Chapter 52: Time for the Mentor
A long purple straight hair hung down in front of Zhao Youqian's eyes, and the person who came turned out to be his acquaintance.
A student who lives in Polestar Liao with Kohei Sojina, Ryoko Sakaki!
You must know that Zhao Youqian also gave her a lot of guidance, and after knowing that she specializes in dishes such as fermentation, Zhao Youqian also taught her by the way, which is similar to the sakei fermentation method that Sakaki Ryoko is good at.
In fact, salt koji and sake brewing are two sides of the same coin, but no one taught them, and Ryoko Sakaki herself didn't pay attention to this.
This time, she presented her own dessert made with salt koji and sake-stuffed brown sugar.
Salt koji brown sugar wine stuffed ice balls!
"Two kinds of glutinous rice... No! Are there three? ”
Zhao Youqian glanced at Ryoko Sakaki, who showed a confident look, and nodded.
With a spoon, he scooped up a faintly translucent but Q-bomb-like ball, accompanied by sake and brown sugar juice, and put it in his mouth.
As soon as you enter the mouth, you will have a unique taste of salt koji, a faint rice aroma mixed with an elegant salty taste, followed by a sweet and sour taste of sake, and finally brown sugar looming, which seems to have a sweet taste that is not yet there, and the thick brown sugar juice is just a kind of texture in the mouth.
After being squeezed by the teeth, the glutinous rice balls of Q bomb slowly turn into a rich rice fragrance, which combines the taste of salt koji and sake brewing, and expands the aroma of rice again.
After closing his eyes for a moment, Zhao Youqian seemed to have come to a rice field, surrounded by endless green rice and brown sugar water flowing in this rice field.
"Qualified!"
The moment he opened his eyes, Zhao Youqian had already announced the result.
"I did a good job, I used what I was good at, and I quickly got to the point and incorporated salt into my recipe."
With a wave of his hand, Zhao Youqian motioned for Ryoko Sakaki to go to the side to rest.
Seeing that someone passed the assessment directly, some students who were about to move were a little uncontrollable.
However, most of them haven't finished their work yet, so they can only stretch out their heads and look forward to it, thinking that they will be the next to take the food, and they can also pass Zhao Youqian's review.
However, when another thirty minutes passed, it was someone else who had taken their own food, and it was a noble person who they could not reach.
Erina Nagikiri!
Stir the mixed liquid and meringue that have been made, put it in the mold, the oven is already preheated at 180 degrees, put water on the baking tray below, put the soufflé mold in the middle layer, bake at 180 degrees for 10 minutes, then turn to 160 degrees and bake for another 20 minutes.
Served with mint sea salt lemon sauce prepared by Erina.
A mouth-watering, richly aromatic sea salt cheese soufflé was served in front of Zhao Youqian.
The soufflé cake, which is full of air and flexibility, is dotted with a few dots of emerald sauce, and when paired with finely sifted powdered sugar, it is a visual treat alone.
Zhao Youqian looked at Erina Nagikiri, who looked very unhappy, picked up the spoon, and scooped it directly into the cake.
'This touch... It's like digging a light bubble...'
At this time, the center of Shuflet, which had been out of the pot for a while, began to collapse slightly, but for Zhao Youqian, none of this mattered.
As the soufflé in the spoon is placed in the mouth, it begins to collapse and melt the cake almost as soon as it comes into contact with the saliva, as if you are actually tasting a cloud.
With such a wonderful taste, even Zhao Youqian, who doesn't like desserts, couldn't help but show a look of satisfaction.
The powdered sugar mixed with mint sea salt lemon sauce opened Zhao Youqian's taste buds in an instant, salty and sweet staggered, and the rich milky aroma covered all this, making Zhao Youqian seem to have come to a grassland, surrounded by galloping horses and bison.
A wisp of fresh wind blew in his ears, bringing him an incomparably refreshing feeling.
"Qualified!"
Unsurprisingly, Zhao Youqian didn't notice a flaw in this dish.
Is this the power of the tongue of God? ’
Showing a hint of discoloration, she looked at Erina Nagikiri, but at this time, the arrogant eldest lady turned around as a matter of course and came to the corner where she was resting and sat down.
Obviously, it was not the first thing to pass, and it still made the eldest lady angry.
It's as if since she started, one by one the students who have completed the cooking have presented their own works, and just when they were expecting to pass, one by one the 'unqualified' completely knocked their luck psychology to the bottom.
"Let me emphasize again, you are students of Yuanyue, don't bring stall-level dishes to me!"
"There is still a little time, and those who fail will have one more chance!"
When ten unqualified judgments were made in a row, Zhao Youqian finally spoke dissatisfied.
"If you still serve garbage like this, I'll make the rest of you all unqualified!"
"Do you understand?"
Seeing that everyone was tense, Zhao Youqian retracted his eyes with satisfaction.
"Keep up the assessment!"
Maybe they listened to Zhao Youqian's words, or the desserts that followed were carefully crafted, and finally there were flavors belonging to the qualified series that were brought out by them.
However, as time goes by, there are more and more unqualified people who are about to be eliminated.
Finally, when the hour and a half came to an end.
Zhao Youqian stood up, watched the losers announce their fate, and then turned his head to look at those who passed.
"Congratulations, you passed the first test, and now... Let's get ready to go back to the palace! ”
Saying that, Zhao Youqian left in a hurry, but it made these qualified people present look at each other, only Erina Nagikiri, who is a top ten master, vaguely knows.
That's why every year Far Moon graduates come to the residential program.
It is also the feedback and help of Yuanyue Group to the outstanding graduates!
...
After the first assessment, all the lecturers were gathered together.
After some of the freshmen had been eliminated, there was no need for all the remaining lecturers to go to the scene, and the remaining instructors gathered in another conference hall in the Yuanyue Palace.
This is the time for the residential training instructors.
It is also the fundamental reason why the graduates of Yuanyue are willing to participate in such a study!
Recipe exchange from Engetsu graduates, and cooking exchanges!
And this is the reason why they can still quickly find their way and firmly walk on the road of cooking after encountering bottlenecks.
The annual residential study is not only for new students, but also for those graduates!
That's why the host of the residential study every year is the chief chef of the Yuanyue Group, Dojima Gin!
Because only he has enough cooking skills and charm to suppress these arrogant graduates, and even contribute his own culinary secrets to them, without worrying that anyone will surpass them, so as to form a real exchange.
And Zhao Youqian has been looking forward to this exchange for a long time...