The beginning is only when you become a chef

Chapter 215: Swift as the Wind and Gentle as the Forest (4K)

The camera scans——

Three open boxes of food were neatly arranged on Xia An's kitchen counter.

One of the extra-large boxes, which was obviously used to hold living things, was particularly eye-catching.

"Dong...dong dong..."

There were constant sounds of struggling creatures coming from the box.

Dojima Gin said, "Chef Xia An, please introduce the ingredients prepared for the food battle."

"Please look——"

Xia An didn't try to be mysterious and directly took out the living creature from the largest box.

This is exactly a fresh level 46 [Ruby Crab]!
Its huge claws and crab legs were tightly bound, but even with its limbs folded, its body length and carapace width were still more than half a meter.

"Ruby crab?"

Industry professionals in the spectator group all showed surprise and couldn't help but think of the Higashino Tsuyoshi Villa Cup a while ago.

At that time, associations and delegations from various countries held a cooking competition for the suspected authentic Tanlang pot...

This chef Xia An represented the Shenzhou Association in the finals, and overwhelmed the American and Neon Totsuki teams...

His famous dish in the final, "Crispy Ruby Crab Legs", amazed everyone.

The successful cooking of 46-level pseudo-Lin standard ingredients with top-level cooking skills caused a huge sensation in the industry.

“Is this path dependence?”

In Kitchen No. 1 opposite, Amber Murphy was also curiously observing Xia An's preparations.

A peek at the ingredients reveals the whole picture. Who would have known that it was this “old friend”, Level 46 [Ruby Crab]?
A trace of disappointment flashed in her eyes, and she thought:

"He has just entered the Pseudo-Lin realm, and there are probably not many Diamond-level and Pseudo-Lin ingredients that he can actually try to cook. He can only choose the ingredients that he is most familiar with and most confident in."

In the private viewing room.

When Dr. K saw that the main ingredient was [Ruby Crab], he could not hide his sneer in his laughter:

“That’s what shallow background looks like.”

“Only path dependence!”

"It is impossible to perfectly control the second type of diamond-grade, pseudo-scale ingredients in such a short period of time!"

Nakamura Ji didn't smile, his expression was both surprised and thoughtful.

Although Xia An had a grudge against him for stealing his wife and daughter, he still looked at the other party with the objective perspective of looking at a monster.

"Minister, if he succeeds in cooking the ruby ​​crab perfectly within this period of time..." Nakamura Ji took a breath and said slowly.

Dr. K's laughter subsided slightly, but then he suddenly laughed even louder:

“What about perfect cooking?”

"Amber Murphy is no pushover. The profound knowledge she has learned from her father, or in other words, the profound knowledge she has gained from the environment, is enough to easily defeat this new Pseudo-Lin with an unstable foundation!"

however…

In the VIP viewing area.

Dong Yegang listened to the discussions of the famous chefs around him and tried hard to suppress the smile on his face. If he hadn't tried hard to control it, he would have lost control of his smile.

Everyone from the Sun family sat next to him, and because of Sun Ning, both sides were familiar with each other.

But ever since Sun Ning disappeared, the Sun family lost their source of information about the Land of Demons. Without Sun Ning's leadership, the Sun family members were unable to travel between coordinate points.

"Mother-in-law, look at Dong Yegang."

Sun Zhengxiang glanced at Higashino Tsuyoshi, whose lips were always raised.

"He must know something." Granny Sun said expressionlessly, "Look at him, he looks like he wants to stand up and announce on behalf of Boss Xia that the food battle is over."

Sun Xiang was surprised and asked, "Could it be that... Boss Xia has already 100% perfect control over the Ruby Crab?"

Sun Ying rolled her eyes:
"How long has it been? Boss Xia just officially cooked ruby ​​crab for the first time at Higashino Tsuyoshi's mansion... Don't even mention half a year, it's only been a month or two!"

No matter how the audience speculates, it cannot affect the progress of the food battle.

More ordinary viewers were listening carefully to Xia An's introduction to the ingredients:
"As we all know, the largest common species of crab in the Blue Star world is called the Giant Claw Crab."

"But the giant crab is only long in its legs. The giant crab that set the world record has a length of 3.69 meters when its legs are spread out. But if you don't count its long legs, the width of the giant crab's carapace is only 40 centimeters..."

As he spoke, Xia An picked up the measuring tape and measured the width of the ruby ​​crab's shell on the kitchen counter in front of the live camera.

67 cm!

Seeing the clearly visible numbers on the measuring tape, the audience burst into exclamations.

Dojima Gin pointed to the next ingredient box:

"Chef Xia An, what's in the second box?"

Xia An smiled and took out a few giant eggs:

"This fantasy ingredient is called [Ten-Yolk Egg], and the capture level is 48."

"The reason why it is called 'Ten Yellows' is very simple. Let's take a look -"

The words trailed off.

Click…

He picked up a giant egg, tapped it gently on the kitchen counter, and poured the egg liquid into a clear glass mixing bowl.

"One... two... three..."

As Xia An counted the egg yolks, the audience followed suit. When they counted to ten, they were amazed.

“There are really ten egg yolks!”

"Oh my god, so one egg can be used to make a plate of fried leek eggs!"

For the students of Totsuki, this food battle of pseudo-Rin standard is tantamount to opening the door to a wilderness of fantasy ingredients before their eyes.

This is true for the top ten students in school and also for the graduates.

Sensing the fanatical atmosphere in the student area, Shinomiya Kojiro pushed up his glasses in the graduate area:
“They were born in a good era.”

Inui Hinatako: “That’s it!”

Mizuhara Fuyumi: "When we were in school, we didn't have the chance to watch food battles of Pseudo-Rin's level."

Kikuchi Enka sighed: "The significance and impact of this food battle will be far-reaching. Only by being there can you truly feel that the wave of the fantasy era has surged into the people."

Level 48 [Ten Yolk Egg]!
When Xia An introduced the second ingredient.

Amber Murphy put away his contempt, and his eyes gradually filled with fighting spirit:

"Try to control two kinds of pseudo-unicorn ingredients at the same time?"

"That's right!"

"This is food for the shokugeki!"

In the private viewing room, Dr. K could no longer smile and his face looked a little gloomy.

Nakamura Ji's eyebrows were twisted into a ball. After holding his breath for a long time, he said in surprise:

"Where does he get the courage? How dare he!"

"I can't even control the level 46 Ruby Crab perfectly, and yet I want to add a second Diamond-level, Pseudo-Scale ingredient to the dish!"

Dr. K said coldly:
"Cooking with pseudo-lin + pseudo-lin ingredients is not a simple addition formula."

“Let’s not even talk about perfect cooking… The difficulty of making a decent dish increases exponentially!”

Member of the Shenzhou spectator group.

Chi Xiaobai and the two pseudo-Lin frowned.

"He's a little too aggressive." Chi Xiaobai took a deep breath and then let out a long exhale. "Generally speaking... before you have mastered one ingredient perfectly, don't rashly add a second ingredient and try to master both on the same plate."

"The higher the quality of the ingredients, the more careful you need to be!"

"After all, a wild horse is hard to tame... How can two, three, or more wild horses not clash? They will definitely have to fight fiercely before they can calm down!"

Meng Yulu remained silent, with a strange look on her face. She stared blankly at the phone with the lit screen in her palm.

The chat history with Xia An stopped a few days ago.

At that time, Xia An asked her about two ancient recipes, "Hibiscus Crab" and "Bouncing Turtle Soup".

But Yangquan Restaurant only collected the handwritten copy of "Hibiscus Crab". Later, Meng Yulu went to the library, took pictures of Xia An herself, and sent the recipe to him in the form of pictures...

"Crab + egg, isn't this the ingredient combination for Xiang En's "Hibiscus Crab"? "

Meng Yulu felt an indescribable strangeness. "Chef Meng? Hey... Chef Meng, what do you think?" Chi Xiaobai and two Shenzhou Pseudo-Lin pulled Meng Yulu back to her senses.

"Oh..." Meng Yulu's tone revealed anticipation, "I may be able to witness another ancient classic being given new life in his hands and integrated into this great era."

Chi Xiaobai:?

what the hell.

At this time, Xia An also finished introducing the level 48 [Ten Yolk Eggs] and showed the camera and the audience what was in the third and final food box -

A pumpkin with vines and green leaves!

Xia An smiled and said:
"Level 34 [Marshmallow Pumpkin]."

"As you can see, it is only 10 centimeters in size when mature."

"The flesh is like cotton candy, soft and elastic, hence the name."

After the impact of level 46 [Ruby Crab] and level 48 [Ten Yolk Egg], the level 34 [Marshmallow Pumpkin] did not cause much waves, and the audience seemed to have become numb.

Dojima Gin exited and announced:

"So--"

"The cooking session has officially begun!"

clang!
The bell rang, and Xia An and Amber Murphy moved at the same time.

Amber Murphy rinsed the [Andre's swordfish bones] and [silk bird skeleton] and threw them into the soup pot, filled it with water and boiled it over high heat.

Then, she lost no time and went to slaughter the [Soup Pelican].

If we say that the slaughtering process and procedure of the female chef appears to be gentle and soothing.

And in Kitchen No. 2, here in Xia An, the broadcast camera captured a fast and rigorous performance of knife skills.

shhhhh--

The [Ligaru Blade] has been sharpened in advance and is extremely sharp.

It quickly cuts around the ruby ​​crab, emitting dazzling sparks from time to time.

Less than ten seconds!
Xia An had a smile on his face. He confidently put down the dagger, placed his hands on the seemingly complete ruby ​​crab, and then... split it left and right!
tear-

The ten crab legs and feet, which were regularly distributed on both sides of the crab body, suddenly left the main body.

Xia An turned the crab over, touched its belly and gently grabbed it.

The crab body...actually separated in an instant, and the crab roe and crab meat were so clearly exposed in front of the camera!

? ?
The packed "Between the Moon and the Sky" venue suddenly fell into an eerie silence because of this brief ten-second performance.

Dong Yegang's eyes widened.

Although he knew that Xia An could cook ruby ​​crab perfectly, perfect cooking did not mean performing such exaggerated knife skills when "cutting crabs"...

There was an uproar in the VIP viewing area.

Celebrity chefs and industry professionals can no longer remain calm.

"What's going on... He had a hard time dismembering a ruby ​​crab with this dagger during the finals at Higashino Tsuyoshi's mansion?"

On the high-level stands, Kieran Murphy, the food club leader who looked like a neighbor, narrowed his eyes:

"Fast as the wind, slow as the forest... swift as fire."

"When did his knife skills reach the pinnacle?"

Of course, Kieran Murphy wasn’t the only one who got a glimpse of Xia An’s knife skills in this brief performance.

At the main seat at the judging desk.

Nakiri Senzaemon, who had been stuck as a pseudo dragon for many years and was only one step away from becoming a real dragon, had admiration in his eyes:
"…the winds suddenly rise but the person remains calm and steady."

"…the fire spreads fiercely but in an orderly manner."

"And this is the ultimate knife skill!"

Next to her, the judge, Nakiri Masaaki, said hesitantly, "It's not just the ultimate knife skills, I seem to see the shadow of other special skills."

Sun Yun, who goes by the pseudonym Takeshita Saya and serves as a judge on behalf of Neo Food Utopia, has a somewhat unpredictable tone:
"It's [Bull Blue Dragon Slash]!"

Nakiri Managi:?
"Isn't this knife skill used to slaughter livestock?"

Sun Yun, who is the director of Neo Utopia, raised the corners of his mouth:
"Who said that?"

"Any unique skill that is practiced to perfection can be applied to other skills and everything else can be mastered!"

"Back then, all the chefs in the dark cuisine world were martial arts masters. This unique skill can be used to dismantle crabs or even as a killing skill!"

Say so.

But Sun Yun could not hide the surprise in his eyes.

The extreme knife skills are already surprising enough.

Okay...don't worry about it!

After all, it is well known that Boss Xia is a freak among freaks.

But what about this [Bull Blue Dragon Slash] that is so rounded and full of masterly aura?

Sun Yun had no doubt at all.

Under this unique knife skills that have reached a high level of perfection.

Not to mention a mere level 46 ruby ​​crab.

Even if a living super-large dragon beast was dragged onto the food battle stage, Boss Xia could use his unique knife skills to perform the art of "Pao Ding's dragon-cutting".

……

Time passes minute by minute.

Before I knew it, nearly an hour had passed since the actual cooking process began.

In Kitchen No. 1.

The soup pot loaded with silk bird skeletons and Andre's swordfish bones was always simmering over high heat. During this time, Amber Murphy occasionally opened the pot to add clean water and skim off some of the foam.

The rest of the time, Amber Murphy was waiting quietly.

[Pelican Stock] has been slaughtered and the "food storehouse" in its body has been completely extracted.

[Cartilaginous cabbage] Wash it but don't cut it. It seems that the whole cabbage should be thrown in to stew as a soup base.

The level 46 bean tree vine, which Amber Murphy personally called soul material, was originally a piece of green vine, but now it has turned into a bowl full of green fragments.

"Boom!"

"Dong Dong!!"

Like the heartbeat of hell.

The fresh fragrance of peas that originally spread throughout the place seemed to be absorbed by the mouth of an invisible giant beast, and gathered uncontrollably towards the soup pot.

Sudden.

Amber Murphy, who was waiting with her eyes closed, suddenly opened her beautiful eyes when she heard the strange noise coming from the soup pot.

"Is the heat ready?"

She strode to the stove, braved the hot air, opened the lid of the pot, and an indescribable smell of broth wafted out.

"That's it!"

Amber Murphy perked up and poured the remaining ingredients in one after another.

Soft cabbage...

Level 46 Bean Tree Vine Debris...

At last!
It is 'Shinoku' of the pelican that cuts it with scissors.

The female chef squeezed the organ with both hands, and suddenly, liquid shining with golden light was poured into the stock pot in large streams.

“An hour later, it came out of the pot at the perfect temperature!”

Amber Murphy muttered to herself, her plump red lips curled up with a confident smile, and her eyes turned to Kitchen No. 2 opposite.

Gollum—

At the same time, Xia An just opened the lid of the pot.

The soup pot piled high with crab shells instantly released a rich and delicious flavor that swept across the entire venue like a tsunami.

(End of this chapter)