The story of Shokugeki begins when Alice picks him up and brings him home

Jess's superb skills drew applause from the whole audience. As a control group, many people turned their eyes to Bai Yuan.

At this moment he was still sharpening the knife, over and over again. He started out very slowly, then his speed increased suddenly, and there was even an afterimage on his hand!

"Shh!"

After the last sharpening was completed, Bai Yuan pointed the kitchen knife in his hand towards the sky. Looking at the cold light that appeared on the blade after being exposed to the sunlight, a look of satisfaction finally appeared on his face.

The next moment, Bai Yuan moved!

He just casually threw the sea bream onto the chopping board, waved the kitchen knife across the surface of the fish a few times, then lifted the sea bream with his other hand, shook it, and turned it over.

At this moment, the bones of the sea bream also broke free and fell onto the cooking table, forming a sea bream with only bones!

"What? What happened?! Why did all those bones fall off? It just shook like that. Did you see what he did!?"

"No, he just put the knife on the snapper and flicked it a few times, how come all the bones fell off?! Not even a single one was broken!"

"What a skill! This is the first time I've seen such exquisite bone-cutting skills!"

As they looked at the sea bream in front of them, with the meat perfectly separated and falling onto the table, giving it the look of a specimen, a huge discussion broke out at the scene.

Chapter 28: Cooking Like Magic

"He used a knife sharpened to an extremely sharp point to find the most suitable angle on the fish, and then delicately separated the bones from the meat by cutting and lifting.

However, this is the first time I have seen someone who can do this in one breath. He is truly an amazing man! This match is going to be suspenseful!"

The person who spoke was still the old man in his 60s. Although he was very old, he still looked energetic.

Especially when he saw Bai Yuan's superb skills, his face was full of admiration, and he looked at him as if he was looking at a piece of fine uncut jade!

"Look! That guy just put his hand on the fish and the scales flew off by themselves. How does this work? It's amazing!"

"How is it possible that he could peel off fish scales that are so hard that even a kitchen knife would scratch them with his hands?"

"Is this a magic trick? It's amazing!"

Suddenly, someone pointed in Bai Yuan's direction, eyes widened, voice full of disbelief.

The splashing of fish scales in the sky caused a heated discussion at the scene. Everyone focused their eyes on the cooking table where Bai Yuan was, wanting to know how he did it.

"It's a steel wire."

Alice Nakiri, who had been observing Shirafuchi's movements, murmured. With her excellent eyesight, she saw the steel wire in his hand at a glance, which was now shining brightly under the sunlight.

"Wire?"

Someone around heard her whispers and immediately narrowed their eyes to look at Bai Yuan's hand, and then they found something silvery-white flashing.

Under the friction of this thing, the scales that were originally as hard as iron quickly separated from the sea bream, flew into the air, and piled up into a small hill on the table.

In this way, the sea bream is processed!

"I see. If you use steel wire as a kitchen knife, any curve or angle will be suitable. You can actually think of this method to deal with sea bream scales. What an interesting kid!"

The old man nodded in agreement, and there was a different look in his eyes as he looked at Bai Yuan, and he watched more seriously.

"Fancy! Cooking is not your way of playing tricks!"

Seeing everyone's eyes looking at Bai Yuan and everyone praising him, Jess suddenly felt a sense of crisis in his heart and spoke sourly.

However, Bai Yuan had already entered the cooking state at this moment, completely blocking out the sounds from the outside world. He turned the flame to medium, then took out a small pot for stewing and added butter into it.

Since his opponent was a chef from the UK, he responded with French cuisine, which was created by the top chef Paul decades ago.

Potato fish scales snapper.

As the name suggests, the main ingredients are potatoes and sea bream. In the process of learning how to cook, Bai Yuan further modified it.

Chop a small portion of onion with a sharp knife and put it into the pot. Add bay leaves, garlic and white mushrooms. Stir-fry over medium heat until fragrant. Then add fish bones and fish bone soup made from some fish meat that has been trimmed to make the fish body look beautiful.

When the fish bone soup turns slightly white, add white wine, bring to a boil, then add water until the fish bones are covered. Cook over medium-low heat for fifteen minutes.

"Orange? What is that guy going to do?"

While the soup was cooking, Bai Yuan walked into the fish shop and took out the leftover oranges from the owner and his colleagues. This was what he saw in the fish shop earlier.

On the other side, Jesus was frying fish. There were also fruits on his cooking table, but unlike Bai Yuan's oranges, he used lemons.

“Are fruits used in both dishes? The taste of the fruit can indeed effectively stimulate the flavor of the fish, making it more delicious, while adding a fragrance of the fruit itself to the fish.

However, it is not easy to coordinate the taste ratio between fruit and fish. "

The fish shop owner, Ang, crossed his arms and looked at the two people who were working. One was the famous chef of [Nuoyu], and the other was an unknown boy. Logically, the winner should have been obvious, but for some reason, he felt that Bai Yuan would win.

Regardless of the various superb techniques he had displayed before, just by looking at his eyes, Ang knew that he was very powerful.

He had only seen this kind of look on the face of the chief examiner when he was taking the second-class chef assessment. It was a look of extreme confidence in one's own abilities.

Anyone with such a look in his eyes is either an extremely conceited person or a very powerful person. Considering the skills he displayed before, Bai Yuan is obviously the second type.

"I'm almost done. How will this match be decided?"

"Then let the spectators make their own comments. Each person takes two red and blue slips of paper and puts the corresponding chef's slip of paper into the box if they think his dish is more delicious."

Seeing that Bai Yuan was still concentrating on cooking, the fish shop owner thought for a moment in response to Jesus' question and looked at the spectators watching the scene.

"Everyone, this is what's going on. Is there anyone willing to try it?"

"I am willing!"

"I'm willing to do that, but please let me come!"

For a moment, the response on the scene was positive, and everyone's face was filled with excitement. Ordinary people like them don't have many opportunities to taste top-notch cuisine!

“I have no problem with this evaluation method.”

Jess nodded and began to finish the cooking. At this moment, his expression was extremely serious, without any trace of the frivolity he had at the beginning.

The speed of his hands was getting faster and faster, and his cooking skills were so gorgeous that it was like watching a performance, which attracted the attention of some of the audience again.

Obviously, his title as a top chef is not just a name, but he has truly fought his way out of the tough world!

the other side.

Bai Yuan was fiddling with potatoes. Outsiders only saw a flash of silver light in his hand, and then the potatoes were cut into small rectangular strips about one centimeter wide.

The rectangular strips can be cut into oval shapes.

Stack the oval strips together and cut them into thin slices with a sharp knife. Driven by the knife, the slices fly up from the chopping board and into the glass bowl. Hou Baiyuan adds melted butter and potato starch, mixes evenly and gives it stickiness.

In this way, the potato fish scales are ready.

Take the thickest piece of subcutaneous fat from the sea bream meat, and stack the processed potato slices on the fish skin layer by layer to create a texture similar to fish scales.

Then put it into the fish shop's refrigerator and freeze it quickly to lock in the moisture in the meat while fixing its shape to prevent it from coming out of the mold during frying.

"Please enjoy the spring signature dish of [Noyu] Restaurant, sea bream with lemon butter sauce. I hope it will satisfy you."

In order to avenge Bai Yuan's previous bullying, Jess put in 120% effort this time. This was also the first special dish he had developed in his chef career. After continuous transformation and research over the past few years, he has already touched the edge of glowing cuisine!

Therefore, he was absolutely confident that he could defeat Bai Yuan with this dish.

But then again, if he lost in the field he was best at, lost to such a young kid, then he wouldn't have any chance of staying in the chef industry!

Chapter 29: Mountain Treasures Golden Scale Plate, Mysterious Old Man

"This is really good! The acidity of the lemon and the capers blend perfectly together, the shallot has a slight sweetness, adding a taste to the sauce, and the fennel plays a coordinating role..."

A man who looked to be in his forties, well-dressed, wearing a watch, and looked like a successful man was the first to be served the dish. He cut and tasted it with a knife and fork, feeling the delicious taste slowly spreading in his mouth, and said with a happy face.

"This sauce would be delicious even with the soles of slippers!"

Next to him, a young man who was also tasting the dish said exaggeratedly, his intoxicated expression was beyond words, and he was immediately immersed in the deliciousness of the dish.

“Fresh sea bream is pan-fried and served without washing the pan, with freshly squeezed lemon juice, chopped shallots, butter and capers.

Mix these ingredients evenly to make a sauce, then add fennel to coordinate the flavors of the two and add a layer of taste to the overall dish.

Although it is just a simple combination, it perfectly highlights the delicious taste of the sea bream. This is a dish that can only be cooked with fresh sea bream! "

The old man who had previously evaluated Bai Yuan spoke again, and judged the general cooking method of the dish simply by the taste of the sauce.

For these fresh enough ingredients, people generally do not add too many seasonings when cooking, but choose to taste its original flavor.

From the chef's perspective, this dish has reached a top-notch level in terms of heat control, knife skills, and the identification and use of ingredients.

If you can add some more 'high-end' ingredients, it can be transformed into a glowing dish!

The old man's eyes sparkled with brilliance, and he recognized Jesus' ability as a top chef. This dish perfectly interpreted his mental outlook.

"This is my dish, a mountain delicacy and golden scale dish."

On the other side, Bai Yuan also finished cooking, brought up a plate of food covered with a silver lid, and opened the lid in the center of the crowd.

In an instant, a dazzling golden light broke through the restraint of the lid, and a rich fragrance spread the moment the lid was opened.

"Glowing food! Mom, I'm so lucky. I actually saw glowing food in my lifetime. I thought glowing food was just a legend!"

"Don't tell me, I was also thinking when I was reading the book, how could food glow? It's not like I added fluorescent agent! I didn't expect to actually see glowing food today! This kind of thing is actually true!"

“No, no, no, it smells so good, hurry up and give me the food, so I can have a bite! Just one bite! I can’t handle it anymore!”

As the golden light slowly dissipated, the dish revealed its true appearance. Golden scales wrapped around the fish skin. If you look closely, you can even see the layers between the scales. From the outside, it looks like a real living fish!

The appearance of the golden light pushed the atmosphere to its peak. Everyone looked at the golden plate of wild treasures in the center with greed on their faces.

"Is this... a live snapper?!"

Looking at the sea bream with golden scales in front of him, the old man opened his mouth slightly and rubbed his eyes with his hands. He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he seemed to see the sea bream move, as if it was not completely dead yet!

"How did it do that? From the start of the game till now, the snapper has been dead for at least 30 minutes, and its spinal nerves are completely damaged. It shouldn't be able to move anymore, but it seemed to have moved just now!"

"It's just an illusion. How can a dead fish move? Come and try it. Now is the best time to enjoy it with the sauce at the bottom of the bowl."

Bai Yuan smiled faintly and did not admit it. He had just learned the rules of this game from Alice Nakiri.

Simply put, the one whose food is recognized by more people wins.

This type of competition is not uncommon in cooking competitions, but it is mostly used in competitions between stores, such as the Guangzhou Dumpling Competition.

“Let me try it…”

Swallowing his saliva, the old man was very sure that he saw the sea bream move just now, but the other party denied it. There must be something fishy here!

Hearing the voice, Bai Yuan looked at the people at the scene, borrowed a few bowls from the fish shop owner without hesitation, and quickly distributed the food on the plates.

He only left one piece for himself and Alice, and didn't keep any for Jessie either. In his opinion, that guy was not worthy of eating his food.

"What a powerful impact!"

As she took a bite, Alice Nakiri felt a strange warm current spreading through her body. She closed her eyes and felt as if she was sinking into the deep sea.

At this moment, she seemed to have turned into a sea bream, swimming freely in the vast ocean and enjoying the nourishment of the sea.

Suddenly, the scene changed.

The sea bream suddenly grew wings, leaped out of the sea, soared into the sky, and flew towards the mountains and forests!

Chicken mushroom, shiitake mushroom, spring bamboo shoots, yam, burdock, bracken...

As she flew deeper into the mountains and forests, all kinds of wild vegetables appeared before her eyes, symbolizing the essence of the mountains. The feeling of soaring in the sky and being free made people feel as if their thoughts were clear!

At this moment, all worries were forgotten, and they seemed to have transcended into a world without sorrow and sadness.

"For the sauce at the bottom of this dish, you used a combination of wild vegetable soup and fish soup! There is a little bit of orange sweetness in the aftertaste, probably because of the orange juice...

It is this sweetness that completely harmonizes these two completely different flavors!

The fish meat is soft and tender, and the fish scales fried with potatoes are crispy, which forms a sharp contrast with the tenderness of the fish meat. If I am not mistaken...