Shokuki: Start with an izakaya and make everyone cry

Boom!

The beef continues to beat.

Not long after it was slaughtered, the nerves around the muscles of the whole piece of A5 grade beef have not been completely dead, and the internal energy substance adenosine triphosphate has not been exhausted.

Therefore, beef can also beat under slight external stimulation, which is also called a "super reaction".

Mito Yumei couldn't help but take a deep breath and slowly calmed down.

Then, she firmly grasped the meat cleaver in her hand, tightened her gaze, and then quickly swung the knife down, skillfully cutting a large piece of A5 grade beef in front of her.

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Several dazzling sword lights flashed past.

However, he saw that Mito Yumei calmly took back the meat cleaver, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

With a "click", cracks began to appear in the mouth-watering A5 grade beef.

In the end, under everyone's stunned gaze, it turned into pieces of beef as beautiful as rose petals, and then fell on the chopping board in front of the cooking table at a speed visible to the naked eye.

These cuts of beef look shiny and shiny when illuminated by the light. They can be described in four words:

Very beautiful!

"The main event comes next."

After saying that, Mito Yumei cut off a few pieces of butter and put them into the hot pot.

There is no need to put in the oil anymore, but use a small fire to force the oil out, so that it can achieve the effect of "treating the other person's body in his own way."

When the pot crackled, she quickly added the hand-cut beef slices.

Use high heat to stir-fry the beef until it is slightly tender, that is, the center of the meat is only pink and tender, then add finely chopped onions and continue to stir-fry.

When the onions become soft and the beef is all tender, add a small dish of sugar and stir-fry evenly.

Gradually, after adding the sugar.

The beef and onions in the pot began to become sticky and colored.

…

"White sugar will produce two types of substances under strong heat conditions."

"One of them is a substance whose internal structure splits into small molecules of aldehydes and ketones, and then further condenses."

"And through this caramelization reaction, the moisture inside the beef can be instantly locked, creating the perfect temperature for the subsequent Maillard reaction to occur."

"Also, sugar can soften the fibrous tissue of beef."

"It tastes more tender and smooth."

"It's really weird."

"Mito Yumei, how could you think of this?"

"With her amazing temperature control ability, shouldn't she first control the heat and directly force out the flavor of the beef by frying it?"

Erina, who was in the guest room, saw Mito Yumei's actions one by one and couldn't help but murmur.

On the other side, Yukihira Soma is also busy.

But I saw that he first crushed the garlic and cut it into minced garlic, shredded the onion, heated the pan with cold oil, poured in the minced garlic and onion, and fried the onion until it was raw.

Add light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, black pepper, salt, sugar, and an appropriate amount of cumin grains in sequence. Stir-fry and then add cold water. After boiling, add the fatty beef.

Then put the cooked beef and onions on the rice, pour some soup on it, and sprinkle some green onions and prunes for decoration.

Finally, make a heart-shaped hot spring egg and stack it on top.

…

Sizzle!

Sizzle!

When a bottle of liquor with a higher alcohol concentration.

Put it into the hot oil pan and it will make a "sizzling" sound.

In an instant, a thick smoke, no, it was water mist, rose up instantly and overflowed in all directions until the entire competition venue was filled!

"Um?"

"This scent..."

Soma, who had just finished cooking the rice bowl, didn't have time to be happy and quickly turned his attention to Mito Ikmei.

The sight before him really shocked him, and he couldn't help but think to himself:

It’s just a rice bowl, so it’s so exaggerated that it even creates a “smoke bomb” effect.

"White wine? Add the sugar just now."

“The combination of the two has the effects of adding color, flavor and freshness, removing fishy smell, increasing elasticity, extending storage, moisturizing and softening, etc…”

"No, she's making a special condiment similar to mirin!"

Soon, Erina, whose mind was racing, was finally so shocked that her mouth almost dislocated.

It wasn't until this moment that she realized that such a dish was definitely not made by her, Mito Yumei, but... that Zhang Fan who lived in the pub!

Continue the fire to let the wine smell dissipate cleanly, so that the aroma of the grain wine can be retained without the bitter taste of alcohol.

Then add soy sauce, turn to low heat, add a large bowl of water, just enough to slightly cover the ingredients.

Because it uses fresh A5 grade beef, which is less cooked than the fatty beef used by Chuangzhen, so adding some water and stewing it will eventually form a thick and sweet soup.

Finally, serve the freshly cooked rice in a ceramic bowl and top it with a layer of juicy beef and onions.

A thick-volume A5 grade beef rice bowl and you’re done!

…

"Then, both parties enter the review stage."

"I would like to ask Soma Yukihira, who has finished cooking first, to present the rice bowl to the five judges present for the tasting review!"

As Rei Kawashima finished speaking, Soma Yukihira quickly served the beef rice bowl he had made.

"Dear reviewers, this is the fourth evolution of Koheiryu·Onsen Egg Beef Rice Bowl!"

The name of the dish is a bit convoluted and a bit off-kilter.

But looking at the rice bowl in front of them, several reviewers were amazed.

Who would have thought that using only the leftover fatty beef can make rice bowls so delicious?

So, they couldn't wait to pick up the bowl, smelled it habitually, and finally poked the hot spring eggs with chopsticks to mix the runny egg yolk, rice, beef, onions, etc. inside.

…

Cheap and inconspicuous, these are the characteristics of Chuangzhen Cuisine.

Even though this kind of cuisine was completely out of reach at Totsuki's Shokuki competition venue.

But the melt-in-your-mouth texture of beef, the sweet and glutinous rice, the sweet and sour prunes... in short, all the ingredients are the "protagonists".

In everyone's mouth, a wonderful story is unfolding!

"hiss!"

"This this……"

"The fatty beef is so juicy and tender that it tastes especially tender!"

"Yes, everything you eat is delicious. Being able to taste such food in this life is really a blessing!"

"Even if this kind of food doesn't require seasoning, I can still eat several bowls of it just with rice."

"Huh?"

"These little brown things are... prunes?"

"It turns out that the ingredients used are nothing more than ordinary and common, even some leftovers."

“But with a reasonable combination and inspiration from sukiyaki cuisine, using hot spring eggs to neutralize the greasiness of beef and enhancing the fragrance of onions and the glutinous fragrance of rice can achieve a comfortable and delicious state. .”

"No, no, no, I think the most important thing here is the prunes."

"Yes, prunes are a miracle!"

At this time, several reviewers were engrossed in devouring their food, praising it as they ate.

After a while, all of them had eaten the rice bowl made by Soma, not even a grain of rice was left.

…

Liquor!

Sugar!

Rice vinegar!

Beef juice!

And the A5 grade beef that looks like rose petals.

When Mito's charming beef rice bowl was presented, it actually glowed under the light.

So much so that all the reviewers were stunned.

They had just eaten the Soma rice bowl, and their stomachs were inevitably a little full.

However, seeing such a rice bowl, an inexplicable feeling of hunger reappeared. Finally, they couldn't stand it anymore, so they took a few bites of the beef rice with chopsticks and ate it.

The moment you take it into your mouth, you can feel the smooth and mellow taste of the beef.

Bite it gently with your white teeth, and you can instantly feel a rich gravy, which bursts out in your mouth with a "pop" sound.

And the fragrant onions, soft and glutinous rice, special soy sauce, and mirin made from a combination of white wine and white sugar...

Well, just two words:

Absolutely amazing!

…

"Awesome!"

"Is this...is this still the beef rice bowl that I remember?"

“I thought the highlight would be the A5 grade beef, but when I tasted it, I discovered that was not the case.”

"The caramelization reaction of white sugar makes the beef more delicious after the Medella reaction."

"Judging from the softening of the onions and the complete cutting of the beef, the heat is controlled very accurately."

"Then you can add white wine at the most appropriate time to bring out the flavors of all the ingredients at once, harmonizing and integrating them."

"This dish may seem plain, but actually it contains an endless fragrance inside!"

"Enjoyable!"

“It’s so enjoyable!”

"A5 grade beef is truly worthy of its reputation, and Mito's strength is also amazing!"

"No...I can't continue the analysis."

"I want to eat, I want to eat..."

Obviously, Mito Yumei’s beef rice bowl.

Almost at the moment of entrance, all these high-ranking judges were conquered.

…

If we say Soma rice bowl, it represents a brave matador.

Then Mito Yumei's dish is a plum blossom iron horn beef that has been strengthened and become extremely ferocious.

It uses the most ruthless and brutal force to knock the matador away and kill him instantly!

Finally, the review session ends.

And when 5:0 appeared on the screen, the whole audience went into shock.

Chuangzhen was completely defeated!

"It's really exciting, even though Mito won completely."

"But Soma's only defeat is that his understanding of beef is not as profound as Mito Yumei's."

"If we let him use A5 grade beef of the same quality, I'm afraid it's not certain who will win. Hiisako, you were the one who disclosed the information about the izakaya to Mito, right?"

Erina, who had watched the entire competition, turned back and took a deep look at Hisako, and asked lightly.

"Yes...yes, Miss Erina."

Fei Shasha did not hesitate, but nodded directly in response.

"No wonder." Erina sighed: "In the past, she was too obsessed with the quality and processing of meat."

"It seems that Zhang Fan's cooking can really affect everyone. Even Mito can make more coordinated and no longer purely "meat" dishes!"

"Miss, tell the truth."

"I didn't expect that Mito would change so much after going to an izakaya."

Fei Shasha said with deep sympathy.

…

"Well, the game is over."

"There is no need for the Donburi Research Association to exist. You can inform us."

"Okay, Miss Erina."

After receiving Erina's instructions, Nito Feisako quickly contacted the demolition team by phone.

Just like that, another research association in Totsuki disappeared completely.

Although what Erina did was a bit shameful.

On the surface, she was trying to solve Totsuki's financial problems and remove these "cancers" attached to the academy.

However, everyone with a discerning eye knows that Erina is a girl with the tongue of God, and is one of the few geniuses in Totsuki who has entered the top ten seats as the chief of the middle school.

But for now, she, the tenth member of the Ten Elites, is still at the bottom of the pile.

Therefore, she must plunder other people's resources in this way to have a chance to compete for the seats of other top ten.

At this moment, looking at the 5:0 review result on the screen, Chuangzhen felt like an invisible knife was stabbing into his heart, causing him extreme pain.

This is the first time he has tasted the taste of "failure" after entering Yuanyue, and it is inevitable that he will feel very unwilling.

But no matter what, it's useless no matter how regretful or unwilling he is.

He could only gather up his lost emotions, came to Konishi Kanichi's side, and said apologetically: "Senior Konishi, I'm sorry, I failed to win this cooking competition, let the Donburi Research Association..."

"It's okay, you don't have to blame yourself."

"Such an ending should have been expected."

"What's more, even if you defeat Mito Ikmei, you will only make Miss Erina even more angry in the end."

Xiaoxi Kanyi forced a smile on his face, and said with a wry smile: "Chongzhen, no matter what, I am very grateful to you!"

…

"My skills are inferior to others."

"Grandma Wenxu said last night that the flaw in my cooking is beef."

"But what kind of breakthrough I want to make in beef, I haven't figured it out yet because of the rush of time."

"I thought it would be better to just use some leftover ingredients to do the opposite."

"Then we focus on the ingredients, such as prunes, hot spring eggs, rice, onions, etc. Maybe we can defeat her, but..."

"I didn't expect that she would be like me and focus on other things instead of beef!"

After saying that, Yukihira Soma let out a long sigh.

Perhaps at this time, he could understand Isshiki Kei's original warning to him, and also understand the reason why his father Yukihira Seiichiro asked him to study at Totsuki Academy.

"Totsuki Academy is indeed a very interesting place."

"Dad, my goal was always on you. I thought that as long as I could defeat you, I could inherit your Yukihira Restaurant. Now it seems that this idea is still too naive!"

At this moment, Yukihira Soma's deep eyes were like a pool of water.

After a long time, he seemed to realize something and seemed to have grown a lot.