Shokugeki no Imitation Chef

Just when Kurokiba was about to say something, Alice quietly walked behind him, pulled off his turban, and said at the same time: "Okay, Ryo, it is indeed A Xing who won this time, we It also delayed a lot of time, let the next group of players come up!"

After finishing speaking, he dragged the dazed Kurokiba down...

Alice didn't mean to leave, but stayed aside, as if she was preparing to watch the next group of the squint-eyed boy's assessment.

This made Liu Maoxing look at her suspiciously, and asked, "Is there anything special about this guy?"

"Did you see the pattern on his sleeve? That's the family crest of the Sugiyama family. Judging from his age, he must be the direct descendant of the Sugiyama family, so he is eligible to wear the family crest." Alice said.

"Huh? The Sugiyama family? Family emblem?" Liu Maoxing was even more confused.

There are only two people with the surname Sugiyama that Liu Maoxing can think of, one is Chibi Maruko’s classmate, and the other is a war criminal. If it is related to the latter, Liu Maoxing will have to consider 100 ways to slap her in the face.

But obviously, the Sugiyama family that Alice mentioned is neither Chibi Maruko's intrusion, nor any war criminals in the family, but...

"It's the Sugiyama family of the 'Needle Saint' Kazuichi Sugiyama!" Alice said.

Liu Maoxing continued to be confused, unable to understand what Alice was talking about.

After listening to Alice's explanation, Liu Maoxing gradually understood who Sugiyama and Kazuichi were...

Like Chinese cuisine that has influenced the entire East Asia, Chinese medicine has also had a profound influence in East Asia. When it comes to ancient Chinese medicine, it is natural to have to mention "acupuncture"!

1500 years ago, the emperor of the Liang Dynasty in the Southern and Northern Dynasties of the land of China presented an "acupuncture classic" to the Eastern envoys, and acupuncture and moxibustion have been spread eastward since then.

Acupuncture and moxibustion have experienced ups and downs in the East for thousands of years. It was not until the Azuchi-Momoyama era, when a large number of medical books from the Yuan and Ming dynasties were spread eastward, that the inheritance of acupuncture and moxibustion in the East was stabilized.

Later, in the Edo period, that is, in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, with the support of the Tokugawa shogunate, Eastern acupuncture reached its peak. At this time, there was a very famous blind acupuncture master, Sugiyama Kazuichi...

"Huh? And then?" Liu Maoxing still didn't hear it, and thought to himself: What does this have to do with the Seafood Pastry Competition?

Alice gave Liu Maoxing a strange look, and then said: "I heard that the Sugiyama family has a very superb acupuncture skill, that is, they can prick acupuncture points for ingredients to achieve the purpose of stimulating the flavor of ingredients. I don't know if this kid has mastered it. !"

Liu Maoxing was completely speechless about this, and secretly wondered if Sugiyama and Kazuichi knew that his descendants had learned to cook with great ideas, would he be angry...

wrong! Liu Maoxing suddenly realized that this world is obviously different from the world he lived in before. Maybe even Sugiyama and Ichito are foodies. Maybe he developed this acupuncture method for ingredients!

After all, more than a hundred years ago, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, didn't those super masters in the dark cooking world who melted copper and iron were all addicted to cooking and unable to extricate themselves?

Thinking of this, Liu Maoxing also looked at it seriously...

"Is it Sugiyama Yoshi? Your salmon...was obtained from Sai's house, right?" The three judges frowned when they saw Sugiyama Yoshi's fresh food storage box, obviously recognizing the source.

"That's right."

The three reviewers showed impatient expressions, shook their heads and said, "You can go out now."

It seems that the so-called Sugiyama family is not well-known on the surface. After Alice recognized the other party's family crest, she paid special attention to it, but the judges did not seem to know each other.

"Huh? Isn't that bad? You haven't judged yet." Sugiyama Kichi smiled unchanged.

"There is no need to judge. The Saii family sells live fish. You signed up an hour ago, which means that the salmon you got was dead for less than an hour at the most. It will definitely not be in the best taste During the period! Don't you think that as long as the salmon is completely fresh, you can pass the assessment?" The judge said dissatisfied.

Although salmon are rarely sold live, the Sai family is one of the few live fish operators in the outside market.

Some onlookers around who were dissatisfied with Sugiyama Yoshi's previous behavior began to mock at the right time.

Because of Liu Maoxing and Kurokiba, they thought Sugiyama had something special, so they didn't dare to speak out at first, but now they see the judges say that, and they have no scruples...

"It's not an hour, it's forty minutes...but it's enough!" Sugiyama said, taking out the salmon that had just died for 40 minutes, and placed it on the table in front of him.

Originally, the judge on the left wanted to scold him and tell him to leave, but was stopped by the judge in the middle with a solemn expression!

"Wait! Enter the review process!"

"Huh?" The other two judges seemed a little puzzled.

At this time, they looked carefully at the salmon in front of Sugiyama Yoshi, only to find that there were only slender metal needles piercing it. At this time, Sugiyama Yoshi pulled out the metal needles and they realized...

Because every time a metal needle is pulled out, the already dead salmon will tremble slightly.

This is the nerve reflex of fish. Sometimes when dealing with fish that died not long ago, you will find that the fish is slightly beating and wriggling, but it is still very rare that only one needle can cause such an obvious reflex!

After Sugiyama Kichi pulled out all the thin metal needles, he began to process the salmon step by step...

If he didn't hide his clumsiness, judging from his sword skills, he was only about the same as Alice!

The foundation is solid, but it may not be so good!

It's just that Alice is good at "New Cuisine", but the other party has mastered a "stunt skill" like acupuncture.

After thinking about it, Liu Maoxing understood, after all, the other party was about the same age as him, and it was impossible for him to have a system.

It is obvious that the main focus is on this kind of acupuncture and moxibustion skills. It is very rare to be able to reach the current level in cooking.

After all, even without considering the special skills of acupuncture and moxibustion, this kind of culinary skills can be ranked above the average level in Yuanyue Academy.

And after the three judges tasted it, they also passed his review in shock, which surprised the other contestants onlookers, but Sugiyama Yoshi did not give any explanation for this.

After Sugiyamayoshi, Alice didn't look at other people's review, and left directly with Liu Maoxing and Kurokiba.

This is the first time that Liu Maoxing has discovered the existence of "stunt skills" in someone other than himself!

Although Liu Maoxing was mentally prepared after guessing that this world might be in the same timeline as "Zhonghua Yiyi", but after actually seeing it, he was already full of doubts.

For example, why is there no teaching about "stunt skills" in Yuanyue Academy? Liu Maoxing feels that this should not only be due to self-preservation and family opinion.

Liu Maoxing also asked Alice sideways, and Alice's explanation was: "You ask why Yuanyue didn't teach something similar? Please, acupuncture itself is enough for a lifetime of study, and ordinary students can learn to cook well!

And... my grandfather also said that instead of wasting time on these things, it is better to raise your cooking skills to the level of a 'master chef' first. Compared to real cooking skills, these are nothing more than exotic skills. "

Liu Maoxing didn't fully understand Nakiri Senzaemon's concept, but thinking of the "Liu Maoxing" in "Chuka Ichiban", he didn't have any special skills, maybe Senzaemon also thought the same way!

Moreover, Totsuki Academy has been able to develop to its current position in the culinary world, and there should be nothing wrong with Senzaemon's philosophy.

"By the way, since the Sugiyama family has a family crest, your Nakiri family should also have one, right? It's not on you and Erina, what special patterns do you see..." Liu Maoxing wondered.

"We don't have a family crest, the Nakiri family... it's just different from them!" Alice didn't want to explain further.

Liu Maoxing didn't say any more, but asked about the competition.

Alice looked at the schedule given when she signed up and said: "The competition is the same as every year, divided into two parts, the preliminaries and the finals.

The preliminaries are divided into five groups, and the two groups with the highest scores in each group will qualify, and the next ten groups will enter the finals at the same time. The one with the highest score will be the champion, and the other two to ten will also be rewarded, but our goal is only one, that is the champion! "

"The titles are all 'seafood noodles'?" Liu Maoxing asked.

"No, the topic of the final round is fixed as 'Seafood Pastry Cuisine', but the topic of the preliminaries will be given out tomorrow, and then the competition will be held the day after tomorrow... According to past experience, it will definitely have something to do with seafood! "

After completing the registration and registration assessment in the morning, Alice immediately took Liu Maoxing and Hei Muchang back to the hotel, and urged them to rest quickly!

Seeing her in a hurry, Liu Maoxing couldn't help teasing: "Hey, I can't accept the three of us together, otherwise why don't you go out for a stroll in Heimichang?"

Alice blushed, and roared at Liu Maoxing: "What three people, two people! Go back to your room and rest immediately, and the 'tactical discussion meeting' will start after midnight!"

The topic of the preliminaries will be sent to Alice's mobile phone that she filled in when she signed up just before "tomorrow", which means that the topic can be known at zero o'clock.

If you have a good rest in the afternoon, you can conduct research and discussion immediately after the topic is announced. It can also be seen that Alice really attaches great importance to the appearance of this competition...

Sure enough, after midnight, Liu Maoxing was woken up by Alice slamming on the door.

Liu Maoxing and Kurokiba were sitting side by side on the sofa with sleepy faces, while Alice said enthusiastically: "The preliminaries have already come out, this time the topic is quite special, not limited ingredients, nor limited dishes Type, as long as the seafood provided during the competition is used as ingredients, any dish is fine, but the time limit is very tight, only twenty minutes..."