Chapter 19 The Second Diner of All Heavens Will Come
"Journey to the Flame Mountains in the West?"
The dishes that looked like burning flames made Kirisenzaemon's eyes light up.
The spicy smell made the taste buds in his mouth stimulated by the last soup even more hungry for strong stimulation.
He didn't care whether the dish was really lit with flames, he just stretched out the chopsticks.
The slightly blurry and distorted air was quickly picked up by him with a firm belly of pasta.
Looking carefully, Kirisenzaemon showed a bit of surprise.
"This is...a snack from Yaozhou and Shanghai, fried buns?"
Yukihira Soma, who was still shocked that Zhao Youqian could easily imitate his father's dish yesterday, noticed a difference when he took a closer look.
Yesterday, Seiichiro Yukihira made shaomai. The surface was completely thin and translucent, and you could even see the faint pink indentation inside.
But Zhao Youqian's dish is different. It uses fermented noodles instead of the tougher and tighter dough like hot noodles. The slightly expanded white dough also shows a slight burnt yellow color in the bottom circle.
Obviously it's not all steamed, but also fried.
The creator of the recipe, Yukihira Seiichiro, was also surprised by the magnitude of changes Zhao Yougan made, and he had almost completely changed his recipe.
"But why should we serve it in the form of steaming? The crispy bottom of the pan-fried buns should be instantly softened by the steam, so the perfect effect cannot be achieved!"
With just one glance, Erina saw the weakness of this dish. She pointed at the pan-fried buns that were obviously curved in her grandfather's hands instead of having a crispy hard bottom and launched an attack.
“Who told me that the crispiness of this dish comes from the bottom of it being fried?”
Zhao Youqian shook his head slowly and looked at the three people who had already picked up the fried buns.
"Give it a try..."
Then he pushed the three pan-fried buns remaining in the steamer in front of Kirina.
"Aren't you known as the 'Tongue of God'? Come and try out the flaws in my dish!"
Without any intention of being a rival, Zhao Youqian placed a pair of chopsticks in front of Erina and dragged them along with the chopstick pillow, treating Erina as a diner.
Then Zhao Youqian turned around and went to the kitchen, took out a few small porcelain plates, and placed a little bit of red vinegar in front of everyone.
However, at this time, several people were already attracted by the fried food in front of them and did not pay too much attention to his movements.
Not only does it look like a raging flame, but it smells as intense as a fire.
When the chopsticks pick it up, the soft dough seems to sink in. The elastic dough actually wraps the chopsticks directly, as if a section of the chopstick has disappeared into the dough.
After hesitating for a moment, she chose to taste the dishes of this proud and stinky-looking shop owner. Erina was also shocked by the softness and elasticity of the dough.
Even at the most famous Xiangjiang dim sum shop in Kyoto, she had never seen such soft dough.
But when I picked up this pan-fried bun, the strong spiciness at first suddenly lightened up and turned into a refreshing aroma.
Yukihira Seiichiro shrugged his nose.
'This is green pepper? No...it's tiger skin green pepper!!'
Beside him, the food devil, whose appetite had been awakened, had already bitten off half of a fried bun.
Zhao Youqian, who had been looking at them, was slightly startled by the smooth incision like a sharp blade.
'If this bit someone, I'm afraid it would be broken into two pieces, right?'
'Old man, you have such a good mouth!'
At the same time, in front of Zhao Youqian, Kirisenzaemon burst out with a strong energy. Countless cracks appeared in the Tozakura long coat he was wearing, and in the blink of an eye, it turned into flying catkins all over the sky. !
This situation made Yukihira Souma almost throw away his chopsticks.
"Commander, Commander-in-Chief, his clothes burst after just one bite! And there was only a piece of lining left??"
His eyes widened in disbelief, and Nito Hisako showed a horrified look.
You must know that even among the ten heroes of Totsuki Academy, no one can make this food demon king reach such a level.
Only the most lethal, close to special-grade cuisine can cause such a level of clothes to explode.
"Fire! This is a rolling flame!"
"The mixture of chilies and spices, the sweetness of gravy and vegetables, what a balanced structure, and the flowers that seem to be realistic but have a strange spicy taste!"
Sweat flowed from Kirisenzaemon's body, and the fiery red color instantly dyed his whole body, as if he had enjoyed a sauna or aerobic exercise.
His cells were stimulated and awakened by the strong spicy taste, followed by the moistening effect brought about by the fusion of minced meat and spices, which restored the firepower of a youth to this nearly 70-year-old man.
"Wow! This spice combination is indeed like a journey to the West! Cumin, cloves, cinnamon, and pepper are all spices brought back from the ancient Silk Road in Yaozhou, and combined with three different flavors of spicy food. Exciting taste..."
"The taste of Erina's soup has become part of this pan-fried dumpling, and it's not awkward at all!"
Opening his eyes suddenly, a ball of fire burned in the eyes of the food demon king.
The red part of the flame lotus flower has a crispy texture and is dyed red by the juice of the millet pepper. The green pepper inside is mixed with the tiger skin green pepper roasted with wine, creating a spicy trio.
Combined with the flavor of the spices and vegetables in the meat filling, it feels like you are in the Huolu Desert in western Yaozhou, with a volcano ready to erupt right in front of you!
"As expected! You no longer need to come to Yuanyue for further training!"
Following Kirisenzaemon's explanation, Yukihira Soma no longer cared about why the old man beside him could eat something and shatter his clothes into pieces.
At the same time, he took a bite of the fried bun in his hand.
At the first bite, he had already noticed the difference between Zhao Youqian's dish and his father's dish.
'Is it crispy? No...it's crispy! He rubbed ghee into the lotus flower on top! And then deep-fried it? Why wasn't it steamed?'
‘What does this smell like? The smell of wine?’
With a shocked look on his face, Xing Ping Soma looked at Zhao Youqian.
"When you were steaming, you poured wine on the top layer of the buns, ignited them and steamed them at the same time, so that the top layer remained crispy?"
Nodding in approval, Zhao Youqian looked at Yukihira Soma. Although he had the bonus of his family background, as the protagonist of Shokoku no Soma, his talent was unquestionable.
At least this technique was not noticed by Erina Kiri, because the aroma of wine was mixed with the chili peppers, and even the 'God's Tongue' would be limited by her own cooking skills.
The same alcohol, mixed with ingredients in the same way of ignition, will cause confusion in the mouth of God's Tongue, but Zhao Youqian did not expect it to be so easy.
However, whatever Zhao Youqian was thinking at this time could no longer affect Erina. The moment the fried buns entered her mouth, it seemed as if a volcano was erupting in front of her eyes.
The lava immediately enveloped her.
The sweat pouring out from all over her body made her clothes wet in an instant, and her beautiful figure under the uniform was directly outlined.
At this moment, the system that Zhao Youqian was working on jumped out.
...
‘The achievement of conquering ‘God’s Tongue’ is completed!’
‘You can know where the next diners will come from around the world three days in advance.’
...
'oh?'
A glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, and Zhao Youqian showed joy inadvertently.
'I knew it was right to stay in Dongyingzhou, isn't this happening again!'