Shokugeki no Imitation Chef

"What is wrapped in the word 'Fu' is crushed sesame slices made of boiled sucrose and jelly syrup mixed with peeled sesame seeds... Sesame slices are a famous snack with a long history in Sichuan and Sichuan, and I also tasted it from it. The taste of condensed milk and vanilla powder further balances the sweetness. It should be an improvement on the original formula, right? It becomes more suitable for the tomato and peach kernel powder wrapped in the outside. The slightly sour and slightly bitter coat makes it even more perfect The sweetness of the sesame chips..."

"The word 'Lu' contains crisp pieces of peanuts and bananas. Different from sesame chips, its prototype 'banana and peanut butter toast' is a common Western-style dessert. You can also vaguely feel the uniqueness of toast in the taste of peanut butter. Fermented glutinous rice, it should be baked with toast, but it is not put into the mooncakes, in order to increase the sweetness, maltose is added, right?"

"The crumbs in 'Shou', the prototype is 'coconut chocolate almond biscuit', a classic biscuit originating in Italy. Although it has not been made into biscuits now, it also uses the secondary baking skills of Italian biscuits! Almonds Served with toasted shredded coconut, encrusted in almond flour with rich honey…”

"The character 'Xi' is European-style truffle chocolate originally from France, wrapped in walnut crumbs, and in order to maintain the characteristics of truffle chocolate, there are scattered truffle chocolate crumbs inside!"

The four judges talked freely about the origin of the four kinds of fillings, and the mooncakes in their hands were all eaten in a blink of an eye.

When the judges tasted the mooncakes, they couldn’t help imagining that they were wearing red bellybands with the words "Fu", "Lu", "Shou" and "Xi", like four Fuwa dolls. Send a mooncake...

As for Senzaemon, who was reminiscing about the "Shadowless Skin", he seemed to feel the call of the moon from it, and he imagined himself wearing a gorgeous palace costume and running towards the moon in his mind, unknowingly Made the "I want to fly" posture...

After the commander-in-chief came back to his senses, he said without any embarrassment while putting on his clothes and arranging his beard, "No, the most unique thing about this mooncake is the mooncake skin outside the filling. superior!"

"Yes, it is the mooncake skin that controls the fillings and makes them a whole. This is the effect of sweet potato flour? But why is the transparency so high?"

"And after baking, there is a unique softness, and the sweetness of the sweet potato is faintly revealed. Even if there is no filling inside, just the transparent mooncake skin is enough to make people think..."

"In recent years, there are indeed transparent crystal-skinned mooncakes in mooncakes, but they use chemically treated modified starch as raw materials. The taste is too waxy, and they only have an aesthetic effect, especially with nut fillings. It doesn't match at all, and it's completely different from this kind of transparent skin made only by sweet potato flour and flour! It's even inferior in transparency."

"Indeed, Liu Maoxing, how did you do it?"

Facing the doubts of the judges, Liu Maoxing just said: "It's very simple, just pay attention to the strength and proportion of the kneading dough, and the feeling of stretching and thinning."

The other four judges all looked conflicted, and obviously felt that Liu Maoxing's statement was a complete excuse.

But at this moment, Senzaemon said: "That's true. I once saw a similar technique in the hands of a pastry master."

"Could it be that master?" Anxi exclaimed.

Ma Changluofu seemed to suddenly think of something: "That one? Is... one of the two veterans of the Dragon Chef Alliance?"

On the contrary, Qiyu and Ryuji, who were the partners, were puzzled: "What is one of the two elders? Isn't the top level of the Dragon Chef Alliance the representative of the twenty-seven Samsung Chinese restaurants?"

Senzaemon interrupted: "Okay, let's make a judgment!"

Liu Maoxing heard some meaning from it, it seems that the "Master Xie" also has a high status in the Dragon Chef Alliance, but many people who are not at the core of the culinary world don't know him.

At the same time, it can also be seen that in the Dragon Chef Alliance, there is another veteran with the same status as "Master Xie"!

As for the judging result of the competition, it is not important anymore...

Just when the judges were immersed in the "special five-nut mooncake", Liu Maoxing handed the sixth mooncake to Tacomi.

Even without judging, Takumi knew he had lost!

There is still an essential gap between my own lemon snow cake and Liu Maoxing's special five-nut moon cake.

"Eight into four, the fourth round, the winner, Liu Maoxing!" The commander wrote Liu Maoxing's name on the huge scroll.

"That's right, although Takmi's 'Lemon Snow Cake' is also very classic, but it really is the 'Special Five Nuts' mooncake, which left a deeper impression on me!"

"It's not just an impression. After eating, I want to go home now and spend the holidays with my family..."

"It's true that the Mid-Autumn Festival is only a few days away. I don't know if I can order some mooncakes from classmate Liu Maoxing. I don't have a project to be a judge in the future, so it shouldn't be considered a bribe, right?"

"In that case, I also..."

Several judges are already discussing, and they will ask Liu Maoxing to order a batch of "special five-nut mooncakes".

And Liu Maoxing said to Takmi who was looking up at 45 degrees: "I'm sorry, if you want to find Chuangzhen to fall in love with each other, you can only wait for the next time."

"Your chocolate truffle walnuts...seems like a perfect topping for my 'Lemon Frozen Cake' too!" exclaims Takomi.

"Is the sweetness of the truffle chocolate too thick? Doesn't it cover up the taste of the snow layer?"

"No, just add your tomato almond flour!" says Takomi.

Then he changed his tone and said: "Although I lost this time, don't think that you can always be above me. Next time... next time I will definitely use more perfect cooking to defeat you!"

"...I think in terms of the degree of difficulty, you should still challenge Chuangzhen first." Liu Maoxing said with a mocking smile.

At this time, Rei Kawashima's voice on the broadcast did not guide everyone to exit in an orderly manner as usual, but announced: "So far, all the places for the semi-finals have been produced! They are Yukihira Soma and Kurokiba Ryo , Ye Shanliang, and Liu Maoxing! Let's give warm applause to the four contestants who stand out in the first-year competition!"

At the same time, on the big screen, the tree diagram connection of the semi-finalists has also been displayed!

"On the big screen, you can see that in next week's semi-finals, Xingping Chuangzhen will face Liu Maoxing in the morning, and Ha Shanliang will face Kurokiba Ryo in the afternoon... At the same time, it will also be announced at this moment. The topic for the two groups is 'Western-style main course'!" Rei Kawashima directly announced the topic of the semi-finals.

The content of the battle between the two groups is the same, both of which are relatively general titles of "Western-style main dishes".

The biggest difference between Western-style banquets represented by French and Italian dishes and Chinese-style banquets is that the dishes are served one by one. From appetizers to desserts, each dish has its own status, while Chinese-style banquets are cold dishes. Hot dishes are served together and count as a whole.

In a Western-style banquet, the main dish is naturally the heaviest, whether it is the actual portion or the psychological portion. Taking the typical French cuisine in Western food as an example, the main dish is usually meat or seafood. , and in larger banquets, one of each will count as two main courses.

Of course, the topic of the semi-finals is "Western-style main course", which must refer to one dish, and fish and meat will definitely not add points!

It is precisely because the integrated banquet of Chinese food is different from the independent banquet of Western food such as French food and Italian food, the requirements of Chinese and Western food for the main course are also different.

If we talk about the main dish of Chinese food, it can also be understood as the "big dish" in a banquet, usually seafood or meat, but most of the main dishes of Chinese food are not suitable for eating in the way of Western food...

Such as Dongpo pork, sweet and sour carp, snow winter roasted pheasant, salted duck... These "big dishes" in Chinese cuisine, people only eat this dish alone, and then change to another one after eating. Think about it. I'm a little bored.

Because the "main dish" in Chinese cuisine is also a part of the banquet, it must be paired with cold dishes, soups, vegetable snacks, etc. to show its charm.

Of course, it is just "most" of the main dishes of Chinese banquets. If it is taken out alone, it would be too "dominant", but it would be too rigid and easy to break, and some of the effects are similar to Western-style main dishes...

After hearing this topic, Liu Maoxing first focused on the choice of the general direction.

One is to choose Western-style dishes and improve them with Chinese cooking skills. The "super one-star" cooking skills have already made most of the massive recipes Liu Maoxing has accumulated can be used!

Another option is to choose a dish that can take the position of a Western-style main course in the one-time menu of "Zhonghua Yiyi", and then use appropriate Western food techniques to improve and process it...

The former is easier to deduct questions and has more choices, while the latter can play to a higher level!

That is to say, the former is more conservative, while the latter is fighting for high scores.

After all, if Liu Maoxing chooses the second method, he will definitely choose from the recipes with three stars and above.

Otherwise, Liu Maoxing's "super one-star" cooking skills are top-notch among the first-year students, but they are not outstanding among the four in the semi-finals, and they are even a bit "lower". With the help of various special skills, they can barely be regarded as Go hand in hand.

However, Liu Maoxing failed to plan the recipes quietly in Jixing Liao. Although the reporters of various magazines in the school were violently expelled by Liu Maoxing, someone came to the door in the afternoon just after the general direction was decided on the first day... …

"Ah Xing, there are customers looking downstairs!" Wen Xu shouted through the sound transmission channel.

Because he hasn't reached the actual cooking steps yet, Liu Maoxing is in his room, not the kitchen.

Liu Maoxing was wondering, didn't he come to him at this time because he was blown away by Wen Xu with a broom? Who is the one……

After going downstairs, I found out that it was none other than Nakiri Erina!

Liu Maoxing wanted to complain about Wenxu's behavior of bowing his head like a black and evil force, but he saw Wenxu behind Erina, gesturing a thumbs up to himself, and showing a hearty smile, as if the canine teeth would shine!

From this smile, Liu Maoxing seemed to see a bad friend who was encouraging him to pursue the goddess...