Shokugeki no Imitation Chef

On the afternoon of the first day of Golden Week, Liu Maoxing boarded the plane to Hokkaido together with Alice and Kurokiba.

Although Liu Maoxing, as a partner who will participate in the "Hokkaido Seafood Noodle Contest" in the future, thinks that it is necessary to communicate with Kurokiba Ryo in advance, but although this guy is sitting next to Liu Maoxing, he still has an expression of not waking up...

"Student Kurokiba, your hometown is also in Denmark, right? I heard that the temperature there is very comfortable, the winter is not very cold, and the summer is also very cool..."

Liu Maoxing looked at Heikichang while talking, until five seconds later, he turned his head and said "En".

Then he turned back and sat there motionless!

Liu Maoxing couldn't help rubbing his forehead for a while, and temporarily gave up communicating.

Looking at the turban on Kurokiba's wrist, Liu Maoxing thought about it carefully, but gave up the idea of ​​helping him put the turban on.

Although he won't be as dull as he is now, but the degree of difficulty in communicating will not change. Maybe he will be regarded as a terrorist who hijacked the plane...

As for the other fellow passenger, Alice, she was very talkative, and kept chatting with Liu Maoxing.

However, Liu Maoxing's behavior was the same as Kurokiba's attitude towards him, and he was not very willing to talk to her.

It's not that Liu Maoxing was caressing, Alice added conditions in the middle, but Alice was gossiping about him and Erina from the beginning to the end. It looks like she's having an affair with Erina...

Fortunately, such a journey did not last too long, less than two hours later, the plane landed.

Alice had booked the hotel a long time ago, it was a high-end three-bedroom suite, and she took Liu Maoxing and Hei Muchang directly to check in.

"It's getting late, you guys should rest first! Let's sign up at eight o'clock tomorrow morning!" Alice decided directly.

Liu Maoxing and Kurokiba also had no objections.

Early the next morning, under the enthusiastic leadership of Alice, the three of them came to the registration place for the contest.

Because it is summer, in addition to being the registration site for the "Hokkaido Seafood Pastry Contest", the square in front of the registration office also takes the opportunity to serve as a large-scale aquatic product trading center, where countless aquatic products are traded here, a strong aquatic product The smell hits...

At this time, Liu Maoxing also knew the origin of this competition. If it was just ordinary dessert rolls as the championship prize, then this competition is probably at the "street community" level, so Liu Maoxing was still a little confused when he heard the prize at first.

Then I immediately remembered what Gao Shanzaki told him about this game before, and then I lifted my spirits!

Gao Shanzaki, as a graduate of Yuanyue College, at the age of 24, it must have been five or six years since he graduated. Even if his cooking skills have not reached the "tiger level", he must not be underestimated, but he only won the sixth place at that time. As a result, I got a bonus of 1 million yen!

In other words, this competition, which only allows cutting-edge cooks under the age of 25, has extremely high gold content, and the value of the dessert roll is far greater than 1 million yen.

Now Liu Maoxing also knows the reason. The reason why this "Hokkaido Luxury Dessert Buffet" is not marked with the name of the store is because it is not a voucher for a certain dessert shop at all, but in early autumn, which is equivalent to the end of summer vacation in Yuanyue. , the Hokkaido Sweets Festival held!

During the three days of the grand event, Hokkaido officials promised that the pastry chefs who will make desserts at the self-service field every day will include at least 30 of the top 50 pastry chefs in Hokkaido.

It's like the small banquet that Liu Maoxing and the others enjoyed at the end of the "residency training" where many graduates were responsible for cooking...

At other times, it is not too difficult for Alice to taste the works of pastry chefs of this level separately, but to gather them together, there is only one chance a year!

And it is not possible to participate if you have money. In addition to serving as prizes for various cooking competitions, only those who have made outstanding contributions to Hokkaido and some dignitaries in Hokkaido will be invited...

Although Alice is not short of money, it is impossible to get an invitation. Even her father is not qualified, unless his father is willing to move the research institute to Hokkaido.

So the eight cooking competitions held every year in Hokkaido are the only chance!

Four of them are cooking competitions with no age limit, and Alice also knows that these are temporarily impossible, and the other four are competitions for rookies who are required to be under the age of 25.

Originally, Alice planned to form a team with Kurokiba to participate in the "Hokkaido Seafood Pastry Contest", but after discovering Liu Maoxing's pastry accomplishments, she changed her mind...

"Uncle! Is the registration here?" Alice asked the passing staff.

The middle-aged staff looked at the three of them suspiciously, then pointed in a direction across the square and said, "The registration office is inside, come on!"

It seems that Liu Maoxing and the other three are too young, so they are not very optimistic about them.

Seeing the grand occasion of the registration scene, Liu Maoxing couldn't help but secretly said: It's indeed a world of foodies!

Not only was the reward for the previous ten years worth 1 million yen, but it also attracted the most attention and was always the "dessert roll" rewarded by the first champion.

Even the annual dessert event is one of the most important activities of Hokkaido officials, which has played a positive and important role in the development of Hokkaido...

After all, in the world of foodies, seafood and desserts attract the most attention in Hokkaido!

After understanding this, Liu Maoxing also became interested in the low-sounding dessert vouchers. Although it was only desserts, for Liu Maoxing, as long as the level of food was high enough, it was within the scope of "absorbing nourishment"!

"Are both of them only fifteen years old? First time signing up?" The registration officer looked at Liu Maoxing and Kurokiba Ryo with a frown, probably thinking that they were too young.

"That's right!" Alice, who signed up, smiled.

"And there is no pastry chef grade?" The young staff in charge of registration looked at the registration form that Alice had filled out before, showing some impatience.

At this time, Alice explained: "It's true, we are still students of Yuanyue College, and we usually take various certifications after graduation."

"Students of Yuanyue Academy? So you come here to exercise during the golden week? Okay, this is the 'reward currency' for registration and assessment..."

Alice was puzzled, and took a button-sized coin from the registration officer, engraved with the competition logo of the "Hokkaido Seafood Pastry Contest".

The registration staff explained: "Because there are too many applicants every year, there will be a 'registration assessment' before the preliminaries, lest some guys with no skills come to join in the fun! This year's registration assessment content is the selection of seafood, Use this to go to the trading center outside, and you can exchange a salmon with any merchant.

Afterwards, send the salmon you selected to the examination point on the left, and just make it into sashimi. There will be inspectors responsible for judging whether it passes... For the students of Yuanyue Academy, the standard should not be high. "

After Liu Maoxing listened to his explanation, he remembered the scene in the original plot where Ryo Kurokiba and Soma Yukihira competed in the fish market to see who had the best eyesight!

The way of the competition at that time seemed to be to directly cut the "saury" selected by each into sashimi, and to use the taste and umami of the sashimi as the basis for the victory...

Thinking about it now, it is very likely that Alice learned the competition method from this competition.

After all, even without Liu Maoxing, Alice was planning to form a team with Kurokiba.

Walking out of the registration point indoors and back to the trading center outside, Alice couldn't help sighing: "What a hot competition! Even the registration has to be assessed first...but fortunately, for Liang, this assessment is too simple gone."

"Liang, hurry up and be 'serious', choose the best salmon...wait, how about you, Ah Xing, take charge of this assessment?" Alice suddenly changed her mind and asked.

Liu Maoxing reckoned that she couldn't stand it either, "another" Kurokiba's character, and his overly strong desire to fight.

However, after looking at the bustling aquatic product trading center and the countless aquatic product stalls, Liu Maoxing also grinned for a while, and finally said: "Let's leave it to classmate Heikichang! And I have only heard you before, about the second classmate of Heikichang. Regarding personality, since it is 'he' who is going to partner with me, I should meet him first, right?"

If Liu Maoxing uses the ability of the super god's tongue to capture and perceive the odor particles in the air with all his strength, he can also select the freshest salmon in the entire trading center just like Ye Shanliang who has the "sense of smell of God".

However, Liu Maoxing flinched, because the smell of the sea that permeates the trading center here is a bit pungent even with ordinary sense of smell. It must be very sour and refreshing, as if you swallowed thousands of live fish in your mouth!

"Okay...then Liang, you should be serious." Alice accepted Liu Maoxing's words.

"Seriously? That means..." But Liang, who was stunned, heard Alice telling him to be more serious, and also took off the scarf on his wrist!

The moment he tied the scarf on his hair, Kurokiba widened his listless eyes, and a fierce aura emerged from his eyes. It was more like a beast than a cook!

This time Liu Maoxing didn't need to speak first, Kurokiba Ryo, who appeared as the second personality, looked at him directly with a look of picking ingredients, and then said contemptuously: "You are the one who wants to partner with me? I don't want to be a laggard, you Is it okay? If not, then quit by yourself! If it is okay... I will test you, just choose salmon with me, if you choose..."

"No." Liu Maoxing replied cleanly.

"Huh? What did you say?" Kurokiba said in an unhappy tone.

"I said 'don't' compete with you, if you are so upset, just tell your lady to quit the competition!" Liu Maoxing said.

Sure enough, even though Kurokiba had entered the wild second personality, he still respected Alice because of his promise after losing to Alice and his gratitude to Alice. He stared at Liu Maoxing with the eyes of his prey. After a while, it was time to pick out the salmon.

"It seems that the 'first' meeting with my partner was the worst outcome..." Liu Maoxing said while holding his forehead.

The competition was tough enough, and finally they had a reliable partner, but they still couldn't get along with each other in terms of personality!