Shiji: taste bud reversal

169. Xingping Chuangzhen, defeated again [three watches]

When you open the insulated bento box, the first thing that catches your eye is three side dishes, namely seaweed and bamboo wheels, stir-fried burdock in sauce, and crispy fried fish.

Although in terms of dishes, these are undoubtedly B-grade dishes, that is, the so-called 'civilian food', but in Kohei's hands, the taste of each side dish is handled just right, and the judges are naturally amazed.

"This soft and tender fish meat has no astringency at all, and it is perfectly handled!"

"Next is the soup..."

The judges opened another small box containing bacon and onion miso soup, which, like the previous soup, was perfectly matched with the gravy and micro-gain, and the characteristic aroma of tuna and bonito broth permeated the entire mouth, complementing the mild sweetness between the onions.

"This dish is also... It makes you feel warm!"

The judges' faces showed a sense of satisfaction as if they had just finished soaking in the hot springs.

"By the way, there is also a secret to using a bento box in the soup, which is to put the stock, ingredients and seasonings in an insulated container, and after a few hours, the vegetables will be fully heated and turned into a sweet soup... But today is a bento box that is about to be eaten, so it has been fully heated!"

Kohei Soma added in due course.

"I see, it's so convenient. Alice nodded as she listened, but her expression didn't look nervous at all, but she was chatting and laughing with her opponent, and everyone else in the hall could see that Alice didn't take her seriously at all, except for Kohei Soma himself.

"Really... I still have the heart to talk and laugh with my opponent, and that guy Kohei cheers me up a little! The other party's grinning attitude is completely looking down on Kohei!" On the seat of the Polestar Ryo, Yoshino Yuhime looked at Kohei Soma's rough appearance and had a headache.

"It can't be helped... Kohei-kun is such a character..."Said Tansoke Hui on the side in a cold sweat.

"Kohei's cuisine isn't just that simple. Shiraki pointed to the judges on the stage, who were uncovering the box on the lower floor, and when the lid was opened, the audience appeared with white rice covered with black particles.

"W-What's that?" shouted out the crowd, including the audience, as the judges.

"If you're not mistaken, it's seaweed, after all, Kohei said at the beginning that it's a 'seaweed bento', and the seaweed in the dish hasn't appeared so far, so this should be it. Bai Mu looked at the dish and knew it in his heart.

"Huh, seaweed, but it looks like caviar... No, there's no caviar that big..."Marui Zenji was completely confused.

"This is one of the common techniques used in molecular cooking, where the umami of seaweed is extracted first, and then sodium alginate and calcium oxide are used to turn it into a spherical substance... Some of the 'intellectual education dim sum' sold in the market also have this similar practice, although it is not a 'molecular cuisine', but the principle is the same. "

Shiraki said, "If it's Kohei, it's not surprising to make such a thing." "

"Okay, so powerful, Shiroki, you can actually see it?!" Rather than being surprised that Kohei made this kind of thing, Yuhime was more concerned that Shiraki could actually see at a glance what this unknown black ball was, and it was associative speculation from the name of the dish, and sure enough, Kohei on the stage also explained to everyone what it was, really as Shiraki said, those spherical substances are seaweed!

The method of molecular cuisine, all the judges have already seen it with Alice, to be honest, Kohei's 'molecular cuisine' is only a drop in the face of Alice's pile of high-end equipment, but what is really rare is that he can actually understand this cooking method from the coarse dim sum, and it is the key to the shock of these judges that he can see this rare cooking technique in B-grade cuisine.

"Ah, by the way, please leave about a third of your meal. "

While the judges were taking a big bite to eat, Kohei suddenly said, "There is another container on the back of the outer packaging of the bento box, please open it, and then pour the sauce inside on the hot rice and taste it, and enter the final stage!"

The judges did as they were told, and poured the sauce three times the amount of the normal soup over the rice, and the flavor of the sauce and the seaweed bomb merged together, creating a new taste experience.

"I see, I have a good hand at Xingpingjun. Alice squinted at the judges who were eating, "But it's not enough to beat me, I have a reason to win." "

"Why do you have to win?" Kohei gave her a strange look, and from Alice's eyes, he didn't see any other emotions, only the certainty of victory.

"In that case, it's the same on my side. As if thinking of the last time he lost to Ryo Kurokiba during his residential training, Kohei Soma smiled and said, "I never wanted to lose." "

"Hmm... Then I'll wait and see. Alice looked at Kohei with a smile, she didn't think that the idea she had been thinking about for a long time last night based on Shiraki's suggestion would lose to Kohei Soma's mere incubator.

Leaving aside the verbal exchange between the two of them, after the judges had tasted their dishes, and after a brief discussion, Nagi Senzaemon stood up as a representative, holding a huge brush and writing a name on it.

The audience at the scene all watched his movements nervously, which will determine the winner of the first game of the autumn selection.

As soon as the first stroke came out, Kohei Soma's eyes were already wide because he already knew the result of this competition.

"The winner... Nagi Alice!"

The audience was in an uproar, partly because the victory and defeat were not unexpected, and partly because... Someone can finally stand up and sanction this arrogant transfer student!

This time, all the judges unanimously decided that Alice's 'bento dishes' were superior.

In terms of taste, there is no doubt that Alice's Temari sushi is more delicious than Kohei's seaweed bento, and from the perspective of the theme of 'bento', Alice's bento is as if it was made for people, which is both fun and ornamental, and has the pleasure of sharing, and it is a dish that perfectly combines 'molecular cuisine' technology and excavates the theme of 'bento'.

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