The beginning is only when you become a chef

Chapter 113: Shiomi Jun's molecular cuisine interpretation (two chapters in one)

[Really? These 'pearls' might as well be called large sago! ]

[Wow, what would it taste like if I used these fantasy sago pearls to make sweet soup? ]

[The netizen above exposed you, your location must be in a big sugar province! ]

[Tsk tsk tsk, a sago pearl is a bowl of fantasy sweet soup? 】

[Don’t let your imagination wander to sugar water——]

Xia Anchu introduced "Simibe".

The atmosphere in his Kitchen No. 7 live broadcast room was naturally lively.

syrup?

Glancing at the topics discussed by netizens, Xia An's expression looked slightly strange.

It’s no wonder that this recipe for “sugar water” is a very good idea. What would it be like to use the large pearls of sago to boil “sugar water”, a daily and down-to-earth snack?
At this time!

Xia An was stunned when he saw the message pop up on the panel.

[The Chef God panel has temporarily switched to Food Battle (competition) mode. 】

[Goal ① has been triggered: Participate in the second recording of the "Chrysanthemum Downstairs Competition" program and make a fantasy dish that fits the theme of "Future". The dish must be rated no less than the quasi-special grade (5 cooking exp)]

[Goal ② has been triggered: Successfully defend the title and secure first place (2 cooking exp)]

[Target ③ has been triggered: Full score crown double kill (1 attribute point)]

"!!"

Xia An was shocked.

How could so many targets be triggered in the second episode? Suddenly, three targets appeared!
"I have just learned the unique skill of [Zhou's Food Carving Technique], which is another big gold-eater that consumes experience and attribute points." Xia An said silently, "It is not easy to have unique skills in feeding. I want all the rewards for these three goals!"

Afterwards, Xia An hid the panel information and looked at the barrage again.

Seeing the audience urging him to continue.

Xia An slowly added information about the fantasy ingredient "Sago":

"Sago scallops are a silver-level ingredient. Of course, compared to the lychee sturgeon that I slaughtered on the spot in my last show, sago scallops seem harmless. You only need to pry open its shell to get the sago pearls and thick, large shell meat."

"So, why is the sago rated silver? Because it is difficult to obtain. It grows in the deep sea, which is one thousand meters deep. Ordinary gourmet hunters can't dive to this depth at all!"

After saying that, Xia An stopped caring about the heated discussions in the comments.

He took out all the sago pearls, washed them in a glass mixing bowl, and then soaked them.

As for the abnormally thick shellfish meat.

Xia An found a knife and picked the whole piece out of the shell neatly and completely.

This piece of shellfish meat is a silver-level ingredient for stewing soup.

It is impossible to discard it.

Moreover, after countless researches in the past few days, Xia An discovered that the characteristics and flavors of any fish product used to make soup do not match well with sago pearls, and both the degree of integration and utilization rate will be lowered.

Then just use the sago meat to make soup.

of course!

Xia'an's ingredients are not limited to this.

On the program screen.

The audience watched him go to the food cart at the kitchen door again and bring back a sealed fresh-keeping box.

When they opened the box, they only took out a jar the size of a tea can.

Xia An had no intention of opening the jar immediately, but simply placed it in a conspicuous place on the kitchen counter, obviously reserved for use in the subsequent process.

Yang Jinli glanced at the chaotic comments on the tablet in her hand.

Similarly, if Xia An looked up, he could also see the wall-mounted screen at the chef's counter, filled with sounds of curiosity about what ingredients were in the jar.

"Boss Xia..." Yang Jinli was just a mouthpiece. She was sober and alert, and knew how to win the audience's favor. "Is this jar your secret weapon?"

"Secret weapon?"

Xia An was adding water to a stainless steel stock pot and mixing the auxiliary ingredients, preparing to use the sago meat to stew a pot of seafood soup.

Hearing this, Xia An hesitated:

"You can think of it that way for now."

Pause.

He added: "I will use the contents of the jar at the very end."

So, in the camera, Yang Jinli looked at the jar with visibly strong curiosity.

But no matter how curious she was, she didn't dare to tamper with the jars and interfere with the cooking plans of the celebrity chefs.

Ji Xing Liao.

Tansho Kei's eyes flickered: "So this fantasy food is called sago, and it actually lives in the deep sea a thousand meters deep!"

Friends like Sakaki Ryoko and Yoshino Yuuki looked at each other in disbelief:

"How do those food hunters catch these food?"

"Could it be possible... that they can physically dive into a trench a thousand meters deep? That's impossible!"

Soma Yukihira's eyes widened and he also felt that it was well worth spending time watching this food show. Look, his knowledge of fantasy ingredients increased by +1.

"Dad!"

He turned to look at Saiba Joichiro and muttered in dissatisfaction:
"Why didn't you teach me this kind of knowledge before?"

After hearing this, there was no way that Saibashiro Ichiro would tell his son the truth. In fact, he also felt regretful in his heart.

For Soma Yukihira, his culinary education is "popular" and "simple".

But for another adopted son, Cai Bo Chaoyang.

His education was quite the opposite, instilling almost all the fantasy elements into him.

Isshiki Hui rested his chin on his hand and suddenly said with full curiosity:

"Everyone take a guess."

"What kind of secret weapon did this Xia An boss prepare in this tin?"

Hear the words.

While the main perspective of the show switches to other kitchens.

Everyone started discussing it.

And at the same time.

Nakiri House!

Alice's eyes widened as she muttered to herself, "How long has the school been open? Master is using new fantasy ingredients to cook new fantasy dishes again?"

Erina Nakiri bit her thumb nail, her face full of confusion:
"What's in that tin?"

Seeing the sisters' reactions.

Nakiri Munee and Leonora were surprised.

"So, when you were with Boss Xia before, he never cooked sago?"

The two of them shook their heads.

Now, the couple's faces looked even more surprised.

"There's only one explanation."

"Boss Xia specially explored this brand new fantasy ingredient, sago, this week for the second episode of the show?"

Mr. Senzaemon folded his arms, sat on the tatami, and stared at the TV screen with a serious expression:

“And it may not just be Simi Bay.”

"In a week, he probably mastered another fantasy ingredient..."

The atmosphere suddenly became terrifyingly silent!
---

The view comes to the main studio.

The beautiful host took the opportunity to pass on the topic to the five judges present:
"Judges, what do you think of Boss Xia's secret weapon?"

"What's in this tin?"

Chi Xiaobai smiled and said, "I won't guess. You guys must know behind the scenes. After all, you supervise and provide ingredients to the famous chefs."

"If the ingredients cannot be provided and the celebrity chefs are asked to prepare them themselves, the program team will also get the price list and have to subsidize the celebrity chefs on the show."

The beautiful host had a helpless look on her face. Chi Xiaobai was just a real person and had a lot of fun. The audience liked him very much, but the program team had a love-hate relationship with this Chi.

Wei Xuelin: "I don't guess either."

Both Liu Heng and Liu Bo are mature and steady templates, and they are not good at cooperating with any program effects.

But what surprised the audience and the beautiful host was.

The man of few words, Nakiri Managi.

He actually cooperated actively.

Her pretty face showed a hint of playfulness as she said:

"I can't reveal more."

"In short, it's a kind of fantasy ingredient that's on the same level as sago."

"I never thought that he would use two silver-level fantasy ingredients in one dish!" The beautiful host was shocked.
"Mastering two silver-level ingredients at the same time?"

She caught a glimpse of Liu Heng, the current head of the Liu family, who suddenly opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

Seeing this, the beautiful host reacted quickly and took the opportunity to ask:

"Mr. Liu Heng, what do you want to comment on?"

As a result, everyone's eyes were focused on Liu Heng.

cough cough.

Liu Heng could only say slowly:

"It's not unprecedented to master two or three bronze-level fantasy ingredients at the same time at the nine-star culinary level."

"But at this level, I can master two types of silver-level items at the same time... Strictly speaking, if you count the sago pearls and shellfish meat, as well as the ingredients in the tin, there are three types in total!"

"This number of controls is extremely rare. I don't know how many examples there are, but..."

The second floor stands.

Hearing this, Wu Zhu and Xiang Shilin subconsciously looked at Jing Nina.

"What are you looking at me doing?"

Jing Nina was watching Xia An's cooking activities in Kitchen No. 7 with great interest.

"Sister." Xiang Shilin lowered his voice and asked, "Can you control three silver-level fantasy ingredients at once?"

Jing Nina raised her eyebrows slightly:
“That’s not difficult.”

Xiang Shilin's expression collapsed instantly: "No, not difficult?!"

Next to him, Wu Zhu was also working on a bunch of messy codes.

Row.

You perverts.

I shouldn't look at you guys with common sense!

"Oh, it is indeed difficult for you." Jing Nina said in a light tone, "When you master an extreme skill, or have a cooking heart close to the top level, you will find that it is not difficult to control a variety of silver-level fantasy ingredients."

Xiang Shilin was so depressed that he was injured: "Why? Why?"

Jing Nina: "Take me as an example. For example, I have mastered the ultimate heat. Any dish on my plate is a melting pot."

"furnace?"

When Wu Zhu heard this description, his expression became stern.

"Yes, a furnace that can melt everything. This is the power of extreme fire." Jing Nina's lips slightly raised a proud arc, "If it is the heart of a chef, there are many restrictions. You have to find fantasy ingredients that match the characteristics before you can control them in multiple quantities."

Xiang Shilin opened his mouth and became even more depressed:
"But we are very sure and have discussed that Boss Xia cannot possibly have the ultimate skill!"

Jing Nina smiled, with a hint of surprise in her eyes:
"So, the chef's heart that he comprehended is of an extremely high intensity and extraordinary quality."

Wu Zhu listened and thought about the glowing version of the flame dumplings that he had the honor of eating.

Well…

The feeling of being lifted up by warm giant hands and supported by strong shoulders...

A feeling of being grounded and secure?

"It's like..." Wu Zhu pursed his lips. He already had the answer in his mind, but he didn't plan to tell the two of them.

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In the main studio, the judges' eyes followed the camera's switch to the other six kitchens.

Shiomi Jun's kitchen.

The style of painting can be said to be completely different from the other six kitchens.

This female professor didn't use any knives during the whole process.
Throw various ingredients into a large food processor and squeeze them into vegetable and fruit juice directly through the machine.

"Is Professor Shiomi going to use the last ingredient?"

Seeing Xi Jianrun carrying the last sealed food box, Chi Xiaobai couldn't help but comment.

what.

He reminded me.

The audience also looked towards Shiomi Jun's kitchen.

When people saw Shiomi Jun opening the box and holding out a super-large corn with bones in it, the whole place was filled with uproar.

Apparently, many in the industry recognize this corn-based fantasy ingredient.

"This is the golden fantasy ingredient - 'corn with bones'."

Nakiri Managi spoke with interest as she stared at Shiomi Jun to see how she would use this golden fantasy ingredient next.

“Corn on the bone?”

On the second-floor stands, Kyonina's expression gradually became solemn.

"Is it the kind of food that ripens every ten years, and you can enjoy the concentrated flavor of the entire ten years by eating it raw?"

Afterwards, Shiomi Jun took out the bone cob of the "bone corn", which is the corn stalk of this dream corn, and the rest are large corn kernels.

But Xi Jianrun turned around and threw all the corn kernels into the food processor and squeezed them into juice.

When the female professor took out a pot full of corn juice.

The scene in her kitchen was very strange. There were no complete ingredients on the kitchen counter. They were all beaten into liquid like juice.

Of course, this is not the end.

"Boom."

At this moment, a transport truck delivered a modern piece of high-tech equipment to Shiomi Jun's kitchen.

This device, like a printer, has a robotic arm and a print head.

Shiomi Jun bowed to thank the transport personnel, then couldn't wait to operate the machine.

When the program's camera zoomed in, it focused on the details of Shiomi Jun's operations on the machine screen.

There was an uproar!

"Professor Shiomi, you are actually using the computer that comes with this machine to create some kind of 3D model using CAD design software?"

The beautiful host lost her voice, and her shrill voice even made many busy celebrity chefs look up at the broadcast screen to see what was happening.

Xia An took a look and couldn't help but blurt out:

"Ah, this, a 3D printer?"

Yang Jinli heard him speak, and immediately asked curiously: "So, Professor Shiomi is drawing 3D models, those fruit and vegetable juices, including squeezing the "bone corn" juice."

"Is it just preparing liquid ingredients, equivalent to the 'consumables' of a 3D printer?"

Xia An already has a basic understanding of molecular cuisine.

Therefore, he understands the technical principles of 3D printed food much more clearly than before.

In fact, using 3D printing technology to easily reconstruct the structure and shape of food is definitely a molecular cuisine.

Complex geometric patterns, personalized shapes, and unique taste.

Aren’t these typical characteristics of molecular cuisine?

Even the "3D printer", a kind of technological equipment, is undoubtedly an essential part of molecular cuisine.

Xia An remembered.

In the school festival plot of the original Shokugeki anime.

Alice also used 3D food printing technology to successfully turn losses into profits.

"I didn't expect that Professor Shiomi is also an expert in molecular cuisine!" Xia An sighed, but there was a trace of solemnity in his eyes.

Both are masters of molecular cuisine.

Shiomi Jun's status is something that the current Alice cannot reach.

As far as the use of spices is concerned, Alice can only admire.

therefore!

See it on the broadcast screen.

Pots of specially squeezed "juice".

Xia An said secretly in his heart:
"These 'juices' must have been spiked with heavy ingredients. Judging from Shiomi Jun's flavoring techniques, it must be a very powerful flavoring formula!"

Moreover, molecular cuisine and 3D printing food technology are absolutely perfect for the theme of the second issue, "The Future".

It simply occupies an absolute advantage in terms of the subject.

Think about this.

Xia An looked at the pot of freshly prepared "squid juice" in his hand, shook his head slightly, and whispered:
"It would be great if my molecular gastronomy skills could reach the mastery level..."

In fact, Xia An also thought about using molecular cooking techniques to make jet-black squid ink noodles.

But his molecular cooking skills were too low, and he was also abandoning the biggest advantage of the [White Snake Transfer Chain]. If he insisted on doing this, he would be overconfident.

"So--"

Pour a pot full of "injection ink" into the flour mountain.

click!
The spliced ​​alloy rods began to rotate in a circle.

(End of this chapter)