Chapter 139: The Simplification of Cooking
"Yu Chu?" Liu Mang picked up a black porcelain spoon and stirred it lightly in the bowl, and the floating fish pieces in the soup immediately dispersed, turning into white silk like clouds and mist in the mountains. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
It turned out that the fish had been cut into very fine shreds before entering the soup, but it was only slightly kneaded together, and it spread out with a slight external force.
Liu Mang scooped a spoonful into his mouth and felt the taste of the soup in his mouth.
"The soup is very boiled, with tofu, shredded sweet sea bream, and winter bamboo shoots pureed ......" Liu Mang said the condiments in the soup.
"Hmm? It's a bit chewy, and there's squid in there. Liu Mang leaned over to the bowl to take a closer look, and found that the soup was also mixed with some finely chopped white dices.
"Yes, the whole dish tastes and looks very good! Liu Mang exclaimed.
"Of course, it's Jiro Ida who cooks this dish, and his father is Master Huaishu. ”
"It's Ida Huaishu, it turns out to be him!" Li Ruonan exclaimed.
"What's wrong? Is this Ida Huaishu famous?"
"Ida is now in his 90s, has been studying cooking for more than 70 years, and is known as the 'National Treasure Master' of Toei, and the BBC in the United States has even made a documentary about him, and now he is ranked third in the world of cooking. ”
"The world rankings, and this ranking, how come I've never heard of them?" asked Liu Mang strangely.
"Haha, Liu Mangjun, you don't even know this? It's just that you've learned cooking for so many years in vain. Muraya sneered.
"What? Is it hard to get on the last leaderboard?"
"Of course, those who can enter the top ten of this list are all geniuses in the culinary industry, in addition to having a talent in cooking, they also need to accumulate experience for a long time, and the restaurants under their names must reach the standard of three Michelin stars, and then voted by world-renowned gourmets, and the vote rate must reach 90% to enter the list, do you say it is difficult?"
"It's hard. Liu Mang nodded: "However, I didn't learn to cook to make a reputation, so I'm not interested in these, even if I am on the list one day, then I still have to think about it." ”
"Snort!" a hint of mockery appeared on the corner of the village house's mouth.
In his opinion, there are only two kinds of people in this world, one for fame and the other for profit.
After serving, the maid put away the empty utensils, and then brought a colorful sashimi.
"Everyone, please use it slowly! I'll miss it for a moment. Muraya stood up, said sorry, and walked out.
"Boss, this Dongying dish looks good, and the taste is okay, but the amount is too small, the same as a diet meal, in contrast, I still like to eat our Chinese food, drink wine in a big bowl, and eat meat, that's cool." Five Eyes swallowed a piece of tuna fillet and said.
"Well, Dongying cuisine is indeed very different from Chinese food, and it's normal for you to not get used to it. Liu Mang replied.
"Oh, what's the difference?" Li Ruonan was very curious.
She clearly remembered that Liu Mang should not have been exposed to Dongying cuisine before, why could she suddenly tell the difference between the two dishes now?
"If Chinese cuisine is about complicating simple things, then RB cuisine is about making complex things as simple as possible. ”
"What do you mean? I don't understand. ”
"If you look at Chinese food, the top dishes that you are familiar with are all very particular about the ingredients and the workmanship is complicated, such as shark fin, abalone and so on. ”
"Well, I understand this, but isn't this also a study of the chef's skills? It's like shark fin, first soak in water, then soak, then steamer, into the broth, and finally season, the process used is more than a dozen, if you want to make a shark fin, from the raw material to the finished product, it is impossible to complete it without a few days of effort. ”
"So, that's what I'm talking about Chinese food, and RB cuisine, look at this. Liu Mang picked up a piece of tuna belly and put it on Li Ruonan's noodle plate.
"It doesn't seem to be anything special?" Li Ruonan looked at it for a long time, but he didn't see anything strange.
"You taste it, don't dip it in any condiments just yet. ”
Li Ruonan put this piece of tuna meat into his mouth as he said, chewed it twice, and his eyes immediately widened.
"How's it taste?"
"Well, it's very tender, very tender, so tender that it doesn't look like fish in your mouth, but like cream, it melts in your mouth, it's hard to imagine that this is a raw slice of meat, I've never eaten tuna fillet with such a good taste." ”
"Boss, this is too simple, just take the fish and meat, and I can do it too. Five-eyed pouted.
"How can it be that simple, Ruonan, if you do it, how can you make this melt-in-your-mouth taste?"
"Well, if it were me, I would marinate the fish first, then loosen the meat powder, and finally fry it over a fire. Li Ruonan thought for a while and said.
"Yes, both Chinese and Western food do this, but in this way, the original taste of the fish will be destroyed a lot. ”
"His tuna has not been cooked, isn't the reason why it has such a taste is because of the ingredients themselves?" Li Ruonan asked in surprise.
"Of course not, you take a closer look. ”
Li Ruonan picked up a piece of tuna belly, looked at it carefully, and after a look, she finally found something, and screamed in surprise.
"How's it going?
"The tiny veins in the tuna meat are gone!
"Artificially removed, of course. Liu Mang replied.
"Artificially removed? This is too delicate, isn't it?" Li Ruonan couldn't believe it: "Compared with the 'grout egg fried rice' you made before, it's as good as it gets." ”
The tuna meat is already very tender, and the blood vessels inside are almost invisible, so you can imagine how much effort it takes to remove it little by little.
Therefore, this is also the characteristic of Dongying cuisine, Chinese cooking tests the cooking skills of a chef, while Dongying cuisine is more of a test of a person's rigorous attitude. Use a very simple, yet proven method to restore the original taste of the ingredients. ”
"You can do that, right?"
"Yes, I can do it, but I didn't think about it before, and I would have used other methods to achieve it. Liu Mang sighed and continued.
"It seems that I have gone into a misunderstanding before, no wonder Lin Xiao said that he has learned a lot from the Dongying people, and their cuisine does have something desirable. ”
"Master Yi's long skills to control Yi! Liu Mang, I believe you will be able to do it!"