Food Wars!: I Became a Fantasy Ingredient Supplier

First, place them in warm water to remove any remaining egg membranes and impurities, keeping the grains intact and making them more transparent and crystal clear.

Then, use a 1:1 mixture of cooking wine and kelp broth, and add 40 grams of "orange salt" per kilogram of fish roe for basic seasoning.

In fact.

Any kind of fish eggs.

All processes, including desmearing, salting, and repackaging, must be completed within 6 hours.

Top-tier sushi restaurants even use the "ice mist preservation method," placing fish roe in an ice mist cabinet at 0°C to keep each roe slightly moist to the touch.

Finally.

That means making sushi.

The steps are simple: just place the marinated golden salmon roe on top of the sushi rice.

And just like that, a small portion of golden salmon roe sushi is ready!

……

"very good."

Just as I expected.

Staring intently at the incredibly tempting sushi in front of him, Ye Chen exclaimed excitedly, "This top-quality golden salmon roe has an elastic skin, so it won't deform or collapse due to gravity."

The best way to eat sushi made with fish roe and rice is to have it made to order.

Only by allowing the fish eggs to slowly awaken at a room temperature of 18°C, releasing their most authentic marine scent, can they reach their perfect state.

Some chefs.

Refrigerate the fish eggs in advance.

While this makes shaping easier, it results in the loss of more than 30% of the umami substances.

High-quality salmon roe should resemble freshly picked grapes, with a glossy, fresh appearance. When lightly touched with a bamboo skewer, it should tremble slightly, indicating that the cells inside the roe are filled with seawater.

Some restaurants soak the eggs in soy sauce beforehand to enhance their color, but truly good eggs only need simple salting to present a gradient from light gold to amber!

Simultaneously.

The size of the particles is also important.

Fish eggs with a diameter of 5 to 7 millimeters are ideal.

If it's too small, it won't provide the satisfying burst of flavor; if it's too big, it'll easily have a fishy smell.

Good salmon roe can be seen flowing with juices under light, and the golden salmon roe extracted from the body of the fantastical barramundi is perfect and stunning in terms of color, size, and internal juices!

……

"Ah... mmm!"

Open your mouth wide and taste it directly on its own.

The unseasoned golden salmon roe exploded on the tip of the tongue.

The moment the membrane breaks, a savory juice with a subtle marine mineral flavor will fill your mouth.

Followed by.

It begins to develop a sweet, creamy aroma.

This is due to the presence of fatty acids unique to salmon.

At this moment, pairing it with a chilled glass of snake and frog wine, the crispness and refreshing taste of the wine perfectly balances the richness of the fish roe.

……

concise.

Pure and simple.

It uses only golden salmon roe and rice, without any artificial coloring.

However, beneath its original appearance, these incredibly precious golden salmon roe begin to exude a captivating and exquisite beauty!

"It's so cool!"

"As soon as I ate it, the golden salmon roe burst open."

"Especially when you gently bite down with your teeth, you will encounter a slight resistance, but then it suddenly becomes so soft that it seems to melt in your mouth, colliding and blending with the sticky, sweet aroma and distinct grains of rice."

Unconsciously, Ye Chen closed his eyes, his face full of intoxication.

He sat there quietly, savoring the taste of the golden salmon roe sushi.

Sour.

It is not clear.

On the contrary, it's fresh and sweet.

The rice was a bit soft and sticky, but not overly soggy!

Upon tasting, it doesn't feel like a tightly packed fish roe sushi at all. In particular, the rice grains are full of air, spreading out comfortably in the mouth.

……

soon.

Ye Chen swallowed the first piece of sushi.

Still not satisfied, he made another small portion of salmon roe sushi.

This time, however, he didn't eat it plain. Instead, he ate it in a different way, wrapping it in seaweed. He first shaped the vinegared rice into a slightly tight oval, placed fish roe on it, and then wrapped it with roasted seaweed.

finally.

The aroma of roasted seaweed.

It creates a wonderful contrast with the sweetness of the golden salmon roe.

Then we ate the third serving of salmon roe sushi, which was served with wasabi and ginger slices.

Freshly ground wasabi paste was not mixed directly into soy sauce, but rather a small amount was applied to the surface of the golden salmon roe using the tip of chopsticks.

When spiciness meets sweetness, it creates a subtle, stimulating sensation similar to the effervescence of champagne. Taking a bite of the pickled ginger at this moment allows the refreshing spiciness to reset your taste buds, preparing you for the next bite!

have to say.

When the first golden salmon roe blooms in your mouth.

Ye Chen could feel the ocean's gentlest gift in this season; perhaps this is the true meaning of "ichi-go ichi-e" (one time, one meeting) in Japanese cuisine.

Some delicacies can only be found at their most perfect form at a specific intersection of time and space!

……

Take a sip of snake and frog wine.

Then, Ye Chen, feeling quite content, exhaled the smell of alcohol.

Immediately afterwards, his thoughts drifted away, as if he had fallen into a fantastical deep-sea world.

Surrounded by a deep, dark blue, sunlight filters through layers of seawater, casting dreamlike beams of light, creating a scene resembling a fairyland.

at this time.

Ye Chen was surprised to discover.

I was able to breathe freely in this deep sea.

Its graceful movements allow it to move lightly among the colorful coral reefs.

Just then, a striped salmon came into his view.

Take a closer look.

This salmon is agile and lithe.

The distinct horizontal stripes on its sides are dazzling.

It began to spread its sharp fins and wag its tail, charging fiercely towards Ye Chen like an arrow released from a bow, its momentum seemingly intent on tearing everything in its path to shreds.

Ye Chen was startled, but quickly calmed down.

In this mysterious deep-sea world, he felt an unprecedented power surging within him.

At last.

He chose the right moment.

With a loud shout, he threw a punch.

The punch, accompanied by the sound of wind breaking and with the force of a thunderbolt, struck fiercely towards the barramundi.

……

"boom!"

After the loud noise.

Ye Chen also suddenly woke up from his hazy state.

He found himself still sitting in the restaurant, but instead of deep-sea fish and striped salmon, he was presented with some golden salmon roe sushi!