Chapter 271: Guanyin Sitting on the Lotus (2-in-1 Chapter)
"Matsutake mushrooms must have been cooked for a long time, and the 'meat' is full of soup, and when you bite into it, you can even feel the soup splashing......
"The daikon radish is still crispy, and it should be the same as 'ramen', cooked in lightly salted water, and just soaked in the soup on a chisel!"
"Just a mouthful of Brussels sprouts, between the leaves, also poured with soup, and cooked just right......"
"I didn't expect to be able to handle such a large piece of seahead head so properly, without the original jerky taste of seahead hair, and still maintain the chewiness. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"Wait, don't keep your attention on the 'toppings', these five noodles themselves are not just embellishments!"
"That's right, fluffy thin noodles, rich wide noodles...... And this chewy, pasta, right? ”
"Well, and this white, slippery one isn't the udon noodles I imagined at first, but 'rice noodles'! A Chinese snack made by fermenting and grinding rice......"
Rice noodles are roughly divided into two kinds in practice, one is more retro, made by grinding rice after fermentation, because it has undergone fermentation, it will have a slight sour taste, so it is called "sour pulp rice noodles", and most of the rice noodles with modern technology are directly crushed and then pressed by machines, that is, "dry pulp rice noodles".
In contrast, the former has the unique aroma of rice, smooth and refreshing, but because it takes time to make, many fast-food rice noodle restaurants use dry pulp rice noodles...... Many of them are not even dry rice noodles, but "rice noodles" with potato flour and sweet potato flour......
Of course, the one used by Erina is naturally "sour rice noodles".
The five judges instantly turned the style of the "Ramen Contest" into a string meeting, munching on the chisel horizontally, and after a while, there was only one chisel left in their hands......
I have to say that this form is very conducive to eating, each piece is a mouthful, and each has a different taste and texture, attracting diners to keep taking a bite!
Erina's "root" ramen has five types of "ramen" and six types of "toppings", all of which were previously prepared separately, after all, they require different heat levels.
For example, matsutake mushrooms have been boiled for a long time, while white radishes have only been blanched a little......
After that, the processed ramen noodles and toppings are skewered together alternately and placed in the final broth.
In this way, it is not only convenient to prepare the ingredients separately, but also to avoid mixing them all together, and when diners taste them, there will be a situation where the ingredients with different flavors are mixed together and eaten......
"I see, because each ramen and toppings have a different taste, is it called 'starry ramen'?"
"Worthy of the possession of the tongue of God......"
"Is this the strength of the Ten Masters of the Far Moon? I can't imagine that the person who makes this 'ramen' is only 16 years old, and he is not a professional ramen chef! ”
"It seems that the results are already obvious...... It's a pity that it's only a preliminaries, and we can't give you specific points other than 'pass'! ”
"Area 1, No. 99 player Erina Nagikiri, pass!"
"It's a pity, if there were a score, a guy with ramen in his head right now would have a wonderful expression...... Oh yes! If it's just a test of your cooking skills, you don't have much confidence in the first place, right? I just want to give it a try with the secret recipe handed down by my family, and if I happen to be able to win against me, I'll make a lot of money......" Erina looks like a female version of Long Aoten.
As Erina's main "target", Shiratori Calamus was only a general degree of unhappiness, saying things like "make her look good" with her teeth and claws below, while the other players who were lying on the gun were already as if they had been trampled on their livers, and they became excited......
Of course, Erina ignored the clamor of the other contestants and directly put on a "queen's face".
When Liu Pleiades saw this scene, he couldn't help but understand a little, probably because Shiratori Calamus was also very confident in himself, so he was not very sensitive to Erina's ridicule, while others ...... It's a little bit of a scheming, so it's even more exciting.
Seeing the other contestants, they were already excited, and the judges couldn't help but divert the topic and said, "Ahem, cough, let's ask the No. 100 contestant to present ramen!" ”
Liu Pleiades was also ready at this time, his is the real "pull" noodles, when Erina was presenting the food, Liu Pleiades had already begun to move, the dough that had been standing before, the outer layer of noodles that had dried up, and then tore the lotus leaves inside, took out the dough inside, and then shook the lotus petals on it to fall.
Gently kneaded a few times, then "pulled" up, and the foot ** staggered stretch more than 30 times, so that the noodles are as thin as a hair, and then go down to the 100 degree heating oil pan to fry at low temperature, gently with the short stick, stir a few times in it, when it is fished out, the dragon whisker noodles as thin as a hair have been stiff......
After that, the dragon beard noodles are put in a bowl and poured into the soup that has already been prepared, and the "small snacks" made into the shape of a fish are topped with pickled bamboo shoots!
When the judges saw Liu Pleiasion, who was serving "ordinary" ramen, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
They were really worried just now that Liu Pleiades would serve something that they didn't know what to say......
However, although the ramen served by Liu Pleiades looked very normal, it still made them feel a sense of disobedience!
"Is the topping on this 'taiyaki'?" Asai asked, he always felt that this taiyaki was a little weird.
Taiyaki is a folk snack in the island country, usually made with flour, sugar, milk and baking soda, put in a mold to make the shape of sea bream, most of them will have red bean filling, some will be egg yolk filling, black sesame filling and so on.
Liu Pleiades said at this time: "No, I carved out that it was a carp!" And the ingredients are also a little different from taiyaki, and milk and cream are not used. ”
Asai nodded knowingly, finally knowing that what he had always felt was the shape of the taiyaki, but the sense of disobedience was still there......
"Why did you come up with the idea of making it look like a carp?" Another judge wondered.
"Because of my ramen, I named it 'Kannon Sitting Lotus Noodles'! In the case of Kannon, it's easier to associate with the basket Kannon and carp, right? ”
"Guanyin...... Sitting on the Lotus ...... Face? Well, whether it's a trick or a veritable name, let's try it! Asai said.
"Wait...... The temperature on this side ...... Is this cold noodles? ”
Finally, some judges reacted and knew that the sense of disobedience just now was like this, this bowl of noodles had arrived in front of them, but there was no heat in sight!
The five judges looked at each other, and after experiencing the stimulation of "vegetarian soup and meat noodles" and "starry noodles" just now, it seems that the cold noodles are not very able to surprise them!
The first thing I found was naturally that the noodles of this "Guanyin Sitting on Lotus Noodles" were as thin as a hair......
"It's ...... Dragon's beard? And looking at this kind of toughness, it is still a real dragon beard noodles, not the color of the goods pressed by the machines in the factory! ”
"That's right, and the slenderness of this noodle is far better than the so-called 'dragon beard noodles' that are just 'thin noodles', and it's hard to imagine that the chef who pulled out this kind of noodles is only 16 years old, and he is not a professional ramen chef......
"That's not necessarily, Liu Pleiades has won the championship of the seafood pastry competition before, maybe...... He's the main focus on pastry! ”
"Because it's at a low temperature, the dragon's whisker noodles actually have a feeling of 'strength'! Goes hand in hand with this gentle taste...... It is also the best among the dragon beard noodles, and it has a slight sour taste of fruit that stimulates appetite...... Is it because of the addition of yuzu juice? ”
"The soup is also sweet and sour, which is ...... A blend of mango, grapefruit and coconut water? ”
"Wait! There's another hint of flavor! ”
"Yes, did you taste it too? It reverberates between the lips and teeth, but it's not easy to catch ......."
The moment the judges tasted it, they felt that they were wrapped in clusters of flowers, and a relaxed expression appeared on their faces, as if they were on vacation, and it did not look like they were sitting on the judges' bench at all.
And with the sweet and sour fruitiness, and the soft taste, they faintly felt a fragrance hidden in the flowers, and I don't know when it was hidden between their mouths......
"It's Lotus! It is the fragrance of lotus flowers, and it feels as if it has been left for a long time with lotus flowers and lotus leaves after kneading the dough...... However, in the game, the time should not meet the conditions. "Dojima Silver first identified the source of this faint fragrance.
"Yes, it is after kneading the dough that the dough and lotus petals are wrapped together with lotus leaves, because the outside is wrapped in another layer, the lotus leaves and the inner dough are completely sealed, and in the outer dough, I sprinkled some yeast, so that the closed dough is also fermenting and heating up, accelerating the dough inside to the lotus leaf flavor!" Liu Pleiades opened his mouth to explain.
Some of the ideas for this dragon beard noodle are inspired by the "peerless beauty noodles......
In the era of Chinese Yiban, at the selection competition of the special chef in which "Liu Pleiades" and Lan Feihong participated, the topic of the preselection was "The Warrior Has No Doubles".
At that time, "Liu Pleiades" made a waterless kneading alkaline water surface, and conquered the judges with the strong taste of the noodles, which means that "the reason why the national warrior is unequaled is because of its own strength", and the alkaline water surface he made at that time can best reflect the quality of the noodles themselves, without relying on soup and toppings......
But Lan Feihong made a sweet and sour dragon beard noodles, and there was a lotus fragrance in the noodles!
It feels like a "woman's feminine", although it is delicious, but it is not a temperamental noodles, but Lan Feihong explained that his noodles are "peerless beauty noodles"!
Since ancient times, people have often praised newlyweds, the husband is "a peerless warrior" and the wife is a "peerless beauty", that is to say, the peerless and peerless beauty are one, and finally the examiner also gave a "passed" evaluation......
And Liu Pleiades's "Guanyin Sitting on Lotus Noodles" is an improvement on the basis of "peerless beauty noodles"!
A small amount of yuzu juice is added to the water of the noodles, which I learned from Joichiro's "Enma King Ramen" before......
"I see! In the soup base, the juice of mango, fresh orange, strawberry and other woody fruits should be used to refer to "poplar branches", and the coconut water, which is the main ingredient of the soup base, is naturally "nectar"! That's why it's called 'Guanyin sitting on lotus noodles'? ”
"That's right! There are also confectionery that looks like carp and pickled bamboo shoots...... Carp and bamboo can also be associated with Kannon. ”
"But it's not just a meaning! I'll check the taste of these toppings too! Asai said.
Liu continued to smile and look at him, and the judges also tasted "carp grill" and bamboo shoots......
At the moment when they took a bite, the five judges couldn't help but look pale and pause for two or three seconds before they suddenly began to continue their actions!
I saw that the five judges acted in unison, that is, they put down the remaining half of the "carp yaki" in their bite, and then sucked a mouthful of dragon beard noodles, and then stuffed the remaining half of the "carp yaki" into their mouths again......
Attentive people have already seen that it is still steaming inside the "carp yaki"!
Although the ramen and soup portion of the "Kannon Lotus Noodles" are cold, the "carp yaki" as a topping was not long after it came out of the pot?
"Huh? Is it spicy? How did the judges suddenly have such an appetite? Calamus wondered.
"Humph! Wonder? That's not easy......" Erina glanced at her from the side.
"Do you know that?"
Erina silently walked to Liu Pleiades's cooking table, and then took out a few leftover "carp grilles" from the oven.
With her relationship with Liu Yuexing, she naturally won't shy away from anything.
It's just a rough shape, and it hasn't been carved yet, but the taste obviously doesn't make a difference!
Calamus couldn't help but pout, speechless at Erina's simple and straightforward way of discernment......
However, when Erina broke the "carp yaki", she was still curious......
Erina tasted a little bit from the fracture, and couldn't help but stiffen, and then said with a slightly red face: "Ginger juice, pepper, minced garlic...... It looks like a 'carpyaki' for dessert, but it's spicy! And it goes well with the dragon beard noodles that are really a 'dessert'! ”
"Bamboo shoots are also the result of salty pickling, and the taste is ...... How to say it! At first glance, it may seem that the salty and spicy things don't go well with the sweet and sour dragon beard noodles, which tend to be desserts, but in fact, as long as the taste is stimulated by this spicy and salty taste, it is natural to think of the dragon beard noodles below...... This should be the only effect that only me and him can do! Erina said.
Indeed, this requires an extraordinary ability to analyze the sense of taste, and probably only Erina and Yoo Pleiades, who have a super sense of taste, can construct dishes from this level!
Even if other people's cooking skills are higher than the two of them, they are destined to not be able to stand at such a height, but there is only a congenital gap......
"Hey, what you say can only you and him do, I'm really proud...... Wait, should I compliment you? I now know that I can compare other people with myself, instead of being completely self-serving. Calamus pouted.
At this time, the judges had already announced: "The No. 1 division, the No. 100 contestant Liu Pleiades, pass!" ”
At the same time, the preliminaries of the No. 2 division have also ended, and there is a student in the competition area, who unfortunately failed to pass, which not only failed to enter the finals, but also means that he failed to pass the "grade assessment" at the same time.
However, the good news is that the other students in the No. 2 competition area have all passed the preliminaries......
Many people are still thanking Ibu Saki, but Ibu Saki, who has always been dull, is obviously not suitable for dealing with this kind of thing, so he just stands there silently and nods from time to time......
The people who thanked him were all the players who passed the preliminaries after him.
The reason is very simple, Nao Sadazuka's number is still before Jun Ibusaki, and her "fishy ramen", while passing the preliminaries, also caused trouble to the next two contestants, and the judges are stinky whatever they eat! And it's not as smelly as when I tasted the "fishy ramen" before......
Fishy ramen is made with natto and houttuynia as the main ingredients, and the strange flavor of the broth is served with "stinky tofu" as a topping......
Liu Pleiades also taught her the method of fermenting mung beans and skimming bean juice last night, which made Sadazuka go one step further and use a fermented product similar to bean juice as the original soup base!
Although Sadazuka's personality has become less gloomy than before, her cooking habits of obsessing with fetish ingredients have been fixed.
In the end, the judges gave her a "pass" result with unwilling eyes, but the "strange" taste lasted for a long time on the field and on the taste cells of the judges!
Fortunately, after only two people intervaled, I arrived at Ibuzaki to present ramen......
Itakesaki's "smoked noodles" are all smoked and salt-smoked, from the ramen itself to the dried tofu, vegetarian chicken, and dried bamboo shoots as toppings.
This only broke through the effect of "fishy ramen", and at the same time made the judges give a "pass" evaluation, it also weakened the effect of "fishy ramen" like a curse a lot, and then someone began to "pass"!
To some extent, this is also an explanation of "salt can ward off evil spirits......
In the third division, Ryo Hayama made onion ramen that made the judges "burst into tears"!
Mind you, this is a declarative sentence!
The five judges cried after tasting it, but this onion ramen was the one they ate the most......
A large amount of onion juice is kneaded into the dough, and a mushroom broth that looks like a clear bottom is used to create a soup base that is enough to contain this "terrible noodle".
When Hayama Ryo usually cooks, he is the best at dealing with some ingredients with extremely strong or special flavors, because his mastery of spices can balance these special flavors......
And now he is making "ramen", as the main body of ramen itself, it can be said that the taste itself is controllable, so his "tactic" is very simple, that is, to create ramen that gives people the greatest stimulation, and then use the essence of spices that he has mastered to control it!
As for the question of the victory or defeat of Ryo Kurokiba and Ryo Hayama, the judges did not give an answer, so Kurokiba was almost disqualified because of the conflict with the judges!
Fortunately, at the critical moment, his bandana fell off......
Liu Pleiades and Erina came out of the No. 1 competition area, and after meeting with the students from each competition area, a total of twelve students were eliminated......
This also means that their grade assessment can only end with "failing".
Liu Pleiades also said that the 12 eliminated students, whether they join the Chinese Cuisine Research Society as an on-campus chef or join the Yuanyue Hotel as a chef, can get "priority" to continue training, but whether they accept it depends on their own choice.
At the same time, Liu Pleiades also announced a good news for other students!
"The third assessment question has come out, and that is...... Do your best to participate in the finals! Liu Pleiades said.
"Huh?"
"What? Final? ”
"How could we...... Wait, I just said ......"
"Do your best? How do you do your best? ”
The student first instinctively complained bitterly, and then couldn't help but be puzzled.
"It's very simple, you feel like you're 'doing your best'...... Of course, if someone is obviously relaxed, I will also directly deny their own hallucinations! ”
The remaining eighty or so students, after listening to Liu Yuexing's words, were stunned at first, and then reacted suddenly, and many people couldn't help cheering.
That's right, to some extent, they have passed the "grade assessment", and all they have to do after that is just not to slack off......
The questions of the third round of assessment are naturally the result of being changed.
The reason is very simple, because according to Yuanyue's academy plan, the winter vacation will start in three days, and the finals three days later can not participate, so the third round of assessment has been cancelled in a different direction......
Of course, during these three days, no one will be slacking off, because for ordinary students, they must implement the things that pass the assessment, and for a small number of top students, they will have to divide their superiors in the finals, and even aim for the championship! (To be continued.) )