"It's so spicy, I feel like my whole tongue is about to burn."
Dojima Gin tasted the mapo tofu in the spoon, and his face began to sweat, but he still couldn't help but take another spoonful.
"Well, Kuga's cooking skills have improved a bit more than before, and the delicious taste of tofu keeps coming to the tip of my tongue."
Nakiri Senzaemon couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction.
"But, I still want to eat that guy's Mapo cuisine."
Leonora Nakiri's little mouth was stuffed full of tofu, but she still looked longingly at the mapo dishes in Teruki Kuga's hands.
Unexpectedly, just after they finished speaking, Dojima Gin and Nakiri Senzaemon's bodies shook violently. The Mapo tofu that had just been so delicious in their mouths suddenly became tasteless. After sighing,
He put down the spoon in his hand.
At this time, Kuga Teruki didn't care about the judges' comments above, his eyes were fixed on the mapo tofu handed to him by Xia Tian in his hand.
Finally, Teruki Kuaga picked up the spoon with his trembling right hand and gently scooped out a spoonful of tofu and put it into his mouth, tasting it slowly. Suddenly, Teruki Kuaga, who had closed his eyes to taste it, suddenly had his eyes widened.
At this time, a sharp-eyed student suddenly saw something strange about Kuga Teruki, pointed at the venue and exclaimed:
"Look, Senior Kuuga!!"
Everyone took a quick look and saw that Kuga Teruki's original killer hair style looked like there was a hair dryer underneath, and his hair was blown flying. He himself kept crying while eating:
"This is so delicious and spicy! This spicy taste that penetrates my forehead makes me unable to stop..."
Everyone also looked at Kuga Teruki crying and laughing, with a happy expression on his face. They also swallowed involuntarily, unable to imagine what kind of spicy food made Kuga Teruki look like this crazy.
"Asshole, why won't this kid let me eat?"
Leonora Nakiri looked at the mapo tofu in Teruki Kuga's hand and slapped the table in annoyance.
"...It tastes so refreshing!" Teruki Kuaga couldn't help exclaiming, and then tasted it carefully: "The sourness and sweetness of the hot sauce, the spiciness of the chili oil, and even walnuts and sesame seeds, these complex flavors combine
It’s not turbid at all, how on earth did you do this?”
“How do you achieve this flavor with spicy and mellow flavors?”
Kuga Teruki's face was full of desire for knowledge.
"It's very simple!" Xia Tian looked at his pot and said softly: "In your mapo tofu, I didn't actually use bean paste."
"What, you didn't use doubanjiang!!"
Kuaga Teruki's face was full of disbelief.
"Doubanjiang?" Yoshino Yuki looked at Sakaki Ryoko in confusion and asked, "Isn't it weird not to use doubanjiang?" The latter also didn't know much about Chinese cuisine, so he could only shake his head at Yoshino Yuki apologetically.
"Yes, Doubanjiang is very important!!" Suddenly a voice answered him. When Yoshino Yuki looked at it, Isshiki Hui said with a solemn face:
"Doubanjiang is very important to Mapo tofu. It can even be said to be the soul of this dish. Even the quality of doubanjiang can completely determine the success or failure of the taste of Mapo tofu."
"Yes!" Xing Ping Soma also nodded and said: "The general Mapo Tofu in our restaurant is made with home-brewed bean paste, which has a relatively bland taste. I remember there is also a bottle of authentic "Sichuan Doubanjiang"
, specially used for some guests who like spicy food."
"Then why didn't Xia Tian use doubanjiang and make Mapo tofu that even Kuga's seniors praised?" Yoshino Yuki asked curiously.
"Then you have to ask him himself." Yi Sehui looked at Xia Tian in the venue meaningfully.
In the center of the venue!
"You didn't use bean paste, so how did your Mapo tofu achieve such a mellow and spicy taste profile?" Teruki Kuaga eagerly wanted to know the secret of this Mapo dish.
"Why do you want to know?"
Xia Tian, who was busy, slowed down the movements of his hands and showed a playful smile on his face.
"certainly!!"
Kuga Teruki said firmly.
"But who am I to tell you." Xia Tian's face turned cold and he continued his cooking process.
Xia Tian's sudden change made Kyuga Teruki stunned. He opened his lips slightly and wanted to say something, but in the end nothing came out. Just when Xia Tian thought Kyuga Teruki had given up, his hesitant voice came to his ears again:
"I...can promise you something."
"one thing?"
"Yes, anything within the purview of my top ten heroes!" Teruki Kuga said firmly.
"Anything?" Xia Tian chuckled, raised his head and suddenly said with a strange expression: "Including asking you to voluntarily resign from the eighth seat of the "Top Ten"."
Kuga Teruki thought for a moment, nodded and said:
"Can!"
Just after he finished speaking, the originally quiet venue became noisy again. The students all looked at Kuaga Teruki and Xia Tian in surprise, and even the "Top Ten" above could not help but frown.
"Hey, this kid doesn't have any strange ideas!"
Even Nakiri Senzaemon, who had always been as stable as a mountain, couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
Just when everyone looked at Xia Tian with different expressions, Xia Tian suddenly laughed.
"Haha~, I'm just joking. How can I make you leave now? You still have a lot of roles." Listening to the incomprehensible words in Xia Tian's mouth, Kuaga Teruki suddenly felt a strange feeling in his heart.
"Okay, just think you owe me something!" After Kuaga Teruki nodded silently, Xia Tian whispered: "The key to my Mapo cuisine is to chop two kinds of chili peppers: chili pepper and green pepper.
Then let it ferment a little..." Having said this, Xia Tian suddenly paused, waving to Yise Hui in the audience and said:
"Isshiki, thank you for the fruits of your hard work. It is very practical."
"Well, I think you should take a good look at your plantation after you go back."
Yukihira Souma looked at the dark-faced Isshiki Kei and reminded him kindly, while Yoshino Yuki next to him sighed and patted Isshiki Kei on the shoulder with sympathy.
…
"...Add the spicy oil made from Sichuan peppercorns, tofu, walnuts and sesame seeds to create a strong and unique spicy taste that will not be distorted, and then focus on it..."
Listening to Xia Tian's explanation, Kuaga Teruki's eyes became brighter and brighter, as if he had opened a new door.
At this time, as Kawashima Rei announced that the time was up, Xia Tian also completed his second Mapo dish. Looking at the Mapo tofu tightly covered by the dinner cover, Kuga Teruki suddenly asked:
"What kind of Mapo cuisine is this?"
"Haha~" Hearing this, Xia Tian smiled mysteriously at Teruki Kuaga and said, "Do you know the "six flavors in one" Mapo Tofu?"