Shokugeki no Imitation Chef

"Eh? Why is this happening? Is there any problem?" Liu Maoxing asked the others after standing up.

Yu Mei and Xiao Hui had already run back to their room with red faces, as for the rest of the people, except for the single dog, three women including Wen Xu looked at him speechlessly...

"Ah Xing, I think what Joichiro means... definitely not that the more the better!" Ryoko said, covering her face.

"Unexpectedly slow." Ibuzaki complained silently.

Although Liu Maoxing still didn't quite understand where his logic didn't make sense until he went to sleep at night, but he has already admitted that if he wants to improve his cooking skills, it seems that he can't go in this direction.

After all, everyone's heart for cooking is different. Tian Suohui poured family-like care into cooking, while Lingcheng Ichiro restrained his "Sura" side, it was a person who made him "hope to dedicate all his dishes" woman"...

But the current Liu Maoxing is obviously not suitable for the same path as the two of them, but the general direction should be correct!

Before going to bed, Liu Maoxing tossed and turned on the bed, thinking about "concentration". After he couldn't figure it out, he began to think about the moon cakes during the competition...

The full moon is reunited!

Liu Maoxing suddenly sat up from the bed, only then did he realize how could he have forgotten his "family"?

Although in this world, Liu Maoxing no longer has any family members, but more than half a year ago...

At this moment, Liu Maoxing suddenly covered his head. Even once before, Liu Maoxing had never thought about what happened before the crossing. It was not a coincidence, but Liu Maoxing had been deliberately avoiding it...

Because just before the crossing, when Liu Maoxing's family was overseas, they encountered a terrorist attack!

Even when recalling the past, Liu Maoxing's subconscious mind will force himself to stop recalling, at most he will comfort himself silently: Maybe everyone has traveled to different worlds! just like myself...

But at this moment, Liu Maoxing really followed the clue of "moon cake". After thinking of these things, he could no longer be stopped by his subconscious mind...

It was not uncommon for Liu Maoxing to get up late the next day, and there were still some heavy sleep marks on his face.

But after washing my face, I finally adjusted back to the state!

In the evening, Yu Mei still seemed unwilling to talk to him, but her body was still very honest, so she went to look for him on the second floor during dinner.

"Hey, everyone is going to eat, are you coming?" Yu Mei looked like I didn't want to call you.

"It will be here soon, this time I will let you taste my mooncakes!" Liu Maoxing said.

When Yu Mei was serving another plate for him, she frowned even more, as if she didn't notice any difference from yesterday's!

But Yu Mei, who was still arguing, didn't ask...

After dinner, after everyone tried mooncakes again, Dawu and the others said doubtfully, "Ah Xing...I...still haven't tasted the difference!"

"Me too……"

"Is there really no difference?"

But this time Tian Suohui suddenly said: "I, I seem to feel that there are some differences between today's mooncakes and yesterday's, but... I can't tell the difference. But I really have a feeling that today's mooncakes are different. , there is something more pleasant to feel!"

After hearing the words, the others thought about it one after another, or tasted a few different pieces, but they didn't taste the "different" that Xiaohui said.

But Liu Maoxing's eyes lit up, and he vaguely grasped something!

It seems that my experiment today can be declared a success, at least it has achieved a certain effect!

Although it is far from being able to condense his "chef heart prototype", Liu Maoxing's "concentration" has indeed improved.

Even the real "chef heart prototype" is only useful to the cook himself, so that the cook can be more immersed in the cooking, minimize the mistakes and negligence in the cooking, and at the same time, it is easier to generate inspiration...

However, when the diners taste it, if it is just the "chef's heart", it will not be poured into the cooking unlike the real "chef's heart", so there will be no feeling.

And excluding the factor of chef's heart, Liu Maoxing's five-nut mooncake today is indeed the same as yesterday, so it's normal that everyone can't taste the difference.

Because Tian Suohui already has an unstable "cooking heart", she is also more sensitive to concentration. Although there is no difference in her tongue and taste, her cooking heart can feel the improvement of Liu Maoxing's concentration!

"As expected." Liu Maoxing sighed.

"What really..." Yu Mei just wanted to ask a question, but found that Liu Maoxing was looking up at a 45% angle, which she had never seen on Liu Maoxing's face, so she couldn't help but shut up.

Afterwards, Liu Maoxing was not very interested, and went to bed early that night, and did not even participate in the "night activities" held in Shan'er's room every night as agreed by Jixing Liao...

The same was true on the third night, the only difference was that Tian Suohui came to the conclusion that "the feeling of comfort has gone further" after tasting the mooncakes that everyone else felt "has not changed".

It wasn't until the fourth night that Liu Maoxing returned to normal. Although he ate "no difference" mooncakes for everyone, at night, the abnormal emotions of the previous two days finally adjusted, and he was with everyone in Shan Er again. room to play poker...

As for Yu Mei, she had already returned to normal, but she didn't ask Liu Maoxing about what happened two days ago.

Although Liu Maoxing occasionally showed sad, reminiscing, and nostalgic expressions two days ago, which made her very concerned, but she naturally understands that everyone has feelings that cannot be shared with others. If Liu Maoxing wants to say If you want to talk, you will naturally speak up, and if you don't want to say, you shouldn't ask.

After dinner on the fifth day, the mooncakes made by Liu Maoxing finally had a difference that everyone could taste!

"Huh? Today's 'five kernels' have changed?"

"That's right, instead of peanuts and walnuts, it's replaced with... pine nuts and cashews?"

"No, the fillings of each mooncake are also different this time..."

"The ingredients have also changed a bit, and these are much more refreshing than before!"

"The middle one is easier to eat! To be honest, although the sugar ratio of the previous five-nut mooncakes is also perfect, it is still a bit difficult for me to eat a whole piece in one go. It doesn't feel like that anymore."

"But I think the most delicious one is the third one from the left!"

"No, no, from the perspective of desserts, I think this is more impactful..."

Obviously, Liu Maoxing finally started to improve his five-nut mooncakes two days before his competition.

The duel between Liu Maoxing and Takmi was the last match of the eight-in-four, and it took place in the afternoon of the day after tomorrow.

As for Xiaohui and Chuangzhen, their matches were held in the first two games, that is, the morning and afternoon of the day after tomorrow, and there is only time for the last day of tomorrow.

As for Liu Maoxing, there are still two days to prepare...

On the sixth day, Liu Maoxing got up early to buy various uncommon nuts, and began to try some rare combinations, as well as various ways of ripening the nuts, as well as the size of the crushed kernels.

Of course, Liu Maoxing is not experimenting randomly and enumerated, he has many reference objects!

After all, at the "Dessert Festival" in Hokkaido, Liu Maoxing tried countless kinds of desserts, many of which contained nuts, and these desserts have now become Liu Maoxing's "nutrients", providing a basis for him to finally confirm the formula. The test interval is also reduced.

Otherwise, without mentioning the sugar part, with so many kinds of nuts, there can be countless combinations of "five kernels". In addition, the ripening method of each nut is different, and the size of the broken pieces is different, so the combinations that can appear It can only be described as endless!

But the high-end, special-grade, and even several tiger-grade desserts that "Super God's Tongue" still remembers guided Liu Maoxing in the direction.

Although there are some desserts, because the level is too high, Liu Maoxing cannot reproduce them as a whole, but he can use the "Super God's Tongue" to extract the part related to "nuts". Super One Star", you can also find some alternatives...

On the sixth night, Liu Maoxing's mooncakes had risen to a higher level than before. After tasting them, everyone seemed to really feel the atmosphere of family reunion.

If it wasn't for the mid-autumn holiday, maybe they really wanted to go home and have a look.

Only Yu Mei thought of an important thing, and asked anxiously: "Ah! I see, I always feel that there is something wrong with this mooncake, so it is..."

"Huh? I think it's already perfect..." Yuki asked doubtfully.

"No, if it's used to compete with Tacomi, who is good at desserts, the fillings of these five-nut mooncakes are enough, but the mooncake skin... A Xing, you haven't made any improvements, it's still the most common sugar Skin, it’s just that the ratio is more reasonable to make the taste better?”

Hearing Yu Mei's words, everyone became anxious, talking about Liu Maoxing's ideas.

But Liu Maoxing smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, I already have an idea about the mooncake skin! Now you can help me choose the most delicious filling!"

It's a pity that everyone is still buzzing, because Liu Maoxing's final improved versions can be regarded as using the derivation ability of "Super God's Tongue" to the maximum at the current stage, so there is no obvious difference. ...

"Okay, then I'll think about it myself, can I go further." Liu Maoxing thought about it.

Although the effect should have been better if he had started adjusting the fillings of the mooncakes a few days earlier, Liu Maoxing did not regret it, because he had already done something more important than perfecting the mooncakes for the competition in the past few days, that is, he discovered the improvement The "focus" approach.

In the past few days, Liu Maoxing made mooncakes that have similar meanings to mooncakes. Guided by his longing for relatives, he finally planted the seeds of improving his "concentration".

Although there is still a long way to go before the "chef heart prototype", Liu Maoxing believes that the seeds have been planted, and the real "chef heart prototype" will eventually be born!

As for the "cooking heart" that needs to be paid attention to the strong belief of the cook in the future, Liu Maoxing still has a greater "ambition", but that's for another story...