Shokugeki no Imitation Chef

"Variants of Provence stew...Variants of Eggs Benedict...But what does this have to do with the'past'?" The judges said in confusion, looking at the two dishes in front of them.

"No, I don't think I need to call them over to explain."

"Yep?"

"I think their current performance is enough to show that their cooking is in line with the topic of the'past', don't forget... this time the two contestants have a long-lost father-daughter relationship."

"'Lost' is not accurate, isn't it? How do I remember the news that it was Naginariji who was deprived of custody rights for suspected child abuse?"

"Well, these things have nothing to do with the current game... Well, depending on their appearance, they should indeed be two dishes related to the'past', then let's taste it!"

Obviously, some of the judges have heard some rumors related to the internal grievances of the Yuan Yue system. Although they have different understandings because of their different tendencies in their hearts, they have been selected as the judges of "all? At that time, they were able to be "frank".

Even if you think the Naginaki thistle has a problem with your daughter's attitude, as long as you really feel that the "Provençal grilled dish" is more delicious when you taste the food, you will not lose points for the Naginomi thistle, and vice versa...

"What's the matter? How did you turn the camera? Damn it!" Liu Subaru patted the keyboard depressedly in front of the computer.

The live broadcast was reaching the most nervous moment when the camera turned to the direction of the judges!

In fact, this is also normal. At this time, it has reached the stage of food presentation, and ordinary people's attention will be on the referee.

As for the results of Nakiri thistle and Erina tasting each other’s dishes, it doesn’t matter to others...

Only Liu Subaru, who knew about the "dark cooking showdown", paid special attention to Erina.

From the angle that the camera can't see, Erina also began to taste slices of "Provence grilled dishes."

First, the eggplant, Erina couldn't help but change her face when she tasted it: "Well? When did this taste... By the way! It was the beginning of the kitchen knife with salt water!"

That's right, Erina tasted the eggplant and sauce in the eggplant.

The eggplant itself tastes mild, the texture is tough and tender, and it is good at savouring and absorbing oil... Under the influence of the sauce blended with smoked peppers, crushed tomatoes and various spices, the eggplant itself has a light eggplant fragrance. During the winding, a wonderful match is formed.

However, in addition, Erina, who has "super taste", also accurately judged that in the taste of eggplant, there is also a salty taste that is neither eggplant nor sauce!

Usually, when cooking eggplant, some people like to soak it in salt water, mainly to make the eggplant water analyze a part of it, so as not to absorb too much oil, but also to prevent the eggplant from oxidation and blackening.

But now the taste is not too deep in the eggplant, so Erina decisively judged that it was the naginata thistle that had been dipped in some salt water before cutting the eggplant.

This "salty" is not superfluous. After adding some salt water to the mild eggplant, it fits better with the sauce!

In fact, this is what Erina and Liu Subaru, who watched the visual effects purely during the broadcast, suspected...

Such "roasting", although in terms of image and taste, avoids the mixing of "stew", but there is one biggest problem!

Unlike "Stew", where all the ingredients and soup are put together to cook, this "Provence Roast" is equivalent to using a sauce to match five kinds of fruits and vegetables.

Is this really "exquisite"?

You need to know that the taste and taste of the five kinds of fruits and vegetables are different, which is equivalent to using a key to open five different locks. Can it really fit together?

But the current eggplant is equivalent to using a slightly different sauce from other fruits and vegetables...

This made Erina feel vaguely, it seems that the cooking of Naginaki thistle is not just as simple as it seems!

After swallowing the eggplant, Erina did not stop, but went on to taste the tomatoes.

Because the tin foil is removed in the middle, all the ingredients in it are dry, and the tomato with the most moisture is obviously becoming "dried tomato" at this time, and the taste is completely different from normal tomatoes.

The first reaction after the entrance... sour!

That's right, the tomatoes selected by Naginata thistle are obviously more sour than normal tomatoes, but the sourness between ripe and immature fills the gap between the taste of the tomato itself and the sauce...

Erina seemed to realize something, and immediately tasted the pumpkin.

sweet!

Pumpkin itself is a cucurbit vegetable with a sweet and waxy taste. It is usually stored reasonably after being picked to make the pumpkin more mature and increase its sweetness...

But the pumpkin from thistle-cut thistle was obviously just picked soon!

The same was true for the previous eggplants and tomatoes. Erina was able to taste this, and guessed that it was the function of the "spiritual storehouse".

Freshly picked pumpkin, but so sweet... Honey pumpkin!Erina reacted immediately.

Mimoto pumpkin is a large variety of pumpkins. It is the product of hybridization. Its appearance is different from ordinary pumpkins. It is usually in the shape of a gourd. Previously, the sliced ​​thistle of Naginata took out pumpkin pieces instead of the whole pumpkin. Erina has not responded yet. Come over to this point.

The biggest feature of Mibon Pumpkin is just like its name...sweet!

Among the pumpkins, it is sweet in one and two.

It is this sweetness that makes the taste of pumpkin and sauce perfectly match!

Erina also understood it now...

This sauce is not only as simple as "stewed" to "roasted", it is also a rare "five-flavored sauce".

That is to say, only a prominent taste is needed as an introductory, which can exert different effects and harmonize with different ingredients!

Although Erina has only tasted three kinds, it can be inferred that the other two kinds of vegetables, namely lettuce and potatoes, must have similar effects...

And these five flavors are not randomly selected, they are all the basic flavors of human taste buds!

In ancient Chinese cuisine, the concept of five flavors used to be "sour, bitter, sweet and salty", also collectively referred to as "sweet, bitter, spicy and salty".

(Wuwei is actually a concept of Chinese medicine, here it refers specifically to the situation of the world in the novel.)

But later, with the combination of technology and cuisine, as well as human research on taste and taste buds, it gradually discovered that the taste of “spicy” is actually a “pseudo taste” triggered by touch...

Just as chili oil can feel "hot" even if it is dropped on the skin without taste buds, in essence, "hot" belongs to the sense of touch, which can be said to be a kind of "pain".

Therefore, for a long time, there are only four basic tastes recognized in the world, that is, "sweet, bitter and salty".

However, the Eastern cuisine faction usually thinks that there should be a taste, that is "fresh"...

Many Chinese cuisines are based on "fresh", including the first dish of classical Chinese cuisine, "Sheep Fang Tibetan Fish"!

Until the early and mid-term of the era of "world cuisine integration", it was finally discovered through a sufficient number of experiments that the "umami" taste is indeed an independent basic taste. Therefore, the new five-flavor concept recognized by the cooking industry in the past 100 years has also appeared. fresh.

The five kinds of fruits and vegetables used in Naginata thistle clearly correspond to the new five flavors "sweet, sweet, bitter and salty"!

The taste of lettuce itself is slightly bitter in the freshness. It is different from the "cucurbitacin" which is toxic to the human body. The light bitterness of lettuce comes from "lettuce", and it is not like the "bitter melon" of bitter gourd. "Leaf Su" and "Wild Cucumber Juice Enzyme" are so aggressive...

The bitterness is just right, which fits the combination of "five flavor sauce" and bitterness.

And potatoes, that is, potatoes, people often ignore its taste, that is, "no taste".

But in fact, potatoes are the representative of the "umami" taste in vegetables!

It is somewhat different from the umami taste that can be directly eaten from meat and fish. Potatoes alone are hard to feel "fresh", but when stewed with other meats, they can play a role of "freshness"... …

This is why potatoes are good companions for stews all year round.

And after roasting potatoes, the "fresh" taste makes up for the gap between the sauce and the potatoes!

It is similar to but completely different from the "Provençal stew" that Erina tried to taste with thistle.

The original "Provençal stew" made of naginata thistle mixed the five flavors to squeeze the potential of the childhood Erina, but now the "Provence Roast" uses the five flavors equally, but it pushes the five flavors to the appropriate s position.

Suddenly Erina felt that, compared to the five ingredients, the "five flavor sauce" underneath was the protagonist...

After tasting all the five ingredients, the judges finally reacted. This is not to use the sauce to set off the five ingredients, but to use the five ingredients to complement the sauce separately!

The essence of this "Provence grilled dish" can only be realized after tasting five flavors...

And Erina, who has "super taste", already feels that he is going to be lost in the abyss of taste!

The extreme taste enjoyment of the "five flavors" struck Erina in a staggered manner, and finally woven into a net, which firmly bound Erina's spirit.

Erina also did not forget what Linger had said before, and understood that this feeling was not only an instinctive closeness to "deliciousness", but also a "dark cooking showdown" reason.

At this moment, Erina desperately recalled the taste of her cooking...

It’s very difficult, because the cooking of naginata thistle already contains "all" five flavors!

In theory, all the flavors are derived from the basic flavors, but the Naginaki thistle has already achieved the ultimate in the basic flavors of the five flavors...

This "extreme" does not mean that Naginaki thistle cuisine is heavy, but it refers to the extreme "enjoyment" of taste!

Dishes derived from the same basic taste, if you continue tasting them, the inferior one will look pale, and the "demon" cooking heart of Naginaki thistle exacerbates this.

And now Naginari thistle obviously wants to use his own five-flavor sauce to completely restrain Erina's play!

Yes, so far, among the dragon chefs that Erina and Liu Subaru have fought against, Naginata thistle is the most serious, the best played, and the recipe selection is the most suitable for use in the competition.

While watching the broadcast, Pleiades Liu, also from the expressions of the judges, guessed the intention of thistle cut thistle and the secrets of the dishes...

"Sure enough, being led by the'curse' to participate in the competition, the effect is completely different from the competition that really wants to participate, and the original intention and the "curse" completely overlap!" Liu Subaru couldn't help but hit the palm of his hand.

Whether it was Pleiades Liu or Erina, all the dragon chefs I met before, in fact, the dishes made in the duel are not dragon-level, at best they are just close!

Dragon-level cooking requires not only dragon-level skills, but also dragon-level inspiration...

The pride of the dragon chefs makes them not use ready-made recipes even when they are led by the "curse" to confront Liu Subaru and Erina, and the ready-made dragon-level recipes may not be suitable.

Therefore, almost all of their dishes were created in a short period of time. Even Chef Dragon is not always inspired by the Dragon.

The current "five-flavored sauce grilled dish" not only has reached the dragon level, but it is also particularly good at playing games!

Coupled with the bewitching effect of the "devil" kitchen heart, it just happens that the appetite of the diners is stimulated by an overdraft, and the price after the overdraft is naturally borne by the opponent!

At this time, the judges were already preparing to taste Erinai's "Eggs Benedict".

"En? This fried egg... the silky yolk is not less than a poached egg?"

The judges couldn't help but marvel at the golden fluid egg yolk pouring out of the egg white.

"Obviously there is a slight smell of oil coke on the outside... it was made by frying at a momentary high temperature?"

"Yes, this shows that Erinai's grasp of the heat of the fried egg has reached the fullest degree... Obviously he has the essence of firework." The judges said while looking at the golden fluid egg yolk.

Whether poached eggs or omelettes with soft hearts, the moment when the yolk comes out is the most tempting!

The golden fluid flowed onto the ham in the Polish roll below. The tender Parma ham was slightly bent down, and then gently lifted after the flow...

Although the five-flavored soy grilled dish of Naginari-cut thistle before, made the judges feel that "the ultimate taste is nothing more than this", but after seeing this scene, the judges were re-appetite visually.

"If that's the case, then I'll start!"

The appetites that the judges had previously covered because of the enjoyment of taste were quietly lifted up...

However, the crisis of Erina still has not been resolved. It is only the subjective will of the judges, not repelling it. In fact, after eating, the biggest possibility is still being covered up.

I saw a few judges, one after another, the whole cut piece of omelette, along with the Parma ham, duck and crusty bread that were cut together, put them in their mouths.

The hollandaise sauce on the omelet is made with lemon juice, egg yolk, cream and spicy tarragon. As for the omelette below, except for the "outside burnt and inside flow", it is like an enlarged version of the taste difference " In addition to the "water wave egg", there is another "secret" hidden.

That is, when the omelet was hit in the bowl, about one-third of the yolk was replaced by Erina with a syringe!Replaced with sour mayonnaise similar to Holland sauce, but without spicy flavor!

But just as the harmonious hot and sour flavors bloomed in the mouths of the judges, they were immediately overwhelmed by the nostalgia for the hot and sour in the previous "five-flavored sauce grilled dishes"...

Next is Parma ham. The "egg yolk up version" mayonnaise drizzled on it adds to its savory taste. With the essence of Erina's knife skills, the soft and tender texture of thin slices of Parma ham seems to be similar. The unsavory savory taste brings a double enjoyment of taste and touch!

Unfortunately, before these two enjoyments bloomed, they were extinguished by the other two salty flavors that bloomed before...

Finally, as the finishing touch, the German-style farmer's bread is made by mixing oats and wheat. The fragrance of oats is mixed with the unique bitterness of grains.

Sure enough, as the owner of "Ultra Taste", Erina was in a confrontation with the Naginari Thistle, who had given her a great fear in taste training, and even made her "Ultra Taste" in a self-enclosed state. Rina also chose dishes that blend multiple tastes.

If... as planned, the "sour and hot" and "salty" in the five flavors can be made to be invaded by the army first, and finally the slight bitterness in the thick is enough to set off the army's pressure. Conquer anyone's taste barriers!

Anything that is a little bit incomplete in the cooking of naginata thistle may make Erina's cooking "beautiful".

But now...

Erina felt like she was a puppet, still controlled by the grinning Naginari thistle. Even in her heart, Erina had been held in her hand by the huge "demon" kitchen heart. Seeing to be grasped from top to bottom...

But at this moment, a soft cry rang from Erina's heart!

I saw Urina, who was once again dominated by fear and fell into the palm of the devil, as if he was about to fall into the dark abyss again. Suddenly a pair of wings appeared behind him, and his body was dazzling light, soaring before the hands of the "devil" were closed. Out!

"How, how is it possible? This is..." the devil muttered while looking at Erina in shock.

"Yes! I still remember it after all... It seems that I am better in terms of taste, and it proves that you were completely wrong from the beginning! Leave my heart... Hope to see you next time When you were, it was not this ugly look! But what my mother said..."

With Erina's words, the huge demon projection melted from Erina's heart!

At the same time, the judges also "Yan Yi".

At the beginning, the judges frowned slightly when they tasted Erina's cooking...

There is no doubt that Erina’s cuisine is also very delicious, but each taste is blocked by the impression that Naginaki thistle left in their taste memory, which made the judges feel very delicious intellectually, but emotional However, there is a sense of disagreement that is "unwilling to eat".

But just during deep chewing, the sixth flavor appeared!

A completely different flavor from the previous five flavors...

Until recent years, the American Development Association discovered the sixth flavor of the basic flavor...fat.

It can also be translated as "fat flavor" in Chinese, which is similar to the flavor produced by directly dripping grease on the tongue, most of which are "fat"...

In just a few years, "Fat" has also been proven to not overlap with other basic flavors. It is not a fusion of other basic flavors, but the "sixth flavor".

However, the research on "fat" is still very superficial. There is no direct condiment such as sugar and vinegar that can directly enhance the taste of "fat". This is also an important capital of the American Development Association.

If it develops step by step, the American Development Association is likely to become the "fourth largest cooking organization" within 20 years, and the discovery of the "fat" cooking history level credit is bound to be an important driving force!

However, as the representative of the American Development Association, Naginari Thistle did not directly use this point, but was used by Erina...

In each portion of "Eggs Benedict", Erinai added a few slices of fat and thin duck meat in the center in addition to the ham.

Duck meat itself is an ingredient that is easy to feel fat, and when the Erina was cooked, it did not suppress this fatness and did not completely follow the Cantonese roast duck recipe. Instead, it used its own game to further It feels "more fatter"!

It can be said that the roast duck of Erina, if it is tasted alone, is not very delicious, as if someone really asks the diners to taste the pure fat meat in oil, they may even be beaten...

But if it is in stews or barbecues, this little bit of "fat" taste can give people a higher level of taste enjoyment!

At this last moment, "Fat" is also like a "sword", making Erina's cooking escape the blockade of Naginaki thistle!

Moreover, the previous blockade was like filling "air" into rubber tires. The seemingly soft air, as long as it reaches three or four times the atmospheric pressure, it can produce an explosive effect when it erupts!

The same is true of Erinai's "Bandini"...

Originally, Erina's level was only about the same as Liu Subaru's. In the case of the longest performance, it was only the pinnacle of Lin-class. This is also true of the "Egg Benedict" that brings together the essence of Erina's taste.

But it is precisely because of the blockade of Naginata thistle...

At this moment, the judges seemed to see a fat duck studded with gems, breaking free from the fishing net and rushing into the sky.

At this moment, the gem bloomed with a brilliance that surpassed itself, as if it had people's yearning for freedom!

At this moment, the thoughts before Naginata cut thistle completely counteracted.

Just after "Fat" broke through the blockade of Naginata thistle, the flavor of Erinai's "Eggs Benedict" fully bloomed in the taste of the judges!

Oppression can only bring more intense rebound!

If this recipe is not used, if the "demon" effect of the thistle is not so, if the thistle is not the first to present the dishes...

But there are not so many ifs. This is indeed accidental, but it also has its inevitability!

"You, you... have known... my... recipe?" Naginaki thistle said after tasting Erina's cooking, his eyes burst and his voice was hoarse.

"No, I don't know, I just guessed that you must hope for a complete crushing victory, and even want to control me again? But it is your mentality that can inspire the will of intelligent creatures." Erina said.

Yes, to a certain extent, what is contained in Erina's cooking at this moment is not only his own will, but also the will of the diners themselves to be driven!

It is the will of the diners, which strengthens her cooking heart and makes her cooking reach the dragon level, and because of the participation of the diners' own will, it is easier to have a sense of belonging!

This is what Erina can think of, and now she is the only way she can defeat Naginari thistle...

Although it is very thrilling, because after guessing the thoughts of Naginaki thistle, he must "cooperate" with him to block and block his cooking. If he is not careful, he may fail and be controlled by the "devil" cooking heart again. But the final result, Whether it is the "final showdown" that determines the fate of human recipes, or "all? blue"...

"Five to zero! The result of the'past group' has appeared! Five to zero... Erina Nagiri won!"