Chapter 287: Competition (2-in-1)

"Your question, you think about it first! Then there is the Pleiades...... When I first heard the decision of the clan elders, I was also shocked. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info I can't imagine that those old stubborns will actually let you go to Yuanyue Academy, obviously ten years ago, I wanted the Zhao family brothers...... Tsk, in that case, why bother to let outsiders represent you......"

"Ahem, ahem! Uncle Lou San, if you have something to say, let's just say it! Liu Yuyuan interrupted Lou San's words, and glanced at Liu Yuxing at the same time.

It was found that he was clearly thinking about his own business, not noticing the conversation between the two......

"Well, how do you say that...... Although you are now nominally the first person of the Pleiades generation, this is also thanks to the small number of people in the Pleiades generation, even if you count only a few people, this is also the result of your early marriage and early childbearing since your grandfather......"

"Third Uncle Lou, I know you are very good at fighting, but can you say something important!" Liu Yuyuan interrupted helplessly.

"Hahaha, don't mind! I don't mean anything else, it's just that if you go directly to Yuanyue, there is a good chance of being dropped out of school within a month. Lou San said with a smile.

No, that's what I mind the most! Liu Yuyuan calmed down after confirming in his heart that his uncle was very capable of fighting.

"Hey, actually, I'm not targeting any of you, I'm just trying to say ...... Your problem is serious! Lou San said seriously.

Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Lou San continued: "As for the Pleiades, I think in the next month, I should go to the 'Yangquan Hotel' to study, and study in a French restaurant for half a month, a week in a Southeast Asian restaurant, and a week in a Japanese restaurant, and then study with me for a while......

After all, it is only a little more than a month, and it is impossible to be proficient in all the major cuisines in the world, even if you have a foundation in Chinese food, it is impossible, but as long as you master some of the principles and core concepts of these cuisines, plus your Chinese food level, I believe it is no problem to cope with the daily courses of Yuanyue Academy. ”

It is generally believed that the so-called "Western food" originated from Italian cuisine, and even French cuisine was born from Italian cuisine, but French cuisine has long been born out of the blue, and can be regarded as a representative of "Western food" in all aspects.

It is impossible for Liu Yuyuan to master all the branch cuisines in more than a month, so Liu Lousan chose the more representative French cuisine and Southeast Asian cuisine.

Because the former is the most unfamiliar to Liu Yueyuan, half a month was set aside, and Southeast Asian cuisine has similarities with Chinese cuisine in some places, so Liu Lousan only gave her a week......

As for the reason for putting it in a Japanese restaurant in the last week, it is even simpler, in terms of kinship, this is the closest to Chinese cuisine, but Yuanyue is located in an island country, so it is better to know more about it!

It can be seen that Liu Lousan still knows Yuanyue very well, and at the same time, the training plan set by Liu Yuyuan is also very targeted.

In the end, he will specially guide Liu Yuyuan for a period of time.

Although Liu Yuyuan is a pity that he can't study in the main store of "Yangquan Restaurant", he also understands Liu Lousan's intentions......

As the largest three-star restaurant and the holy land of Chinese cuisine, "Yangquan Restaurant" has always maintained the tradition of bringing forth the new and adapting to the changes of the times, and the various signature dishes on the menu basically have a bit of the shadow of "world cuisine fusion......

But in the final analysis, it is still a restaurant of Chinese cuisine, and if Liu Yuyuan studies here, it is obviously contrary to his own intentions!

The "Yangquan Hotel", which is not far from the "Yangquan Restaurant", is the same as the Yuanyue Resort, where restaurants of all major cuisines in the world exist.

"Then how should I master my 'divine essence'?" Liu Pleiades asked at this time.

"Hmm...... You also come to the 'Yangquan Hotel' first, I will first identify what level your sword skills and heat have reached, these two divine essences are simpler than the spice divine essence! After all, you ......," Liu Lousan said.

"After all, my qualifications are dull, so I don't need to emphasize it anymore!" Liu Pleiades said with rolled eyes.

"No, actually, I think it's an insult to 'stupid' to say this, normal people can't reach your current skills, and there is no sign of the essence of the essence...... Hey, don't go! Do you know how to get to 'Sunshine Spring Hotel'? ”

Liu Pleiades is now extremely sure that this guy must be quite capable of fighting!

But he didn't know that Liu Lousan was also puzzled: "It's really strange, even if it's a pig, there should be a divine omen now...... If he really has no qualifications at all, then his skills ...... Oh, by the way, the clan elders' current judgment is 'Ancestor Induction Transmission'?

Give it a try! I'm also curious about how strong the three basic skills will be if he masters the essence of the gods now! ”

Because Liu Lousan didn't know the prophecy, he didn't believe in the statements of the clan elders very much......

"By the way, I see that you have won two regional cooking competitions, both of which are related to pastry? How about the fourth essence of the gods preparing to comprehend the essence of the pastry class? Liu Lousan asked Liu Pleiades on the way.

"There are more than these three 'divine essences'?" Liu Yuexing said suspiciously.

“…… You really don't know anything! Sword skills, fire and spices are the three most basic essences! It is also the basis for becoming a 'Lin-level' chef. In addition, you must at least master a complete 'Divine Essence' before you have a chance to become a 'Dragon-level' chef! Liu Lousan said.

"Complete Divine Essence?"

"That's right, in addition to the three basic essences, there are very few other 'essences' that can be directly comprehended, such as the 'noodle essence', including the 'awakening essence', 'harmony essence', 'extended essence' and many others, usually comprehend the three basic essences first, and then comprehend these fragmentary-level essences, and finally comprehend the complete 'essence'." Liu Lousan said.

Liu Pleiades listened attentively, knowing that this was something he had never been exposed to, the direction of culinary development after the "Lin level"!

In fact, Liu Pleiades suspects that among the people he knows, such as Joichiro, Dojima Gin, and Nagi Thistle, they should already be "Lin-level", but before that, their cooking skills were hovering at the tiger level, so they naturally wouldn't say this to themselves, as for the more familiar ones, even Shinomiya Kojiro, they are still only tiger-level......

"Then how many years are you old enough to comprehend a divine essence?" Liu Pleiades asked deliberately.

He really didn't believe that Liu Lousan would be a "dragon-level" chef, and he originally wanted to stimulate him, who knows......

"In addition to the three basic essences, I have comprehended the complete 'seafood essence' and the rest...... So-so! Liu Lousan said in a modest tone.

"You've reached Dragon Chef?" Liu Yuxing exclaimed.

"Of course not! Didn't I say it...... Only by comprehending a complete 'essence' can you 'have a chance' to become a dragon chef, do you know what 'chance' means? ”

Although he said so, Liu Pleiades still roughly estimated that Liu Lousan should be relatively strong among the "Lin-level" chefs.

Liu Lousan took Liu Pleiades and Liu Pleiades through the small garden open to guests and came to the "Yangquan Hotel", or "Yangquan Indoor Resort"!

First of all, he helped Liu Yuyuan arrange a French restaurant on the twelfth floor that will start reporting tomorrow, and Liu Lousan also entrusted the chef of this restaurant, and then "took care" of Liu Yuyuan for half a month.

Of course, this "care" refers to letting the other party teach Liu Yuyuan more knowledge of French cuisine in the past half a month, not to make her have an easy life!

As for today, Liu Lousan has to test the level of the two people first.

After all, he hasn't seen Liu Yueyuan, a junior, for a long time, and Liu Yuxing has only seen it in the broadcast.

The two of them were led to a small empty kitchen, which was obviously not in operation, and the whole kitchen was empty, except for two young chefs who looked to be in their early twenties.

He also wears a white chef's suit, but he does not wear a symbolic scarf, and the kitchen is equipped with all kinds of advanced equipment, although it is not as complete as the research institute of Yuanyue International, but compared to the hotel kitchen of the same scale, it is also very modern!

This also illustrates the psychology of the "conservatives" of the Liu family...... It's not conservative for the sake of being conservative, but believing in the way of "worshipping the ancients" can give birth to truly powerful chefs!

After ensuring that the chef will not be affected by the new and foreign cooking skills, and can be "independent", he is also willing to expose the clan to more cooking skills to improve their strength.

It's not that I'm blindly arrogant, but I care too much about "food" and "kitchen heart", so I don't want to let the people get in touch with other cuisines too early......

In fact, in this way, it is mainly in the training of middle and high-level chefs, which is at a disadvantage in an all-round way.

For low-level chefs, there is nothing wrong with specializing in one dish, and for top chefs, mastering the "kitchen heart" and then getting in touch with different cuisines can be regarded as the same goal, and it is not too inferior!

For example, Liu Lousan, as the first person of the Lou generation, has a "Lin-level" chef, and he has a relatively high strength in the "Lin-level......

It can be seen as "the Tang Island Silver of the Liu family", which is not an exaggeration.

Of course, considering the age of the two, it is clear that Dojima Silver is even better!

"Master, when I received your call, we came early, is it just the two of them?" The thinner of the young chefs looked at Liu Pleiades and Liu Pleiades and said.

Liu Pleiades looked at the two of them suspiciously, not knowing what Liu Lousan was going to do, and these two people were actually Liu Lousan's disciples?

If it is a chef of the general "Yangquan Hotel", even if he has received Lou San's guidance, at most he will call Lou San teacher, not such a formal title as "Master"!

And judging by the fact that the two of them don't know Liu Yuyuan, they shouldn't be members of the Liu family......

"Hahaha, aren't you two usually very satisfied with your sword skills and fire? Today I'm going to assess you...... That's right, they are the ones who are going to study at the 'Yangquan Hotel' during this time, and I'm going to let you try it out to confirm your respective levels! I haven't tested you for a long time, I don't know if you're lazy," Liu Lousan said with a smile.

"Huh? Why do you suddenly have to compete? Liu Pleiades was a little caught off guard, and the other two looked like they were fighting.

"Don't worry about these details...... You can see the level more by the way of the competition, isn't it? And you're in the Far Moon Academy, so you should be able to eat halberds a lot, right? This time it was just an ordinary competition, and I didn't make any bets, and I wasn't as nervous as the halberd. Liu Lousan said.

When Liu Pleiades heard this, he looked at the two young chefs, one fat and one thin, and secretly speculated in his heart that maybe Liu Lousan also wanted to take the opportunity to sharpen his two disciples.

"Third Uncle Lou, these two are Zhao Ming and Zhao Liang, two senior brothers, right?" Liu Yuyuan took the initiative to speak.

Liu Pleiades grinned when he heard this...... Illumination, illumination? The names of these two brothers are bright enough......

Of course, Liu Pleiades also believes that these two people can be accepted as disciples by Liu Lousan, and in addition to their names, there must be other outstanding features.

Moreover, Liu Lousan is also very attentive to the two disciples, even when he and Liu Yuyuan of his own family came, Lou San did not forget to take the opportunity to sharpen his two apprentices.

"Yes, they are five or six years older than Ah Xing, who won two regional cooking competitions, but in terms of cooking...... Hey, I'm here to give them a long run. ”

Liu Pleiades couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard this, secretly saying that such an obvious agitation method, coupled with Liu Lousan's exaggerated acting skills, only an idiot would not be able to hear it, right?

However, he immediately found that the eyes of the Zhao brothers who looked at him became eager, and they looked eager to fight right away......

Well, Liu Yuexing suddenly felt that maybe the reason why Liu Lousan was looking for them as apprentices was because they were so foolish!

"Hmmm! I'm also willing to compete with the two Senior Brother Zhao! Liu Yuyuan also has a bit of a high-pitched fighting spirit.

"But if you test your sword skills and fire...... Is it more than what the prescribed recipes, or is it free to play? Liu Pleiades asked.

"Don't worry, things will be coming soon." Liu Lousan said.

And taking advantage of this, Liu Pleiades also whispered to Liu Pleiades: "Are these two brothers famous?" Or did you do your homework before? Anyway, don't you have a lot of people in your Liu family...... Actually accept disciples with foreign surnames? ”

"Of course I will! No matter how many people there are in the Liu family, can there be more talents than among the people who worship the Liu family in the outside world? It's just that if the people of the Liu family want to accept apprentices, they must first pass the test within the clan.

Moreover, if you want to accept disciples from your relatives, you must go to the clan to report, and many of the disciples of the elders actually grew up in the ancestral house of the Liu family when they were young...... "Liu Yuyuan said.

Liu Pleiades then remembered that even if the Liu family is a stubborn conservative, it is not blindly self-cherishing, if the disciple's heart and life experience pass the test, he can be treated as his own person of the Liu family......

Of course, being treated like themselves by them is not necessarily a good thing!

"Wait, that means Zhao Ming and Zhao Liang have passed the assessment of the ancestral house and are independent?"

Liu Pleiades glanced at Zhao Ming and Zhao Liang curiously, and found that the two were standing opposite each other, their four hands overlapping each other, and shouting "Come on!" Come on! "It seems to be cheering himself up, as if he has been beaten with chicken blood......

If the two of them really passed the independent assessment of the ancestral house in their early twenties, it means that their talents are similar to Liu Yuyuan? After all, Liu Lousan's assessment of Liu Yuyuan is that he can be independent at the age of twenty.

Tsk, that's really not an ordinary stunned blue! Sure enough, the level of culinary talent has nothing to do with IQ......

"No, the two of them are different, although they are the personal disciples of Uncle Lou San, and the knowledge that the Liu family can open to ordinary clansmen can also be open to them, but they have only been to the ancestral house once when they were apprentices."

Liu Yuexing's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he asked in a low voice, "Could it be that they are the illegitimate children of Lou San's predecessors?" Don't say it, the corners of Zhao Liang's eyes are really similar to Lou San's predecessors! ”

"Don't talk nonsense! The reason why the two of them are exceptions is because ten years ago, when Uncle Lou San had just won the title of 'Lou San', he specially proposed it to the clan elders......"

"I feel more like you when you say that...... Ahem, okay, okay, you say it first. ”

"The third uncle of Lou is a representative of the reformist faction in the Lou generation, and he specially applied to the clan elders, hoping to teach the two disciples in his own way to observe the results......

Because the third uncle of Lou had already won the first person of Lou's descendants at that time, and with the support of the elders of the Kuishan clan, the other clan elders had just been stimulated by the fiasco of the 'Divine Front Cooking Showdown' ten years ago, and after all, the two brothers Zhao Ming and Zhao Liang were not from the Liu family, so the clan elders relented!

Don't underestimate them, even if they are compared to the graduates of Yuanyue, I'm afraid they won't be inferior! And they are different from the cadets of the far moon...... It should be regarded as an ordinary Liu family member and Yuanyue student. They are exposed to a great deal of knowledge about various cuisines from an early age, and at the same time they attach great importance to the basics. Liu Yuyuan said.

Liu Pleiades also paid more attention to the two brothers, Zhao Ming and Zhao Liang, and found that these two guys, who seemed to have a tendon in their brains that accidentally leaked into their hearts and blocked their hearts, were still cheering each other up at this time......

"Brother! No matter what the champion is or not, we must not embarrass Master, can we? ”

"Of course! Brother! Mom is waiting for us to become chefs! ”

"That's right, how hard it was for my mother to bring us up alone, but fortunately, Master suddenly appeared, accepted us as disciples, and often visited my mother!"

"Well, Master is such a good person!"

Liu Yuexing was very moved after hearing this, and then glanced at Liu Lousan strangely, and said to Liu Yueyuan: "Do you think your third uncle and grandmother know about this?" ”

“……”

Fortunately, before Liu Pleiades could continue to gossip, a waiter at the hotel walked in with a dining car.

"Manager, everything you want is here, and then ......"

"Leave it here, you go and get busy with yours." Liu Lousan said.

After that, Liu Lousan also took out the things on the upper layer of the dining car, which were four pieces of white and tender square tofu that was only the size of a fist!

I saw Liu Lousan put the four pieces of tofu on a plate separately and put them on the four cooking tables......

"Huh? Is this a test of knife skills? Is it carving? Or do you want to make 'chrysanthemum tofu'? Liu Pleiades guessed.

"Neither! Since it's a competition, it's natural to use some methods that are easy to distinguish between winners and losers......"

Liu Lousan said, took four more chopsticks, and walked around the cooking table in front of the four people, only to see that each chopstick had a round head downward, piercing vertically into the center of the tofu and keeping it upright.

When the four of them were puzzled, Liu Lousan said: "I also have an electronic scale accurate to 0.0001 grams, what you have to do is to cut off the tofu as much as possible while keeping the chopsticks upright, and finally weigh it...... Of course, you should not touch the chopsticks with your hands during the process, and you must not cause the chopsticks to fall over. ”

"This way of testing is indeed more intuitive than carving, and it is clear who is light and who is heavy." Liu Yuexing nodded when he heard this, and at the same time bent down and raised his head, carefully observing the tofu and chopsticks......

These chopsticks are the most traditional wooden chopsticks, with a thin end cut into a circle and a square end at the end, symbolizing the "round sky" in the traditional Chinese worldview.

Although it was a test of knife skills, Liu Pleiades felt that this was also a test of the chef's observation and judgment, and couldn't help but glance at Zhao Ming and Zhao Liang, and found that the two of them were not reckless, and were also carefully observing...... (To be continued.) )