Guild Boss's Ambition

When I completed all the steps, the Mississippi River dolphin finally ended its life.

This time the puffer fish was handled very smoothly without any mistakes.

"We have finally passed the first dangerous hurdle..."

"And then there's the sauce..."

I thought about the mixing methods of various sauces in my mind, and finally decided to use the unique sauce that the old chef taught me and Marilou privately - Nanhai Gyokuro.

Nanhai Gyokuro is highly compatible with almost all fish. Although it has a unique flavor of sweet and spicy, it will not cover the deliciousness of the fish itself. The cooked puffer fish meat has a good bite. If the flavor of the sauce can be locked into the deep muscles through grilling, the eater will be able to continue to feel the sweetness of the sauce and fish when chewing repeatedly.

I have thought about the sauce, but there is no rush, as there is another process that needs to be completed first.

"Rice."

Since rice is the staple food, I cannot be careless about it. Mogumogu fishman is famous for his picky taste. If I give him ordinary rice, he can smell it from afar and may not even want to try my puffer fish meat.

In every step, the chef must show 100% sincerity.

When cooking rice, we usually have several ways to make it more delicious.

First, wash the rice gently...

Then soak the rice grains for thirty minutes to allow the dried rice grains to absorb enough water again...

Then add a few drops of vinegar and a little salt during the cooking process...

The above steps are simple to say, but more still rely on years of experience to adjust the strength of each detail. Since the white rice this time is used to make pufferfish donburi, the texture of the white rice must be sweet, fragrant and refreshing, and avoid sticking. In order to better achieve the above effect, I specially selected the fine pearl rice produced in the mainland basin. This kind of white rice will become large and crystal after cooking, with a rich texture and excellent appearance.

After thinking about the entire cooking process, my movements suddenly became much faster. Every process went very smoothly and every process was very accurate. Even without tasting, I knew that I had successfully made the taste I wanted.

But this also means that this dish is the limit of my current imagination and my highest level of performance.

If I lose like this, then I can only admit that I am not as skilled as my opponent.

"Five minutes left!"

The time spent focusing passed quickly.

Soon, the host reminded us of the time, and I was doing the final finishing work. I did not prepare too many fancy decorations for this pufferfish bowl. I only selected an elegant floral porcelain bowl, a pair of white jade chopsticks, a cypress spoon and an antique bamboo placemat. It looks simple and plain, reflecting the tranquility of light autumn.

At this time, Ke Luoluo had prepared his soup and served a bowl over.

"How's it going?" I asked him.

He carefully put down the bowl of soup, then stuck out his tongue and smiled: "I'm not sure myself. The centipede is too ugly. It's already the limit for you to ask me to cook it, not to mention tasting it myself..."

"You're giving your guests something that you yourself wouldn't even dare to taste?" I was speechless.

"As an ethical chef, we will never steal food." He looked righteous.

If it weren't for the fact that everyone was watching, I would have hit him twice with a frying pan with my forehand and backhand. But when I think about it carefully, although Luo Luo is often a little careless, he is still very reliable at critical moments. If he didn't have a certain level of confidence, I don't think he would dare to skip even the taste tasting.

"Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, zero!"

"Cooking time is over! Contestants please stop immediately!"

Next, the host spoke a lot of nonsense with great enthusiasm. Under his arrangement, our Stone House and Water World took turns submitting our works to the Mogumogu fishman, ready to receive his review and evaluation.

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31. The result of the game (Strohn)

(Strohn Gasol)

There are always untrue rumors in the market, such as the fact that the murlocs cannot learn the common language of the Alliance.

This is clearly blatant racial discrimination.

For example, the Mogumogu fishman judge in front of us named Ha Jiao Ha Jiao, who has ten years of judging experience in Mopolis City, surprisingly knows three fishman dialects, one winged people dialect, and the common language of the Alliance of Light.

Yes, his talent for languages ​​is better than that of many humans.

However, the most important thing is his big tongue with a strong sense of taste.

“Gugugugugugu──they all look delicious!”

"Gulala--but why are there two servings of fugu donburi?"

The two sets of delicacies placed in front of Ha Jiao Ha Jiao are two very similar works.

The result of our Stone House is a braised pufferfish donburi with seafood centipede broth.

Water World serves braised puffer fish bowl with grilled centipede skewers.

Whether intentionally or unintentionally, Marylou and I ended up making almost identical dishes.

But no matter how similar they are, there will always be subtle differences in their taste.

Nothing can be hidden from the big tongue of the Mogumogu fishman.

“Wu la la wah la – never mind, never mind, let’s just taste it!”

Ha Jiao Ha Jiao flicked his big tongue and rolled my grilled puffer fish bowl into his mouth. His action made me inexplicably feel a strong sense of frustration, as if I had done something unnecessary.

"Are the chopsticks I specially prepared just decorations for you?"

I was speechless, but Ha Jiao Ha Jiao, who had finished eating the puffer fish bowl, did not express any opinion immediately. Instead, he kept sticking his tongue out towards Marylo's bowl of braised puffer fish bowl. Similarly, Ha Jiao Ha Jiao still refused to use the chopsticks we prepared for him.

Gulung, Gulung.

He made a loud swallowing sound.

"Wow, these are delicious! Both bowls of rice are so tasty!"

After tasting our work, Ha Jiao Ha Jiao first excitedly praised our craftsmanship, then suddenly calmed down and adopted a more serious posture. He held the chopsticks and placed them under his chin, seemingly in deep thought.

"In the end, the chopsticks we carefully prepared became just decorations."

When I was speechless, Ha Jiao Ha Jiao also gave his evaluation, announcing my failure: "Stone House 7 points, Water World 7.5 points. Even though the two bowls of braised puffer fish donburi are very similar, whether it is the hardness of the white rice or the thickness of the puffer fish, they seem to be made by the same person, but if we taste them carefully, we can still find that their sauces are slightly different!"

The difference in sauce?!

I looked towards Marillo in the distance with suspicion, and immediately saw the smug smile on the half-dragon girl's face.

At this time, Marylou pointed at my nose and pointed out my mistake in a majestic manner: "Even though the Nanhai Gyokuro left by the old chef can be matched with all seafood, unfortunately, puffer fish meat is different from ordinary fish. It has a harder texture after being cooked. So I specially added a little Babilo mushroom powder to the Nanhai Gyokuro to reduce its chewiness. This way, the puffer fish meat will be refreshing and chewy!"

The Mogumogu fishman also echoed and shouted, "That's right! That's right! It's just like what the little girl said! It's just like what the little girl said! Red-haired uncle, you just lost to that sauce! Red-haired uncle, you just lost to that sauce! Ulala quahaha!"

Somehow, I suddenly wanted to rush up and beat up the referee.

However, if you are not as skilled as others, you are not as skilled as others, and if you lose, you lose.

I turned my face away and accepted the defeat in this round.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah - then, let's try your next dish!"

After mocking me, Ha Jiao Ha Jiao put down our chopsticks again, and then stretched out his tongue to roll the centipede meat on the bamboo skewer. I don't know how he did it, but even without using his hands, he still pulled out all the meat smoothly in one bite, swallowed it all into his huge mouth that occupied one-third of his entire body, and began to chew non-stop.

Click--click--click--

As he chewed, he said: "The texture and taste of centipede meat are very good, and the gravy is very rich..."

Click--click--click--

He added: "The barbecue was very wild, and the spicy taste covered the stench of the insects very well..."

Click--click--click--

Finally, he criticized: "The disadvantage is that there are too few of them. Lizardmen, you should give me a few more skewers. Fishmen have a voracious appetite."

Hearing Ha Jiao Ha Jiao's evaluation of the lizard man, my heart immediately sank. From his tone, this centipede barbecue skewer should get a very high score, but my Korolo is not the type who is good at cooking insects...

"Are we going to lose?"

"If I lose this game, will the president renew my contract?"

"That's probably impossible, right? After all, I did this without telling them..."

"Is there any adventurer's guild that would be willing to take in a troublesome wandering chef like me?"

However, just when I was completely desperate, Ke Luoluo beside me suddenly punched me on the shoulder.

Even though it was just a punch as light as a cloud, it was enough to cheer me up again.

"It's okay. No matter what the outcome is, I will always stay by your side."

It was a rare case that he did not use this self-proclaimed name. The slightly upturned corners of his lips showed his awareness of the situation. I followed his clear gaze to the Mogumogu fishman at the judging desk, and saw him curl his tongue into a straw shape and dip it into the clear soup that Korolo had carefully prepared.

Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle.

Ha Jiao Ha Jiao, he drank the soup in the big bowl in one breath.

Then he fell into a long silence.

After a long while, he awkwardly turned his head, stared at Ke Luo Luo with his eyes wide open, and asked seriously: "What kind of magic did you cast on this pot of clear soup? I'm sure it's not the taste of any one ingredient, but it has played a subtle role in seasoning. If it weren't for that unknown thing, your clear soup would be far inferior to the lizardman's barbecue skewers──"

"Something unknown?"

But Luo Luo was stunned, nodded his chin in confusion, and asked Mr. Fishman: "Did I add anything unknown to the soup?"

Ha Jiao Ha Jiao said firmly: "I am sure there must be other things added in it!"

But Luo Luo was frightened by his bloody mouth and shrank his neck. He leaned towards my chest, then thought carefully for a while and answered the fishman's questions.

"If there is something special in it, then I think it must be the power of love."

Eh?

Hearing this unexpected answer, I looked down at him in surprise.

All I saw was his cheeks were flushed and he looked shy.

"But Lolo..."

"Is your love for Miss Lannon so strong that even the taste buds of the Mogumogu fish can feel it?"

What happened next was far beyond my expectations, but Luo Luo's Clear Soup actually got an extremely rare nine points from a Mogumogu fishman, and defeated the Lizardman with a score of nine to eight, winning the second half of the competition.

And when we combined the scores of the two quarters, we narrowly won the game by a margin of 0.5 points.

As a result, we won the game against Water World in this way.

At the beginning of next month, we will be ranked 44th on the Ziegland Food List.

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32. Half-Dragon Girl and Lizard Man (Marilo)

(Marilou-Fonbart)

As a result, I beat Stallone but lost the game.

As Stallone said when he left that day, I'm sinking with the water world.

He always says that I don't know how to manage, he always says that I am too kind, but I just don't understand what I did wrong.

I just want everyone to be happy and make progress.

Why would he be angry with me for this? Even leave us in anger?

"I'm sorry! I failed to live up to your trust."

After the game, the Lizardman Mengjia who lost to Korolo came to me to apologize, but since his opponent Korolo got a rare nine points from the Mogumogu Fishman, then the failure was also a result worthy of understanding.

"There is no such thing as getting involved or not. If you hadn't come to help, we wouldn't know how to deal with the centipede."

"Having said that, a loss is still a loss. I didn't know the Stone House was so powerful."

"With Strom staying at the Stone House, it's certainly not that weak."

Hearing this, the lizardman Mengjia frowned his hairless eyebrows and said in confusion: "But I went to the Stone House to eat three months ago. At that time, their standard was obviously extremely low. It would not be an exaggeration to describe it as dog food."

Dog food?

Hearing Mengjia say this, I suddenly remembered the interesting things that happened in those years.

"Puchi, you're right, those foods should be described as dog food. Stallone and Kololo have a problem, that is, they like to study how to make cats and dogs taste good. Once they quarrel with the old chef, they will season the guests' food to make it delicious for cats and dogs to protest. Two years ago, we often saw an old man and a young man killing each other with kitchen knives in this kitchen──"

"Killing each other with kitchen knives?"