Chapter 16: The Black Wood Field is Cool
"Well, has the topic of the final come out?" The mobile phone vibrated for a while, took it out of his pocket, and looked at the content of the text message, Li Xiaoran muttered to himself slightly. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
"Crab!" Looking at the cooking information sent on his mobile phone, Li Xiaoran's face showed a trace of solemnity.
Seafood, and the ingredients required for cooking.
Crab!
What's more, you have to go to the seafood market to choose all the ingredients yourself.
There is no doubt that in this cooking duel, Ryo Kurogiba definitely has an absolute advantage.
Whether it is the production of seafood dishes or the selection of cooking ingredients, Ryo Kurogiba is definitely the strongest of the four.
"I really didn't expect that the proposition of the final dish would be seafood, and it was also crab cuisine." Looking at the rules of this competition, Li Xiaoran couldn't help but say secretly in his heart.
Not to mention the cooking of seafood dishes, although Li Xiaoran is confident in his ability to choose ingredients.
But in terms of seafood ingredients, Li Xiaoran knew that he would definitely not be the opponent of Kurokiba Liang.
I grew up next to the fishery from childhood to adulthood, and the selection of seafood ingredients is more than ten years of experience.
There is definitely a disadvantage in the ingredients.
Returning to the room from the kitchen, Li Xiaoran, who was leaning on the bed, said secretly in his heart.
With two days to go, it was impossible to learn the art of making seafood dishes or to develop the ability to select the freshest seafood dishes.
So for Li Xiaoran, the only thing that can improve is to use the two days to put his own cooking level on seafood dishes.
With ordinary seafood dishes, it's safe to say that there is absolutely no way to win over the connoisseur of this area, Ryo Kurogiba.
Because whether it is from the skill of seafood cuisine or the selection of ingredients, it is Kurokiba Ryo who has an advantage.
Instead of thinking about these things, Li Xiaoran plans to get up tomorrow morning and go to the seafood market to have a look.
After all, the main ingredient of the dish, crab, needs to be purchased and prepared at the seafood market.
It is necessary to familiarize yourself with the seafood market earlier.
Early the next morning, Li Xiaoran got up and left the hotel and went to the seafood market.
As the largest seafood market in Lyon, it is bustling with activity every morning.
Without looking at other areas, Li Xiaoran went directly to the crab area.
"What a coincidence." Looking at Ryo Kurokiba, who was dressed in black and had a red turban on his hand, and Alice Nagiri with a hint of sleepiness on her face, Li Xiaoran said with a smile.
"It's not a coincidence, because I go to the seafood market every morning, no matter where I am." Kurokiba Liang put his hands in his pockets, looked at Li Xiaoran and said.
"I only come once in a while, because I have to get up early." Yawning, Nagi Alice said to Li Xiaoran.
"I'll pick these." While speaking, Ryo Kurogiba had already chosen the crab he needed.
Li Xiaoran didn't know if it was the freshest crab today, but he could tell that these crabs were indeed very good crabs.
"The winner of this game is only me, the best ingredients, and that alone can be a big step ahead of you." Looking at the crab selected by Li Xiaoran, Kurokiba said with a cold face.
"You have to come on, you must know that in seafood cuisine, the level of cold cooking is not a simple one-star." After selecting her own crab, Nagi Alice came to Li Xiaoran's side, smiled and bent down and said, while also leaving a crab selected by Kurokiba Liang.
"I'll get the first place." Li Xiaoran also responded with a smile.
Although it affirms the level of Ryo Kurogiba, and the content of the game is also what Ryo Kurogiba is good at, it will not make Li Xiaoran lose even the confidence to win the first place.
"This crab can't be seen from the appearance at all." Li Xiaoran looked at the crab left by Kurokiba Liang and frowned slightly.
That's a matter of your own eyesight.
Sure enough, it is a little stronger than his own crab, and after picking out the crab meat, Li Xiaoran used his own crab meat to compare and came to such a conclusion.
One of the most important aspects of seafood cuisine is the freshness of the seafood.
There is no competition yet, but there is no doubt that the ingredients have opened up the gap.
"The ingredients are already at a disadvantage, so we can only make up for it from other aspects." Looking at the crab he had selected, Li Xiaoran fell into silence.
But it's not like it's out of the question.
In the original book, Kohei Soma can handle saury in a special way, and make dishes that don't belong to Ryo Kurogiba, how can he be worse than him?
While the freshness of seafood does have a great advantage, it is not impossible to compensate for it in other ways.
What's more, this is not a simple seafood dish, if the topic of the competition is seafood from the seafood, it is equivalent to entering a misunderstanding, as long as it is delicious, the deliciousness of the crab is fully displayed, not simply fresh.
Li Xiaoran looked at the crab in his hand and said secretly in his heart.
After all, although his crab is not as fresh as the one selected by Kurokiba Ryo, it is definitely not bad.
Although there is a gap in ingredients, it is not as big as expected.
Returning to the kitchen of the hotel with the ingredients, Li Xiaoran began to cook his own dishes.
Although there is no way to develop a new dish in such a short period of time.
However, you can also decide what kind of cuisine you should choose.
"It's delicious, but that's not enough." After taking a bite, Li Xiaoran shook his head gently.
The crab dish I made by myself was indeed very delicious, but there was absolutely no way to win the Ryo Kurogiba.
Because the delicacy of the crab has become a foil, it is not as prominent as imagined.
With this level of umami alone, there is absolutely no way to win.
"No, but write from the umami, otherwise you will never be able to win." Li Xiaoran looked at the food he made, shook his head gently, and said secretly in his heart.
Not to mention whether this dish can win Alice Nagi and Daniel Poole, who has never met.
But Kurogiba Ryo is definitely incomparable.
However, it is difficult to say whether it is possible to make a dish that goes beyond the original taste by avoiding the most striking characteristics of the ingredients and finding a different way from other places.
Looking through the recipes he bought on his phone, Li Xiaoran wanted to draw some inspiration from them.
Not only the recipes of French cuisine, but also the recipes of other genre series, Li Xiaoran has watched.
Two days later, in the midst of the Hotel International de Lyon, the Bocuse One-Star Culinary Competition, the final final venue.
The main cooking hall of the culinary duel in the Lyon International Hotel.
Ryo Kurokiba, Daniel Poole, Alice Nagi and Li Xiaoran are already in the venue.
In front of them are crabs they pick themselves from the seafood market.
"Have you given up on the game? How do you choose the crabs, they are all molting small crabs? Noticing Li Xiaoran's crab, the three of them were extremely surprised, and Alice asked directly.
"Of course I didn't give up, I will use these little crabs to make unforgettable crab dishes." Hearing Alice's words, Li Xiaoran smiled and said.