"Next to appear is the No. 290 contestant, Shiratori Calamus! The surname Shiratori should be familiar to everyone...... That's right, the Shiratori contestant is from the country's first star-rated professional ramen restaurant 'Hinata Ramen'! ”

As soon as Nuono came up, he solemnly introduced the white bird calamus, which is obviously one of the "important links" of the competition!

If you don't build momentum first, how will it reflect that Sapporo No. 1 Ramen Street also has "many" ramen shops, and it also has star strength?

Of course, after the previous blow from the Enzuki Academy, although Calamus is not a student of the Engetsu, the local players in Sapporo have also been frustrated with confidence......

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On the judges' bench, a master of Ramen Street also asked Asai: "Mr. Asai, do you think this time, these boys can win the girls of the Shiratori family?" ”

Except for the students of Yuanyue, most of the contestants are men, which is also related to the fact that most of the heirs of the shops on "Ramen No. 1 Street" are men......

Hearing this, Asai closed his eyes and said, "I have tasted the craftsmanship of the old fellow of Shiratori Hinatai, but his granddaughter's words...... I've only heard him compliment me a few times, but I haven't actually tasted the ramen she makes! The signature noodle of the Shiratori family is soy sauce ramen, and the key to whether this girl can overwhelm the crowd is also in whether she can use it, or inspire the secret soy sauce of the Shiratori family!

However, with Shiratori Hinatato's character, since he has such a high regard for his granddaughter, coupled with the excellence of 'Shiratori Soy Sauce Ramen', I think the Fujie kid has the best chance of surpassing her, and the boys of the Aso and Negishi families also have some chances, and others ...... Hehe. Asai said and shook his head.

"You're so confident in her?"

Asai said with a deep look, "You don't understand...... I'm talking about the fact that she is 'only' able to use the secret soy sauce and not be held back by the secret soy sauce, and if she really makes use of the delicious taste of the secret soy sauce, I'm afraid no one else can shake her! You know, Shiratori's secret soy sauce is something more wonderful than the Fujie family's miso. ”

Fujie's "Miso Ramen" received the highest score of 92 points so far!

Aso and Negishi's salt-flavored ramen and tonkotsu ramen are only 90 points......

92 points, which means that there are two judges who give full marks!

As for the two with a score of 90, Shio Ramen received 10 9 points, while Tonkotsu Ramen received a perfect score, but also had an 8 points......

After all, the slight smell of pure tonkotsu broth is not acceptable to everyone, and Negishi himself is not surprised by this.

Because five of the judges are not professional gourmets, but other well-known chefs in the ramen industry, it is to be expected that they will be inclined to their tastes!

"Huh? Spiritual ingredients? Liu Pleiades suddenly moved his eyes and glanced in the direction of the white bird calamus.

Before this, Liu Pleiades didn't feel that Shiratori Calamus had signs of using and having a kitchen heart, but after her "Shiratori Secret Soy Sauce Ramen" was filled with broth and seasoned with soy sauce, Liu Pleiades immediately felt the existence of a similar kitchen heart!

Liu Pleiades understands that this feeling is likely to come from the ingredients!

And now Liu Pleiades already knows that this kind of kitchen heart, which belongs to "ingredients", is called "source......

Whether it is "source" or "kitchen heart", these are all fields that only top chefs can touch.

Although rare and special "spiritual ingredients" can more easily stimulate the "source", at the same time, Liu Pleiades has also noticed that while "spiritual ingredients" are easy to stimulate the "source", they also have defects that are difficult to control!

For example, if the cooking method of "Shu Han Old Noodles" is not suitable or not stored properly, it will have a peculiar smell due to the uncontrolled reproduction of miscellaneous bacteria in it, such as "giant eel" If the cooking method is not suitable, the meat quality will be extremely poor and the fishy smell will be greater than that of ordinary eels.

The way Nagi cut thistle taught the foursome of the "Central Gourmet Organ" before was only to cover up all the advantages of the "giant eel" and the "flaws" that it was difficult to deal with......

In contrast, although it is difficult to stimulate the "source" of "ordinary" ingredients, as long as the cooking skills are not too bad, there will be no negative effects.

And how big the restriction of the "White Bird Secret Soy Sauce" is, Liu Pleiades is still unclear, but at this moment, Liu Pleiades did feel the existence of the "source", as for what the nature of the "source" is, Liu Pleiades can't judge yet.

"How? Is it good-looking? She is me after me, and I am you after me, hurry up and get ready! Erina reminded Liu Pleiades, who was looking at the iris in a daze.

"By the way, how much do you know about the Shiratori family's secret soy sauce?" Liu Yuexing immediately asked, rarely without a few words of defense on the question of "is it good-looking".

"Soy sauce? You can smell the soy sauce by smelling it...... That's right, after all, your sense of smell ...... You can even smell the scarlet sand! Erina seemed to remember something again, and glared at Liu Pleiades before continuing to explain......

Liu Pleiades also found that Erina's mood when facing herself has always fluctuated abnormally recently!

For example, in the past, Erina would definitely say, "Your sense of smell is similar to that of Ryo Hayama", but now she suddenly uses the incident of Scarlet Sand as an example?

"The soy sauce is indeed the key to the signature soy sauce ramen of the Hitori Ramen, and it is said that it is stored and fermented in some kind of special wooden barrel made by the Shiratori family, and then the soy sauce that has been fermented for two years and fermented for three years is mixed with each other to make the 'Shiratori Ramen'......

As for what other spices are added during the fermentation process and what special environment needs to be maintained, it is not possible to taste it. Erina said.

"Huh? Could it be that the secret to the deliciousness of her ramen is soy sauce? ”

"There's nothing wrong with that, but it's not just soy sauce...... Shiratori's soy sauce ramen broth is made with whole chicken, pork knuckles, clams, shiitake mushrooms, wild vegetables, several kinds of mushrooms, and dried seafood...... There is a sense of layering! ”

"It's not layered, it's too mixed!" Liu Pleiades debunked.

"Theoretically, but ...... It did reconcile. Erina shrugged.

"Could it be that the Shiratori family also has a gene for olfactory enhancement...... Wrong! Is it because of that special Shiratori soy sauce? Liu Pleiades suddenly reacted.

If it is like Liu Pleiades or Ye Shan Liang, you can use your sense of smell to monitor the boiling process of the stock in real time, and it is indeed possible to reconcile this multi-ingredient stock.

But thinking of what Erina said before, Liu Pleiades immediately reacted, this may be the effect of "secret soy sauce"!

"I'm guessing that's the case, but how do you say that...... They even add a small amount of truffle to the soup base when they use the dashi, but even the truffles can't hide the aroma of Shiratori soy sauce, and even the 'mixed' broth becomes a 'layered' soup base, and the flavor of all the spices is always captured...... It's an aroma that's hard to describe in words. Erina finally shook her head.

Truffles grow in a special environment that cannot be cultivated artificially, and at the same time have high medicinal value, when used in cooking, they are known as the three major delicacies in Europe on a par with "caviar" and "foie gras", and the aroma of "soy sauce" alone can cover up or even guide truffles, which is incredible in the eyes of most chefs.

"But it shouldn't be easy to use, right?" Liu Pleiades asked casually.

But I didn't expect that Erina actually answered......

"That's right, it should be that when using soy sauce for seasoning, the restrictions on temperature control are extremely strict, and the slightest omission may have the opposite effect." Erina nodded.

"Huh? Even this...... Can you taste it? Liu Pleiades was shocked.

"Well, the next year, when Mr. Shiratori came to me for a tasting, Calamus was dissatisfied with my words the previous year and quietly wanted to make her own ramen in order to 'taunt' me, but she failed...... When she was scolded by Mr. Shiratori, I heard something like 'too immature for temperature control'. Erina recalled.

"And what did you do then?"

I saw Erina smile: "Hehe, I deliberately tasted her failure, and then scolded her for being a 'shame in the ramen world', and charged an extra reward before I went to taste Shiratori Hito's ramen!" ”

"......" Liu Pleiades finally knew the origin of Calamus's resentment.

On the other hand, the judges were already full of praise for Shiratori Calamus's "soy sauce ramen", and the secret of "truffle" added to the soup base was also tasted by Dojima Gin......

Of course, this is not a secret at all, and everyone knows that the secret of "soy sauce ramen" is "soy sauce"!

But what the secret is, outsiders do not know.

Even the specific process of making soy sauce should be known only to Shiratori Hinata and Shiratori Calamus at Shiratori's house.

This is also something that Liu Pleiades can't taste, just like he can't know how to preserve and multiply the "Shuhan Ramen" just because he has tasted the "Four Gods Seafood and Eight Treasures Town Soul Bun".

"In your ramen, I feel like I'm in a storm!"

"That's right, it feels like it's being torn apart by 'delicious'......"

"Is this the 'Hitori Secret Soy Sauce Ramen', the founder of Hitori Ramen, which was improved during the typhoon?"

For a while, the judges were affected by the "source", which seemed to be some kind of "source" reminiscent of a storm or a typhoon!

Even a ramen chef, who had been silent before, suddenly jumped on the table and shouted, "Wind! Listen to me! ”

Everyone didn't laugh at him, as if except for Liu Yuexing, no one seemed to think that the commander-in-chief's "cracked clothes" was worth complaining about......

The judges sighed at how they felt after tasting the ramen, but Shiratori Iris said, "No, in terms of the recipe, it's not just the ramen that my great-grandfather improved during the typhoon, but the result of generations of the Shiratori family...... As for the results, I'm not doing well enough! ”

Although he said so, seeing the super high score of 96 points, Shiratori Calamus still smiled with satisfaction.

"What? 96 points? Really? ”

"Except for Master Asai and Mr. Dojima, and two other gourmets, they all gave full marks?"

"Oh my God! Fujie, who was the highest before, only scored 92 points...... The gap between them and the only star ramen restaurant is so big! ”

"What are the guys at No. 1 Ramen Street doing? I've eaten ramen more than 20 times a month in vain, and you're going to give me some luck! ”

"I feel the need to take a leave of absence to go to Tokyo next week......"

When the audience saw Calamus' score, they were even more excited than the other contestants.

However, it obviously can't change the result that Calamus occupies the top spot with a 4-point advantage!

You must know that above 90 points, every extra point means a big difference......

Because every extra point almost means that one judge has given a perfect score, which means that the image of "the perfect ramen chef under the age of 25" in the eyes of the judge!

Dojima Silver also said at this time: "Although your performance is better than the 9 points I gave before, it is still a little short of the perfect score in my heart...... If you had tasted your ramen earlier, you might not have had the other 9 points before! ”

"Thank you for the compliment." Calamus said politely.

"The contestant Shiratori Iris from 'Hinata Ramen' is temporarily in the lead, and the next player to appear is Erina Nagikiri, a student of the Engetsu Academy and one of the ten masters!"

Along with Nono's declaration, the audience was finally temporarily attracted from the dust of the white bird calamus......

After all, it's not the first time that a ramen chef from another region has taken away the youth championship...... Of course, it is not uncommon for a young ramen chef in Sapporo to compete in other regions and kill all the local contestants.

So for the locals, although the former will be depressed and the latter will be excited, for the vast majority of people, it will not be emotionally out of control.

After all, although there is a sense of regional honor, the admiration for food and the worship of excellent cooks are the main themes of the world's three views......

As for the small number of emotional out-of-control, the security guard will help him control it temporarily!

On the contrary, for Erina Nagikiri, the audience was full of discussions.

"So Erina-sama is so young!"

"Yes, the legendary 'Tongue of the Gods'...... If only I had it too! I didn't do anything, and there were countless chefs who lined up to cook for me......"

"Don't dream, I don't know if I work hard, my taste will taste it, and I don't know what those tastes mean."

"By the way, her sister has also appeared before, right? Silvery-white hair...... How about her blonde hair? ”

"Nagi cut...... It's the descendant of the Great Demon King, right? ”

"Uncle, why do you all call that 'Nagi Sen Saemon' the Great Demon King and the Food Demon King?"

Indeed, the young people in the audience are more concerned about the talent of Erina's "Tongue of God" and the identity of the "Ten Masters of the Far Moon", while most of the older people are more concerned about the "blood relatives of the Food Demon King"!

Although Nagi Alice was also surnamed "Nagi Kiri" before, and Senzaemon never said that Erina was his successor or something, but in everyone's impression, Erina, who has a default sense of existence far more than Alice, is the descendant of Nagi Senzaemon......

"Hey, you haven't experienced it, fifty years ago, Far Moon Academy...... Or rather, the era when the Far Moon Group began to rise! At that time, Nagi Senzaemon used the form of a 'cooking duel' to look down on the island cuisine world, and even at the age of 20, he dared to challenge the long-established chef......

As a result, it has won the favor of countless investors to inject capital, and has also torn off a large piece of cake from the island cuisine that has been carved up by major genres! It is said that during that time, the Great Demon King's cooking skills grew the fastest, so he created a halberd system at Yuanyue Academy, which is similar to a culinary duel, but with more emphasis on 'reciprocity'. ”

Some people talked about the events of the year, and Liu Pleiades also heard some ...... sporadically

But I didn't care too much, or I was more concerned about it, when Erina, who was on the stage, and Iris, who was on the stage, passed by, the two really mocked each other again.

"Giggles, are you ready for someone, after the competition, remember to come to Tokyo for our 'Big Stomach' event at 'Hinata Ramen'! When that time comes, I'll make your oversized bowl of soy sauce ramen for you! Iris said as she walked around Erina.

"Don't worry, when you come to Yuanyue to sign up as a cook on campus, I will greet the people at the registration office and assign you directly to me!" Erina also replied unceremoniously.

Because the judges were still waiting, the two didn't dwell on it for long, and immediately Erina put ten bowls of bright red ramen in front of the judges......

The toppings are three red prawns, both end to end, but the skin of the middle part has been peeled off.

The ramen underneath is also faintly red, and the soup base is completely red!

"It's ...... Hokkaido grape shrimp? It is worthy of the Yuanyue Group, and it can actually get grape shrimp at this time......" Asai recognized the prawns on it at a glance.

Grape shrimp, a wild shrimp that grows in the deep sea of Hokkaido and the Sendai area, has a very small production, and almost no restaurant can supply it regularly in restaurants outside the island country, while grape shrimp is mostly found in spring and summer, and Erina can find it in winter, which can be seen using the power of the Enyue Group!

Although some people in the Hokkaido branch seem to have a connection with the central gourmet organization, since Dojima Silver is here, it is natural to hold the scene, and it is not difficult for Erina to get grape shrimp.

"In terms of smell...... Is it a soup base similar to the 'Tom Yum Goong Soup' in Southeast Asia? ”

"But the soup base of Tom Yum Gong soup won't be so red, right?"

The judges could smell the spicy and sour flavor of the "Tom Yum Soup" from the smell of the ramen, but the soup was obviously too red......

The spicy flavor of the tom yum soup comes from the "Thai Chaotian pepper", which is characterized by being small and spicy, and is not seasoned with chili oil, so even if it is red, it will only be the color of shrimp oil, but now the ramen in front of the judges, the soup base is red throughout!

"Is this tomato juice added? Doesn't smell like ......."

"Okay, let's try it first!" Asai said.

The 10 judges took a break from the table, some of them picked up the grape shrimp first, and some of them tasted the reddish ramen first......

Liu Pleiades below, said to the calamus who looked a little nervous: "What? Don't you look as confident as you think? ”

“…… You're accosting me again while Erina isn't there! After the calamus looked a little flustered, she immediately took a bite back.

Liu Pleiades had no choice but to return to the "glass cage" and start steaming his fried noodles......

It's not just to heat up the yakisoba, but it's the last step of your own yakisoba!

At this moment, Nono's exclamation had already sounded, and I saw that the ten judges immediately made a posture of bowing their heads and eating after tasting Erina's "red soup ramen" a little!

Liu Pleiades is not surprised by this, after all, after Erina's taste restrictions are lifted, her cooking skills have grown much faster than Liu Pleiades, who has completely awakened her "super taste" at the same time.

In the past, Erina was either a member of the Ten Masters in matters other than cooking, or she was not serious in the preliminaries, so she didn't show much strength, and others didn't know that Erina's cooking skills growth that can almost be called "transformation"!

Liu feels that this may not be just the result of progress during this period......

The essence of this "growth" should be that Erina's "Tongue of God" has been restrained, and some of the restricted abilities have finally begun to burst out in a concentrated manner!

It can be said that he has accumulated a lot of money, or it can be said that he is a person who has always practiced running with a sandbag tied to it, and finally took off the sandbag......

At this time, the increase in running speed is not the increase after the sandbag is removed, but the speed that is usually suppressed!

Stimulated by the rich sour and spicy taste, I saw that the judges had just eaten two bites, and their heads were already sweating, and at the same time, they still refused to stop making the sound of "spitting......

In island countries, ramen used to be eaten loudly and was considered a form of respect for ramen chefs, but in today's era of "great fusion of cuisines", various food cultures interact with each other, and although it is not considered rude to make a sound, it is not considered rude to make a sound, but it is not common for people to make a sound on purpose.

But now the judges' performance is clear...... It's not a sound that is made on purpose! (To be continued.) )