Shokugeki: Start with an izakaya, making everyone cry

Chapter 149 Dinner Exam Questions
In the dead of night, the stars shine.

Location, the lobby of the five-star hotel Totsuki Rikyu.

After a whole day of assessments, 212 freshmen have been eliminated, leaving only 811 students to survive.

tired.

Tired.

despair.

fear.

These pessimistic emotions are coupled with high-intensity assessment training.

Almost all the freshmen gathered in the lobby had their faces turned to dust.

Think about it, this is only the first day, and the elimination rate has reached an astonishing 20%, which is even more serious than the situation in Yise Hui's session.

"Yoshino!"

"We are here~"

At this time, among the dark crowd.

Yoshino Yuki, who had just passed the exam, was looking around, as if looking for her roommate.

The boarding students of the Polestar dormitory such as Tasori E, Ryoko Sakaki, Soma Yukihira, etc., who had already gathered together, also noticed her and couldn't help waving to her and shouting.

Yoshino Yuki looked in the direction of the sound, couldn't help but feel happy, and hurried over.

Then she opened her hands, and with lightning speed, she threw herself into Tian Moshi's arms. Her tears couldn't stop falling in an instant: "Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Xiaohui, I really miss you." !”

"When I was in the cooking room just now, the examiner I faced was Shinomiya Kojiro."

"He was someone who would order students to drop out of school even if they dyed their hair gel. At that time, I thought I was almost finished. Fortunately, it was just a false alarm in the end."

Only those who have experienced this residential training activity can understand Yoshino Yuki's mood of escaping from a disaster.

Therefore, Tasoko could only stretch out her little hand and pat her back gently.

"Yuji, it's okay."

"Didn't we all pass today's assessment successfully?"

Finally, Tian Suohui, who has always been shy and timid, began to comfort people.

"Well, everyone can be together again. At such a happy moment, I really can't be so depressed."

Putting away her tears, Yoshino Yuki broke away from her arms and couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Now that I pass the assessment, can I stay in a room worth 8 yen a night?"

If you look closely, you can see that her watery eyes are shining a little, and she is rubbing her hands in excitement.

Who would have thought that her face would change faster than flipping through a book, leaving Tazoue, who was comforting her just now, speechless for a while!
……

At this moment, General Chef Gin Dojima slowly came to the podium.

He looked around and saw that there were indeed fewer freshmen gathered in the lobby than there were in the morning, and he couldn't help but feel secretly satisfied.

"First of all, I wish all 811 students present to survive after three assessments."

"This is your honor and the result of your own efforts."

After finishing speaking, Dojima Gin paused for a moment, and then continued: "Now let me introduce to you. The group of people standing behind me are all members of the basketball club, volleyball club, sumo wrestling association, etc. of the university next door. Movement member.”

"Because they undergo a lot of exercise training every day, they need various nutritional supplements."

"And tonight's dinner will be the responsibility of all the students present."

"What about this time?"

"The dinner menu provided is very simple, just a common fried steak set meal."

"But you must make 2 copies within 50 hours. Students who fail to meet this standard will be considered unqualified, so please work hard."

As soon as these words came out, the whole hall was completely boiling!
You must know that after three assessments, almost all the students present were exhausted.

But in this state, I have to continue to complete the dinner assessment of making a 50-point fried steak set for the college student next door.

"Isn't it?"

"This...why is there still an assessment?"

"It's already ten o'clock at night, can't you just let us go to bed?"

"Cooking dinner for these college students, hell, I haven't even had dinner yet!"

"Yeah, where's dinner?"

"Who will be responsible for our dinner?"

In the panic atmosphere, one student mustered up the courage to stand up and shouted to Dojima Gin.

Hearing this, Dojima Gin could only pick up the phone again and replied calmly: "After you finish making the 50-cent steak set meal, you can go and solve your own dinner problems."

"Okay, it's 10 o'clock sharp now. Everyone, go to the kitchen of Yueyue Palace and prepare for the assessment."

As soon as he finished speaking, all the students reacted one after another.

They started to rush to the kitchen first, fearing that they would be a step slower than others.

It was only at this moment that they truly understood how terrifying a residential training activity was. It was not something that any ordinary person could bear!

……

Use kitchen paper to absorb excess moisture from the surface of the steak.

Then use a boning knife to remove excess meat from the bones. Apply olive oil evenly on both sides of the steak and sprinkle with rose sea salt.

Heat the oil in a cold pan over high heat until it smokes slightly. Add the steak. Keep the heat high the entire time. Fry each side for 2 minutes until the charred shell is cooked.

Then, add garlic, thyme, and butter and sauté until fragrant.

Wait until both sides of the steak are covered with sauce and continue to fry for about 1 minute before taking it out of the pan.

After taking it out of the pan, cut the steak into thin slices, simply arrange it on a plate, divide it into portions for 5 people, and sprinkle with a little pepper and sea salt.

In this way, it can be enjoyed by the group of waiting college students.

"I've finished all the 50 steak sets. Can I leave now?"

Pulling off her chef's hat and brushing her hair in front of her forehead, Erina, the girl with the talent of God's Tongue, turned to the judges aside and asked in a cold tone.

"It's only 46 minutes now."

"On average, it takes less than a minute to cook a steak set meal."

This reviewer was inevitably shocked. After all, Erina's meal delivery speed was beyond the comparison of ordinary people.

Finally, she regained her composure and said quickly: "You did a great job, you can leave the kitchen now!"

"Ok!"

Erina nodded.

Immediately, under the envy of everyone, he left the kitchen of Yuanyue Palace.

"As expected of Miss Erina, she became the first person to complete the dinner assessment."

Looking at the fading figure of Fei Sha, who was frying steak, he couldn't help but sigh.

Immediately, her eyes were full of determination and she continued: "Okay, I have to be motivated, and I must not leave the eldest lady too far behind."

……

Boo!
A noodle that is not a noodle.

It was bitten off in Erina's mouth, making a breaking sound.

"Bah bah bah!"

"This...what are you doing?"

Unexpectedly, as soon as she bit it with her teeth, Erina's face suddenly turned extremely ugly.

She hurriedly spat out the catfish noodles in her mouth and said with disgust on her face: "Why do these noodles smell so much of catfish? It's so disgusting..." Of course, she was disgusted.

After she calmed down a little, her eyes were filled with disappointment.

This non-face-to-face approach was based on the ideas provided by Zhang Fan.

Catfish is used to make noodles, and a squid core is added to the catfish noodles. The soup base is also made from sea bream stock.

However, the taste was still like the Shenglong dumplings and Tensei spring rolls from last time, which made her feel unpalatable!

"The ability of God's Tongue has not failed, but why can't it be done perfectly all the time?"

After thinking about it, Erina's mentality collapsed.

As long as she can have some free time these days, she will deduce in her mind how Zhang Fan cooks, and then follow the same example and keep reproducing his dishes in the kitchen.

But no matter how many times he tries, his own level will never be as good as Zhang Fan!
……

"Erina, you are indeed still here in the cooking room."

"When I was in the kitchen just now, I learned that you were the first to complete the dinner test questions. I was really unwilling to do so."

Another eldest lady of the Nakiri family suddenly appeared behind Erina.

"Alice, which one did you come out with?"

Erina quickly put down her chopsticks. Erina, whose train of thought was interrupted, was not angry, but frowned and asked calmly.

"The fourth one, I'm the fourth student to complete the dinner test."

Alice blinked her blood-red eyes and said proudly.

"Only No. 4?"

Erina was slightly surprised when she heard this: "I thought you would be behind me."

"The second place is Hayama Ryo, the third place is my follower, and the fifth place is Yukihira Soma, who is only a few seconds slower than me."

Seeing Erina's attitude towards her being so cold again, Alice felt unhappy.

But thinking that the purpose of coming to her this time was not to quarrel, she could only restrain her emotions and answer.

"Ok?"

"Ryo Hayama?"

Hearing about this person, Nakiri Erina couldn't help but be stunned.

Although she didn't have much contact with Ryo Hayama, she still knew some of his deeds very well.

In my impression, he seemed to be a child that Professor Shiomi Jun once picked up when he was inspecting the slums of India.

Unlike ordinary people, Ryo Hayama has the ability to smell like a god.

Although there is no evidence to show it, this ability is as innate as Erina's.

But it is true that under the influence of this ability, Ryo Hayama is better than many people at distinguishing the aroma of various ingredients.

And as long as he uses this specialty, his ability to grasp the olfactory impact of cooking can reach a level that almost no one can match.Just by using spices and the alluring aroma of food, you can firmly capture anyone's appetite!
Therefore, Erina felt relieved when she heard that Alice actually lost to such a person.

……

He took a few steps forward and looked at the bowl of noodles on the table.

I saw that the noodles were wider and thicker than the noodles I usually see, and when I smelled them gently with my nose, I found that there was a faint smell of seafood.

Alice's eyes rolled around, as if she understood something, and couldn't help but said: "Are you replicating Zhang Fan's cooking again?"

"Yes, this is a bowl of noodles."

After saying that, Nakiri Erina threw all the failed bowl of catfish noodles into the trash can.

"Dumped?"

"You...this is too much of a waste of food, isn't it?"

Seeing this scene, Alice was a little shocked.

She remembered that when she was 5 years old, the cake she made was thrown away because of Erina's comment that it was "not delicious"!

"I will never tolerate defective food appearing in front of me." Erina said coldly.

After saying that, she didn't want to talk to Alice anymore and turned around again to continue cooking.

Although she still felt unhappy, seeing her start cooking again, Alice suddenly felt curious and obediently stepped aside, observing intently.

Soon, a bowl of noodles was cooked again.

……

"Is this...is this catfish meat? Or is it noodles?"

After looking at it for a moment, and then thinking about what she did just now, Alice blinked her bright eyes and asked doubtfully.

"Faceless!"

"It's noodles, but it's not noodles either."

"Forget it, you don't understand it looking like this. In short, it looks like catfish made into noodles."

"But because the catfish meat is tender and plump, the noodles produced will lack the refreshing and chewy texture, so we can only insert squid cores in the middle of the noodles."

Erina glanced at her and explained.

"If catfish meat is used directly to make noodles, is it still noodles?"

When Alice heard this, she felt even more strange, and kept thinking about this ambiguous question in her mind.

These days, she is busy studying molecular cuisine and rarely goes to izakaya.

So when she understood the logic of this bowl of noodles, she vaguely realized that she seemed to have missed something.

Erina here picked up a piece of catfish noodles with her chopsticks and ate it.

After chewing it, she felt that the taste and texture of the non-noodles were still not good enough, so she could only sigh helplessly and said to herself: "Oh, it failed again!"

……

For such a failed work.

Erina naturally wanted to pour it out again.

When Alice saw this, she quickly reacted and held the bowl of catfish noodles in her hands: "Even if it's not done well, you can't trample it like this every time, right?"

"If you are willing to taste it, I'll give it to you."

"It just makes you understand how different the dishes I copied from Zhang Fan are from yours?"

"Also, as a cousin, I still want to advise you that instead of focusing on me, you should focus on this residential training activity first."

"I have a hunch that this training session is not as simple as you and I imagined!"

Maybe he didn't want to stay with her, so after seeing her snatching away the bowl of catfish noodles, Erina just whispered a few words and left the cooking room.

"Humph, it happens every time."

Looking at the departing figure, Alice pouted.

Immediately afterwards, she quickly picked up the chewy catfish noodles with her chopsticks, took a sip and chewed them carefully.

"Ok?"

"This kind of elasticity seems to be able to pop open teeth."

"It does feel more chewy than noodles made from flour!"

"Wait a minute, this dish was made by Zhang Fan, so Erina's bowl of noodles is not a noodle dish, but it's just a failure?"

As soon as she took a bite, Alice was completely shocked.

(End of this chapter)