Shokugeki no Imitation Chef

"Huh? Ah Xing, do you want to sign up too?"

At the registration site of the "Sapporo Ramen Contest", Yuji discovered that after the students signed up through Yuanyue's special registration channel, Liu Maoxing also signed up...

"That's right, since we've caught up, it would be a pity not to participate. The Sapporo Ramen Competition is also an important event in Hokkaido, and the assessment is completely nested in the competition, so we have nothing to do with it," Liu Maoxing explained.

Indeed, the only condition for passing the assessment is to pass the preliminaries, which is entirely run by the organizer, without Liu Maoxing and Erina.

The reason why there is a special registration channel is naturally because last night, the organizers here have been notified. A total of 99 people have signed up, and they are still students from Yuanyue. It is not surprising that there will be a special registration channel .

Other than that, for the organizer, there is nothing to prepare, it's just that there are nearly a hundred more students who signed up...

However, because of this, some contestants who were confident of "entering the finals" but were only able to "enter the finals" complained about this.

However, in the rules of the competition, there is no clause that prohibits students from the School of Cooking from participating collectively, so it is useless for them to complain!

As for the seeded contestants who were aiming for the top ten or even winning the championship, they only focused on Liu Maoxing and Erina, and the other students were not within their sight...

After all, the first-year students of Yuanyue Academy are still only 16 years old, and the age limit of the "Sapporo Ramen Competition" is 25 years old. Most of the seeded contestants are over 20 years old, and they are descendants of professional ramen shops and even chefs.

The chef here does not refer to the position of Yuanyue Resort, but refers to the owner and master chef of the ramen shop.

For these 16-year-old "children", they don't take it seriously. After all, there is a gap of several years, and they are only "first-year students". It's going to explode!

At this time, the third-year students are basically no different from the graduates, and the top ten have the strength to hit the top, even if their specialty is not ramen.

Of course, it is impossible for Yuanyue Academy to put the important graduation assessment in a regional competition...

As for Liu Maoxing and Erina... no matter how old they are, the top ten are the top ten!

Moreover, Liu Maoxing had a history of winning the "Hokkaido Seafood Pastry Competition", while Erina has always been a celebrity in the culinary world. Although their top ten seats are ranked first and second, no one will underestimate them.

But it's just "not underestimated", because the rules of this competition are very different from the "Hokkaido Seafood Pastry Competition" in the finals, and it can even be said that the competition direction of the competition is completely different...

After signing up, Liu Maoxing took the students back to the hotel they booked, and before checking in, he explained the rules of the "Sapporo Ramen Competition"...

"...Although many of you should know the rules, but I will repeat again, the situation of the Sapporo Ramen Competition, after we signed up, there have been more than 3,000 chefs signed up...Of course, a large part of it is for us For me, it’s soy sauce!” Liu Maoxing’s statement was simple and easy to understand.

Sapporo ramen is originally a local specialty. When the "Ramen Contest" is held, almost all ramen restaurants in Hokkaido will participate. Many ramen restaurants outside the island, and even some foreign noodle restaurants will join in the fun...

But as Liu Maoxing said, most of them are just for fun!

Some have no skills, and even pure ramen lovers and non-professional cooks will come to have fun... Of course, there are also many masters, just in small ramen shops.

However, Liu Maoxing estimated that out of the 3,000 people, 2,000 were soy sauce workers, and none of them had high expectations.

"The rules of the preliminaries are similar to the theme system of 'Food Halberd'. The theme of the preliminaries will be announced tonight, and the competition will start tomorrow morning. That means you have one night to prepare... the only thing that can be determined now Yes, the competition must be related to ramen, and before the official topic is announced, you can also make some preparations, and the requirement to pass the grade assessment is to enter the final list of 200 to 300 people!" Liu Maoxing said.

The 3,000 registered contestants will be reduced to 2,300 after one preliminaries, which shows that the overall quality of the contestants is uneven, and the cruel elimination rate can also be seen.

"Huh? Why is there such a large number of finalists? Two hundred to three hundred people?" a student asked.

"The preliminaries are not in the nature of scoring and ranking competitions, but after the dishes are presented, the judges will announce whether they pass or not on the spot, so the number of people is flexible, usually between 200 and 300 people...Of course, I believe this year's For the next competition, the number of people will be more than 300, or even more than 300." Liu Maoxing encouraged everyone.

But this is also a fact. After all, there are 99 more students from Yuanyue. I believe that the number of people entering the preliminaries will be the highest in several years...

"Okay, for the rest of the time, everyone is free to move around! Tomorrow at ten o'clock, go to the competition area to participate in the competition on your own, and we will be dismissed!" Liu Maoxing announced.

Although the Japanese-style ramen is heavy on the soup, the quality of the noodles will definitely be affected, and there will be problems during the preliminaries, so the soup must be prepared according to the theme after the theme is notified at 6 pm. Now most of the students choose Buy good quality flour.

After the students dispersed, Erina put her arms under the twin peaks and asked Liu Maoxing, "How is it? Do you have any ideas?"

Looking at Erina's pride, Liu Maoxing couldn't help swallowing: "Is this question a bit abrupt?"

Erina was puzzled for a while: "Huh?" Then she blushed and shouted, "You...what are you thinking about in your head? Normal people know that I'm asking about the game!"

Yu Mei and the others also came over at this time, and at the same time looked at Erina's bared teeth in doubt...

Liu Maoxing and Erina were in charge of the previous assessment, so out of suspicion, the others never discussed with them about the assessment recipes, but this assessment was completely nested in the competition, so naturally they had no scruples.

After all, Liu Maoxing and Erina have nothing to do with the organizer of the competition, there is no need to avoid suspicion, and there is no rule that players should not wait to discuss something before the competition.

"In Chinese cuisine, 'noodles' are also a very popular category, but the specific details should be considered after the topic is out." Liu Maoxing said.

"Who told you about the preliminaries... No matter how you look at it, what we have to consider is the finals, right?" Erina said helplessly.

"That's right, if you are confident, you should think about the finals now... After all, there is no 'theme' in the finals of the 'Sapporo Ramen Contest', as long as it is 'noodles', you can participate... It's just that every year Ramen is the vast majority.”

After Liu Maoxing finished speaking, he found that Jixingliao and a few people he knew were all thinking about it...

It seems that for them, the preliminaries are far from satisfying them. Now that they have participated, their goal is to win the championship...even if this goal is a bit far away!

The "theme" of the final was fixed and broad, which was also an important reason why the real seed players didn't care too much about the nearly 100 Yuanyue students who entered randomly.

Because most of the ramen they compete in is the "recipe of the store" of each ramen shop they belong to, the kind of "our specialty" that is directly printed on the signboard!

That is to say, after passing the creative assessment of the preliminaries and being eliminated, one has to face the veteran ramen shop, the wisdom accumulated collectively...

Of course, there are restrictions on this in the rules of the competition. For example, in the preliminaries, only on-site boiled broth can be used, while the broth in the finals must be completed by the contestants themselves. In the next three days, apply for bringing your own raw materials, and pre-process the soup in a closed place prepared by the organizer.

"You'd better not underestimate those ramen shops. Although none of the ramen shops in Sapporo have passed the star certification of the three major cuisine organizations, the main reason is that orthodox ramen shops rarely provide other dishes, and the environment inside the shop Other than 'cleanliness', there is nothing up to the mark, and the service is also the type that even the ramen chef will chat with customers while cooking ramen...

That's why I can't be rated as a star, but let's not talk about other ramen shops, just the master chefs of the most "willful" old shops in the "Sapporo Ramen Street", if you apply for personal certification, "two-star ramen It is estimated that there will be no fewer teachers, and there should be more than one "three-star"! "Erina's tone was a little dignified.

"You seem to know it well?" Liu Maoxing asked doubtfully.

"They come to me to make an appointment for a tasting almost every year. It's hard to imagine the taste that ramen can create...Of course, there are not many ramen restaurants that can do this."

Liu Maoxing nodded clearly... It's hard for him to imagine the specific smell, but who is Erina? The eldest lady who "looks down" on common people's cuisine, even if there is nothing to say about the taste of ramen, it is obviously not related to the high-end aristocratic cuisine. Even Erina said that, so you can get a glimpse of the leopard!

"However, there are no young people under the age of 25 in those old master chefs you mentioned, right? Even if it's the same formula, some things can't be simply 'copied'." Liu Maoxing thought about it.

At this moment, Yuuji suddenly said: "By the way, I seem to have heard that there is a ramen shop in Tokyo that has a one-star certification? I wanted to eat there once, but I couldn't make an appointment!"

Erina nodded upon hearing the words: "That's right, that's the only star-rated noodle restaurant in the island country, that is..."

At this moment, a passerby's voice came over: "Have you heard? The descendant of Tokyo's 'Nichitori Ramen' has also signed up for the competition..."