Rebirth as a Cooking God

afterwards.

In the kitchen, the girl put on her uniform, buttoned her coat with her back to the table, stood up and smoothed her plaid skirt, and carefully checked that there was nothing on her body that could be called embarrassed. Then she turned back and faced the young chef standing there with his arms folded. He cast a look of shame and annoyance.

How's it going? Give me a review.

Xia Yu stood and waited for a few minutes, feeling a little impatient.

tasty!

She gritted her teeth and said reluctantly. She glanced at the empty basket on the table. A trace of panic suddenly appeared on her face. She touched her obviously bulging belly and couldn't help complaining: Ah, I accidentally ate so much. , I’m losing weight!”

At this time, Xia Yu, who was devoted to cooking research, didn't care about losing weight or not. Even if the girl hinted that she praised her good figure, Xia Yu would pretend not to hear it. He waved his hand and urged with no understanding of coquettishness:

Delicious? This evaluation is too rough. Use your God's Tongue to tell me more details!

Then let's talk about how you handle the eight kinds of seafood ingredients -

Taking a breath, Erina's tone became hard.

Let's talk about sea cucumbers first. For this kind of seafood treasure, freshness is not necessarily the best. Fresh sea cucumbers will melt quickly after leaving the sea water. Even if the IGO food supply and marketing department has high-tech storage and transportation methods, live ginseng cannot be stored in the sea. During the journey from catching to the table, the taste and nutrition will inevitably be lost. I would also recommend that you use dried sea cucumbers. This is the most basic principle for selecting ingredients...

Xia Yu patted his head, This is indeed my negligence!

The shark's fin is fine, it's just good stuff.

Did you buy the scallops, dried squid, and dried flounder at the IGO personal merchant store? You added too much salt when drying. Well, how can I say this level? My tongue can easily get that salty taste that cannot be washed off. taste……

The girl spoke one after another. Xia Yu did not interrupt and listened carefully for at least 10 minutes.

“Then, there’s dough!”

The green one is the Qinglong bun, right? I tasted the flavor of spinach. After all, spinach is rich in iron. The rusty taste tastes slightly sweet to me, rather than the sour property of Qinglong...

“Suzaku buns, which use carrots to make red bun skins, don’t have the so-called “bitter” attribute.

“The Xuanwu buns with black sesame seeds are more fragrant than sweet.

Did you mix pepper into the white tiger bun dough when making the dough? It's a bit spicy, too pungent, and it's too much to match the spicy attribute...

After hearing this, Xia Yu even took a notebook and wrote it down one by one.

I finished speaking in one breath, my mouth was dry.

Erina looked up at the young man who was immersed in the world of food. The expression on his face was sometimes tangled, and sometimes he relaxed with a hint of enlightenment. He couldn't help crying or laughing in his heart. The little emotion in his heart immediately dissipated - did he need to vent his anger with a wooden lump? .

Beep!

She opened the door and left the kitchen. The cold wind outside blew through the corridor. She shrank down and felt cold. She touched her forehead hidden in her hair and saw that a layer of sweat was still there. The wind blew the sweat away and evaporated, making goosebumps appear.

3 hours!

A sudden sound at the corner frightened Erina.

There were a pair of smiling eyes in the darkness. Erina looked closely and found that it was Zhu Qing. She looked at her watch and said with a teasing expression: I heard from the villa maid that you will arrive in Sapporo in the afternoon. It is now 9 pm At o'clock, you and him have been messing around in the kitchen for three hours, not even bothering to eat dinner... Is there any progress?

Unexpectedly, Erina ignored her and quickly turned the corner, ready to go to the bedroom to take a bath and wash off the sweat.

You have dinner, you can ask the maid to heat it up!

Zhu Qing shouted at her back, then hummed a little song and went to the kitchen.

There was no code on the door, so Zhu Qing came in easily, glanced around, smelled the tangy smell, and said with a smile: Are you practicing new dishes again? The seafood taste is very rich, scallops, shrimps, crabs, sea cucumbers... It's really rich!

Xia Yu was already out of the food world in his mind.

I've thought of the recipe for the sword competition final——

With that said, he pulled up the chair and sat down, writing carefully and copying a recipe for Four Gods Seafood and Eight Treasures Soul-Calming Steamed Buns to Zhu Qing.

There is nothing we can do.

The final of the sword discussion is still a joint effort between Te Chu and Lin Chu. Xia Yu needs to rely on Zhu Qing's power to defeat other rival combinations and get the championship trophy of the competition - the legendary kitchen utensil Jade Dragon Pot.

ah?!

Zhu Qing thought he heard it wrong, but when he saw him sitting down like that and picking up the pen with such a straightforward look, his expression suddenly collapsed, This, this kid is kidding me, the topic will be decided this afternoon. How many hours did it take to finalize the recipe in the evening?”

She almost jumped, standing beside Xia Yu, looking down at the gradually increasing number of words on the paper, her face and eyes were soon filled with shock.

Another recipe of this level?

Heart pounding.

For a while, Zhu Qing was secretly happy that he had the opportunity to read the recipe for Rainbow Wine in his first game, and worked with Xia Yu to recreate a highly complete dish.

Now that he was about to come into contact with a recipe of the same level, one could imagine Zhu Qing's shock and ecstasy.

Even Chef Lin showed signs of being knocked unconscious by such an opportunity!

However, after Xia Yu finished writing, Zhu Qing read it carefully and couldn't help but asked strangely: ...Why does this recipe seem a bit familiar?

Xia Yu thrust the recipe copy into her hands and was very straightforward.

Take it!

Let me study it carefully first, and we'll talk in three days!

boom!

Push the door open and leave.

Zhu Qing felt depressed when she heard the sound of the door closing automatically and looked at the extra recipe in her hand.

I am the real leader of the competition team!

For the first session, the Rainbow Wine recipe was used.

In the second session, Saiba Joichiro's ideal recipe was used.

Discussing sword duels...

Zhu Qing was simply sad.

But after thinking about it, Zhu Qing smiled again:

It's not bad to lie down and win! She stretched, sat down, and read the recipe carefully several times. The words in her head gradually overlapped with the legends she had heard many times in her childhood. .

“It’s that recipe, absolutely!”

Combined with the example of the nephew suddenly coming up with the Golden Smile recipe, Zhu Qing's face tightened and he was absolutely sure.

At the same time, she was secretly happy.

This time the Japanese delegation really came to the right place.

…

The next day.

The manor where the Bamianlou competition team stayed.

This is a house located on the outskirts of the city, halfway up the mountain. From the front door, you can overlook the endless fields in the suburbs. Since the autumn harvest season has passed, the wheat fields have become bare.

A car, visiting in the morning.

welcome--

The little fairy Wu Yingying opened the door, and Xia Yu and Erina came out of the back seat.

In the living room, the two Lin giants Yan Mo and Hongyi were there, as were the other four special chef members. In fact, last night Xia Yu sent an inquiry text message to Yan Mo who was leading the group, and obtained the other party's consent.

Of course he had a purpose for going out this time.

It is not easy to achieve the 80% completion task of the Four Gods Seafood and Eight Treasures Soul-Calming Steamed Buns recipe.

Apart from the ingredients, Xia Yu still seemed to understand the deep meaning of yin and yang, the five elements, and the harmony of yin and yang. It was like there was a layer of window paper in his head that needed outside guidance to break through.

When it comes to talking about yin and yang, the five elements, and the harmony of yin and yang, Xia Yu, who is familiar with Zhonghua Ichiban, knows that a group of people in the dark world are more proficient.

After all, Kaiyu, the big boss of the dark world a hundred years ago, had his unique skill [Eight Demon-Breaking Formations], which involved the laws of yin and yang and the five elements. Although Kaiyu was unlucky enough to die, he should have left behind a lot of research notes, and even Personally written books.

So, Xia Yu came here just to try his luck, and what if he had something to gain?

The Yin Yang and Five Elements of Food?

In a tea room, Yan Mo and Hongyi personally received him, which showed Xia Yu's importance in Big Lin's mind.

Hearing this, Hongyi looked strange and stared at him, wanting to speak but stopping.

After Yan Mo was stunned for a moment, he burst into laughter.

Food does have the secret of the five elements mutually reinforcing each other. Let's talk about the ingredients themselves. Some ingredients are easy to get angry if you eat too much. Therefore, they are hot in nature and belong to fire. Some ingredients are easy to get cold if you eat too much.

After a pause, when he saw Xia Yu's serious expression, he thought for a moment and continued with a twinkling look: Let's not talk about the ingredients, but specifically about the taste. Among the five elements, the taste of spicy belongs to the West and belongs to metal. . Sour, the air of the East, belongs to wood.

Based on the simplest knowledge of the Five Elements, metal overcomes wood...and what is the reason why acid and pungency complement each other?

Yan Mo gave an example.

In the past, there was a chef in the dark world who taught his disciples how to stew meat. He preached:

Fry the steak one night in advance, rub the spices on the ingredients, and marinate overnight. This is first of all to absorb the flavor, but the most important thing is to remove the acidity. Take it out and cook it the next day, and the aroma will be fragrant.

Spicy belongs to gold, and acid belongs to wood, so metal overcomes wood and eliminates the acid in the steak.

Yan Mo continued: As we all know, beans are divided into five colors, and everyone knows that mung beans detoxify, but why? From the perspective of the five elements, green is dominated by cyan, which belongs to wood, corresponding to the Yin and Liver meridian of the human body, and the liver is responsible for detoxification. organs...

Xia Yu heard this and said: These are basic theoretical knowledge. How should a chef give the five elements attributes to food? For example, if I want the dough to have the attributes corresponding to the four spirits of Qinglong, White Tiger, Suzaku, and Xuanwu, How to do?

Yan Mo and Hongyi were both looking at him.

It is not easy to give food five elements and change the rules of the five elements! Yan Motan said, Four is wheat flour, and wheat is a winter crop. It is cold in nature, belongs to water, and enters the kidneys, which corresponds to the Xuanwu that guards the spirit of the north...

In the end, Xia Yu returned without success and left in a car.

Give the dough four flavors and four colors?

Yan Mo and Hongyi both heard something and looked at each other in surprise.

Has he already thought of a recipe to deal with the problem of picking up and ferrying people? Wu Yingying was clearing away the tea sets on the table, and couldn't help but whisper. She had just listened to the whole process, and she seemed to be stunned.

The rest of the team's special chefs pushed open the door and entered.

Boss Yan, after all, someone else came here to visit you, but you have been talking too much without giving any real advice. How should I say good things to you! Wu Yingying stuck out her tongue.

They're all just scratching the surface, theories that serve a purpose!

A bearded and bearded monk said gloomily.

To change the five elements of food, reverse the laws of the five elements and make them harmonious, I'm afraid only the [Eight Demon-Breaking Formations] can do it, right? I don't know who said it suddenly, and the tea room fell silent.