Shokugeki no Imitation Chef

"This, this feeling is..."

"The wildness of bear meat is completely released!"

"And didn't feel any unpleasant fishy smell?"

"It seems that there is a taste that is combined with bear meat, so that its fishy smell is reduced, and the unique wild flavor does not have any attenuation. This is..."

"Genievre." Dojima Gin said with his eyes closed.

"Genievre? Do you mean... juniper berries? That's right! Speaking of which, it does taste like juniper berries!" Another gourmet judge said with bright eyes.

Although other ramen masters also have the spirit of openness, innovation and continuous improvement, many uncommon spices and ingredients are still unfamiliar to them, far less familiar than gourmets. In addition to the culinary masters, there are usually gourmets who mix and match...

Because I don't know which contestant has a big brain, it may make these master chefs who specialize in one dish stunned.

Especially the juniper fruit used by Ye Shanliang now uses its medicinal value more often, and it is also a ritual vessel in some ancient religious ceremonies. It is rare to use it directly for spices to pickle food.

As a shrub fruit, juniper cones are usually stained with a layer of resin on the surface. It is generally believed that this layer of resin is also a part of the juniper cone. When used as a spice, the taste of juniper fruit is bitter, astringent, and spicy. It can be added in a small amount to preserve food when marinating, and it can also be ground into tea for drinking. It is not easy to use directly...

"Wait, besides the juniper berries that are the main ingredient in the flavor of the bear meat, we also added 'Cajun Spice'..."

Cajun spice, similar to the authentic "Orleans flavor", but nothing like K's inexplicable version of Orleans taste.

"This large piece of bear meat does not have the slightest fishy smell. When the mouthful of bear meat is chewed, the stimulation of juniper berries and the unique wild flavor of bear meat, as well as the full taste, are constantly bursting and spreading in the mouth. , and stimulate the senses of smell and taste!"

Gudong Gudong...

"Mr. Asai, Mr. Asai?"

At this moment, Asai had already started to take a big gulp of soup from his bowl!

"Sure enough, this kind of taste that will make you 'succumb', you just have to drink it in a big gulp to enjoy it! Okay, okay...Nonuo, don't stare at me, I will control my appetite!" Asai said with a smile.

"That's true! It's really great to drink soup and meat with a big mouthful of sour ramen!"

"That's right, after the ramen, white wine should be kneaded into it... No, it's not just white wine, it also has a flavor that goes well with bear meat, this is..."

"Bone marrow, it should be a little bit of bear's bone marrow added." Dojima Gin said.

"That's right! The bone marrow is often the place where the 'game' is the heaviest. Adding some bone marrow to the noodles can make the taste of the noodles 'live' in the bear meat soup!"

Seeing that the judges seemed to have turned into small animals and kept "eating", Nuonuo winked at the staff at the side and took away Ye Shanliang's bear meat ramen...

Although just smelling the taste made Nuo Nuo a little obsessed, but now the judges can't eat too much!

"The following judges are invited to rate Ye Shanliang... My God! It has appeared! The highest score so far! Four 9 points, two 7 points, four 8 points, a total score of 82 points! More than 80 points! And it also surpassed the 78 points of the previous Kurokiba player!" Nuonuo said vigorously.

Fortunately, Kurokiba's turban has been confiscated, otherwise I'm afraid there will be trouble now...

The moment Ye Shanliang announced the scores, he showed a slightly dissatisfied look, but immediately put on a "mature and serious face", and said a few words that he would make persistent efforts!

Obviously, because he has been taking care of the "Spice Research Association" with Jun Shiomi for a long time (it can also be written as "taking care of Jun Shiomi and the Spice Research Association"), Ryo Hayama appears very mature in dealing with people.

Afterwards, the competition seemed to have entered a quiet period again. Although some elite students from Yuanyue and other dark horses from No. 2 to No. 10 divisions scored more than 70 points, Ye Shanliang had the highest score of 82 points. points, but has not wavered!

Then there was Xingping Chuangzhen's "Gluten Mixed Noodles", which unexpectedly scored 78 points, which was similar to that of Kurokiba Ryo...

This made Kurokiba almost go berserk in "normal mode", breaking through the limitation of the headscarf...

Liu Maoxing felt that Chuangzhen's noodles were familiar from the beginning, but then he suddenly realized, isn't this the legendary "spicy noodles"?

It's just that the real "spicy sticks" are not sold by "Xulong", but the exclusive "spicy" recipe made by ourselves!

Being able to use forms other than "noodle soup" to get such a high score...

Besides Liu Maoxing, Chuangzhen is the only contestant who "takes out" recipes other than noodle soup without hesitation.

The reason why Liu Maoxing chose fried noodles was because of his confidence in his "new skills", while Xingping Chuangzhen was more because he was not bound by things other than cooking at all because of his free cooking heart!

It can be seen that the current Soshin already has the demeanor of some wandering culinary masters, Saiba Seiichiro!

There is also Tacomina’s rice-shaped pasta that looks like “rice in soup”, and Alice’s self-proclaimed “all-in-one” ramen. It doesn't look like...

But in the end, Takmi also scored a high score of 72 points, and Alice even scored 77 points, approaching the first echelon!

Mito Yumei's beef ramen is also very good...

The pure beef broth is covered with a layer of thinly sliced ​​raw beef from the bottom to the edge of the bowl. The topping is also half-cooked fried beef, which maximizes the taste and texture of the beef, and also gets 77 point!

Because the order of the finals is related to the number of games in the preliminaries, the top 200 contestants are all the finalists from the second to tenth competition areas in the preliminaries, and the players in the first competition area are ranked last.

Except for a few contestants from the No. 1 division who were "accidentally" eliminated, the other 92 finalists from the No. 1 division were still ranked last according to the previous order...

Therefore, the scores of the previous players are generally "not high", which is actually within everyone's expectations, but this time because of the "spoiler" of the first-year students of Yuanyue Academy, there will be so many scores above 60 points, or even 78 points. A very good player, which has already surprised everyone!

You must know that there were even many cases in the past, where the champion scored only 80 points...

Of course, in addition to all kinds of "weird" ramen, there are also five contestants' traditional ramen, which scored more than 75 points, and the highest one reached 81 points, second only to Hayama Ryo!

Moreover, the contestant who scored 81 points in the relatively traditional form of ramen is not a contestant from Sapporo Ramen Street, but a student of Yuanyue Academy!

Except for her, among Yuanyue's students, their grades are average or even low, or they all have "weird" ramen. This clear stream of Yuanyue College is naturally the result of being silent in the preliminaries. Tian Suohui...

Probably many people have forgotten Tian Suohui's advantage in this competition. Tian Suohui is best at local cuisine, and what she is best at in local cuisine is her hometown, local cuisine in Aizu...

And another city in Fukushima Prefecture with Aizu is Kitakata, which is one of the "Three Ramen Holy Lands in the Island Country" together with Sapporo in Hokkaido and Hakata in Fukuoka Prefecture!

From this point of view, among all the elite students, Xiaohui is the one whose culinary skills are closest to ramen, and in the first round of the "Autumn Trials", she also "practiced" ramen with Kurokiba, although At that time, he was eliminated by Heikichang because he couldn't stimulate the heart of cooking steadily...

Compared with other students, Xiaohui's advantage in "Ramen" is obvious, and even most of the students of Yuanyue Academy are insulated from the civilian cuisine of "Ramen".

In the finals, Xiaohui also combined her own advantages and came up with a Kitakata ramen with Aizu style!

The broth made from tonkotsu broth and Aizu’s specialty dried seafood is a double dashi soup base, which is a more obvious improvement than the “Aizu Soup Chicken Soy Sauce Ramen” in the autumn trials.

And even though Liu Maoxing didn't taste her final product, he felt that Tian Suohui inspired the power of "cooking heart"!

A kind of "chef's heart" that warms diners' hearts like the mild afternoon sunshine in autumn...

As a result of the "critical attack", he rushed to the second place for the time being, and at this time, Kurokiba, who was not wearing a turban, had already gone to the corner to draw a circle...

Obviously, Tian Suohui, who once lost to him, seemed a little depressed when he surpassed him this time. It is estimated that during the winter vacation, he will arrange a "hell emergency training" or something for himself.

"Now let's invite contestant No. 201 to present his own ramen to the judges!"

After the previous warm-up, it is finally time for the real "seed players" to show their power...

However, there are obviously a lot of "dark horses" this year. There are already more than 20 players who have scored more than 70 points, and there are a few players who have scored more than 80 points. Even the current contestants from the No. 1 Ramen Street in Sapporo can't reach the score!

Most of the finalists in the so-called No. 1 competition area only have 60 points. Even if 70 points are relatively outstanding, 80 points are still not many, but the average strength is indeed much stronger than before...

You must know that they won Ha Shanliang, Tian Suohui, Kurokiba and others, and they have nothing to show off. After all, the former's ramen is the result of their own creation in the past few days, and they are just bequeathed by their predecessors. ...

Although this is also one of the advantages that cooks can borrow, at least they know that if they let themselves not use the secret recipe in the shop, they may not be able to compare with these elite students of Yuanyue!

You need to know their average age, which is five or six years older than Yuanyue's first-year students. You also need to know that compared to Yuanyue's students who are multi-faceted, they are ramen chefs who specialize in ramen!

This also made the audience who originally thought that the judges gave looser points this year, or thought that the scores of the later contestants would be higher, gave up their original guesses.

"What's the matter with these guys? Could it be that they are slack?"

"That is, judging from the current results, is it possible that Sapporo No. 1 Ramen Street will be reshuffled next year?"

"No, have you noticed that many of the contestants whose scores suddenly exploded seem to be students of Yuanyue students... that is, those who look very young, not the representatives of the ramen shop."

"So...it seems reasonable..."

"But it's too early to praise them now. Those players who are really capable have not yet appeared!"

"But among the first-year students of Yuanyue College, the two strongest ten elites seem to be behind, right?"

"That's right, and like the contestants of 'Hitori Ramen', it's at the end!"

Amidst the audience's discussion, the contestants in the No. 1 competition area in the preliminaries also began to receive critical blows one after another in confidence...

Naturally, they did not forget the bet with Liu Maoxing!

During the preliminaries, they did not use the secret ramen from their own store, and during the preliminaries, the judges did not score, so although from the reactions of the judges, it was clear that there was a gap between Liu Maoxing and himself. The cognition of this gap is not sensitive.

Until now, although Liu Maoxing still did not make a move, the performance of other students in Yuanyue has already put a lot of pressure on them!

Especially Ye Shanliang, with a score of 82 points, has suppressed most of the players. Even if they call themselves "seed players", few of them have a higher score than Ye Shanliang.

What's more, as Liu Maoxing, as one of the top ten, there is no reason why he should be worse than an "ordinary student", right?

In other words, I'm afraid 85 points, or even 90 points or less, can't be considered safe...

And it wasn't until the final stage, when it was the turn of the "Three Kings of Sapporo Ramen", that a score of more than 90 points finally appeared!

The first player with a score of 90 or more was No. 287 Aso, who presented Aso Ramen's signature noodle "Shio Ramen".

As one of the most common traditional ramen, among the 292 finalists, many contestants chose "shio ramen", just like many ramen restaurants in Sapporo use "shio ramen" as their signature!

But even from the appearance, Aso's shio ramen has already shown the difference from other people's "shio ramen".

While the soup is crystal clear, it is covered with a layer of golden transparent and shiny oil, which is very attractive.

"Shio-flavored ramen" usually uses pork bones, seaweed and other vegetables to make a soup base, and then add "salt" to season it. It seems very simple...

However, in this "simple", there is a gap between "ordinary" and "delicious"!

Of course, Contestant Aso will not explain his recipe in detail. This is the result of his family’s ancestral secret recipe and improvements through the ages. No matter how open it is, there is no reason to announce it...

But he probably didn't know it himself, there was another person present who knew his formula, and that was Liu Maoxing!

Liu Maoxing's "Taste Ramen" event a few days ago... Wrong! He didn't want to participate in any activities at all, but just tasted the ramen at No. 1 Ramen Street!

In short, it was at that time that he naturally tasted the signature noodles of Aso Ramen...

In addition, although last year, the master chef of Aso Ramen, Souji Aso, invited Erina to taste ramen once, but even now Erina's taste "recognition" is not as good as Liu Maoxing, let alone a year ago , it is not time to lift the restrictions.

Although it is possible to follow Mr. Aso's idea of ​​improvement and push it forward accurately, the exact formula can only be imitated to 80% or 90% at most, unless Erina is willing to study it for a few months... But she obviously has no such free time!

In addition, when Aso passed by him, Ye Shanliang smelled at least three kinds of salt, sea salt, rock salt, and snowflake salt, but he was not sure how much to use...

After that, Fujie's miso ramen, "Fujie Ramen" is a long-established Sapporo ramen, as old as "Sapporo No. 1 Ramen Street", and miso ramen is the representative of local ramen in Sapporo!

It is said that it was because of the ramen master, who was often requested by customers to add noodles to the pork miso soup, and was inspired...

The age of "Miso" is much longer than that of ramen that became popular in Chinatown more than a hundred years ago. It is so long that even its birth has a certain degree of controversy. One theory is that when Jianzhen was traveling eastward It is derived from a certain ancient sauce similar to miso that was introduced to Japan. Another theory is that it was developed from a derivative produced when the salt-making technology first appeared in the Jomon period of the island country.

However, there is still a certain difference between the "miso" of today's island countries and the "miso" in a broad sense. Although they are all fermented with beans, miso is usually fermented with other grains, and according to the fermented koji used and the fermentation time The spices added are different, but there are different types...

The most intuitive difference, the taste of miso soup and miso soup, is completely different.

And "Fujie Ramen" has good results in the youth group competition every year, and it is often criticized, because his miso is ready-made!

The miso used in "Fujie Ramen" is "three-year miso", and even if you are not very picky, it will take at least half a year to ferment the real miso, and it is impossible to make it in just three days...

So "Fujie Ramen" took advantage of the competition!

Regarding the review of these non-Yueyuan Academy contestants, the judges' attitude is also very simple, because most of them are not participating for the first time, and the judges are also very familiar with these contestants and the taste of their signature noodles...

Most of them are compliments such as "I have made great progress compared to last year", "I have mastered seven or eight points of the essence" and the like!

Every time the judges speak, their eyes seem to drift away, thinking of those contestants from Yuanyue Academy, although because their ramen is all figured out by themselves within a few days, it is very disadvantageous in effect, such as so far The strongest Ha Shanliang was also surpassed by some people...

But have they really won?

At least in the minds of these judges, Ha Shanliang's "Bear Meat Ramen" is still the one that impressed them the most. Even if they made the top ten, it was Yuanyue's "weird" ramen that impressed them the most!

Although the master chefs in the ramen industry also boast that they dare to innovate and cultivate the innovative consciousness of their successors, compared with the students of Yuanyue Academy, they are still far behind in this respect...

Especially the top ten elite students, whose strength has deeply shocked them, and even instinctively blocked them. The age of these students is on average five or six years younger than other contestants, and even the judges , some are unwilling to believe that these students are only first-year students!