Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-Three, The Farewell Ceremony - The Feast Dishes War
The last few days of the first round of internship passed by in the blink of an eye.
"Cracking! Cracking crackling! ..." Jehnzuka Naei ignited the firecrackers opened by the new store and ran away with his ears. Shike took a bamboo pole and picked the firecrackers.
The two brothers Yudai Chiba led hundreds of their younger brothers to smile and applaud beside them. Even their father came in person to deliver gifts for the reopening of Fujiwara Tofu Shop.
Other merchants on this street also attended the opening ceremony of the first new store on this street.
Having said this, everyone should understand that under the operation of Shi Ke, Fujiwara Tofu Shop is no longer a shack and has become a shop in the true sense.
"Brother Chiba, you are really cool to sell the store to me at such a cheap price!" Fujiwara Bunta and Chiba Yuda's father Chiba Xiao smiled cheekily while holding hands.
"Would Brother Fujiwara worry about such a small amount of money? This is not what Brother Fujiwara should say. I think back then..."
"Don't think about those days! Now I am just an ordinary tofu shop owner, an ordinary citizen. It is indeed a great blessing that you can buy it for me so cheaply." Fujiwara Bunta interrupted Qian with a smile. Ye Xiao's memories.
"Sigh... It seems that Brother Fujiwara is unwilling to get involved in any more disputes."
"Well. My legs are broken and I'm getting older. It's time to stop. I haven't asked for a wife yet. I'm satisfied to be able to retire like this." Fujiwara Bunta took a puff of his cigarette and looked at the sign of the new store with great emotion.
"Hehehe... Then I wish Brother Fujiwara a happy marriage in advance and that he can find a perfect person to grow old with. This store can have a prosperous business and a lot of money."
"I'd like to lend you some good words. Thanks, brother." Fujiwara Bunta patted Chiba Xiao on the shoulder.
"Well. This is indeed a good escape route. I will retire and be a small boss." Qianye Xiao looked at the signboard and the lively scene in the store with a lot of emotions.
"Then you must be ruthless and let go of your power when the time comes."
"Well. There are still a lot of things to do."
After the firecrackers were set off, Sadatsuka Nao approached Shi Ke and poked his arm, "Shi Ke, do you think we have passed the test?"
"I'm not sure. However, since we transformed this store from a shabby shack into a new store like this, it can't be said to have become worse, right? This street has also become better because of us. The original ghost street has become If this is not enough for such a popular street now, then the whole street can only be demolished and rebuilt. We don’t seem to have that much money, right?" Shi Ke touched his chin.
"But the condition for passing the test is to leave a mark that seeing is believing! I'm the only one doing the cooking these days."
“The entire store has been renovated, from the menu to the storefront. Isn’t it an achievement that seeing is believing?”
"Well... I'm still a little nervous!"
"It doesn't matter. If you can't pass the test anyway, you will know today. If you pass the test, we should be notified today to go to the internship location for the next week. I won't be able to help you then, so you have to work hard." Shi The guest said with a smile.
"Shike-kun, you have to work hard, don't be eliminated! I will definitely not be eliminated!" Sadazuka Nao opened her hair and cheered for Shike in the form of Bai Sadazuka.
"Of course! If you want to eliminate me, you must at least have a world-class difficulty!! Hahaha... Hey. Later, the newly opened banquet will begin. Our two chefs will let them know what we really do today. Strength, right? It’s like giving them a gift that belongs to both of us before leaving!” Shi Ke took Sadatsuka Nao into the kitchen of the store and carried the Seven-Star Sword on his back.
"Okay! I'll do my best! Hehehehehe! Let them see my dark aesthetic in a real sense!" Bai Zhenzuka turned into black Zhenzuka in an instant, holding his own kitchen knife, and blurted out a sinister laugh.
"Hahaha... It's time to show off your real skills!! I'm really tired of frying fried rice." Shi Ke waved his hands, and all the seven-star knives were unsheathed, setting off a storm of sword light in the kitchen.
"I'm in charge of the stew dishes." Nao Sadatsuka set up a large pot and boiled the fish soup.
"I'm in charge of cooking and snacking." Shi Ke cut a large number of cold dishes and arranged them while they were being cut. He shouted towards the door, "Boss Fujiwara, the cold dishes are finished. You can come and get it!”
"Are you cheating! So fast! The cold dishes have been cut already?!" Nao Sadatsuka's eyes popped out when she saw the cold dishes prepared by Shi Ke in a blink of an eye, (?Д|||).
"It's already too slow!"
Shi Ke put the cold dishes on the tray and handed them to Fujiwara Bunta and a few of the boys who were helping with the dishes. He pointed to the dipping area for the stinky tofu and said, "Make your own dipping sauce. You can find oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar there."
"I understand. You are too fast. I haven't even been chatting for long." Fujiwara Bunta said.
"The guests are all hungry. Let's serve the cold dishes first to satisfy our cravings." Shi Ke said cheerfully.
"Oh, come on. I'm just waiting to eat." Bunta Fujiwara waved his hand and carried the tray to serve the food.
"I know, I guarantee you'll be satisfied. You can eat bluefin tuna belly and sashimi three times! Who will take it? This is for table No. 1." While talking, Shi Ke cut the cold appetizers for table No. 1.
"Ah~~The food on dad's table is so good!" Chiba Yudai came over to serve the food.
"When you become rich, this will only be considered a side dish. Work hard, you!" Shi Ke smiled, put the dish on the tray and handed it to him.
"Just asking, is there any stinky tofu?" Chiba Yudai didn't leave immediately, stretching his neck to look into the kitchen.
“There are small tables, but not table 1. The other dishes are too good, and the stinky tofu is a bit pricey.”
"That's fair. Dad won't be able to eat his favorite stinky tofu. The ingredients are expensive, so what's the use~~" Chiba Yudai happily took the dish and left.
"You can trick a thief into looking happy when you trick him." The corner of Shi Ke's mouth twitched, he wanted to laugh but was embarrassed, (; 一_一).
After a while, there was a burst of praise from the table at the door.
"My first dish is ready to be served! The first dish on the table! Jet black ghost fish head with tofu chowder! Hehehehehe! Food for the brave!" Nao Sadatsuka held a big bowl. In the middle of the serving dish, a big bowl of dark brown paste accompanied by brown squares, there is an extremely ugly fish head rolling its eyes and looking up at the sky. This shape is so damn exciting!!
Shi Ke leaned over and smelled it, "The smell is not very strong this time."
"It can't affect other dishes. After all, it's the first table in the banquet. Hahahahaha~"
"Hmm. It seems that you still know how hard to attack!" Shi Ke smiled and nodded.
"Of course. I am a very good chef! My dark aesthetic can attract and satisfy all food lovers!" Nao Sadatsuka looked proud while holding the spoon.
"Yeah, yeah. That's right. However, your pot looks a little burnt." Shi Ke pointed to another large pot behind Zhenzhong that was emitting some black smoke.
"Wow!! Oops! Oops!!" Nao Sadatsuka looked back and was immediately in a panic, trying to make amends.
"Hahaha... You can't take a break from cooking." Shi Ke went back to deal with the A5 Wagyu beef.
Seven or eight minutes later, "The first dish is on the table! A5 Wagyu beef stewed frost steak with boiled beef heart and cabbage." Shi Ke greeted the younger brother to serve the dishes.
"Phew! It's not broken! It's saved! It's standard on the small table, clear soup with milk-flavored white pepper and garnished with squid!" Sadatsuka Nao also made a dish, which was completely different from her original style of white squid noodles. .
"Hey? Your style has changed too much, right?" Shi Ke was confused.
"I can cook ordinary dishes. Don't underestimate me! Although it's a bit mushy, I used the charming smell of burnt milk to upgrade the dishes." Nao Sadatsuka flipped her hair, full of heroism.
"Hmm. I have a moment. It's no fun to innovate all the time. Let's compare the traditional dishes?" Shi Ke grinned.
"Ehehehehe...it's okay!" Sadatsuka Nao was so excited that her eyes were red, (○ω|||).
"I'm going to make some snacks. What about you?"
"Well... I'm not that fast. I have to think carefully."
"Then I'll do it first, you think about it slowly." Shi Ke took out the flour from the food cabinet and kneaded the dough with ease.
"Um...yes." Nao Sadatsuka walked into the area in the back kitchen where aquatic products were kept.
"Aquatic products... This is the rhythm of making kaiseki cuisine. You have to be serious." Shi Ke put down the seven-star knife on his back and started kneading the dough seriously.
It took about ten minutes, but Shi Ke was finally satisfied with the initial dough.
The surface is as smooth as jade, with a faint white light, and the inside is softer than cotton. Even with Shi Ke's hands, it is difficult to feel the parts that have not been kneaded. After the rise is completed, it is time to enter the next step.
"Hee hee hee hee! Shike-kun, I'm trying my best. Don't let me go." Sadatsuka Nao walked out of the fishery area with a smile, holding a bowl of crystal clear shrimp meat that had just been picked out. .
Shi Ke looked at it and nodded. He didn't hurt the shrimp itself at all when he picked it. This was really serious.
"I'm about to start." Shi Ke slowly simmered the pink soup in a small pot.
"Hey hey hey... the movement has slowed down, you are serious too. Hee hee hee hee..." Sadatsuka Nao also saw Shi Ke's attitude and started to blanch the shrimp meat.
Shi Ke slowly simmered the soup in the small pot, and Sadatsuka Nao also quietly stewed various side dishes. The two of them seemed to have an inexplicable and reassuring sense of harmony.
After a while, "It's time to start." Shi Ke looked at the soup in the pot, then at the dough set aside for proofing, smiled slightly, and started the operation.
Turn off the heat of the soup, add a bowl of stock that has been boiled in advance, stir evenly, and put it in the freezer. Set up a pot again, heat the oil at low temperature, and keep the temperature at 60 or 70 degrees Celsius. Stars are shining on the oil surface, I don’t know. What is it.
I took out the dough and started the traditional Chinese skill of pulling noodles. Sprinkle flour, stretch, knot, stretch, knot again, stretch again, cycle over and over again, one buckle, two buckles, three buckles and four buckles, until I got close to it in one breath. Fifteen knots, the last knot, Shi Ke grabbed one end of the dragon whisker noodles that were already as thin as silk and as white as snow, and threw them to the low-temperature oil pan that he had prepared long ago. In an instant, it was like a white snow waterfall. Falling from the sky, falling lightly into the dazzling Milky Way, it is so beautiful.
"Dragon beard noodles... Shike-kun, you are merciless." Nao Sadatsuka immediately recognized this internationally famous traditional dish, (;一_||||).
"We are only competing on taste, not on craftsmanship. When it comes to craftsmanship alone, Erina doesn't know as much as I do."
"Hmm... I hate to admit it, but I really don't think Erina-sama has this kind of skill. No matter what, let's not involve Erina-sama when we cook."
"Okay, okay, don't mention her." Shi Ke took out the dragon whisker noodles that had been fried at low temperature until the hardness and softness were just right, separated them into small piles of noodles, and plated them into shapes.
At this time, Shi Ke took out the soup that had almost cooled down, checked it, and poured it on the chopping board. Nao Sadatsuka was so frightened that she screamed, "Spilled it! Spilled it!!! Uh?"
"Have you never seen soup jelly?" Shi Ke saw Sadatsuka Nao's appearance, stretched out his finger and poked the soup that had obviously solidified into a whole block on the chopping board, and raised his eyebrows in a disgraceful way, □?(?ω? ).
"Normal people would be frightened when they see the pot overturned, okay?" Nao Sadatsuka was speechless.
"Ah, I'm sorry. I scared you." Shi Ke cut the soup jelly into small cubes with a knife, put it on the plated dragon whiskers noodles, put it on the plate, and served, "Table No. 1, dim sum, a bite of dragon whiskers Noodles. Serve!”
In the following time, Shi Ke and Sadatsuka Nao worked together to make a variety of dishes, and managed to manage the banquet for a hundred people. As for the competition between the two, it was also a draw.
Why is this? A bunch of rough guys don’t know how to cook. Evaluation? No! It’s all because I’m uneducated, and I can only say “delicious food” for the world. I have no words, and I can’t tell the difference between good and bad food!! So, let’s compete, The judges are still very important. Shi Ke and Sadatsuka Nao have deeply realized this.