Shokugeki: Start with an izakaya, making everyone cry

Chapter 135 Unexpected sign-in reward

At night, under dim light.

The owner, Fan, cooked the barbecue skillfully and then negotiated with the diners. The atmosphere was lively!

A couple was whispering, and a middle-aged man who had just gotten off work was smoking alone in the smoking area, eating and drinking...

Perhaps, everyone who comes to the izakaya will say:
Even if you don't drink, your spirits will rise the moment you enter an izakaya.

Here, the joy and satisfaction gained from a pot of wine, a plate of side dishes, and a skewer of barbecue are the real things that emerge from the heart, and they are also the perfect ending to the day.

……

"Shopkeeper, thank you for the hospitality!"

"Your beef rice bowl made me understand a lot."

Mito Yumei, who had eaten and drank enough, took out the money to pay Zhang Fan and said softly.

"Your understanding is pretty good. You should have a good rest after you go back."

"I believe that no matter who your opponent is in the game tomorrow morning, you will win!"

"Shopkeeper, I would like to send you some auspicious words."

Upon hearing this, I found that the dull hair on Mito Yumei's head was in an "S" shape, slightly bent and shaking a few times.

That delicate little face, with a faint blush, has a different kind of cuteness.

Then, she continued to chat with Zhang Fan for a few words and left the izakaya.

No matter what the reason was, or who she came to here because of, but looking at the increasingly confused figure, Zhang Fan believed that one day, she would come again!

……

"The owner."

"Hey, what's wrong, Tao?"

Zhang Fan, who was distracted, heard a crisp shout and quickly turned his head to look at Akane Kubomomo over there.

She was seen hugging the stuffed bear tightly with both hands, pouting, with a face full of displeasure.

Finally, she sighed helplessly and whispered softly: "Here...is the insulated handkerchief I gave you last time good?"

"Uh..." Zhang Fan was suddenly speechless.

In my impression, it seems that after making that reincarnation spring roll, I have never made such a hot dish again!

The last time I used Beichen Tianlang Blade kitchen utensils to make hot and cold sea bream, I didn't need to use this heat-insulating handkerchief that time.

So, thinking about it carefully, he really hasn't used it.

"never mind."

"Pay the bill, shopkeeper."

Seeing Zhang Fan like this, Akane Kubomo didn't mind that much.

After all, last time she used almost forceful means to forcefully remove the pair of insulated handkerchiefs from the stuffed bear "Butch" and gave them to Zhang Fan.

Another thing is that in izakayas, most of them are snacks and side dishes, which are really not needed under normal circumstances.

"I'm sorry for letting you down."

Seeing this situation, Zhang Fan had no choice but to reply in an apologetic tone in front of her.

"No, no, no, shopkeeper, you...you...don't have to be like this. Instead, I should thank you."

"If it weren't for you, tonight's Sabayon dessert, I might still be confused about the selection and brewing of dessert wine for a long time!"

Akane Kubomomo waved her hands quickly, looking a little flustered, and then expressed gratitude.

Afterwards, she lowered her head and kept thinking about what she had just said. Was it a bit too much?

You know, with her introverted personality and social anxiety, when dealing with people, she usually cares more about other people's thoughts.

Especially the shopkeeper Zhang in front of her is a very good "friend" in her heart.

"Peach!"

"This is an izakaya."

"The meaning of existence is to help every confused diner get out of trouble."

Glancing at Akane Kubotao, Zhang Fan only smiled and continued: "If you are free in the future, and if there is anything you still don't understand, I welcome you to come to the izakaya again at any time!"

"I know, shopkeeper!"

Akane Kubotao, with watery eyes, couldn't help but nodded after hearing Zhang Fan's words.

Finally, she paid the bill and left with some reluctance.

……

"Ding dong!"

"The host successfully signed in once."

"Ding dong!"

"Congratulations to the host for successfully obtaining the recipe Rainbow Vegetable Jelly and the kitchen utensil WMF Half-Moon Knife*1!"

Maybe it's because Totsuki has started school now, so tonight's izakaya has only two Totsuki students, Akanekubo Momo and Mito Ikmei, among the diners.

But even so, the business of the izakaya remains booming.

Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Wait for the clock on the wall.

When the shortest hour hand finally reached the number "12", it was time for the izakaya to close again.

This time, Zhang Fan still received the sign-in reward from the system.

However, the reward suddenly exceeded his expectations.

As we all know, the system divides rewards into four categories: recipes, ingredients, kitchen utensils, and cooking skills.

As for the menu category, Zhang Fan usually got famous Chinese dishes such as Buddha Jumping Over the Wall, Squirrel Mandarin Fish, etc.

Of course, there are also special recipes like chilled sea bream, spring rolls, noodles and so on.

But tonight, what I got was a French-style rainbow vegetable jelly, and even the kitchenware was a WMF half-moon knife produced in Germany!

Ah!
Let’s talk about the rainbow vegetable jelly first.

The so-called French jelly generally refers to the appetizer called "Terrine" in French cuisine.

It is usually made by grinding the meat or offal of various animals into mince and pressing it into a container together with herbs or other seasonings.

Most of the ingredients used must be vegetables, such as:

cucumber!

Okra!

cabbage!
carrot!
squash!
Corn shoots!
Celery!

brocoli!
Bamboo shoots!

……

In terms of cooking method, the chef needs to clean, cut and blanch these vegetables.

Then the layers are pressed into a rectangular container, and then the soup and gelatin water prepared with a variety of seasonings and spices are poured in, sealed and refrigerated.

Finally, the finished vegetable jelly looks as stunning as a rainbow, so it is also called rainbow vegetable jelly.

The colors of this seasonal vegetable, arranged in layers, are preserved by gelatinized gelatin.

In terms of taste, the original taste of the ingredients is revealed in the light and salty aroma.

Then, when eaten with a special sauce, it has a different flavor. It is no exaggeration to say that it is really a delicious dish that people will have endless aftertaste.

Next, there is this unique half-moon knife.

This kind of kitchen knife is a double kitchen knife. You only need to rotate the handle to stand up and hold it with both hands.

Coupled with this extremely curved half-moon blade, you can easily chop coriander, garlic and other ingredients!
During the residential training activities, Takumi, who was as powerful as Soma Yukihira, became famous for using this half-moon sword. Even the examiner, Hinatako, was alarmed at the time!
Zhang Fan's WMF half-moon knife is made of carbide.

The surface is specially treated and has high hardness and wear resistance.

The blade handle is made of a special metal material, which makes it more convenient to hold.

"Does it mean that I will change Yuanyue's residential training event?"

Knowing that in the original plot, the cooking incident between Tagumi and Shinomiya Kojiro, and then thinking of the two sign-in rewards tonight, Zhang Fan couldn't help but fell into deep thought!
...Early in the morning, at the shokuji competition venue.

Nakiri Erina, wearing Totsuki's school uniform, was leisurely arriving at a luxurious guest room with a huge transparent floor-to-ceiling window.

Through this floor-to-ceiling window, she could overlook the entire venue and take in the entire competition process.

"Miss Erina."

"This time, the Donburi Research Association seems to have sent a transfer student named Souma Yukihira instead of Kanichi Konishi!"

Just as Erina was sitting on the soft sofa, Hisako hurriedly leaned over and spoke softly.

"Chuangzhen? It seems... I have no impression!"

Erina frowned when she heard this.

She did not serve as the examiner for the entrance examination of transfer students.

Therefore, until now, whenever Sozhen is mentioned, she still doesn't know him.

"That's the boy who made arrogant remarks at the opening ceremony."

Feisha, continued.

"Oh!"

"It was him."

When Erina heard this, she immediately showed an expression of enlightenment.

Afterwards, strong lights began to gather, and a cute girl with cute appearance, Rei Kawashima, came to the competition site.

She held the microphone tightly and said to everyone present: "Hey, hello everyone, I am entrusted by the Shokugeki Administration Bureau to serve as the emcee of this Shokugeki competition today."

The voice is very sweet.

The movements are also very cute.

Especially at the end, she winked mischievously towards the audience.

This action instantly caused a sensation in the entire audience.

As a famous idol-style girl in the school, Rei Kawashima makes many die-hard fans crazy every time she appears.

……

"Then, please invite the players from both sides to come on stage."

"The first person to appear here is the master of meat cooking among our Totsuki first-year students and Miss Erina's subordinate, Ikume Mito!"

Following Kawashima Rei's introduction, Mito Yumei finally arrived at the competition venue.

And when the lights focused on her, the cheers from the audience grew louder and louder.

"Miss, don't worry."

"No matter who is on the other side, I will help you win this cooking competition."

She put her hand slightly above her eyebrows to block the impact of the bright light, and then she squinted her eyes slightly and looked towards the guest room.

When seeing Nakiri Erina's eyes, they stayed on her from beginning to end.

She couldn't help clenching her fists and her eyes became more determined.

"Next, there is another contestant. His name is Yukihira Soma, and he is a transfer student from the academy."

Compared to Mito Ikmei, Soma, who entered Totsuki as a transfer student, is currently not well-known in the academy.

Therefore, the cheers he received on the court were not that strong!

Only those members of the Donburi Research Association and some boarders in Jixing Residence cheered for him in public.

"interesting."

"Is this Totsuki's Shokugeki Competition?"

Looking around, I saw that the entire venue was full of people.

The bursts of noise made every cell in Soma's body agitate as he just came on stage.

The competitive spirit that had been hidden in my heart for a long time, the urge to prove myself, was finally aroused at this moment!

……

"After the two sides discussed the rules of Shokuki, the theme of this competition is donburi."

"The time limit is within 2 hours. If there are no questions, then both parties please start!"

After he finished speaking, the whole place became even more excited.

Mito Ikmei and Yukihira Soma just looked at each other and turned around.

They each returned to the cooking table and prepared to get busy.

"My God!"

"Then... what is that?"

"It's so big, it's really big. I've never seen such a big piece of meat!"

"Look, that piece of meat is still beating."

"Could it be that they were slaughtered just now and sent directly to the competition venue?"

"Hey!"

"If you read that correctly."

"What Mito uses is...the highest grade A5 grade beef?"

"Hiss, it's really scary!"

"This is just a halberd-eating contest, and the person opposite seems to be just a transfer student. Does he need to be so harsh?"

At this moment, Mito Yumei suspended a large piece of meat.

As for this piece of A5 grade beef with the best quality, everyone was shocked when it was unveiled.

"Transfer student, if you want to surrender, it's still too late."

"Otherwise, I will be defeated by the rice bowl I made with A5 grade beef, and I will be completely embarrassed in front of so many people!"

Holding a heavy and sharp kitchen knife tightly, Mito Yumei raised her head and said calmly to Yukihira Soma.

"It's so generous to use such good beef to make rice bowls. Don't you think it's overkill?"

Shrugging, Souma Yukihira replied nonchalantly.

Then, he ignored Mito Yumei, squatted down and took out a bag of ordinary fat beef bought from the supermarket from the cabinet under the cooking table.

Obviously, in terms of meat quality, the beef used by Soma is definitely not comparable to Mito Yumei’s A5 grade beef!
"Hahaha!"

"It really made me laugh!"

"How could someone still use this cheap fat beef for cooking?"

"How can this kind of garbage meat be compared with the palace-level A5 grade beef?"

"Is that transfer student here to make fun of you?"

Sure enough, when many people saw that what Chuangzhen brought out turned out to be this kind of ordinary beef brisket, they couldn't help but laugh.

You know, the fatty beef used by Chuangzhen is actually scraped from the beef bones. This is a cheap ingredient that almost no one cares about.

To put it harshly, even if you throw it to the dogs, the dogs will hate it!
……

good to eat.

Always the ultimate judge of food!
No matter what kind of ingredients are used, as long as the chef has the ability.

They can all turn decay into magic, and they can all be made into delicious dishes to conquer the diners and the five judges on the stage.

Erina completely understood this from Zhang Fan.

"It seems that the transfer student is more complicated than we thought. Mito may be in trouble this time."

Finally, Erina's eyes flashed and she whispered softly.

"You...how did you think of using this kind of leftover meat to make rice bowls?"

Mito Yumei was completely stunned!

(End of this chapter)