Shokugeki: Start with an izakaya, making everyone cry

At noon, the sun is scorching.

The tall buildings rising from the ground look particularly eye-catching, but the windows are shining in the sunlight, they are very tall!

And this high-rise building is the assessment venue for the promotion examination.

"Good afternoon, everyone."

"I am Taihiro Hiroi, the newly appointed lecturer at Totsuki Academy, and I am also the judge of this cooking room."

Hiroi Taihiro looked around, and finally his eyes rested on Alice.

Although he didn't understand why Commander-in-Chief Nakiri Hisashi would tell him to "take special care" of this candidate, it was useless to think about these things.

So, she immediately got to the point.

"As you can see."

"The first test of the promotion exam is the Marseille fish dish taught in the previous class."

"We have also prepared the ingredients for you. You just need to follow the instructions provided at that time and cook it again."

After saying this, the expressions of all the candidates present changed in different ways.

Someone rejoices.

There are concerns.

There are also people who are afraid and uneasy.

However, no matter what, with the examination, everyone began to get busy.

……

Broadly speaking.

Salmon is the collective name for all three categories of salmon, trout and salmon. It is also a kind of deep-sea fish. It is one of the commonly used foods and has high nutritional value and therapeutic effects.

Well, it is also one of the more commonly used fish ingredients in Western food.

"Ok?"

“The bouillabaisse recipe actually uses salmon?”

"It seems like no one in our group is good at cooking this kind of food, right?"

At this moment, Alice couldn't help but raise her eyebrows and narrowed her eyes slightly.

She looked at the salmon on the chopping board, which were not of very good quality, and inevitably fell into deep thought, and finally murmured to herself.

After that, she looked at the other four candidates next to her.

Tadokoro Megumi is good at gentle and simple local cuisine. At the same time, her hometown is in the Tohoku region, close to the coast!

Maybe she should have some understanding when it comes to salmon.

As for the other three, Mito Yumei is a master of meat cooking and is good at handling beef, but she may not be so good at salmon.

Miyoko Hojo, who is good at Chinese cuisine, even though she has amazing wrist strength and can easily stir-fry a metal Chinese wok with one hand, she is not very good at French cuisine after all.

Therefore, she may have obvious shortcomings in Marseille cuisine.

Finally!

The lively and cute Yoshino Yuki is very interested in game dishes.

In other words, the combination of Alice Nakiri and these four people, among these five people, no one can be considered a true master in salmon!

……

"Oh, it would be great if my follower Kurokiba Ryo is here. After all, he is quite good at this kind of aquatic products."

At this time, Alice seemed to have a hint of despair.

"Salmon? Why salmon?"

“Is it possible that the fish ingredient used in the Marseille cuisine taught in class is this kind of salmon?”

Tian Suo Hui looked at it for a moment, with confusion written all over his face.

"Indeed, after all, salmon season is in the fall."

"If it were during the autumn selection competition, it might make sense to use salmon as the theme of the cuisine! However, it is early winter now, and we are still in Hokkaido in the north. The ingredients used should not be this kind of fish, right?"

Obviously, Miyoko Hojo on the side also saw this problem.

……

In fact, thousands of salmon appear actively every year from July to October.

And it's winter now, so there shouldn't be any fresh salmon.

"On such an important examination occasion, the test questions are mainly about cooking using ingredients that are not in line with the season. This feels a bit strange when I think about it!"

Mito Yumei sighed helplessly.

She also didn't expect that this year's promotion exam would be so "cheating".

"But, it doesn't matter, right?"

"With this exam question, shouldn't you feel lucky? After all, Xiao Hui grew up near the port, so she must be very good at handling salmon!"

After saying this, Yoshino Yuki's eyes were full of expectation.

"Well... I do know something about salmon, but I don't know much about Marseille cuisine."

Tadokoro felt that the eyes of Yoshino Yuki next to her were full of expectation, and she couldn't help but feel ashamed.

……

"Look, the salmon I was assigned seems to be top quality!"

“It’s amazing that we can still find salmon of this size and in such large numbers this season.”

Immediately, Yuji looked at the frozen salmon in front of her, her eyes lit up, then she laughed happily and said to the other four girls.

"Yuji, the quality of this fish is not good."

Unexpectedly, when Tadokoro saw the salmon in her hand, she almost couldn't laugh or cry. She began to explain desperately: "This is postpartum salmon. This kind of salmon can be said to be the salmon with the worst flavor and quality."

Sure enough, in this season, it is very difficult to find excellent quality salmon.

"Pfft~"

"Why is this like this?"

When Yuji heard this, she was almost dumbfounded.

"And if you look closely, the salmon assigned to other combinations have the best quality grade."

"Only our group...could it be that the official did this on purpose?"

Tian Suohui noticed some clues and became even more desperate!

……

"Okay, candidates."

"You have all got the ingredients, so let's start making bouillabaisse. For you, as long as you have taken the course of Commander Nakiri Thistle, then this exam will be completely fine!"

"Now, the time happens to be just after 12 noon. The exam will end at 2 o'clock noon."

Finally, Taihiro Hiroi on the stage inadvertently saw the five girls, Alice Nakiri, Megumi Tadokoro, Yumi Mito, Yuki Yoshino, and Miyoko Hojo, all confused by the quality of the salmon!

Involuntarily, she raised a slight smile at the corner of her mouth and said lightly.

Salmon, its prime season, is almost over.

The high-quality salmon that can monopolize such a quantity are concentrated in this examination cooking room.

Furthermore.

Only the well-funded Totsuki Academy can have such great influence!

At the same time, there are only salmon that meet the qualified standards, and then you only need to follow the course given by Nagi Kiriji before, and every step and every action is copied in a realistic manner, so there is almost no pressure.

Not to mention, the allocated salmon. The white patterns on the surface are more numerous and clearer, and the salmon's meat is plump and crispy.