Chapter 20: The House of the Mozu Birds
"Mozu House? What is that? Chuangzhen wondered. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Aki, a classmate of Sojin's junior high school classmates, was shocked, "Huh? Don't you know? It's a famous fried chicken nugget in Kansai! Now we also have some branches here, I also went to eat yesterday, although it is a little worse than Chuangzhen's craftsmanship, but it is really delicious! ”
"Fried chicken nuggets? It's the kind of snack bar that resembles fast food...... Sumire Avenue was defeated by this kind of thing? Chuangzhen said unconvinced.
"After all, it is a super chain enterprise, and it has too many advantages in terms of capital, publicity, and most importantly, the product itself." Tomita said dejectedly.
Chuangzhen was still full of vitality and said: "How do you know if you don't give it a try?" Just make a chicken nugget that is more tempting than the other party's, and the shopping street will be saved! ”
Aki hurriedly pushed Mayumi Kurase beside him: "Soma, it would be more convenient to have someone to try the food, right?" It just so happens that Mayumi didn't join the club, and she is still more discerning in eating! ”
Mayumi, who has short black hair and looks both timid and shy, suddenly panicked...... Such an obvious expression of emotion, it should only be impossible for Chuangzhen to see it, right?
"Huh? Just if you taste it, Ah Xing will ......"
Chuangzhen just wanted to refuse, but Liu Yuexing immediately said: "Wait, it's good to have someone to help!" Ah Xing, what you want to do now is to appeal to the mass audience, not to satisfy the appetite of foodies...... It's good to have someone else to help you try it! ”
"That's right! Kurase-san, then I'm sorry for you! ”
On the other hand, Kurase was already in an out-of-body state after the brain crashed, and Aki agreed for her.
"Then tomorrow morning! Let's go to 'scout the enemy' first, after all, Ah Xing and I don't know what each other's chicken nuggets taste like!" After that, you can create chicken nuggets that are better than the other party! "Chuang Zhen didn't know how strong the enemy was at this time.
"As a result, even if you have a continuous break, you still have to eat meat......" Liu Yuxing said helplessly.
"Don't say that! By the way, let's try a few light new dishes tonight! ”
Suddenly, Liu Pleiades remembered something: "By the way, since it's fried chicken, then I'll give Meat Mei a call!" After all, she's an expert in meat......"
Early the next morning, Liu Pleiades, Chuangzhen, Kurase, Yu Mei, and the four of them gathered at the "Xingping Ding Restaurant" and headed for the direction of the station mall!
Yu Mei knew that Liu Pleiades didn't like her wearing too revealing clothes very much, and now she was just wearing a simple shirt and quarters, but her hot figure was still highlighted, which caused a psychological shadow on Kurase to a certain extent......
"This is the station mall! It does look bustling, and it's indoors, warm in winter and cool in summer...... Otherwise, let Chairman Tomita and them come and rent the shop here! Liu Pleiades suggested.
"Hey, don't give up so quickly! I don't want Sumire Avenue to disappear......" Sojin said helplessly.
"That's the front! Mozu House that won the gold medal in the 'National Chicken Nugget Competition' for three consecutive years! Probably this year's gold medal has already been regarded as a bag, right? Yu Mei pointed to the shop in front of him and said.
"Speaking of which, the pressure is even more and more motivated!" Chuangzhen was still not intimidated.
Yu Mei looked at the squinted-eyed woman who was directing the foreman who was directing the clerks to greet the guests, and couldn't help but remind: "En? The other party's boss 'Nakamozu Silk' is also in this new store, and it seems that this newly opened store is likely to be the bridgehead for 'Mozu House' to set foot in this area! ”
Unlike the small shops such as Kohei Seikakuya and Tomita Bento, this Mozu House does not occupy a large area, and it is similar to a bento shop, so it only offers takeout.
But the efficiency is not comparable to Tomita's small shop, there are four long lines in front of the counter, behind the four smiling cashiers, there are special packers, and there are young waitresses in the line, kindly helping everyone to introduce the style of fried chicken nuggets, eliminating the impatience caused by the queue, everything seems to be running in an orderly and efficient manner......
"This is a business skill that has been honed for thousands of years." Liu Pleiades sighed.
"But with such a long line, it looks like it's going to take a long time." Yu Mei frowned.
At this moment, someone suddenly came behind him and patted Liu Pleiades and Chuangzhen on the shoulder......
"Are you...... Xu Wenqiang? Liu Yuexing looked at the suspicious person in a trench coat in front of him with trembling eyebrows.
"Shhhh It's me, Tomita! ”
"Chairman Tomita, the 'Baiwei Bird House' and you are just a commercial competition, so there's no need to engage in a terrorist attack, right?" Liu Yuexing said helplessly.
"It's not a terrorist attack! But why are you here like this? Anyway, this is also an 'enemy camp', and we need to hide our identities! ”
Chairman Tomita said with a winceing look, as if he didn't notice at all, his suspicious outfit attracted the attention of others even more! There seems to be security guards following him......
"Oh, you're going to be disappointed." Liu Pleiades raised his chin behind him.
Tomita turned around and found that the squinted-eyed store manager Nakamozu Bird Silk was clinging to him, and although he couldn't see his eyes, he exuded a dangerous aura on his body!
"Isn't this the shop president of Sumire Avenue? Why the sneaky? ”
"Ahh Tomita exclaimed in surprise and hid behind Liu Yuexing.
"You're also friends in the shopping street? Hehe, I still want to resist stubbornly...... No, you can't talk to customers like that, so how about you try it? Nakazumi said as he held up a tasting box containing several flavors of fried chicken.
Most of the recipes for the fried chicken at Mozu House are the same, but in terms of spiciness, they are divided into several series to suit different groups of people.
Chuangzhen said unceremoniously: "Is it okay?" That's really helpful! ”
As he spoke, each of them took a piece of a toothpick, put it in their mouths and chewed it......
"Hmm! This fried chicken nugget ......"
After biting through the crispy and delicious dough coat, the gravy in the chicken nuggets sprayed out in the mouth like a sharp arrow, and the rich aroma of the meat instantly overflowed between the mouths, stimulating everyone's taste senses!
"Delicious! This impactful flavor is also great for impressing! Chuangzhen did not spare his praise.
"It's not the best part of the chicken breast for fried chicken, but the gravy is so rich! The chicken itself should not be ordinary, and the fat of the chicken breast part is less, which is easier for young women to accept......" Yu Mei analyzed the advantages of the other party from the perspective of a meat expert.
"That's right, and it's divided into different levels of spiciness, which is also great for the whole family...... Many of the people who came to buy were housewives. Liu Pleiades also made up for it.
Chairman Tomita has no confidence at all now.
But Nakabaizu obviously felt that Tomita was not miserable enough, and continued to mend the knife: "Hehe, so some guys who have been abandoned by the times, let's give up quickly!" It's okay to honestly watch the number of customers decrease, hoho ho ho ......"
Although Tomita is a wreck, but the current words of the middle hundred tongues obviously despise Liu Pleiades and them, and it is expected that they will not be able to defeat the fried chicken of the "hundred tongue house".
Kurase, who has always been shy and timid, and is not a cook, has nothing, but Liu Pleiades, Chuangzhen, and Yu Mei have already looked at the mocking Nakamozumi with dangerous eyes.
"Oh? Don't say it so early! If I make fried chicken that is even more delicious than the 'Mozu Bird House', someone will be discredited! Chuangzhen said with a light look.
The fried chicken that Zhongzui is most proud of was provoked, and suddenly the green tendons on the top of his head jumped into a tic-tac-toe shape: "Hehe, just a few of you little ghosts, want to make fried chicken that surpasses the 'Mozua House'?" 10,000 years ......"
In the middle of the hundred-tongue bird's words, Liu Pleiades suddenly stepped forward again, took out a piece of fried chicken from the tasting box in her hand and stuffed it into her mouth, and tasted it more carefully.
"Hey! Little ghost, you can only try one piece per person, don't you understand! ”
But Liu Pleiades ignored him, chewing to himself and said: "From the perspective of meat quality and taste, the chicken should be a unique herb chicken in Omijiang...... The marinated sauce is made with raw soy sauce as the core, accompanied by apple puree, and complex other seasonings......"
The face of the middle hundred tongue changed slightly, and then said: "Yes, I can actually taste these, and I can still be considered a tasteful little ghost, but our secret condiment has undergone countless improvements, and it is made of dozens of spices, so it is not possible to ...... with the tongue."
"Onion, ginger, garlic, cumin, dried chili, pepper...... gurgling (chewing) ...... Cumin, cinnamon, astragalus, fennel, cumin... Gurgle... Woody, grass-fruit, kaempfer, curry-grass...... Not? And so on, there seems to be traces of wasabi in the spicy ingredients...... And nutmeg? There is already glutamate in chicken, do you still use nutmeg to mention umami...... There is also grass cardamom, which also has a spicy effect, and it is also hidden! And ......"
With the sound of chewing, Liu Pleiades gradually read out more than twenty kinds of spices, and the face of the middle hundred tongue became more and more difficult to see.
At the beginning, the few spices that were said were still relatively obvious to the public, but then some of the spices that were out of the way and had very little content played a role in the final sublimation of the taste of fried chicken, and they were slowly said!
"You, you ......" The hundred-tongued bird pointed at Liu Pleiades, and even opened his eyes a little.
"What else? What else? Chuangzhen asked with interest.
But at this time, Liu Pleiades frowned for a while, and then said with an empty mouth: "I've finished chewing, please have another piece." ”
However, just as Liu Pleiades stretched out his hand, the middle hundred-tongued bird exclaimed and hid the tasting box behind him, looking like a frightened bird.
"Hey, don't be so stingy! Forget it, then I'll line up and buy one...... Tomita, you check out! Liu Pleiades said helplessly.
"Okay!" Tomita's eyes lit up, and he agreed.
"Wait, wait......" stopped the hundredch.
"Oh? The store manager doesn't want to stop customers from spending, right? Liu Pleiades asked playfully.
When the middle hundred-tongued bird was muttering and had nothing to say, Yu Mei on the side said to an aunt who had just bought it: "Auntie, I'm in a hurry, how about I buy this one in your hand at double the price?" ”
Obviously, even if you want to stop it, it will be impossible unless you close the door now......