Gentleman's Night Canteen

Lan Meng seemed a little helpless about this.

According to the system's description, the seriousness of "discussing opponents" is related to his "rewards", Emiya Shirou's casual attitude obviously does not meet his expectations.

"However, since it's my request for a sparring session, then I will also offer some prizes. Although it will not be too big, as long as it is something that I can solve within your scope, it will be fine."

Although Lan Meng didn't say it clearly, the meaning was obvious. He hoped that Emiya Shirou would be more serious, and even took out the so-called 'lucky head'.

This undoubtedly made Shirou Emiya even more confused. If he was performing some kind of magic trick, he still had to worry about whether the other party would learn it secretly, but the problem was cooking...is it really necessary to be so serious?

But the doubts were all doubts, Emiya Shirou nodded with a serious expression, because there was indeed something in Lan Meng's hands that he cared about... or a secret.

Although there was not much communication, it was just a simple exchange, but Emiya Shirou was almost certain that the 'Emiya Kiritsugu' who looked much younger than his impression was next to him was probably the other party himself.

But the problem is that a man who has been dead for more than ten years and nearly 20 years suddenly appears, which is undoubtedly very concerning.

puppet?ghost?Illusion?

Emiya Shirou didn't know, but he wanted to find out!

After all, this is about one of his most important family members.

"I don't have anything I want, but I hope to get an answer from you, Mr. Store Manager...if you are willing to tell me."

Lan Meng didn't expect Emiya Shiro to say these words, but he still nodded.

"As long as I can say I won't hide."

Emiya Shirou, who got the accurate answer from Lan Meng, nodded in satisfaction and said nothing more.

Lan Meng, on the other hand, looked at Artoria and the others.

Now that Emiya Shirou's fighting spirit has been rekindled, the next step is to discuss himself.

"Since it's a competition, I don't want to take advantage of you as a guest. Why don't the three judges propose a 'keyword', and then the two of us make dishes that satisfy the 'keyword' of the three?"

"can."

Emiya Shiro didn't have any nonsense about Lan Meng's proposal, after all, this proposal was also to improve fairness.

After finishing speaking, the two of them looked at Artoria and the other three at the same side.

"Three, please come up with a question."

Facing Lan Meng's invitation, Arturia made a decision without the slightest hesitation.

"Meat! I hope it's a meat dish."

After finishing speaking, Artoria looked at her teacher and Emiya Kiritsugu with eyes full of expectation.

Facing his disciple's expectant expression, Merlin showed a noncommittal smile.

Compared to Artoria who follows her 'carnivorous nature', Merlin has much less desire for food, so after thinking about it for a while, he made a strange request.

"Since Al has set the foundation of 'meat cuisine', then I will set a 'flower'. I like flowers very much, and I hope there are elements of flowers in the dishes."

As soon as Merlin's words came out, neither Lan Meng nor Emiya Shirou frowned unconsciously.

Obviously, none of them expected such a strange request after such a simple request from Artoria, but neither of them said anything, but couldn't help but start thinking about the dishes they mastered. 'flower' related.

While thinking, the two unconsciously looked at the last judge, Emiya Kiritsugu.

Chapter 25 recipe finalized

Suddenly being stared at by Blue Dream and Emiya Shirou, Emiya Kiritsugu unconsciously became a little nervous.

After all, in the eyes of Emiya Kiritsugu, Aimu is a local snake with a mysterious background and identity, while Emiya Shirou is a weird person who reminds him of a group of lunatics, and it is inevitable that he will be nervous when he is stared at by the two.

But anyway, I am not mediocre, so I quickly calmed down.

The first is topic selection.

Naturally, he couldn't pick his favorite food like Arturia, and he couldn't do whatever he wanted like Merlin. After all, his purpose was to make friends with Lan Meng, and then see if he could dig out some information from Lan Meng.

That being the case...he decided to choose a looser theme.

"In that case, I'll choose a 'home-cooked dish'."

Emiya Kiritsugu made this suggestion by accident, while Aimong and Emiya Shirou who heard the other party's words nodded silently.

They didn't know that Emiya Kiritsugu had thought so much. From Lan Meng's point of view, "home cooking" was a good topic, but Emiya Shirou silently clenched his fist in his heart.

It's not that he is good at this topic, but because his original plan was to cook a home-cooked dish for Emiya Kiritsugu.

There is no unnecessary nonsense. After confirming the topics of 'meat', 'flower' and 'home cooking', Lan Meng and Emiya Shiro entered the kitchen together.

Looking at Lan Meng's kitchen, which was bigger than he imagined, Emiya Shiro was a little surprised.

Just as Arturia found the restaurant of Reimu in a small town outside Camelot, Emiya Kiritsugu found the door leading to this restaurant in the alleys of Fuyuki City, Emiya Shirou It was found here among the ruins of the Middle East.

His only reaction was probably————Although he was a somewhat strange magician, he seemed to like eating.

That's right, should I say it's worthy?

The two actually had similar speculations about Lan Meng, such as this is a gathering place for magicians, and guesses about Lan Meng's mysterious identity.

However, after the initial surprise, Emiya Shiro proposed the ingredients he wanted to use.

Lan Meng was also a little surprised when he heard the ingredients the other party wanted to use.

"Pumpkin Blossom? Are you going to use it for cooking?"

"That's right, do you have one here, Mr. Store Manager?"

Although Shirou Emiya didn't pay much attention to the so-called sparring at first, his instinct as a cook still made him become serious unconsciously after he entered the kitchen.

Although Lan Meng was a little surprised by the other party's request, he still nodded.

"I remember seeing it yesterday, just wait for me."

No extra nonsense, after serving some snacks to several people including Emiya Kiritsugu, Lan Meng went to the supermarket to buy some, and bought some 'flowers' that she needed.

Unlike Emiya Shiro who chose pumpkin flowers, Lan Meng chose 'osmanthus'.

In fact, Lanmeng has been thinking about the topic selection this time for a while. It is not too difficult to pick out these three requirements alone, but it is really helpless to mix the two requirements of meat and words, because these two requirements The feeling given by the ingredients is simply the opposite, and thanks to Emiya Kiritsugu's choice of a relatively broad requirement, otherwise I'm afraid I'm not as bald as I want to be.

In just a moment, Lan Meng returned to the restaurant with the ingredients.

Looking at Lan Meng carrying big and small bags, everyone felt a little curious, where did Lan Meng get these ingredients?

But it's strange, and after the preparation of the ingredients, the discussion between the two chefs finally officially started.

Emiya Shiro, who was the first to do it, chose shrimp instead of pork and beef.

He didn't use the kitchen knife in Lanmeng's kitchen, just watched him raise his right hand, and then a kitchen knife appeared in his hand after holding it in mid-air.

Lan Meng, who had also drawn out the kitchen knife and was about to do it, couldn't help being a little envious when he saw the other party directly summoning the kitchen knife.

After all, he is handsome...

But after reading it, he still held the kitchen knife in his hand.

Regardless of the other party, he didn't intend to watch the show.

The different ingredients are 'pumpkin flower' and 'shrimp', but Lan Meng chooses 'osmanthus' and 'pork'.

At this time, Emiya Shiro was still processing the ingredients. Lan Meng couldn't see what the other party was going to do for a while, but Lan Meng's choice of topic was obvious, because besides osmanthus and pork, he also took out several other ingredients that were glutinous rice. and Zongye.

When the Zongye appeared, the answer was self-evident, that's right, what Lan Meng was going to make was 'Zongzi'.

Soak the dried sweet-scented osmanthus in water for a while, cut the pork into a suitable size, and then take out the fresh zong leaves and rinse it briefly. The glutinous rice soaked at the beginning and the meat marinated in light soy sauce can also be used.

Speaking of which, Blue Dream and Emiya Shiro are also very interesting in the selection of materials.

After opening, pumpkin flowers the size of someone's palm and sweet-scented osmanthus flowers smaller than rice grains; the fresher the better the shrimp and the marinated pork.

Their choice of ingredients feels like the complete opposite.

Not only that, but the cooking methods of the two are completely different.

Emiya Shiro started to heat oil in a small pot after separating the shrimp shells with a knife, while Lan Meng took out a large pot and started boiling water.

After taking a sneak peek at Emiya Shirou, he probably guessed what the other party was going to cook. Lan Meng also stopped looking around and began to focus on the dishes in his hands.

Zongzi is a traditional food of the Chinese dynasty. Its production method varies from place to place. For example, Lanmeng is used to making rice dumplings because it lives in the Jiangnan area, but in other places it is customary to use lotus leaves and even plantains. leaves are made.

In short, the ingredients used are different, but the production methods are similar.

Stack the bottom edges of the two zong leaves together, make a slight circle after the tops are brought together to make it appear as a funnel, hold it in your hand, and then pour the soaked glutinous rice into it.

These glutinous rice are soaked in water in advance. Generally speaking, it is best to soak them in cold water 24 hours in advance, but this time because the time is tight, Lanmeng can be soaked in warm water directly.

The bottom is filled with glutinous rice and sprinkled with a small piece of marinated pork, then filled with some glutinous rice, and finally sprinkled with a small piece of pork.

After following this procedure for several times, when the glutinous rice is almost full of the top of the funnel, put the extra rice dumpling leaf down and wrap it around a few times, then take out a piece of rice dumpling leaf and wrap it twice, tie it with a thread, and a rice dumpling is completed.

The next thing Lanmeng needs to do is to wrap all the remaining ingredients according to the previous method.

The production time of a single zongzi is not long, more is the preparation and cooking time.

On the other side, Emiya Shiro made it faster.

After removing the shrimp shells from the live shrimp, he cleaned the pumpkin flowers and several other vegetables, and then began to make the batter with flour and eggs...

Chapter 26 The Cautious Emiya Kiritsugu

Emiya Shiro started making batter while making rice dumplings in Lanmeng.

The batter is not too complicated, but he took out a few ice cubes and put them in water to melt them.

At first glance, this step seems a bit strange, but in fact it is because ice water can effectively reduce the production of 'gluten' when making batter, and it can be regarded as a small skill that Emiya Shiro has mastered for many years.

Also in order to catch up with the time, Emiya Shiro directly chopped the ice cubes into crushed ice and added them to the water and stirred them, which can speed up the melting speed of the ice cubes. When the ice cubes are completely melted, add the eggs and keep stirring until the eggs are completely mixed with the water. Add the flour and stir carefully until there are no small lumps at all.

After the batter was made, Emiya Shiro waved his hand again and saw an extra long chopstick in his hand.

He put the freshly cleaned pumpkin flower into the batter with long chopsticks and rolled it twice to make sure that the surface was completely covered with the batter, but he suddenly opened his mouth.

"Mr. Manager, I will serve it after I make it... The taste of tempura will decrease with time."

Originally, he simply intended to remind Lan Meng, but after speaking, he explained one more sentence because he was afraid of Lan Meng's misunderstanding.

"It's okay, it's just a simple discussion anyway, there are not so many rules, and you seem to be serious as a guest?"

"That's right, because the question I want to ask... I care very much."

Thinking of his adoptive father who came back from the dead, even Shirou Emiya, who has been used to seeing death in the battlefield all these years, can't help feeling agitated.

Lan Meng, who didn't know about this, just nodded and stopped talking nonsense. In his opinion, the other party's reasons have nothing to do with him. All he needs to do is to let the other party compete with him with all his strength, that's all.

Seeing Lanmeng didn't mind, Emiya Shiro stopped talking and put the pumpkin flowers wrapped in batter into the pot.

The ingredients wrapped in the batter fell straight into the oil pan, and then I saw a little bit of oil splashing in the oil pan, accompanied by countless tiny bubbles of pumpkin flower tempura floating slowly.

At the same time, Emiya Shiro wrapped the other ingredients in his clothes and put them into the pot one by one in a very calm manner. At the same time, he used chopsticks to gently turn the ingredients that were put in before to ensure that they were evenly heated.

Shiro Emiya strictly followed the order of the ingredients: first the pumpkin flowers, then the shrimp, and finally the vegetable leaves.

The reason for this order is because, as he said before, 'the taste of tempura lies in the time it comes out of the pan', it is a dish whose taste will decrease over time.

Only by ensuring that the cooking time is about the same, can the most perfect side be presented to the three 'judges'.

Among them, pumpkin flowers take the longest time to fry because of their large size, which takes about 1 minute, while fresh shrimp takes about half a minute, and vegetable leaves are shorter, and ten seconds is enough.

Not long after confirming with Blue Dream, the tempura made by Emiya Shiro was declared complete.

After nodding to Lan Meng, he walked towards the restaurant with a large tray with three plates on it. As for Lan Meng, he glanced at the cauldron that was still gurgling and didn't say much.

At the same time, when Emiya Shiro returned to the restaurant with the tray, the three people in the restaurant seemed a little surprised. After all, it didn't take long for Emiya Shiro to come out after Lan Meng came back with the ingredients.

'Is this done? '

Even Emiya Kiritsugu, who was not very interested in the so-called 'competition', couldn't help but feel a little strange, but when he saw the tempura on the table, he showed a suddenly enlightened expression.

Although he left his hometown with his father since he was a child, and later made his home with his teacher after his father died, theoretically speaking, Emiya Kiritsugu's eating habits are more inclined to the West.

But as a neon person, I still know about the traditional cuisine of tempura.

"Please enjoy."

Accompanied by a slightly hoarse male voice, three servings of tempura were served in front of the three of them. Emiya Kiritsugu, who had been silent just now, was even more eager than Artoria to take one and sat back.

Both Artoria and Merlin felt a little surprised by this, but Artoria, who had already been ready to go, quickly put it behind her, and she decisively raised the fork in her hand and pierced the fresh meat in front of her. Shrimp tempura' and have it in your mouth.

"click~"

Under the deep-fried crispy batter are soft and sweet river prawns.