Shokugeki: Start with an izakaya, making everyone cry

Chapter 202: Join forces to build a blueprint for a gourmet empire

Vegetarian dishes are often mixed with different vegetables.

In meat and vegetable dishes, various vegetables are often mixed in, but pure meat dishes rarely use two or more different meats.

for example:

Fresh ground.

It includes three vegetables: eggplant, potatoes, and green peppers.

Then in terms of meat and vegetable dishes, there are also vegetables and meat dishes such as mapo tofu and large plate chicken, and almost all of them contain a high proportion of vegetables!

But when it comes to meat dishes, if you don’t count seafood, fungi ingredients with a meat-like texture, and a small amount of fish sauce, ham, etc. to enhance the taste, then it feels like there are very few dishes that mix different meats together!

Of course, that's not to say there aren't any.

Buddha jumped over the wall.

The fish bites the sheep.

This shop owner can beat up many Totsuki students.

So, to put it bluntly, it is still a cost issue.

Spare ribs chicken.

First of all, "vegetarian dishes" are easier to cook and handle than "vegetarian dishes".

If more types of meat ingredients are mixed in, then the ripeness control of the raw materials will definitely become very complicated!

Ah!

And these are just two types of meat.

Meat chicken.

There are many reasons for this phenomenon.

Therefore, there must be many dishes that use meat mixed with meat, but as just mentioned, they are relatively "rare".

This dish with strong flavor and rich meat ingredients is regarded as the "main dish" in traditional banquets, which is noble and decent.

"As for common meats such as pork, beef, sheep, chicken, and fish, each has its own main flavor."

"A dish."

……

The meat dish is different. It is also made from pig meat. The pork liver is sliced ​​and slurried and put into the pot. It only takes a few seconds to cook, and the taste is refreshing and tender.

It is said that a connoisseur will know what is wrong as soon as he makes a move. Although he does not have much research on cooking, it does not mean that he does not know anything!

Dare to use 5 different meat ingredients with a strong fishy smell to make a dish to entertain diners.

Li Hongzhang's hodgepodge.

Nor does it appear in ordinary situations.

"Although meats such as shrimps and scallops are also meat, they can be used as condiments due to their small amounts. As for abalone and sea cucumbers, which have very light flavors, other meats need to be added to increase their freshness. For example, the Chinese Buddha Jumps Over the Wall dish.”

"A dish can only have one main flavor."

Until now, Eiyamada finally understood why this seemingly ordinary izakaya caused the sales of his five restaurants to decrease month by month.

The world is so big that the number of dishes can be compared to the stars in the sky, completely confusing the number of people.

On the other hand, "multi-meat dishes" with more than three meat ingredients are usually very heavy.

"But generally meat without fat is easy to mix, such as various seafood and some offal."

"too much……"

“It’s not impossible to mix a few different meats.”

"Obtained organs such as pork liver and chicken gizzards have no taste, but they are eaten directly with the flavor of sauce, such as double burst."

This rarity refers to the order rate, exposure ratio, attention, recognition...

Then, add carrots, egg yolks, tomatoes, etc. to the meat filling.

usually.

Dragon and Phoenix Soup.

"Multi-vegetarian" dishes such as Mushu Pork and Di Sanxian have become common dishes in restaurants and restaurants.

……

Eizan Etsuya whispered softly in shock.

But if the pork liver is cooked for a long time, it will become dry and dry, making it difficult to swallow.

Pork belly needs to be fried for a longer time, so that the fat can be fully infiltrated and melted, and the aroma of the lard can be stimulated...

For this courage.

Vegetarian vegetables such as cucumbers, carrots, fungus, etc. in Mushu Rou can be cut into different sizes to control the cooking doneness. If the control is not good, it doesn’t matter. After all, even if the vegetarian vegetables are undercooked, the taste will not be affected. , very tolerant!

……

Because the meat ingredients themselves have strong and special flavors, a variety of meat ingredients means a complex taste. To blend a variety of rich flavors together, you can only use heavy salt, heavy oil, heavy spicy, and heavy sauce to suppress it!

Also, like dumplings stuffed with three delicacies!

These dishes all contain two or more meat ingredients.

The reason why some vegetables are added is to achieve a higher level of taste.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Fan took out a bamboo steamer with good ventilation.

Seeing this, Eizan Edazu was even more puzzled. It wasn't that he had never seen this thing before, but he didn't expect that he would use steaming to prepare this dish!

Finally, gently roll up 5 kinds of meat fillings mixed with carrots, egg yolks, tomatoes, etc. into a strip shape.

Then put it in the steam oven and wait for it to steam slowly.

Whoohoo!

Whoohoo!

Time passes a little bit.

When the time was right, Zhang Fan opened the steamer.

For a moment, the hazy water vapor overflowed out instantly, covering all the scenes in front of him. It was really:

The flavors are diverse and ever-changing.

Just like the endless moves of martial arts masters, it is unpredictable.

At this moment, this dish named [Jade Flute Whose Family Listens to Luomei] was finally born!

……

"5 kinds of meat?"

"Look...why is it all beef?"

Slightly raising the frame of his glasses with his hands, and then staring blankly at this plate of dishes that he had never seen before, Etsuya Eiyama's emotions inevitably became complicated.

Because he found that this dish was completely beyond his understanding.

Then he paused for a few seconds.

Then I picked up a small bit with the chopsticks and slowly put it into my mouth.

As soon as I took a bite, my mouth was filled with delicious taste. This taste was definitely not ordinary beef.

"Ok?"

"This...this is..."

Eishanzhi's nose wrinkled several times.

He quickly reacted and moved very quickly. Every time he raised his chopsticks, he felt like he was snatching precious food.

That mouth is so wide that it can almost fit an egg into it.

No, it's an apple.

As a result, his current eating appearance is quite indecent.

The originally handsome face was filled with a lot of food, causing the face to burst. The cheeks on both sides began to swell, and the eyeballs also stood out, like an ugly "toad."

The sound of his chewing was also like a violent and cheerful tune, as if he and this dish were the only ones left in the world.

Maybe?

He was so engrossed in eating that he didn't notice how he looked.

The corners of his mouth were still stained with oil stains, but Rui Shanzhi didn't care because he knew that these oil stains were proof of a delicious meal!

... "It's delicious, tender, and the meat doesn't really taste like beef."

"It feels more tender, fresh and not sour, and the fiber of the meat is also very fine and tight. Could this be... lamb sitting on its butt?"

With his eyes closed, Eishan Edasu kept savoring it, but the more he felt it with his heart, the more he discovered that the taste of this dish was ever-changing and unpredictable!

"wrong."

"It's changing again."

“It’s both pliable and crispy, and the flavor is fresh and delicious.”

"This is definitely not the so-called lamb sitting on its butt, but it tastes like a pig's ear!"

Opening his eyes, Rui Shanzhi felt incredible.

Then, he seemed to realize something, and quickly picked up another strip of meat with chopsticks, and bit it: "It's soft and tender, but the taste is lighter, and there is no rich and strong aroma that he just smelled. .”

"This...is this rabbit meat?"

"hiss!"

"what happened?"

"The same cuisine tastes completely different."

"Like now, the taste is milder than what I've eaten before, fresh and mellow, and you won't get tired of eating it... Could it be mountain deer meat?"

Who would have thought that using 5 different kinds of meat to make dishes can produce such a weird taste effect.

It changes all the time and is always unpredictable. It is like a delicious shock wave with super energy that can instantly crush any taste bud on the tongue. Seriously:

wonderful!

……

Gradually, Ruishan Zedazu also entered a realm of fantasy.

In a dimly lit bamboo forest, he could be seen holding a sharp sword, wearing armor, and riding a BMW, like a neon warrior with the spirit of never admitting defeat.

On the opposite side, stood the majestic knight Zhang Fan!

"drink!"

Ruishanzhi, fast horse whip.

He was full of murderous intent and raised his sword directly to see the knight Zhang Fan rushing over.

At the critical moment, Zhang Fan quickly drew out his sword like a spiritual snake and stabbed at him erratically.

He wraps the scabbard around his feet, and then coordinates his footwork to attack. The changes are subtle. The sword and the scabbard complement each other in attack. When the sword stabs in his hand, his feet assist in slashing. He attacks with agility and bullies those close to him to kill quickly!

His sword moves are sometimes fast and sometimes slow, and there are hidden moves at every turn. It is impossible to figure out where he is coming from, and he is still not calming down.

In the end, even though Etsu Eizan was riding a BMW and had all the advantages, he still couldn't escape the fate of being knocked off his horse.

“The first bite didn’t give many surprises.”

"But in the second, third, fourth, fifth... every time you take a bite, the taste in your mouth changes."

“It may be creamy and tender, or it may be fresh and crisp, or it may be sweet and refreshing, or it may be fresh and mellow, it is really impossible to capture it with your tongue.”

At this moment, many diners around Rui Shanzhi couldn't help but cast strange glances.

After all, what he had just done was too ugly, rude, and even too hungry, but Eishan Edazu didn't care what they thought.

All he knew was that this dish, which he could not yet name, was really subverting all his previous perceptions!

……

"Shopkeeper, why is your food so elusive?"

After finishing eating, Eishan Edazu also burped in satisfaction.

He looked at the empty plate in front of him, and a smile appeared on his face unconsciously.

His personality is inherently irritable and impulsive, but for some reason he was able to calm down after eating this plate of five different kinds of meat.

"As you can see."

"There are only 5 kinds of meat."

"But these five different meats can be mixed with each other to form new flavors."

"For example, the chewing of deer and cattle has the same taste, and the chewing of pigs and sheep has the same taste. Therefore, it involves a mathematical problem of permutation and combination."

"If you eat 5 kinds of meat together, how many combinations of flavors can you get?"

"It's very simple to calculate using the formula. You can just add C5-1 to C5-5."

"Of course, if you don't use a formula, let me explain in detail. Each type of meat has its own taste. These are 5 types, namely pig, cattle, sheep, rabbit, and deer."

"Two kinds of meat are chewed together, so there are 10 combinations in total, that is, 10 flavors, namely pig and cow, pig and sheep, pig and rabbit, pig and deer, cow and sheep, cow and rabbit, cow and deer, sheep and rabbit, sheep and deer, rabbit roe."

"Chewing three kinds of meat at the same time also produces 10 different flavors."

"The reason is very simple. There are 5 kinds of meat in total, and each two meat combinations will correspond to the remaining three meat combinations. This is a one-to-one mapping relationship.

"For example, the combination of pig and cow corresponds to the combination of sheep, rabbit and deer, and the combination of pig and sheep corresponds to the combination of cow, rabbit and deer."

"For the same reason, the number of combinations of chewing four types of meat at the same time is the same as the number of combinations of chewing each type of meat individually. There are 5 types in total. The chewing of pigs alone corresponds to the four types of chewing of beef, sheep, rabbit and deer at the same time."

"In the end, they are all the same kind of meat, and the five types of meat are not included. To sum up: 10+10+5=25, a total of 25 flavors."

Zhang Fan explained in a lengthy manner.

But as soon as he made these remarks, the entire izakaya suddenly became silent.

Not to mention the ninth seater, Etsuya Eiyama, the two assistant chefs Kikuchizono and Kadozaki Taki, as well as most of the diners, were completely shocked.

What the hell!

I bet you use 5 different kinds of meat to create 25 different flavors?

And there are a total of 25 flavors that can be changed from each other. No wonder it tastes much more "refreshing" than taking aphrodisiacs.

……

"I see."

"The lamb is tender when sitting on its rump, and the piglet's ears are crispy and tender."

"The calf kidney is soft and crispy, the deer leg meat is firm and the rabbit meat has less fat. The five kinds of meat have very different tastes, and the first three kinds are very tender."

"That's why you, the owner, use steaming instead of stir-frying, deep-frying, stewing, etc."

"Because the five different types of meat have different flavors, if you cook the meat in a stir-fried or pan-fried way, it will definitely cause confusion in taste."

"But if you can switch to steaming, you can maintain the original flavor."

"Ah!"

"It's really interesting."

“No matter how good your cooking skills are, you probably wouldn’t dare to cook with five kinds of meat that have a strong fishy smell.”

"But it wasn't until I finished eating that I realized that some chefs are really incredibly capable."

"The taste of the whole dish is varied, and each part is handled very well, always maintaining an extremely perfect balance."

In Eizan Ezuya's eyes, no matter how good a chef's cooking skills are, if he doesn't know how to run a business, he will still be working part-time.

But now, the Zhang Fan standing in front of him had completely amazed him with his talents and cooking.

If combined with my strong business operation capabilities, then...

Less than 5 years.

No, no, no, 3 years.

If he and Zhang Fan join forces, they will definitely create a gourmet empire that dominates the catering industry!

……

"Shopkeeper, what's the name of this dish?"

After restraining his excitement for the time being, Eishan Edazu also asked curiously.

"Good question."

Zhang Fan just smiled when he heard this. Then he took some paper and began to write down a line of words seriously:

Who listens to the jade flute and the fallen plum blossoms!

(End of this chapter)