Shokugeki no Imitation Chef

"Excuse me, is this the 'Sumo Nabe Research Institute'?"

"That's right, but outsiders are not accepted now, please go back!"

Liu Maoxing came to the door of the "Sumo Hot Pot Research Club". Unlike the "Sumo Hot Pot Research Club", which only occupied one activity room, the "Sumo Hot Pot Research Club" had its own yard, which looked like a A cozy Japanese garden.

Next to Erina's Shijie office building, it seems that when it wants to expand, it feels a bit obstructive, and the "Sumo Nabe Research Institute" has not achieved any results in recent years, so it is close to weakening its funding. Forcing the opponent to eat halberds!

At the door, Liu Maoxing was stopped by a sumo wrestler who looked like a wall. It seems that this research club really has its own characteristics. Many of the members are cooks and also sumo wrestlers!

"Is it because of the halberd food on Saturday? Actually, I came here for this too. I have something important to meet with Senior Hao Tianlin." Liu Maoxing said.

"Huh? It's about eating halberds..." The members at the door couldn't help but hesitated.

At this moment, another member passed by, and after seeing Liu Maoxing, he couldn't help shouting: "Isn't this Liu Maoxing's classmate? Why are you here?"

"Liu Maoxing? Are you that Liu Maoxing?" the former sumo wrestler asked in surprise.

Liu Maoxing’s name is quite famous now, but half of the first-year students have only heard of his name. After all, many people have never been in the same class as him, and during the opening ceremony, except for the few rows that are close, there are no students in the back. No one can see his face clearly...

"It's classmate Musashi, so you are also a member of the Sumo Hot Pot Research Club?" Liu Maoxing still remembered this person. He took the initiative to form a team with Liu Maoxing in a Italian cooking class before. , Zhaoji's level is about the same.

But Musashi's figure is only a bit strong, so Liu Maoxing didn't think that he was also a member of the "Sumo Hot Pot Research Institute" at first.

"Actually, I have admired sumo wrestlers since I was a child, but because my family still has a chain of hot pot restaurants to inherit, my parents do not agree with me being a sumo wrestler... But at Totsuki Academy, at least I found a place that can take care of both. club!" Musashi said, his color darkened, probably because he thought of the recent "disruption of the club".

"By the way, why is classmate Liu Maoxing here? Also interested in sumo?" Musashi immediately adjusted his mood.

If Musashi is just not as fat as a sumo wrestler, then Liu Maoxing is of a standard figure, and it doesn't look like a sumo wrestler at all.

But this kind of member is not absent in the club. After all, real sumo wrestlers need to overeat to supplement nutrition. Although in this world with rich diet, the average life expectancy of sumo wrestlers will not be too low, but It is also not related to health, so the number is not large...

"You can also say that! But I'm more interested in the 'Food Halberd' in the future. Senior Hao Tianlin should also need someone to taste it?" Liu Maoxing did not directly state his purpose, lest he would not even be able to enter the door. go.

Musashi's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he said quickly: "It's great that Liu Maoxing is willing to help! Please come here, in fact, Senior Hao Tianlin is also preparing cooking right now!"

I entered the "Sumo Hot Pot Research Club" with Musashi, and this time without any obstacles, I saw Lin Qingzhi, a man who looked like a meat mountain. At this time, he and two other meat mountains were in a typical Japanese-style room. Sitting cross-legged on the tatami, surrounded by a low table with hot pot, savoring the taste...

If the fleshy wall at the entrance is just a physique that looks a bit like a sumo wrestler, then the three in front of me, from the Roshan-like figure, to the wide men's kimono wearing, and the hairstyle tied up in a bun, are all impressive. A sumo wrestler is instantly recognizable!

These three people are also headed by Hao Tian Lin Qingzhi, the three second-year students in the "Sumo Hot Pot Research Club", and they are also the mainstay of the research club.

"Musashi? What's the matter?" Hao Tianlin couldn't help frowning when he saw that Musashi brought outsiders in.

Although Erina is only a one-year-old, she is one of the ten heroes after all, the owner of the "God's Tongue", and is also the blood of the Nakiri clan of the gourmet demon king. confidence!

"This is the senior Hao Tianlin. This is student Liu Maoxing. He said that he can come to help taste, so..."

In the middle of Musashi's words, he was interrupted by another second-year student: "Are you kidding? Our 'Ise Lobster Hot Pot' is the first recipe since the establishment of the club. Could it be that a first-year student who is not a member of the club is better than us? Do you know how to taste his taste better!"

"Senior Qin Guangxi, I, I didn't mean that..." Musashi said awkwardly.

He had discovered long ago that the second-year students in the club paid too much attention to the so-called "inheritance of the ancestors". Not only did they not make any innovations, they even resisted innovation to a certain extent, which has affected the development of the club!

It's not good for Musashi to say anything to the seniors, but Liu Maoxing didn't give them face, and said directly: "Is it Senior Kotoko? I don't know who the 'Shiji' is as the judge this time, who is from the Sumo Hot Pot Research Institute?" Members? Oh, yes, the judges must come from the neutral side... Then I wonder if Senior Kotoko is going to teach the judges before the "eating halberd", how should they taste sumo hot pot?"

Liu Maoxing's meaning is very clear, what does it mean to "know taste better than you"? Who do you think the judges are? Also take care of your taste?

Seeing Liu Maoxing's smiling face, Qin Guang said happily, "Boy! Say it again?"

"Eh? Didn't you hear clearly? Let me ask you when to coach the judges..."

"Student Liu Maoxing!"

"Shut up! Qin Guangxi!"

Seeing that the two were about to get together, Musashi wanted to stop Liu Maoxing, while Hao Tianlin stopped Qin Guangxi directly.

Seeing this, Liu Maoxing no longer looked at Qin Guangxi, but stared at Hao Tianlin who could call the shots.

Because of his size, Hao Tianlin looked quite mature. If he said he was in his 20s or 30s, some people would believe him. He looked at Liu Maoxing for a few breaths and said, "Please sit down. The owner of the 'God's Tongue', right? It seems that you were the one who represented the 'Donburi Research Institute' last time... Excuse me, try our Ise Lobster Hot Pot!"

Seeing what Hao Tianlin said, Qin Guangxi had to turn his head in displeasure, while Liu Maoxing followed their example and sat cross-legged, serving himself a bowl of hot pot dishes with hot pot soup.

After taking a sip, Liu Maoxing felt the taste of the sea in the slightly golden, clear soup, as if he encountered an Ise lobster flexibly showing its posture while diving... …

However, he frowned immediately, and tasted a few mouthfuls of fungi, soy products, fish and meat products, and then silently put down the bowl and chopsticks.

"How is it?" Hao Tianlin seemed to see something from Liu Maoxing's expression, but he still couldn't help asking.

"Then let me tell the truth... if that's all, the sumo hot pot club is already abolished!" Liu Maoxing said bluntly.

"What?"

"Boy! What did you say?"

"Are you provoking the recipe handed down by our 'Xiangyan'!"

Musashi said quickly: "Several seniors, please calm down a little..."

"How do you tell me to calm down? Return the tongue? This guy's tongue should be seen by a doctor! Can't even taste such an obvious delicacy?" Qin Guangxi said dissatisfied.

Liu Maoxing didn't seem to see his anger at all, and said to himself: "Only in terms of hot pot or shrimp dishes, it can't be said that they are not delicious, but do you think this can defeat Erina?"

Hao Tianlin had calmed down a bit, reached out and held Qin Guangxi who was about to stand up, and then said, "Why do you say that?"

"There are many loopholes in the cooking time of lobster. The miscellaneous flavor of oysters has too much influence on the hot pot soup, and too much focus on chicken broth as the base material, which actually affects the umami taste of Ise lobster. The cooking time of vegetables is too long. Long, fungus... In short, from the very beginning, it was wrong to want to put this on the battlefield of 'Halberd'!"

Liu Maoxing babbled about a lot of loopholes, which made the faces of the three second-year students in the room even more gloomy. In the end, Liu Maoxing directly denied the dish, and didn't even say anything to improve it...

Qin Guangxi was even more angry: "What do you mean? Could it be the recipe handed down by our 'Xiangyan'..."

"I don't mean anything extra, I just want to tell you that if the title is 'shrimp cuisine', hot pot is not something that 'food halberd' should choose from the very beginning! This kind of food needs to be eaten slowly and then eaten by yourself. Only the things that can bring out the best taste, made into hot pot dishes and served in front of the judges, are destined to be zero points in terms of heat control!

And there are so many things added in it... Although as far as sumo wrestlers are concerned, a lot of food needs to be added to each meal, but for the judges, the taste cannot be integrated at all! And this chicken broth...do the judges still take into account your traditions when scoring? "Liu Maoxing said in succession.

Indeed, in Liu Maoxing's opinion, it was not appropriate to use chicken broth as a lobster pot from the very beginning...

It’s just that sumo nabe, a dish specially developed for sumo wrestlers at the beginning, traditionally uses chicken broth, and in terms of meat, it will not choose meat other than chicken.

Because in the rules of sumo wrestling, wrestlers who land on the ground other than their legs are considered defeated. In poultry and livestock such as chickens, cattle, sheep and pigs, chickens stand on two legs, while pigs, cattle and sheep stand on four legs. Therefore, in order to win a good fortune, the traditional sumo hot pot is made of chicken plus fish, seafood, vegetables, soy products, fungi, etc., and the soup base is also chicken broth.

But Liu Maoxing obviously doesn't think that this tradition can play any positive role in "Food Halberd"!

In terms of ratings, this "Ise Lobster Hot Pot" can actually reach "Superior One Star", but in the minds of the judges, "Food Halberd" can only play the role of "Advanced Five Stars"...

Because hot pot is a form of cooking, it is not exactly a dish. The flavors in it are too mixed, and sumo wrestlers will not care about this, but those fastidious judges will definitely regard this as a deduction item.

So what we need to do now is not to improve at all, but to give up eating "Ise Lobster Hot Pot"!

"That's good, I just said that, and you won't be convinced. Now there are three people besides me and senior Hao Tianlin, which happens to be an odd number. Why don't we use 'Shrimp Cuisine' as the topic first, informally 'Food Halberd' 'Let's go!" Liu Mao Xingyu said endlessly without being startled.