Shokugeki: Start with an izakaya, making everyone cry

The top note is cold and sweet.

The middle note is sweet and sour, and the base note becomes spicy and sweet.

Sweet is an understatement of sweet, sour is fruity, spicy is sweet and spicy, but occasionally it is a little spicy for a moment.

ice!

Let every flavor be subtle.

It blends into the gaps on the surface just right.

bright.

Cool.

slip.

bomb.

And in terms of side dishes.

Hot sauce, beef slices, pickles, apple slices, cucumber shreds, pear strips, hard-boiled eggs, fried egg shreds, chicken meatballs, pine nuts...

You don’t need to have them all, but the more, the better!

Therefore, in the eyes of the commander-in-chief and others, Tian Sohui's cold face seemed to be:

The perfect combination of ice powder, cold noodles and side dishes.

Eating cold noodles is to enjoy the coolness, and cold noodles are to turn on the air conditioner. In one sentence, it can be described as "cooling the heart and cooling the body."

However, the mistake is that the cold noodles taste sweet when they first enter your mouth.

Although the sweetness is not strong and is hidden under the sourness of vinegar, your sensitive tongue can still taste it.

Another reason is that Tadokoro Kei’s bowl of cold noodles is very particular about how to make it. The number of dishes is enough to give people a headache, not to mention the seasoning of the cold noodles. Thousands of people have thousands of flavors!

……

"Udon noodles, first of all, it definitely doesn't taste as good as regular noodles."

"In ordinary noodles, the flour will produce maltose after being digested by saliva in the mouth, so it will have a sweet taste. However, most of the starch content in udon noodles is less than that in flour, so the taste is not that good."

“You can do your best to adjust Takamatsu Udon so that this bowl of cold noodles can get the most out of it.”

"But your level is limited to making me burst out of my clothes."

“After that, it’s hard to impress me!”

After hearing the commander-in-chief's heartfelt comments, Tian Suohui did not argue, but humbly accepted it.

Finally, the results of the second round of the quarterfinals came out:

3:0

Nakiri Alice, a complete victory.

"Okay, this way we can successfully enter the semi-finals."

Alice couldn't help but be excited when she learned that her molecular cheese noodles could completely crush Tagumi.

"Hey!"

"I can only stop here!"

Tian Suohui scratched the back of his head and said without being discouraged at all.

……

During the day, izakayas basically keep their doors closed.

If there are diners passing by during this time, they will pay attention to the sign on the door that says "Closed".

Of course, when it was approaching 7 o'clock, the sign was "Preparing".

noon.

The sun no longer shines brightly.

Next to the balcony on the second floor, Zhang Fan accidentally saw a girl dragging a suitcase.

She just kept wandering in front of the izakaya.

Sometimes, she thought about ringing the doorbell, but her hand stopped in mid-air and then retracted. Her hesitant look showed that her mood was a bit broken!

"Huh? Why is she?"

Zhang Fan was inevitably surprised to learn that Fei Shasha had come to the izakaya alone at this time.

Helpless, he could only hurried downstairs to open the door, planning to invite her in.

……

"Zhang Fan."

"I...I'm here..."

As soon as the door opened, the two looked at each other.

After seeing that familiar figure, Fei Shasha's gentle voice was actually a little sour.

She sniffed, trying hard to control her emotions, but in the end she couldn't stop crying.

Finally, she couldn't hold it any longer, so she threw herself into Zhang Fan's arms and cried loudly!

"What's wrong? Could it be that you had a falling out with Erina?"

Zhang Fan couldn't help but be startled by the sudden situation. Then he gently patted her shoulder and asked with concern.

However, the emotionally broken Fei Shasha continued to cry. It was not until about ten minutes passed that she gradually calmed down and pushed Zhang Fan away.

"My relationship with the eldest lady is simply...no..."

Fei Sha Sha wants to explain.

However, Zhang Fan suddenly smiled, pointed at his cheeks and said, "You still have some runny nose here."

"What?" Fei Shasha was paused.

Her little hand subconsciously touched her face, and sure enough she touched something sticky.

In an instant, her little face turned red, and she felt that all the most embarrassing things in her life had happened today.

"Wipe your face quickly first!"

Zhang Fan, who had no intention of making fun of her, kindly took out a clean tissue.

"Ok!"

Feisha blushed and took the tissue.

Then he turned his back slightly to Zhang Fan and began to wipe his cheeks clean, feeling increasingly embarrassed and grateful.

……

"Zhang Fan, am I too useless?"

"Even Alice's little brother couldn't win against him. Is it possible that everything I have been pursuing in this life is wrong?

Facing Zhang Fan again, Fei Shasha couldn't help but ask about his troubles and confusion.

When she left the competition venue, the biggest question was:

Can't find a place to live!

Hotels, apartments, motels, etc., did not feel safe for a delicate little girl like her.

The world is so big, but she found that there was not even a safe place to stay.

Wandering?

Certainly not.

It's even worse if you give in and choose to return to Totsuki Academy!

So when she was desperate, she thought of Zhang Fan's izakaya.

"You did a great job."

"There is nothing wrong with trying to follow a person's shadow."

"In a game, there must be winners and losers, so winning or losing itself is not important."

"When you participate in a competition with a belief, try your best, and enjoy it while following Erina, I think it is a pleasure in itself."

"Life only lasts a few decades, and living happily is the most important thing."

"Why should you care about other people's opinions?"

Looking deeply at Fei Shasha whose face was full of sadness, Zhang Fan only reached out to touch her face and comforted her.

"But!"

"I still feel distressed."

"I have obviously been working so hard to follow in the footsteps of the eldest lady, but I haven't made much progress in these years."

"Take this autumn selection as an example. I didn't win the first place in Division A in the preliminary round, and I lost directly to Ryo Kurokiba in the quarterfinals."

"With this kind of achievement and this kind of strength, how can I...how can I be worthy of the eldest lady?"

After saying that, Fei Shasha clenched his fists tightly, his tearful eyes full of unwillingness and regret!

……

"What a coincidence, you came at the right time."

"I just made a new dish, do you want to try it?"

Zhang Fan knew that it would be difficult for her to understand with words, so he suppressed his smile and planned to use another way to untie her knot. "New cuisine?" After a pause, Fei Sha couldn't help but touch his belly.

Then she suddenly remembered that she had not had a good meal this morning because she was going to participate in the quarter-finals.

Now after being reminded, she felt vaguely that she was a little hungry.

So, she no longer hesitated and nodded.

"OK, just wait a moment!"

After finishing speaking, Zhang Fan turned back to the kitchen of the izakaya and started cooking new dishes.

……

Bouncing Turtle Soup.

The preparation of this dish is simple, but it is also very complex.

First, boil the soft-shell turtle in water, remove impurities and season with salt. Then pour it into the hollowed-out cantaloupe, and steam the soup and cantaloupe in the steamer.

But there is a big problem with this dish:

How to get rid of the earthy and fishy smell of soft-shell turtle?

Many chefs usually use pickling brine, white wine, milk, ginger slices, etc. to remove the earthy smell of soft-shelled turtles.

However, these methods are not perfect and take a long time.

I saw Zhang Fan slaughtering the turtle, draining the blood inside, and then cutting open the soft part under the shell of the turtle, splitting the turtle open and taking out the internal organs.

Boil water in a pot, put the turtle in and blanch it for about 5 minutes.

After taking it out of the pan, tear off the skin from the soft-shell turtle.

Then cut off the head and tail of the soft-shell turtle and rinse it clean under the faucet.

Immediately afterwards, three things were used: cantaloupe, salted plums, and salt water to eliminate the earthy smell of the turtle.

This method of removing fishy smell can be said to be an unprecedented initiative, which made Fei Shasha stunned!

after that.

Put the cantaloupe with turtle soup in the freezer.

After cooling, the soup inside quickly solidifies, thus locking the delicious taste of the soft-shell turtle firmly in the soup inside.

In the end, the perfect bouncing turtle soup was completed in no time.

……

cantaloupe.

soft-shell turtle.

It is difficult for ordinary people to imagine that these two ingredients can be paired together.

Even Fei Shao, who is good at medicinal cuisine, has never had this idea. However, the main ingredients of the bouncing turtle soup that Zhang Fan is making now are cantaloupe and turtle.

Of course, although she was a little puzzled, she still gently picked up the cantaloupe with "turtle jelly" in it.

The moment I touched the cantaloupe, I felt a warm feeling pass to the palm of my hand.

"Huh? Isn't it cooling down?"

"How...why does it feel warm to the touch?"

In an instant, Fei Shasha said in disbelief.

She had just made fish burgers using soft-shell turtle ingredients.

Therefore, she knows very well that some delicacies are indeed served with the ingredients themselves, so as to achieve and maintain the most original smell effect.

But the jumping turtle soup in front of me was still warm after cooling.

Such an anti-scientific effect.

Naturally, it was beyond her knowledge!

……

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Followed by.

That's when she went to lift the top off the cantaloupe.

A dazzling golden light began to appear from the inside of the cantaloupe, suddenly shooting out and illuminating the entire izakaya.

"that's amazing!"

"The soup inside this cantaloupe is actually... solid?"

At this time, Fei Sha, who had long been immune to glowing dishes, eagerly picked up the spoon and gently touched the "turtle jelly".

"Is the elasticity so strong?"

The turtle jelly in the cantaloupe actually made the spoon fly out of my hand.

This scene made Fei Shasha dumbfounded.

This bouncing turtle soup, although the name of the dish has the word "bouncing", she never expected that everything in her hands would really bounce away.

"It's so strange. This...what on earth is going on?"

"Even if you put cantaloupe and turtle together, the result is still a solid shape, and there is also a very elastic turtle jelly."

"Wait, even the ingredients, can you say..."

While talking, Fei Shasha went to hold a spoon again.

She first took a strong spoonful of the turtle jelly, and then tasted it without saying anything.

……

The turtle jelly tastes like jelly.

The moment you enter your mouth, you can feel the strong smell of soft-shelled turtle.

Perhaps even Fei Shao had never imagined that it was just turtle soup inside a cantaloupe, but it turned out to taste so unique, pure but not greasy, with a light aroma and texture.

"Salt water, salted plums, cantaloupe..."

"These things neutralize the earthy smell of the turtle, allowing the other umami flavor of the turtle to be fully brought out."

"Turtle jelly, after being specially prepared and cooled, it does have super resilience."

"And this resilience also brings amazing chewiness."

"Great!"

"Bravo!"

“You can make such amazing dishes using soft-shell turtle and cantaloupe, it’s simply unexpected!”

"But why?"

"Why does turtle jelly have such terrible resilience?"

Cantaloupe and soft-shelled turtle are two ingredients that are relatively common in life. Therefore, as an expert in medicinal diet, Fei Shasha cannot say that he knows a lot about them, but he still has some common sense.

She also saw the entire cooking process clearly and felt that the general method should be very simple.

At her own level, it is not difficult to taste some of its secrets and things.

However, she just couldn't understand how this dish could make the turtle jelly so resilient that even a spoon could fly away.

Afterwards, the hungry Feisha no longer thought about anything, but put all the worries in his heart behind and started eating voraciously!

Soon, she had eaten the whole portion of spring turtle soup.

And after she silently put down the cantaloupe with only an empty shell left, she couldn't help but lick her mouth, and she actually felt that her physical strength was slowly recovering.

Ah!

whole person.

He seems to be more energetic!

……

"It's amazing, this dish doesn't use any medicinal ingredients at all."

"Why do I feel like my whole body is full of strength after eating, and it feels like it has the effect of restoring my physical fitness?"

Correct.

It's not an illusion!

Fei Sha, I can really feel it.

After eating the bouncing turtle soup, a pure vitality indeed appeared in her body, and it slowly flowed throughout her body.

"This...this soup...Zhang Fan, did you add edible gelatin to act as a gelling agent?"

"Only by adding edible gelatin, the original soup will turn into a nearly solid shape of turtle jelly under the action of the gelling agent, and it will have such amazing resilience."

Seemingly realizing something, Feishao raised his head excitedly and said.

"You don't know me yet? I never use these chemical additives." Hearing this, Zhang Fan just shook his head and smiled.

"what?"

"Could it all depend on the turtle itself..."

Fei Shasha's eyes widened! (End of chapter)