Chapter 114: The King
"Since you're not going to go first, I'll do it first!"
As he spoke, Hayama placed five soup cups covered with a layer of puff pastry in front of the five judges, the soup cups looked very small, and the "puff pastry" on the outside looked like small portions of cake. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Huh? Originally, you used sea bream head, and I thought it was a very rugged style of cooking, but it was actually ...... So small? Minatosaka said in surprise.
As a seed player before, the ingredients used by Hayama have also attracted everyone's attention, and the main ingredient is the fish head of a sea bream, which is obviously to boil the curry fish head soup.
"Is it puff pastry soup? And this layer of puff pastry on top ...... Seems to be roasted naan? Koda gently tapped the roasted naan on the front of him with the back of his spoon.
Puff pastry soup, created by Paul Bocuse, a famous French chef in modern times, is characterized by a cake-like pastry similar to a mille-feuille, which is baked into a fluffy puff pastry, which can condense the aroma of the dish inside!
"That's right, it's naan as a puff pastry soup, please use a spoon, press the top puff pastry into the soup below, and eat!" Ye Shanliang said, and also brought a bowl to Liu Yuxing and Chuangzhen.
"Huh? The two of us only have one bowl...... It's still such a small bowl......"
Regarding Liu Yuexing's complaints, Ye Shan said that he would turn a blind eye!
The most common way to eat puff pastry soup is to use a knife and fork to remove the whole puff pastry along the edge of the soup bowl, divide it into pieces, and then decide whether to eat it with the soup, soak it whole in the soup, or eat it while drinking the soup......
But since Ye Shanliang has already said it, naturally, including Liu Yuxing and the five judges, they all chose to do it.
At the same time that Liu Pleiades crushed the puff pastry on it with a spoon, a real aroma explosion came!
This is especially true in the judges' seats, which are obviously far away, but this time even the audience can clearly smell the smell.
Although the previous few contestants who scored high scores, except for Yu Mei, who chose to have a restrained smell, other people's dishes were also smelled by the audience in the audience, especially the explosive aroma of Misaku, which even the audience in the last row could smell it.
But those are not clear, just like a patient with high myopia, looking at a person dozens of meters away, you can see that it is a "person", but you can't recognize who it is.
However, the aroma of Ryo Hayama's cuisine impactfully conveyed the spicy fragrance to the nose of each audience, and through the sense of smell, the appetite of all the audience was stimulated.
The most rare thing is that this kind of spicy fragrance that amazes the audience, Liu Pleias, Chuangzhen and the five judges smell it up close, but they also feel mellow while being stimulated, and they will not be choked......
This is also the performance of Ye Shanliang's control of spices, which has entered the house!
After the naan is crushed, it is dipped in a curry that is infused with the purifying and delicious taste of the fish head, and the first dish prepared by Ryo Hayama is "curry fish head soup", but with the boiling and the final roasting, it is already gelatinized with the egg whites of the fish head, containing the fluid between the soup and the sauce that has been fluffy and the fish bones.
A spoonful of naan is pressed into the curry and placed in your mouth along with the curry...... The appetite that had been aroused by the "True Taste Bomb" was immediately satisfied!
"The grilled naan is in the mouth with the curry miso soup...... Indescribably wonderful! ”
"The variety of spices is varied and deep, but at the same time, they all work together, promoting each other, rather than canceling each other out......"
"And the texture of this crispy and soft fish bone is impeccable in addition to the spices!"
Qianyu Xia Ya suddenly glared, as if she had discovered something incredible: "Wait, the core of this fragrance is...... Holy Basil! ”
After being reminded, Koda immediately understood: "Holy Basil, known as a sacred herb in India, is a medicine used in the ancient Indian medicine of the Aaron Veda for a variety ......of diseases."
"That's right, that's exactly what it tastes like! I once visited the flower garden of holy basil once in India...... It's this kind of sweet feeling that will flow through the whole body when you smell it! Minasaka also said.
"But holy basil is in the island country, there should be few fresh purchase channels, and it can't be grown, right?" As a giant of curry products, Chitari Xia Ya still has a good understanding of the situation of various spices.
"No, Professor Shiomi's spice workshop has already developed a year-round cultivation method...... But the method is a trade secret! Ye Shan Liang said.
Only then did everyone think about it, behind Ye Shan Liang, there is another person who can be called an authoritative Shiomi Jun in spice theory!
"Holy Basil? What is it? Is it about the same as basil? Yu Mei asked in a low voice.
Liu Pleiades replied: "Basil is actually divided into many kinds, in the spice of Italian cuisine, the basil refers to sweet basil, which is also what we usually call 'basil', and in Western cuisine, there is also a kind of lemon basil that is also widely used......
As for holy basil, it is a sweet flavor that is native to India and far surpasses the former, and is called the spice of the sacred grass! However, it is not generally difficult to use, and is usually only used for medicinal or ornamental purposes, and is mostly used for seasoning cold cuts, rather than cooking. ”
"Huh? Naha Mountain......"
"Well, Hayama has harnessed the power of Holy Basil, which can be used as a 'sharp knife' in cooking, and the secret should lie in ...... Yogurt bar! Liu Pleiades looked at Ye Shan and said with a smile.
Ye Shan couldn't help but say in a deep voice: "Did you really taste it?" Yes, yogurt gives holy basil an overly strong aroma that does not spoil the flavor of other spices, and nutritionally speaking, yogurt can promote the body's absorption of curcumin in spices, which is a good thing to cleanse the liver and detoxify......
But when you went to the spice research institute to get spices, you also got some fresh 'holy basil', right? I'm curious, how do you use it? ”
"Ah Xing, you also use holy basil?" Zeonji, who also knew how difficult it was to apply this thing in cooking, couldn't help but ask in shock.
"You'll find out later, maybe I just got it out of curiosity?" Liu Pleiades sold a pass.
And that's when the judges' scoring began!
As far as the eye can see, I saw two zero eggs appear...... Of course, there is a "2" in front of it! The other three have 18 points.
"It's a perfect score! In the fall tryouts, a rare perfect score appeared! And there are two judges, both of whom gave full marks! Even Yuai was a little excited.
"In this way, Ryo Hayama has the highest score of 94 points so far, ranking first!" Accompanied by Yuai's speech, I saw that 88 points were also kicked out of the top four!
The second place Ryo Kurokiba has 93 points, and the third place is Yu Mei and Misaku Pleiades tied for 92 points.
"It's a little scary this time, isn't it? In the past, there were some sessions, but even seventy or eighty points could get the first place. "It's obviously not the first time that Minasaka has been a judge for the fall auditions.
"But to be honest, my rating this time is even harsher than in the past! The same goes for Miss Chitata, right? Xiangtian said helplessly, that is, he and Qianyu gave 20 points before.
"Hmph, there are finally some students who can pass it......" Chiri Xia Ya was a little duplicitous, but she didn't hesitate to give Hayama Liang a full score before.
At this time, most of the review of Group B has ended, and many people, including Daigo, Shoji, Yuhime and other students from Polestar Liao, have rushed to pay attention to the competition in Group A.
When they first saw the numbers on the scorer, they even wondered if the judges in Group A were a little "watery"!
You must know that Group B has also seen many high scores this year compared to previous editions, but Takmi, who was shortlisted as the fourth place, has "only" 90 points......
And now that Chuangzhen and Liu Pleiades have not appeared on the stage in Group A, they have already pulled the shortlisted score to 92 points!
You must know that after 80 points, especially 85 points and 90 points, it is difficult to get a higher score!
Although the judges are fair, after all, "delicious" is subjective, so according to people's psychological awareness, the "scoring system" is used when the score is low, and the "point deduction system" is used when the score is high......
How difficult is it to get these judges to only deduct two or three points?
From Ye Shan Liang's score, it can also be seen that while there are two perfect scores, there are also three 18 points, which just don't seem to be exactly as the judges want, and 18 points is also a high score...... But three 18 points down, that is, 6 points deducted!
In fact, it is not excessive, and the consideration of the other three judges is because they feel that Ye Shan Liang's handling of the fish head, which is theoretically the main ingredient of this dish, is not perfect, at least not as perfect as his use of spices, so they only give 18 points.
Chimatari and Kada, on the other hand, simply think that the taste of this dish has reached the level of "full satisfaction", and as for the fish head or something, since this dish is already in the category of curry cuisine, they only follow the deliciousness and do not make other considerations......
The most important thing is that at this time, the other students have not realized that if you look at the overall score of the students in the back of Group A, you can see that the score is actually more stringent than that of Group B!
"Ah...... This guy Hayama has actually played to this extent, which makes me really nervous! In order to avoid Ah Xing's cooking for a while, which makes me even more nervous, I'll submit it first! ”
Chuangzhen said that he was "a little nervous", but he couldn't see it at all from his tone and eyes, but gave people a sense of firmness.
Ye Shan Liang couldn't help but look sideways, Chuangzhen and Liu Pleiades also tasted his food, even so Chuangzhen still had the confidence to fight, which made Ye Shan Liang couldn't help but feel uncomfortable......
I saw that before presenting it, Chuangzhen opened the lid of one of the six dishes, and saw that it was actually a half-moon-shaped, obviously wrapped in something!
And Ryo Hayama, who had noticed that Kohei Sojin was making condiment rice before, had already guessed that this should be an "omelet rice" that combines omelet eggs and condiment......
"Spice Bomb...... The third shot, here! Sojin said as he waved his spoon and made a cut in the egg.
I saw the rice grains with a beautiful sauce luster, and the aroma of the dishes that were not inferior to the previous ones was accompanied by the aroma of Ryo Hayama's cooking.
Although Soma said that it was the "third shot", and the dishes that also chose to be presented explosively were also included, but in fact, the last two shots were much stronger than the aroma of the Misaku Pleiades!
The interest of the five judges was also completely aroused, and after Liu Pleiades served the other five unopened "omelet rice", he cut the omelets in front of him one by one in anticipation, and while indulging in the curry condiment revealed inside, he involuntarily sent it to his mouth with a spoon!
"What a strong taste! It's as if your taste buds have been hit with a straight punch! ”
"The thick soup made with chicken bones and beef tendon, and the butter-fried flavor of ground beef and onions, all soaked into the rice!"
"The soup of the sauce blends seamlessly with the fried eggs, and there is no sense of separation......"
"And the latte art sauce on the outside of the o'mum egg also plays a role in blending! It should be based on oil consumption and seasoned with honey to make the taste more rich and mild...... It's similar to the 'yogurt' in the previous dish! ”
"Compared to the previous dish, it seems to be a little less explosive, but the persistence is better......
The judges' praise for Sojin is not inferior to the previous Hayama, and at the same time, there still seems to be something "wonderful" that has not been determined, so I keep tasting it.
And Liu Yuexing, who also tasted it, had already smiled slightly and said: "Mango chutney, and it is the kind specially made by Xingping Dingya...... Yes, I was able to sublimate the whole dish with just this one! ”
Liu Pleiades tasted this hidden but extremely important taste for the first time, after all, he had tasted the full set of recipes of Xingping Restaurant!
At this time, the judges have already scored 19, 18, 20, 19, 18......
"There it is! It's a perfect score again! Total...... A total of 94 points, although there is only one perfect score, but the other players with more average scores, Liu Pleias, and Ye Shan Liang, tied for the first place! ”
To a certain extent, this also reflects the cuisine of Chuangzhen, which is different from the characteristics of Ryo Hayama, although it does not have that kind of impact, but it is more acceptable to most people......
And unlike in the original plot, this time even Xia Ya also gave a full score!
If the previous cuisine was a "group of heroes", now it is finally appearing...... The cuisine of Sojin and Hayama is like the "king" of the dominant side!
The arena was completely quiet, after all, everyone now knows that these two players who will appear later will definitely experience hell mode, and the remaining single-digit players at the end will all secretly glance at Liu Yuexing......
And Liu Yuexing moved his arms at this time, and then put five of the six wooden boxes for pressing tofu on a large tray and held them up!
"It's time for me to play, Taste Bomb, right? Let me add another fire! Liu Yuexing said confidently.
While the others were stunned, thinking in their hearts: what is he going to do? How do you directly serve the pressed and unopened tofu? (To be continued.) )