The beginning is only when you become a chef

Chapter 53 Is the gap so big?

"Dad, Xixi is hungry too!"

In front of the bar, Lan Xiaoxi suddenly made a sound from within Hojo Midori's arms.

Xia An was originally dissatisfied with Erina Nakiri. He only tasted the best of his flame dumplings and was about to forcefully feed her the second one.

But at this moment, hearing his daughter's pitiful voice, Xia An was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said:
"Xiao Xi, have you brushed your teeth and washed your face?"

Seeing her daughter pouting and shaking her head with her big innocent eyes.

Xia An was amused. He first put a few flame dumplings in the pot into a bowl and put them aside. Then he walked out of the open kitchen and picked up his daughter: "Let's go upstairs to brush our teeth and wash our faces."

I watched Xia An carrying her daughter upstairs.

So, near the open kitchen in the lobby.

Alice, Midori, and Saiba Joichiro's eyes instantly turned green, revealing a hungry glow, like predators in the wilderness.

The three of them rushed into the kitchen.

"Hiss...it's still so hot?!"

Alice reached out to grab it, but she retracted her fingers and quickly went to find chopsticks.

"Come here, give you chopsticks."

Saiba Shiroichiro was an experienced man who had already locked onto the location of the tableware. The first thing he did when he entered the kitchen was to grab several pairs of chopsticks.

The three of them picked up the flaming dumplings and stuffed them into their mouths.
“Crack—” Alice’s cheeks were puffed up, and she looked like a foodie hamster. She chewed and said incoherently, “What a great control of the heat. The excess moisture in the dumplings was roasted cleanly. They taste extra crispy!”

Midori said with great respect:
"As expected of you, Master! The dumpling skin and filling are perfectly integrated!"

Caiba Chengyilang could not help but nodded:
“The crust is dry, fragrant and crispy.”

"The filling is very well prepared. The key is to achieve the unity of the skin and the filling inside and outside, and interpret the main theme of fire in the mouth, which is not easy."

There was a pause.

This big man who has been working in the super-grade field for many years judged in an uncertain tone:
"The heat control and seasoning skills are no less than the Great Master? Hmm... This kind of coordinated ensemble inside and outside can also be considered perfect. This is in line with the basic skills of the lower-level special chefs."

If any three of the basic skills are perfected, one will have met the criteria for being a nine-star chef.

What is required for a nine-star chef to be promoted to a special grade is no longer basic skills, so for the vast majority of special grades, what they need to do is to broaden the scope of basic skills, to achieve all the blind spots in basic skills, and to become hexagonal warriors.

Continue to practice and perfect the basic skills, and break through to the extreme? Anyway, Saibashiro Ichiro's many basic skills are just perfect.

He has traveled to various countries for many years, and has only met one Indian spice master who is extremely talented in one subject and has an extraordinary sense of smell. He has mastered the basic skills of seasoning to the extreme.

In other words, if one wants to advance a certain basic skill from perfection to the highest level, ordinary practice methods are no longer feasible. One needs to combine it with extraordinary talent to break the limits of human nature.

"you--"

Erina Nakiri had just digested the food information that God's Tongue had fed back to her, and calmed down. She looked up and was so angry that her nose was crooked:
"Why are you taking my food?!"

Her eyes were blazing with fire as she stared at the people who were munching on the flaming dumplings.

The frying pan was empty.

There was not a single dumpling left.

Saiba Shiroichiro took the lead and said calmly, "We are the judges. A food battle contestant presented his dish first. Isn't it normal for us to start eating?"

"Oh yes, we are the judges!"

Upon hearing this, Alice's eyes, which had been wandering with guilt, suddenly changed to: "What's wrong with the judges eating food from the Food Wars?"

Miyoko spoke weakly:
“I can also be a judge…”

At this time, Xia An had just taken his daughter to brush her teeth and wash her face, and returned from the second floor.

Looking at the proud golden peacock, he was confronting everyone in the kitchen with a grudge and angrily.

Tsk tsk.

Xia An slowly handed a breakfast of flaming dumplings hidden in the cupboard, along with chopsticks, to his eagerly-eyed daughter, and let Xiaoxi eat by herself at the dining table outside the kitchen.

He also took out a can of fresh milk from the refrigerator, opened the bottle, poured it into a glass, and heated it in the microwave.

After handing the cup of warm fresh milk to my daughter.

Xia An was now at ease, and pointed to Erina Nakiri's kitchen counter:

"This is Shokugeki, right?"

"If you don't submit your dish, it will be considered as your admission of defeat."

Hearing this, Erina Nakiri suddenly calmed down and said seriously: "I can lose, but I can't give up halfway without handing in a complete dish!" She lowered her head and quickly kneaded the remaining dumplings.

Miyoko and Alice were saved and escaped from the kitchen.

Cai Bo Cheng Yilang passed by Xia An and said in a low voice:

"Your flaming dumplings are quite well done."

Xia An had a weird expression on his face: "This is my first time doing this."

Saibajoichiro: “What?!”

The great "Shura", who hadn't collapsed during the food tasting, couldn't hold back now:

"Is this really your first time? You're not lying to me?"

Xia An smiled and said, "If I make it many times and don't use machine-pressed dumpling wrappers, but hand-rolled dough, do you think the dish can be more complete?"

Caiba Chengyilang nodded, but then frowned and shook his head:
"It's hard to say."

"I can't fault the cooking and seasoning you gave to this dish. These two relatively perfect aspects are enough to cover up the weakness of the dough."

"But if it's ordinary handmade dough, it's not as good as the machine-pressed ones."

Xia An spread his hands: "That's why I want to practice the basic skills of pastry making to the same level as the heat and seasoning."

talking.

Xia An opened the panel.

[Recipe: "Flame Dumplings" (complete)]

[Grade: Treasure (Blue)]

【Progress: Beginner】

[Recipe Reproduction/Completion: 60%]

With only the proficiency of a beginner, I managed to only achieve 60% completion on my first try.

Obviously, this is a manifestation of the basic skills of heat and seasoning. If it is the basic skills of pastry making, it is also at the [great success] level.

Trinity, Xia An felt it was easy to reach 80% completion.

But 80% to 90% is the leap from good to excellent, which is definitely more difficult.

To achieve 90% to 100% perfection is a painstaking process that requires a lot of time and effort to accumulate the foundation.

……

"I finished!"

A moment later, Erina Nakiri submitted her answer to the Shokugeki contest.

"My dish is called 'Italian Shrimp and Cheese Ravioli'!"

The golden-haired girl placed the plate on the bar, and a fragrance different from that of the flaming dumplings wafted through the lobby.

"Tsk, tortellini?"

Xia An knew this kind of Italian food.

In fact, there are quite a few foods around the world that are similar to "dough wrapping fillings" and have a similar cooking method to dumplings, even in the Russians.

Speaking specifically of Italian ravioli, Xia An thinks it looks more like Chinese mixed dumplings.

In front of the bar.

Alice, Midori, and Saiba Joichiro began to taste this food using chopsticks or forks.

Looking at this group of scattered judges, in contrast to the pride she showed when she initiated the food battle challenge, Erina Nakiri's pretty face was tense and her eyes were flickering, showing that she was feeling nervous and uneasy.

She didn't have to wait long. Several people swallowed their tortellini one after another, then reacted coldly and shook their heads.

Witness this scene.

Although Erina Nakiri already knew that she would lose, her face still darkened.

gap.

Is it that big?
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(End of this chapter)