Shokugeki no Imitation Chef

"Unexpectedly, Ah Xing would actually be suppressed...Erina...is this her strength? If I play, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get 3 points for each dish, right?" Liu Maoyuan said.

It can't be regarded as self-deprecating. In the past few times, the scores of the representatives of the Liu family in the first round were indeed hovering around 3 points for each dish, and there was a trend of "regression"!

After all, with the deepening of the "Great Fusion of World Cuisines", the flaws of the Liu family's training model are becoming more and more obvious.

And now on the scoreboard, two points have been written on Erina's side, and she is presenting the dishes for the third time, but since Liu Maoxing presented the first "Ma Po Sea Bream Tofu", she has been "Silent" until now.

The scoreboard is purely "handwritten". After the judges score each time, Liu Lousan uses a large spear-like writing brush to write on a scroll that looks like a carpet, and then hangs it up.

Erina's first two dishes, "Five Fuku Sea Bream Balls" and "Kamayaki Sea Bream", scored 4.16 points and 4.02 points respectively...

Because the scores given by the judges can have one decimal place, after calculating the average score, there will be two decimal places.

And Liu Maoxing's "Mapo Sea Bream Balls" scored 4.10 points, which was slightly better than Erina's "Wufu Sea Bream Balls", but the difference of 0.06 points did not affect anything.

For example, the second "Kamayaki sea bream" presented by Erina also "only" scored 4.02 points!

Although the full score of each dish is 5 points, this score is definitely not low...

It was only after the judges tasted the first dishes of both parties that they determined the scoring standards. Master Xie even sighed at that time: "The young people nowadays are really getting worse! According to such standards, to be able to get A dish with a score of 4.5 is at the level of a 'signature dish' in a three-star restaurant, right?"

"It doesn't matter, if it is only 0.06 points, it is not very important... But what worries me is that Liu Maoxing has not presented the dishes again since the first dish was presented... After all, it was suddenly used by the other party with 'frozen sea bream'." It's an attack, if you don't have any ideas for the next three dishes, it will be the real danger." Liu Lousan said.

Liu Kuishan shook his head: "Probably not. Although he has not submitted it, he has been busy all the time. He probably has an idea, but he wants to present the last two, or even the last three dishes at the same time?"

While Liu Kuishan and the others were speculating about Liu Maoxing's situation, the judges also began to taste the "bream dumpling" presented by Erina.

"Huh? This is the 'fish skin dumpling' made of minced fish, right? Look at the degree of crystal clearness, it can't be done by mere machinery..."

Hearing the words "fish skin dumplings", Liu Maoxing, who was rolling something with fish meat, couldn't help but look up at the judges' seat.

Before, Liu Maoxing and Erina once "eat the halberd", that is, the eating halberd between Erina and the "Sumo Hot Pot Research Institute" in name...

A year ago, Erina's culinary skills were far inferior to those of now, and her "Super Taste" was not fully liberated, and she was careless because she didn't expect that the other party would be replaced by Liu Maoxing, so she lost in the end.

At that time, what Erina presented was "Norwegian langoustine dumpling"!

Now after a year of training, my culinary skills have improved by leaps and bounds, my super-taste has been fully awakened, and I have gone all out subjectively... It can even be said that I have entered a rare state of excitement due to the stimulation of the previous "feeling in love"... …

And what she presented in the third dish was another "dumpling" dish, and she didn't know if it was planned long ago, or if it was designed on the spot because the opponent was Liu Maoxing.

With Erina's ability and personality, it is very possible that she will design the recipes on the spot to replace the previous preparations!

I saw the "bream dumpling" presented to each judge by Erina, each serving was still only three, placed in the middle of the plate, next to it were placed a few pieces of broccoli, carrot slices, and some colored syrup to outline the decoration As a decoration...

The dumpling looks crystal clear from the outside, it is not pure white, but you can faintly see the even flesh-colored filling inside, which shows that it is not pure white dough.

The size and appearance of each dumpling are uniform, and the shape is approximately round. The stuffed dumpling belly is approximately oval, and the outer edge is not wide. thicken.

The five judges each picked up a "bream dumpling", and when they put it in their mouths, Master Xie's muscles exploded again without mentioning it. The judges could almost hear his first rhythmic chewing!

The crisp taste transmitted along the teeth is instantly transmitted to the bones of the whole body, and the "pleasure" like an electric shock spreads...

"This, this is... so crispy!"

"Just like the previous 'Wufu meatballs', you can't even imagine its taste before you eat it!"

"That's right, I've tried my best to imagine what the taste of this 'bream dumpling' would be like... I thought that being able to make it spring like shrimp dumpling was already the limit... "

"The fish dumpling skin contains...wrong! It's the inner layer of the fish dumpling skin, and the fish stuffing inside is wrapped with 'fish clasp', right?"

Fish buckle, one way of saying is the bone in the throat of the fish... But when used in Chinese dishes, in most cases, it refers to the stomach pouch of the fish!

The taste is crispy and strong. After marinating, the fishy smell can be removed and used as an ingredient.

As for Erina's "bream dumplings", it is the inner layer of the "fish dumpling skin" that is wrapped with a thin layer of fish clasps to make the taste clearer and at the same time lock in the freshness of the filling!

"Not only that, but this 'bream dumpling' also gave me a more subtle feeling, which is..."

"It's the temperature difference! The temperature of the fish dumpling skin has a temperature difference of about 5 degrees compared with the filling. This kind of temperature difference is not gradual, but closely combined but suddenly appears, which will change the 'taste'...Of course, the actual It is not the texture of the food that changes, but the feeling that is fed back to the nerves after the mouth receives this temperature change." Lin Yi said.

"Huh? And this kind of thing... Master Lin, is this technique very common? Is it... what kind of cuisine?" Tang Song asked suspiciously.

"No, this method of using the temperature difference is a method of changing the 'taste' that has recently emerged together with the 'New Cuisine Science'. It also uses the touch of the mouth to the temperature in the cooking...but this 'bream' Fish dumplings' achieve this temperature difference through the isolation of 'fish buckles', rather than using 'new cuisine' equipment." Lin Yi said.

That's right, Erina injected high-temperature sea bream fat into the filling after the "sea bream dumplings" cooled down a little!

Because of the insulation of the fish buckle, the internal temperature is significantly higher than that of the outer skin.

"It looks like a simple process, but it has an unexpected effect! Like the previous Kabayaki sea bream, it is just a 'steaming' step before grilling, and it is sandwiched between two pieces one by one. Steamed together with sliced ​​sweet potatoes, when the frozen sea bream is grilled, the cumbersome fat part will be burned and absorbed, making the meat firmer after grilling..."

"Although I don't know if it's a misinformation, but I have always heard that the 'God's Tongue' Nakiri Erina is more indulging in 'advanced' cooking methods, and there are flaws in the skills and ingredients of some lower Riba people... ...Now it seems that this is not the case!" Lei Yu said with a slight wink.

"That's right, cooking skills can only be distinguished between suitable and unsuitable, and there is no distinction between high-level and low-level. Now Erina is the real skill tending to master!" Tang Song nodded upon hearing this.

Sure enough, this "bream dumpling" also got a high score of more than 4 points. Even Lin Yi, who gave the lowest score, gave a score of 4.0, and the final average score was 4.18, which is the highest score of both parties so far. Cuisine...

In other words, Erina has already cooked three two-star dishes in a stable manner. I believe that if she takes the personal level assessment, the chance of passing it will be very high!

"Oops! Another score of 4 or more... There were not so many 4 points in previous years..." Liu Maoyuan became a little anxious.

"Indeed, the representatives of the Yuanyue Department in the past two years were all graduates close to 20 years old, but this time Erina is only 16 years old, but her grades are even more terrifying!" Liu Lousan said.

"It doesn't stop there. Every time in the 'Shenqian Cuisine Showdown', although the five judges are 'fair', not every session has the same scoring standards... Before, I tasted a dish from two people before starting. Rated for this reason!"

"That's right, according to what Master Lin said before, if the score is above 4.5, it has the level of three-star cooking... 4 points may also be at the level of two stars. This scoring standard is also higher than before!"

"I originally thought that Ichiro Saibashiro 20 years ago and Kojiro Shinomiya 10 years ago were already monster-level young chefs. I didn't expect that a new 'monster' would be added to the Totsuki Department..."

Several elders of the Liu family also looked a little dignified.

But Liu Kuishan said at this time: "You can't say that, Erina is not only a member of the Yuanyue family, but also a member of a separate family! Looking at her scroll, she also signed a Chinese name, and she is still ranked according to the genealogy... "

The other clan elders didn't know what they were thinking, so they didn't answer.

As the party involved, Liu Maoxing was still preparing his last three dishes in a leisurely manner, and it seemed that he had made up his mind to present them at the same time.

On the other side, Erina has been cooking something, it seems that her fourth dish is soup...

In the end, seeing that the sky was getting dark and it was already four o'clock in the afternoon, Erina presented three servings of soup, while Liu Maoxing put five servings of "snacks" on the dining cart!

The first round of the duel started at ten o'clock in the morning, and the time limit was six hours. Both sides made good use of time...

Although it was a whole day, the five judges were not hungry because of Erina's "Wufu meatballs", "Kamayaki sea bream" and "Sea bream dumplings", as well as Liu Maoxing's "Mapo bream tofu" Lulu.

The first thing presented was Erina's fish soup. Before the five judges, there was a small casserole filled with light brown soup that was light to whitish, and there was a small bowl of red sauce beside it...

"Huh? Are you going to use the sauce to adjust the taste of the soup?"

"But let's try the original soup first!"

The judges used a spoon to stir the soup a little, and the soup, which was not clear at first, immediately became more "turbid"...

However, several judges were obviously not surprised, and they all lowered their heads and tasted the soup in the spoon...

Because it is not a clarified soup, but has many pulpy ingredients in it, every bite is very fulfilling.

The slightly spicy umami taste in the mouth and nose made the judges feel like they were surrounded by a group of sea fish when they were diving...

"This is... there is 'star anise' in the soup? Coincidentally, this is my favorite!" Tang Song said with a smile.

"Sure enough, it's the method of French fish soup. When half of the cooking is done, the spices are taken out, and the fish and other auxiliary ingredients are minced into a puree, and then put back into the soup together with the spices..."

"Ah! Sure enough, after adding this red juice, the spicy taste is integrated into it, and the taste is even better!"

"No...it's not spicy, it should be said that spicy is more suitable! Is it the sauce made by adding saffron?"

"Wait! Sea bream meat is not suitable for making soup. Usually, this kind of French bouillabaisse is usually made of scarlet carp that is not rich in oil, or silver cod whose oil is concentrated under the skin and is easy to remove... After all, even frozen sea bream Fish, too fatty, but this soup..."

"The sea bream should have been roasted first, the fat was steamed and roasted, and then used as the raw material for the soup!"

"That's right, in the kaiseki cuisine of the island country, there is sea bream soup, which will be steamed and roasted before cooking."

"So that's how it is... This is the charm of the era of great fusion of world cuisines!"

The judges gave Erina a high score of 4.34 amidst the sound of praise!

It also surpassed Erina's own last dish "bream dumpling" and became the highest-scoring dish so far.

And because Liu Maoxing was just watching with a smile on the sidelines, not in a hurry, the judges were almost full, and the whole bowl of soup was fed into their stomachs...

Most of the red juice in the small bowl was used up according to personal taste. Obviously, I tried every level of spiciness.

The Liu family, including Liu Maoyuan, was already anxious. After all, the judges' satiety will also affect their impression of the dishes!

And Nakiri Alice muttered below: "Hey, because it's Erina, so he gave in on purpose? Usually, doesn't he like to react immediately after the judges have just tasted the other party's food?"

"No, I think there should be other reasons, Ah Xing doesn't seem like he would release water at this time..." Fei Shazi said.

Just when Alice was about to refute, Leonora said: "That's true, Alice, you still don't know enough about men... Look at his expression! That's not the look you would have when you let the water go !"

That's right, Leonora is very familiar with this kind of expression that looks like a "smile". Even if the man (bian) (tai) who is heavily controlled by his wife and daughter, when he shows this expression, it also means The fighting spirit is raging...

"His last three dishes should not be the staple food, so he chose to go up last... Tsk tsk, what a cunning guy, he looks like he is trying to make girls happy, but he actually has a secret behind him, and that's what he's talking about People!" Nakiri Zongwei did not hesitate to "slander" Liu Maoxing, and he almost posted a big-character poster.

At this time, Liu Maoxing also placed five plates in front of the five judges...

Sure enough, none of them are staple foods. Although the two kinds of food that are exposed are still unclear for the time being, they are not in large quantities.

And the two exposed dishes, placed in a triangle on the plate, is a small upside-down bowl... the smallest, smaller than the sauce bowl, and the mouth of the bowl is not as big as a soda can!

As for the ones placed outside, there are a few small pieces of golden grilled fish fillets half the size of a palm, and a row of "fish boards" of similar size stacked on top of each other...

That's right, it really looks like a fish board, each piece is round, with red mosquito-repellent coil-like patterns on the white surface.

But it is not like the usual fish board, which is obviously a one-piece disc pressed out of a mold. The "fish board" in Liu Mao's astrolabe looks like a circle made of two kinds of ingredients.

At the same time, it is also sprinkled with creamy yellow sauce...

The judges are obviously very interested in this thing that looks like a fish board, and they are all the first to put their chopsticks on the "fish board".

When you clamp it, you can find that the "fish board" is indeed composed of two ingredients, just like two mosquito coils pressed together, and they are slightly separated at the edges after clamping.

And the sauce on top is a bit viscous...

"Huh? Is melted hot cheese added to the sauce? What's the name of this dish?" Tang Song wasn't quite sure what it should be.

"I named it 'Zhu Yu Man Tang'...As for the sauce, cheese was indeed added, which was also the inspiration for me from Erina's 'Wufu balls' in the first dish! Of course, in this dish, There is also a senior sister who gave me inspiration, but who will let me make a fool of myself first." Liu Maoxing said.

Erina's complexion froze for a moment, and then she exclaimed strangely: "Hey, you really have 'eyes to discover love'! You can get inspiration from 'senior sister' at will!"

"Eh? Your Chinese is still a bit unproficient. Is it because you have eyes for 'beauty'?"

"Come to my room at night, I will let you taste my cooking before!" Erina said with a smile.

The same smile, Liu Maoxing couldn't help but shudder after seeing it, but his instinct as a man told him that he shouldn't get down when the girl invites him to the room at night!

Thinking of my previous plan again, I couldn't help saying: "Okay! I just want to take you, Alice, and Fei Shazi to play around...how about calling Liu Maoyuan? I also want to ask her to be a guide What! Eh? Did you hear any sound?" Liu Maoxing seemed to hear the sound of teeth grinding.

The judges also ignored the fact that both sides of the duel began to "date" in public, as well as someone's deeds, and all lowered their heads and tasted the so-called "full of gems"...

Just before the entrance, the judges felt that the name was a bit inappropriate, after all, it was in the shape of a round piece, not a ball, and there was no gold in sight!

But just after chewing, two completely different textures and tastes that are close to each other burst out from the "disc"...

"This is... so it is! Is the 'pig' and 'fish' full of 'sugar'?"

"That's right, the red part is ham... and it's the best Xuanhua ham!"

"It seems that sliced ​​sea bream meat and ham slices are rolled together, tied up and baked, and finally the ham and fish meat rolls are cut into slices according to the cross section before serving!"

"There is also a layer of honey between the fish and the ham. Using the function of honey to soften the protein, the grilled sea bream does not have the toughness of 'grilled fish fillets' at all, but becomes softer. It also becomes a combination of the two. bridges..."

"With the slightly sour and frankincense of cheese...it can really be called a dessert that can 'light up the heart'!"

That's right, the "senior sister" who inspired Liu Maoxing is naturally Mu Jiuzhiyuan Guo...

Before Yuanguo invited Liu Maoxing to go to the "Chunguo Pavilion" on vacation, but because of the reason to return to China, Liu Maoxing had to temporarily refuse, but promised to visit her if there was enough time before the start of school.

"There is also the grilled fish fillet here! It is just slightly warm, and honey is also added, and this taste... is on the outside of the fish fillet, brushed with a layer of honey, and then coated with minced fish. Crumbs! The outer skin is surprisingly soft, and the whole piece of fish inside is still tough!"

At this time, Master Xie, who was the oldest but the most active, couldn't help but uncover the small bowl in the middle of the plate, and saw the finished product inside, which was a circle smaller than the small bowl...

On the outside is a slice of cucumber cut into long slices, standing up and surrounding it, while inside is a white, uneven ingredient that is not much bigger than a cherry...

I have to say that the portion of this dish is indeed the smallest!