Shokugeki no Imitation Chef

"Oh? You had a crush on me before you said it, right? Hahaha... Ji, that guy still likes to gossip so much! Hahaha..."

At this moment, suddenly Joichiro's voice came over.

Xi Jianrun couldn't help being startled!

In order to hide from Jun Xijian that he joined the "Central Gourmet Organization" for "various reasons", Ye Shanliang used the excuse that a new plant that might be used as a spice was discovered in the Balkans, and Jun Shiomi sent away...

Xi Jianjun has always been not good at socializing, so for a while, except for Ye Shanliang, no one else could contact her!

If it wasn't for Jun Xijian who happened to see the finals of the "Top Ten Seat Competition" of Yuanyue Academy in a food magazine, and found that Ye Shanliang was assigned to the "Central Gourmet Organ" and felt puzzled, I'm afraid I still don't know it until now. did not return!

And after she came back, she only inquired about the events of the competition, so she didn't know that during the "preliminary match", Shiroichiro appeared, and she didn't know that Shiroichiro was actually in Jixingliao...

However, Joichiro's "incomprehension" hasn't changed at all. He actually ran over and said so after hearing what Jun Shiomi and everyone were talking about.

"Senior Cai, Cai, Caibo? What kind of crush! That guy Nakamura is talking nonsense!" Jun Xijian said hastily.

In fact, Xi Jianrun himself didn't know whether he was "nonsense" at that time, but he still denied it first.

"Huh? That's right, that guy Nakamura was talking nonsense from the beginning, right?" Joichiro didn't seem to notice anything.

"That's right, that's it! Saiba-senpai always forces me to eat those unpalatable things! Saiba-senpai is the one who hates me the most!" Xi Jianjun hurriedly confirmed the matter.

What also surprised her was that after she saw Joichiro again, she seemed to have nothing special about him, except that she was worried about what "secret love scandal" he believed in, and resentment about having tasted "dark cuisine" many times emotional...

"So that's the case, but... I don't think there is any need to emphasize to Senior Isshiki about the matter of defeating Ha Shan! But after winning, how should I persuade Ha Shan...'to untie the bell, you have to tie the bell'!" Xing Ping Chuangzhen said.

"Ah! Chuangzhen can still use allusions to speak, he is indeed one of the ten masters! Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh."

"My sense of existence is low enough, don't hack me..."

Xi Jianrun thought for a while, then gritted his teeth and said: "I understand! Liang's character... Only after losing can he listen to what others say. As long as Isshiki can win him, leave the rest to me ! But...the commander-in-chief won't fire him, will he?"

At the end of Xi Jianjun's words, she became worried again...

"Don't worry, as long as Hayama withdraws from the central food agency, the old man will not make things difficult for them!" said Joichiro.

"Hmph, I can't hear anything Senior Shiroichiro said!" Xijian Jun said and turned his head away.

"..."

As a result, in the early morning of the next day, Jun Xijian started to have a high fever. Although she herself seemed to be forced to go to the arena, she was stopped by Ryoko and others in the end. In the end, Ryoko and Yuki stayed to take care of Jun Xijian. After all, she had already walked Unsteady walking.

However, the game time is from 10:00 to 1:00 pm, and the antipyretics will definitely have worked by then. If Jun Xijian is in good condition, you can take her to the arena to watch the end before 1:00 pm...

"Students, hello everyone! Kawashima is so happy to see you every day recently!" Rei Kawashima was still the emcee of the competition.

After more than half a month of attracting fans, Kawashima Rei already has more than half of her fans in her first year!

After all, the ratio of male to female in "Yuanyue Academy" is still very different, so Rei Kawashima, who is popular with boys, will always have more fans...

"The fourth round of the competition for the ten outstanding seats, the former ten outstanding Yisehui, and the second-year "Spice Noble Son" Ye Shanliang! The topic is "mutton". The time limit is three hours, and the cooking begins!"

At the same time, Yuji and Ryoko in Jixing Liao are still taking care of the sick Jun Xijian. In order to let Jun Xijian rest well, they even refused Dawu's proposal to record and broadcast live.

"Well...I feel much better, let's go...cough cough cough..." Xi Jianrun forced himself to say.

"Lie back quickly! What's better, you're still steaming!" Liangzi pushed her back.

"Xiao Xijian, take a good rest! We'll go there again when it's almost over."

In just one night, "Professor Xijian" became "Little Xijian" in Yuji's mouth.

It can be seen that Xi Jianrun was really tired and fell asleep not long after, but the biological clock was surprisingly accurate, and woke up on time after twelve o'clock...

"Ah! Liang..." Xi Jianrun suddenly exclaimed, then sat up.

You Ji and Liang Zi hurried over, looked over her head, and then asked: "Xiao Xi, what's the matter? Are you having a nightmare?"

"It seems that the fever has subsided, I'll get a thermometer to confirm..." Ryoko continued.

"Well, it's over! Let's go to the arena!" Xi Jianjun said immediately.

Ryoko and Yuki looked at each other, then agreed, and Ryoko took Shiomi Jun to the arena by bike...

"I'm causing trouble for everyone...by the way...is this a children's chair?" Xi Jianrun sat on the back seat with some embarrassment.

"Don't pay attention to those details!"

In a blink of an eye, it was already twelve forty-five when they arrived at the arena. When the three walked in, they just caught up with the two sides to present the dishes.

The first step to complete is Ye Shanliang...

"The title is 'mutton', right? Look at Ye Shanliang's plate...that's French lamb chops? It feels a bit ordinary." Liangzi said, looking at the dishes presented by Ye Shanliang.

"No, that should be... lamb chops from wild black goats!" You Ji said suddenly.

As an expert in cooking wild and semi-wild animals, You Ji saw right away that Ye Shanliang's lamb chops were not ordinary farmed sheep!

As mentioned before, due to historical reasons, mutton was introduced very late in the island country, so until modern times, people in the island country did not have the habit of eating mutton.

From the perspective of annual consumption, the island country consumes millions of tons of chicken, beef, and pork a year, while mutton is only tens of thousands of tons. The main consumption is in Hokkaido, usually in Chinatown and western restaurants, where mutton dishes are served. At the same time, there is also a small amount of mutton for sale in supermarkets, mostly mutton imported from Australia...

Most of the mutton exported from Australia is sheep meat, and wild goats are harmful organisms that need to be hunted there.

As for the birthplace of "French lamb chops", goat meat is rarely eaten in the West, and goat farming is also very small. After all, it was once regarded as a symbol of "devil" by Westerners. In a religious sense, goats are relatively different from sheep, It also represents a group of people who are hopeless.

The cuisine with the closest proportion of goat meat and sheep meat in the world is Chinese cuisine. In Chinese cuisine, the mutton usually used in soup and stew is goat meat, and the mutton rolls used in frying and hot pot are sheep. Meat, from the perspective of annual production, goat meat in China is not much less than sheep meat!

"Goat meat? Why..." Liangzi asked in confusion.

Ryo Hayama's cuisine is obviously Western-style, and the five judges are Dojima Yin, Horikoshi Jun, Oizumi Kakinoshin, Kada Shigeronoshin, and Kikuchienka...

Although the five of them are all professional gourmets or star chefs, their tastes tend to be more comprehensive than ordinary islanders, but no matter how you think about it, there is no need to use goat meat, right?

"Not only goat meat, but also the color, texture, and fat distribution of the meat... there is absolutely nothing wrong with that, it's the meat of wild black goat!" Yuuji made a telescopic gesture with her hand, looking at Ryo Hayama's cooking The remaining mutton on the stage looked over.

"Wild black goat meat? Is there anything special about it?" Ryoko asked.

"Usually, the smell of mutton is stronger than that of beef and pork. This is one of the reasons why most islanders are not used to eating mutton in their daily lives...and the smell of goat meat is better than that of sheep!

Moreover, wild goat meat has a meat texture close to that of beef, and at the same time, the smell will be heavier than that of farmed goats! So in Australia, when the wild goats were flooding, in order to protect the ecological environment, they even used the method of cremation and burying the wild goats after hunting and killing them! " Yuki said.

It can be seen that in the eyes of many people, wild goat meat should not appear in the recipe at all!

but now……

"No, for Liang, he can control wild black goats... No, to be precise, only wild goat meat among mutton can make Liang show his true strength!" Xi Jianjun said.

Indeed, looking at Ye Shanliang’s cooking table, in addition to the remaining goat meat, there are various test tubes, beakers, spice powders, and juices like a chemical laboratory, and you can know his spice skills, which is better than the previous grade assessment. Time to improve a lot!

Even saw an alcohol lamp and a thermometer on it...

It seems that each spice will be purely heated to the corresponding temperature before use?

There are also many other small kitchen utensils that can be heated separately, as if these spices are the protagonists, and they need to be cooked step by step!

"This... are those things used to process spices?"

"That's right, Ryo has been researching the pretreatment before spice cooking during the holidays." Jun Xijian said.

"Preprocessing before cooking?"

"Actually, we also do this when we use spices. For example, if we use garlic in stewing, we will fry the garlic with a small amount of oil in a pot, and then add water to stew... But Liang's research should be more detailed! Many From the perspective of a star chef, it is also a spice that is directly used, and he will also perform corresponding pretreatment to ensure that its fragrance can be fully stimulated before use!" Said Jun Xijian.

"Will it be much different?" Ryoko asked.

But this time it was not Jun Xijian who answered her, but the performance of the five judges!

After five people moved their knives and forks to cut off a piece of the "French lamb chops" in front of them, they all showed shocked expressions...

Even just holding the mutton in his mouth like this, without any intention of chewing.

Gradually, the expression changed from shock to intoxication. It took a long time before he started to chew, and every time he chewed a few times, he had to stop and savor it. In the end, it took two to three minutes to swallow just this piece of mutton!

And the first thing after that was not to comment, but to cut off another piece and put it in the mouth, and after repeating it three times, he opened his mouth to speak.

"The control of the heat is very good. The meat quality of the goat meat is similar to that of beef, and it is grilled like a real steak!"

"Yes, goat meat has a much lower fat content than sheep meat, so when fried, it usually gives people an 'old' feeling..."

"But Hayama's lamb chops... I understand! When marinating in advance, the fat extracted from the visceral fat of the sheep was used, right? In this way, the sheep oil penetrates part of it, and while preserving the flavor of the wild goat, It also ensures the tenderness of the meat and increases the fat content in disguise!"

The judges' words gradually aroused everyone's doubts.

Ye Shanliang is famous for "spices" in Yuanyue, especially the appearance of the judges before, obviously they are also the most satisfied with the taste of this "French lamb chops", why do they say nothing about spices now?

The five judges hesitated for a while before saying, "Perfect."

"Yes, the use of spices is perfect!"

"Whether it's the spices you marinate in, the spices you fry and grill, or the final sauce you pour over..."

"They all show Ye Shan's accomplishments in spices, and there is nothing worthy of our evaluation!"

And in the auditorium, many three-star chefs or gourmets have four words in their hearts - the essence of spices!

It seems that Ye Shanliang is very likely to have a complete "spice essence"!

Combined with Hayama Ryo's spice use skills and knowledge, it is terrifying in terms of mastering the taste...

Probably now he has overtaken, compared to Liu Maoxing, who has not mastered the "essence of spices", he can be stronger in the use of spices.

Even among all the cooks who have mastered the "essence of spices", Ye Shanliang can be ranked in the forefront in this aspect. Only when Liu Maoxing has the "essence of spices" can he be able to overwhelm him in the use of spices!

Cookers who also have the "essence of spices", is there any difference in the use of spices?

Of course there is!

Liu Lousan also explained before that the so-called "essence" is the materialization of the "inspiration" in cooking...

Inspiration, that is, Liu Maoxing's lack of ability in spices until now, is completely supplemented by skill and calculation ability, while Ye Shanliang is born with extraordinary inspiration for spices.

That's why Liu Lousan is interested in Liu Maoxing's ability after possessing the "spiritual marrow", which is equivalent to the combination of "supernatural" skills and the strongest inspiration beyond the limits of ordinary human beings!

And now Ye Shanliang, while possessing the natural inspiration of spices, has not relaxed his training of his skills at all, unlike many talented cooks, who have acquired the essence early, and in terms of corresponding skills , but it is a weakness...

The essence, can also be said to be the "super perception" that ordinary cooks can also have, that is, "super inspiration" and "super sixth sense". However, unlike the super five senses, "super inspiration" is divided into various aspects in detail of the soul.

As for how to combine various spirits into a "super inspiration", that's what Chef Long has to consider...

"Oh! Ha Shan has performed so well, it really puts a lot of pressure on me as a senior!" Yishihui said with a smile.

At the same time, seeing that the judges had finished tasting, Yishihui also presented her dishes!

Unlike Ye Shanliang, Yishihui's dishes were presented in a casserole. After the judges opened the lids of the small casserole in front of them, they found a piece of boneless lamb chop in the milky white soup.

"Oh? Lamb chops too?"

"However, the lamb chops of Mr. Ye Shan that I just tasted...cough cough, although I shouldn't say that, but I really feel that the limit of 'lamb chops' is already reached."

"Wait, the taste of this lamb casserole...it smells good too!" the judges said before tasting it.

"I think it's better to talk after tasting!" Yuan Guo said weakly.

And Ye Shanliang asked Yisehui at this time: "Have you tried it? How about my pan-fried lamb chops?"

"Well, it's excellent. I also prepared a lamb casserole for you." Yisehui still smiled.

"Tch! I've tasted my 'Sweet Fried Lamb Chops', are you still confident to say that? Are you using ordinary lamb?" Ye Shanliang asked.

"It's not ordinary! I asked Mito to help me get this. It's cut from the top Australian lamb chops! It's very expensive!" Isshiki seemed to be acting cute.

"You know that's not what I mean! Although it's expensive, it's just 'precious' ordinary mutton, right?"

"It's fine if you don't want to say that."

"Then you should understand that you have no chance of winning, right? Our topic is 'Mutton Dishes'. Ordinary mutton can't taste 'mutton' more than I use 27 kinds of spices, each of which is fully fragrant After the guided treatment, it will be made into the 'pan-fried lamb chops' with marinade, fried ingredients and sauce!" Ye Shanliang said.

"Who knows." Yisehui didn't mean to be in a hurry.

And at this moment, the judges also moved their spoons and chopsticks, and tasted Yi Sehui's casserole dishes...

In Ye Shanliang's heart, he was still thinking: ordinary mutton can't beat me! Even Isshiki-senpai is the same! But...he has tasted my cooking, why is he still so confident?

"What?" Ye Shanliang suddenly exclaimed, because he saw the five judges began to devour the boneless lamb chops in the casserole, and at the same time, they kept sending spoons to their mouths!

"Student Ye Shan, I have already tasted your dishes. If I were the judges... I would vote for me to win!" Yishihui turned to Ye Shanliang and said to Ye Shanliang while the judges were tasting.

At this moment, Yisehui's eyes flashed with the brilliance of "seriousness" that the companions of Jixingliao have never seen before!

Although Yisehui had sometimes fought with Ren Shiji or in private duels before, he had always won lightly, and he didn't feel that he had come up with something he was good at, but this time his eyes were completely different!

"This, this smell..."

"It seems that the use of spices is deliberately controlled in the cooking, but the 'authentic flavor' is more prominent!"

"The most brilliant thing is not any kind of spice! It's the exact opposite of Hayama's cooking..."

"This taste...if you must describe it. That's right...it's 'fresh'!"

"Wait... fresh? I understand now! It's fish, and this soup smells like fish! Do you use fish soup to cook lamb chops?"

"No, it's not just as simple as fish soup. It's Tibetan fish in the sheep... But, should it be 'Tibetan sheep in the fish'?" Dojima Gin said with an appreciative smile.

"Yang Fang Tibetan Fish? Ah! It's a famous dish in Chinese cuisine, known as the first dish in "Ancient Chinese Cuisine"!" Jue Yue suddenly remembered something.

"Wait, I've also tasted the mutton and fish, but because the taste of mutton and fish can't really blend together, so it's just the first dish in the 'ancient' Chinese cuisine...but this..."

While the judges were discussing something, Mito Yumei below became confused.

As an expert in meat dishes, she suddenly heard about a seemingly famous mutton dish, and she didn't know what was going on, so she immediately asked, "Yangfang Tibetan fish? The first dish of ancient Chinese cuisine? What do you mean..."

It was only halfway through the question that I realized that Liu Maoxing was not here!

But fortunately, although Liu Maoxing is not here, as a wandering chef, Cheng Yilang naturally has a deep understanding of Chinese cuisine, and he introduced it below: "Yangfang Tibetan fish... From the original recipe, it should be more than four thousand years old. history..."

"Four thousand years?"

"That's right, think about the word 'xian' in hiragana! The hiragana of 'xian' comes from Chinese characters, left fish and right sheep... When the ancestors of the Chinese nation created characters, the original meaning was the combination of mutton and fish. , can be called 'fresh'! And the lamb square Tibetan fish is the expression of the word 'fresh'. The original recipe is to cut the mutton into a gap, stuff the fish into it, and cook together...

There is also a similar "fish bites sheep", which is to stuff mutton into the belly of fish and cook. The original recipe of "fish bites sheep" was born more than two thousand years ago.

After thousands of years of development, the recipes of fish and sheep cooking together have become more and more mature, but gradually some problems have been exposed, that is, although the two kinds of meat are very delicious, they can indeed be cooked very deliciously, but they are really delicious. It is very difficult to 'keep improving'! Because after all, there are two kinds of meat, and both of them can be used as the main course, so the taste is difficult to reconcile.

Therefore, in Chinese restaurants, although the occurrence frequency of Yang Fang Tibetan Fish and Fish Biting Lamb is not small, they rarely appear as signature dishes, because it is too difficult to combine the two delicious flavors..."

"Wait! 'Fish bites sheep' means mutton is held in the belly of a fish, so why did Senior Dojima say 'Yu Fang Tibetan sheep'? Doesn't he know 'fish bites sheep'?" Chuangzhen wondered.

"Impossible... He must have tasted something else." Shiroichiro said with certainty.