Shokugeki: Start with an izakaya, making everyone cry

Rice, as white as snow.

The dark red pulp of sour plums is dotted in between, which not only adds a different color, but also makes people’s eyes brighter.

Talking about its flavor, the flavor of sour plum fried rice is rich and unique.

Sour plum!

It has been cleverly integrated into the rice.

What was originally a bland plate of fried rice actually tasted like:

Incredibly appetizing!

With every bite, you can taste the sweet and sour plums intertwined with the mellow aroma of the rice.

That feeling, that taste... actually made Anne, the first-class executive officer of the WGO Food Organization, shed tears silently.

……

Fry the pickled plums into the rice.

This seemingly imaginative "creation" actually has traces to follow.

In Japanese tradition, there have always been sour plum rice balls and sour plum rice. Since these two dishes can be combined with rice, it can also be made into fried rice.

It tastes good.

The taste is simply too cute.

A touch of sour and sweet pops out from between the teeth inadvertently.

Anne secretly marveled, how could the most mediocre fried rice be so playful?

"Shopkeeper, I have a request. Can you...can you make more sour plum fried rice for one person, no, two people, and let me take it away?"

Annie pleaded, wiping her tears.

"no problem."

"Sour plum fried rice has an appetizing effect in itself."

"For a woman with a weak constitution, it doesn't matter even if she eats a few hundred million more!"

Zhang Fan had no reason to refuse such a request.

"Thank you!"

Anne heard this and replied gratefully.

……

Every moment, every second, time keeps passing.

It is like a director, silently filming various scenes in people's lives, from the first ray of sunshine in the morning to the stars in the sky at night, from the blooming flowers in spring to the falling leaves in autumn...

Every detail and every moment is so cleverly captured and preserved by time.

Anne, left early.

Maybe he was in a hurry to deliver the packaged pickled plum fried rice to Nakiri Managi?

Therefore, she did not stay in the izakaya for too long.

And as 2 o'clock in the morning approached, the izakaya finally closed again. At this time, Leonora had no choice but to get up and leave.

"Zhang Fan, I'll go back first."

"Well, Ye Hei, remember to be careful on the road." Zhang Fan replied.

"Alice, during the field training activities, you must be obedient at the izakaya and don't cause trouble."

"You have to understand that your ability to intern at the Izakaya is the result of Zhang Fan and Yuanyue reaching some kind of cooperation agreement. If you mess up, it will not only be embarrassing for you, but also for grandpa, me, and even the entire Yuanyue." moon!"

Nodding, Leonora then turned to look at her daughter and couldn't help but say seriously.

"Mom, don't worry."

"I will definitely listen to Zhang Fan. If he says one, I dare not say two."

Alice said impatiently.

"Zhang Fan, Alice will be left to you during this time."

"If there's anything she doesn't do well, educate her for me!"

Looking at Alice with such an attitude, Leonora could only sigh deeply and said to Zhang Fan.

"no problem."

"I will take good care of him for you."

Zhang Fan, agree.

When Leonora heard this, she couldn't help but smile with satisfaction, and then she said goodbye to everyone and left the izakaya.

With her departure, the izakaya closed, and a busy night could finally come to an end for Zhang Fan, Erina, Alice, Hisako and others!

……

"Fei Sha."

"Don't rush to calculate tonight's bill. Come over and help make some condiments."

At this moment, Zhang Fan came to the kitchen and motioned for Fei Shasha to follow him.

"Okay, I'll come right away."

Upon seeing this, Fei Shasha quickly dropped what he was doing and followed him.

"Fei..."

On the side, Erina wanted to stop her, but she never thought that Fei Shao slipped away faster, as if she wanted to avoid it intentionally.

"Haven't you noticed yet?"

"Zhang Fan, he deliberately wants to separate you two."

Taki Kadozaki, who was about to go back to the Harugotei next door to rest, came over and gently patted Erina on the shoulder, with a look in his eyes that seemed to "see through everything."

"what?"

"Could it be that……"

Erina was stunned for a moment, and then she came to her senses.

……

Brightly lit kitchen.

Zhang Fan actually prepared 13 spices in one go: purple apricot, amomum villosum, nutmeg, cinnamon, clove, pepper, star anise, cumin, woody incense, angelica root, three nai, galangal, and dried ginger.

The smart Fei Shasha quickly thought of something: "Zhang Fan, do you want to make thirteen spice condiments?"

"Ok!"

"The barbecue recently is very popular."

"So I thought it would be more interesting to add some thirteen spices with dry vinegar, so that diners can add flavor and blend independently when eating barbecue."

Zhang Fan turned around and explained.

Shisanxiang, literally understood as seasoning powder, is a combination of 13 kinds of seasonings.

In fact, because the formulas are different, it also involves the proportion of each spice, the number of types of spices, the quality of the origin of the spices, the processing technology of the spices, the degree of dryness, the degree of preservation, etc.

Therefore, they are all thirteen incense, but there may be differences!

For many chefs who are good at spice dishes, Shisanxiang has a strong Chinese medicinal flavor because of the many spices used.

Therefore, certain skills are often required when using it.

however.

No matter how.

In principle, you must avoid dishes that can highlight the fresh aroma of the ingredients themselves, such as:

mushroom.

Chinese chives.

steamed fish.

Soup.

Stew.

……

These ingredients or cooking methods.

It is best not to add thirteen spices, otherwise it will be really difficult to swallow.

"Zhang Fan, besides Thirteen Incenses, what other famous condiments are there in China?"

Fei Shasha asked curiously.

"Allspice!"

"Laoganma's chili sauce also counts."

Zhang Fan said simply.

"Five-spice powder? What's the difference between it and thirteen-spice powder?"

"First of all, you have to understand that five-spice powder and thirteen spices do not necessarily have to be a combination of 5 spices and 13 spices."

"Of course, no matter how it changes, it will basically remain at more than 5 and 13 types."

"Also, their formulas are not fixed."

"Like five-spice powder, it comes from the balance of sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty flavors in Chinese culture. Depending on the region and the manufacturer's formula, there will be spicy, spicy, five-spice, fresh and spicy flavors, etc., which are more common. There are Sichuan peppercorns, cinnamon, star anise, cloves, and cumin.”