Chapter 81: Tofu
"According to the negotiation requirements of both parties, the title of the game is set as tofu, the competition time is three hours, this game has been notarized by the Halberd Association, and now I announce ~ the official start of the game!"
"Accepted the donor" After making a Buddhist salute to Lin Daoger, he retreated to the cooking table.
"Pretending," Douge Lin muttered, then turned back to the counter and asked the staff for the ingredients he needed.
Because they have already agreed on the topic of the competition, they don't need to think about the recipe on the spot.
Of course, the other party must have to pay a little monetary compensation in order to set this topic, and Douge Lin also smiled happily, anyway, any topic is the same for him.
The reason why he can be so confident is because of his previous efforts, which gave him this self-confidence.
If he doesn't even have that kind of self-confidence, it's that even he thinks that he didn't work hard enough before.
How could a person who has really worked hard not believe in the sweat he has paid, not to mention that he is not an ordinary effort, but a desperate effort, and he has not gone crazy after so many years of perseverance, which is already very surprising to him, or he has actually gone crazy a long time ago, but he didn't realize it?
"Kyoto Kitazen Temple? The dish known as the Tofu Sage that has only been a tofu dish for 500 years and has made it a dish full of history, and no other tofu dish has ever been able to beat it?! How dare anyone dare to confront him on this subject? I really don't know whether to live or die, and sure enough, the rumor that this Chinese person looks down on our neon chef is not groundless."
"Anyway, he can't overcome the experience accumulated in 500 years on this subject, unless he also has the same or more inheritance."
"Just defeat a few, and the moths of our country will be arrogant"
"I had the pleasure of eating Master Yorita's tofu once, and I can still remember the taste."
"So god? Then when I have the chance, I will also go to Kyoto to eat."
"You can eat the food of Hokuzenji Temple if you want to? They only accept one guest at a time, and the appointment can be arranged until next year."
"I heard that this Chinese chef defeated Guan Shouping?"
"Senior Guan Shouping is also your senior, you can't be so rude when you speak"
"Hmph~ He was defeated by someone in one dozen and three, and he lost the face of our Yuanyue, do you dare to claim to be a student who went out here?"
“……”
"Where did this person come from, I have never heard of it before, who has ever been to China?"
"I've been to Wanwan and eaten pepper crackers, and it tasted good."
"I've also been to HK and eaten bowl wings, the taste is very unique, very local flavor"
"Hasn't anyone ever been to the hinterland?"
"You know, it's said in the news that it's backward, it's xenophobic, it's dangerous, how dare we go there? Even if we dare, the family wouldn't agree."
"Didn't you go there yourself?"
“……”
The heated discussion from the audience did not affect the two chefs in the venue, and the most basic quality of a good chef is to be detached, not to be disturbed by the outside world in the process of cooking, and to concentrate on their own cooking.
I saw that Suwa Yoritada, who was on the field, did not apply for ingredients from the staff, but took out a box containing the ingredients and ingredients he needed.
He took out a square object wrapped in a white cloth from the box, put it on the board, gently pinched the corner of the white cloth with his hand, and opened it layer by layer, revealing a statue of tofu that was as white and smooth as white jade.
"Could this be the rumored treasure of the North Zen Temple, Tanba Tofu?!" Gigami Dojima, who was on the judge's seat, was amazed when he saw this perfect tofu, and as a chef, they were thrilled to encounter good ingredients, because it was a powerful tool that could help them cook to a higher level.
"Tamba tofu?! What is Tamba Tofu? ”
"I don't know how to see it, it's a rare ingredient in Kyoto."
"And it's worth a thousand gold, only Beichan Temple can make it, and it is not sold separately"
"I've heard that the dishes are made and only served to a specific group of people."
As soon as Dojima Giin exited, there were chefs who had heard of this ingredient on the spot, and they were talking about popular science for those who had not heard of it.
"That's right, Chef Dojima has a good eye, this is indeed Tanba tofu" Suwa Yoritada nodded in confirmation of what Dojima Silver said.
"Tofu Baizhen divides tofu dishes into six grades, from low to high, they are, ordinary, general, good, wonderful, wonderful, and superb, and as long as you use Tanba tofu, as long as you don't play abnormally, you can reach the level of a masterpiece," Nagi Senzaemon also described.
"Oh~ I didn't expect Chef Suwa to be a killer as soon as he made a move, this ingredient called Tanba Tofu was unanimously highly praised by the judges, and it seems that Chef Suwa is very well prepared for this competition!" Rei Kawashima followed with an enthusiastic explanation.
"Let's take a look at Chef Lin again, he's soaking beans now? Did he want to make tofu freshly? ”
After picking out the ingredients he needed, Lin took a basin and put the soybeans in it, then filled it with water and set it aside to soak.
Bring another pressure cooker, put it on the fire, add a generous amount of beef bones and beef, add salt and seasonings, cover the pot and heat it and wait for it to boil.
On the other side, Yorita Suwa took out a casserole, heated it in a charcoal oven, placed a large piece of kelp on the bottom of the pot, and poured water from the underground river of Kitahira in Kyoto's Ziga Prefecture, where the water is sweet spring water that has been washed by nature, and is perfect for cooking tofu.
He cut the tofu into three pieces, put it in a casserole and boiled it, then lowered his head and recited the Buddhist scriptures.
"Ah, Chef Suwa, is this praying for tofu to make it more delicious? Rei Kawashima looked at both sides and stopped, not continuing the operation, very embarrassed and didn't know how to continue the explanation.
There was an eerie silence for a while, and it wasn't until Suwa Yoritashi had recited the scripture for the third time that he continued to move his hand, but he just sprinkled a little green onion on top of the tofu and served it with a soy sauce saucer.
He put the charcoal stove and the casserole together, moved it to the judge, put the soy sauce saucer on it, and said:
"This is Zen-flavored tofu made by a foolish monk, please taste it with three donors"
After saying that, he retreated and waited for the tasting of the three judges.
"What?! Chef Suwa, so that he finished cooking? He just made a boiled tofu very ordinary! Rei Kawashima looked at Suwa Yorizhong incredulously, this simple way of dealing with it, in her opinion, is no different from cooking a cup of noodles, and the other party really wants to compete with the dish made in this way?
(End of chapter)