Chapter 277

"This ...... It's completely different from the previous ramen! ”

"That's right, what the judges look like...... I didn't have such a strong appetite when I tasted 'soy sauce ramen' before......"

"How is that possible? Nagikiri's family is not a professional ramen chef, isn't this the ramen she created by herself these days? Is it ......?"

"Grape shrimp is precious, but for those gourmets, it is impossible to have such an effect, right?"

It's not that Erina's "red soup ramen" really completes the "soy sauce ramen" of calamus, but because on the one hand, the sour and spicy taste stimulates the appetite even more, and on the other hand, many of the judges present can often eat similar flavors, and they have all gone to Tokyo to taste the craftsmanship of the master chef of the real "Hinata Ramen", so naturally they will not lose their temper because of the "semi-complete version" of calamus. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The audience talked a lot, and the "tasting" of the judges on the field finally came to an end......

All of them were red on their heads, and the whole person was filled with a warm smile.

However, at the same time, we are also discussing about Erina's "red soup ramen".

"'Spicy' and 'sour' are indeed the flavors of Thai chili pepper and lime juice, much like the 'Tom Yum Soup' in Southeast Asia, but ...... Compared to 'Tom Yum Gong Soup', it makes more use of the effect of 'fishy'! ”

"That's right, although 'fishy' is one of the peculiar smells of ingredients in isolation, in theory, in addition to suppressing and removing peculiar smells, there are also ways to use 'guided'. For example, in the previous 'Bear Ramen', the peculiar smell of the bear meat was actually partially 'guided', which made the dish fuller and more wild. ”

"In the ordinary 'Tom Yum Gong Soup', although it is also sour, spicy and the fishy smell of shrimp, it is more inclined to use sour and spicy to cover the fishy smell of shrimp, and this 'red soup' is a perfect fusion of fishy fragrance and sour and spicy!"

"Generally speaking, shrimp is not suitable as an ingredient for soup, and the 'Tom Yum Gong Soup' in Southeast Asia is a very rare famous shrimp soup, but it is ......."

"But it's obviously different from this red soup! It's a bit ...... What does it mean to have some dashi? Although 'Tom Yum Soup' is also called 'soup', there is no process of 'boiling'. ”

The judges couldn't help but wonder if the "tom yum soup" is usually cooked and then poured with the boiled seasoning broth, or after the soup is cooked, the shrimp and other ingredients are cooked after a few minutes after the ingredients are added, and then they are served and eaten.

There is still a big difference from the broth that has been boiled for a long time.

"Huh? That's right! The grape shrimp don't look like they've been boiled for a long time......," said a bald judge, pulling at the few hairs left.

Just as Erina showed a queen's expression, an expression of "sure enough, you don't understand anything", Dojima Silver said, "It's Vietnamese big-headed shrimp." ”

"What? This is indeed grape shrimp...... Yes! What Mr. Dojima said is that it is Vietnamese prawns that make the soup? The bald judges reacted.

Asai frowned and said, "The shrimp head of the Vietnamese big-headed shrimp, because the shrimp head tastes particularly good, sometimes used to flavor the seafood stock, and I also have a soup base seasoned with the shrimp head at home, but ......"

"That's right, this 'red soup' is not just a simple seasoning, but a shrimp head broth made with shrimp head as the main ingredient! The sour and spicy flavors are the final concoctions, while the other spices are always boiled with a large number of shrimp heads! Dojima Silver said.

"Huh? But, but...... If you use shrimp head as the main ingredient, the soup will taste ......."

"I see what you mean, it's true that the soup tastes fishy, astringent, and bitter...... But these are not insurmountable, and it is precisely the things that ordinary people can't do that can be called 'excellent', right? In addition, the progress of the culinary world is also the result of the fact that there are many chefs who have done things that no one else can do......" said Dojima Gin.

However, Dojima Ginjin immediately shook his head: "But this probably doesn't symbolize the progress of the culinary world, right?" It is estimated that only the owner of the 'Tongue of God' can do such a thing. ”

At the same time, Dojima Silver also said in his heart: And it is also the tongue of the god that has been "strengthened"!

In his impression before, Erina's "Tongue of God" was not so strong.

That's right, the more nuanced Dojima Gin, who understands the cooking skills, is clear after tasting it, and the reason why Erina is able to make such a soup is not because of the improvement of her cooking skills, but because of the improvement of the ability of the "Tongue of the Gods".

"The rich fishy aroma, as well as the sour and spicy flavors, are perfectly combined...... To be honest, I don't really like Southeast Asian food, but this time I really felt 'happy' in this 'red soup ramen'! ”

"It's true that I haven't been like this for a long time, and I'm sweating profusely because of the spicy food......"

At this time, there were even judges, who reluctantly tasted a few more bites!

Not only because of the deliciousness, but also because most of the contestants' ramen, except for the students of Togetsu Academy, they are almost tired of eating it, and they can eat the "full version" at any time in Sapporo, instead of the "remastered version" that they made and are still very young......

Even the "soy sauce ramen" of calamus can be enjoyed just by a trip to Tokyo.

But Erina's ramen is now missed, and it is almost impossible to taste it again......

And now it has reached the final stage of the competition, and only Liu Pleiades has not yet presented the ramen, so Nuno no longer reminds the judges to pay attention to the amount of food.

However, Dojima Silver said, "I suggest you save some stomach space by yourself a little!" …… Cooking sometimes brings unexpected surprises, doesn't it? ”

"Huh? It's rare to see Mr. Dojima so frankly optimistic about a junior. Asai said with a look on his face.

He naturally heard that Dojima Gin's implication was that he was very optimistic about the last player......

This degree of optimism is even more optimistic than that of Erina Nagikiri, who has the "tongue of God"!

"Mr. Asai can call me Dojima." Dojima didn't explain anything else.

At this time, the voice of Nuno asking the judges to score had already sounded......

"96 points! It's 96 points again! Six judges gave perfect marks! A rare ultra-high score in previous competitions...... Tied for first place with the previous Shiratori iris contestants! Is it possible that the winner of this year's 'Sapporo Ramen Contest' will be selected by voting? Or is it a tie for the title? Nono worked hard to heat up the atmosphere.

According to the rules of the competition, if the highest score is two or more people tied, it will enter the stage of the judges' voting, but because the judges are ten people, it is still possible to tie, if so, the two will be tied for the championship.

However, this extremely low probability has not happened for a long time.

Sometimes, even if the judges give the same score to two contestants, they are most likely tendentious.

For example, at the beginning, Fujie and others chose to give a perfect score to the judges, and then they obviously regretted it, because the ramen of Calamus and Erina made them feel that it was better than the ramen of Fujie and others

Seeing this score, Erina and Calamus stiffened at the same time, and neither seemed to be able to accept this result......

At this time, among the four judges who did not give Erina a full score, there are still Dojima Silver and Asai!

Of course, the two of them do not have obsessive-compulsive disorder and must avoid full scores, but because there is an essential gap between 10 points and 9 points, it seems that Dojima Silver and Asai still think that the level they are playing now cannot be regarded as "perfect" among ramen chefs under the age of 20, or that they have higher expectations for "perfection".

Of the other two judges who didn't give Erina a full score, one of them overlapped with the judge who also gave Iris 9 points, but the last one, who had previously given Iris a perfect score, was the bald ......

And Erina is also staring at him mainly, and the bald man explained when he saw this: "That's right, Erina's red soup ramen is also delicious, but ...... The pale red color of the ramen itself is due to the tomato juice added to the noodles, right? In order to give the ramen itself a fruity taste, the combination of ramen and red soup will not be abrupt......

Although the idea was good, I still felt that the flavor of the tomato juice was not in harmony with the texture when it was incorporated into the ramen. ”

At this time, many of the top players began to gossip about how to calculate the bet between Erina and Calamus......

Although they were not in the No. 1 division when they were in the preliminaries, they also heard about the bet between the two women, and at this time they began to be curious, if they really tied for the championship in the end, how would this bet be counted?

Will both sides pay the "chips"?

It has nothing to do with the "onlookers", but you can see the excitement...... For example, Miss Erina's challenge to the "Big Stomach King" or something, it seems to be some fun!

As for the "seeded players" in the No. 1 division, at this time, they were still immersed in being "overwhelmed by Mount Tai" twice.

Originally, I wanted to use "Defeat Hitori Ramen" to improve the prestige of my ramen restaurant, but it was killed by a high score, and then I was even crushed by Erina, who is not a professional ramen chef, with a high score, and now I am still immersed in "loss".

I can't help but think in my heart, "Is talent really so important?", talented cooks can develop in all aspects, and those who are "not talented", even with the help of family secret recipes, will be defeated in the field they are best at......

In particular, many young ramen chefs in their sixties and seventies were still "defeated" by a considerable number of Yuanyue students!

This is not obvious from the players in their twenties, thirties and forty or fifty points, because they are also prepared to be at the bottom anyway, and there is no difference between being pressed by their own people and being pressed by others......

"Mr. Asai, do you want to say something?" When the bald judge saw this scene, he said with some concern.

"It doesn't matter, it's okay to leave it to the 'adults' in their own family, this is also something that many 'ordinary' cooks must go through, and it is not necessarily a bad thing for them to experience it earlier." Asai said.

Nono's voice also sounded at this time: "Next, please invite the last player!" The ninth seat of the ten outstanding students of the far moon! At the same time, Liu Pleiasion, who is going to have dinner with me tonight! Come on, Ah Xing, my sister is waiting for you at night! ”

Erina and Calamus, who were still arguing about how to calculate the gambling contract, suddenly looked at Liu Pleiades......

Erina's eyes are like swords, and Calamus is disgusted, as if she is looking at a pervert.

At the same time, there are several "eyes like swords", as well as a number of eyes like fire (jealous fire......

Under great pressure, Liu Pleiades pushed the dining cart in front of the judges' seats, and there were ten plates of "fried noodles" on it!

That's right, not just fried noodles, but simply fried noodles...... Not even sauces or side dishes!

"Welcome to taste, my '100 fried noodles'!" Liu Pleiades put ten plates of fried noodles that looked a little monotonous in front of the judges.

"Huh? Is this chow mein...... Well, let's sort of chow mein. ”

Thinking of Liu Pleiasion's appearance when he was "fried noodles" before, the judges pinched their noses with great difficulty and admitted that this was "fried noodles".

However, when the other contestants and spectators heard Liu Yuexing's name, they were a little dissatisfied and discussed, and some judges also frowned slightly.

"Hundred fried noodles? What do you mean? Does he think that his ramen can overshadow the 100 ramen restaurants on No. 1 Ramen Street? ”

"This ...... It should just be a coincidence, right? Or is there something else that means......"

"Hehe, what other meaning can there be! I think he's despising our Sapporo Ramen Street! ”

"So what can you do? No matter how you look at this championship, we don't have a part in it......"

That's right, when you mention "100 restaurants" on such occasions, the first thing that comes to mind is naturally the 100 ramen restaurants in Sapporo No. 1 Ramen Street, which symbolize the mecca of Sapporo ramen......

One of the judges, a master chef from Sapporo Ramen Street, couldn't help but ask, "Hundred fried noodles?" Does it have any special meaning? ”

"Well, after you taste it, you know, if you say that it means...... It should be a 'tribute'! Liu Pleiades said.

Even though some of the judges are not professional gourmets, they understand the rules and stop worrying about this issue for the time being, and start to focus on ramen...... No, it's the chow mein itself.

"However, when it comes to fried noodles, there are usually two main types of noodles: 'stir-fry the noodles and drizzle them with sauce and side dishes', and 'stir-fry the noodles with the sauce and side dishes', right? But...... It's really rare to see such a monotonous fried mein. Said the bald judge.

"Wait, this noodle is a bit thick for chow mein, right?" Another judge said, picking up a cluster of noodles.

Indeed, Liu Pleiades's fried noodles, each one looks very thick...... It's not the width of the wide face, but the stoutness!

"But the heat, which is very important for chow mein, is very well grasped! You can see it from this golden color, and ...... The whole dish is of this color, and the uniformity can be seen to be so 'exquisite'...... Ahem, I mean awesome pyrotechnics! ”

If it weren't for the golden luster of the fried noodles and the near-perfect color integration, I'm afraid the judges would have wondered if such thick noodles were really fried!

But thinking of Liu Pleiasung's fried noodles, if he said that it was "exquisite", the judges still couldn't accept it, so they used the inexplicable "powerful" as a rhetoric......

"So...... Let's try it! ”

"Hmm, the taste of this big root is really full."

"Although it is a fried mein, the control of the fire and oil makes it not feel greasy in the mouth!"

"I see, when the noodles are spinning, the oil brushed on them becomes uniform and penetrates under centrifugal force!"

"But even so, yakisoba without sauce and side dishes...... Wait a minute! This—this is ......"

"This rich flavor ......"

To the surprise of the audience and other contestants, the judges were stunned after tasting the fried noodles that should have been "tasteless"?

"It's sauce! I see, the sauce is really in the noodles! ”

"And it's not thick noodles at all, but thin noodles rolled into threaded tubes, with sauce and finely chopped side dishes inside......"

After the unexpected sauce exploded in his mouth, the judges immediately brought the section of the noodles to their eyes and observed them.

That's right, when the "thick smoke" was dense and everyone couldn't see the situation inside, Liu Pleiades surrounded the noodles into a spiral, and the sauce prepared before and mixed with various side dishes was also rolled in.

Finally, during the second steaming stage, it was completely sealed......

And the sauce enclosed in it is also heated again, so that diners can feel the "bursting feeling" of the sauce to the greatest extent when tasting it!

Just when the judges were constantly enjoying the feeling of the sauce exploding in their mouths, Asai was suddenly stunned: "Wait, I seem to be ......"

As he spoke, he picked up a piece of noodles, sucked it in his mouth, chewed it carefully, and then changed it.

"What's wrong? Friends. ”

"Sure enough! You taste each yakisoba individually! The taste and texture are the same! Asai said.

"What...... Oh! And so it was! ”

"No, why do I feel like it smells familiar?"

"Ahh It's a bit like my 'Spicy Hell Ramen'......"

"Huh? This is a bit similar to the Ikezawa family's 'chicken heart ramen', and the kid who just tasted his family's 'chicken heart ramen' presented at the competition! ”

"This—This root should be ......"

Under Asai's prompting, everyone found that every yakisoba seems to be able to find the signature noodles of the corresponding ramen restaurant in the Sapporo ramen street!

Only then did the judges react that in the previous three days, Liu Pleiades had "swept" in Sapporo's ramen street.

Try each restaurant's signature noodles, and the sauce in these yakisoba noodles mimics the taste of each ramen!

"I remember! Hasn't it always been rumored that in Yuanyue's annual life, there is another owner of the 'Tongue of God'? Could it be that the rumors are true? And that's it...... Liu Pleiades? ”

"That's right! I remembered that too......"

"Although it may only be six or seven points of 'similar' taste, it has already grasped the essence! The most important thing is that our ramen uses broth, but he uses sauce to simulate the essence! The bald judge said.

"Wait, that's not all! Don't be paralyzed by the taste, pay attention to the texture of each noodle! Asai said suddenly.

"Palate? Because the heat is uniform, the taste is very ...... Wrong! The texture of this 'Big Bone Ramen' gives me the impression of thin noodles, and the texture of this 'garlic ramen' is a bit like wide noodles...... I understand! Is the ramen that is the same as their counterpart, and the taste of the noodles is similar? ”

Each different type of ramen in each ramen restaurant will also be paired with noodles of different thickness, lubrication, and toughness, and now everyone can actually notice this difference in taste in each of Liu Pleiasung's fried noodles......

"How so? It's all the same noodle...... Wait a minute, these noodles are on ...... There are nicks! ”

The judges then observed that if you pick up these fried noodles and look closely, you will find that there are different nicks on them, which also makes the noodles taste different.

After the spiral overlap, the vertical notch will make the noodles easier to eat and smoother, and the horizontal notch will make the mouth more obstructed and feel rougher, and if the notch is like a buffer band, it will appear stronger......

That's right, this is exactly the carving that was carved at the beginning, when the noodles were hung on the glass wall and Liu Pleiades used a blade and a carving knife to transfer the noodles from the horizontal bar to the board!

"Just that makes a difference in the taste?"

"The noodles are made by him on the spot...... In other words, in a short period of time, there are marks all over each noodle, this kind of knife skill...... It's incredible! ”

"I know! It was at his cooking table, blocked by the noodles that were around him, that he completed this carving......"

And this technique of changing the texture by changing the carving of the appearance of the noodles comes from the Ganges fried noodles of another "Liu Pleiades" during the "Zhonghua Banban" period...... (To be continued.) )