Shokugeki: Start with an izakaya, making everyone cry

morning.

The first-year students' courses are in full swing.

Due to the impact of the Totsuki Reform incident, Soma and others had to ask the ten best students to serve as lecturers when they went to class.

later.

With the resignation of Nakiri Tsuchiya.

The newly appointed Commander-in-Chief Erina also abolished this rule.

Moreover, under her instruction, Yuanyue recruited some talented and virtuous lecturers again, integrated the original lecturers and professors' resources, and resumed the previous way of teaching students.

……

At this moment, in the first cooking class.

When a handsome figure walked in, the classroom, which was originally noisy like a crazy holiday shopping scene, suddenly became dead silent.

All the first-year students present looked up at the new lecturer.

All I saw was him standing on the podium.

His posture is upright, like a green pine tree, revealing a unique youthful heroism.

He has a handsome face, distinct features, and his eyebrows reveal determination and confidence. His clothes are simple and generous, but he can wear them in a different style. He seems to like wearing a dark black shirt, paired with a pair of dark trousers, which looks clean and neat!

His hairstyle is also black, neat and orderly, and his whole temperament is indeed very unique.

Ah!

No exaggeration.

He just stood there, like a shining star.

"Cough cough!"

"Good morning, students. I am the new instructor from Totsuki. My last name is Suzuki. You can all call me Mr. Suzuki."

Suzuki's voice is very magnetic.

It is also warm and gentle, like the early spring sunshine shining on the heart.

This unique voice is like a symbol of his, allowing people to recognize him immediately upon hearing it.

at the same time.

He also kept looking at the many students in the audience.

Finally, his gaze rested on Soma Yukihira, who looked dazed the whole time.

……

Soma, his expression is very dull.

Sometimes, his brows were even furrowed, as if he was lost in deep thought, oblivious to everything in the outside world.

He has been very depressed since last night, and there is only one reason for his depression:

elder brother!

Why the hell do I have a brother?

According to his father, Shiroichiro, the leader of this late-night chef was an adopted son he adopted during his wandering in America.

When she was young, she followed Shiroichiro and learned cooking.

Later, in the late-night cooking competition, he defeated all his opponents, became famous overnight, and finally became the big man who led the late-night cooking!

He also continued to demonstrate his superb cooking skills to everyone, and at the same time, he promoted the rules of "food battle" to the chefs in the culinary world. Through various means, he defeated many elite chefs, causing a wave of bankruptcies in the entire catering industry.

Finally, he was the one who created the "feat" of late-night culinary artists invading Japan.

Thinking about this kind of person, it was actually trained by my own father.

It's inevitable that Soma is confused!

he!

Now I am very suspicious.

Am I Shiroichiro's biological son?

How come one is a biological son and the other is just an adopted son, but there is such a big difference in the treatment they receive?

……

"Ah!"

"Is this my stupid brother?"

Suzuki, no, it should be said that Caiba Chaoyang, who used the alias Suzuki and successfully sneaked into Totsuki Academy as a lecturer, retracted his gaze at this time and couldn't help muttering.

Afterwards, he revealed a warm smile and said, "Okay, before we start the class, I have a question!"

"Many students may have high expectations when they enroll in the Tea House Culinary School, the best in Japan, and always think that they can learn a lot and receive a lot of honors here."

"However, under the cruel competition mechanism."

"It is inevitable that they will eventually become decadent, powerless, and even desperate."

"I would think, I have worked very hard here, but there are still many things I have not learned."

"and."

"The lecturer doesn't teach much either."

"So, what should we do?"

……

talk!

A little shivering.

However, this problem has been plaguing Totsuki students for years, especially freshmen with poor academic performance.

Yeah, is it really good to be a chef?

If you had this kind of hard-working spirit and done something else, you would have been successful long ago!

At the beginning, everyone was happy and excited about passing the entrance exam and being able to study at Totsuki. Just as Caiba Chaoyang said, this is the number one culinary school in Japan, and being able to study here will definitely have a great "future" in the future.

However, after school starts, the various pressures faced are unbearable for ordinary people.

At this time, everyone will find out.

It seems that giving up may not necessarily be a bad thing.

Anyway, the graduation rate is below 10%. No matter how hard you try, you are destined to be a discarded chess piece and cannon fodder as Nakiri Senzaemon said!

……

“This is the Internet age.”

"Whether you want to learn online software, learn photography, or create your own media, there are all kinds of video tutorials to teach us."

"It won't be as hard to learn anything as before."

"Ok!"

“That’s undeniable.”

“This is an era where gourmet food is supreme, and chefs have a very high social status.”

"But this traditional profession has obviously begun to decline, and there is not much room for development and personal growth."

"Speaking of which."

"Some students may think that they can go back and inherit the family business."

"Anyway, my family is Japan's largest supplier, processing plant, etc. This is indeed an idea that cannot be said to be wrong."

"But, is this really okay?"

Cai Bo looked at the sun and deliberately paused for a moment.

He seemed to see a little bit of expectation in the bright eyes of the students below the stage, so he couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth slightly and continued: "Let me tell you about my own experience."

"I once interned at a restaurant in the United States run by a Chinese, which made Chaozhou-style braised pork."

“The diners are mostly local Chinese.”

“But after being there for more than a year, the chef never taught me anything.”

"I just watched how he did it, and then I followed his example." "In the end, when I came out of the restaurant, I really didn't even know the proportion of the brine. Then I bought spices, soy sauce, etc. myself, and hid in a small dark room to mix it non-stop."

"Finally, I will even look for information to understand the characteristics of some spices."

“And what is the main aroma of brine coming from?”

"After much research, we finally made brine that is no worse than the previous restaurant."

……

Cai Bo Chaoyang spoke with great excitement and emotion.

And his own experiences are indeed very inspiring and realistic in the eyes of students.

Can't help but.

The entire cooking class.

It became even quieter, with only Cai Bo Chaoyang's voice echoing, and the students were listening attentively.

“Later on, I followed a very capable chef.”

"I called him father, and he was happy to adopt me."

"He works as the head chef at a five-star hotel. He is often visited by star chefs recognized by the WGO food organization. Many of them send him a lot of high-end ingredients every time."

"For example, there are hundreds of kilograms of matsutake mushrooms, as well as caviar, black truffles, Spanish fifth-grade ham, bluefin tuna, Japanese wagyu beef, bird's nest, abalone, and snow clam..."

“You can get a variety of top-notch ingredients almost every day.”

"I learned a lot of cooking skills from him and broadened my horizons."

"He is a good man!"

"I will also be able to taste those high-end ingredients."

"Then he asked me to remember the taste of these ingredients, and warned me that only by remembering the taste of the ingredients can I make better dishes in the future!"

“He told me not to watch a dish, but to learn a dish, and that understanding the cooking concept is the most important thing.”

“Use the simplest way to present the deliciousness of the ingredients, make use of every corner of the good ingredients, and throw away the spoiled ones.”

“If, learn some dishes.

"If I arrive in a strange city and don't have this kind of ingredients, will I be unable to cook?"

“So far, I have always been dismissive of the so-called secret recipes and things that chefs have.

“As long as you understand the characteristics of the ingredients, you can make delicious dishes even without any secret recipes!”

"A chef is nothing more than four adjustments."

"Turn on the heat."

"Adjust the water."

"Spice it up."

"Adjust your mind."

"But among these four adjustments, the most important one is to adjust the mind."

"Adjusting your mindset before cooking is the basic quality of an excellent chef. Otherwise, how can you cook well if you cook with emotions?"

"Here at Totsuki Academy, it is true that only the number one can teach you how to become number one!"

"And I don't deny that talent is important, but behind talent there is a lot of hard work that you can't see."

"If you want something, go get it yourself."

"Otherwise, are you waiting for someone to give it to you?"

“You can learn more by following a number one for one year than by following an average person for five years.”

"So in the days to come, let me lead you all!"

"I will use my own strength to help everyone become the best student and the best chef!"

……

Soma, who originally looked a little dazed, was completely confused.

He listened to Cai Bo Chaoyang's entire lecture and was shocked beyond words.

Describe it this way.

Such experience.

It's simply vivid enough to be fascinating.

He has a good adoptive father in America, and his teachings and opinions on cooking, ingredients, chefs, etc. make Soma obsessed and envious.

This made him think of his father Shiroichiro's adopted son, who was also his brother!

"what?"

"It's not such a coincidence, is it?"

"Could it be that the lecturer on the podium now is my brother?"

Soma stared at Saiba Chaoyang suspiciously, and finally shook his head. It was obvious that he didn't quite believe that such a coincidence would happen.

Moreover, you must know that the current late-night cook is incompatible with Totsuki Academy!

Could it be.

Will he be so foolish as to fall into the trap?

But then again, this new lecturer is indeed extraordinary.

"I am looking forward to it. As a chef who came from America and has been working with the head chef of a five-star hotel for a long time, what kind of students will he teach in Totsuki?"

Soma then murmured.

……

"All right."

"I have finished what I said before."

"Now let's get to the point. I'm going to give you a cooking task in this class. You just need to be able to cook it before the end of the task."

"Of course, you don't have to be afraid. Regardless of how well you cook, I won't give you a failing grade, and I won't even decide to expel you."

"It's just...if I find out."

"If you don't cook well, I will punish you mercilessly!"

Finally, Cai Bo Chaoyang, who was standing on the podium, said with a smile.

The students below were all surprised and happy. They were surprised that they would have to take another test in this class, but they were happy that no matter what, as long as they didn't go too far, they would not be expelled.

Then, before many students had time to react, Li Ziming finally announced the test topic for today's class:

Use some ingredients that have nothing to do with cooking skills to make dishes!

……

"what?"

"Not related to cooking skills?"

When Soma saw Saiba Chaoyang write the test questions of this project on the whiteboard with ink pen, his face finally became very cautious and serious.

Ingredients that have nothing to do with cooking skills?

what is it?

Besides, there are less than forty minutes left until the end of get out of class.

It seems that it is not easy to cook a dish that successfully conquers the new lecturer in such a short time!

"lecturer!"

"Can you tell me what the ingredients are that have nothing to do with cooking skills?"

Afterwards, one student, who couldn't think of a test question, had no choice but to raise his hand and asked Chaoyang.

"Think about it yourself, don't try to steal the answer from me."

Cai Bo Chaoyang glanced at the student, shrugged and said indifferently.

……

In desperation.

All students can only think about ingredients that have nothing to do with cooking skills.

Beautiful shape.

Fresh ingredients.

Soft and delicious taste...

And spicy seasonings.

Yes, ingredients that have nothing to do with cooking skills. In fact, the focus of this sentence is not on the ingredients, but on the ingredients used, which must have nothing to do with cooking skills.

In other words, there is no need to use cooking techniques, such as:

Ingredients that do not require stir-frying, sautéing, deep-frying, cooking, frying, marinating, sticking, stuffing, roasting, braising, simmering, baking, grilling, stewing, roasting, salt-baking, smoking, etc. are in line with the original meaning of the question.

After all, this kind of question is to test a chef's ability to respond, choice of ingredients, knife skills and many other abilities.

So, Soma Yukihira quickly thought of sashimi in his mind.

Similarly, there are:

Fruit platter, molecular cuisine.

These dishes also conform to the original meaning of "ingredients unrelated to cooking skills."