Shokugeki no Imitation Chef

"Huh? Isn't it my evening shift today?"

"No, it's nothing! You just arrived, take a rest! I'll help you look at it for a while, it's okay!"

"You don't want to borrow money, do you?"

"Why didn't you leave? What happened?"

"It can't be that Chief Chef Dojima is coming tonight, right? That's not right... I don't see you guys being so active when Chief Chef Dojima comes here."

In the western restaurant among the three high-end VIP restaurants of Yuanyue Hotel, an interesting scene happened at this time. It was clearly the time for the shift change at ten o'clock in the evening, but the chefs of the previous shift were all twisting Nini's, even a little Two or three hours ago, the chef who was supposed to leave work hadn't left yet!

Ordinarily, after late at night, there should not be many people coming to the high-end VIP restaurant, so the chefs on duty are usually the least at this time, but now the originally spacious kitchen seems a bit crowded...

The waiter who delivered the note to Liu Maoxing before was also secretly puzzled, guessing in his heart that it might have something to do with the note he sent.

At this moment, Liu Maoxing entered the restaurant, just before the waiter got off work!

Liu Maoxing was also "busy" all night in the kitchen of 121...

During the period, I was a guest in room 1213. The two official chefs who were on duty in the kitchen at that time were not very good at the dishes ordered, let alone the cooks, so Liu Maoxing did it himself!

At that time, Dagu and the other chef were also quite frightened, like the room service kitchen, usually appoint an all-round chef to fill in the omissions at any time, and Liu Maoxing's age... made the two of them have to worry!

But now under the influence of "Shi Yu", Liu Maoxing already has "super four-star" cooking skills, Liu Maoxing has seen all the recipes in the kitchen, even the most difficult ones, he can handle them with his own cooking skills Come.

Want something tastier? Then go to the VIP buffet hall or high-end VIP restaurant...

By the way, most people still can't go!

As for ordering food in the room, it’s okay if it’s just some high-end cuisine that can be completed by a chef, but when it comes to special-grade cuisine, it’s amazingly expensive. Originally, there were some special-grade cuisine in the open restaurant of Yuanyue Hotel, but the price is outrageous. People are discouraged, and now there is an additional 50% price for ordering meals in the room, which is really astonishingly dark...

The other two times were due to the high frequency of room service and insufficient kitchen capacity. After Liu Maoxing took action himself, the situation was immediately stabilized.

The two official chefs and one kitchen worker including Da Gu were already amazed by Liu Maoxing's cooking skills and familiarity with the dishes!

From ten o'clock in the evening to six o'clock in the morning, it is already the supper period, and only one official chef is required to be on duty. In theory, the chef or a senior first-class chef does not need to be on duty at this time, but must be on call.

Originally, Liu Maoxing was a little embarrassed, but Meihezi happened to be on duty next door tonight. This female chef, whose personality was completely opposite to Guihezi, offered to tell Liu Maoxing that she could take care of him for a while before ten o'clock...

Now that Liu Maoxing was free, he came to the high-end VIP restaurant on the top floor, ready to continue to complete his plan.

But at this time, Liu Maoxing was not as enthusiastic about this "plan" as before!

Although Liu Maoxing has already guessed and discovered that it is very difficult to improve cooking skills, and the demand can only be described as "massive" just by tasting special-grade cuisine.

But because Yuanyue Hotel was the place where Liu Maoxing's culinary skills leaped for the first time, Liu Maoxing has always regarded this place as a "big treasure" deep in his heart, thinking that even if his cooking skills cannot make another leap forward here, it will definitely make him It is right to enter the country!

However, the 20 main dishes in the afternoon, although superimposed together, are very impressive, but compared to the upgrade requirements... it requires a lot of accumulation!

Even Liu Maoxing estimated that even if he achieved the goal of sweeping up the "high-end VIP restaurant" this week, it would only bring him closer to the "super three-star".

Not only because there is a greater demand for upgrades, but also because Liu Maoxing himself is now a "super two-star", so dishes below "super three-star" have no effect on him, and super three-star, four-star or even five-star cuisine has little effect. ...

Could it be that "Yuanyue Hotel" has to become a "childhood candy", which is the most delicious only in memory, and it will be tasteless when you really buy it when you grow up? Liu Maoxing secretly sighed in his heart.

Unless there are a large number of tiger-level and lin-level dishes, it is difficult for my cooking skills to make a leap...

"Are you ready for what I said at noon?" Although Liu Maoxing was a little disappointed, he also understood the truth of "a thousand miles can be reached without taking a small step".

It is slow to accumulate slowly, but if you give up, you will never reach your goal.

"Chef Liu, don't worry, your note is amazing. I prepared a meal order, but now I don't need it... Chef Thomas and the others will take the initiative to prepare a dinner for you!"

"Chef Thomas? The one at lunch? He's not off work yet?"

"Voluntary overtime..."

"Okay, then tell them to start!" Liu Maoxing didn't care if it was on the menu, as long as he could improve his cooking skills.

But at the beginning, the result made Liu Maoxing, who was not in a good mood, even more annoyed. The waiter also found that out of the twenty dishes, Liu Maoxing only finished five or six of them this time, and the rest was just a taste...

It's not because of anything else, but these dishes are only at the level of super-grade one or two stars, and they are full of loopholes!

It's clearly a dish that hasn't been perfected yet, use your own as a touchstone!

But in this way, the effect on Liu Maoxing will be reduced, and Liu Maoxing is naturally dissatisfied with this kind of behavior.

"Chef Liu...what's wrong?" the waiter couldn't help asking.

"Hehe, the midnight shift in high-end VIP restaurants is far worse than the afternoon shift!" Liu Maoxing said angrily.

"Chef Liu doesn't need to be angry, then... just don't eat it! These are not dishes on the menu, and they haven't been billed..." the waiter reassured.

Liu Maoxing's eyes lit up when he heard the words, "Wait, what did you say?"

"These are not dishes on the menu, they are private behaviors..."

"No, no, I said the previous sentence!"

"Just don't eat it?" the waiter asked suspiciously.

"That's right! Why am I so angry?" Liu Maoxing asked the waiter to bring a pen and paper after hearing that, and wrote down all the areas that needed improvement in the cooking.

And tell the waiter to convey to those cooks one four words: I am not full!

If it's a meal, Liu Maoxing will naturally not waste food, but now that the other party invites him to taste the food, then why not waste food is the other party's consideration...

How can there be a reason for a connoisseur to taste the food and eat it to death?

If she tasted dishes for others and had to finish them all, then Erina would probably be stronger than Subaru Misaku by now.

Liu Maoxing's previous slight annoyance disappeared, and he suddenly realized that his previous thinking of "high-end VIP restaurant" or Yuanyue Hotel as a big treasure was completely wrong!

But this "big treasure" does exist, but it is not the "high-end VIP buffet hall", but the cooks of Yuanyue Hotel!

If you are a taster, the number of dishes you can taste is far more than being a "free food"...

"Wringing out" the cooks in Yuanyue Resort is definitely more gratifying than just sweeping up the recipes!

And if he can spread his fame like Erina, there will be countless cooks who will ask Liu Maoxing to taste the dishes in the future...

This is also what Liu Maoxing most hoped to do at the beginning of the journey, but because at the beginning, although Liu Maoxing's God's Tongue could analyze the recipe as long as he had tasted the food, and the observation of the taste was meticulous, but because of his own The culinary skills are too poor. Although they can find the flaws, they can only talk about the super dishes in general and fail to guide the key points.

Ordinarily, Liu Maoxing's "Super God's Tongue" was better than Erina's "God's Tongue", but when he really went to taste the super three-star and above dishes, Liu Maoxing could only mention the defects in taste, but could not explain the omissions in one word This is the case when you are a judge in the recruitment review during the "residence training".

Language guidance is often needed to make the other party think of their own problems...

It can be said that Liu Maoxing was convincing as a referee at that time, but as a coach, he was far from enough.

Of course, even so, it has surpassed the vast majority of so-called "gourmets". After all, people like Erina who have a "god's tongue" can point (du) point (she) when they reach advanced cooking skills at the age of ten. Before Liu Maoxing, there was only one super cook who even star chefs asked her to taste after she reached the super level!

In addition, unlike Erina, Liu Maoxing has the Nakiri family behind him to create momentum for him, and his reputation has always been confined to the academy...

Now regardless of food control and food taste, Liu Maoxing's own cooking skills are not inferior to Erina's too much. In addition, Liu Maoxing's "Super God Tongue" has always been slightly better in tasting sensitivity, and there are super The sense of smell can observe the aroma, the super-touch taste taste, and the multiple inequalities of spices guide the use of spices...

Liu Maoxing's guiding ability is only higher than that of Erina!

Now there is another opportunity for Liu Maoxing to increase his reputation, Liu Maoxing decided to use this as an opportunity to attract chefs from Yuanyue Resort to let him taste the cuisine!

Even if they leave a week later, they will spread the reputation of Liu Maoxing... Maybe they can use this as an opportunity to get rid of the status quo of being kept in one fell swoop!

"Do you want to compete with Erina for business in the future? No, no, we have to discuss it with Erina when we go back. The two of us will set the price together! We can't compete at low prices, it's cheaper for outsiders!"

Liu Maoxing, who once thought that Erina's asking price was too dark, fell directly to Erina's side at the speed of light...

As for Yuanyue Resort, I'm still intern, so I'm sure I won't be able to collect money this week!

Liu Maoxing felt more and more that he had been fooled by Yin Dojima.

But when you think about it, Yuanyue Resort is not an empty-handed white wolf. Although Liu Maoxing is used to speed up the improvement of the chef's own recipes, but not to mention the cost of ingredients, it will also help Liu Maoxing to gain fame!

After all, Liu Maoxing does not have the background of the Nakiri clan, so it is impossible to achieve fame overnight...

After figuring this out, Liu Maoxing is in a great mood!

When he left the restaurant at eleven o'clock, he was already 80% full, and unlike in the afternoon, Liu Maoxing only tasted one bite of each dish in the second half of the trip this time!

Now Liu Maoxing has collected more than 80 kinds of recipes in more than an hour, with an average of one recipe per minute.

And they are able to pinpoint exactly what the problem is...

However, Chef Thomas, a two-star chef certified by the "Michelin Gourmet Federation", gave Liu Maoxing some "headaches" with his several tiger-level dishes. It is said that even if it is Shinomiya Kojiro's cuisine, Liu Maoxing can point out the flaws and even improve them. Law……

But it didn't work! Because those improved methods can only be used by himself or Erina, and probably Hayama Ryo, who have a unique observation ability of cooking!

Ordinary people don't have the tongue of God and super sense of smell, so mistakes are inevitable...

Therefore, Liu Maoxing found that it is true that he can teach tiger-level cuisine, but the premise is that this tiger-level cuisine still has potential to be tapped!

If it has been improved to the limit of "ordinary people", unless major changes are made, there is no potential to be tapped, then Liu Maoxing is helpless.

After all, Liu Maoxing's guidance is only to help perfect the recipes, but cannot directly improve the cooking skills...

After the special level, creating new recipes is also one of the main means to improve cooking skills, and it can still play a role indirectly.

And it is even more helpful to the operation, which can shorten the research and development cycle of new recipes!

"This is just the beginning!" Liu Maoxing thought to himself that he would taste more dishes tomorrow!

At the same time, Liu Maoxing was ruthless before, and he didn't say a word about the super two-star and one-star cuisine, expressing his "bottom line".

After all, these dishes are completely useless to me, and there is no charge now, so there is no reason for these unfinished dishes to take up my precious time...and appetite!

It has to be said that Liu Maoxing's appetite is another advantage he has over Erina. Liu Maoxing really has a big appetite, and tasting hundreds of dishes at a time is not a problem...

After returning to the 121 kitchen, Liu Maoxing sighed that the first day of the internship was almost over, and at the same time secretly wondered...

"This 'job job' arranged by senior Dojima has gone too smoothly? Sure enough, the focus is still on the promotion review? But...why do you always feel like I've overlooked something important?" Liu Maoxing muttered to himself.

Liu Maoxing went back to the kitchen first, and told the chef on duty that he was already back, and he could go to 1201 to find him if he had something to do, so he didn't need to bother Miwako, and then he was going to take a rest.

After all, I came to the kitchen at four o'clock, and I have to "fight" until Guihezi comes back tomorrow night...

beep……

"Huh? This is..."

beep……

Liu Maoxing's room card was swiped on the electronic lock, but there were misidentified voices!

It was only then that Liu Maoxing realized that the room card he took was the one he hadn't returned before, not the 1201 room card that Guihezi gave him.

He secretly said "sloppy", and when he was about to go back to the kitchen to get the correct room card, the door opened by itself!

Although they had the same facial features, Liu Maoxing recognized this time that the other party was Takawako's younger sister, Miwako.

It should be in the kitchen, I found the 1201 room card that I left behind, so I came in?

However, in the next scene, Liu Maoxing couldn't figure it out. Mei Hezi didn't say anything, neither asked why Liu Maoxing had her sister's room card, nor explained why she was here, just turned around and went back directly...

It was as if he just heard the voice and came to open the door for Liu Maoxing!

And it seems that he just took a shower, his hair is wet, his whole body exudes moisture, and he even changed into pajamas...

Hey, hey, what's the matter with this sense of sight as if the two of us lived together? Are you sisters enough? It can be said that it is careless to plug the room card if there is a disagreement, but where is this coming from now?

"Um... are you borrowing the bathroom?" Liu Maoxing helped her think of a barely plausible reason.

"You can say that."

"'You can say that?"

"Lend me the bed inside too!"

"..."

After all, it's her sister's room, so she has no problem occupying Liu Maoxing...but why let her in?

"Ahem, then you should rest first too! I told the chef of 122 to come to me first sometimes, and there is really no way to bother you anymore!" Liu Maoxing said and fled.

After Liu Maoxing left, Meihezi couldn't help but said to himself: "Hehehe... You little guy who knows current affairs, it seems that the previous preparations will not be needed!"

It seems that if Liu Maoxing thinks that there is some kind of banquet, he will probably suffer a bit...

In fact, when Liu Maoxing saw Mei Hezi for the first time, although she didn’t recognize the difference between her and Gui Hezi, she still remembered her reaction. At that time, she knew that the two sisters were just having weird personalities, not that they really had “more” open"……

Because Meihezi was obviously taken aback when she saw Liu Maoxing open the door at first, it can be seen that the charming pose she put on was intentionally shown to her sister, so she was taken aback when she found out that the person who opened the door was a man!