Chapter 41: Jiyi and Wensi Tofu

"Skillfulness is a state of art, if 'fast' can do the place where the blade passes without harming life, then 'skill', on the contrary, has the magic of giving life to dead things under the carving of the knife, and being able to carve food to life is the ultimate meaning of 'skill' knife work," the old man said.

"Sounds like 'smart' is easier?" Kohei asked.

"Chefs from all over the world sign up for the WGO assessment, but one of them can pass every year," the old man said.

"Is there one person a year in the world?" Kohei Chuangzhen was stunned, he seemed to have said something big just now.

"Harada-sensei is right," echoed the young man, "even the potential for 'quasi' knife skills is also a requirement for Michelin-starred chefs." ”

"What? Michelin-starred chefs? "Kohei Chuangzhen originally thought that if 'skill' couldn't do it, 'quasi' should be fine, but I didn't expect...

"So you're still going to hold on? It is not unreasonable for the chef to create kitchen knives for chefs who can achieve 'quasi' perfection, in other words, to create kitchen knives for chefs who can pass the Michelin star assessment, and it is normal for natural treasure knives to be given to heroes and kitchen knives for Michelin chefs. But you're a teenager, if I'm not mistaken, you're not in high school, are you? If you can get through, let those Michelin-starred restaurants.." The more the young man spoke, the more confident he became, and he gradually relaxed a little, not knowing why the sense of oppression on Gu Bai's body was so strong, it was like the feeling of being watching from the sidelines when the master was forging a kitchen knife.

"I asked if there was a kitchen? Need me to repeat one more side? Or is your master's principle not working? Gu Bai spoke in a cold tone, and he didn't even notice it.

"Cut, of course, if you want to try it, leave as soon as you try, and don't come in the future. If it weren't for the master's advice, I would have kicked you out a long time ago. The young man looked at Gu Bai's stubborn appearance, so he had to take the lead and came to the kitchen.

"There is a kitchen knife cabinet next to the counter, pick it yourself, they are all good knives, you can find me if you need any materials, but I said ugly things in front, and I can't meet the requirements after I finish it, so I need to pay the kitchen usage fee, including the ingredients." The young man explained the location of some of the kitchenware in the kitchen.

The old man said that he was right, that is, the knife worker who said before should go to Huaxia to have a look, and the Chinese chef's housekeeping ability in terms of knife work. Moreover, the 'accurate' knife work is the assessment requirement of a special chef! In the original world, Gu Bai was the youngest special chef in Huaxia! There is a saying in the Chinese chef world: "No knife is not a feast". The meticulous knife work can make the ingredients present a unique and ultimate beauty, so that the deliciousness and shape can achieve a perfect unity. Unexpectedly, in a foreign country, in another world, someone refused to create a Chinese kitchen knife.

"Do you have a Chinese-style slice knife?" Gu Bai didn't look at it and asked.

The young man was furious when he heard it, he didn't expect Gu Bai to dare to speak out and provoke, and he would return it to you when he was done, and then he would have nothing to refute, thinking of this young man and gritting his teeth, he said, "Yes, the kitchen knives here are all there, all kinds of them!" ”

Gu Bai went to the cupboard to take a look and picked up a piece of knife, "The middle handle, the weight is not bad, the sharpness is also very good, it seems that the ability to forge the knife is not bad," Gu Bai muttered with satisfaction.

Gu Bai looked up at the chef, "The ingredients don't have to be complicated, tender tofu, shiitake mushrooms, fungus, winter bamboo shoots, and chicken breast are fine."

When the young man heard this, he was not pretentious, and quickly asked someone to prepare the ingredients and send them to the kitchen.

"Gu Bai, can we watch in the kitchen?" Kohei asked.

"Good" Gu Bai just said a word and kept silent, now his state is indescribable, he wants to use the kitchen knife in his hand and cooking skills to teach the arrogant young man he met, a trace of anger is growing in his heart, in the world of the spirit of the halberd, no matter when and where, if someone questions and offends his homeland Huaxia, it is not allowed!

As these thoughts kept repeating, Gu Bai's head slowly overflowed with some beads of sweat, from head to heart to hands, Gu Bai felt that his whole body began to heat up, what was going on, Gu Bai felt a little strange in his heart.

At this moment, the color of the world in this small kitchen slowly fades. The doors, windows, and walls of the small kitchen were lit up by fuchsia flames, and in many small places, the fuchsia flames danced like demonic seeds. On the edges of door frames, on the handles of glass windows, on the wooden doors of cabinets, and so on, purple flames engulf, and the places that come into contact with purple flames, whether they are wood, cement, glass, or steel, are as fragile as paper. The flames gradually grew stronger, and the sparks were shining at this moment, constantly devouring and expanding the coverage, and in an instant, the entire perimeter of the small kitchen was burned down!

Gu Bai looked up and looked around, outside the world of the small kitchen, there was endless magma and scorching sun. Purple fire, starvation everywhere, blood obscuring the sun, it was a miserable and scorching world. The tall earth magic pillars stand majestically. Rolling mountain peaks, unusually similar in shape to the head of the Demon Land. In this cage of purgatory, there are shackles and desolation all around.

In the center of the purple purgatory, Gu Bai stood quietly, did Mr. Seiichiro's cooking world have ever been like this. This is the first time, except for that night that Mr. Seiichiro opened up the world of 'Thousand Hearts', and it was the first time that his mind was embodied in everything around him. In this world, there is no perception of anyone else, including young people and old people Harada and Kohei Soma, whose bodies are already still. Gu Bai reached out and picked up the knife, grabbed the handle tightly with his five fingers, and began to cook.

The dish that Gu Bai is about to show his knife skills is Wensi Tofu, a traditional Jiangsu dish with a long history, which originated in Yangzhou and belongs to Huaiyang cuisine and Suzhou cuisine. It is very strict in the selection of materials, fine knife work, soft and tender, mellow, melts in the mouth, and has the effect of regulating malnutrition, replenishing deficiency and nourishing the body, etc., and is the best recipe for the elderly and children.

Qing Yu Yue's "Tea Fragrance Room Cong Banknotes": "Wensi Zixifu, Gong Poems, and good at sweet porridge for tofu soup." Those who have followed its example so far are called Wensi Tofu. "Tune Ding Ji" is also called "assorted tofu soup".

Wensi tofu soup began in the Qing Dynasty, and legend has it that during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a monk named Wensi in Tianning Temple on the right side of Meihualing in Yangzhou, who was good at making all kinds of tofu dishes. In particular, the tofu soup made with tender tofu as the raw material is particularly delicious, and the Buddhist monks who go to burn incense and worship the Buddha like to taste this soup, and it is very famous in the Yangzhou area. After Emperor Qianlong tasted this dish, it once became a famous dish of the Qing Dynasty and was selected for the Manchu and Han Dynasty banquets. And because the dish was created by the monk Wensi, people called it "Wensi Tofu", which has been passed down to this day.