Shokugeki no Imitation Chef

Although Liu Maoxing was responsible for the fairness, rationality, and orderliness of the assessment, rather than simply the high pass rate, but in the first round of assessment, when all the 97 first-year students who participated in the assessment passed, Liu Maoxing was still very happy!

But at the same time, I was a little surprised... Didn't you say that the pass rate is very low? Although the current 97 people are relatively confident, but 100% passed the first round of assessment, this pass rate is indeed a bit scary.

It wasn't until Erina reminded me that Liu Maoxing understood...

"You have to know that according to previous estimates, among the 92nd class of students, there should be 100 to 120 students who can be promoted to second-year students, and the remaining students are almost all in the top 120. Although the usual grades can’t explain everything, it’s not inconceivable that everyone passed the first round of assessment.”

It sounds reasonable!

This is also thanks to Reiko Hiroi's "help". In order to cause trouble for Liu Maoxing and prevent him from easily changing the assessment time and content, the judges invited by Reiko Hiroi are all top gourmets in Hokkaido!

Otherwise, not all gourmets can be so little affected by subjective consciousness when tasting delicious food.

If they are ordinary gourmets, they must know the passing rate of Yuanyue Academy's grade assessment subjectively. At this time, asking them to give all the participants a score that is sufficient to pass the assessment will make them very uncomfortable subjectively.

It's like choosing A for all multiple-choice questions during an English test!

At that time, it will be natural to give some students who are slightly inferior in cooking skills, but who can give more than 12 points, a score that may be single digits...

However, the five judges this time, headed by Jue Yue, have strict requirements on themselves, and the scores given are very reasonable, which finally contributed to the passing of all members this time!

But Liu Maoxing did not meet his expectations. After the normal assessment, the other party invited Jue Yue and others to taste the dishes of the students of the central gourmet institution who were also "assessing" in name...

That's right, although Hiroi said at the beginning that there were no other eels, but this time he was so direct and exposed his lie.

"Wait, Mr. Horikoshi, Mr. Hirota...Actually, besides the students from Yuanyue's 'College', there are also students from Yuanyue's 'Central Gourmet Organization' who are undergoing the assessment today. You might as well have a taste ?Of course, this is just my personal invitation, not to add additional assessors, and I don't bother you to give scores." Hiroi said.

Although Hiroi's old face was a bit unsightly when all 97 students passed the previous year, she believed that this little bit of face would still be given to her!

After all, the Hokkaido branch that Jue Yue and the others usually train with Yuanyue also cooperate with each other, and there is a fee for being a judge in this assessment, which is not cheap...

"Central Gourmet Organization? Is it the one at the exhibition a while ago? And it was educated by Nakiri Ji in a completely different way from Yuanyue... Well, I was unable to participate in the exhibition because of other things. It's not bad to try their cooking skills." Jue Yue said.

The other four people also expressed that they were free before the eel feast at night anyway, and they could also taste other dishes.

"Is the exam question also eel? Hahaha, it seems that today I really have to eat eel all day." Hirota said with a smile, and at the same time felt the trickiness of it, but it had nothing to do with him.

In fact, it was Hiroi who thought too much. The reason why Ryoyue and the others stayed was mostly out of curiosity...

Even Horie has a bad impression of Hiroi now, and they heard it before. When he was waiting for others to taste the dishes, Hiroi actually hinted many times that regarding the pass rate of Yuanyue's "grade assessment", Especially after more than half of the students have already obtained passing marks.

In the end, Jue Yue said angrily, "The college has sent us the review criteria before, and it doesn't give students scores based on the overall level of the students. If you want to calculate whether to pass according to the pass rate, you can change the pass score yourself. It's gone", after that, Hiroi was so depressed that he didn't mention this again...

This is also the conflict between Hiroi, as the head of the "Yuanyue Training" branch, and a pure cook and gourmet.

Although Hiroi often dresses up as a chef, and usually appears in the advertisement of "Yuanyue Training Hokkaido Branch" in person, and puts on a show... But in fact, her thinking is similar to that of a pure cook and gourmet. It's not actually on a channel.

As the capital for her current position, she did pass the assessment of a one-star chef in her early years.

In other words, she is equivalent to the best cooking skill among the people who know how to operate and manage in the "Yuanyue Training Hokkaido Branch" at the beginning; , the most prominent one...

Relying on this double-faced advantage, he has risen all the way.

But in the following time, Hiroi's culinary skills have never made any progress. In addition, he was distracted by business matters, and his culinary skills have long been abandoned. Now that he is getting older, he can't even feel the state of eating Enter……

For Hiroi's suggestion, Liu Maoxing did not stop it, nor did he have a position to stop it, but simply believed that Ju Yue and the others would have the right judgment!

"Thank you for your willingness to taste our creations. This is a special recipe from our 'Central Gourmet Organ'... thistle-style special red wine eel!" Lian Nantaro said, presenting the dishes of his group.

The first to present the dishes was the team led by Lian Nantaro, and it was also the only four-person team in the assessment of the "Central Gourmet Organ".

In the previous assessment of Yuanyue Academy, there were also three groups of four people, because there were not enough people!

"This is... red wine eel?" Hirota said strangely after forking a piece of eel out of the pale red soup.

"The color of red wine comes from the 'anthocyanins' contained in grapes, and the red wine used as an ingredient in this red wine eel should have been separated by a centrifuge, so the content of 'anthocyanins' is very small." Jue Jue The more I guessed the reason.

"Usually wine does not go well with fish. In French and Italian cuisine, most of the red wine used is also paired with meat, because when the 'tannin' in the wine combines with fish, it will produce a It has a metallic taste... However, if it is a fish like eel, which is rich in oil, rich in aroma, and firm in texture, it can be cooked with red wine with low tannin content, and the unique slightly sour taste of red wine , can be perfectly combined with eel!"

Although there are rumors that eel and vinegar cannot be eaten at the same time.

But as the ten heroes of Yuanyue... To be precise, even as a student of an ordinary culinary academy in this world, Liu Maoxing understands that there is no so-called mutual restraint between eel and vinegar, or that it produces toxins.

This statement is the same as that durian and wine cannot be eaten together. It was a rumor from the beginning and was quickly broken...

"Hmm, the mellow wine aroma in the eel meat...was it marinated with red wine before cooking?"

"Wait, the layered sense of wine aroma...it's so wonderful. I never thought that at your age, you can master red wine dishes to such a high level!" Hori Yue exclaimed.

With Ryotsu's character, such a compliment, it can be seen that Lian Nantaro and others have brought him surprise...

At this time, Liu Maoxing, as the person in charge of the assessment, was also not far from the judges' seat, and smiled at Lian Nantaro and said, "Can you give me a taste?"

Lian Nantaro really wanted to tell him no, but in the end he gave him a share... After all, theoretically Liu Maoxing is now the top person in charge here!

After eating the eel meat, Liu Maoxing's eyes lit up, and he analyzed the recipe immediately.

Even Nantaro's culinary skills are only super two-star when using the sense of food, and he didn't use the heart of cooking this time, but the finished dish is close to the super four-star!

Liu Maoxing understood that even without the cooperation of the other three ordinary students from the "Central Gourmet Organization", even Nantaro could complete this dish independently, only at a slower speed...

Efficient recipes! And it is a super-efficient (?) recipe that can still reduce the need for two-level cooking in the super-grade category!

"I see...the reason why the separator is used is not only to make the color lighter, but to add different layers of red wine at different stages of cooking! This greatly reduces the use of red wine in red wine cooking Difficulty... This is Nagi... the idea of ​​the general counsel?

This idea is very good. It is a model of simplifying cooking by using molecular gastronomy. Most importantly, its simplification direction is already biased towards 'better' rather than just 'saving trouble'. "It was rare for Liu Maoxing to express his appreciation to the Central Gourmet Organization.

If only their research directions were so harmless and beneficial!

Liu Maoxing is also ready, and wants to see how many high-efficiency recipes of this level, the other party has.

At this time, the group led by Xiao Gulei also stepped forward to present the dishes.

"Please taste it, thistle-style special red wine cod." Xiao Gulei said dully.

"..." Liu Maoxing looked at them strangely, and then used his super sense of smell to judge the things under the plates of each group.

"Hehe." Liu Maoxing looked at Hiroi speechlessly, as if he didn't understand why she wanted to die.

Several judges also tasted the red wine cod with strange faces, the taste and texture were exactly the same.

After that, Shigemichi Kumai came up: "Thistle-style special red wine cod, thank you for tasting!"

"..."

Finally, when the sixth "thistle-style special red wine cod" was served, Horietsu couldn't help but said: "If it's all this dish, I'll go back and rest first! I'll come back at night for the eel feast. "

In fact, from the fifth serving, the level has dropped significantly, or the recipe used is a more efficient recipe that is developing towards simplicity...

"Wait, Mr. Horikoshi. This... I haven't tasted it yet..." Hiroi said anxiously.

"Are you trying to show us this efficient recipe? The recipe is really good, but unfortunately, I don't see anything other than the ability to execute the recipe from these young people... Well, at their age For me, I did a good job, but it is very different from the 'Yuanyue students' I know." Horie said bluntly.

The other four judges also bid farewell after Yu Yue took the lead, but there are three of them who will come to the eel banquet tonight...

Liu Maoxing glanced at Hiroi with a mocking look.

You can probably imagine how she "planned" it!

First of all, the five gourmets who were judges were all invited by her... Yes, although the funds allocated by the Yuanyue Group were used, she was the one who directly invited them.

So in her opinion, even if Jue Yue and the others won't open any backdoors for her, they should cooperate with her within the scope of professional ethics!

For example, at this time, as long as they "fairly" evaluate the dishes of the students of the "Central Gourmet Organization", the taste is already better than that of ordinary students...

As for whether it is the same cuisine, do you need to be serious?

It was Hiroi Reiko's illusion that two versions of "rumors" spread after the assessment. One was a student of the same age of the "Central Gourmet Organization", who was praised and beaten by gourmets such as Hori Yue The students of the Yuanyue Academy, and the other gourmets such as Hori Yue, left angrily when they were halfway through tasting the dishes of the students of the "Central Gourmet Organization"...

Well, that's right, the two "rumors" are naturally the news released by both parties!

Hiroi did make a mistake this time, even when Horoyue and the others left, his face was a little ugly, and he seemed to be dissatisfied with her instead...

Because she never expected that these gourmets would leave the table "halfway". You must know that according to the professional ethics of these gourmets when they were judges, as long as the dishes served are not poisonous or allergic, they will definitely taste them.

However, they neglected that Jue Yue and others did not come here for the "central gourmet institution". After scoring the students of Yuanyue College, they had already fulfilled their duties.

Especially the old man Jue Yue, who didn't know what "giving face" meant at all, and he didn't even care about Hiroi's little thoughts!

Out of curiosity about the cuisine, I tasted the cuisine of the students of the "Central Gourmet Organization", and then left the table directly out of boredom of the dishes that seemed to be copied and pasted, or dissatisfied with this behavior That's it... that's all.

It can only be said that Hiroi made a mistake similar to that of Ruishan, because he used his own thinking to speculate on a gourmet who was not of his own kind, and the result was of course self-inflicted and boring...

Liu Maoxing even felt that if they were only allowed to taste a group of "thistle-style special red wine cod", the result would be better, at least they could gain some favorability points!

Before Jue Yue and the others were about to leave, Liu Maoxing asked Hiroi by the way: "Have you invited the cook for the eel banquet tonight?"

Hiroi finally looked better when he heard the words, and at the same time said proudly: "Don't worry! The eel banquet will be handed over to the students of the 'Central Gourmet Organization' to be in charge... Oh, by the way, this is not to spend money for them, but to It is to hire them to help with cooking, and it is free!"

"That's right, we're not like some people who care about the number of buses!" Lian Nantaro took the opportunity to sarcastically.

Liang Jing on the side also said: "Although the students of Yuanyue Academy didn't seem to dare to cook that super giant eel, and even came here to 'get' ordinary eels as ingredients, we wanted to challenge it, and there were also some confidence!"

Looking at Liang Jing's face, which seemed to be mocking someone even when he was speaking well, Liu Maoxing was upset for a while, but at the same time he was 120% sure that this guy was talking nonsense...

Also "want to challenge and have confidence"? When these people are faced with unfamiliar ingredients, what other reactions can they have besides crashing?

What is there to "challenge"? For them, there are only ingredients that can be applied to recipes, and ingredients that cannot be applied to recipes. The latter can almost be regarded as "non-ingredients" for them.

Since they are so confident now, it is estimated that Nakiri Ji has already guided them remotely!

It is worthy of being a cook alongside "Living Legend" and "Shura". It is said that Hiroi only photographed this super eel this morning. Even the "plan" should have been made yesterday. How can Naki cut thistle so fast? I just thought about it, what method should I use to cook super eel?

Just when Liu Maoxing wanted to expose Liang Jingya's love, his heart suddenly moved, and he said, "Don't dare? Hehe, I just don't want other factors to affect the pass rate of the students."

"Oh? Isn't innovation what you're touting? Why is Super Eel on the other side worried about the passing rate of the assessment?" .

"This... if the time is long enough, of course it can be done!" Liu Maoxing looked a little guilty.

Hiroi Reiko seemed to have seized some opportunity, and said with a hint of cunning in her eyes: "Really? Then student Liu Maoxing saw that eel at noon, and he didn't think about how to cook it, right? There are three more The dinner party just started, and we can continue to conceive for another three hours, I wonder if student Liu Maoxing, as the ten heroes of Yuanyue, would like to show his hand?"

"This...of course it's not impossible..."

"That's great! It just so happens that Mr. Horikoshi and Mr. Hirota are also looking forward to your cooking. I believe you will not disappoint the gourmets and food lovers in Hokkaido!" Hiroi immediately took advantage of Horikoshi and Mr. Before Hirota left, he finalized the matter.

She also never thought that this hateful Liu Maoxing would commit suicide by himself!

Later, at the eel banquet, if Liu Maoxing's food was rated far lower than the "Central Gourmet Organization", it would not only be a blow to him personally, but also, as the top ten masters of Yuanyue... it would also affect the reputation of Yuanyue Academy, Make an impact too!

Naturally, Reiko Hiroi would not give Liu Maoxing a chance to regret it. If it goes well, it will definitely work better than her original plan...

If it was said that in front of five well-known gourmets, the "Central Gourmet Organization" was better than Yuanyue Academy, but now that all ten masters have failed, and it is still in front of most of Hokkaido's gourmets, it can almost be directly in their hearts. , causing doubts on the educational philosophy of "Yuanyue College"!

Moreover, with a little planning by Nakiri Ji and Ruishan, the directors who support the "Central Gourmet Organization" can have more reasons to promote the reform of the academy.

As for whether Liu Maoxing will really cook some delicious dishes, which will make her plan backfire?

Hiroi is obviously not worried about this. After all, she believes that Liu Maoxing cannot have the talent of Mr. Nakiriji, and only Mr. Nakiriji can think of the way of cooking in such a short period of time...

Moreover, it is very similar to a recipe mastered by the previous students of the "Central Gourmet Organization", making sure that they mastered the improved version in one night plus one morning!

As for Liu Maoxing... the meat quality of that super eel, Hiroi is very clear. In her opinion, Liu Maoxing can achieve the ultimate, which is barely too embarrassing, but it is impossible to compare with the "Central Gourmet Organization"!

Ju Yue, Hirota and the others who were about to leave couldn't help looking over, Liu Maoxing had already put on a confident look: "Of course, as one of the ten outstanding... this eel is the property of the academy, and it is only handed over to I still have to worry about these guys cooking!"

Although Jue Yue guessed that the cooking of the super eel was difficult, he didn't think it was such an embarrassing behavior at this time. Instead, he said: "Well, it is indeed a challenge, but... I believe that classmate Liu Maoxing can Can handle it."

"Don't worry, Mr. Horikoshi, the eel feast tonight will definitely not let you come in vain."

Liu Maoxing did not expect that it would go so smoothly! Originally, this super eel was taken by Hiroi Reiko, but Liu Maoxing couldn't make the decision rashly, and was worrying about how to speak...

Seeing Liu Maoxing's confident appearance, Hiroi only regarded it as a dying struggle. Instead, he planned to publicize this matter well during these three hours, and let the guests know that the super eel dishes at the eel banquet were made by the "central Gourmet Organ" and "Yuanyue Ten Heroes" are in charge respectively...