Shokugeki: Start with an izakaya, making everyone cry

Chapter 137 Mother and daughter reunited?
Night, food street.

Two girls, Erina and Hisako, came to the izakaya.

Except for the chance encounter in Akihabara, during this period of time, Erina rarely saw Zhang Fan, and of course she didn't taste his cooking for a long time.

Even though she was scary at Totsuki Academy.

But her stunning beauty and her otherworldly temperament have given her many followers in the academy, including many girls, such as:

The original stalker, Sadatsuka Nao!
In the eyes of this stalker, Erina is sacrosanct, even to someone she considers to have some dirty thoughts, Hisako.

"Miss, it seems that the izakaya has been renovated."

Looking at the original beautiful flower garden outside the door, it has been replaced with a Zen-like bamboo bonsai.

Looking further up there is a plaque with four big words:

Drinking alone under the moon.

Feisha couldn't help but sighed.

"Well, I didn't expect such a big change here..."

Erina was also secretly surprised as she looked at the scene in front of her.

After all, it has been less than two months since the opening of this izakaya, but under Zhang Fan's hard work, the business has been so booming and the changes have been so great!
After thinking about it, she slightly brushed her hair in front of her forehead, adjusted her clothes, and then said: "Fei Shasha, am I dressed well tonight?"

"Miss, the white dress you are wearing tonight is really beautiful."

"I'm sure that with your current appearance and attire, you will be able to charm Zhang Fan when you enter the izakaya later."

Fei Shasha seemed to have thought of something and couldn't help but cover his mouth and chuckle.

"what the hell!"

"I'm not wearing it for him to see."

When Erina heard this, her face turned slightly red.

Then, she took a gentle step, and when she was about to open the door and walk in, her eyes suddenly became cautious and she looked straight into the alley next to her.

"Miss, what's the matter with you?"

Seeing this situation, Fei Shasha inevitably became nervous.

"It feels like someone is secretly observing us, maybe it's Nao Sadatsuka, right?" Erina said, unsure.

"she?"

"Damn it."

"Obviously I defeated her last year in the shokuji competition, so she couldn't get within 50 meters of the eldest lady."

After saying that, Hisako wanted to go to the dark alley and drive away Nao Sadatsuka who was peeking at them.

"Forget it, she didn't do anything to offend me."

Seeing this, Erina hurriedly stopped Fei Shasha, and then said: "The most important thing right now is Zhang Fan's cooking."

"Ok, I see!"

Seeing Erina's statement like this, Hisako certainly had no objection.

Afterwards, the two of them walked into the izakaya together.

……

Not long after Erina walked into the izakaya.

A woman wearing a white kimono and holding a folding fan walked slowly out of the dark alley.

Behind her, there is another pretty woman.

"Samagi-sama, you...your daughter is right in front of you. This is the best moment for you mother and daughter to reunite!"

"But why are you avoiding her?"

Seeing the lonely figure of Nakiri Managi, Annie couldn't empathize and asked.

At this time, Managi's original strangely gentle eyes disappeared. She inadvertently put away the folding fan in her hand, and just looked at Erina's disappearing figure and sighed quietly.

"Ten years of separation."

"How do you want me to face her?"

Nakiri Shinagi's whole body couldn't help trembling, and his bright eyes, as bright as the stars, lost their luster in an instant.

She really didn't expect that she would bump into her daughter when she visited the izakaya tonight!

Emotions of longing and compassion welled up in her heart.

"Samagi-sama, I believe she will forgive you and understand the pain you have suffered over the years."

Anne, comforting and encouraging.

When Shinagi heard this, he shook his head slightly and replied in a hoarse voice: "No, meeting her again at this time will only destroy her good mood of trying Zhang Fan's cuisine at the izakaya. I...I can't bear her because of me. And the pain!”

"But...Samagi-sama, you haven't thought about yourself?"

Hearing this, Anne was shocked.

But at the same time, she also felt confused.

This Nakiri Shinagi's maternal love is obviously great and passionate.

She is very afraid of death, afraid that due to the curse of God's Tongue, she will end up starving to death!

But if it was for her daughter, even if there was a hell in front of her that made her miserable, Anne absolutely believed that she would jump without hesitation.

Nakiri Shinagi did not answer Annie's words.

Seeing her looking so lost, Anne could only sigh softly and said: "Samagi-sama, since I don't want to see her for the time being."

"Then let's take a rest at the Chunguo Pavilion restaurant next door."

"Although this restaurant is closed now, with our status as executive officers, I don't think the proprietress will refuse us."

"Okay, let's go to Chunguo Pavilion first."

Nakiri Shinagi, her voice slightly choked, said.

Finally, the two people headed towards Mokuchi Yuono's Chun Guotei restaurant.

……

Just got in.

The environment inside the izakaya shocked Erina.

Then, she saw Zhang Fan who was wiping the cooking table with a clean rag.

Staring at that handsome face, Erina felt a thrill in her heart.

I've had this feeling before.

But since returning from Akihabara, it has become more and more intense, so much so that she almost misses Zhang Fan and the cooking he made.

Obviously, this kind of unusual thoughts often made her feel very troubled, and sometimes she could not sleep.

Maybe she still can’t understand that her emotional experience is like a blank piece of paper...

This will mean something.

"coming?"

Looking up at Erina, Zhang Fan said softly.

"Well, I...I'm here again."

Hearing this, Erina inadvertently pulled the corners of her clothes with her hands, lowered her head and replied.

Such a short conversation between the two gave Fei Shasha the feeling of a loving wife who has just returned home and her husband is greeting her cordially!

……

It cannot be denied that Erina rarely comes to the izakaya due to her busy schedule during this period.

But gradually, she realized that she really couldn't leave Zhang Fan or this izakaya.

As long as she can come here, she will be very happy, and all her worries will magically disappear. She will also look forward to what kind of new cuisine Zhang Fan can bring her?

Such pleasure, really.

She had never had it at Totsuki Academy.

"What do you think?"

At this moment, Zhang Fan came to her side, reached out and patted her shoulder gently, and asked curiously.

Erina regained her composure for a moment, moved the hand on her shoulder away, and replied angrily: "I finally came to the izakaya, and you... are you so cold to me?" Zhang Fan:? ? ?
With question marks on his face, he began to stare at Erina closely.

I didn't look at her carefully just now, but now I realized that she was indeed a little different tonight.

The white dress on her body has a light silk gauze texture.

The silk satin wrists that sparkled like the starry sky formed a bow, and the golden belt around her waist resembled a pair of butterfly wings, gently fluttering in the breeze.

Such a unique dress is a perfect match for her innate noble temperament!
"Nice dress."

"Sure enough, she is a cute girl who looks good in anything she wears!"

In the end, Zhang Fan, who had completely reacted, could only praise him.

"Zhang Fan, you didn't know Miss Erina came to the izakaya before."

"She spent more than an hour trying on dozens of clothes, and finally selected this dress after many layers of screening."

Next to him, Fei Shasha interrupted.

"Fish Sand!"

Upon hearing this, Erina blushed and then glared at her.

The sensible Fei Shasha was so frightened that he quickly covered his mouth and did not dare to say anything more.

But judging from her restless eyes, she definitely meant that just now.

……

"Erina, don't blame her."

"As for me, I have developed a new dish these days. Do you want to try it?"

Looking at the blushing Nakiri Erina, Zhang Fan suppressed his smile and asked lightly.

"Hey!"

"You...you really have new dishes?"

Erina quickly raised her head and looked at Zhang Fan expectantly.

"Of course, and it's the same as when you first came to the izakaya,"

"I use toast bread to make beef patties, tofu dregs to make French fries, and rice bran to make chocolate brownies. They are all using unexpected ingredients to create a pasta dish!"

"Pasta cuisine?"

Erina's face was filled with confusion.

"You say it's a pasta dish, but you could also say it's not." Zhang Fan replied.

"Okay, then...then I want your new food!"

Nakiri Erina nodded without any hesitation.

"OK"

"Just wait a moment."

After saying that, Zhang Fan returned to the cooking table and prepared to make noodles and non-noodle dishes.

……

First prepare an egg.

Then, under the watchful eyes of Erina and Hisako, he held the egg with three fingers of his left hand and stood it up.

Next, make a small opening in the bottom of the egg.

Immediately, Zhang Fan skillfully shook the egg, allowing the egg white inside to slowly flow to the ceramic bowl below.

There is no exaggeration or affectation in the whole movement, only stability and smoothness.

To be honest, there are many ways to separate egg yolk and egg white, but at this moment Zhang Fan is using the more difficult chiseling method to separate egg white and egg yolk.

After handling this step, the next step is to deal with the catfish.

As the saying goes:
Catfish stewed with eggplant will suffocate the old man to death.

This famous saying was placed 20 years ago and directly made catfish synonymous with delicious food.

But nowadays, when it comes to catfish, most people feel an inexplicable feeling of nausea and revulsion.

You can get a glimpse of this from comments such as "I don't eat catfish", "Catfish is so dirty", "I heard that catfish grow up eating shit", etc.

Actually, this statement is a bit overgeneralized.

Because there is indeed a kind of catfish that can live in septic tanks, called the pond angler, also called the leatherbeard catfish.

But it is only one type of catfish, and there are many catfish that have extremely high requirements for water quality.

For example:
Large mouth catfish from southern China.

This kind of catfish will turn white in the water immediately if there is even a little pollution in the water body.

In addition, there are native catfish, yellow wax catfish, etc. from Greater China, all of which have very high requirements on water quality.

And a clean water environment can naturally raise clean fish bodies with delicious meat. Stewed eggplants are of course very delicious!
……

At this time, Zhang Fan took out a huge catfish with a large mouth.

This catfish is still alive and jumping around after being placed on the chopping board.

Zhang Fanwei's eyes tightened and he directly held down the catfish with one hand and held the kitchen knife tightly with the other.

boom!
A loud bang.

The catfish was knocked unconscious by him with a kitchen knife.

Then insert your index finger and thumb into the fish's gills and pinch off the gills.

Next, break the catfish's neck to avoid struggling, then use a kitchen knife to open the fish's belly to remove all internal organs, and then rinse it with clean water.

Finally, cut the clean catfish into thin noodle shapes, keeping the head and tail bones.

"Miss Erina."

"He...he cut the catfish meat too finely, right?"

"This doesn't even look like fish, but looks like noodles made from catfish."

Cutting catfish into the shape of noodles will certainly test the chef's knife skills, but the point is why the catfish should be cut into such a shape?
Fei Shasha, who has little knowledge, is confused about this!

"Could it be that the so-called pasta dish is just cutting catfish into noodles shape to make a unique fish noodle?"

Erina kept thinking.

Gradually, she felt even more confused.

You must know that the meat of catfish, no matter how firm it is, will definitely not have the chewy texture of noodles.

And the average chef would definitely not be so boring that he would cut catfish directly into the shape of noodles, and then create a texture and taste similar to noodles.

"There must be a way here that I didn't expect."

In the end, Erina's eyes flickered and she whispered to herself.

……

After cutting the catfish meat, Zhang Fan put these "fish noodles" into the pot and stewed them.

During the stewing process, he continued to add fish flavor to the pot, and when adding fish flavor, he added it every 10 seconds, and the whole process lasted 1 times.

Quickly soak the dried squid in boiling water.

Using a kitchen knife, continue cutting into thinner noodle shapes. No, it’s not so much noodles, but more like a “pen refill” shape!

"He...he is..."

Seeing this scene, Erina was so shocked that she was almost speechless.

In her heart, she vaguely thought of something, and couldn't help but look forward to Zhang Fan's nonchalant explanation.

Soon, Zhang Fan stuffed the "cores" made of squid into the catfish noodles.

Next, cook the noodles over low heat until fluffy.

Finally, pour the sea bream stewed seafood soup, and a steaming bowl of noodles is completed.

"what?"

"This kind of food..."

Erina couldn't help but be surprised when she saw that Zhang Fan could make such amazing dishes!
(End of this chapter)