Shokugeki no Imitation Chef

"...I'll give you a demonstration, it can be regarded as helping the old president understand another level of 'deliciousness'!"

"Another level? Then I'll wait and see!" the old president said expectantly.

If it was before, the old president might not have expected much from the young Liu Maoxing.

But now I know that the other party can see what is wrong with him, and even instructs Fei Shazi to prescribe the "medicine" to the case, so he also puts Liu Maoxing in a different position in his heart.

At this moment, Zhen Zhong turned around and brought a plate covered with a fat lid...

"Although it's not like Fei Shazi's stewed liver porridge, which has been boiled for three consecutive days, Erina, Zhenzuka and I have been preparing this dish since dawn! I named it...Phoenix Crystal! "

As Liu Maoxing spoke, he opened the lid of the dinner plate, and what was revealed inside was a crystal-like miniature phoenix!

The old president and Chenji looked at the gorgeous dishes in front of them, and while they were completely attracted by the "Phoenix Crystal", they also instinctively thought: Isn't this considered "luxury" cuisine?

The appearance of the "Phoenix Crystal" that Liu Maoxing presents now is similar to the one in the comic version. It was demonstrated for the elders of the Guangchu Federation. Countless "Ruyi dishes" put together a flat and undulating phoenix pattern on the plate, not the one in the animation version. , like in the Man-Han banquet, it looks like a three-dimensional phoenix.

After the two came back to their senses, they realized that the "crystal" in front of them was made up of toothpick lengths and sections of bright white "sticks"...

"Huh? This... this seems to be bean sprouts?" The old president asked in a strange tone.

"That's right, it's bean sprouts, but after the head and tail are cut off, only the middle part of the bean sprouts is left! Because this kind of bean sprouts looks like the legendary Ruyi golden cudgel in the hands of Monkey King, it can also be called 'Ruyi dishes'!" Liu Maoxing explained.

"Bean sprouts? Ruyi vegetables? Okay, let me try it..." The old president seemed to be forcing himself.

Although he had a lot of confidence in Liu Maoxing because of the previous "liver stewed porridge", and he was indeed amazed by the appearance of "Phoenix Crystal" before, but it really made him eat " bean sprouts", although the old president didn't show it, he was still somewhat resistant.

"Even though it's beautiful, it's still just 'stir-fried bean sprouts'... The food must be delicious!" The old president thought in his heart, and at the same time picked up a few "wishful vegetables" that Liu Maoxing said with his chopsticks Put it in your mouth.

At the moment when the fried bean sprouts entered the mouth, the old president had a somewhat vague and reluctant expression, and suddenly calmed down!

As if savoring something, he closed his eyes and looked up at a forty-five-degree angle, with silent tears in the corners of his eyes...

"Father, what's wrong with you?" Chen Ci asked in surprise.

My father, who is used to delicacies from mountains and seas, actually shed tears for a dish of "fried bean sprouts"?

"What a fresh taste! What a pure taste! There is no earthy smell, completely different from the bean sprouts you usually eat!" The old president said excitedly after a while.

At the same time, the chopsticks continued to fly, and he ate the "Phoenix Crystal" in front of him with big mouthfuls!

"This...what's going on?" Chen Ci asked in disbelief.

"Even 'bean sprouts', as long as they are properly processed, such as removing the head and tail and gluten, they will have an unimaginable leap in taste and taste, and the shiny appearance, and then properly mixed, it is a dish. It is a delicacy in the world! So besides the two dishes that your father is 'anorexic', there are still many other delicious but not luxurious ingredients... There are only useless cooks, and there are no useless ingredients." Liu Maoxing said leisurely .

Chenji couldn't help showing a tangled look, and said after a while, "Then... can I hire you as the cook of the Sakata family? How about 10 million yen a year?"

10 million yen a year for a family chef is not a small amount for the Sakata family, and they are not in the cooking industry, and the cooks they hire are only for their own family as cooks...

"Thank you for your kindness, but I'm sorry, we still have to go to school." But Liu Maoxing naturally declined. You must know that the annual salary offered by Qianyou back then was in the hundreds of millions!

"Go to school?" Chen Ci didn't understand which school was more attractive than an annual salary of 10 million.

"That's right, we're actually students of Yuanyue College, and we're just freshmen in the advanced department. We shouldn't think about employment within two years." Liu Maoxing added in his heart: We don't need to think about it after two years!

"Yuan, Yuanyue College? No wonder...but I never thought that the first-year students of Yuanyue College would be so good! Hey..." Chen Ci sighed, knowing that Liu Maoxing and the others couldn't stay.

He began to worry about the future. After all, his father's body hadn't recovered yet, whether it was liver porridge or phoenix crystal, it was just an introduction.

Afterwards, he still needs to take care of himself slowly, but Chenji's family does not have such a chef who can cook simple ingredients that his father can eat!

"Actually, when it comes to cooking, heart is more important than technique. Like this 'stir-fried bean sprouts', if you are willing to put your heart into it, even if you don't have high cooking skills when frying, it won't be too bad." Liu Maoxing said.

At this moment, a little girl who had been peeping outside ran in and said to Chenji who was about to get angry because of her eavesdropping: "Dad! I have decided. After I graduate in a few months, Also go to Yuanyue Academy! Then I will cook for Grandpa and Dad!"

Judging by the age of the little girl, she should have graduated from the sixth grade of elementary school...

But it looks like Kojiro Shinomiya, he should have never been in contact with cooking before graduating from elementary school, and he has no foundation of "concentration". A talent that is compensated by cooking skills is so rare that it can only be described as a "special case".

But Liu Maoxing did not pour cold water on it. Instead, he touched the little girl's head and said: "Very good. If you encounter confusion and hesitate on the road of cooking in the future, just think about what happened today, and remember why you started this journey. This way!"

"En! I will definitely remember!" The little girl nodded fiercely.

In the evening, Liu Maoxing, Erina, Zhenzuka, and Fei Shazi, who had already woken up, declined the offer of staying at the Sakata's house for another night, and took the long-distance bus back...

Today is already Thursday, and Sunday is the semi-final day of the autumn selection competition, and although Liu Maoxing has selected a recipe in these three days, he has not practiced it even once!

"Ah Xing, thank you so much this time... When preparing for the semi-finals, I was delayed for three days..." Fei Shazi said embarrassingly.

"It doesn't matter, I have already selected the recipe in the past three days, and I just need to wait for it to be presented." Liu Maoxing said.

Long-distance buses usually have two seats side by side on each side. Liu Maoxing and his party occupy two rows in front and back. Originally, Fei Shazi wanted to sit with Erina, but Zhenzuka has been following her closely. It also helped a lot, as long as she didn't want to sit with Erina, Fei Shazi didn't have too much resistance...

"By the way, little secretary... have you had enough sleep before? It's best not to sleep on the way..." Liu Maoxing couldn't help but kindly reminded him.

The naive Fei Sazi has not realized that Nao Sadazuka's target has shifted!

"Eh? What's the matter? But I'm really not sleepy now." Fei Shazi asked suspiciously.

Hearing the words, Zhenzhong couldn't help feeling like Zhenzi was possessed, and looked back at Liu Maoxing gloomyly...

"I want to sit inside! I'm a little sleepy." Erina rushed to say.

But the fact is that in the second half, Erina leaned on Liu Maoxing's shoulder in a daze, muttering in his sleep: "Idiot Feisha... who allowed you to leave without permission..."

After Fei Shazi vaguely heard it, he couldn't help but turned around and looked at Erina with apologetic eyes.

"Actually, Erina is more dependent on you than you imagined." Liu Maoxing said.

"Yi, relying on something... It's not that exaggerated, I, I'm not so shameless..." Fei Shazi looked a little flattered.

At this moment, Erina muttered in her sleep: "Wait...Ah Xing...don't go..."

"Huh? Erina-san seems to be worried about you?"

"Probably dreamed of something dangerous."

As soon as Liu Maoxing finished speaking, Erina continued: "The smell of blood you smell is not because Fei Shazi was injured... Wait..."

"..." Fei Shazi and Liu Maoxing looked at each other wordlessly.

Afterwards, Fei Shazi's cheeks, at a speed as if rouged, could clearly be seen turning rosy in the already dark compartment, and at the same time, she turned her head back immediately!

Originally, Fei Shazi was surprised by the attitude of Liu Maoxing and Erina when they rushed in three days ago, but when she asked Erina about it, she kept her mouth shut...

What made her feel even more strange was that when she was helping Erina pack her luggage, she found that the lady had brought a lot of her underwear? Erina's explanation for this was that she was worried that she didn't have a change of clothes, but in the end she took the wrong clothes as unwashed clothes.

Although it fits Erina's character who is confused about things other than cooking, Fei Sazi, who is familiar with Erina, can see that she is lying...

After all, it's not easy not to see the way his eyes are wandering and his fingers are still twisting his hair while talking.

Thinking of her "special situation" these days, and Erina's sleepy talk, Fei Shazi suddenly understood something!

At the same time, during the next two hours of the journey, Nao Sadazuka hid most of her face behind the back of the chair, only revealing her two shadowy eyes under her long hair, staring at Liu Maoxing, with a look of "I curse you" look...

Coupled with the dim compartment, even for Liu Maoxing, it was really a torment!