Shokugeki no Imitation Chef

"Huh? Deji, why are you back so early?"

"There are a few little chefs who are going to challenge me, so Bianba will help me watch the grass field... Hurry up, let the little ones who want to make 'Maqin' and those who want to watch the fun, I will In the old place, have a 'cooking duel' with them."

After Deji brought Liu Maoxing and others back to the village, he spoke in Tibetan with a few other clansmen who hadn't left.

Although Liu Maoxing and the others didn't quite understand it, they could get a general idea by looking at the eyes of other people looking at themselves and the others.

"Uncle Deji, when shall we start..."

"Hahaha, don't worry! From the looks of you, you are still hungry, right? Eat at my house first at noon, and then go to the 'cooking showdown table' in the village in the afternoon." Deji said grandly.

Immediately, Erina and other women's eyes lit up, seeing their unreserved appearance, Liu Maoxing couldn't even say a few polite words!

"Then thank you, Uncle Deji."

"Let's go, my house is in front of me, and I will talk to you about the rules later!"

Although Deji refused to back down in the "Machin" rules, but other than that, he was very hospitable.

Viewed from the outside, Deji's house is a typical Tibetan blockhouse, built of stone, which looks like a blockhouse.

At first glance, the interior layout seems a bit crude, but it also has ethnic characteristics. As soon as Deji entered the room, he first poured a bowl full of slightly yellowish "butter tea" for several people.

Liu Maoxing noticed that there was a sound of mechanical operation in the big wooden barrel that Deji took out of the buttered tea, and it was a two-part machine. It seemed that the tea barrel looked very retro in appearance, but it was actually mechanically stirred inside!

Moreover, after Deji made the buttered tea, he added something to it before bringing it over.

"This is our specialty 'butter tea', which is high in calories and can relieve your hunger and altitude sickness, so that eating meat directly will not be bad for your stomach, but I have made some to take care of your appetite Improvement, but I don't know if you are used to drinking...

Since you are all cooks, I will not be polite to you. I am the only one in the house. I have to help you make something. If you want to drink, you can pick it up yourself. There is tsampa on the table. " Deji said and went to the kitchen first.

Normally, according to Tibetan etiquette, when inviting guests to drink "butter tea", the guests must drink while the host is on the sidelines, and the guests must not drink it up even at the end, to show the host's "magnanimity".

But Deji has no time to chat with Liu Maoxing and others now, and since he is a "traveler", Deji also thinks that the other party can understand, not to mention that he also went to prepare lunch for Liu Maoxing and others...

"Uncle Deji, please!" Liu Maoxing thanked him after taking the buttered tea with both hands.

Afterwards, Liu Maoxing placed a plate of food that looked like "cookies" but had random shapes in the middle of the table...

It is obviously not the first time for Liu Maoyuan to deal with Tibetans, and he has not shown anything yet, but Erina, Fei Shazi and Alice looked at the thick "butter tea" in front of them, with a layer of oil floating on it , seems a little difficult.

After Uncle Deji went to the kitchen, Alice immediately said, "Is this...is it really 'tea'? This color...could it be milk tea? But why does milk tea need oil?"

"Indeed, it smells a little... strange!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Maoyuan introduced: "This is a unique 'butter tea' of the Tibetan people. Add a little salt... This slightly yellowish 'butter tea' should be made of milk ghee, and most likely it is yak milk."

Usually, the more fully the ghee and tea are mixed, the higher the production technology of the ghee tea... But no matter how well it is mixed, a layer of oil on the top is unavoidable!

"Let's try it! Any food that has been passed down for a long time will certainly not be without merit!" Alice looked generous.

The five of them picked up the tea bowl together, Erina and Alice just sipped a little bit first, while Fei Shazi followed Liu Maoyuan and Liu Maoxing's example and swallowed a big gulp!

But after all, they were not used to drinking, and Erina and others frowned slightly after taking a sip...Anyway, Uncle Deji was not here, and everyone did not suppress their expressions.

"The taste is a bit strange...but after a careful aftertaste, it is quite fragrant." Liu Maoxing said after smacking his lips.

"It seems to have a different taste... Do you have to put onions in the 'butter tea'?" Erina asked doubtfully after frowning for a while.

"Onion? I haven't heard of it...wait a minute, so this 'butter tea' is indeed a little different from the ones I've had." Liu Maoyuan took another sip with Xunqi.

Onions have been introduced to China for more than 100 years, that is, in the early days of "the era of great fusion of world cuisines".

There are naturally no onions in Tibetan traditional food!

But Liu Maoxing and Erina tasted it, and this "butter tea" actually added a little onion juice!

It's just that ordinary people should not be able to taste it under the strong taste of "butter tea".

Liu Maoxing looked at Erina who picked up the tea bowl again, and was also slightly surprised. If it was Erina before, she would definitely sneer at food with some peculiar smell!

Therefore, Nao Sadazuka, who was good at cooking with obsessive ingredients at the beginning, admired Erina crazily, but Hisako forbade her from getting close to Erina. ,

And now she seems to have learned to use the "God's Tongue" to feel the delicious side of food, instead of simply expanding its shortcomings...

Sure enough, in the end Erina and Alice, although they didn't let Liu Maoxing drink another bowl, they drank their own bowl until there was only a little bit of oil left. This was the etiquette that Liu Maoyuan reminded them before.

Liu Maoxing has also discovered the function of this tea barrel. The lower part of the tea barrel is the "ghee making" machine, which will separate the ghee from the yak milk through centrifugal stirring. The ghee below will be extracted and fully mixed with the salty tea water inside...

The traditional way of making ghee is definitely a laborious job. Herdsmen will put milk or goat milk in a special wooden barrel with a height of one meter, and then pound it with wooden sticks hundreds of times. After the milk dregs are separated, pour it Add hot water and continue pounding until the granulated oil precipitates, then collect the ghee particles and knead them into ghee cakes and ghee blocks for storage.

The quality of ghee and the amount of oil that can be produced have a lot to do with the skills and physical strength of the people who make ghee.

But now there is no need to be so troublesome. Unless it is high-end ghee advertised as handmade, ordinary people basically have machines to do it for them.

At the same time, Liu Maoxing also found a small "juicer" beside it, and there were chopped onions in it.

It seems that for the sake of those who are not used to drinking oily tea, Deji will add a little onion juice to the "butter tea" to achieve the purpose of degreasing.

As for the "tsampa" with an irregular image that looks like a biscuit, several people also ate less.

"Huh? It's sweeter than expected, and it even added nuts...and this scent is...milk powder?" Liu Maoyuan asked in surprise.

Compared with the traditional tsampa that is usually added to buttered tea and eaten after being stirred, Uncle Deji’s tsampa is closer to a barley noodle pastry.

It can be seen that this "Maqin" also likes to study the improvement of traditional food by himself.

Liu Maoxing, Erina and the others discussed the recipe for the day after tomorrow. Later, because Liu Maoxing was also very interested in the local cooking methods, after obtaining Deji's consent, he also entered the kitchen and watched from the sidelines.

After about half an hour, Uncle Deji came out with a bowl... no, it was a pot of stewed chicken!

"Please try my handicraft first!"

Regardless of Liu Maoxing's food intake, this big pot of stewed chicken is definitely enough for several people to eat.

Erina and others looked into the pot and found that the stone pot was still divided into two parts, one part was red and the other part was white...

However, both parts are stewed chicken, and both have large pieces of chicken drumsticks that look very appetizing.

"Uncle Deji, what's the name of this stewed chicken?" Alice asked.

"Name? This...the white part is a slightly improved 'Lulang Stone Pot Stewed Chicken', but the improvement is not large, so it should still be called this name! As for the red one...I haven't named it yet, nor have I Completely done," Dej said.

Hearing what Deji said, the five of them coincidentally served a bowl of red stewed chicken first. After Deji laughed, he was obviously satisfied and everyone believed in his craftsmanship, so they all chose to taste himself first. Created recipes.

He took another wine bag, looked at the ages of several people, and asked hesitantly, "Do you drink barley juice?"

"Is this a common saying in the world... I can drink less!" Liu Maoxing said.

Erina and the others didn't force it, after all, the alcohol content of highland barley wine is usually around forty-five degrees, which is not too low.

And when everyone tasted the red stewed chicken drumsticks, feeling the aroma of wine, their faces couldn't help showing a fascinated look...

"This is... chicken stewed in red wine?"

"And it can be tasted that the chicken soup here is definitely high soup, not the one that can be boiled in less than an hour just now!"

"By the way! What about the biscuits called 'Zanba' just now? This solid red wine soup, paired with large pieces of chicken thigh meat and diced vegetables, is so fragrant that you want to bite into a big mouthful of Zanba!"

"That's right, this should be the result of an improvement in the recipe. Otherwise, the real 'French Chicken Stewed in Red Wine' does not need other staple foods and can be 'alone' to exert its deliciousness."

"Onions, garlic, bay leaves... The ingredients are indeed similar to French red wine stewed chicken, but there seem to be some other flavors..."

"It's ginseng! It's different from the 'Dao Dang' we used before, it should be another kind of ginseng! But it's very strange, the taste of this ginseng is very consistent with the taste of 'red wine', should it be ginseng infused wine? But with the degree of red wine, it's hard to be ginseng... No! I know, there are two kinds of wine in it, one is a mixture of high-alcohol wine soaked in ginseng for a long time, and low-alcohol red wine!" Erina said.

"Huh?" Deji looked at Erina differently.

At this time, Erina picked up Liu Maoxing's wine glass without any scruples, tasted some highland barley wine and said, "That's right, it's this kind of wine! But the brewing process is slightly different. It is about two degrees higher, but the amount is not large!"

"You actually tasted it in one sip? How did you do it? Or... you two have a 'heart-to-heart'?" Deji couldn't help but wonder.

Liu Maoxing was also in the kitchen before, so Deji even took into account the "heart-to-heart".

"It's nothing difficult." Erina said proudly.

Deji seemed to remember something, and after frowning for a while, he muttered: "Wait, I really want to see you somewhere... that's right!"

As Deji said, he took out his mobile phone and began to use "super taste" as a keyword search. Almost every article of this kind mentioned Erina's name...

Although they told Deji their name before, just to be on the safe side, Deji searched for pictures of "Nakiri Erina".

Looking at the blond girl on the webpage, Deji couldn't help exclaiming about the live-action version in front of him: "Oh! So you are the taste master who claims to break through the limits of human beings!"

And Erina said: "Actually, you can also feel it. This 'French-style red wine stewed chicken' is an improved dish. It is difficult to reconcile the proportions of alcohol, red wine, highland barley wine, and ginseng to the best. right?"

"That's right, if the proportion of highland barley wine is increased, the alcohol will be too strong, and if the red wine is reduced, the flavor will be lacking. If the status quo is maintained... the unique flavor of ginseng is somewhat insufficient. Adding ginseng to the chicken soup will make it less flavorful. Let the integrity be destroyed!

The current ratio is the result of my deliberation for a long time, but I am still not very satisfied. " Deji nodded.

"Why don't you try grape juice?" Erina chuckled.

Whenever Erina was at this time, a confident look like a queen of taste would appear on his face, but Deji was not dissatisfied at all, and instead thought carefully about Erina's opinion.

"Grape juice? But that's the same as red wine..." Deji wondered.

"Of course not adding grape juice directly! Add grape juice to the highland barley wine soaked with ginseng at a ratio of 1:8. After cooking for 80 hours, the best taste and taste should be achieved! Of course, after adding grape juice The shelf life of highland barley red wine will be greatly shortened, and the longer the better, so it must be highland barley wine that has been soaked in ginseng." Erina reminded again.

"Using highland barley wine to ferment grape juice for three and a half days? It sounds...thank you! I'll try...well, let's wait! There will be a 'cooking showdown' later." Deji said helplessly .

Liu Maoxing couldn't help but said, "It's okay, otherwise, uncle..."

"No, no, the rules can't be broken! By the way, I haven't explained the rules to you in detail, have I?" Deji is very stubborn in this regard.

On the one hand, I am very grateful for Erina's suggestion, but on the other hand, I must implement the "rules".

And everyone can feel that Deji's "fighting spirit" is more abundant than before!

Before, it was more like "playing" with Liu Maoxing, but after seeing Erina's strength and knowing their identities, they seem to be serious...

Although it is not Erina who is going to confront him, but in his opinion, "the assistant chef of a world-class taste master" (Liu Maoxing:?), even if he looks young, he should have some strength, right?

At this time, Deji also talked to Liu Maoxing about the rules of the cooking showdown!

Normally, if the rules are completely followed, if Liu Maoxing wants to take away any ingredients, he must use the ingredients as the topic for a cooking duel with Deji.

However, considering that Liu Maoxing and the others are still in a hurry, Deji also relaxed the rules appropriately, and only used the most important "yak" as the topic. As long as Liu Maoxing wins, he can choose one each of the yak, Tibetan chicken, and Tibetan pig. Walk.

And for a while, during the "cooking duel", the elders in the village will be the arbitrators. The two will use a whole yak as the main ingredient to cook any number of dishes. After four hours, they will be handed over to three arbitrators to taste...

The order of tasting is not "first come, first taste", but after the time is up, the referee decides which side's dishes to taste.

As for the supplementary materials...normally, both parties should prepare them by themselves, but Uncle Deji specifically said that Liu Maoxing can bring the ingredients at home if he needs them.

There are no restrictions on cuisines and dishes, and the utilization rate of yaks is also not limited...

You can roast whole beef, whole beef feast, or just a piece of steamed beef tongue!

The arbitrator will prepare all the dishes for both parties and conduct an overall consideration. It is not impossible for Hua, who is really good at cooking, to crush the whole cow with one beef tongue!

"Oh! By the way, the most important thing to note is that there is really only one table on the side of the duel table, pots, grills, etc. I can prepare them for you, but pressure cookers, ovens, etc. Don’t use it, let alone other equipment, you can only use primitive bonfires, charcoal fires, and stove fires as heat sources!” Deji said.

Liu Maoxing was a little surprised when he heard this, because Deji's kitchen has a lot of modern cooking equipment. Unexpectedly, during the competition, he could only cook with the old-fashioned "fire"...

"How? Are you okay?" Deji asked.

After all, many young cooks, especially academic chefs, are used to heat sources such as constant temperature stoves and ovens, as well as various auxiliary equipment. It should be very unfavorable for them to directly "raise the fire" for cooking.

"I am from an authentic Chinese cuisine, and Chinese cuisine is also a 'fire' cuisine. No matter how you look at it, this rule is very beneficial to me?" Liu Maoxing said confidently.

Let alone bonfires and charcoal fires, even if no heat source is provided, Liu Maoxing can demonstrate what it means: a real chef can use himself as a heat source...

"Oh? How dare you say that you are proficient in fire cooking in front of me, who is a Tibetan Maqin? Are you lying? I'll see you on the stage later! Let's eat while it's hot..."