Can you handle my Hikigaya's cooking?

Compared to Yukinoshita's cordial invitation just now, the student Hikigaya directly offered a high price that he could not refuse.

Listening to the high price that allows one to live comfortably for the rest of his life as long as he accepts it, it is impossible to say that he is not moved at all. To be honest, perhaps at this moment Hachiman also realized that life is really a big joke. It was as if he had just decided to carve out his own path here, and then he received such an invitation.

If it had been a few months earlier, Hachiman would have agreed without much hesitation, but it was a pity... now he had things of his own to do.

Therefore, the final result is obvious.

"I'm sorry, Miss Hoshino Ai, I'm sorry that I can't accept your invitation, but thank you very much."

Just one word of rejection caused a stir in the entire venue again. If Yukinoshita rejected the invitation because of the huge family behind her and did not regard money as interest at all, then what was the reason for Hachiman who had no power behind him?

Was it just because of a promise? Was it just because of this that Hachiman gave up a lifetime of money?

This is the only point that makes Hachiman more conflicted than anyone else, yet more resolute than anyone else.

Seeing that Hikigaya did not accept her invitation, Hoshino Ai did not get angry, but took the initiative to walk forward. Although the child was obviously of the same age as her, she took the initiative to act like an older sister and straightened the loose corners of Hachiman's clothes.

"Well, I'm very happy to be able to make my own choice. This is my business card. If you have any difficulties, please call me."

Hachiman smiled self-deprecatingly and took the business card.

If he calls her when he encounters difficulties, then he may become her personal chef after solving the problem. If it is absolutely necessary, he will not make this call easily, but if there really comes such a day...

Hachiman nodded to express his gratitude, but Hoshino Ai just waved her hand gently: "You are a pioneer in the culinary world. Although it is not good for a non-professional judge like me to say such words without authorization, but now, this is the only adjective I can think of."

"Thank you."

At the same time, Erina could no longer hold back her anger and knocked on the window without caring about her image:

"Hey, what's wrong with this guy? He's supposed to be a national idol, right? How come he doesn't have any baggage at all?"

"This idiot, why is he always being led like this? He doesn't even know how to resist..."

By the way, that was the closest that Hikigaya had ever been to a girl. The feeling of feeling each other's breath was so strong that even a rational man like him couldn't help but blush.

At the same time, after seeing Hoshino Ai return to her seat, everyone started discussing again. Although there were all kinds of things to say, after all, they were in a culinary academy, and such a thing had just happened, so many people were still curious about the vegetable salad made by Hikigaya.

Judge Anton, who had been thinking for so long, finally sighed deeply and said calmly:

"To be honest, even if I have to quit my job as a judge from today, I still want to speak out what's in my heart."

The entire venue was filled with silence.

"I have never eaten such food before. The taste is something I have never experienced in my life. I deeply agree with what Hoshino Ai said about being a pioneer in the culinary world."

For a professional judge, it is very unprofessional to express so naturally that he has never tasted this flavor, and he may even be fired directly. However, Teacher Anton still expressed his true thoughts at this moment.

In response, Hachiman only half bowed and said with a smile:

"Thank you."

Seeing this, the judges stopped pretending and just asked the boy in front of them:

"Can you tell me how this dish is made?"

Hachiman did not show off at all. In response to the judges' questions, he just humbly explained the manufacturing methods one by one.

"For this curry project, I first thought about it for a long time."

"Because everyone was using traditional curry, and I had already decided to make something new in this project, I quickly gave up the idea of ​​using curry spices."

"And the proposition that cannot be abandoned means that I must bury the taste of curry and the taste of food deeply."

"So, I just chose a seemingly simple dish called vegetable salad, and through the skills I learned from my roommates in the Pole Star Dormitory, I made use of the matching properties of vegetables, smoked vegetables, and the 'fermented soybeans' that I learned from my father before, and completely improved it."

That's right, this dish is a traditional vegetable salad. Without any "meat", it combines the vegetable dishes that Tanado is good at, the smoked dishes that Ibusaki is good at, and the "meat" dishes that Yoshino and Mito are good at, and perfectly blends the flavor of curry into every leaf.

Although they are raw vegetables, they still contain spices. If it were just that, it might not be enough.

The most important thing is that the sweet and sour sauce and salad dressing are all made by Hachiman using the smoke and fermented soybeans. The new spices developed at the Shiomi Research Institute are perfectly integrated into the sauces. The fermentation technology that he and Ryoko have been discussing is also used to the extreme at this moment.

so...

From the beginning, the focus of this dish is not on the ingredients, but on the one-of-a-kind sauce that makes it so rich in flavor.

It was also at that moment that the judges showed such an expression of confusion.

If even experienced gourmets can't express it clearly, then for the cuisine, it already means that this dish is beyond their understanding. If it was just Hoshino Ai, it would be fine, but the most important thing is... none of the five judges can describe the feeling.

When the judges were wavering, the commander-in-chief walked directly onto the stage at this moment.

"Excuse me, it seems that I need to taste this dish myself."

"Hey, hey, even the commander-in-chief said that, what's the matter with this dish?"

“I don’t understand. I don’t understand at all…”

"The key is that we can't smell any fragrance at all. It's completely opposite to Hayama Ryo's cooking. I can't tell how delicious it is like this."

Amid the discussions, the commander-in-chief simply glanced at Hachiman, then went straight to the table, gently dipped the spoon in the miraculous sauce of the dish, and then... gently put it into his mouth.

In an instant, the freshness of tomatoes, the spiciness of peppers, the sweetness of bitter gourds, the dry sourness of cucumbers, and the sweetness of apples, five flavors seemed to combine together and instantly flooded his tongue. Not only that, under the five flavors, if you taste them carefully, you will find that each vegetable is paired with dozens of spices for embellishment, and each spice is used in a completely different way, some are smoked, some are pickled, and some are brewed. Perhaps it was this complicated process that caused the judges just now to fail at this step.

If we stop here, we will definitely not be able to understand the secret of cooking. The commander-in-chief gently swallowed the sauce into his stomach. At this moment, a warm aroma of curry completely burst out from his mouth. The spices that had been hidden from the beginning also burst out without stopping at this moment.

If Hayama Ryo's curry can cover the entire venue, then Hikigaya's curry will just wander in your body, invading your rationality, paralyzing your nerves, and finally...

"Boom!"

The commander-in-chief's clothes tore apart at this moment, and he turned into a giant covered in tendons.

"Hey, no way..."

"The commander-in-chief with the explosive clothes, I don't need to say more about his gold content."

"It seems... this year's autumn auditions are really exciting."

Alice was stunned. Erina's reaction was exactly the same as her sister's, but after that, many people had their mouths completely open, unable to speak.

Ye Shanliang: "You guy..."

Kurokiba: “I’m really looking forward to it.”

Yuigahama: "Xiaoqi... turns out to be so amazing."

Yukinoshita just looked at him without saying anything, but her solemn gaze did not allow for any other thoughts for a moment.

The commander-in-chief exuded a terrifying pressure. He lowered his head, and his white hair and beard stood up as if he was about to transform into a Saiyan. Kawashima Rei had never seen such a scene before, and the voice she had been holding in her mouth became terrified at this moment:

"General...Commander-in-Chief?"

The commander-in-chief spoke in a low voice, saying simply:

"This sauce, Hikigaya, you still remember the recipe, right?"

Hachiman nodded.

The Commander: "From now on, this sauce will be included in the Totsuki textbook. As for the teacher of this course, it will be up to you."

"Huh?" Hachiman just uttered in silence, seeming to have no reaction.

The commander-in-chief didn't care about all that. After tasting the dish, he knew very well that it had nothing to do with the professionalism of the judges, because even though he had lived for so many years and had been in the culinary industry for a lifetime, he had never tasted this flavor.

so...

The Commander: "As for your score, I will be fully responsible for it."

At this exciting moment, the students on the stage were breathing rapidly, and Ye Shanliang was staring at the screen.

How do you know...

Hachiman: "Um, that, Commander, my food is not finished yet, actually..."

As he spoke, he handed each of the five judges a glass of green drink. This sudden action made the commander-in-chief stunned for a moment.

"besides?!"

"besides..."

"Hey, my little heart can't take it, can you please end it quickly?"

"It was so abnormal just now, what's going on now..."

Chapter 85: Scored twice, leading the whole game with high scores!

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire venue was once again filled with the sound of explosions.

"Hey, this isn't over yet... I haven't heard of anything like this before."

"I just came from venue B and saw this scene. This is really worth it. By the way, the contestant named Kurokiba Ryo was also like this. It won't change..."

"I am really looking forward to seeing this player named Hikigaya. How many points can he get?"

"Who knows? Although this guy seems to be quite famous, if he surpasses Yeshan and Yukinoshita here, he might be a dark horse."

Amid the discussions of the crowd, the commander-in-chief's movements became slightly slower, and then his frozen expression slowly calmed down and he slowly turned around.

"Hikigaya, please show us all your cooking."

Hachiman quickly took out a small bottle of soup from his hand, walked to the back of the stage and placed it in front of everyone.

"Because the wait is so long, it needs to be kept well, and now."

Under the gaze of everyone, Hachiman gently waved the spoon and dipped each portion of the dish into the spiced soup.

Ye Shanliang, who was very sensitive to spices, quickly noticed the faint astringency and fragrance.

Ye Shanliang: "If I'm not mistaken, it's cumin and cardamom. He ground these two spices into powder and then added them to the dish, but..."

Can this still be called a vegetable salad?

The soup spread over the vegetables, and the sauces were also blended together. Now it was like a Western-style mushroom soup, thick and rich in a faint fragrance.

Everyone seemed to have opened up a new world to this dish, which had already reached an unknown stage. However, Hachiman did not think so. After all, he simply ground the tongue-stimulating cloves and the two spices that Yeshan Liang had just analyzed into powder, and then used the sweetness of the fruit to neutralize them, thus creating a new dish.

【Hikigaya style vegetable curry soup】

What is different from just now is that the dish now constantly exudes the aroma of spices. Although it is not as strong as Ye Shanliang’s, the taste is indeed richer due to the excessive amount of raw materials.

For the judges, generally after knowing what ingredients a dish is made of, they will probably imagine the taste of the dish in their minds. However, for the dish in front of them, the judges seemed to have surrendered. They could not imagine what the dish would taste like with all the sour, spicy, bitter and sweet flavors.

Marui: "Hey, this is really not a dark dish, right?"

Tadokoro Megumi: "Hikigaya-san doesn't have the strange hobbies of Joichiro-san, right? By the way, Marui-san, have you been traumatized by Joichiro-san?"

Marui: "Now that you mention it, I've been having nightmares about that day recently, and it seems like I'm a little scared..."

Takumi: "Although Hikigaya usually has some strange ideas, I believe that he is so cautious that he will not do such a thing in the game..."

Isami: "Brother, is it really okay to set a flag for others like this?"

Tadokoro Megumi: "But having said that, Hikigaya-san's accuracy in cooking is truly unmatched. No matter who wants to do this, they will probably fall behind him. This is probably due to his terrifying insight."

After hearing what Tanomo Kei said, everyone suddenly came to their senses. After thinking about it carefully, it seemed to be true.

At the same time, the commander on the stage did not leave the stage. The dish he prepared as the finale really brought too many surprises. However, whether this surprise can continue depends on what he will make of his dish.

The sticky soup gradually dissolved the sauce. The intense temperature gradually softened the vegetables that had been hard just now, and then all sank into the soup. Even the remaining sauce seemed to have entered into some chemical reaction at this moment and disappeared.

Hachiman: "You can enjoy this dish..."

Under the gaze of everyone, the commander-in-chief took the lead and slowly poured the soup onto the spoon. Finally... it slowly approached his throat and entered his stomach bit by bit.

silence...

Under that stupid gaze, the judge behind him did not wait any longer. As a professional judge, whether he could reverse his recent gaffe depended on this moment.

So, as if I had made up my mind, the moment I put the spoon into my mouth...

All the flaws in the heart seem to bloom at this moment, and there is no longer any barrier. The indifference that can warm everything to the heart knocks on the heart of the taster back and forth, breaking it and then repairing it until it becomes solid.

There is none of the strange taste just mentioned, no sour, spicy, bitter, sweet, no dryness or conflicting taste, only extreme tenderness.

As if he could capture him, he devoted his whole body and soul to this messenger of cooking.

"boom!"

After the commander-in-chief's upper body clothes burst open, his lower body pants also tore open without any warning, like a ferocious beast, completely unlike his old body.