Shokugeki: Start with an izakaya, making everyone cry

It is easy to see flowers but difficult to embroider.

If you think it is just a bowl of rice, you would be wrong.

The recipe of silky chicken stuffed rice combines delicacy and originality, freshness and mellowness, which greatly benefited Alice, who is good at molecular cuisine!

As a mother, seeing her daughter always paying attention to Zhang Fan, it is inevitable that she hesitates to speak.

Although Leonora could see that the reason why Alice couldn't wait to stay in the izakaya was not just to learn cooking skills from Zhang Fan.

However, he suddenly thought that with Zhang Fan's ability and character, he would not let Alice fall.

Therefore, she felt better.

……

Amidst the sizzling sound of frying and the chatter of diners.

Some diners who had eaten and drank enough returned angrily because they had to deliver beef products to customers, so Mito Yumei did not stay too long.

Then, at two o'clock in the middle of the night, Nakiri Shinagi, Nakiri Leonora and Alice, mother and daughter, also left Shanshan.

"Ding dong!"

"Host, successfully signed in once."

"Ding dong!"

"Congratulations to the host for successfully obtaining the lost recipe, yellow croaker soup."

The Manchu-Han banquet is a palace feast in the category of Chinese cuisine, and can be divided into two types: big Manchu and small Manchu.

Generally speaking, the size of the big Manchu is 108 discs, and the size of the small Manchu is 64 discs.

In the early days, Shandong cuisine was more common.

Also, Tianjin cuisine.

As for later dishes, different interpretations gradually appeared in various places due to different tastes, different materials, different cooking methods, etc.

But no matter how it changes, these dishes are divided into five categories: first, second, third, upper table, and middle table according to the status of the diner, and each has its own use.

The first-class banquet dishes include 23 bowls of goose, chicken, duck, fish, and pig, 8 bowls of fruit food, 3 bowls of steamed food, and 4 bowls of vegetable food.

The second-class banquet dishes include 20 bowls of fish, chicken, duck, pig, etc.

Fruit food, steamed food, and vegetable food are the same as the first level.

Therefore, after finishing the meal, you can appreciate the exquisiteness of Chinese cooking.

Among them is a dish called yellow croaker in soup, which is the top dish in the Manchu-Han banquet.

The ingredients are expensive and the workmanship is cumbersome. You must add abalone, sea cucumber, scallops, bird's nest, mushrooms, shrimp, lobster, white shellfish and other eight delicacies to refine the soup and then freeze it into jelly.

Finally, you have to choose Jingui large yellow croaker weighing 3 pounds.

Ah!
In short.

This dish is a great test of the chef's exquisite knife skills and kung fu.

Even the difficulty of making it is such that no chef can make it according to the recipe nowadays.

"It's actually a long-lost recipe?"

Zhang Fan couldn't help but be a little shocked when he learned that today's sign-in reward was actually yellow croaker in soup.

In the movie "The Golden House", yellow croaker in soup is definitely the finale dish, and its style is perfectly interpreted by Master Liao Jie:
The huge yellow croaker is tumbling in the golden butter. Use chopsticks to gently poke the belly of the fish, and the nectar and jade liquid will flow out. The balls as white as pearls and various ingredients slowly pour out...

Then in the light and colorful room, it is like a scroll slowly unfolding, which can be called the pinnacle of beauty in the visual system!

There are three reasons why this dish is difficult and shocking:

One is to debone the whole fish, the other is to cook it in soup, and the third is to fill it with soup and fry it.

In the first step of deboning the whole fish, you must start from the gills of the fish and remove the internal organs and a complete bone, and you must ensure that the whole fish cannot be broken after completion.

Therefore, many chefs have been practicing hard for many years, but they are still daunted and helpless!
……

as usual.

After the izakaya closed, Zhang Fan ran to the bathroom and took a shower.

Immediately afterwards, he took a quilt and went to the next room, only to see Nito Hisako wearing glasses sitting on the edge of the bed, like a white lotus in the flames.

If you look closely, you will see that there is a layer of frost on her pretty face, which looks a little dignified and a little sad.

"Fei Sha."

"Quilt, I brought it to you."

"You can sleep here tonight. If you need anything, remember to call me."

"I see!"

Fei Shasha responded absently.

Then the atmosphere in the room fell into dead silence, and the two sides were like two sculptures, neither speaking anymore.

"Aren't you used to living here for the time being?"

"I remember when Erina moved in on the first day, she looked like you now, coy, very restrained, and very cautious."

In desperation, Zhang Fan spoke first.

Hearing this, Fei Shasha's expression became even more lonely and replied: "No, I must be very happy to be able to stay in your izakaya."

"So, I will try to work hard to adapt to the life here and get along well with Kikuchi, Taki-senpai and others. It's just the first time I left Miss Erina, and I inevitably felt very empty, as if I had lost something. Something important!"

At this moment, her heart seemed to be shrouded in a thick fog, and she was afraid that even she could not see clearly.

……

Zhang Fan, stay silent!
He didn't know what to say, he came and went to comfort her.

Perhaps, he could sense a little bit of Fei Shasha's thoughts, but he wasn't entirely sure.

Ah!
Don't say it's him.

Even Fei Shasha himself can't be sure, right?

Just like that, the two stood there quietly, feeling each other's breath.

As the evening breeze outside the window blew stronger and stronger, their hair gradually became entangled, then blew apart, then entangled again, and then blown away again...

The whole world seems to be fixed in time!

After a long time, Feishao slowly raised his head and looked at Zhang Fan affectionately.

Her eyes were so clear, like a pool of spring water, sparkling, reflecting his handsome face.

Her eyes wandered over his face, like a painter carefully painting on a canvas. She could see every outline and every detail.

In the end, Fei Shasha revealed a hint of melancholy, which was:

Memories of the past.

Finally, she, who had been depressed for a long time, couldn't bear it anymore.

She suddenly rushed into Zhang Fan's arms, and the sudden momentum made the unsuspecting Zhang Fan take a few steps back and lean against the wall.

"Zhang Fan, can you hug me?"

Nito Hisako whispered in his arms.

Zhang Fan was startled, but then he realized what he was doing, opened his hands and hugged Fei Shasha's waist tightly, and then hugged her tightly!
……

Time passed by second by second.

It wasn't until a few minutes later that Fei Shasha pushed Zhang Fan away and said shyly, "Thank you for the hug."

This was the first time in her life that she was hugged tightly by a boy. That feeling...

Ah!
What to say?

Very warm and very calming.

And for some reason, when she hugged Zhang Fan, her mind was brought back to her childhood.

I remember that at that time, she and Erina Nakiri often walked together, wandering around Totsuki Academy. Occasionally, I would cook with her.

Then, Erina will give her the dishes that she finds unpalatable to taste.

Oh, yes, she also remembered that not long ago, Erina started to like reading comic books and light novels.

I could only stay up late to watch it, and even had to help her choose online.

Thinking of the end, even if Fei Shasha pushed Zhang Fan away, she was still immersed in the happy memories of the past. The smile at the corner of her mouth became more and more obvious, and finally with a "pop" sound, she chuckled!
"What? Do you like my hug so much?"

Fei Shasha came back to her senses and saw Zhang Fan looking at her with a smile. She couldn't help but feel a little shy: "No, it's just... I just suddenly remembered something funny!"

"Besides, the feeling of being in your arms is just that. It's not as good as the eldest lady said. How can you say that I like it?"

"Is that right?"

"Then why were you still unwilling to let go after hugging me for a few minutes?"

"I'm in a bad mood, and I just want to find a way to vent a little bit, can't I?"

Fei Sha, blushing and feeling guilty.

……

"Fei Sha."

"You just smiled, it was really beautiful."

"I remember that you used to follow Erina around like a dull piece of wood. You have never smiled so happily~"

Fei Sha's face turned even redder and she couldn't help but roll her eyes at him.

"Let's talk and listen."

"What happy thing did you just think of?"

Sensing that her mood was not as depressed as before, Zhang Fan continued to ask with a smile.

"Why should I tell you?"

Fei Shasha hummed and turned his head.

Although she said this, she still sat on the edge of the bed with Zhang Fan during the long night and began to tell the interesting stories about her and Erina's childhood.

Zhang Fan heard these interesting stories for the first time, so he listened with great interest!

……

Nowadays, there are more and more types of lunch boxes.

The number of office workers bringing their own bento boxes is also increasing day by day, and bento boxes are not only popular in neon countries.

It has gradually become popular in places such as China and Australia, and has also become popular in places such as Taiwan and Australia in China. The reasons are:

The popularity of convenience store lunch boxes!

24-hour convenience stores are particularly popular in neon countries.

According to the survey, in 2009 alone, there were at least "1000" stores in each region of Neon Country, and the total number nationwide was about "42000".

Assuming that each convenience store has 10 types of bento, then the 42000 convenience stores across the country can satisfy a considerable number of people.

In addition, with the development of the fast food era, most young people and office workers today are more willing to choose bento boxes from convenience stores instead of cooking by themselves, or even three meals a day.

The word "lunchbox" is called Bendang in Neon Country.

Some of the bento boxes used are very exquisite, some are made of lacquerware, and of course some are made of rattan.

Even the most common ones come in white, thin wooden boxes, throw them away after use!

It is precisely because of the importance of bento in the cooking world that it was chosen as the cooking topic in the third round of the quarterfinals.

……

First of all.

Yukihira Soma, cleans the fresh eel.

Dry the surface lightly, then use a kitchen knife to cut the eel into even pieces with the appropriate thickness for each bento.

Combine Japanese BBQ sauce and Japanese dipping sauce in a bowl.

Place each sliced ​​eel steak on a plate and drizzle each piece with the sauce, making sure every corner is coated.

Take a pan and preheat it over medium-high heat, adding a small amount of oil to prevent sticking.

Place sauce-side down in the pan and cook until the bottom is golden brown.

Then carefully flip the other side and continue frying for about 2 minutes.

Cook until the eel is golden brown and crispy, and once the eel is fully cooked remove it and place it on a paper towel to absorb any excess oil.

Then put the white rice cooked in the rice cooker in advance in the lunch box, and put the grilled eel on top.

Finally, sprinkle with chopped green onions for garnish.

"Hey!"

"Look."

"The bento dishes of the two of them are exactly the same."

"Oh my god, how come they both use eel as the main ingredient of the bento, and the two methods are exactly the same. Can't you see any difference?"

"It's scary. He is indeed a copycat stalker. Subaru's ability is too strong!"

After being repeatedly grilled with the secret sauce, every bit of meat of the conger eel is accompanied by the scorching aroma and the salty aroma of the sauce.

The sauce of the bento is made by simmering the soup made from conger eel bones. You can tell at a glance that the entire bento contains the essence of conger eel. It is simply:

Full of sincerity!

……

It’s just the conger eel bento dish that Soma worked hard to develop.

But it was easily replicated by his opponent Mimasaku Subaru, especially after the conger eels on both sides were grilled, the fat contained in the solid flesh would sizzle.

Correct!
The sound frequency of that roasted conger eel.

If you listen carefully, they are all surprisingly consistent and identical.

Although both of them cooked conger eel bento, it still complied with the rules of the competition, so the commander-in-chief and others could only follow the normal procedures and enter the judging stage.

"amazing!"

"This conger eel bento dish."

"At first, I thought the eel chosen would be the extremely rare golden conger eel, but it was not the case."

“Using only ordinary conger eel, the fat distribution is exceptionally balanced and the taste is particularly delicate!”

Opening her bright eyes, Leonora, as the judge, couldn't help but look at Soma.

She really couldn't understand why this class of Yuanyue freshmen were so frighteningly strong overall.

Let’s talk about the two cooking competitions yesterday first. Whether it was Hisa and Ryo’s burgers, or Alice and Megumi’s ramen, they all did an excellent job. The texture and taste still make her unforgettable and deeply shocked!
The results of it?
Today’s bento showdown.

Soma's performance was not inferior to Ryo and Alice's yesterday.

How to make the ultimate bowl of eel rice?

Apart from:

Fresh and on point eel.

Rich and authentic sauce.

Glutinous and fragrant rice.

The most important thing is actually a simple and persistent original intention of cooking that embodies concentration, patience and meticulousness!
Soma follows the authentic Kansai cooking method, cutting open the fish belly with the thickest fat and grilling the excess fat to make the eel crispier.

During the process of kabayaki, the secret sauce is constantly brushed on both sides, so that every grain of rice is soaked with the fragrance of eel. It can definitely be called the "first flavor" conger eel bento! (End of chapter)