Shokugeki no Imitation Chef

"Sure enough, the fishy smell became more obvious after cutting it open..."

"That's right, and when Liu Maoxing cut the knife just now, he couldn't see anything because it was too fast, but when the people from the 'Central Gourmet Organ' dismembered the eel meat, it was obvious that the meat quality of the giant eel was a bit... Difficult to deal with!"

Saying "handle it" actually means being too old! Just now, the students of the Central Gourmet Agency were short of using a saw...

"Can it really be made into delicious dishes? Although I heard that the nutritional value of this thing is almost twice that of normal eels, but if..."

"Okay! It's not like I haven't participated in similar banquets before. Don't most of the ingredients of this kind of 'hunting' just taste the strangeness? How delicious do you want?"

Some whispering voices have already spread in the banquet hall. Although there may not be many pure cooks among them, they have rich experience as Lao Tie, and they can see that this giant eel is actually not suitable for cooking. Ingredients... At least if there is only one "head", it is not suitable for ingredients!

There is only one "head", which means that there is no opportunity for the cook to practice. He can only cook by observing the nature of this meat and applying recipes with similar ingredients.

That is to test the cook's observation ability, knowledge, and innovation ability at the same time!

At the same time, it is obvious that the nature of giant eel meat is quite different from ordinary eel meat, which also increases the difficulty of cooking...

The meat quality of the giant eel meat is somewhat like a whale steak. Whether it is fried or boiled, it seems to be fried or boiled!

Of course, like the muscles on bear paws, it is definitely more challenging than giant eels and whale steaks, but because in the past, there were enough samples for cooks to study, there will naturally be special cooking methods, but giant eels There is no way for this kind of mutant variety that is hard to come by.

As one of them said, this kind of "banquet with rare ingredients as the protagonist", that is, eating a "curiosity", may not be as delicious as the delicacies they usually taste, but it is not bad for them to taste new tastes... …

The small discussion in the banquet hall obviously did not affect the two parties who were cooking.

After both parties cut off the eel meat they needed, they both chose to temporarily refrigerate it, and then began other preparation processes. The auxiliary materials they used were also the focus of everyone's attention.

"Huh? People from the central gastronomy agency are dealing with...avocados?"

"That's right, there are also burdock and yam...Is this for 'avocado eel roll'?"

"But 'eel roll with avocado' doesn't need pinto beans, green peppers, and onions...and those colorful leafy vegetables, kale?"

"Generally speaking, the auxiliary materials are mainly vegetables, edible plant roots, and fruits. Is it to offset the fishy smell in the giant eel meat?"

Everyone started talking about the ingredients prepared by Lian Nantaro and others.

At the same time, compared with Liu Maoxing and the Central Gourmet Agency, the atmosphere of the two sides is completely different...

On the side of the central gourmet agency, more than a dozen people are busy, each carrying out the process they are responsible for, like a high-speed assembly line.

On Liu Maoxing's side, there was only one person, and he seemed to be calm at this time, giving people a feeling of "comfort and contentment". However, if you compare it carefully, you will find that Liu Maoxing's subordinates are actually not slow at all. It's more smooth and smooth, and it doesn't do unnecessary things, so it seems to be more than capable...

"Both sides seem to be very skilled?"

"Well, although it is the first time for them to face this kind of ingredients, they should apply the recipes they know and improve..."

"However, there are new gastronomy equipment used on both sides, but I don't know what it is for."

Naturally, at this time, some people have already discovered that whether it is the people from the central gourmet agency or Liu Maoxing, there are large-scale equipment in the cooking area!

"Let's see, I studied these things some time ago... Well, it seems that the Central Gourmet Agency has a 'molecular mousse foaming machine', while Liu Maoxing's is a 'colloidal component separation and condensation machine'."

"Colloidal ingredients? Something like collagen?"

"By the way, the dishes used by Liu Maoxing are indeed soup-based dishes... and eight kinds of soups have been prepared?"

"'As expected again'? Is he good at dashi dishes?"

"That's right, at the 'Hokkaido Seafood Pastry Competition', his seafood steamed buns used the dry goods and soup in the seafood broth as the filling... There should be eight kinds if I remember correctly!"

"Could it be that the meat of the 'giant eel' is to be made into steamed buns?"

"Probably not, he didn't see any flour in his auxiliary materials..."

Just as everyone was making guesses, the two sides finally took out the eels. Among them, the "Central Gourmet Agency" side mostly had lumps of eel meat, while the ones cut by Liu Maoxing were long strips.

At the Central Gourmet Agency, all the eels were placed in front of Shigeru Kumai first...

Well, the focus of everyone's discussion at this time is, is this guy really a student? Could it be that the "Central Gourmet Agency" is actually oriented towards adult education?

Hiroi really wanted to show their IDs to prove that although Shigemichi Kumai looked anxious, he was really only 17 years old!

Shigemichi Kumai, who seems to have ferocious facial features, does not have a wide range of sword skills, but it is not as delicate and delicate as Subaru Misaku...

If I had to say something special, it would be... standard!

According to the standards of the illustrations in textbooks, the cooks of the "Central Gourmet Organ" have obviously worked hard on the basic skills they need to use, especially these young students.

Liu Maoxing estimated that the main reason was that these young students were all trained by Nakiri Ji, while the other adult cooks were probably all with skills...

I saw pieces of eel meat, which soon turned into slices of eel with moderate thickness, and on the other side, Lian Nantaro was already heating a simulated rock platform with a heating plate, and there was a temperature measuring instrument beside it.

"Huh? Is this going to be made like Kabayaki eel?"

"But the Kabayaki sauce that the female student over there is serving is a little bit concerning..."

"Is that girl laughing at someone? Why are you laughing all the time?"

"No, according to my observation, it's just that her eye shape is rather awkward..."

That's right, Liang Jingya is responsible for the sauce used in Kabayaki.

Kabayaki refers to a cooking method in the island country where the fish is split open from the back, deboned, and then the spread fish is grilled with sauce.

The "grilling" can be charcoal grilling, iron grilling, or frying at home... Naturally, rock grilling can also be used like this.

Kabayaki is actually very common when cooking eels, but "giant eels" are obviously not suitable for ordinary Kabayaki techniques. If you just break the back and spread the fish...the fish with the thickness of the bucket is divided into two halves, no matter how you look at it. Might be cooked!

So Shigemichi Kumai first sliced ​​these chunks of eel.

However, Liu Maoxing was different. First, he peeled the eel meat that was as long as the forearm, and then cut two-thirds deep incisions on the skinned side of the eel meat at intervals of about two finger widths. The eel meat is still continuous, but it will be segmented when the time comes.

At this time, the colloidal separation and solidification device was also used, and there were pieces of light yellow edible colloids, which were taken out by Liu Maoxing...

"Huh? What is this? Artificial ingredients?" Someone became confused.

Rising Yue, who had been watching around Liu Maoxing, answered at this time: "It should be a condensed block of collagen and some plant fiber components. It is made of boneless pig's trotters and some crushed herbs..."

"However, it should be the people of the Central Gourmet Agency, who have more advantages...not only because of the large number of people, but also the person standing behind them, but that Nakiriji! Although ten years have passed, the name is still unforgettable. , if he hadn't fallen out with the gourmet demon back then, Yuanyue would probably be stronger now, right?"

"Impossible, their ideas are completely different, how can they cooperate? If he is still in the past ten years, it will only make the internal friction worse!"

"Indeed, as soon as Nakiriji came back this time, he attacked the 'Gourmet Demon King'..."

"From my point of view, Senzaemon doesn't even have the confidence to be able to compare with Nakiri Ji, otherwise why did he drive him away with a guilty conscience? Couldn't it be that he was worried that the directors would be attracted by Nakiri Ji and threaten him? Otherwise, Even if there is a conflict of ideas, wouldn't it be enough to compete? Nakiri Ji already has the surname 'Nakiri'! Besides, it's Eri..."

"Ahem, okay, Murasawa, we don't know anything about that incident ten years ago...Mr. Yu Yue, you seem to be very optimistic about Liu Maoxing, and you have been paying attention to him?"

Someone changed the subject, obviously realizing that Erina was in the banquet hall, and it was rumored that she was at odds with her father!

"That's right, a guy who is worth looking forward to... As far as this cooking is concerned, you are probably more optimistic about the central food agency, right? But I think that there are some things in cooking that cannot be explained by theory or experience. With someone's guidance, it can replace something more important!" Horie said.

Apparently, many people think that Rising Yue's statement is too idealistic. After all, the current cooking of unfamiliar ingredients is obviously more beneficial to the central food agency, because everyone knows who is standing behind them...

At this time, Liu Maoxing was not affected by any external influence, and was quickly cutting the colloid into pieces, and put a slice in each cut of the eel strips.

After that, the white muddy substance was taken out from the equipment, and a layer of it was brushed in an iron pan with a circular bottom.

Horie continued to explain: "That is the colloid of the fat layer separated from ordinary eels..."

Afterwards, Liu Maoxing didn't intend to heat the iron pot directly, but spread strips of eel meat, with the collagen slices facing up, in the iron pot, and then put the whole iron pot in the steamer...