Shokugeki no Imitation Chef

Chapter 277

"This... is completely different from when you tasted the ramen before!"

"Yes, the way the judges look... I didn't have such a strong appetite after tasting'soy sauce ramen' before..."

"How is it possible? The Nagiri family is not a dedicated ramen chef, isn't this the ramen she created by herself these days? Isn't it..."

"Although grape shrimp is expensive, it is impossible for gourmets to have such an effect, right?"

It’s not that Erina’s “Red Soup Ramen” really bursts into the “soy sauce ramen” of calamus, but because on the one hand the hot and sour taste stimulates the appetite, on the other hand, the “soy sauce ramen” of calamus has many judges here I can often eat similar flavors, and I have also been to Tokyo to taste the craftsmanship of the real "Nitori Ramen" masters. Naturally, I will not lose my mind because of the "semi-complete version" of calamus.

The audience off the field talked a lot, and the "tasting" of the judges on the field finally came to an end...

Each head was full of red light, and the whole person was filled with a warm smile.

But at the same time, it is also discussing about Erina's "red soup ramen".

"'Spicy' and'sour' are indeed the flavors of Thai chili and lime juice. They are very similar to the'Tom Yum Goong Soup' in Southeast Asia, but...compared to the'Tom Yum Goong Soup', it uses more'fishy' effect!"

"Yes, although'fishy' is considered separately, it is one of the peculiar smells of ingredients, but in theory, in addition to suppressing and removing the peculiar smell, it also has a'guided' method of use. Like the previous'bear meat ramen', The peculiar smell of bear meat is actually partly'guided', but it makes the cooking fuller and full of wildness."

"In ordinary'Tom Yum Goong Soup', although there are sour, spicy and smelly shrimps, it is more inclined to use sour and spicy to cover the fishy smell of shrimps, and this'red soup', It perfectly combines the fishy fragrance with the hot and sour!"

"Generally speaking, shrimp is not suitable as a soup ingredient. Southeast Asia's'Tom Yum Goong Soup' is a rare and famous shrimp soup, but..."

"But it's obviously different from this red soup! It's a bit...some of the meaning of broth? Although'Tom Yum Goong Soup' is also called'soup', there is no'boiling' process."

The judges couldn’t help but wonder. Usually, when “Tom Yum Goong Soup” is cooked, the ingredients are just cooked and then topped with the cooked seasoning soup, or after the soup is cooked, add the ingredients for a few minutes and then shrimp When the ingredients are cooked, they are served and served.

There is still a big difference from the broth cooked for a long time.

"Huh? By the way! This grape shrimp doesn't look like it has been boiled for a long time..." a bald judge said, grabbing a few hairs.

Just as Erina showed the queen's expression, with a "sure enough you don't understand anything" expression, Dojima Gin said: "It's a Vietnamese big head shrimp."

"What? This is indeed grape shrimp... Ah! What Mr. Dojima said is that the soup is made of Vietnamese big head shrimp?" The bald judges reacted.

Asai frowned and said, "The shrimp heads of Vietnamese big head prawns, because the taste of shrimp heads is particularly wonderful, sometimes they are used to season seafood broth. We also have a soup base seasoned with shrimp heads, but..."

"Yes, this'red soup' is not just as simple as seasoning, but a shrimp head stock made with shrimp head as the main ingredient! The sour and spicy flavors are the final preparations, while other spices are constantly being combined with a lot of Boil the shrimp heads together!" Dojima Gin said.

"Huh? But, but... If you use shrimp head as the main ingredient, the taste of the soup will..."

"I understand what you mean. Indeed, the taste of soup will be fishy, ​​astringent, and bitter... But these are not insurmountable. It is what ordinary people can't do to be called'excellent', right? The progress of the world is also the result of constantly having chefs and doing things that no one else can do..." Dojima Gin said.

However, Dojima Gin immediately shook his head: "But this probably does not symbolize the progress of the cooking world? It is estimated that only the owner of the "God Tongue" can do this kind of thing."

At the same time, Dojima Gin also said in his heart: Moreover, it is the "strengthened" tongue of God!

In his previous impression, Erina's "God Tongue" was not so strong.

Yes, the more nuanced Dojima Gin's understanding of cooking skills, just after tasting, it became clear that the reason why Erina was able to make such a soup is not because of the improvement of cooking skills, but because of " The power of "God's Tongue" has been improved.

"The rich smell, sour and spicy, are perfectly combined... To be honest, I don’t really like Southeast Asian cuisine, but this time I really feel like it’s in this'red soup ramen' It's'happiness'!"

"Indeed, I haven't done this for a long time, because I was sweating profusely because of the spicy food..."

There were even judges at this time, who reluctantly tasted a few more!

Not only because of the deliciousness, but also except for the students of Totsuki Academy, most of the players are getting tired of their ramen, and they can eat the "full version" at any time in Sapporo, instead of making these. The very young "reissue version"...

Even the "soy sauce ramen" of calamus can be tasted just by visiting Tokyo.

But Erina’s ramen, I missed it now, and it’s almost impossible to taste it again...

And now it has reached the final stage of the competition, only Liu Subaru has not presented the ramen in the end, so Nono no longer reminds the judges to pay attention to the appetite.

But Dojima Gin said, "I suggest you save some stomach space by yourself!... Cooking sometimes brings unexpected surprises, doesn't it?"

"Huh? It's rare to see Mr. Dojima being so frankly optimistic about a junior." Asai said with a move.

He naturally heard that Dojima Gin's hidden meaning is that he is very optimistic about the last player...

This level of optimism even surpasses that of Erina Nakiri who is optimistic about possessing the "Tongue of God"!

"Mr. Asai can call me Dojima." Dojima Gin did not explain anything else.

At this time, the voice of Nono asking the judges to rate has also rang...

"96 points! Another 96 points! Six judges gave full marks! The rare super high scores in previous competitions... tied for the first place with the previous Shiratori Ayame contestants! Could it be that the champion of the Sapporo Ramen Contest? Will it be elected by voting? Or is it tied for the championship?" Nono vigorously heated the atmosphere.

According to the rules of the competition, if the highest score is two or more people tied together, it will enter the stage of voting by the judges, but because the judges are ten people, there is still a possibility of a tie. If this is the case, the two will be tied for the championship.

However, this extremely low probability situation has not happened for a long time.

Sometimes even if the judges give the same scores to two players, they are mostly inclined.

For example, at the beginning, I chose the judges who gave full marks to Fujie and others, and then obviously regretted it, because the ramen of Changbu and Erina made them feel better than the ramen of Fujie and others.

And seeing this score, Erina and Changpu looked stiff at the same time, and they seemed to be unable to accept this result...

At this time, among the four judges who did not give Erina a perfect score, Dojima Gin and Asai are still there!

Of course, the two of them do not have obsessive-compulsive disorder, they must avoid full marks, but because there is an essential difference between 10 and 9 points. It seems that Dojima Gin and Asai still believe that they are at their current level. It cannot be regarded as "perfect" among ramen chefs under the age of 20, or that they have higher expectations for "perfection".

Among the other two judges who did not give Erina a full score, one of them coincided with the judge who also gave Acorus 9 points, but the last one, who had previously given Acorus a full score, was the bald head...

And Erina stared at him now, bald, and explained: "Yes, Miss Erina's red soup ramen is also delicious, but... the light red of the ramen itself is due to the tomato juice added to the noodles. Right? In order to bring the sour taste of the ramen itself, the taste of the ramen and the red soup will be better combined without being abrupt...

Although this idea is very good, I still feel that the taste of tomato juice, after being incorporated into the ramen, is not in harmony with the taste."

At this time, many of the players with the highest serial numbers started to gossip about the bet between Erina and Changpu...

Although they were not in Division One during the preliminaries, they heard people talk about the bet between the two women. At this time, they became curious. If they really tied for the championship in the end, how would the bet count?

Will both parties pay "bargaining chips"?

Although it has nothing to do with the "onlookers", but to see the excitement... For example, Miss Erina's challenge to the "big stomach king" seems to be some fun!

As for the "seeded players" in Division 1, at this time, they were still immersed in being "topped by the mountain" twice.

I originally wanted to use "Beat Nitori Ramen" to increase the reputation of my ramen restaurant, but I was killed by a high score. Later, I was even beaten by a high score by Erina, who is not a professional ramen chef. Now Still immersed in "lost".

I even can’t help but have the idea of ​​“Is talent really so important” in my heart. Talented chefs can have outstanding development in all aspects, while “untalented” people, even with the help of family secret recipes, will Was defeated by someone in what I do best...

Especially many young ramen masters who were in their 60s and 70s were still "beaten" by a considerable number of Yuanyue students!

This is indistinguishable from the players of 20th, 30th, forty-fifth, because they are prepared to be the bottom anyway, being pressed by their own people, and being pressed by others, there is no difference...

"Mr. Asai, do you want to say something?" The bald judge said with some worry when he saw this scene.

"It doesn't matter, just leave it to the'adults' in their own family. This is also something that many'ordinary' cooks must experience. Early experience may not be a bad thing for them." Asai said.

Noono's voice also rang at this time: "Next, I will invite the last contestant! The ninth seat of the ten outstanding students of Yuanyue! Also the classmate Liu Subaru who is going to have dinner with me tonight! Come on Axing, sister Waiting for you tonight!"

Erina and Changpu, who were still arguing about the calculation of the bet, suddenly looked at Liu Subaru...

Erina looked like a sword, and Changpu looked disgusted, as if watching a pervert.

At the same time, there are several others with "gazes like swords", as well as a few with sights like fire (fire of jealousy)...

Under great pressure, Liu Subaru pushed the dining car to the judges' table, and there were ten plates of "fried noodles" on it!

That's right, not only fried noodles, but simple fried noodles...not even sauces or side dishes!

"Welcome everyone to taste, my'Hundreds of Fried Noodles'!" Liu Subaru put ten plates of fried noodles, which looked rather monotonous, before the judges.

"Huh? Is this fried noodles... well, it's fried noodles for the time being."

Recalling what Liu Subaru was like when he was "cooked noodles" before, the judges pinched their noses and admitted that it was "cooked noodles."

However, when other players and audience heard the name Liu Subaru said, they started talking with dissatisfaction, and some judges frowned.

"Hundreds of fried noodles? What do you mean? Does he think that his ramen can surpass the 100 ramen restaurants on No. 1 Ramen Street?"

"This...should be just a coincidence? Or is there any other meaning..."

"Hehe, what else is there! I think he is despising our Sapporo Ramen Street!"

"Then what can you do? No matter how you look at the champion this time, it's no longer ours..."

That's right, when I mentioned "Hundred Houses" on this occasion, the first thing that came to my mind was naturally the 100 ramen restaurants in Sapporo No. 1 Ramen Street, symbolizing the existence of the holy place of Sapporo ramen...

One of the judges, a master of Sapporo Ramen Street, could not help but ask: "Hundreds of fried noodles? Does it have any special meaning?"

"Well, everyone will know after tasting it, if you say the meaning...it should be a tribute!" Liu Subaru said.

Even if some of the judges are not professional gourmets, they understand the rules and no longer have to worry about this issue for the time being, but start to pay attention to ramen...no, it's fried noodles itself.

"However, fried noodles are usually divided into two main genres:'fry the noodles and then pour the sauce and garnishes', and'fry the noodles and the sauce and garnish together', right? But... so... Monotonous fried noodles are really rare," said the bald judge.

"Wait, this noodle is a bit thick for fried noodles, right?" Another judge said, picking up a bunch of noodles.

Indeed, every one of Liu Maoxing's fried noodles looks thick...not the wide noodles, but thick!

"But for the fried noodles, it is very important to grasp the heat! It can be seen from the golden color, and...the whole plate of noodles is of this color, and the uniformity can also be seen so "exquisite"... ...Hehe, I mean a great fire worker!"

If it weren't for the golden color of the fried noodles and the almost perfect color integration, I am afraid the judges would wonder if such thick noodles are really cooked!

But thinking of Liu Subaru's fried noodles, the judges still couldn't accept it as "exquisite", so they used the inexplicable "excellent" as the rhetoric...

"So... let's have a taste!"

"Well, the taste of this big root is really full."

"Although it is fried noodles, but the control of the fire and oil makes people not feel greasy at all in the mouth!"

"It turns out that when the noodles are spinning, the oil brushed on it becomes uniform and penetrates under the centrifugal force!"

"But even so, fried noodles without sauce and side dishes... Wait! This, this is..."

"This rich flavor..."

What surprised the audience and other players was that the judges were stunned after they tasted the fried noodles that should have been "no taste"?

"It's the sauce! That's it, the sauce is in the noodles!"

"And it's not thick noodles at all, but thin noodles rolled into a threaded tube with sauce and finely chopped side dishes..."

After the unexpected sauce exploded in the mouth, the judges immediately took the section of the noodles and observed it in front of their eyes.

That's right, when the "dense smoke" was so dense that everyone couldn't see the situation inside, Liu Subaru turned his face into a spiral shape, and he also rolled up all the sauces that he prepared before and added various side dishes. Go in.

Finally, when the second stage steamed, it was completely sealed...

And the sauce will be enclosed in it and heated again, so that diners can feel the "cracking feeling" of the sauce to the greatest extent when tasting it!

As the judges continued to enjoy the sensation of the sauce bursting in their mouths, Asai was suddenly stunned: "Wait, I seem to..."

Speaking, I picked up a piece of noodles and sucked it in my mouth. After chewing it carefully, I changed another one.

"What's wrong? Old friend."

"Sure enough! You taste each fried noodle separately! The taste and texture are the same!" Asai said.

"What...oh! It really is!"

"No, how do I feel that this smell is a bit familiar?"

"Ah! This is a bit like my'Spicy Hell Ramen'..."

"Huh? This is a bit similar to Chizawa's'Chicken Heart Ramen'. I just tasted the'Chicken Heart Ramen' presented by his kid during the game!"

"This, this root should be..."

Under Asai’s tips, everyone found that every single fried noodles seemed to be able to find the corresponding ramen noodles in Sapporo Ramen Street!

Only then did the judges react. In the previous three days, Pleiades Liu "sweeped" on the Ramen Street in Sapporo.

Taste their signature noodles, and the sauce in these fried noodles mimics the taste of each ramen!

"I remember! There have been rumors before that, in Yuanyue's one-year life, another owner of the'God Tongue' appeared? Is it true that the rumors are true? And it is... Liu Subaru?"

"Yes! If I say that, I also remember..."

"Although it may be just six or seven points of'similar' taste, but the essence is already grasped! The most important thing is that our ramen noodles are all broth, but he uses sauce to simulate Kind of essence!" said the bald judge.

"Wait, not only that! Don't be paralyzed by the taste, pay attention to the texture of each noodle!" Asai said suddenly.

"Taste? Because the heat is uniform, the taste is very...no! The texture of this'big bone ramen' feels like thin noodles, and the texture of this'garlic ramen' is somewhat like wide noodles. ...I see! Is the corresponding ramen noodles similar in texture?"

Each different ramen at each ramen restaurant will also be paired with noodles of different thickness, lubricity, and toughness. Now everyone is aware of this difference in taste in every fried noodles made by Liu Subaru... …

"How could this happen? They are all the same noodles...wait a minute, these noodles...have nicks!"

The judges then began to observe. If you pick up these fried noodles and look carefully, you will find that there are different nicks on the top, which also makes the noodles taste different.

After the spirals overlap, the vertical nicks are displayed, which will make the entrance of the noodles more convenient and smoother to eat. The horizontal nicks will make the entrance bigger and feel rougher. Carving out the notch like a buffer band, it will look even stronger...

That's right, this is exactly the carving carved when the noodles were hung on the glass wall at the beginning and Liu Subaru used a blade and a carving knife to transfer the noodles from the horizontal bar to the cutting board!

"Just by relying on these, the taste has changed?"

"He made the noodles on the spot...that is to say, in a short period of time, every noodle was left with scars all over the place. This kind of knife skill... is incredible!"

"I know! He finished this kind of carving when his cooking table was blocked by noodles turning around..."

And this technique of changing the taste of noodles by changing the carvings on the surface of the noodles comes from the "Zhonghua Yifan" period. Another "Liu Subaru Star" Ganges fried noodles... (to be continued.):