Shokugeki no Imitation Chef

"The moonlight has begun to fade from the roof, and now the first contestant who finished cooking finally appeared and presented the dishes to the judges... That's right! It's Alice Nakiri!" Kawashima Rei announced

At the same time, I saw Alice put five copies of "Black Rectangle" in front of the five judges...

The so-called "black rectangle" looks completely bright black, and at the same time looks like a flat cuboid in shape, with a few parsley and broccoli dotted on the side, as well as marmalade as a decoration.

Regardless of these decorative ingredients, it is obvious that the main body of the dish is the black cuboid in the center of the plate!

"This is... black pudding?" Oizumi Kakinoshin said after moving his nose.

"That's right, it's my improved fragrant black pudding!" Alice said with a smile.

"Fragrant? When you say black pudding, you mean 'that', right? In England at the end of ancient times, something similar to sausages made of pig's blood has already appeared?"

"Okay, let's try it first!"

That's right, the origin of black pudding is the island of Great Britain, which is naturally related to "dark cuisine"...

As early as 3,000 years ago, there was a written record of black pudding in "Homer's Epic"-"infused with fat and blood into the intestines, and then simply roasted."

That's right, this kind of thing called black pudding has nothing to do with "pudding", but its shape and taste are more similar...

It can be seen from the most primitive records that this is something similar to "blood sausage" and "blood sausage" in Chinese cuisine!

As for how to eat "blood sausage" like pudding?

The craftsmanship of black pudding is also constantly improving, and now it is quite different from "blood sausage" and "xuewang".

The "blood sausage" and "blood sausage" in Chinese cuisine originated from the ethnic minorities in the north and Yunnan respectively. The difference between the two is that in addition to pig blood, the blood sausage also contains fat, onion, salt, pepper, etc. Spices, also poured into the intestines (I decided not to use the abbreviation "**** in case you get confused!)...  

In Xuewang, or blood tofu, in addition to blood, only salt is added as an auxiliary.

As for black pudding, it is still in development. Additives include not only various spices, but also meat, grains, eggs... In short, everything that "seems to be good to add" is used to add it!

In other words, "black pudding" is more like a mixed sausage with blood added. Because of the additions such as grains, black pudding really has a taste similar to "pudding". This is also one of the most common breakfasts eaten by British people.

Now Alice's "fragrant black pudding" is closer to "pudding" in appearance, and does not have the "frosted feeling" close to sausage like the "black pudding" that "mixed" into the pudding family. "Fragrant black pudding" "It looks as smooth as a pudding on the outside.

At this time, the judges also cut up one after another, and put a small piece into their mouths.

"This is……"

"I seem to see...it's a rose! A blood-stained rose!"

"There is no smell of blood products at all, and there should be many other spices added. Why is it still so pure black?"

"It should be the red blood cell part of pig blood that was specially separated by a separator, and the reason why the blood turns black is because the heme iron contained in the hemoglobin in the red blood cell will turn black after oxidation, and the blood components in it are all Hemoglobin, natural black will be more 'dominant'!"

"Indeed, rose petal extracts should be added, right? This faint fragrance... I can't feel it from the outside at all, but it's actually a dessert that can make people see roses..."

After tasting Alice's "fragrant black pudding", the five judges felt as if they were in a sea of ​​roses, and the faint fragrance of roses filled their lips and teeth.

What makes this dessert even more "evil" is that the faint smell of blood is unobtrusively blended into the sweet fragrance. The so-called "fishy sweet" should be used here!

After a while, the five judges returned to "Between the Moon and the Sky" again from the rose field. After looking at each other, Ju Yue said again: "From the perspective of taste, it is indeed a highly completed work, showing Only the delicateness unique to molecular cuisine, but... only the color, is the question of 'dark cuisine'?"

Jue Yue's targeted questioning and sharp tone made the scene stand still for a while, and the audience in the audience didn't seem to have imagined that the standard of this competition would be so strict.

Obviously, the judges had already shown intoxicated expressions...

But soon he was relieved, this is the unique "Ten Heroes Qualifying Tournament", and the bottom one among them is also the tenth seat of the Ten Heroes standing at the peak of Yuanyue!

In the minds of the judges, I am afraid that the difficulty has been maximized.

Before Alice opened her mouth to explain, Yuan Guo had already weakly defended her: "No, I think Alice meant 'that'? The English Civil War 'War of the Roses' that took place in the fifteenth century! The two sides in the war used red roses and white roses as family emblems respectively, and during the war, there was also a cooking confrontation with the theme of 'Black Pudding'..."

"So that's the case... If this is the case, the topic is indeed not only superficial, war is always the 'darkest'!" Ryo Yue accepted Yuan Guo's explanation.

(In the records about black pudding, it was indeed used as a weapon in the "War of the Roses". In a small-scale battle, the two sides who were out of ammunition used the black pudding for breakfast as a weapon to throw each other...)

"Then comes the judges' scoring process! Each judge has 20 points of power, and the sum of the five judges' scores is the contestant's final score!" Rei Kawashima made a simple explanation, which is actually the same as last autumn The rules of the qualifying round of the trials are similar.

The scores given by the five judges were also presented at this time...

13, 14, 15, 15, 13!

After Alice saw the score, she couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. After all, the scores of 13 and 14 couldn't satisfy the "princess", who has always been competitive.

The highest score was only 15 points, but for the first time there was a score of 15, which was given by Gin Dojima!

From the qualifiers, it can be seen that Gin Dojima is very strict in giving points for the selection of the top ten, but now he actually gave the highest score among the judges?

"Although 'Fragrant Black Pudding' has the unique delicacy of 'Molecular Cuisine', it also has the defect of monotony of 'Molecular Cuisine'...But as the first dish, I think it has already played the role of appetizer. The effect made me look forward to the following dishes even more." Dojima Gin said, explaining the reason why he gave 15 points.

"70 points! Nakiri Alice, with a total score of 70 points!" Kawashima Rei announced.

There have been some discussions off the court, based on their estimation of Alice's cooking skills and the judges' reactions, 70 points is a bit lower than their expectations...

But they don't know that the judges are all in their hearts, and define the cooking skills of the usual ten outstanding nine or ten seats at "12 points", which is a passing score, and the strongest ten outstanding they have witnessed means a full score. "20 points"!

In other words, every judge now thinks that Alice is a qualified top ten, and the total score is 70 points, which is already a very high evaluation given the strength of seven or eight seats in the past!

Kawashima Rei immediately announced: "Ah! Following Alice, Niito Hisako has also started to present her own dishes..."

What Fei Shazi placed in front of the judges was a bowl of white soup. Judging from the fact that the steam did not fog up at all, it should be some kind of cold soup?

And regarding the color of the soup, everyone is not surprised, because although the soup is white, you can vaguely see the black ingredients exposed from the soup...

At this moment, Oizumi Kakinosumi, who was the oldest among the judges but still curious, had already scooped it up with a spoon.

In the close-up shot, when the true face of the "black ingredients" on the spoon was exposed, there were bursts of discussion in the audience.

"Huh? Why does it look the same as 'Fragrant Black Pudding'?"

"Could it be a reprocessing of Miss Alice's cooking?"

"Ah! I remembered. I heard that there is a senior in the senior department with a very bad hobby. That is to imitate the other party's cooking in the food halberd, and then improve it. Using this method to continuously win... Could it be Nito Hisako? "

"No, I heard that guy should be a big ugly guy..."

That's right! The ingredients in Hisako Niito's white cold soup look like "fragrant black pudding" cut into small pieces!

"Hey, hey, hey! Little secretary, you haven't been following me recently, have you? Is the worship of Erina finally twisted into a desire to follow? But why are you following me?" Alice teased.

"I, I didn't follow you! This is also... a different thing, it just looks more similar!" Fei Shazi retorted dissatisfied.

Indeed, looking at Feishazi's cooking table, there is no such large-scale equipment as Alice, so you know that Feishazi can't make "fragrant black pudding".

"The appearance looks similar, but if you look closely, you will find that the texture is different."

"Let's try it first!"

The five judges put the black colloidal lumps with some white cold soup into their mouths one after another...

"I see, the white soup is a coconut-based sweet soup!"

"In the creamy mass against the sweet coconut broth, there is a hint of bitterness aftertaste, but more fragrance and sweetness!"

"It is through this contrast in taste that the 'bitterness' and 'sweetness' are displayed more clearly without being abrupt..."

"Not only the taste, but also the color. In fact, if you look closely, this thing is not as dark as the previous 'black pudding', but it looks particularly black and shiny with the coconut milk!"

"Is this what you want to express? Black, is the concept relative to white?"

"Speaking of which, this... seems to be something like 'turtle jelly', right? I did see that the ingredients she prepared had the smell of 'tortoise shell'!"

Fei Shazi also replied at this time: "That's right, the craftsmanship is similar to Guiling jelly, but because it's just an ordinary food, I didn't use Smilax tuckahoe, which is more medicinal, but other spices. Instead of using the rare hawk-billed turtle, the turtle shell of the farmed money turtle and the collagen of the edible turtle are also close to the 'food' when preparing it. More consideration is given to its taste, and it is not considered a medicinal diet. , it should be said to be 'the same source of food and medicine'!"

The traditional Guiling jelly is made from crushed tortoise shell, boiled together with Smilax smilax and other medicines, and then the medicine residue is filtered out. After the medicine juice cools down, it will appear semi-fluid...

Now most of the Guiling jelly is brewed with boiled medicinal juice to brew sticky rice flour and corn flour, which is equivalent to making a medicinal juice version of cold cake. While the medicinal effect is reduced, it is good as a dessert.

Fei Shazi's "Tortoise Shell Jelly with Coconut Milk" completely abandons medicinal materials such as Smilax tuckahoe, and uses ground tortoise shell, collagen from boiled turtle meat, and a small amount of spices that have the effect of traditional Chinese medicine. Honey, sweet basil equal boil.

Although high temperature will destroy some nutrients of honey, but at the same time, caramelized honey has a special taste...

"The second contestant, Feishazi, who presented the dishes, actually prepared desserts? The judges have started scoring. How will the result compare with Alice? Let's wait and see!"

14, 13, 14, 14, 15... The scores given by the five judges were displayed on the big screen.

"The result is out! The total score is... 70 points! It is evenly divided with Alice! But because of the exact ranking, please show the director Alice's score..."

Rei Kawashima's voice fell, and Alice's previous score was also displayed as "13, 14, 15, 15, 13".

The two sets of scores are arranged up and down, corresponding to the scores given by the same judge, all juxtaposed together, and the side with the higher score lights up a red light.

3:2!

Although the total scores are the same, Alice has achieved higher scores in the ratings of the three judges, Dojima Gin, Oizumi, and Horikoshi. Only Yuanguo and Xiangtian gave Feishazi higher scores, so although Evenly divided, but the final ranking is still above Alice and Feisha...

"In the separate scoring, contestant Alice won, and she is temporarily ranked first... Oh! The third contestant who presented the dishes also appeared. Huh? Competitors Kei Isshiki and Nobuna Oda made moves at the same time... Isshiki Contestant Hui stopped, Isshiki-senpai is indeed a gentleman, it seems that he wants to let Oda-senpai present the dishes first!

Oda Nobuna is the only one of the top ten annual students in this year. He is a foreign recruiter. It is said that before entering school, he has been studying in famous restaurants all over the world. His hometown is in Aichi Prefecture..." Kawashima Rei briefly introduced the weaving Nobuna's resume.

On the other hand, Oda Nobuna put five things that looked like burnt fire sticks in the middle of the plate and served them up.

It seems to be long strips, scorched black and dry branches. To put it pitifully, it is "the same as a fire stick", and to put it a little taller, it is "same as a magic weapon of a certain Xiaofan"...

However, the smell of meat exuding from it naturally couldn't hide from the sense of smell of the judges.

"Is this 'Malay black char siew'?"

"It does feel a bit like 'Malay black char siew', but 'Malay black char siu' is boiled char siu, and this... has a special flavor left after grilling on an open flame."

As the five judges spoke, they cut up the "burning fire stick" that was tentatively regarded as char siew.

I saw the cut section, the meat was white and red, completely different from the coke-like appearance!

Seeing the clear, fresh and tender meat inside, as well as bursts of meaty aroma, the judges who had only eaten two kinds of desserts couldn't help but twitch their index fingers.

Put a piece of char siew that looks burnt black on the outside and tender inside, and the taste that fills the mouth immediately after that has a baptismal effect...

The expressions of the judges also changed from "indifferent" at the beginning to "surprised", which was similar to the expressions after tasting Kuga Teruki's spicy dishes, but not so intense.

Looking at the expressions of the judges, and the rapid changes, we can infer the degree of satisfaction with this "black barbecued pork"!

But the audience who didn't taste it, and other contestants present, couldn't help but feel puzzled...

"Wait, for char siew... isn't it mainly salty but also sweet? I just tasted two desserts, and now I taste sweet char siew, I think I will feel very tired?"

"That's what I said, but judging from the judges' appearance, I can tell that it definitely tastes like 'explosive power', not some sweet and greasy food!"

At this time, Xi Jianrun asked Ye Shanliang beside him: "How is it? Liang, do you smell anything?"

I saw Ye Shanliang holding his nose with his hands, closing his eyes and judging something...

After a while, he opened his eyes suddenly, and said with a cold smile: "So that's it, that is completely different from 'Malay black char siew' in essence, and it doesn't have any sweetness. The black itself is After the red miso and soy sauce are marinated, the fat of the outer skin is roasted until it is slightly burnt!"

"Red miso char siu? How does it taste?" Jun Xijian looked a little greedy.

But Ye Shanliang tried his best to hide his doting eyes, pretending not to care, and said: "Well, I can do it for you later, at least there is a seventy-eighth image."

Because of the previous "hasty attack", Xi Jianrun has already been alerted, and now Ye Shanliang seems to have changed his mind and is ready to make a fuss?

The food characteristics of Aichi Prefecture are inseparable from miso, and it can even be called "miso cooks everything". After several years of study tour, Oda Nobuna's use of miso is more diversified... …

"The savory taste of miso and the taste of the slightly burnt fat layer are perfectly combined..."

"The pre-marinating is also in place, and the taste of the char siu inside is not dull."

"Unexpectedly, besides Liu Maoxing, there are other students who have such a 'deep and vivid' grasp of the fire. They actually keep the char siew skin slightly charred, while the meat inside is still chewing, and it feels tender and juicy!"

"But do you feel that this barbecued pork seems to give people a feeling of 'more to come'?"

"That's true, and it seems inaccurate to say it's 'unfinished', but a kind of... regretful feeling? Of course, I don't mean that the taste of this char siu is regrettable..."

That's right! Just after Oda Nobuna’s char siu was imported, the judges instinctively felt a feeling of "regret" in their hearts while indulging in the deliciousness. Although it was not a positive emotion, this "regret" "It doesn't seem to be offensive, but it makes everyone feel nostalgic for some past events...

At this moment, Oda Nobuna also said: "That's right, the main ingredient of char siu is 'meat', and 'meat'...has the same pronunciation as 'hate', I also want to use this special 'black meat' Barbecued pork', to show the regret of unfulfilled ambitions!"

"Ahem, this really fits the title of 'Dark Cuisine'..." Ryo Yue couldn't help but said, just now he wanted to ask other than the color, where else did he express the theme!

And the judges also started to press the scoring button...

"Nobuna Oda's score will be out soon, please wait and see! Can her score surpass the previous two players?" Rei Kawashima's voice sounded.

But most of the audience at this time, especially the students who don't know Oda Nobuna, obviously don't think she has the strength to surpass Fei Sazi and Alice!

The reason why Oda Nobuna's treatment is much friendlier than last year's "outrageous words" by Yukihira Soshin and Liu Maoxing who thought he spoke very friendly, but was also considered to be mocking, thanks to her having a The chance to win the top ten seats is also related to her being a girl...

No matter how bad the personality is, girls, especially girls with good looks, will always be treated preferentially.

However, the scores that appeared on the screen at this time completely made everyone calm down!

16, 15, 16, 16, 15...

"This is... a total score of 78 points! After surpassing Alice and Erina, Oda Nobuna temporarily ranks first!" Rei Kawashima couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and then announced in a shocked tone .

For this result, Alice and Fei Shazi seemed a little frustrated, but at last they heard from Liu Maoxing that Oda Nobuna's grades were likely to be higher than the two. Although they didn't really believe it before, they were mentally prepared. So I didn't lose my temper...

Why does Liu Maoxing think so?

Because he clearly felt that whether it was Oda Nobuna or Saito Sakura from Jixingliao, the simple cooking skills might be similar to Alice and Fei Sazi, or even worse, but they had the heart to cook!

In the academic school, even the top ten, most of them will not have a cooking heart until they graduate, but first improve themselves in cooking skills, and the process makes their cooking skills more breadth rather than depth...

However, because of the breadth of knowledge and knowledge, You Xue School will have a cooking heart earlier, but at the same time, because the breadth of cooking skills is not as good as the systematic teaching of the Academic School, it will gradually be equalized after the age of twenty.

For example, Joichiro first expanded his breadth in the college, and then "studied" in advance to study abroad, so that his cooking skills matured.

Of course, Saito Sakura and Oda Nobuna have the heart of cooking so early, which is also very rare in the Youxue School!

With the help of super vision and super hearing, Liu Maoxing can already see that Oda Nobuna's kitchen heart is the image of a woman wearing samurai armor, but it doesn't look like she is going to fight the enemy in terms of momentum, but As if seppuku is about to be cut in the next second, it gives people the feeling of a hero's end...

After Oda Nobuna, Isshiki was going to present the dishes again, but Liu Maoxing raised his hand at this moment, and said to Isshihui at the same time: "I'm sorry, Isshiki-senior, I want to apply to deal with the previous 'Beluga', maybe It's a bit of a steal."

"It's okay, it would be great to have your performance as an accompaniment." Yi Sehui said that she didn't care.

At this time, the staff pushed up a giant aquarium, and inside it was a sturgeon that was as long as a person...