Shokugeki: Start with an izakaya, making everyone cry

Chapter 283 A near-miss assessment
At noon, the sun is scorching.

The tall buildings rising from the ground look particularly eye-catching, but the windows are shining in the sunlight, they are very tall!

And this high-rise building is the assessment venue for the promotion examination.

"Good afternoon, everyone."

"I am Taihiro Hiroi, the newly appointed lecturer at Totsuki Academy, and I am also the judge of this cooking room."

Hiroi Taihiro looked around, and finally his eyes rested on Alice.

Although he didn't understand why Commander-in-Chief Nakiri Hisashi would tell him to "take special care" of this candidate, it was useless to think about these things.

So, she immediately got to the point.

"As you can see."

"The first test of the promotion exam is the Marseille fish dish taught in the previous class."

"We have also prepared the ingredients for you. You just need to follow the instructions provided at that time and cook it again."

After saying this, the expressions of all the candidates present changed in different ways.

Someone rejoices.

There are concerns.

There are also people who are afraid and uneasy.

However, no matter what, with the examination, everyone began to get busy.

……

Broadly speaking.

Salmon is the collective name for all three categories of salmon, trout and salmon. It is also a kind of deep-sea fish. It is one of the commonly used foods and has high nutritional value and therapeutic effects.

Well, it is also one of the more commonly used fish ingredients in Western food.

"Ok?"

“The bouillabaisse recipe actually uses salmon?”

"It seems like no one in our group is good at cooking this kind of food, right?"

At this moment, Alice couldn't help but raise her eyebrows and narrowed her eyes slightly.

She looked at the salmon on the chopping board, which were not of very good quality, and inevitably fell into deep thought, and finally murmured to herself.

After that, she looked at the other four candidates next to her.

Tadokoro Megumi is good at gentle and simple local cuisine. At the same time, her hometown is in the Tohoku region, close to the coast!
Maybe she should have some understanding when it comes to salmon.

As for the other three, Mito Yumei is a master of meat cooking and is good at handling beef, but she may not be so good at salmon.

Miyoko Hojo, who is good at Chinese cuisine, even though she has amazing wrist strength and can easily stir-fry a metal Chinese wok with one hand, she is not very good at French cuisine after all.

Therefore, she may have obvious shortcomings in Marseille cuisine.

Finally!

The lively and cute Yoshino Yuki is very interested in game dishes.

In other words, the combination of Alice Nakiri and these four people, among these five people, no one can be considered a true master in salmon!
……

"Oh, it would be great if my follower Kurokiba Ryo is here. After all, he is quite good at this kind of aquatic products."

At this time, Alice seemed to have a hint of despair.

"Salmon? Why salmon?"

“Is it possible that the fish ingredient used in the Marseille cuisine taught in class is this kind of salmon?”

Tian Suo Hui looked at it for a moment, with confusion written all over his face.

"Indeed, after all, salmon season is in the fall."

"If it were during the autumn selection competition, it might make sense to use salmon as the theme of the cuisine! However, it is early winter now, and we are still in Hokkaido in the north. The ingredients used should not be this kind of fish, right?"

Obviously, Miyoko Hojo on the side also saw this problem.

……

In fact, thousands of salmon appear actively every year from July to October.

And it's winter now, so there shouldn't be any fresh salmon.

"On such an important examination occasion, the test questions are mainly about cooking using ingredients that are not in line with the season. This feels a bit strange when I think about it!"

Mito Yumei sighed helplessly.

She also didn't expect that this year's promotion exam would be so "cheating".

"But, it doesn't matter, right?"

"With this exam question, shouldn't you feel lucky? After all, Xiao Hui grew up near the port, so she must be very good at handling salmon!"

After saying this, Yoshino Yuki's eyes were full of expectation.

"Well... I do know something about salmon, but I don't know much about Marseille cuisine."

Tadokoro felt that the eyes of Yoshino Yuki next to her were full of expectation, and she couldn't help but feel ashamed.

……

"Look, the salmon I was assigned seems to be top quality!"

“It’s amazing that we can still find salmon of this size and in such large numbers this season.”

Immediately, Yuji looked at the frozen salmon in front of her, her eyes lit up, then she laughed happily and said to the other four girls.

"Yuji, the quality of this fish is not good."

Unexpectedly, when Tadokoro saw the salmon in her hand, she almost couldn't laugh or cry. She began to explain desperately: "This is postpartum salmon. This kind of salmon can be said to be the salmon with the worst flavor and quality."

Sure enough, in this season, it is very difficult to find excellent quality salmon.

"Pfft~"

"Why is this like this?"

When Yuji heard this, she was almost dumbfounded.

"And if you look closely, the salmon assigned to other combinations have the best quality grade."

"Only our group...could it be that the official did this on purpose?"

Tian Suohui noticed some clues and became even more desperate!
……

"Okay, candidates."

"You have all got the ingredients, so let's start making bouillabaisse. For you, as long as you have taken the course of Commander Nakiri Thistle, then this exam will be completely fine!"

"Now, the time happens to be just after 12 noon. The exam will end at 2 o'clock noon."

Finally, Taihiro Hiroi on the stage inadvertently saw the five girls, Alice Nakiri, Megumi Tadokoro, Yumi Mito, Yuki Yoshino, and Miyoko Hojo, all confused by the quality of the salmon!
Involuntarily, she raised a slight smile at the corner of her mouth and said lightly.

Salmon, its prime season, is almost over.

The high-quality salmon that can monopolize such a quantity are concentrated in this examination cooking room.

Furthermore.

Only the well-funded Totsuki Academy can have such great influence!

At the same time, there are only salmon that meet the qualified standards, and then you only need to follow the course given by Nagi Kiriji before, and every step and every action is copied in a realistic manner, so there is almost no pressure.

Not to mention, the allocated salmon. The white patterns on the surface are more numerous and clearer, and the salmon's meat is plump and crispy.

Therefore, this so-called exam does not seem to be difficult for many candidates.

Of course.

This group of candidates, including Alice and others, was always at a loss. …

"real or fake?"

"Is this already the beginning?"

Yoshino Yuki, she started to look around her surroundings and saw other candidates taking action one after another.

Moreover, whether they are cutting fish or preparing ingredients, they all do it in an orderly manner.

"I'm afraid it's not just our group, other resisters like us will also receive this unique treatment, right?"

At this moment, Alice was rubbing her chin alone.

After thinking for a while, a very difficult question quickly came to mind.

"Haha, what's wrong with you?"

"If you think the quality of the salmon is not good, you can all find other salmon. However, the entire examination only lasts for 2 hours. I hope you can still make it."

Judge Hiroi Taihiro couldn't help but feel amused when he saw that Nakiri Alice and others didn't take action yet.

Who told you not to go to class in the first place because you were dissatisfied with Commander-in-Chief Nakiri Thistle's reform plan!
Now, let's see how you end it?
……

For a while.

Alice and others could feel Taihiro Hiroi's ridicule.

The atmosphere in the entire cooking room seemed to be filled with a little ridicule.

Especially those candidates who are busy, when they see the helpless Nakiri Alice group, they inevitably feel a sense of "schadenfreude" in their hearts.

The wall fell and everyone pushed.

Also, knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, you prefer to go to the tiger mountains!
Obviously knowing that now is the moment when the power of the central food agency is rapidly rising.

Especially after the content of the promotion exam has been forcibly changed, the consequences for those who cannot obey the central food agency... can be imagined.

Therefore, seeing the fate of people like Alice Nakiri, many candidates in this room began to feel lucky.

Yes!

They were fortunate that they didn't resist much.

"It's really not good. Are we going to be easily expelled from school in a place like this?"

Yoshino Yuki sighed deeply.

She was also deeply disappointed. After all, no one thought that this ingredient was tampered with.

……

Time is still passing slowly, and this exam is coming to an end.

"The soup is delicious. Just take one bite and you can feel the rich flavor of the sea. Mussels, crabs, etc. are added to cook together to add the unique umami flavor of shellfish and further enhance the layering of taste. ”

"Very good, such a bouillabaisse dish is definitely up to par!"

But as you can see, the judge Taihiro Hiroi began to taste the bouillabaisse dish of the group of candidates in front of her, and then she gave a fair evaluation.

And after her comments, the whole cooking room shook.

This exam is just as Commander-in-Chief Nakiri Thistle said: As long as you can go to class and study the course content of the Central Gastronomy Institute well.

Then, there is no need to worry about this promotion exam.

……

At the beginning.

It is true that many candidates feel very nervous and scared.

However, in the end, many candidates' faces were filled with smiles of happiness and joy. After all, until now, no one has been judged to have failed and was dropped out of school.

"Are you going to make a final struggle?"

"I advise you to give up as soon as possible. After all, you are using a thin, thin, and somewhat rancid salmon..."

Hiroi Taihiro turned his head slightly and looked at Nakiri Alice and others.

Then, she showed a little cunning smile, as if in his eyes, the final fate of the five candidates, Alice, Megumi, Yumei, Yuki, and Miyoko, was to fail in this exam. We can only force you to drop out of school!
"Humph!"

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

"The bouillabaisse dish for our group has already been prepared."

Alice's eyes widened with anger, and then she presented the dishes they had made.

"What? Is your cooking ready?"

Hiroi Taihiro, who was just a little complacent, couldn't help but be shocked.

Then she smelled a tangy fragrance and immediately came towards her. When she took a closer look, she saw that this bouillabaisse dish was so delicious that it almost made people salivate!

"This...this is impossible, right?"

Hiroi Tahiro felt unbelievable for a moment, and finally she tasted it without any hesitation.

……

"Huh? Saffron is actually added for seasoning."

“This precious spice can not only season the fish soup, but also make the fish soup more orange-yellow, and add some potatoes to enhance the thickness of the fish soup, which further arouses the appetite of diners!”

"Oh my god, is this their strength?"

Once he tasted it, Hiroi Taihiro almost collapsed.

The original intention of this exam was to strike down these rebels in one fell swoop. However, what they never expected was that these rebels, such as Alice Nakiri and Megumi Tadokoro, would steal the spotlight.

Yes!

The bouillabaisse they made.

Definitely the most delicious bouillabaisse dish in this restaurant.

Finally, under some desperation, the five girls, Alice Nakiri, Megumi Tadokoro, Yumi Mito, Yuki Yoshino, and Miyoko Hojo, successfully passed the first test of the promotion exam and passed!
At this point, the first assessment is over!

Although the judges of each cooking room will make some small moves and allocate a "special ingredient" to the rebels, it is said that no one has been forcibly expelled due to the ingredients.

Each candidate used their own strength to ensure the deliciousness of the ingredients.

Such news soon spread to the distant Totsuki Academy, where Commander-in-Chief Nakiri Hisashi resided.

At this moment, the stern-faced Nakiri Thistle looked very stern.

Although everyone knows in their hearts that there are a total of six harsh trials in this promotion exam! The first exam is just a small test of one's skills.

However, what happened was that every candidate passed the exam!

……

"Somewhat capable."

"I actually passed this exam successfully."

Nakiri Thistle murmured to himself, and then couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

The biggest purpose of this promotion exam is that the central gastronomy agency will use this opportunity to eradicate those rebels in one fell swoop!
Naturally, the methods that can be used are not so aboveboard.

Next.

There are also 5 harsh trial exams.

The content of the exam will become more difficult and cruel as you go north.

Of course, the central gastronomy agency will continue to use small means to eliminate the rebels at all costs.

(End of this chapter)