Shokugeki no Imitation Chef

"Welcome to taste my 'Golden Smile'!"

Along with Liu Maoxing's words, five bamboo boats floated over from the mini canal, each with three golden fried buns placed on them...

Why is it golden yellow?

This Liu Kuishan and the others were not puzzled, because Liu Maoxing brushed a layer of egg wash on the outside of each steamed bun in front of them before, and it is not surprising that it will turn golden yellow after frying!

"Jin Jin opened his mouth to laugh? Although he 'speaked', it is a bit exaggerated to say that he was 'smiling'. Hmm... the dough did swell, did it use pure sodium bicarbonate as a leavening agent?"

One of the judges said, looking at the golden steamed buns that had swelled up and grinned after frying.

"That's right, I specially chose this kind of leavening agent in order to make it expand when it is fried in oil." Liu Maoxing said.

Usually, whether it is baking powder or a leavening agent, in addition to sodium bicarbonate, it also contains citric acid or tartaric acid, so that when it is dissolved in water, it will react with each other to produce carbon dioxide, making the pastry fluffy.

However, if there is only sodium bicarbonate alone, it will not react until it is heated to produce carbon dioxide, making the steamed bun skin fluffy...

"If this is the case, it can be regarded as a 'fried steamed bun dish', then let's try it!"

The judges said, reaching out their hands to the "golden smile" on the small bamboo boat.

Liu Kuishan didn't know what he thought of, he seemed a little dazed, and was even a step behind the other four certifiers, but at this moment, a crisp "laughter" brought him back to reality!

cluck cluck...

"What, what is this?"

"What's going on? The one laughing is..."

"Are there any special ingredients added to it?"

That's right, this laughter is coming from "Golden Smile"!

When the judges picked up the golden steamed buns, the "Golden Smile" actually made bursts of laughter just like its name.

At the beginning, I was taken aback by surprise, but contemporary gourmets obviously think differently from the old Tie who lived more than a hundred years ago, so they started to study immediately after being surprised.

cluck... cluck... cluck...

Soon the judges discovered that this "Golden Smile" was similar to "Desperate Rooster", and it would make a sound as long as it was pinched, but it was not screaming, but similar to laughter.

"It's quite interesting, but let's try it first!" A two-star certified teacher also reacted at this time, picked up a "golden smile" and took a bite...

Just pinching it, there will be "laughter", and the sound will be louder when you bite it!

It was as if a few certifiers were laughing while eating golden steamed buns...

The guests around, although they didn't know how it tasted, they found it very interesting just seeing this scene!

Especially children, who have already pestered adults at this time, saying that they must try this in a while.

But at the same time as he was sipping, the certifier was stunned, not only because of the voice, but also because of the overflowing soup in his mouth!

"This, this hot soup seems to be gushing into the mouth! It's clearly opened on the skin, why...why is the soup inside?"

"Indeed, just now I thought that the inside would be filled with soft fried food, which doesn't go well with the crispy outer skin..."

Another certifier, obviously an activist, immediately broke off the "Golden Smile" that had already been bitten in his hand.

I saw that inside the golden outer skin, there is a group of well-defined fillings...

At the same time, the secret of the "soup" has also been discovered. It turns out that the overflowing feeling is not the real soup. In the center of the filling, there is a group of colloidal particles. Still in colloidal state!

"This is... Molecular Gastronomy?"

That's right, in fact, what Liu Maoxing used was the method of condensing broth and seaweed soup into colloidal particles when Chuangzhen and Zhen Alice faced each other in the autumn selection competition!

Of course, Liu Maoxing borrowed Alice’s equipment in advance, and Chuangzhen directly used the condensed puzzle thick snacks to make soup grains. Although it is simple and low-cost, there are too many impurities...

Before Liu Maoxing asked Liu Kuishan to use "pre-prepared broth ingredients", what he was talking about was these concentrated broth granules!

Compared with the original recipe, the way of using "winter vermicelli", that is, vermicelli to absorb the soup, and then put it in the filling is much smarter. After all, the vermicelli that has absorbed the soup... the taste can be imagined!

Since it is only to make the "soup" become solid and semi-solid and stay in the "golden smile" instead of flowing out from the "opening", it is obvious that Alice's device for condensing the soup into a colloid is the Excellent choice...

At the same time, what Liu Maoxing condenses is not just the meat and juice that oozes out of the beef in the original recipe, but the beef that Liu Maoxing prepared in advance, which is both delicious and in line with the overall flavor of "Golden Smile" broth.

Of course, since he chose colloidal soup, naturally Liu Maoxing also reformed the filling...

Xie Lu's original version of "Golden Smile" can actually be said to be a combination of soup dishes and noodles, because most of the fillings are "noodles that have absorbed the soup". After all, the ability of the noodles to absorb soup, if If there is not enough, there will be no sense of overflowing soup at all. This is where winter noodles are far from being comparable to molecular cuisine.

In the remaining half space, there are a few fried diced beef, because the golden outer skin of "Golden Opening Smile" has been finalized after frying, so the diced beef can roll in the remaining space inside, making a sound like " Laughter" sound...

But in Liu Maoxing's opinion, if he really followed his recipe, the sound was actually quite different from laughter.

The reason why it will be heard as "laughter" is firstly the hint of the name "Golden Opening Laugh", and secondly, Xie Lu applied his joyful kitchen heart "Vientiane Renewal" to it, so it makes people feel happy in the audience. Mentally, accepted it was "laughter"!

"Huh? These condensed soup grains are all wrapped in other ingredients, and there is a layer of egg liquid between them... so they don't immediately dissolve at high temperature, or even deteriorate, which delays the time for the soup grains to penetrate into the outer layer of fillings ?"

"How did you do it? Could it be... that you really used two fingers to quickly complete this operation inside?"

That's right, Eagle Hand is so powerful, if you don't agree with it, go practice it?

"And in this stuffing... there are beef cubes, shiitake mushrooms, and lotus root slices! It's because of the friction between them, because the last part of the soup balls is melted into the stuffing by high temperature, so when you pinch it, it will Make a 'laugh'!"

"Just when part of the condensed soup granules melted into the fillings outside, did these fillings also fry and flow out unexpectedly? This kind of grasping of the heat...one or two can be called a coincidence, but all of them are like this. ...Have you mastered the 'Essence of Pyrotechnics'?"

Liu Maoxing didn't answer when he heard the words, but just smiled slightly. He didn't master the essence of pyrotechnics, but the super-tactile sense can also make him master the heat in detail!

"Not only that, the reason why the golden skin is expanded when heated is also to make this expanded space solidify under frying at the same time as it is produced, and then these solidified hollow spaces will be formed. When it comes to blowing air and a certain amount of sound amplification..."

That's right, since Liu Maoxing has chosen to use colloidal concentrated soup as a carrier to create a sense of overflowing soup, naturally it is not necessary and can not be used as the main body of the filling, otherwise it would be too monotonous.

Similarly, Liu Maoxing did not use the sound of friction and collision between diced beef and fried golden dough as the source of the "laughter" that is the essence of this dish...

In Liu Maoxing's stuffing, the source of the sound is the diced beef marinated in "beef broth", and when other auxiliary materials are rubbed together, the sound is produced due to the influx of air in the hollow part of the fluffy skin!

On the basis of the traditional color, aroma and taste, there is also an element of "sound", which makes the "cooking heart" contained in it penetrate into people's hearts more comprehensively!

Since Liu Maoxing wanted to use this "golden smile" to attack two-star chefs, he had to use the "heart of the chef in the mirror"...

Although it is only a one-off, the evaluation is only for this time. Liu Maoxing believes that when it is sold in the future, the "Golden Smile" without "cooking heart" will also sell well!

I saw that the four judges except Liu Kuishan were actually smiling while tasting the "Golden Smile", and they seemed to be in a better mood!

That's right, before Liu Maoxing "copied" three kinds of "Chef's Heart in the Mirror" at Yuanyue Resort, one of them was the heart of the chef that would make the diners feel a bit more cheerful...

It comes from the chef of a dessert shop in Yuanyue Resort. It is said that his desserts once saved a young woman who wanted to commit suicide because of a broken relationship.

Of course, his culinary heart cannot affect a person forever, but "suicide" is often just a temporary thought. After the woman tasted his "sunshine puffs", the gloom in her heart temporarily dissipated. , was rescued after the death died down.

It is said that this pastry master realized it on a sunny afternoon. In fact, in terms of effect, this "sunny" is far inferior to Xie Lu's original "Vientiane Renewal".

But in terms of compatibility, it just matches the "golden smile"!

Especially after hearing the "laughter", under the influence of the "bright eyes" kitchen heart, diners will naturally imagine the scene of running and playing with their friends in the sun when they were children, and they can't help feeling It's "bright"...

At the same time, Liu Kuishan finally recovered from his thoughts, and also tasted Liu Maoxing's "Golden Smile", but he still looked preoccupied.

It didn't seem like he had a problem with Liu Maoxing's cooking, but it seemed that he was wondering about something, so "Sunny" didn't affect him!

At the same time, in the crowd, Liu Maoxing didn't notice that an old man he was "familiar" was staring at him. If it was someone else who stared at Liu Maoxing purposefully like this, he would definitely be discovered.

But now Liu Maoxing is just like when he was in Hokkaido when he didn't notice the old man approaching behind him, he didn't react at all...

"Jin Jin smiled...Although the recipe has been completely changed, the most important thing, the father's will to present this pastry to the diners has not changed..." After the old man muttered in the crowd, he backed away After a few steps, he easily got out of the dense crowd.

He didn't wait for Liu Kuishan to announce whether it was passed or not, because he felt that the result was no longer in suspense...