"Liu Mangjun, what do you think?" asked Ida Huaishu with a smile. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"No problem, I'm very satisfied with having these gourmets as judges for this competition. Liu Mang thought about it for a while and agreed.

These gourmets who come to Dongying for sightseeing are all Europeans, so of course they will not take any side, and these people are all brought by Ida Huaishu, Liu Mang still trusts this old man very much.

"I don't have a problem with that. Kumamoto Akagi thought about it and agreed.

In fact, he also wants a fair fight, on the one hand, he is very confident in his skills. On the other hand, only by defeating this Chinese in a fair environment can the honor be convincing to everyone.

"When can I start?"

"Anytime. Liu Mang said with a smile.

"This competition uses the traditional standard of kaiseki cuisine, three dishes and one sauce, no problem, right?" Kumamoto Akagi asked.

"No problem, but you don't have to limit the ingredients or recipes of the dishes, so you can do whatever you want. ”

"Okay, that's exactly what I want. Kumamoto Akagi nodded.

"You may be seated, judges. Ida Huaishu invited.

There are a total of 9 gourmets here, four of whom are from France, and the others are from Italy, Denmark and other places.

"Boss, what are we going to do today?" Wuyan followed Liu Mang to the stove and asked.

"Don't worry, let me think about it first. Liu Mang pinched his eyebrows and thought about it.

Kaiseki cuisine is famous not only for its delicate and delicious dishes, but also for the elegant beauty it absorbs from the tea ceremony.

This elegant beauty is presented through the arrangement of the dishes, the exquisiteness of the utensils, and the order in which the dishes are served, which is rare in Chinese cuisine.

Because most Chinese eat and only care about one thing, and that is taste. Even if it's a big pot dish that looks like pig food, or even if it smells like a stinky tofu, as long as the taste is OK, then everything is fine.

"It seems that if you want to win this competition, it seems that you really have to use the 'vegetarian food', which also originated from Buddhism and has a great sense of ritual, to compete for the winner. Liu Mang thought secretly in his heart.

Because of the limitation of ingredients, Chinese vegetarian food can only focus on the presentation and seasoning of dishes. It is mainly fresh, quiet and pure, and the chef's grasp of the ingredients and the skills in his hands are the most important.

"Little Wu, come with me to pick out the ingredients, and you can start making them right away. ”

"Boss, you haven't told me yet, what are we going to do this time?" asked Five-Eyes curiously.

"Today, let's learn to learn Wujing, and also come back to be a monk. Liu Mang looked at Wu Jing on the side and said.

"Be a monk?" Wu Jing touched the door of her smooth brain: "Are you going to do 'vegetarian food'?"

"Huh, have you eaten?" Liu Mang was a little surprised, it stands to reason that a big-bellied arhat like Wu Jing, who has no meat and no joy, should not have eaten it.

"I've eaten it!" Wu Jing pouted: "When my dead ghost master was still alive, I ate every day, every meal, and I ate pantothenic acid water in my stomach. ”

"Haha, then you must eat ordinary stir-fried vegetarian dishes. Liu Mang couldn't help but smile: "China's vegetarian food is not so simple, and it is not finished by putting green vegetables in a pot and stir-frying, it is far stricter than cooking ordinary popular dishes in the selection of ingredients and the test of chef's skills." ”

"Really?"

"Of course it's true! You'll know when I make it. After Liu Mang finished speaking, he walked to the area where the ingredients were placed and began to select the ingredients.

"If you have three dishes and one soup, then the appetizer is used as an appetizer, and a light side dish with a slightly sour taste is the best choice. Liu Mang thought to himself, reached out and picked up a white radish from the shelf and put it in the basket.

"For the second course, the human sense of taste has been opened, so the flavor of the dish can be a little heavier, and fish is a good choice. However, now that I am doing vegetarian food, it is not suitable to use fish. Liu Mang thought about it and grabbed a few handfuls of fresh broad beans from the shelf.

"The third dish is the staple food, after the foreshadowing of the first two dishes, this staple food should be the top priority, they are all Westerners, they must have a soft spot for big fish and meat, do you want to add a meat dish?" Liu Mang walked to the cold cabinet where the meat was placed, and hesitated.

"Forget it, adding meat will ruin the atmosphere of the whole feast, besides, who said that meat must be used to make meat dishes?" Liu Mang chuckled and turned around to pick up a few boxes of tofu from the table next to him.

"The last dish was a soup dish. This soup dish not only makes people feel unfinished, but also gives the first three dishes a finale, and if it is not done well, it is easy to form a failure. Liu Mang paused again in the food section.

"This soup is not easy to make, because if the soup base does not use meat to enhance the freshness, it is easy to make people feel tasteless. ”

"There is! Why did I forget this dish!" After thinking for a while, Liu Mang slapped his head violently: "Half Moon Shenjiang, isn't it just a soup dish?"

Compared with Liu Mang's stop-and-go in the food area, Kumamoto Akagi is much faster, it should be that he has thought about what dishes to make early in the morning, and after quickly selecting the ingredients, he and his son began to get busy.

"Father, you see that Chinese, it seems that he is still worried about what to cook?" The flat-headed young man is called Kumamoto Sanzo, who has been studying cooking with his father for ten years.

"This Chinese must be thinking now about how to match the order of the dishes and make a banquet that is not inferior to kaiseki cuisine." Kumamoto Akagi looked at Liu Mang, who was still in a daze, and the corners of his mouth showed a hint of pride.

"But father, I've heard that many of Dongying's dishes are from China. Kumamoto said.

"That's right, but it's a pity that they Chinese have almost forgotten their ancestors' things now. Otherwise, that Chinese would not have traveled thousands of miles to Dongying to find recipes. ”

"Father, when we get the secret recipe for 'clear juice', we Sandaomu will be able to claim to be the most authentic descendants of Wuye Shaoou, and we will no longer be regarded as a small school. ”

"Well, it's been more than three hundred years since our sect was separated from kaiseki cuisine, and it is almost impossible to pass it on to me, and we can't even recruit an apprentice. Today, I'm going to show those people who is the true heir to kaiseki cuisine!"

"Xiao Wu, help me wash all these dishes. Liu Mang put the ingredients he got back on the table and ordered.

"Ah, Boss, are they really all vegetarian dishes?" Five eyes glanced into the basket.

"What's the matter?"

"It's not a big problem, but the judges are all foreigners, isn't it a bit difficult for them to be vegetarians?"

"Who said that Europeans only eat meat, they are vegetarians all the same, and the key to the taste of the dishes lies in the skill of the chef, you see how I can conquer these gourmets with a vegan table. ”