He's... pouring oil into them?"

"He, does he want to..."

"My God! What's going on with these Yuanyue students? I've watched this competition almost every year for more than ten years, but the number of accidents is not as many as this year's!"

I saw Liu Maoxing touched the circular groove about one meter wide, filled it with oil and ignited it, and suddenly a flame more than one meter high burst into Liu Maoxing's glass wall!

The flames surround the inner circle of the glass wall, and the width is about 1.5 meters. That is to say, only a small part of the center where Liu Maoxing is located has not been directly roasted by the flames...

Immediately, many contestants, spectators, and judges around all looked over. This way of stealing the spotlight is definitely at the MAX level.

Did this guy finally realize his evil deeds and decided to burn himself to death to thank the FFF group?

But they immediately discovered that Liu Maoxing obviously did not have such a self-awareness, and many Yuanyue students seem to have seen a similar scene...

That's right, also surrounded by raging fire, Liu Maoxing stood in the center of the cooking table!

The only difference is that in the finals of the autumn selection competition, Liu Maoxing used a ring of firewood, but now it is an oil fire.

But the same thing is, they all attracted a group of staff with fire extinguishers, and only stood by until it was confirmed that the fire was within Liu Maoxing's expectation!

The contestants next to him on all sides were rather depressed. They finally understood that the glass wall separating them represented "deep love"!

If there is no fireproof glass wall, the flames would probably have rushed to their faces...

At this time, the camera operator also immediately switched on the camera from top to bottom, and aimed at Liu Maoxing's position!

Now it has nothing to do with who is optimistic about. After such a big scene, the audience is obviously most interested in what Liu Maoxing wants to do.

Surrounded by the flames, Liu Maoxing brushed oil on the arranged noodles one by one, gathered one end of each noodle with the same length together, and then tied them up with a rope, holding the fireproof rope with one hand , throwing the thick sides of the thighs together on the spot...

Watching Liu Maoxing turn the oiled noodles on the fire in circles, both the audience and the judges started talking, and even many contestants were attracted to it!

"Is this... in 'roasted noodles'?"

"No, this method of adding oil and then heating...although it's a bit strange, it should be closer to 'fried noodles', right?"

"Chow mein... It's really the most 'wasteful' fried noodle I've ever seen!"