Zongman: The chef who is not doing his job

Hearing Kuga Teruki's energetic voice and the fragrant mapo tofu, the three judges who were pretending to be asleep opened their eyes at the same time.

Well, Dashang Zhushan finally fell asleep. Since the other two were pretending to be deep, he couldn’t be out of tune with them, so he just pretended to sleep as well.

It was really boring! If it wasn't for the food, Dashang Zhushan would have wanted to leave! I've never encountered such a thing before! Usually, several judges sit together and chat happily, but it's not like this time!

Tnnd! If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't afford to offend these two, Dashang Zhushan would have wanted to just walk away! What does your conflict have to do with me? Can you please stop being so silent! It's so annoying!

Ahem, back to the topic, the three judges picked up a piece of Kuga Teruki's Mapo Tofu and put it in their mouths and started chewing.

“Hiss!” “Bang!”

The first sound was the exclamation of the gourmet detective, Okami Shuzen, and the second sound was the sound of Nakiri Senzaemon and Okami Shuzen's clothes tearing.

As for Hong Aidie, as a reserved and conservative woman, although she felt that the mapo tofu was delicious, she still did not show it too obviously.

However, she glared at Nakiri Senzaemon inexplicably, "Old man, you are so mean! If I hadn't reacted quickly, I would have had my clothes torn as well!"

Nakiri Senzaemon looked calm, pretending he saw nothing and knew nothing. He said, "I am an old man, and my eyesight is not very good, so I didn't see you glaring at me."

There was only one honest man left, Dashang Zhushan, who put on his clothes obediently. It was obvious that this was not the first time he had encountered such a situation.

The so-called "tearing of the clothes" actually meant that after Nakiri Senzaemon ate the food, the deliciousness of the food caused the true energy in his body to involuntarily burst out from his pores, causing his clothes to burst open.

As for why the people around him exploded one after another, it was because when the deliciousness of the food he tasted reached a certain standard of Nakiri Senzaemon, the range of the explosion of his inner qi became larger, and even the clothes of others were blown apart.

But under normal circumstances, Nakiri Senzaemon would control himself and not attack women. After all, one should be careful in public places. But just now he ignored Hong Aide. It was Hong Aide who reacted herself and blocked the old man's true energy in time.

Of course, Dashang Zhushan, the food detective, was completely unaware of this secret contest. He didn't practice martial arts and didn't know anything about true qi.

After a brief moment of indulgence in the food fantasy, Dashang Zhushan was the first to sigh:

"...Hahaha! As expected of the Ten Greatest of Totsuki! This dish is even more delicious than the mapo tofu I've tasted at many of Chef Tiger's restaurants!"

"..." x2

Unexpectedly, after Dashang Zhushan finished speaking, the two people next to him continued to play dumb and didn't say a word. Dashang Zhushan's face turned pale. What's going on with you two? Is it delicious? Am I right? At least say something!

Kuga Teruki was also confused. What was going on? Could it be that his cooking chief and this executive lady from WGO were not satisfied? But he shouldn't have said nothing, right?

However, both Hong Aichou and Nakiri Senzaemon had the same expression: if the other party didn't speak, she (he) wouldn't speak either. It doesn't matter! Just don't speak! Who's afraid of who?

After being silent for a long time, it was Senzaemon Nakiri who lost his temper first. There was no other way. This was his home court, and he couldn't really keep silent!

"...Well, delicious! It's really delicious! And you must have performed exceptionally well this time, right? Just for this mapo tofu, even that guy Si Yingshi might not be able to make it better than you." The old man nodded sternly.

"Uh... yes!" The confused Kuga Teruki thought that his commander-in-chief was not satisfied, but he didn't expect that the first sentence was a compliment to him.

"It's delicious. I admit it is." The pretty lady next to him, Hong Aidi, also nodded and said, but such words will obviously be followed by a "but!"

as predicted.

"...But!" Hong Aidie showed a dissatisfied expression on her face: "Why only spicy and numbing? I admit that you have already brought the spicy and numbing taste to perfection! Including the balance between them! I have hardly tasted any dish that can bring out the delicious effects of spicy and numbing taste better than your Mapo Tofu."

Hearing words denying his cooking opinions, let alone an unfamiliar executive, even if it was Nakiri Senzaemon, Kuga Teruki, a young man like him, would dare to refute him!

Just as Kuga Teruki was about to retort, Wang Lin, who finally brought up his dish, interrupted him.

"Mapo tofu is one of the traditional famous dishes of Sichuan Province. It belongs to Sichuan cuisine. This dish is characterized by being spicy, numbing, fresh, fragrant, hot, green, tender and crispy, which fully demonstrates the spicy characteristics of Sichuan cuisine."

After placing his dish on the judging table, Wang Lin glanced at Kuga Teruki calmly and asked, "How many flavors does your mapo tofu have? Only spicy and numbing?"

Kuga Teruki immediately retorted in dissatisfaction: "Only spicy and numbing are the essence of Chinese cuisine!"

“Bullshit!” Wang Lin rolled his eyes speechlessly. This stubborn guy! He can’t be persuaded! He can’t be persuaded at all!

"Are you from Da Xia or am I from Da Xia? You should be glad that you don't know the Liu family... Hiss! No! Commander! You can actually resist not beating him?!" Wang Lin asked in surprise, pointing at Kuga Teruki.

I almost forgot that Nakiri Senzaemon once told Wang Lin that the Nakiri family is actually a branch of the Liu family!

Kuga Teruki turned to look at his commander-in-chief in confusion, why did he beat me?

The young lady next to the old man looked at this scene with gloating eyes, what a good student you taught! Mapo tofu is such a classic traditional dish, how could it be changed into this?

The old man was also very helpless. Wang Lin was too tactless! Didn't you see that he was holding back?

It was Hong Aide who cleared up the confusion for Kuga Teruki: "Mr. Nakiri (emphasis added) was originally from the Liu family, a branch of the Daxia cooking family. Because he disagreed with some of his family's ideas, he left Daxia and came to Neon. He followed the local customs and changed his surname to Nakiri."

"The Liu family has a famous dish that has been passed down for a hundred years. It is said that it was the famous dish of the legendary chef, Liu Maoxing's mother, a hundred years ago. Later, it was further developed in the hands of Liu Maoxing."

"This dish is called Magical Mapo Tofu. It emphasizes the six flavors in one. Only a Mapo Tofu that has spicy, fragrant, colorful, hot, numb, and crispy flavors can be called six flavors in one. And you only have numbness and spicy?!"

The young lady chuckled and said to Kuga Teruki, "You didn't get beaten to death by your commander-in-chief because he has a good temper! If it were any other Liu family disciple, they would at least argue with you if they saw you change the mapo tofu to only have the spicy and numbing taste."

"It's a good thing for young people to have their own ideas! It's just a change of dishes! Why bother to delve into it?" Nakiri Senzaemon shook his head and denied it: "You should only know that I left the Liu family, but do you know why I left?"

"Just because I changed a recipe of an ancestral dish! It was clearly an improvement! But I was publicly criticized by an elder in the family! I was punished to stand in court for a day! And they said that the ancestral rules cannot be changed!"

"I left the Liu family in a rage. I also felt that if I continued to stay in such a family, I would at most become another Liu Maoxing!"

"Perhaps in the eyes of most chefs, this person is a legend, but! Myth? After all, it is history! We must look forward! I am young and energetic! I am not willing to be inferior to others! I don't want to follow the rules! I don't want to get angry with a bunch of old men who are conservative and don't change!"

At this point, as if he recalled the injustice he had suffered in the past, the old man's eyebrows flew up in anger! He shouted angrily:

"How can we be undefeated? Only by constantly moving forward can we maintain the slightest advantage! No matter how powerful Liu Maoxing is, he is already history! Are we, his descendants, only able to continue to guard his little legacy? Not striving for progress? Are we content with being in a corner?!"

"Well said!" After hearing what the old man said, the honest man Zhu Shan clapped his hands excitedly! At the same time, the students in the audience between Yue Tian also clapped their hands! The commander-in-chief said it very well! The commander-in-chief is awesome!

Kuga Teruki's eyes were full of stars! He is indeed the commander-in-chief! He is a man of great courage!

"I have no objection to changing the recipe. It is reasonable to take the essence and discard the dross. But why do you throw away the good ones?" At this moment, Wang Lin's complaints once again interrupted the exciting atmosphere.

"You threw away the essence of Mapo Tofu, leaving only the spicy and numbing flavors. The remaining flavors have become dregs, right? Or did you simply not know how to bring out their effects and eliminated them?"