Chapter 245: The God of Sushi
"This Xiaoqiao Erlang is very powerful!" Liu Mang sighed looking at the busy people in the hall. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Boss, this old man hasn't started to do it yet, how do you know he's very powerful?" asked the five-eyed stranger on the side.
"A good chef, especially a head chef, depends not only on his own skills, but also on his coordination. Liu Mang explained.
"Look at his apprentices, one by one, meticulously, very seriously completing the work at hand, and moving quickly, it seems that they must have been practicing for a long time. ”
"It's nothing, Dongying people are already rigorous in their work, and it's normal to work seriously. ”
"It's not like that. You can see the expressions on their faces, it's not just serious, they're enjoying the fun of cooking. Being able to do this shows that it is very charismatic to take a chef who teaches them. ”
"Well, that makes sense. Five-Eyes nodded in agreement: "Boss, in fact, you are the same, haven't you noticed? As long as you stay in the upstairs kitchen, those cooks will work very hard, and their spirits will obviously be much better." ”
"Really? I didn't notice that. ”
At this time, Jiro Kobashi picked up the microphone and muttered a lot of Japanese.
Although he couldn't understand what he was saying for the time being, Liu Mang could feel the excitement in his tone.
"What did he say?" asked Liu Mang.
"That's right, Mr. Jiro Kohashi said that the people of Toei call him a god, and he feels that the real god is not himself, but the chefs who work together, and he only does a few things at the end, which is really insignificant. ”
"This old man is quite modest. Five-eyed laughed.
After waiting for about an hour, the ingredients for making sushi were ready, and Jiro Kobashi washed his hands and was ready to start kneading.
"Boss, don't you wear gloves when you knead sushi? ”
"Nonsense!" Liu Mang glared at him: "Although I have never made sushi, I know that when the chef is kneading sushi, the feel is very important, which is the same as making dumplings in China." “
"That's right, Liu Mangjun. Jiro Ida nodded in agreement: "In our Toei culture, only food that has been touched by the chef's hands can be called real cuisine, because only in this way can the cuisine bring the chef's emotions and be full of human touch." ”
"I also agree that in the eyes of a true chef, cooking is an art, and only by perceiving it with your own hands can you feel its subtle changes. ”
After Kohashi Jiro finished speaking, he walked towards Liu Mang: "Liu Mangjun, I'm about to start making sushi, please take a seat." ”
"Yes, Master. Liu Mang nodded and walked to a long table, while Jiro Kobashi was in front of the table and began to get busy.
"Liu Mangjun, in my opinion, every ingredient has its most delicious time, and the sushi we make is to show the most delicious moment of various ingredients in front of the guests. Saying that, Erlang Xiaoqiao squeezed his eyes at Liu Mang.
"Sushi tastes best when it's about 10 seconds after it's pinched, and when the time passes, the rice loses its original flavor when it cools. Jiro Kobashi said while kneading sushi.
"That's why I've been urging my customers to try my sushi as soon as possible, so that they don't waste their efforts. ”
"Uh-huh......" Listening to the words translated by Jiro Ida, Liu Mang nodded again and again.
"Please use it, this is squid nigiri sushi. Jiro Kobashi took a thin slice of meat from the plate, then grabbed a small lump of rice from the wooden basin on the side, quickly held it into sushi in the palm of his hand, and gently placed it on the small plate in front of Liu Mang.
"If you're a little more flavorful, I recommend dipping this into a miso dish made with miso and freshly ground wasabi. ”
The slices of squid on the sushi are crystal clear, like works of art made of jade, and if you look closely, you can see the neat knife marks cut out of the slices.
"Okay. Liu Mang didn't dip the sauce, but directly picked up the sushi and put it in his mouth, and when he bit it, he immediately sighed lightly: "This is?!"
When you enter the sushi, the sweetness of the squid's flesh and the fragrance of the rice are blended together, making all the taste buds in your mouth cheer.
But this is nothing, what moved Liu Mang the most was that although the squid's meat slices were raw, they had a crispy feeling after boiling hot water, and they didn't give people a feeling of chewing at all.
"Master, your squid was kneaded with salt in advance, right?" Liu Mang thought for a moment and asked.
If the squid wants to achieve this kind of taste, and it can't be blanched with hot water, there is only one way - to use human power to rub desperately to make its flesh completely loosen to present such an effect.
For this kind of trick, there are four or five kinds recorded in the "Diaoding Collection", and Liu Mang just picked a similar one and said it.
"Huh, how do you know?" Hearing Liu Mang's words, Jiro Kohashi looked surprised.
"Don't forget, I'm also a chef, and I happen to have a good tongue. Liu Mang said with a smile.
"I've had a lot of guests, and you're the first to taste it. Jiro Kobashi gave a thumbs up: "Come on! Try this again." “
This time, the sushi is different from the previous one, the rice is covered with a piece of bright red belly, and the belly has a beautiful strip pattern on it, which is so beautiful that you can't bear to put it down.
Liu Mang looked at it, then picked it up and put it into his mouth.
Unlike the sweet squid sushi just now, the meat of this sushi is obviously a little more tender, and when you bite into it, you can clearly feel the fat oozing out of it, and the faint smoky taste.
"This is tuna belly, and it's ......" Liu Mang paused and sniffled: "It should have been smoked with smoke in advance, and straw was used, right?"
"Liu Mangjun, it seems that you not only have a good tongue, but also a good nose. Jiro Kobashi admired: "I really envy you, if I had a talent like you, then I would definitely be able to make better dishes." ”
"Master, you've won the prize. Liu Mang waved his hand: "We have an ancient saying in China, which is called Heaven rewards diligence. It is not enough for a person to have talent, experience and sweat are also the ladder to success. ”
"Liu Mangjun is really different, no wonder Huaishu's old boy always shouts that you are the real genius. ”
"Master, I'm really embarrassed when you say that. Liu Mang touched his chin and replied modestly.
Next, what was served to Liu Mang's plate was sushi wrapped in salmon roe wrapped in seaweed rolled into a tube.
"Well, it's delicious!Master, can I taste another piece?" Even Liu Mang, who was extremely picky about his palate, couldn't help but praise after eating this piece of sushi.
The seaweed is supposed to be roasted in advance, it is very crispy, and as soon as it comes into contact with your teeth, it crumbles into slag in your mouth, and after you mix it with salmon roe and rice, and after chewing it, a taste of the extreme umami bursts out in your mouth.
PS: I went home today, I used my mobile phone code, I don't know if there is a problem with the typesetting, I'm really tired!