Shokugeki: Start with an izakaya, making everyone cry

Had breakfast.

Zhang Fan always goes to the nearby vegetable and meat market to buy ingredients.

Although the sign-in rewards given by the system include some common ingredients, they are often not many.

In addition, the business of izakayas is booming now, and the demand for ingredients is relatively high every day. Due to the rule of ordering at will, naturally the more ingredients you can stock up, the better!

"I'm going to buy a batch of ingredients later. Do you want to go with me?"

After a little preparation, Zhang Fan turned back to Erina and asked.

"Ok!"

"I...I want to go."

Nakiri Erina had no intention of refusing.

Thinking about it, I don't know since when, she has been almost obedient in front of Zhang Fan, and she is particularly willing to do and comply with everything he wants.

Maybe she was a little too "into the drama" and really thought of herself as Zhang Fan's subordinate.

……

Lively and bustling food street.

Its geographical location is close to the vegetable and meat market, so it is very convenient to purchase ingredients.

The smell of fresh meat, the earthy smell of vegetables, the sound of chopping meat, and the sound of shouting are all immersed in it. Everywhere is a vivid and vivid real life.

As the noble eldest daughter of the Nakiri family, Erina has never experienced the life of shopping for groceries in her life, because Hisako has always been responsible for these things and there is no need for her to do them.

Therefore, her eyes were inevitably full of curiosity along the way, looking left and right.

At this moment, at a vegetable stall, Zhang Fan randomly picked up a carrot and praised: "Not bad, the quality is quite good."

After saying that, he quickly selected a lot of vegetables.

And the way he selected it was to scan around with his eyes. After a cursory glance, he found the fruits and vegetables that he thought were the best quality among the dazzling ingredients!

At first, Erina thought he didn't pay attention to the quality of the ingredients.

Because the dishes served in izakayas are basically side dishes that go with wine, and they don’t require high-quality ingredients at all.

However, gradually, she discovered that Zhang Fan seemed to be choosing randomly every time.

But the ingredients he picked out were indeed better than other ingredients of the same category, both in terms of quality and appearance.

"Is it my imagination?"

“I feel like his knowledge of ingredients is no worse than mine, the person with the gift of God’s Tongue!”

"And thinking about it carefully, although most of the dishes in the izakaya use ordinary ingredients, I have never seen low-quality, rotten fruits, vegetables, and fresh meat."

"hiss!"

"Isn't it possible? He is just like me."

"It exists within itself, the ability to distinguish the quality of food ingredients?"

Finally, looking at the fruits and vegetables she just bought, Erina suddenly thought of something and couldn't help but feel a chill on her back.

……

When she was stunned.

On the other side, under the astonished gaze of the fish shop owner.

Zhang Fan actually bought two excellent quality saury at the cheapest price.

This operation instantly allowed Erina behind her to break through her defense again, and finally couldn't help but ask: "Zhang Fan, can you tell the difference between good and bad saury at a glance?"

"In order to make the fish sell better, many merchants will use some drugs to soak it to slow down the oxidation time of saury and make it look bright."

“It’s quite difficult to tell them apart based on their appearance.”

“In addition to checking that the fish body is straight and not bent, that the fish body is dry and not sticky, and that the gills are fresh, you also need to smell if there is any peculiar smell.”

"Of course, it is best to hang the fish body in the air and use the condition of the fish body as an indicator of freshness."

“If the fish remains upright without support, it means the saury is still fresh and the fish meat has not deteriorated!”

"Anyway, if you want to tell the quality of saury at a glance, no one can do that, not even me."

"Sure enough."

"I'm just telling you, how could you be like me..."

Hearing this, Erina couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief, but unexpectedly Zhang Fan shook his head and continued: "I can tell the difference between ordinary fruits and vegetables, such as carrots, cauliflower, cabbage, etc., but saury cannot be distinguished at a glance. You have to look at it twice. !”

Erina:? ? ?

"Even if you look at it twice, it's almost in an instant."

"My God's Tongue ability can only distinguish the quality of ingredients when tasting food, but you can actually rely on the insight of your eyes..."

"Wait, do you have the eyes of God?"

Erina looked deeply at Zhang Fan, filled with emotions.

Yes!

It really is!

Only he has the ability of God's Eye.

It can only be explained that at this age, he has the world's highest level of cooking skills, so he can conquer her and his mother's tongue of God!

"Haha, things have come to this."

"I'm not pretending anymore, I'm showing off my cards, I do have the ability of God's Eye."

Zhang Fan pretended to be serious, then shrugged and sighed to himself.

Erina: (⊙o⊙)

……

Just by looking at it, you can tell the quality of the ingredients.

With just one taste, you can perfectly know the quality of all the ingredients in a dish.

In other words, if the two are combined and cooperate to create future generations, oh no, no, no, no, they are to create cuisine together, wouldn't they be able to go against the sky in a matter of minutes?

"Pfft!"

"What's your expression?"

"Erina, I have to say that sometimes you are so cute and innocent!"

"What about God's Eye ability? That's bullshit. I come into contact with various ingredients for cooking every day. With more experience, won't it be easier to distinguish the quality of ingredients through naked eyes?"

"Is this strange? Is this surprising?"

Zhang Fan stretched out his hand and flicked her nose gently, and Zhang Fan immediately lost his breath.

"what?"

"experience?"

"If this counts as experience, then you are scarier than God!"

Touching the tip of her nose, Erina rolled her eyes at him and added: "God's tongue is known as the ability closest to God, and you, a mere mortal, can match it with experience, no, you have surpassed God!"

"Maybe it's because I'm gifted?"

Zhang Fan was stunned for a moment, but did not deny it.

Although his current achievements often rely on the system.

But you must know that in his previous life, he had already become a five-star hotel chef as the youngest chef in the country without any system!

His strength and ability to conquer everyone with his cooking are also inseparable from his own talent.

Of course, not long in the future, as he suddenly awakened a powerful power, everyone finally saw his most terrifying appearance.

"Don't be stunned!"

"Erina, hurry up and follow me." The urging voice reached the dazed Erina's ears from not far ahead.

This made her immediately come back to her senses, quickly take steps forward, and continue to follow behind Zhang Fan, accompanying him to buy ingredients.

……

within France.

The main peak of the Alps, a small town below Mont Blanc.

Here, in winter, it is the best place to enjoy the snow scenery, but now it is the summer season, and there is no snow scenery in the mountains.

But even so, the business of a five-star hotel in the town called "Chamonix Mont Blanc" is still booming, with a lot of traffic.

From the outside, the hotel as a whole is a building with a golden turret, like a classical castle.

Under the piers around the front, there are the twelve zodiac signs made of bronze. They symbolize the loyal guards who protect the king and defend against invading enemies at any time.

When you walk in, you will see that the entire spacious lobby is magnificent.

The exquisite chandelier can make diners who have just entered the hotel feel like they are in a palace.

At the same time, the dark decoration, wooden high stools, various exquisite tableware, and listening to pieces of music exude intoxicating love.

Romance, style, elegance...

All the words you can think of that can represent France are vividly reflected here.

At this time, when a plate of freshly made onion soup was served to the noble diner, he couldn't help but said in shock: "Is this onion soup? Have you changed the chef here?"

"Yes, this guest, a world-class chef recently came to our hotel."

"Oh?"

"World-class chef?"

Immediately, the diner couldn't hide his curiosity, quickly picked up the spoon, took a small mouthful of onion soup, and savored it!

Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the room, he showed a look of shock.

"The flavor of soup depends on the performance of caramelization."

“This onion soup recipe is just soup and onions before adding the bread.”

“Therefore, only making soup dishes delicious is the basis for the success of this dish.”

"Well, let me think about it, oh, it turns out that after the onions started to soften, and some salt and sugar were sprinkled on it, the heat was turned up, which brought the soup to another level."

"And sugar helps with the caramelization process, so you keep stirring until the onions get this beautiful golden brown color."

"Joichiro?"

"Is this the cuisine of Saiba Joichiro?"

"He must be back. The chef I can't forget is finally back."

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu... I never thought that at this age, I could see Joichiro's cooking again. I have no regrets in this life!"

The diner's overreaction immediately caused a sensation.

After all, who among you has not heard of Saiba Joichiro's reputation?

Moreover, many diners had tasted his dishes before, so they all became excited and cheered.

……

At the same time, in the hotel's kitchen.

Saiba Joichiro, who has just become the chef, is busy.

I saw him mincing the raw beef with a knife, and then adding lemon juice, olive oil, marinade juice, chili pepper, salt and pepper to the meat to season.

Mix the ingredients evenly, place the round mold on the dinner plate, and put the mixed ingredients into the mold.

Make a hole in the middle of the patty, place an egg yolk in it, and add chopped parsley, chopped onion, and vinegar-soaked caper buds next to the patty.

and chopped pickled gherkins, ketchup, mustard and his own special sliver of Worcestershire sauce.

After all the materials are ready.

The next step is to stir.

Served with freshly fried French fries, an authentic French beef tartare is completed!

"As expected of Joichiro-senpai, he can cook something so amazing with raw beef. It's really worthy of admiration." A chef next to him looked down at the plate of beef tartare and couldn't help but marvel.

"Where is Joichiro?"

"Let him make me a curry chicken cutlet rice."

Suddenly, a monk from Tianzhu opened the door and broke into the kitchen.

He was skinny and had dark skin, but his eyes that were full of vicissitudes of life were full of greed.

When he saw Joichiro wearing a white chef's uniform over there, he couldn't help but froze, and then he felt so happy that he wished he could fly to him like a bird.

"Master Alba, this is the center of the kitchen. Please do not come in without a special invitation."

Seeing him approaching Joichiro, the staff in the kitchen stopped him.

"Master! Please calm down!"

"You are one of the world's leading environmental and development leaders."

"I once promised in the public media that I would abstain from vegetarianism for the rest of my life and take my own actions to protect the ecological environment. As a result, you...you want to eat curry chicken chop with rice now?"

Another monk who followed him also hurriedly stopped Albala and advised him.

"I do not care."

"I have been practicing asceticism for so many years, can't I just enjoy it?"

"Now Joichiro has come to this hotel, right in front of me, and if I can't taste the curry chicken cutlet rice he made, won't I have to regret it for the rest of my life, and will I die in peace?"

"No, never, I never want that."

"It's about protecting the environment. All animals are spiritual. Go to hell."

Monk Alba became even more anxious when he saw that he was being blocked by so many people. He even roared loudly in front of everyone regardless of his image.

……

If a person gives up all enjoyment.

Then he is willing to persist in embracing all suffering, then he is moving towards a saint.

However, it is a pity that in this society full of greed, there is no need for saints at all, only capitalists, farmers, scientists, engineers...

But in Tianzhu, ascetics are the most respected.

Their appearance often gives encouragement and persistence to a large number of people at the bottom, and their behavior can even be called "saints".

For example:

This Master Alba has traveled many places on foot.

I have been to China, Neon, Southeast Asia, and even Europe...

During such a long journey, he always only had a bag filled with dry food, and he didn't bring a penny with him. When he was sleepy, he would just find a place to sleep.

He uses the sky as his quilt and the earth as his bed. When he is hungry, he seeks alms from kind-hearted people. He is never picky about food. He just wants a bowl of water and a piece of cake to fill his stomach and continue on his journey.

All the enjoyment in the world does not mean much to him.

Others can't understand his behavior. Maybe all his actions are for the most sincere belief in his heart?

But precisely because of this purity, Alba was able to complete his "pilgrimage" with difficulty even when most people were not optimistic about it.

Finally, due to the continuous spread of information, he gradually became known to the world and gradually gained the admiration of many people!

However, who would have thought?

Such an ascetic is worthy of praise and praise.

But in the end, I was conquered by Saiba Joichiro's curry chicken cutlet rice. (End of chapter)