The beginning is only when you become a chef

Chapter 123: The Unsuccessful Grilled Fish (Two Chapters in One)

Now that the fish had been delivered, Xia An rolled up his sleeves and started working.

The scales of the "Nut Swordfish" are a layer of tight nut shell, and ordinary slaughtering methods are not feasible, so the only way to kill it is to use pliers to pull out these "fish scales" piece by piece.

The step of removing the scales took Xia An a lot of effort.

A moment later, a smooth, gutted fish was placed on the open-air processing table.

Xia An held the knife and cut deep marks on the belly of the nearly 2-meter-long fish.

Then, use chains to tie up the tail of the "Nut Swordfish" layer by layer.

I tried pulling it hard, and found that this method of tying is very tight, and there is basically no chance that the fish will get off the hook.

"Xiao Shimeng, get ready."

Xia An walked towards the charcoal-free area in the middle of the venue.

"When it's almost cooked, I'll tell you to start pouring the sauce on it."

Liu Shimeng nodded with a serious face:
"Then come on, Boss Xia!"

Xia An held the two-meter-long fish in his arms, stood in an area without charcoal, and said:
"Director Gao, light the fire!"

Gao Shengqi showed great excitement on his face and waved to a staff member next to him. The young man called a few more people, and they held flamethrowers and ignited all the solid alcohol buried on the field one by one.

Under the ignition of numerous solid alcohol flames, the charcoal in the entire venue quickly burst into flames that shot up into the sky.

The temperature is rising rapidly!
Across the pond.

The staff watching in the corridor were in chaos.

"It's lit! All the charcoals are lit!"

"Oh my god, this scene looks a bit like a sea of ​​fire. Is it really okay for Boss Xia to stand in the center of the sea of ​​fire?"

"There's too much solid alcohol. It smells so strong!"

Charme, Jun Shiomi, and Kojiro Shinomiya.

I witnessed Xia An slaughtering the "Nut Swordfish" and now he easily carried a 200-pound fish into the sea of ​​fire.

"Is it so easy to carry two hundred kilograms of food?" Chalmers' eyes twitched.

"In addition to carrying the fish, he even wanted to grill the whole fish..." Shiomi Jun couldn't close his mouth.

"Really? No disassembly?"

Kojiro Shinomiya felt that Boss Xia was outrageous, or rather, the Chinese food industry, which gave birth to a chef god, seemed to have always been so outrageous.

The judges stared at the motionless figure in the sea of ​​fire for a long time.

"Chains, grilled fish, and this sea of ​​fire."

Liu Bo whispered to the people around him, "I think everyone knows what ancient dish Boss Xia is going to perform, right?"

When the flames shot up into the sky and Xia An stood in the sea of ​​fire holding his imaginary fish, Chi Xiaobai's memory engraved in his soul seemed to awaken, and he was stunned:
"No way?"

"Do you really want to do such a big thing?"

"I've never heard that Boss Xia has any special skills other than Arhat Crystal Slash and White Snake Chain!"

Wei Xuelin suddenly said:

"But we only found out about Boss Xia's mastery of the White Snake Chain after the show started, right?"

Chi Xiaobai was speechless for a moment, secretly shocked in his heart, he felt that Boss Xia's unique skills were very deep, and it was not just the forehand and backhand Arhat Crystal Slash and White Snake Chain.

As for Xia An, the turmoil and heated discussions in the outside world naturally had no impact on him.

He stood quietly.

The solid alcohol was still burning wildly, emitting a strong and pungent smell. He wanted to wait for the smell to dissipate.

Moreover, the charcoal pile had not yet reached the point where the fire was at its hottest and the temperature was the most stable.

About ten minutes later.

call--

The late night breeze from the garden blew away the last whiff of alcohol, making the air in the charcoal fire area much fresher.

"Bang!"

The sound of chains sounded.

During this time, the crowd who had been discussing non-stop now opened their eyes wide and looked at the figure that suddenly moved in the sea of ​​fire, and then the garden suddenly fell into a kind of dead silence.

hum!
hum!
The dance of swinging the iron chain and the big fish was clumsy at first, then gradually became skillful, and then became more and more smooth and graceful.

This is the situation.

Although it is not as magnificent as the Asian magazine burning the Yangtze River in the past.

But in modern times, it can be regarded as a rare grand performance.

"He actually managed to make a 200-pound imaginary fish dance?" Boss Liu Heng held the railing.

"No way, this is really the legendary..." Liu Bo's mouth was dry, and his eyes were filled with excitement, "The legendary Flame Dance, Tianxiong Flame Wheel!"

"One of the Five Tigers of the Dark Cuisine World, the unique skills of the explosive chef Yakan!"

Chi Xiaobai and Wei Xuelin looked at each other in horror.

Wei Xuelin murmured:
"Did I guess right? Explosive Flame and Tianxiong Flame Wheel are both in the pool of special skills that Boss Xia has mastered?"

Chi Xiaobai said loudly:

"Look, his proficiency in this stunt clearly shows that he is not a novice!"

Next to the sea of ​​fire.

Liu Shimeng, who was waiting for orders, was also stunned with her mouth wide open. She saw Xia An's dance speed getting faster and faster, imagining that the fish was cutting through the flames produced by the charcoal pile.

"Xiao Shimeng, start pouring the sauce—"

Suddenly, a man's calm voice was heard from the sea of ​​fire.

"OK!!"

Liu Shimeng did not forget her mission. She woke up immediately and scooped up a spoonful of sauce from the deep soup pot. Seeing that the fish was about to spin and swing in this direction, she predicted and splashed the sauce in the spoon out with force.

Whoohoo!

A large amount of sauce was poured on the fish. The tempting aroma could not be suppressed. It erupted like a volcano, exploding with momentum and sweeping across this corner of the Juxialou Garden.

At such a close distance, Liu Shimeng felt her body go weak and her head become dizzy when she was overwhelmed by the fragrance.

"Xiao Shimeng, increase the frequency and dosage!"

"The more you sprinkle, the better. Don't be afraid of making the sauce too heavy..."

In the sea of ​​fire, Xia An's voice finally woke up the dizzy Liu Shimeng.

Liu Shimeng quickly bit her lip and began the non-stop mechanical splashing action.

And in the sea of ​​fire.

Xia An, however, extremely enjoyed his current state.

It wasn't that he enjoyed being scorched by the high temperature or sweating profusely.

Instead, in addition to the [Tianxiong Flame Wheel], the [Explosive Flame] perspective is presented to his senses at this moment.

It can be said that at this moment, Xia An seemed to be equipped with a "flame sense". The senses could tell where the temperature of the charcoal pile around him was the highest and where it was the lowest.

He was secretly shocked: "So, these five tiger stars in the dark cuisine world are also cheaters."

"Akan has super touch and explosive flames."

"Yan Xian has super hearing and super sonic cooking skills."

"Mira has super vision and spice inequality..."

Now, Xia An actually gained a supernormal fire sense from the minor success level [Explosive Flame] skill attached to the ancient kitchen utensils.

He felt that there were only two possibilities. Either Yakan further developed his god-level talent of [Super Touch] and created the Explosive Flame Skill.

Either the dark culinary world has a deep foundation and has long had the explosive fire skill, and Yakan is just the nth person throughout history to have possessed the [super sense of touch] and been guided to join the dark culinary world.

"In any case, super touch and explosive fire are a set of talents and skills that complement each other."

Xia An secretly thought it was a pity.

He currently has no way to acquire god-level talent.

As for the explosive and flaming skills, there is no point in learning and mastering them. Nowadays, people can only use them with the help of the "enchantment" of ancient kitchen utensils.

Do you understand magic equipment?
About half an hour later, the charcoal fire was still burning brightly, and the "Nut Swordfish" tied to the chain was obviously becoming cooked. Even in the high-speed dance, the people in the corridor could still see that the fish body was already coated with a layer of golden color.

"Almost done!" Xia An's voice came from the sea of ​​fire: "Director Gao, have someone help wipe the table and put down a layer of kitchen grease-absorbing paper!"

Gao Shengqi waved his hand, and the employees worked quickly and prepared the place for serving in a short while.

"Stay away for a while."

So, Gao Shengqi retreated with several employees.

boom!
The imaginary fish tied to one end of the chain was thrown from a distance and landed on the table very accurately.

Why do they have to serve the fish in this way? It's because the iron chain has been burned red by the charcoal fire. Xia An doesn't want to forcibly take the big fish off the plate with his bare hands, and then have his hands burned into pig's trotters.

The big fish fell on the table, and Xia An rushed out quickly from the single-person path left by the sea of ​​fire. He found tools, clamped the faintly red chain, untied the big fish, turned around and picked up a bucket of clean water to pour on the chain to cool it down.

No need for Xia An to greet anymore.

The spectators who were originally on the corridor had already swarmed to the charcoal fire site.

Everyone looked at the cooked fish on the table in fascination.

The whole big fish was grilled, and there was no trace of burnt black on the surface of the fish. The aroma of the meat and the taste of the sauce were like delicacies from heaven. Just smelling it made people feel as if they were ascending to heaven.

“Is this the temperature of ‘uniformity’?”

Boss Liu Heng led several judges and came to the table where the whole big fish was placed horizontally.

Chalmers specifically converted the word "uniformity" into different languages ​​and explained it carefully to Shiomi Jun and Shinomiya Kojiro.

"Huh?" Xi Jianjun was stunned, "Is there such a realm of fire?"

Shinomiya Kojiro couldn't help but stare at the fierce charcoal fire, and swallowed visibly: "In such a sea of ​​fire, the food will be scattered because of the fire, and there will be more and more serious burnt marks!"

Chalmers smiled bitterly, spread his hands and said silently:
"So, the heat called 'uniformity' is the legend of the Shenzhou food world. Didn't you see that these Shenzhou people are shocked?"

This is the truth.

Seeing the surprised expressions of the people around them, Shiomi Jun and Shinomiya Kojiro felt a little relieved.

Of course, the grilled fish dish is not over yet.

Xia An was setting up his stall at the night market as usual.

Standing behind the table.

Holding a pair of long chopsticks in his hand, he stabbed into the grilled fish that was golden in color without a trace of other colors.

Suddenly, there were exclamations and gasps all around.

The moment the chopsticks pierced the fish, it was like triggering the magic of withering.

The meat of the "Nut Swordfish" fish body actually bloomed one by one along the previously very deep knife lines.

"call--"

The richer aroma and the flavor of the fantasy fish truly reveal their surprise and magic at this moment.

Xia An was probably the only one who was still sober among the people around the table.

He exclaimed in his heart, and stared intently at the flowers of flesh blooming on the fish's body, with obvious regret in his eyes.

This flowering effect only stays at the shallow layer and is still far from penetrating into the spine bones.

There is no doubt that if it were made by Yakan, this "Nut Swordfish" would have the fish meat bursting with every inch of it, exposing the white bones completely.

"So, how reproducible can this wave of cosplay using fantasy fishery products be?"

Xia An checked the panel information.

[The remake of "Tianxiong Grilled Herring" without recipe has been completed]

【Reproducibility/Completion 31%】

【Goal ① and Goal ② have been achieved】

Is it actually 31%?
Xia An was secretly sweating.

However, this 31% value should be entirely due to the Explosive Flame + Tianxiong Flame Wheel skills. These two skills would have failed if they were not activated. In addition, the dish was successfully prepared to the end and at least it was served on a plate, so there is a lower limit to cover the problem.

As for the sauce, it should account for 30% of the entire recipe.

"Come on, everyone line up in an orderly manner. Everyone will get a share."

"I still have one fish that I haven't grilled yet, don't worry!"

Xia An started to act like a skilled night market stall owner, scooping grilled fish into disposable bowls for every person who lined up.

Charme, Shiomi Jun, Shinomiya Kojiro and others.

After receiving the grilled fish supper, everyone picked up their chopsticks and put the grilled fish into their mouths.
"Is the sauce so strong?" Xi Jianjun covered her mouth, with an extremely strong appetite on her face, "But the grilled fish we received is already the inner layer, it shouldn't be so flavorful!"

Shinomiya Kojiro frowned, took a bite, paused for a while, and then said:

“Perhaps it’s because of that chain-spinning grill rendition?”

Chalmers pricked up his ears, eavesdropping on the conversation between several judges not far away.

He doesn't understand.

But the big guys definitely understand.

As expected, after hearing two sentences, Chalmers suddenly said:

"Because of the centrifugal force, the sauce will penetrate deep into the fish meat during the shaking process."

“Pour the sauce on it, grill it, pour the sauce on it again, grill it again…”

“With this repeated process, even the fish bones can be seasoned?!”

A "Nut Swordfish" weighs more than 100 kilograms without the internal organs, but there were still too many people to handle it. Soon, only the bare fish bones were left on the table.

There were even a large number of unsatisfied young employees, with hungry looks in their eyes, staring straight at the piece of fish bone.

Seeing this, Xia An shook his head speechlessly, tied up the second fantasy fish that had just been slaughtered and cleaned, and started the second performance of the night.

This time, the crowd did not disperse, choosing to watch from a close distance.

Listening to the "buzzing" sound of the high-speed spinning chain, and looking at the man calmly holding the other end of the chain in the sea of ​​fire, everyone once again felt a sense of absurdity that was detached from reality.

Especially foreign guests like Shiomi Jun.

But when they think about the fact that this is a Chinese food world with many great people, a long history and countless legends, they will not be so entangled.

The second time he cooked, Xia An was more focused and serious, without any distractions. But when he finished, he saw that the reproducibility was only 33%. He could only sigh helplessly:

"It seems that without the recipe, the performance of Xiaocheng Explosion + Tianxiong Flame Wheel is already the upper limit."

After this incident, the importance of the original ancient recipe in Xia An's heart reached a new level.

Only with a recipe can you activate the recipe atlas, and then strive for a high level of completion to get high rewards.

However, after working hard for a long time tonight, it was not completely useless.

5 cooking experience points.

1 attribute point.

At the end of the show, Xia An finally completed the pot flipping.

Therefore, there is no more money to spend on the six basic skills, unless you spend money on the more scarce and precious extreme points.

Then this fresh and hot attribute point should be used to buy a special skill.

[Unique Skill: Zhou's Food Carving Technique, Volume 100 (%)]

[Grade: Rare (Purple)]

【Progress: Beginner】

His eyes fell on the food carving technique that he had just mastered before the second episode officially began.

Xia An thought with interest:

"For two consecutive episodes, we've been serving noodle dishes. For the next episode, if the theme is right, I'll have to serve a whole new type of delicious food!"

He closed his eyes and increased the attribute points. The [Beginner] mastery level in the special skill encyclopedia column also changed to [Entry].

"The next step is to go to Guangdong Province to complete the itinerary and business order, so as to combine the upper and lower volumes of the unique skills into one and obtain the complete version of Zhou's Food Carving Technique..."

Xia An's wonderful and fulfilling day ended like this.

And because of his late night Easter egg show.

Many employees upload pictures and short videos to social platforms.

It also sparked a widespread discussion that was no less heated than the main program.

(End of this chapter)