Shokuki: Start with an izakaya and make everyone cry

Linshan area.

The sales ranking list of each stall and store has just been compiled.

Unexpectedly, Akanekubo Momo's dessert restaurant ranked first. As for Erina Nakiri, who is also one of the top ten, her restaurant ranked third!

Then, there are two stores in the three major areas that are in deficit, namely:

Soma Kohei faced off against Teruki Kuga in the central area and was defeated miserably, and Alice Nakiri, who ranked last in the main avenue area.

At this moment, in a small stall with unique and simple decoration, placed on the table are some molecular cuisine works covered by transparent glass covers.

They are all in strange shapes, including eggs, caviar, chocolate, even screws, etc. It’s dazzling.

The owner of this store stall is a young chef with short silver-white hair. She is wearing a neat white lab coat, and the tools in her hands are flexible and precise, as if she is performing an artistic creation!

The stall is also filled with various utensils:

Blender.

Separator.

dropper.

test tube.

Alcohol lamp.

Slow cooker.

…

Just precise measurement and proportioning.

Some simple ingredients often turn into amazing molecular cuisine!

Whenever passing customers see this, they will inevitably be curious, and then they can't help but order, and Alice quickly operates.

Like today's most popular egg jelly, she first uses a straw to suck the juice into a special container, then adds an appropriate amount of gel, stirs it gently, and pours it into a mold.

After a while, a colorful jelly appeared.

Except, of course, egg jelly.

There is also ice cream made with liquid nitrogen, which has a dense and refreshing taste; foam coffee made with special technology is light and fragrant...

I have to say that these dishes are very creative and visually appealing.

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"Huh? I'm actually the last one?"

As the sun set, Alice, who had just ended her business, was shocked to learn that she had made a loss.

"Miss," I have told you a long time ago that you have to consider the cost issue in the early stage of running a stall. If you spend so much money to buy these instruments, you will definitely lose money. "

Next to him, Kurokiba Ryo, who was selling seafood ramen, said listlessly.

"Making molecular cuisine definitely requires some instruments, just like a traditional chef needs a kitchen knife."

Hearing this, Alice shrugged, feeling particularly helpless.

Molecular gastronomy!

It itself requires the help of many tools.

Each stall specified in the school festival has a cost limit.

Most of her money was used to buy these equipment, so naturally she had to save costs in other aspects!

Well, it was helpless, but she didn't seem to care too much. After all, this was only the first day. In the next few days, she would just think of some ways to increase the turnover.

"Equipment and instruments are just one of the problems."

"The recipes at your stall are too many and too complicated. They include everything. I want to show all aspects of molecular cuisine to customers."

"Customers will indeed be shocked, but in the end there is no dish that can really leave a deep impression on them."

"Miss, didn't you notice?"

"Many customers will go directly to the next stall after eating something at your place. There is no lingering in the whole process."

Kurokiba Ryo looked at Alice who didn't care and warned her again.

"Um?"

"did you mean……"

Alice's eyes were deep and she began to think!

…

Dusk hour.

The sky is shrouded in a layer of light gold, as if it is a gradient picture carefully drawn by nature.

The air is filled with a faint aroma of earth and grass, which is the unique smell of dusk. At this time, Totsuki Academy is also immersed in this tranquility and beauty. The shadows of the trees are dancing, the flowers and plants are swaying, everything seems so harmonious and natural!

After the first day of the school festival, the boarding students of Jixing House began to gather together and chat about everything that happened today!

"Wow, Xiaohui, your oden stall won third place in the [Main Avenue District]?"

Yoshino Yuki, who was feeling a little tired, said to Tazoe with excitement at this moment.

"Yeah, I'm surprised too."

"Maybe I am luckier than others. After all, many customers came directly to my stall as soon as they entered the gate."

Tazoe scratched the back of her head, and then replied with a smile.

"If I remember correctly."

"Xiao Hui, is your stall located in the first one in the [Main Avenue Area]?"

On the side, Ryoko Sakaki blinked, seeming to have some realization.

"Yes, I am the first stall."

Tian Suo Hui nodded.

"It's no wonder. This school festival test is not just about cooking skills, but also the area selection of stalls, the design of recipes, the preparation of ingredients, the control of various expenses and costs, etc... Many factors can affect it. Ranking.”

"For example, in the Linshan area, the first place is Akanekubo Momo in the third seat, and Si Yingshi in the first seat doesn't seem to even be in the top five."

Ryoko Sakaki explained.

"Oh, let's not say we are in the top five, we are not even in the top ten."

When this topic was brought up, Yoshino Yuki's face was full of frustration. She was very confident at first, but when the "report cards" of each stall came out today, her mentality collapsed again!

"Although it did not achieve the results originally expected, it is still profitable."

"I heard that two stalls have suffered losses, one is Miss Alice, and the other is..."

Ryoko Sakaki glanced at Soma briefly and couldn't help but sigh.

…

No more fireworks.

Life may be a lonely journey.

Take 3 fat and 7 lean pieces of pork, that is, the pork is slightly leaner, and then cut it into minced meat.

Add onion ginger water, soy sauce, salt, sugar, pepper and other condiments, and stir vigorously in one direction to make the meat filling elastic.

Then add another tablespoon of hot oil and add the stock in 3 additions.

Take a rolled dough, add an appropriate amount of meat filling, and pinch the edges tightly with your fingers. Generally, more than 18 folds should be made.

Line the bottom of the steamer with oil paper and place the wrapped dumplings into the steamer.

There should be a certain gap between each xiaolongbao. Boil the water in the steamer, put it in the steamer, and steam over high heat for 10 minutes until the xiaolongbao is cooked.

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generally speaking.

The portion size of a "guest" xiaolong must be controlled within the appetite of one person to meet the standards, such as:

A cage of Yangzhou soup dumplings.

A cage of 4 Wuxi small cages.

A cage of 8 Shanghai Nanxiang small cages.

There are 10 small cages in Shengzhou, Shaoxing.

Although they are different in size, because they are put in the same container, they are all regarded as "small cages" in a broad sense. Therefore, the portion of the steamed dumplings that Zhang Fan is making now is limited to 10, which can be regarded as a precise calculate.

…

The skin is thin, the meat is tender, white and plump.

Each of these small and exquisite xiaolongbao is as crystal clear as white jade, with skin as thin as paper and like a jumping jade rabbit, which is very endearing.

Through the thin skin, you can vaguely see the tender meat filling inside.

They are neatly arranged in the steamer, exuding a light aroma that makes people salivate.

"so cute!"

Mu Jiuzhiyuanguo's eyes suddenly lit up.

Immediately, she couldn't help but pick up a small steamed bun and blew in a few puffs of air-conditioning.

Then use chopsticks to carefully pierce the dough, and the slippery juices flow out instantly. The shiny white xiaolongbao in your hands becomes even more tempting!

"Mu Jiuzhi, do you know the correct way to eat Xiao Long Bao?" Zhang Fan suddenly leaned over Mu Jiuzhi Yuan Guo's ear and whispered softly.

"The right way to eat it?"

Upon hearing this, Mu Jiuzhi was stunned.

"Well, the way you eat it by piercing the dough with chopsticks is completely wrong."

“The best time for Xiao Long Bao is definitely when it’s just steamed and taken out of the steamer, but this is also when the skin is the most fragile.”

"If you remove the chopsticks too quickly or roughly, the skin will be easily broken and all the soup will spill out."

"So, be gentle when you do it."

"see it?"

"The top skin of Xiao Long Bao is relatively thick."

“Just clamp the upper part and remember to pull it back and forth so that the connection between the steamed bun and the cage slowly loses its toughness.”

"In this way, you can take out a complete xiaolongbao."

"Then don't be in a hurry to eat. Use a spoon to hold the small portion first, and take a small bite at the tenderest corner. At this time, the delicious soup will overflow, and then use your small mouth to suck it. !”

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Listening to this detailed explanation, Mujiuzhienguo was stunned.

She had never imagined that Xiao Long Bao, which was not even as big as a palm, would have so many particularities in how to eat it?

"Can't you just swallow it all in one gulp?"

She regained her composure for a moment, but with a look of doubt on her face, she asked.

"sure!"

"No one stipulates how Xiao Long Bao must be eaten."

"However, the flavor of delicious food can only be appreciated through careful tasting. If you eat it in one bite, you will inevitably lose a lot of fun!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Fan patiently explained.

"It makes sense."

After understanding what Zhang Fan meant, Mu Jiuzhi couldn't help but nodded.

Immediately afterwards, she began to eat according to what Zhang Fan provided and began to savor it carefully.

The orange crab roe almost oozes out of the white and light skin of the bun. After carefully picking up the bun, a spoonful of crab vinegar is poured on it. The aroma of the hot crab roe and the taste of vinegar are subtly combined.

I took a small bite, sucked up the delicious soup, and tasted the filling.

The taste is actually oily and firm, and combined with the flavor of the special crab vinegar, there is no fishy smell at all.

The rich aroma bursts in the mouth.

It's so delicious, it's the ultimate experience of eating Xiao Long Bao.

The crab meat dumplings seemed to have a slightly Japanese flavor, probably because white miso was added to the meat for seasoning.

When it tastes, it really enhances the umami flavor of crab powder and pork, but it's also very natural.

at last.

Various flavors explode on the taste buds.

And the most beautiful moment of the day begins just like that!

"The smell...is really incredible."

"When you first bite, the satisfying feeling of the soup bursting over and the toughness of the dough are surprising."

"Then chew it carefully for a few bites, and you can still eat the meat filling, and the chewy and delicious meat filling has a kind of inheritance effect."

"And the remaining soup after the stuffing is so satisfying that it makes you feel so good in an instant."

Mu Jiuzhi couldn't help but slowly closed his eyes.

…

"Zhang Fan, can you comfort me?"

Just as Mikushi continued to taste the steamed dumplings, Alice Nakiri hurried in with one foot. When she saw that familiar face, her heart tightened. It was considered to be completely suspended.

Maybe it was because of the sharp gap between winning the autumn selection and losing on the first day of the school festival that made her feel emo.

Therefore, she could only come to the izakaya in advance to look for Zhang Fan.

"Alice, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing Alice's eyes blinking, as if tears were about to overflow like a flood in the next moment, Zhang Fan was inevitably a little confused.

"I...I don't know what's going on!"

"I made a lot of preparations in advance for this school festival, but today's sales turned out to be the last, and... and there was a serious loss."

"Zhang Fan, what do you think I should do?"

As she spoke, Alice's watery eyes finally shed tears.

Then, she swooped over and hugged Zhang Fan tightly. At this moment, she was neither willing to let go nor let go!

…

"Well, please explain the specific situation clearly first."

Seeing her behaving like this, Zhang Fan was a little confused and speechless.

Realizing that she had indeed lost her composure, Alice quickly let go of her hand and left Zhang Fan's arms. Then she wiped her tears and then explained her situation in detail.

"Your grades will be disastrous, and it has nothing to do with whether your early preparations are adequate." "

"Let's talk about the egg jelly dish. Although it is very unique, I have to say that it looks too much like eggs."

"Even if it's not an egg itself, it's made of chocolate and jam. But you have to understand that the guests don't have the strength like you and me, and they will just think that it's just a hard-boiled egg."

Nakiri Alice was stunned, her face slightly red.

This was a new dish that she had put a lot of thought into, but she actually didn't think that much into it.

Now that I think about it, even if we bring in all the diners, most of them are too tired to eat such sweet and greasy food.

"The most important thing is to put a lot of effort into the presentation of the food."

"You can use the computer system to design a cute shape. Then, with the help of the spicy flavor of curry, it will definitely attract many diners, especially children, who like dishes with unique shapes!"

"Huh? A cute design?"

After hearing the strategy given by Zhang Fan, Alice Nakiri here was stunned! (End of chapter)