Shokugeki no Imitation Chef

"You...why don't you talk?" Liu Maoxing shrank his neck involuntarily.

Strange, when I was outside, I didn't feel cold yet, but why did I feel a cool breeze when I was inside?

The fourth girl looked at him motionless, not knowing what expression to make on her face!

Hmm, looking at a small underwater snake seems to be a close-up under a searchlight? That is to say...

Especially Erina, starting from the neck at this time, the blush covered the whole face, looking at Liu Maoxing in embarrassment and indignation, speechless.

Even Alice, who is usually most afraid of chaos in the world, did not speak for a long time at this time. After all, when Liu Maoxing passed by, she also stood up from the hot spring because of fear...

"Do you feel a little cold?" Fei Shazi said with a cold face.

"Yes, yes..." Liu Maoxing was taken aback by Fei Shazi's rare cold expression.

Fei Shazi continued to stand up with a cold face, and then took out a sleeping bag from the luggage...

"It won't be cold if you sleep in a sleeping bag!" Fei Shazi said.

"Eh? That's not necessary, it's not... well, I think sleeping bags are also good!"

The eyes of the other three girls lit up.

Indeed, after finally getting a good night's rest, it would be uncomfortable to use a sleeping bag, but if you don't need a sleeping bag, it's a bit awkward to share the bed with someone directly... Especially after the previous "incident"!

After hearing Fei Shazi's words, everyone suddenly had another idea, that is to put "someone" in the sleeping bag by himself!

That night, except for Liu Maoxing, everyone rested well...

In fact, even if Liu Maoxing slept in a sleeping bag for one night, Liu Maoxing would not have a bad rest. "Thing" is Liu Maoxing's sleeping bag tube, which is used as a pillow!

This is not the first time Liu Maoxing saw Erina's sleeping face, the first time was before the school festival, but at that time Erina was in an extremely nervous state, pulling herself and Feisha, and did not make any movements after falling asleep ...

But after that time, one day when Liu Maoxing was together with Fei Shazi and Erina, Fei Shazi slipped his mouth, saying that that night was Erina's rare and honest sleeping...

The second time Liu Maoxing saw Erina sleeping, it was the night before yesterday, but Erina was in her sleeping bag, so she naturally thought that she was dishonest and unconditional, and last night Liu Maoxing was hangover in Shuzheng Village, so she didn't pay much attention.

What Liu Maoxing did not expect was that Liu Maoyuan on the other side was coiled outside the sleeping bag like an octopus!

It seems to be because she was too tired during the day, and she was frightened again, and judging from the time, it is already a late night for her, so her sleeping appearance is also very touching...

Before dawn at five o'clock in the morning, the alarm clock on Fei Shazi's mobile phone vibrated, but because the mobile phone was placed under her own pillow, apart from herself, there was also Liu Maoxing, who was a light sleeper. Besides, no one else woke up.

Although the bathroom in the room is huge, it is impossible for five people to wash at the same time. It seems that Fei Shazi wants to get up early to wash up before waking up the others, so that Miss Erina can at least sleep for a while.

Seeing the postures of Erina and Liu Maoyuan, and Liu Maoxing whose head was sticking out of the sleeping bag, staring round and round, seemed very nervous...

However, it is obviously impossible for Fei Shazi to sympathize with Liu Maoxing. Instead, he gave him a fierce look, and made an expression that was both fierce and jealous, as if to remind him to "don't move" and "don't wake him up." "Miss Erina or something.

When Fei Shazi came out of the bathroom, Liu Maoyuan, who had an accurate biological clock, also woke up. At the same time, she was shocked when she found her "cushion pillow". When she let go in a panic, she woke up Alice beside her...

Seeing that it was almost time, the two also got up to wash up, leaving only Erina and Liu Maoxing's sleeping bag pillow on the bed.

Just like this, it seems to be good?

But Liu Maoxing didn't think so, because Fei Shazi was standing by the bed, staring at him motionless...

Liu Maoxing suspected that if there were any indescribable bumps on the sleeping bag at this time, Fei Shazi would probably throw him into the hot spring together with the sleeping bag!

The reason why Fei Shazi is just staring at him now is because he wants Erina to sleep a little longer.

After Alice and Liu Maoyuan came out of the wash, Alice gave a sly smile, walked over and slapped Erina's tun... completely ignoring Fei Shazi's murderous eyes.

Sure enough, when Erina woke up, she screamed, "Ah! What are you doing!"

Afterwards, he suddenly turned the stuffing into Liu Maoxing's sleeping bag and pillow, and pushed him to roll on the big bed several times...

"No matter how you look at it, it's not me! My two hands are in the sleeping bag!" Liu Maoxing said depressingly.

Erina also reacted at this time, and immediately turned her head to stare at Alice, obviously this is not the first time she was tunned by her cousin!

It's just that as soon as I woke up, I saw the thing I was holding, so I didn't react...

"Really, can't you be a little manly? A Xing, no one will like you like this!" Alice went to pat Liu Maoxing's shoulder when he came out of the sleeping bag and said.

But even though there was a "pop" sound, Liu Maoxing still didn't think her words were convincing!

"I think it's meaningless to carry this kind of scapegoat..."

Afterwards, Erina and Liu Maoxing washed together. When brushing their teeth, Erina always felt that Liu Maoxing was looking at her side in the mirror, and couldn't help but blushed and lowered his head to rinse his mouth and asked, "What are you looking at!" Quite a few The appearance of being fierce and gentle.

"Ah? Ah...it's nothing. When I brushed my teeth for the first time, I was still seeing other people beside me. I'm not used to it, hahaha..." Liu Maoxing said with a smirk.

It wasn't until he saw Fei Shazi peeking outside through the crack of the door that Liu Maoxing restrained himself a bit...

After checking out, a group of five people took the first bus and arrived at Jiuzhaigou Town. After a little inquiry, they came to a Chinese restaurant they had made an appointment with, which had been reserved by the Liu family in advance.

There are still many people in Jiuzhaigou Town who are guessing, who is here, and actually booked a one-star Chinese restaurant in the town for a whole day?

"Master Yang, thank you so much this time! We only made a reservation three days in advance, and you can still rent the restaurant to us for one day..." Liu Kuishan said to an old man dressed as a chef.

"Where is it, I am also very happy to be a witness of the 'Shenqian Cuisine Showdown'." The old man surnamed Yang said with a smile.

This culinary skill was also well-known in the Bashu area ten years ago, and his restaurant had already reached the two-star level back then.

But since ten years ago, he sold his two-star restaurant, returned to his hometown of Jiuzhaigou Town, and opened a little-known restaurant.

Now the reason why he regained the qualification of "one star" is because his disciple finally reached the "tiger level" and Zhang Luo.

When the Liu family approached him three days ago and proposed to book the venue for a day, he hesitated at first.

But after the Liu family explained the reason, Mr. Yang readily agreed!

After all, in "Shenqian Cuisine Showdown", not only can you see the culinary skills of the top new generation cooks, but also the lineup of judges alone makes him not want to refuse!

The two dragon chefs from the two dragon chef alliance gathered together, which is not an honor that a one-star restaurant can usually get.

And at this moment, Liu Maoxing, Erina, Alice, and Liu Maoyuan had already changed into their chef uniforms, and the kitchen utensils and equipment they had selected before had all been placed on the cooking table in the middle of the hall on the first floor...

Originally, although this "alley restaurant" was not big, it was also a two-storey layout. However, there were only private rooms and kitchens around the upper floor, and the central part of the first floor had only a roof, which looked tall and spacious.

But now Liu Maoxing and the others are in the middle of the hall on the first floor, and the judging panel is on the second floor where you can see the first floor and face the corridor fence of Liu Maoxing and others. The old man, Nakiri Senzaemon's family, and Mr. Yang as the host...

Others, including the other master chefs of the "Alley Restaurant", that is, the disciples of Mr. Yang, as well as the "spectators" of the major families, sat on both sides of the second floor...

"Liu Maoyuan... I saw this child once a few years ago, and it seemed that he was visiting Jiuzhaigou with his parents, but she probably didn't know me... Nakiri Erina, Nakiri Alice, the twin sisters of the gourmet king... 'God's Tongue' and 'Genius Girl of Molecular Gastronomy', so the only male cook is Liu Maoxing, right?" Master Yang looked curiously at the combination downstairs.

"That's right!" Liu Kuishan nodded.

"It turns out that in the 'Suarua' generation, besides Liu Maoyuan, there are such talents. The Liu family is really good at hiding it! Hahaha..."

"Yes, is it... Hahaha..." Liu Kuishan laughed on the sidelines.

On the other hand, Nakiri Zongwei said, "Hehe, it is thanks to our Yuanyue Academy's contribution, right? And when did Liu Maoxing become a 'subaru' person? He just happened to be named Liu, right? ?”

"Huh?" Teacher Yang turned his head to look at Liu Kuishan and Nakiri Zongwei suspiciously.

"Ahem, this... A Xing is indeed in our two families, and he has studied art..." Liu Kuishan said awkwardly.

It can also be seen that the ancestor of the Liu family "Liu Maoxing" suddenly became mysterious after a period of post-China period...

Even a cook of Mr. Yang's age only knows that the Liu family has a very powerful ancestor, but he doesn't know the name of this ancestor.

"Sure enough, we found yak meat, Tibetan chicken, and Tibetan pig..."

"Huh? Tomatoes? Onions? And...these aren't the ingredients in Jiuzhaigou, are they? It seems that the 'Challenge Maqin' was really carried out?"

"Indeed, only the 'Challenge Maqin' can obtain such a complete range of ingredients, and it should be a very powerful Maqin, who will have such a complete range of ingredients and spices..."

"Wait! Did you find a hot spring snake?"

I saw the other members of the eight elders of the Liu family looking at the ingredient list, exaggeratedly amazed at the side, and abruptly interrupted the previous topic...

Zong Wei glanced at the old ones, and then muttered something like "old fox".

At this time, the four people below also started to move their hands. As for the five judges, they were looking at the video record submitted by Fei Shazi...

"Huh? So it's Deji Maqin from Shuzheng Village? Did you succeed in challenging Deji with only the opponent's spices and ingredients?" Lei Yu recognized Liu Maoxing when he saw the video the next day. opponent.

"Deji... no wonder there are so many types of ingredients and spices..."

"Wait, why do I always feel that there is a lot missing in this record?"

"Forget it, the young people are together, so don't care about those details!" Master Xie said "I understand it very well".

Xin Hushou heard the words but frowned even more and said: "No, I care more about what you always say!"

"However, have you noticed that the four of them are all demanding themselves according to the standards of the top 'cookers', and their cooking styles are very different, but the cooperation now is not perfect, but it is also very 'harmonious'!" Lin Yi said.

Indeed, although the four of them are all doing their own cooking, and no one is helping each other, they are not all cooking separately. For example, a whole piece of yak meat, Tibetan pork, and a whole Tibetan chicken are all cooked together. It was Liu Maoxing who was doing the preliminary processing...

Other processes that require complex equipment for new cuisine are all handed over to Alice. Even between Erina and Liu Maoyuan, there are occasional movements of explaining cuisine to each other, and there is no hesitation, and there is no sign of the previous It looks like there is some discord!

"It seems that young people's ability to accept is better than us old guys imagined!" Master Xie sighed.

"Indeed, the previous confrontation between the two may have been a bad example set by the 'adults'." Lin Yi said.

The Eight Elders of the Liu Family and Nakiri Senzaemon and his son at the side pretended not to hear...

The new household rules are muttering: "Why do I think there may be a deeper reason..."

Others may not say it so directly, but Lin Yi obviously has no scruples, and even the two families can only pretend not to hear.

After all, in the culinary world, Lin Yi is one of the two dragon chefs of the Dragon Chef Alliance. More importantly, Lin Yi represents the descendant of Lan Feihong, and the Liu family doesn't think his words are presumptuous.

And at this moment, Master Xie took the tablet computer that was playing the video recording of Fei Shazi, and looked back and forth for a while, and looked at several places repeatedly...

"Huh? It seems that during these three days, during the daytime on the first day, they were barely able to be in the same team. After missing the video recording that started in the evening, and after the daytime departure on the second day, the relationship was much better... all the time As of this morning, it seems that the relationship is getting closer every day..." Master Xie said.

"Sure enough, it's thanks to my tent!" said Liu Lousan, who was listening at the judges' table.

Several judges, as well as members of the Liu family and the Nakiri family on the rostrum, couldn't help but look over in surprise, while Fei Shazi, who knew what was going on, glared over!

Secretly said: It really is him!

"Ahem, I mean...it really is the credit of the 'playing cards'. I was worried that they would be bored, so I brought cards to Ah Xing and the others, hahaha..." Liu Lousan laughed dryly.

Obviously he also knew that if other people knew about the tent, there would be a danger of a fight today!

At the same time, he also secretly scolded the eight elders of the Liu family, these old foxes... why do you pretend to be so similar? Look at those confused eyes, as if you really don't know!

And Fei Shazi obviously didn't want to "expose" this matter, so he didn't say anything either...

Team cooking starts at 9:00 am and ends at 3:00 pm for a period of six hours.

Same as "Challenging Maqin", there is also no limit to the number of dishes, as much as you can cook, as much as you can!

There is no requirement on the dishes, but because all the dishes are to be presented on time at three o'clock in the afternoon, so in terms of the form of dining, you must not choose a western-style set menu presented one by one, but a banquet type...

The four of them obviously understood this truth. The first ones to cook were soups and cold dishes that required a long time to simmer. As for the "hot dishes" that had a short best tasting period, they were all pre-processed.

After six hours passed, just before the end, the four of them put the dishes they were cooking on plates, and other dishes that had been preserved in various ways before were also served...

At this time, the judges went down to the first floor to taste the dishes. Out of respect for the host who provided the venue, Master Yang was also specially invited to taste with the judges.

Being able to taste the dishes with the two dragon chefs, although he is not qualified to be a judge, Mr. Yang still thinks it is very face-saving, and he is also very interested in the cooking skills of these young people!

When watching their cooking process before, Mr. Yang did find many advantages. Although he still doesn't think these young people can compare with his apprentices who have been "standing" and "not confused", they have already A little curious.

The whole set of eight dishes and two soups for the banquet, the ingredients are all obtained from Jiuzhaigou. Obviously, there are more "meat dishes", and there are only one "sugar-roasted Ruyi", one "bracken in tomato sauce" and one "hundred bacteria soup"...

Well, in fact, the ingredients of the first two dishes are still the same. "Ruyi" is also another name for bracken, not "bean sprouts".

As for the other soup, it looks like a light black tea, which is so clear that all oil slicks and sediment have been filtered out, and the ingredients for making the soup are no longer in it.

In addition, there are "Tom Yam Naked Carp", "Sauce Meat Platter", "Dong Po Pork", "Gasdia Ma Stewed Chicken", "Honey Roasted Chicken Drumstick" and a drawer of "Small Long Bao"!

Looking at the shimmering grilled chicken drumsticks, Mr. Yang couldn't help but move his index finger. He took a piece and tasted it...

At the moment when the crispy and sweet chicken drumstick skin exploded under the light bite of the teeth, releasing the juicy drumstick meat inside, I couldn't help but widen my eyes!

"Well... the crispiness of the chicken legs, and the sweetness of the honey on top! Whether it is the preparation of the sauce, the use of honey or the control of the heat, everything is impeccable!"

"Ghee, when roasting chicken legs in the oven, you should use ghee... so that the crispy chicken legs are still filled with a little milky aroma."

"Huh? This Dongpo meat...is still fragrant with wine, and is it made of highland barley wine? In order to match the highland barley wine, the aroma of the whole spices has been changed!"

"Considering that spices are also used in a limited range, it is possible to achieve such a degree of completion in the use of spices in such a short period of time. Is this the effect of 'super taste'?"

"This steamed naked carp also has a strange taste. The combination of spicy and fermented sourness seems to have the taste of 'Tom Yum Kung', but at the same time, honey is also added... This is to combine sourness, spicyness and A combination of sweet and three flavors?"

"It really is beef clear soup! From the very beginning, it was the first dish to be cooked in the pot, and it was stewed for nearly six hours... and I was constantly adjusting the spices and skimming out the impurities..."

"That's right, during the cooking process, it's quite French-style consommé... Beef cubes should be used as ingredients. After the first stage of boiling, other required spices are added, and finally skimmed out After the oil is slicked and the impurities filtered out, the final seasoning is done."

"Hundred mushroom soup... all kinds of semi-wild fungi, Morchella, boletus, Qinggang fungus, Hericium erinaceus... and matsutake, which has the strongest fragrance among the fungi! Thank you for finding it..."

Well, the discovery of matsutake is really thanks to someone's nose!

Because I have come into contact with it before, when Liu Maoxing was in the primeval forest, he found these matsutakes with a pure sense of smell!

As the "king of fungi" that cannot be artificially bred and only lives in high-altitude mountainous areas, it was naturally the primary goal of Liu Maoxing and others from the beginning.

"Wait, this Xiaolongbao... the soup will really splash out after one bite!"

"That's right, and it tastes similar to chicken broth, but it's much thicker..."

"It's snake meat! The hot spring snake is made into this steamed bun!"

"Huhu... This sweet taste is really intoxicating. It is obviously a steamed bun, but the juice is as good as fried!"

"Wait a minute, speaking of pan-fried... this noodle is... in the list of ingredients, there is obviously no flour, and it clearly has the fragrance of highland barley noodles, but..."

That's right, besides the difference between steamed steamed buns and fried fried buns, there is also a difference in the skin. The skin of Xiaolongbao is usually semi-fermented, The raw pan is fully fermented, but...

The problem is that there is obviously no flour on the previous ingredient list!

Could it be barley noodles? You must know that the biggest difference between highland barley noodles and wheat flour is that there is no gluten... After being mixed with water, it will be like mud instead of forming a dough. This cannot be solved by controlling the amount of water!

"It is indeed highland barley noodles. It should have been mixed with some 'yellow mackerel seeds', right? Since Deji Maqin was the challenger before, it's not surprising to get yellow mason seeds!" Lei Yu said.

The yellow mason seed can’t be used as food normally, only in the famine years, people will eat it when they are very hungry, because it is extremely sticky, and if you are not careful, it will clump together in the stomach, just like "Guanyin Soil", even if you eat it Relieve hunger, but not only lack of nutrition, but also easy to cause intestinal obstruction...

But gluten-free barley noodles, as long as you add a little chrysanthemum seeds, it will immediately become agglomerated like real flour, and the chrysanthemum seeds themselves are non-toxic, so you don’t have to worry about stickiness if you scatter a little in the barley noodles. Deji, who has been a wandering cook for ten years, naturally knows this, and there are some yellow grass seeds at home.

That’s right, Liu Maoxing used barley noodles to recreate a dish cooked by Master Xie for Ren in the period of “Zhonghua Yiyi”. !

Although I don't know if Master Xie knows the allusion of this "snake meat steamed bun", but he definitely knows this pastry, and at this moment, there is a flash of reminiscence in his eyes...