Shokugeki: Start with an izakaya, making everyone cry

At night, the newly opened izakaya was a little lively.

Because Erina Nakiri, who came from Totsuki Academy, started working part-time here.

If we say that among Japanese food, tuna is definitely in the top three, and the process of turning a tuna into sashimi is often a performance of fish cutting skills!

At this time, Erina, who was in front of the cooking table, skillfully pulled up the fins and carefully cut open the neck part of the tuna.

Then cut open the back and remove large pieces of back fish.

Then separate the meat and fish bones on both sides of the tuna belly, and place the knife and fish at a 90-degree angle.

Then, cut straight in and quickly slice the fish into thin slices.

……

"how?"

Taking back the kitchen knife, Erina glanced at Zhang Fan and asked softly.

"I admit that you are very talented."

Looking at the smoothly sliced ​​tuna meat on the chopping board, Zhang Fan couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.

"Then...of course, after all, I have also served as the supervisor of major restaurants!"

Erina felt a little happy after receiving the compliment.

"Well, go ahead and cut the sausages next to them into octopus shapes. Recently, many diners like to eat octopus sausages, so remember to cut more."

"Ok, no problem!"

Nakiri Erina agreed without thinking and continued working.

At first, Zhang Fan was worried that her arrogant personality would cause a lot of trouble for the izakaya. However, he never expected that she would work so hard as a part-time worker for the first time!

With her help, he and Mikushi Yuono were more at ease.

……

Wine is the core of an izakaya.

Many Neon people will only love one brand and one kind of wine throughout their lives. Many wineries can be passed down for hundreds of years because of this love and persistence.

Of course, besides wine, there are also other things, such as:

recently.

Zhang Fan made some brown rice tea.

The so-called brown rice tea is just fried brown rice and then mixed with green tea. However, it may be that the name of brown rice tea is not pleasant, so it is called brown rice tea.

With just one sip, you will feel the faint aroma of neon traditional green tea and the special aroma of roasted rice.

Quiet and elegant, warm and mellow.

Especially when Genmaicha spreads in your mouth, you can feel its rich layering and delicate taste changes.

This inexplicable taste experience gradually made Tanokoro feel happy when she came to the izakaya tonight.

Afterwards, she slowly opened her eyes and was slightly startled when she saw Nakiri Erina, who was handling sausages next to her!

Although she and Erina were both in junior high school, they had already enrolled in Totsuki Academy.

However, in fact, the two of them don't have much interaction, and their relationship can be said to be strangers. After all, their status is there. One is the noble eldest daughter of the Nakiri family, and the other is a "country girl" from the countryside.

"I really didn't expect that Miss Erina would be at the izakaya."

Withdrawing his gaze, Tian Suohui sighed slightly.

"how?"

"Can't I be here?"

Hearing this accidentally, Erina stopped what she was doing, raised her head and took a deep look at Tazoe.

She might have met Tadokoro once or twice when she came to the izakaya in the past, but what really impressed her was during the residential training activities.

You know, when she was in junior high school, a low-achieving student like Tadokoro was too lazy to even glance at her when walking on the street. But it was this unknown "little man" who could pass five levels and kill six. Will, finally survived the cruel training activities with excellent results!

"No, no, no, I mean you...why are you cutting sausages?"

Tian Suohui was so frightened that he waved his hands hurriedly and replied awkwardly.

"As you can see, during this holiday, I chose to work part-time as a temporary worker here."

Erina said calmly.

"Temporary worker?"

Tian Suohui was startled.

Finally, her face became extremely surprised!

Who would have thought that the eldest daughter of the Nakiri family, who was famous in Totsuki Academy, would even think of working part-time as a temporary worker in such an izakaya?

……

Frightened, she quickly picked up the teacup and took a sip of brown rice tea.

The fragrant brown rice tea slowly penetrated into the throat, and Tian Suohui could feel a long aftertaste in an instant, which gradually calmed down her impetuous heart.

Soon, her thoughts drifted to her child's life 10 years ago.

I vaguely remember that her hometown is in Ibaraki Prefecture in the northeast. It snows heavily in that place in winter and is very cold.

But because it was close to the port, she could often see fishermen fishing, and they would soon return home with a full load after setting off in their boats.

What impressed her the most was that when she saw fishermen fishing, if they were lucky enough to catch an anglerfish, they would immediately use the hanging and cutting method to deal with it on the spot.

And that kind of slaughtering scene shocked her every time she recalled it.

Out of curiosity and for the sake of her mother, she began to study with this group of fishermen for a period of time.

Finally, she finally learned this hanging cutting method.

"Shopkeeper, thank you very much this time."

"You don't know how strict the assessment conducted by Senior Sigong was."

"As for me, I was unlucky. I actually got a bad piece of lettuce. I almost cried at that time!"

"Fortunately, I thought of a way to restore the freshness of damaged vegetables, and finally managed to pass with the improved vegetable jelly."

Tian Suohui slowly opened his eyes again and glanced at Zhang Fan beside him.

In the end, she was able to tell him about the thrilling assessment in a calm manner.

"I just gave some tips and it can't affect anything."

"On the contrary, under those circumstances, you were able to successfully convince Shinomiya with your improved cooking, which is what I least expected."

Zhang Fan, after hearing the ins and outs of this matter, knew that due to his appearance, the matter was very different from the original work, and he couldn't help but feel a little confused.

Just like Mito Ikmei last time, Tazoe's own life trajectory has also quietly changed!

……

"Shopkeeper, you're welcome."

"I know very well that the reason why I have made rapid progress during this period is actually all due to your help behind the scenes."

"So at the end of the residential training, the first person I thought of was you, followed by my mother and my neighbors in my hometown who have been silently encouraging me."

"By the way, I'm going back to my hometown in two days."

"I will bring some souvenirs back then and give some to the shop owner as a token of my gratitude."

At the end of the sentence, Tian Suohui blinked her bright eyes, seeming to be a little excited and looking forward to it.

In the past, because of her poor grades, she was always embarrassed to go back to her hometown to face her mother. But things are different now. Not only did she get rid of the dilemma of dropping out of school, she even successfully passed the residential training activities with an elimination rate of 50%!

Therefore, she wanted to take advantage of this vacation to go home and bring the good news to her mother in person.

"Oh, I can see it."

"You are a good girl who takes good care of her family. Whoever gets to marry you in the future will have the confidence that takes eight lifetimes to cultivate!"

Seeing this, Zhang Fan just smiled lightly.

"No, no."     "I...how can I be as good as the shopkeeper said?"

Upon hearing this, Tadokoro's face couldn't help but blush. Then, in order to change the embarrassing topic, she said: "Shopkeeper, you...can you use the hanging cut method to process anglerfish?"

"Of course!"

"And coincidentally, I happen to have an angler fish here, so do you want me to show it to you?"

Zhang Fan shrugged and replied confidently.

"Hey?"

"You really know how to do it?"

"Then I'm a little interested. I want to see if your hanging cutting skills can match those of those fishermen."

Tian Suo Hui was slightly surprised, and then said with shining eyes.

In fact, in the plot of the original book, the cooking topic of the first game of the autumn selection is curry.

Tadokoro used the hanging cutting method to process the angler fish and successfully made an angler fish curry hot pot. In the end, she even squeezed into the top eight with an extremely slim advantage!

"Huh? Is it that kind of hanging cut?"

On the side, Mu Jiuzhi, who was entertaining diners, was also curious after hearing this conversation.

……

He took out a huge anglerfish and hung it up.

When they saw that Zhang Fan was serious about cutting the anglerfish, all the diners at the izakaya came to watch.

There are actually many types of anglerfish, with a total of 16 species in 265 families.

But no matter how many types there are, their appearance is roughly the same, and one word "ugly" can sum it up.

Well, it can be described simply as an exaggeratedly large flat head, with a bloody mouth that is almost the same width.

Then, the body became smaller, the eyes were on the top of the head, and a strange fin protruded from the forehead.

This shape resembles a lantern, so it is also called lantern fish.

剁！

After a sound.

In just the blink of an eye, the fins of the anglerfish were removed.

Such bold and skillful knife skills immediately won the cheers and applause of many diners. Even Erina and Kikuchi on the side couldn't help but gasp.

"It's amazing. He actually knows how to handle anglerfish with a hanging cut?"

At this time, Mujiuzhienguo exclaimed.

Since the surface of the anglerfish is covered with a layer of slippery gelatin, it is very inconvenient to handle it on a cutting board!

Therefore, one can only hook the lower jaw of the fish's mouth and lift it high, while hanging the fish in the air and cutting under extremely unstable conditions. This special lifting and cutting method naturally requires superb skills.

On the other hand, Zhang Fan's hanging cutting skills also shocked Tian Suohui.

……

The fins were removed.

The next step is to remove the fish skin.

Because the whole body of the anglerfish is full of treasures, even the skin is a precious ingredient.

But if you want to deal with the fish skin, you can't just chop it off with a knife as you just did, because you have to make sure that the entire fish skin is intact.

In other words, just the action of peeling the skin requires the chef to do it in one go.

So, Zhang Fan tightened his gaze, gently cut open the fish skin with a knife, and then tore it all off with force!

Hiss!

In an instant, the tempting fish meat was displayed in front of everyone.

This scene of peeling fish skin is the most thrilling, especially the smooth and smooth technique, which simply blinded everyone's titanium alloy eyes.

Then, remove the gills.

This step is actually the beginning of breaking down the anglerfish flesh, and then skillfully removing the liver.

At this time, Zhang Fan was seen using his knife to separate the fish flesh.

Perhaps it was because of his speed that all the diners present could see that he had already cut the entire anglerfish before they could recover from their amazement!

"Finish?"

"Is... is it so fast?"

"I have also seen chefs cutting anglerfish, but no one can process all the anglerfish in such a short period of time."

At this moment, after watching the entire cutting process with concentration, Erina's heart could not calm down for a long time.

……

"Cool!"

"That's... great!"

"Shopkeeper, your hanging cut is so perfect. I have never seen such a shocking live performance in my life."

Later, Zhang Fan took back the kitchen knife.

Over there, Tasoko couldn't help but clenched her pink fist tightly, stood up in excitement and said: "The whole set of movements for handling the anglerfish is really very skillful, without any flaws or hesitation.

"Especially the action of peeling off the fish skin just now, although it made all the fish meat inside appear bloody at once."

"But such a scene is shocking enough to make people's blood boil."

Thinking about herself, it took her several years just to learn this hanging cutting technique.

So tonight, seeing Zhang Fan perform such a shocking hanging cut, she could not help but feel a deep admiration for him!

"is it hard?"

"Isn't it just cutting up an angler fish? See how excited it makes you?"

Seeing this situation, Zhang Fan could only chuckle.

"Shopkeeper, not everyone is like you, right?"

"The anglerfish itself has a layer of sticky body fluids on its surface, so it can only be processed by hanging and cutting."

"And because it is covered with food, you can only use a special fish knife or fish pliers to remove the internal organs of the anglerfish. During this process, the bladder and gallbladder must not be ruptured, and the skin and liver must not be damaged!"

“So it really tests the chef’s skills and patience.”

"to be honest."

“It took me a few years to learn it reluctantly.”

Gulu!

Gulu!

While he was talking, Tian Sohui's stomach growled.

Like those hungry and thirsty gluttons protesting and begging for food.

The sudden situation made her stunned for a moment, and then her face turned even redder.

"Are you hungry?" Zhang Fan looked down at Tian Suohui who was so embarrassed that he wanted to find a place to hide, and couldn't help but suppress the smile in his heart.

"Well, I'm really a little hungry."

Tian Suohui could only touch his belly and replied awkwardly.

"That's the case. How about using the freshly cut anglerfish ingredients to make a dish?"

"Okay, then I'll help you!"

After finishing speaking, Zhang Fan turned around and continued to work. (End of chapter)