The strongest gourmet food system

Chapter 614 Chapter 146

The audience outside the villa was silent, until Zheng Ke raised his hand, no one cheered or shouted, but continued to watch the big screen silently.

This game is destined to be a close game.Even if it is Zheng Ke, if he wants to make a soup of the same level as Takasugi Juji, he must do his best.

The first thing Zheng Ke did after telling him to raise his hand was not to serve the food to the judges, but to drink a big sip of tap water before picking up the tray.

"The name of the dish." Qiu Benbu glanced at Zheng Ke, feeling a little entangled in his heart, and wanted Zheng Ke to find a place to rest after reporting the name of the dish.

However, she is not the chief judge of this competition.

"Musch soup." Zheng Ke said panting.

"Mucumella soup."

Booker looked at the dishes in front of him. There was light yellow thick soup on a shallow white plate, mussels were soaked in it, a small portion was exposed, and emerald green parsley was sprinkled on the surface.

Booker hadn't eaten this minimalist soup with no other ingredients besides mussels for a long time.

The minimalism mentioned here does not mean that the cooking method is simple, but the structure of the soup is simple. The whole dish consists of thick soup and mussels, and the taste of the dish is all concentrated in the soup.

"This dish is very difficult." Booker looked up at Zheng Ke with anticipation in his eyes.

"Compared with the difficulty of this soup, I think its taste is more important." Zheng Ke said.

"Haha... I like your confidence. But—" Booker's eyes suddenly sharpened, "I also hate being deceived by my own eyes. So, I hope that the taste of this mussel soup, as well as its appearance Just as perfect."

"I won't let you down." Zheng Ke bowed slightly.

Booker scooped up a spoonful of thick soup, took a sip, and the delicious soup flowed wantonly in his mouth.

The taste of the soup is very strong, but the soup is not sticky, and it swallows effortlessly, but the taste of the thick soup firmly occupies the taste buds.

At first, Booker just felt that the soup was delicious, almost the same as the soup in the first cooking session—perhaps, this was the level of the top six in the Japanese national competition.However, when he took a second sip, the taste changed completely. The delicious taste appeared in his mind from time to time, and some ingredients even exceeded his imagination.

Cream, egg yolks, crème fraîche, celery, parsley, pepper... and saffron.Countless ingredients circled in his mind, making him almost cry out.

Zheng Ke is like a great magician, performing a cooking magic in front of Booker... no, in front of the three of them.Following Zheng Ke's movements, the consciousness of the three gradually blurred.In their minds, only food is left.

The taste buds obviously felt so many ingredients, but they didn't see any of them in the soup.

Was it really hidden by Zheng Ke?
"Where is it?" Booker looked at Zheng Ke suspiciously, "Celery, garlic, shallot... Where are these ingredients? Their taste is clearly in the mouth, but the soup is as smooth as silk. I remember you I just added gorgon juice, but if there is gorgon juice, it should be thicker."

"These are all filtered by me."

After five or six minutes of rest, Zheng Ke finally recovered.

"The main ingredient of this dish is mussels. White wine is used to remove the fishy smell and enhance freshness, and after a long time of cooking, the umami flavor of mussels has been integrated into this dish. Therefore, the flavor of this soup The main taste has already been determined.

"After the boiled thick soup is mixed with the sauce, continue to cook until the soup becomes thick, then add a little salt and pepper to season, filter the thick soup with a filter, and the soup obtained is not only The taste is equally delicious and strong, and more importantly, it has a very good mouthfeel."

Kojima Yukiharu nodded, "Delicious and tender mussels, after chewing, the delicious and delicate juice flows in the mouth, and the taste of the soup is also very delicious. The thick soup that concentrates a variety of ingredients, mixed with saffron Under the guidance, it completely occupied my consciousness. I haven’t tasted this kind of soup for a long time—but, this dish has a shortcoming.”

"shortcoming?"

The reporters in the hall immediately opened their eyes, as if they had found a very interesting topic, and they all focused on the screen in the hall.

"Is it really that shortcoming? What exactly does Zheng Ke use to make up for it?"

Catherine initially thought that Zheng Ke would add other shellfish or shrimp, but she was wrong.There are no such things in this thick soup.

"Because this soup does not have other side dishes like other dishes. Even though the texture and taste of the soup are very good, but eating this dish alone will feel a kind of emptiness. Do you admit this shortcoming?"

"Mr. Kojima, you are making too much sense. The topic of this exam is soup, as long as the taste of the soup is perfect. Mr. Booker, I object to what Mr. Kojima said." Ayumi raised his hand in protest.

Outside the villa, the audience sitting on the beach heard the conversation between the two judges and became restless.

"What kind of bad judge? Isn't this deliberately embarrassing? Since it's a soup dish, just make the soup well."

"That's right, what emptiness is, it's completely preposterous."

"It must be because I can't get used to the excellent cooking that Zheng Ke can cook, so I deliberately made things difficult!"

"Shh, don't talk yet, listen to the opinion of the chief judge."

The people around became quieter at this moment, but many people still expressed their protest.

Booker did not expect that the two judges would have a dispute. After a little thought, Booker said: "If it is an ordinary game, this may not be a shortcoming, but this is a top six competition. Any flaws may affect our performance. Judgment. Of course, if you don't have a solution, it's still a very good dish, I personally like it very much, but it may affect other judges."

Zheng Ke nodded, "I have also considered this issue, so I prepared a small bowl with a porcelain lid next to the soup."

The little bowl next to the soup?
The three judges looked at the small bowl at hand suspiciously, slightly surprised.

It is not accurate to say that it is a small bowl, because this white tableware is cylindrical in shape and covered by a porcelain lid.

The three people were also curious about its existence before, but their energy was also firmly attracted by the soup, so they ignored its existence. It was not until Zheng Ke mentioned it that they revisited the small bowl.

Booker couldn't wait to lift the porcelain cover, and a strong aroma spread over the surface.Inside, there is a bowl full of oval pancakes, the size of snow cakes, and each pancake has a warm heat.

"This is?"

"Butter shortbread, please dip the three judges into the thick soup and taste it again."

(End of this chapter)