Shokugeki no Imitation Chef

Because of Liu Maoxing's tireless "preaching" for Ji Ji Ji before, many folk cooks knew his philosophy...

That is to turn the culinary world into a large unified machine, only the "recognized" cooks act as "engines" to innovate, and everyone else is used as gears and fuels, using the recipes provided by the "engines", prohibiting gears, fuels We, all forms of independent innovation, in order to save the time and resources of the "engines"!

Probably in the impression of Natsukiji, the real cooks he "recognized" can devote themselves to the exploration of cooking, while those fake cooks who only produce fodder completely copy the recipes of real cooks , to deal with the diners...

Because Liu Maoxing helped him "preach", many people knew about his philosophy before Nakieji showed his ambition.

The most important thing is that Liu Maoxing completely said that it was in his heart, but the timing of the announcement was just wrong, so there was absolutely no way to refute it, otherwise when the time came, he would have no reason to carry out these things!

Therefore, many folk cooks have quite a problem with naki-cut thistle...

After the start of the preliminaries, the atmosphere in the No. 1 competition area was far more tense than Liu Maoxing imagined. It seemed that for these seeded contestants, the preliminaries were a test for themselves. Not so tense.

Liu Maoxing glanced at Erina, then at Calamus, and the same bet between Erina and Calamus, Dojima Gin was also a witness...

Afterwards, Liu Maoxing took out the wheat flour he prepared and... lotus petals and lotus leaves!

"The time for the preliminaries is three hours, which is still plenty of time. Let's reconcile the noodles first, and then prepare the soup." Liu Maoxing said to himself.

I saw Liu Maoxing pouring a bag of flour into the washbasin, and then added water, but what made people a little concerned was that the water seemed to be a little reddish, or light orange...

Of course, according to the rules, the water is at most lightly processed, or the product of lightly processed, it cannot be broth or the like...

At this time, many people were quietly observing Liu Maoxing. After all, three hours was ample time, and they also had time to see what Liu Maoxing was doing.

When they saw him take out a short stick with a thick thumb, many people showed doubts on their faces, and when they saw him holding one end of the short stick with his thumb, index finger and ring finger, the other end reached the basin Most of the time, he didn't know what he was going to do.

And when I saw that he was only moving his wrists, he really wanted to use a short stick to "make peace" in the washbasin like a child playing, and he couldn't figure it out...

On the contrary, among the judges, an older gourmet who seemed to be in his 60s or 70s, and the master chef of "Thousand Flavors Ramen", seemed to realize something, and his expression could not help but be a bit solemn.

As for Dojima Gin, the corner of his mouth was slightly hooked, which didn't seem surprising...

At this moment, Liu Maoxing's arm was gradually raised, and from the mouth of the basin, a "white shadow" could be vaguely seen in a circle, which was in the shape of a long snake, and was turning with the short stick.

Before everyone could see it clearly, Liu Maoxing suddenly stretched out his arms and shook, and the arm holding the short stick passed over the top of his head, drawing a high arc!

And the original flour and water in the washbasin have turned into reconciled dough at some point, one end is wrapped around the head of the short stick, and following the trajectory drawn by Liu Maoxing, it flies to the top of the cooking table like a long snake superior……

The short stick shook a few times the moment it landed on the counter from the washbasin, and saw that the long snake-shaped surface had already appeared, like the freezing point of ice cream, and was placed on the counter in circles and upwards. Get a pile!

White Dragon Snake retraining!

Utilize the power of "circle" to reconcile "surface" and "water" into the optimal toughness state in mind in a short time.

And this time Liu Maoxing used the force of the reconciled noodles to wrap around the short stick when spinning, and "dragged" the entire noodles onto the noodle table.

"Huh? It's just a little knack for making dough. Do you need to be so surprised?" Liu Maoxing said with a smiling face that made people want to punch him.

Not to mention the other players who were peeking at him, even the audience watching the broadcast screen couldn't help but let out a gasp of wonder...

In the middle of Liu Maoxing's reconciliation, the cameraman gave him a long close-up. The audience clearly saw how "flour" and "water" were spinning under Liu Maoxing's short stick, and also saw the reconciliation. Under the short stick, it looks like a boa constrictor is spinning in the basin, and finally it is driven to hover on the countertop!

Even in the judges' seat, several judges showed different degrees of surprise and focused all their attention on Liu Maoxing.

Masato Asai, the oldest gourmet, saw this scene and couldn't help saying: "This is... Could this Liu Maoxing be the successor of that master?"

"Huh? Mr. Asai, which master are you talking about? Have you seen this kind of noodle making tricks before?" Another gourmet Takasugi Toshihiko couldn't help asking, and gritted his teeth and attributed it to "making noodles tips".

"It's nothing, you may not know... is a pastry master of the Dragon Chef Alliance."

Dojima Yin said at this time: "It would be too early to be shocked now."

"Oh? Dojima has such confidence in his junior?"

"Soon you'll see why..."

At this time, Liu Maoxing didn't pay attention to the eyes around him, but continued to knead the "Yituo" noodles a few times, so that it was no longer a strip, and divided the noodles into two parts, one big and one small, and put the lotus petals prepared before. Wrap it on the big ball of noodles, then wrap it tightly with lotus leaves, and tie it with a string made of sisal. Finally, roll the other small ball of noodles into skin and wrap it on the outside of the lotus leaves. ...

Afterwards, put the dough aside and let Liu Maoxing work on the soup part.

At this time, the pot used by Liu Maoxing was also a bit of a concern. This pot was brought by himself, and it looked like a closed structure similar to a pressure cooker...

I saw that Liu Maoxing first filled the pot with water, then put various spices and fragrant leaves into the pot, and then closed the lid.

At the same time, I don’t know why, but Liu Maoxing’s pressure cooker needs to be connected to the power supply and cook on the stove...

Generally, pressure cookers are divided into open flame heating type and electric heating type, but this kind of one that uses electricity and fire at the same time has never been seen.

Erina just kneaded the "specially made" dough at this time, glanced at Liu Maoxing's direction, and found that the "Yuanyue International" logo was on the pot...

"Yuanyue International" does not sell products, only technology, which means that this pot should be a test product of "Yuanyue International"!

Three hours passed by little by little, and the contestants in each competition area showed their abilities...

In addition to the No. 1 competition area, there are also dark horses in other competition areas, especially this year, because of the participation of first-year students from Yuanyue Academy, there are far more amazing dark horses in each competition area than imagined!

The rule of the competition is that after three hours, the judges in each competition area will start to taste one by one according to the number, not whoever makes it first, who will taste it first, and will not start tasting before the three-hour time limit expires .

But for the players, this is not a problem...

Because the limited dish is ramen, there is obviously no strict "best tasting period"!

Just like in a ramen shop, after the customer orders the ramen, the ramen master starts to pull the noodles, cook the noodles, and then put the cooked noodles in a bowl, pour hot soup and toppings, and then present it to the guests...

During the three hours, the contestants only need to prepare all the noodles, soup, and toppings. Afterwards, when the ramen noodles of the several contestants in front of them are being tasted, they can start to pull the noodles, cook the noodles, pour the soup, and put the toppings on them. Serve the ramen to judge when it's your turn, just like in a ramen shop.

This is also the reason why so many people can be crowded in each competition area...

"Time is up! All contestants, please stop processing the noodles, soup, and toppings. You can choose the right time to start the final ramen and dressing..."

As soon as three hours came, the sound of the broadcast rang in ten competition areas at the same time.

Because each competition area has a large number of people, except for the first competition area, which only has 100 people, the other competition areas have three to four hundred people. In addition to the judges who are waiting for the tasting at the judges' table, there are also referees who are floating in the competition area. Use prohibited high-end finished products, or add seasoning to soup and process toppings after the time is up.

Besides the No. 1 competition area, the review process of the other nine competition areas is also different...

In the No. 1 competition area, starting from the No. 1 contestant, five ramen noodles were presented to the five judges in turn, and then the judges gave their opinions on whether to pass or not.

In the 2nd to 10th competition areas, there are five contestants in a group and present ramen to the five judges respectively. If the judges think that the ramen they tasted is "possible to pass" or "close to pass", they will let the corresponding Contestants, submit four more copies, and the five judges will discuss whether to approve it...

Of course, it's not because the judges in the next nine competition areas are not serious, but because they want to quickly eliminate those contestants!

In fact, as long as they are slightly outstanding, they can enter the stage of collective tasting...

"Please ask contestant No. 1 to present the ramen, and the contestants behind will decide when to dress up the ramen."

In the No. 1 competition area, accompanied by the sound of the radio, the first contestant presented ramen... This is a contestant from a ramen restaurant on Ramen Street in Sapporo.

And Liu Maoxing is No. 100, Erina No. 99, and Calamus No. 98.

This sorting obviously has a certain meaning, and it takes into account the ornamental value.

The three of Liu Maoxing are all competitive and highly symbolic. To a certain extent, each represents Totsuki Academy and Nitori Ramen, the only star-rated ramen restaurant in the island country, and they are all non-Hokkaido local ramen. The contestants of the division were ranked in the last three of the finale...