Shokuki: Start with an izakaya and make everyone cry

A cup of fragrant scented tea.

In the dense water vapor, there is always a hazy memory.

At this moment, Erina, who had just taken a sip of jasmine tea, suddenly saw two figures.

one.

She is a mature and steady royal sister.

The other one is an innocent and curious "little loli".

The one who is a royal sister is, of course, Kobayashi Ryokan, a regular at the izakaya.

And the "little loli" who is holding a stuffed animal and has a pair of round eyes, always looking around, is the current fourth seat of Totsuki Academy's top ten, Akane Kubo Momo!

Seeing them, Erina, a junior, hurriedly greeted them.

"Erina?"

“I really didn’t expect that!”

"Tonight, you will come to the izakaya before me!"

Ringtong Kobayashi, who had just entered the izakaya, sat elegantly next to Erina.

Although she is always carefree in character, she exudes a kind of majesty all over her body!

At the same time, Akane Kubomomo was always holding the puppet tightly with both hands, looking at Erina with a somewhat critical look. After a while, he nodded slightly, which was a response to her!

Even when she is chatting with Xiaolin Gentian, she always chirps like a bird, feeling particularly outgoing and lively!

However, people who are familiar with her know that she is not very talkative in front of strangers or people with whom she has a normal relationship.

…

"Ah!"

"It's raining heavily!"

"In the end, this can't stop you from coming to the izakaya, right?"

Zhang Fan stood up for a moment, then came to Xiaolin Rgentan and said with a soft smile.

"Shopkeeper Zhang."

"Don't say any more polite words, right?"

"Let me introduce to you. This is my classmate Akane Kubo Momo, who is currently the fourth member of the top ten!"

"She's best at cooking desserts. Don't look at her petite figure and frail appearance, but even I have to be afraid of her when it comes to cooking!"

Kobayashi Ringtong introduced Akane Kubomomo directly in front of Zhang Fan!

"Um?"

Zhang Fan was stunned!

Then, he focused his attention on Akane Kubomomo.

Maybe it was because she was relatively short and not very lively in character, so Zhang Fan didn't pay much attention to her at first!

After a careful inspection, he discovered that the "little loli" in front of him had two big green eyes that kept rolling around. He could tell at a glance that she was a shy girl. !

At the same time, the moment she saw Zhang Fan, Akane Kubomo's eyes never left him, she just kept staring at him!

Um!

how to say?

Indeed, as Kobayashi Ryuden said, he is quite handsome!

But Akane Kubotao must be skeptical about his abilities. After all, judging from the name of "Zhang Fan", he should belong to the Celestial Dynasty, right?

Although Tianchao’s cuisine is world-famous, it is definitely number one in the entire culinary world!

but!

A Chinese man.

Can he understand French desserts?

Can he make a soufflé dessert that delays internal collapse the moment it's freshly baked?

On these points, Akanekubo Momo couldn't help but think deeply!

…

"Shopkeeper Zhang!"

"I'm coming to the izakaya this time."

"The main thing is to ask you to make a soufflé dessert. I wonder... can you make it now?"

Then seeing the two of them sizing each other up, but being indifferent to each other, Ringtong Kobayashi had no choice but to interject.

"Soufflé?"

"This is an izakaya, not a dessert shop!"

"And instead of eating some snacks and something to warm you up this late at night, you want to eat dessert instead?"

When he heard that Kobayashi Ryodan wanted him to make soufflé desserts, Zhang Fan, who had just looked away, immediately felt ashamed!

But then, he thought that Akakubo Momo's best cooking was desserts, so he vaguely understood something.

"oops!"

"Please!"

"I know your izakaya has an unwritten rule."

“As long as there are ready-made ingredients or whatever you can do, you can cook according to the needs of the diners!”

"So, can you see if you can..."

I know how ridiculous it is to order desserts at an izakaya.

But words spoken out are like water thrown out, and it is difficult to take them back. In order not to embarrass himself in front of Akanekubo Momo, Kobayashi Ringtong has no choice but to risk his face!

"All right!"

"Who told you that you are God?"

“Not to mention soufflé desserts are not difficult to make!”

Anyway, there wasn't much business tonight, and I couldn't close up early for a while, so I simply followed Kobayashi Ryodan's wishes and made soufflé desserts.

So, after thinking about it, Zhang Fan rolled up his sleeves again and prepared to turn around and return to the cooking table.

"this."

"Actually, we have one more request."

"The soufflé dessert you make must be left for 1 minute after it comes out of the oven. The entire inside of the soufflé is still intact and will not collapse!"

Seeing that Zhang Fanzhen was about to prepare, the anxious Akane Kubomo quickly stood up and said.

…

"ha?"

"Isn't this difficult?"

On the side, hearing such an excessive request, Erina almost spit out her scented tea!

You know, Soufflé itself is world-renowned for its light airy feel, and it has also been poetically described as a gossamer-like foam cloud.

The reason is that the water vapor evaporated from the batter foam during baking increases the internal pressure and further expands the bubbles.

So to sum up, it is the dual effects of air and water vapor that create the cloud-like lightness of soufflé.

But soufflé is not like most breads, which can rely on starch and gluten proteins to strengthen its structure. Instead, it relies more on the air pressure in the bubbles.

therefore.

Just cut through the bubbles.

The gas inside will escape quickly and it will collapse.

You don't even need to cut it, the soufflé will collapse very quickly.

Of course, this combination of "contradictions" is not only the charm of soufflé, but also the biggest challenge of the entire dessert!

"hiss!"

"As expected of the Ten Heroes of Yuanyue."

"As soon as you come up, you will find a difficult problem for me!"

Hearing Akane Kubomo's request, Zhang Fan, who was about to start cooking, suddenly froze.

"No...can't?"

"Think about it. After all, it is necessary to have a sense of flowing air and to be able to withstand the pressure of the air without quickly collapsing. This is a very contradictory idea in itself."

Seeing Zhang Fan with a troubled expression, Akane Kubomo couldn't help but feel a sense of loss.

"It's a bit difficult."

“But I can still make this kind of soufflé!”

Zhang Fan thought for a while and then said calmly.

"ah?"

"real?"

When Akanekubo Momo heard this, her eyes couldn't help but light up!