Shokugeki: Start with an izakaya, making everyone cry

Chapter 201 Dishes of five different meats

The commander-in-chief's residence.

This represents the center of power in Yuanyue and is also the residence of the supreme ruler.

With just a sip of champagne, Dojima Gin, as a distinguished guest, could not help but shine with excitement in his eyes.

sweet.

Slightly bitter.

The mature wine exudes freshness.

The delicate bubbles, fresh fruity aroma and leisurely aftertaste can make people intoxicated in an instant.

Although the taste of Champagne itself is very special, with sour, sweet, bitter and salty flavors, there are not many wines with such rich layers of taste and texture.

So much so that it took a long time for Dojima Gin to come back to his senses!

"how?"

"Oh? He also went to the izakaya?"

……

Dojima Gin began to eagerly inquire about Saiba Joichiro's recent situation.

He picked up the wine and drank it down in one gulp. Then the commander-in-chief spit out the turbid smell of alcohol and said in a calm tone.

"This invitation to you to come to Totsuki Academy is mainly related to the autumn selection."

"Yin, to tell you the truth, this champagne was actually brewed by Caibo himself."

"Commander, how is he...how is he?"

Dojima Gin was stunned for a moment, then after a brief thought, he shook his head and replied.

The commander-in-chief looked back and asked.

Upon hearing this, Dojima Gin was immediately confused!

"Although the Autumn Selection is an internal matter within the academy and should be managed and handled by the top ten, firstly, they don't have that much time and energy, and secondly, they don't have as much experience as you."

“This quality is unique among many Champagne wines, making it perfect for pairing with delicacies at luxurious dinners.”

Commander-in-Chief Nakiri Senzaemon's eyes became profound, expressing his deep sympathy.

"This wine... I have indeed never tasted it before."

"Deja vu?"

"I'm afraid these things wouldn't be possible without your help!"

"Presumably he has tasted Zhang Fan's cuisine, so what is his evaluation of Zhang Fan?"

"it is good."

"Then during his residential training, he came to Totsuki Academy alone, but before that he seemed to have gone to an izakaya."

Then he stared blankly at the amber-like wine in the glass, frowning and trying to think back: "I really didn't expect that he could create something so fresh and soft!"

The commander-in-chief couldn't help but smile, and then poured him another drink himself.

Dojima Gin breathed out a breath of alcohol, and finally couldn't help but sigh: "Time flies so fast. The scene of dropping out of school on the way to Caibo is still vivid in my mind every time I think about it, as if it was yesterday. But in the blink of an eye, it has been nearly 20 years.”

"Don't worry, I will definitely work hard to assist these current top ten and strive to make this autumn selection a success and a grand one!"

……

"Caibo?"

Seeing that he really couldn't detect it, the commander-in-chief had no choice but to explain.

"Yeah! It's almost 20 years indeed."

After saying this, he sighed quietly and his eyes began to look a little dazed.

Dojima Gin stared at the champagne in the glass and said calmly.

Knowing that he had been taken seriously by the commander-in-chief, Dojima Gin couldn't help but feel flattered and quickly agreed.

"Thank you for your hard work!"

"I'll tell you more about him later."

"Commander, you actually said that, so I have no reason to refuse."

The pure aroma of wine quickly overflowed.

"Such as the construction of competition venues, contacting and entertaining judges, cooperation with many food suppliers, etc."

"He has changed a lot. I almost didn't recognize him when I first met him."

Although this champagne is not very fragrant, it has an endless aftertaste after swallowing it.

……

"It doesn't feel like déjà vu to you?" Hearing this, the commander-in-chief chuckled and asked again.

"So, Yin, I have to count on you more during this time."

Dojima Gin is obviously very curious on this issue.

"I think highly of him, and like you and me, we all believe that he will definitely become a figure leading the new era of cuisine in the future." The commander-in-chief replied calmly.

"Haha, as expected, Zhang Fan's strength makes even Cai Bo feel intimidated."

Only a strong man of his level can understand Zhang Fan's terrifying features more clearly.

Therefore, Gin Dojima could imagine how much wonder the chef Saiba Joichiro, representing Totsuki, the strongest, no, the strongest chef in the Neon Kingdom, would show after tasting Zhang Fan's cuisine.

……

"Yin, besides the autumn selection, there is actually one more thing that I urgently need to discuss with you."

During the conversation, the atmosphere that should have seemed harmonious turned into a sharp look as the commander-in-chief's eyes suddenly became like falling into a bottomless hell, which made people feel desperate!

"what's up?"

Dojima Gin turned to ask seriously.

Who would have thought that a good chat at the beginning would turn out to be a "highlight".

This made him, who had experienced many storms, quickly realize that the invitation from the commander-in-chief was not a simple reminiscence of old times.

"The last time Caibo met me, we were talking about cooking late into the night."

The commander-in-chief stroked his beard and took the opportunity to say.

"Late night cook?"

"I remember Shinomiya Kojiro's SHINO'S French restaurant, they were..."

Hearing this, Dojima Gin couldn't help but widen his eyes, and even his voice was filled with tremors unconsciously, as if he was afraid!

……

The word curry comes from Tamil and its meaning is:

Add a lot of spices and cook them together.

It is said that in the beginning, curry was used to remove the mutton smell, but if you use a single spice, it cannot remove the mutton smell.

Therefore, I cooked it with a thick sauce composed of a variety of dry spice powders. Unexpectedly, the effect was surprisingly good.

So in some respects, curry equals spices, and there’s nothing wrong with that!

In this case, it will be easier for Yoshino Yuki, who is good at game ingredients, to make a dish with the theme of "curry".

After all, the meat of game animals, such as deer, rabbits, sheep, etc., usually has a strong fishy smell. Therefore, how to use spices to enhance the flavor or cover up the original bad taste of the ingredients has become her constant task. to research the problem.

Of course, combining the spices of curry with game ingredients to create a dish that would shine in the preliminary rounds also gave her a headache!

do not forget.

She can think of this, but others can't think of it?

For her, cooking from the perspective of spices can avoid many problems.

But by the same token, this idea can also be applied to others, such as:

Tian Suohui.

Nakiri Alice.

Ryoko Sakaki.

Nito Hisako.

None of them are good at curry cooking, but they are definitely no worse than her in using spices.

"Yes!"

"We are approaching the early autumn season." "Many wild animals have the most fat and perfect fat at this time. If..."

Thinking of this, Yoshino Yuki's eyes rolled around a few times, and after making up her mind, she continued: "Ryoko, Xiaomei, I have to go to the game food market first to see if I can find some better quality. game ingredients!”

Then, to everyone's surprise, she stood up and slipped away.

"Spice?"

“I don’t know about the anglerfish curry hot pot dish that I tasted when I was at the izakaya before…”

At the same time, Tasoko couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

……

In a cooking laboratory.

Wearing a white coat, Alice Nakiri looks even more charming than usual.

When she learned that the cooking topic of this autumn competition was curry, she was troubled because curry was far from the molecular cuisine she was good at!

In the end, after some hard thinking, she could only choose a more traditional low-temperature molecular curry chicken.

Curry chicken is a dish made with chicken, potatoes, curry powder, carrots, and onions as the main ingredients.

Mainly salty, slightly sweet and spicy, with a strong curry flavor.

however.

Alice's approach is different.

She vacuum-sealed the curry paste and chicken together and cooked them using a low-temperature slow-cooking method.

When the time is right, take it out of the pot and put it on the plate.

If you look closely, this curry chicken dish is completely different from ordinary curry chicken in appearance. Instead, it embodies the characteristics of molecular gastronomy in every aspect!

Especially in terms of accessories, there is considerable creativity.

First, make a part of the curry paste into capsules.

In this case, if you want to taste the food, you must first puncture the capsule.

The curry sauce will naturally flow onto the chicken, making the dish rich in curry flavor and highlighting the elements of molecular gastronomy, and the presentation is also improved.

What’s even more interesting is that she even crushed lemongrass into foam and served it on the plate.

"call!"

"I hope this curry molecular cuisine will not disappoint me."

After taking a deep breath and gradually calming down, Alice Nakiri picked up a silver needle and immediately punctured the capsule.

In an instant, the thick curry sauce really flowed onto the chicken.

A rich fragrance that had never happened before filled the entire laboratory at an astonishing speed.

Obviously, after being slow-cooked at a low temperature, the curry flavor is indeed perfectly integrated into the chicken.

But the power of this smell...

Come quickly.

Disappears quickly!

"Strange, the smell disappeared all of a sudden?"

"Did I make the curry paste into a capsule shape, thereby erasing the taste?"

After swallowing, Alice couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

……

At 7pm, the izakaya opens for business.

Diners and food can always create a warm connection here.

Poor students, picky wealthy daughters, housewives who still have charm, middle-aged uncles who are constantly busy with work...

Every diner who comes to an izakaya is different from his social background, identity, personality, preferences, etc.

However, their lives are as rich and colorful as these dishes.

Drinking coffee prepared by an automatic coffee machine and listening to soft and gentle music, your taste buds seem to be fully stimulated, and you feel that your whole person has become awake!

Yes!

In an izakaya.

Even the leisure area and cafe of Xiaoxiaodi.

Compared with the bustling street scenes in the city outside, it makes people feel more at ease and more courageous to face everything calmly!

Sometimes, in life, it is inevitable to face complex situations and bleak endings.

But as long as you slow down, find a place like an izakaya, quietly taste a dish, or sip a cup of coffee, and relax yourself, you may have new ideas and breakthroughs.

After experiencing last night's incident, Kadozaki Taki now deliberately avoids his eyes every time he faces Zhang Fan.

Of course, this is a "good" start.

At least it means that she no longer has any prejudice against Zhang Fan!

……

"Is this an izakaya?"

At this time, an unexpected stranger, Eiyama Edazuya, walked in.

His personal presence naturally attracted Zhang Fan's attention.

After all, as the ninth seat of the current top ten of Yuanyue, he is somewhat famous, especially in terms of business operations, which is unmatched by anyone.

Rumor has it that many well-known chefs are willing to "work" for him.

However, it may be that he paid too much attention to his ability to make money, which led to his achievements in cooking being somewhat unsatisfactory!

As we all know, the Yuanyue Ten Heroes were famous in the beginning.

But the first person who made people think that the Ten Elites were not that good was Etsuya Eizan in front of him.

In the Mozu House Incident in the original work, he had already suffered an indirect defeat at the hands of Soma.

Later, after experiencing the coup of Nakiri Itachi, he and the rebel Soma finally had an "upright" cooking showdown, and the result was actually 3:0.

Correct!

He failed miserably!

You know, at that time, Yukihira Soma was not as outrageous as he was in the later period.

"Hello, our restaurant has a policy of ordering at will. What do you want to eat?"

Zhang Fan took the initiative to step forward and asked.

"Casual!"

Ruishan Zhijin looked at Zhang Fan deeply and said calmly.

Zhang Fan understood and asked no more questions.

He turned directly back to the cooking table, began to prepare the ingredients, and cooked according to his own wishes.

……

I saw that he first prepared five kinds of meat:

Pig ear tips, rabbit meat, mountain deer meat, sirloin, lamb rump.

These kinds of meat are very common in the market outside, but it’s confusing to see them all together. After all, no one would have thought that one dish would use five different kinds of meat at the same time!

Immediately afterwards, he marinated the sirloin and mutton and pureed them, then added salt, a little starch, ground ginger, cooking wine and cumin powder.

Pig ears are pointed!

In terms of processing, it tends to be light.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, he just put in a little salt and starch.

As for... lamb rump, rabbit, and mountain deer meat, the quality of these three types of meat all have a strong fishy smell, so more ingredients will be used.

First marinate with star anise and fennel for a while, then add a small amount of salt, a little starch, ground ginger and cumin powder for seasoning.

It must be a complex and tedious process to process five different types of meat in one go.

If the chef does not have strong perseverance and concentration, things will definitely go wrong.

"Huh? He... what is he going to cook?"

Eizan Edazuya’s eyes are a little dull!

Later, Zhang Fan boiled half a bowl of pepper water, let it cool first, and then poured it into the meat filling.

Moreover, while pouring it slowly, he also used chopsticks to mix it in the same direction until the meat filling became elastic and soft.

Such delicate processing once again subverted Eizan Edazuya's perception.

Whoops!

Could this guy be a monster?

(End of this chapter)