Shokugeki no Imitation Chef

"Huh? What's the one that the transfer student brought up? The food is packed in a wooden box?"

"It doesn't look like there is an opening on the top of the wooden box..."

Some students who came over from the B competition area couldn't help being puzzled. After all, when they came, they only saw Liu Maoxing "idling" there making soy sauce...

But most of the audience in Division A have been watching from the beginning, so they naturally know what it is!

"Those wooden boxes are used for pressing tofu! I saw him put black and white semi-finished tofu inside and press them, and then turned the boxes upside down...that is to say, now those boxes are opened at the bottom , can be taken off whole like a cake box.”

"Huh? Black? Tofu and black? Is it the blood tofu in Chinese cuisine?"

"No, it's tofu made from black beans..."

"Wait! You said that after he ground the tofu, he put it in a wooden box and started to press it? That is to say...even though it has been pressed now, he hasn't processed it yet, right?"

"It seems to be so..."

"What does he want to do? Even if it's cold tofu, he should cut everything, right? Besides, the topic is curry!"

There was already a lot of discussion in the audience, even the five judges looked at Liu Maoxing suspiciously.

Although they had seen Liu Maoxing treat it in various ways by himself or by mixing up to three or four spices before, they didn't see him mix the spices afterwards.

There is nothing to play on the smell, let alone see what he will do with the pressed tofu!

Although the judges didn't stare at him all the time, at least if he really handled the tofu, he shouldn't be completely ignorant...

"What a coincidence, classmate Liu Maoxing! This time I am the judge of your dish again... Can you tell me what your dish is called?" Xiang Tian asked.

"Hi, we meet again, Mr. Xiangtian. My dish this time is called... Giant Panda Dream Magic Trio Mapo Tofu!" Liu Maoxing said in one breath.

Qian Wuxia Ya said disdainfully: "Tch, after taking such a sensational name, it is simply Mapo Tofu, right?"

"You can also say that, woman." Liu Maoxing smiled.

"You, what did you call me?" Xia Ya said angrily.

"Eh? Aren't you a woman?"

"Do you call all women that?"

"Of course not, just like among mapo tofu, my 'Giant Panda Dream Magic Trio Mapo Tofu' is also unique." Liu Maoxing continued to smile.

Xia Ya became speechless, secretly thinking that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, and they dared to offend the judges like this before trying to eat them!

Although Xia Ya won't deliberately lower the score because of this, it's okay to "make things difficult"...

"You don't want to give us the 'fresh' tofu you just pressed, do you? The topic is curry dishes. I haven't seen you make any attractive spices before..." Xia Ya questioned.

"For this, just open it and you'll know. I'll use the one in front of Ms. Xia Ya as a demonstration!"

As Liu Maoxing said, he put his right hand on the top handle of the wooden box in front of Xia Ya, and said at the same time: "When you lift it up, you will feel some weight inside. At this time, you have to move quickly... like this!"

As Liu Maoxing said, he lifted up the wooden box with his right hand. Because it was upside down, only the "bottom" of the wooden box remained underneath, but the bottom was really "thicker" than imagined...

And the moment he mentioned it, Xia Ya didn't see where the "black and white" tofu was. It was only in the next second that he realized that pieces of tofu with distinct black and white had fallen from the wooden box that Liu Maoxing had lifted!

wrong! Rather than falling from the wooden box, it is better to say that it was "driven" by the wooden box...

However, not many people paid attention to this scene, because the moment Liu Maoxing lifted the wooden box, a "taste bomb" that was far better than before exploded from the bottom slot of the wooden box!

The fourth shot... No! Rather than saying that this is a bomb, it is better to say that it is the majesty of heaven and earth like a storm!

When the first three "taste bombs" by Subaru, Ha Shanliang, and Liu Maoxing broke out, the judges were shocked by the "bomb", but they still had the energy to think about the mystery in the "bomb".

However, at this moment, the five judges seemed to be in the majesty of nature. In front of the "taste storm", they could only passively endure the baptism!

Not only the five judges, but all the other audience present were all involved at this time, and the auditorium, which was originally noisy, fell completely silent...

Among them, the person who touched me the most was none other than Ye Shanliang, the master of smell who has the sense of smell of God!

"This spice is... chili pepper, peppercorns, star anise, fennel, peppercorns, cinnamon, dill, basil, bay leaf... and, and... why! Why so many kinds, and yet there is no disorder ? Not all... There should be more! I, I can't judge the fragrance clearly?

Could it be an artificial fragrance...no! He does use spices from the Institute! Wait... lurking deep there is... holy basil! Sure enough, he used it too! "

Ye Shan couldn't help but stand where he was, holding his nose with one hand and gathering his breath, he began to "Yan Yi" fiercely.

Ye Shanliang, who has the sense of smell of God, can't accept that Liu Maoxing's cooking uses more spices than himself, and there is no disorder at all. What's more, it has reached the point where he can't recognize it at the first time!

Although Ye Shanliang believes that as long as he is given more time, he will be able to distinguish clearly after all, but Ye Shanliang understands that even if it is the cooking of a cook who is similar to himself in spices, he can use the power of God immediately. The sense of smell is right...

Just the beginning of the "taste storm" has already crushed Ye Shanliang's self-confidence, making him understand that in his first year, there are people who are even more accomplished in spices than himself!

By the time the judges came back to their senses, they were already staring at the one in front of Qianwu Xiaya. In the lower tank of the wooden box, black and white tofu cubes were submerged in the red sauce...

The other four judges looked at each other, then stood up expectantly, and lifted the upper wooden box vigorously as Liu Maoxing had done before!

Although I was prepared this time, and I have just experienced a storm, I have adapted a little, but most of the audience still couldn't help but indulge in it again. The five judges reminded themselves all the time, this time they must see clearly with their eyes wide open. , Only then did I realize that when the lid was just lifted, the black and white tofu fell from the lid...and fell into the steaming red sauce below.

"So that's it! There are grid-shaped wires in the wooden box, so when you lift it up vigorously, it is equivalent to completing the cutting action!" Kosaka looked at the lid and said brightly.

"Wait, if it's just this layer of grid wire, it can only function as a vertical knife. If you want these tofu to be cut into cubes, you need a horizontal knife... Otherwise, it should be a square. Is the tofu stick right?" A passer-by judge asked doubtfully.

Xiangtian looked carefully at the black and white tofu blocks, and then said, "It's oil! The olive oil seasoned with spices separated the layers of tofu."

"Layer by layer?"

"That's right, student Liu Maoxing's tofu is not in pieces from the beginning, but should be a layer of white tofu and a layer of black beans. Each layer is only as thick as a piece of tofu, and one layer is processed with spices. The reason, and the more solidified olive oil as an interval.

In this way, the finished tofu is already layered and does not need to be cut with a horizontal knife! At the same time, the olive oil will gradually melt while heating, and penetrate into the tofu to enhance the flavor. "

"Ah! And inside the base, is there an electric stove? No, it's pure charcoal fire! That's it, no wonder you haven't used it to see that you haven't integrated the processed spices... It turns out that from the beginning, whether it's tofu or sauce Well, it's all simmering."

"What? Ever since the spices were combined and heated, it hasn't been leaked once? No wonder there is such an explosive force!"

Qian Wu Xiaya, who was still dissatisfied before, was completely attracted by the taste of this unique sauce at this time. She couldn't help but put some sauce in her mouth with a spoon, and Liu Maoxing didn't have time to stop it... …

"It's so spicy! It's so spicy, this..."

"Huh? Ms. Xia Ya has never eaten mapo tofu, right? How can you eat the sauce alone? My 'Giant Panda Dream Magic Trio Mapo Tofu' is more special than ordinary 'Mapo Tofu', It must be eaten with tofu and sauce!" Liu Maoxing smiled.

While complaining, Xia Ya, together with the other four judges, put a piece of white tofu with a spoon into their mouths together with the sauce...

"Wow! This superb spicy sauce, paired with smooth and tender tofu! This kind of feeling that stimulates the taste senses while soothing the taste nerves is simply unstoppable!"

"Ah... this black tofu is... sweet? It's sugar tofu!"

"That's right, sucrose should be added to the black beans. The sweetness that is completely different from the spicy taste not only makes the taste rest for a while, but also forms a perfect chain cycle between red, white and black. I don't feel tired at all. Moment!"

The five judges were all crying, but they still couldn't help but keep sending red, white, and black chain combinations to their mouths, each with tears on their faces, as if they had climaxed ten times...

But at this moment, Xia Ya suddenly cried with a feeling of pleasure: "No, that's not right! There is not only sucrose in the black tofu... This kind of sweetness that can rival the spice in the sauce is... Holy Basil!"

"Not only that! The 'trio' does not refer to the red, black, and white trio, but the real tofu trio. The minced meat here...is deep-fried bean dregs!"

The students looked at the five judges in shock. At this moment, they seemed to be refugees who had been hungry for seven days and seven nights. They gulped down Liu Maoxing's dishes continuously, completely unable to see that they had tried a lot of dishes before, and While eating, I was "moved" and cried bitterly...