The selection competition officially began. The audience in the venue sat in their seats and looked at the contestants who were working hard to cook in the central venue. They were silently blessing in their hearts, but also felt a bit of unspeakable jealousy.
a. The venue was buzzing with people, and the seats in the auditorium were full of people. "It's obviously just the preliminaries, but the atmosphere in the venue is already very lively!!" Audience a.
"Yes! This is the first time I have seen so many people in this venue!!" Audience b.
"Look at the judges' table! The judges here this time all have great backgrounds!" Audience c.
"Huh? Why is there an empty seat among the judges that no one is sitting on? Whose seat is it?" Audience D.
"Click! Click! Click!" The crisp sound of high heels sounded on the stage next to the judges' seat.
A long-haired beauty with a queenly air and sunglasses, accompanied by two female assistants, appeared on the judges' bench and sat on the seat in the middle of the judges' bench, with her legs crossed, sexy and sultry.
"Welcome. By the way... I remember I should have informed you that the competition starts at 11 noon, right?" Eizan Ezu, who had been on the stage to serve the judges early in the morning, also said.
"Do you know how difficult it is for us to spare a minute of free time? You are obviously asking knowingly, right? Eizan-kun?" The beauty took off her glasses, revealing the mole under her right eye, which looks sexy and sultry.
It went up a few points.
"Hey! No way! Those sisters are actually judges!! They can even invite such a big shot! Totsuki... No, Eizan-senpai is so awesome!!" Suddenly something happened in the audience.
There was a riot.
"Hob Food CEO, Chinatsu Mei. She and her sister Chiori are both the granddaughters of the founder of Hob Food. When they were young, they appeared in commercials for best-selling curry food packaging. From then on, they entered the curry food industry and slowly climbed up the corporate ladder.
At the top, they eventually dominate the Japanese curry commercial market with an average annual liquidity of 200 billion yen, and people call them curry queens!!" Edazu Eizan also pushed up his glasses, thinking with a smile on his lips.
"Really. Even though I was deceived by your sweet words, Eizan-kun, how could a few students really satisfy me?" Qianxia Ya said proudly.
"Hmph...you just need to pay for the sponsorship money..." Eishan Edazu curled her lips in disapproval.
"Um? What did you just say?"
"No? Please enjoy this autumn selection, Miss Natsuya." Eiyama Eda also smiled wisely and handed the microphone to Qianxiaya, "Can you please say a few words?"
"I know, I know." Qianxia Mei took the phone calmly and looked towards the audience.
"Listen up. This country's curry industry has been expanding since World War II. So far, curry products have fully matured into a national food. However, this situation... makes me feel very bored!
As an operator, and as someone who loves curry very much, I have been looking for ideas that can create the future of Japanese curry." Chinatsu Mei stretched out a hand and pointed to the contestants in the audience, Queen
The breath exploded, "Come on! Let me see it!! Come up with curry dishes that can make me tremble with excitement!!"
"Wow wow wow!! This is too difficult! The opponent is a person who is proficient in all kinds of curries from all over the world...ah! You actually want us to serve dishes that satisfy that person?!" Many contestants were frightened.
Stopped what I was doing.
"..." The judges at the judges' table looked at the contestants who were shaking with fear and looked at them like garbage.
"Ziu!!!" At this time, the sound of pork being stir-fried suddenly broke the solemn atmosphere in the venue, and an appetizing aroma of pork suddenly spread throughout the venue.
"Oh? Well! It seems that there are still many children who are not scared to death!" Chinatsu Mei looked at Mito Yumei who had just put the pork into the pot and stir-fried it.
"It doesn't matter who is the judge!! I just need to present my own unique style... This is my answer to curry dishes!!" Mito Yumei, who was stir-frying pork belly, thought confidently.
"Oh! Meat charm... Mito Ikmei's classmate is frying the pork belly that will be cooked in a while and coloring it with oil!" The host took advantage of the situation and showed his strength.
"Wow!! When the pork is stir-fried and sizzling, the smell that comes out is indeed the strongest!! Ah! The aroma of pork and spices are combined with each other... This aroma can directly stimulate the cerebral cortex
La!!" People in the audience were talking and their mouths were watering.
"The spice she uses is Sichuan peppercorns, right? It has enough aroma and spiciness to make the tongue numb, and it can remove the smell of meat. Moreover, the degree of grinding is only at the coarse grinding stage." Teacher Roland Chapel said
The teacher said with his hands crossed.
"Yes. If it is ground into powder, the fragrance will be more prominent, but at the same time it will be easier to escape. It seems that she is fully aware of this and that's why she did this." Professor Jun Shiomi said on the side.
In the first row of the auditorium, "Aww! I'm watching you here!! Meaty! Come on!!" Senior Xiaoxi, standing at the nose of the tower crane, waved his hands and shouted with tears in his eyes.
"Ignore him! Ignore him! Do you think you are the father who came to watch your daughter's game?!" Mito Yumei blushed to the root of her neck, complaining in her heart, then shook her head vigorously and looked at the others
Contestant, "Many people have become intimidated by the speech just now!"
"Huh? I remember that guy, he seems to be Alice Kiri's follower." Mito Yumei looked around and stared at Kurokiba who was slowly grinding spices with a silly look on his face.
"Oh. Okay~~ The preparations are almost complete~" Kurokiba Ryo put down the spices in his hand, took out a scarf with a red flame pattern from his trouser pocket, and slowly put it on, "..."
"Ahhhhhhh!! Sinai!! Hahahahaha!..." For a moment, laughter beyond normal people's awareness broke out from Kurokiba Ryo's cooking table, and a bright red Australian lobster appeared on the table.
His chopping board was quickly torn apart by a burst of sword light.
"Then...what is that guy doing?!!! Why does he suddenly look like a different person!..." Mito Yumei was so frightened by the unexpected situation that she didn't know what to say.
"Wow! The way of handling lobster is so smooth! It's so crisp and clean!!!" People in the audience sighed one after another.
"The attention in the venue was immediately attracted by him!" Mito Yumei was a little aggrieved.
"Next, is it your turn? You're a master!" the host said.
"Rice made by steaming and fermenting rice is the raw material for miso, salt and sake! The salt that Ryoko is good at is a kind of salt that can be used on the starch and protein of ingredients to increase the umami flavor of ingredients and bring out the flavor.
A condiment with a soft taste. Can this condiment also be used in curry? How would she use it?" said a male judge at the judges' table.
"Haha..." Ryoko took out a small jar from her food box, which contained a dark substance, a bit like miso. Ryoko dipped a little of it with her finger and it was sticky until it became stringy.
"Black? Isn't it salt?!" The judges were a little confused, and the slap in the face came a little too fast.
At this time, another strange fragrance swept through the venue.
Ryoko turned around and saw that it was Ryo Hayama. She raised her eyebrows nicely, "He is indeed the most popular in this preliminaries... Ryo Hayama~!"
Several people in the audience stared directly at Ryoko, who was frowning there.
"So beautiful~~!" (e｀)
"Long black hair~~"
"Sister Ryoko~~~"
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"The main ingredient is the head of sea bream...? So that's it, he plans to make fish head curry! This curry dish originated in Singapore. The perfect white fish head is incorporated into the curry. It is a kind of curry that can fully satisfy people.
Taste the curry dishes with delicious fish and meat!!" Ryoko slowed down the work in her hands slightly.
"Huh..." Ye Shanliang was kneading the dough.
"..., next, add baking soda and yogurt to the kneaded baking powder!! It's naan! He plans to make naan!!" the host explained while looking at Ryo Hayama.
"Instead of eating it with rice, are you going to use naan bread to go with the curry? However, this feels quite ordinary." Teacher A at the teaching bench.
"I thought he, Professor Shiomi's apprentice, would have more creative ideas." A teacher at the teaching bench said he was a little surprised.
"Does he think there is no need to be new and different? Isn't this a sign of his confidence?" Some teachers think this is Ryo Hayama's strategy.
"No. That naan cake is... um..." Professor Shiomi wanted to say it out, but was stopped by Ryo Hayama's look from the field.
"You guessed it right. Run. My dishes are about to start now~!" Ye Shanliang put down the finger in front of his mouth, smiled and put the finished naan aside to let it ferment on its own, and then added a pinch of lemon
The grass was put into the pot where the curry was simmering.
At this time, a seductive and charming aroma filled the air in the entire venue.
"Wow! Lemongrass and thick coconut milk are mixed together, exuding a fresh smell~~This refreshing feeling can also induce appetite~~" Many audience members in the venue began to wipe it without caring about their appearance.
Drooling.
"It's really amazing! What kind of dishes will he make? This venue is obviously full of the smell of various spices, but you can immediately smell the smell of Ryo Hayama's pot! This is what he made through clever adjustments
This is proof that the essence of spices has been activated!!" the host explained passionately, "Now, Hayama will definitely win the first place and successfully pass the qualifying round!!"
"Huh..." A stream of white smoke came out from a certain player's position, and at the same time, there was a melodious smoked aroma spreading.
"Oh oh oh!! It's contestant Imusaki!!" The host was slapped in the face in one second, his reaction was so quick.
"Ha~! This incense is really tickling my nose!! By the way! Smoking is also a cooking technique that can bring out the aroma! The atmosphere of the venue has been reversed again!!" The audience in the auditorium wanted to say
Started to roar.
"Everyone tried their best and showed off their special skills one after another!! And...the last four places will be chosen among them!!..." the host Balabala kept talking.
"Hmm...it seems to be a bit interesting!" Qianxia Ya's mouth curled up nicely, and she looked at Eizan Ezuya, "Eisan-kun, who is your favorite person?"
"Hmm. Well... who is the most optimistic about... This question is really difficult. However, I really want to confirm that man's strength." Eizan Edazu also looked at Yukihira's position.
Then, Yuyama Edazu also changed into this expression, Σ(っ°Д°;)っ.
Qianxia Ya followed and looked at her, speechless, (_;).
"..z z" Xingping was sitting on the bench in front of the cooking table, snoring hard in his sleep.
"Asleep? Asleep? Can you sleep on a stool like this?" Mito Yumei, who was not far away, was dumbfounded.
"Zi! Puff puff..." The pot on the stove in front of Yukihei boiled, and a fresh and natural smell came out.
Yukihira's nose twitched and he woke up immediately. He reached out and opened the lid of the pot, "Here it comes! Just right!!"
The fragrance that was slowly coming out suddenly burst out.
"This... what is this smell?" Ye Shanliang couldn't help but cover his nose. He couldn't smell the ratio of spices for a while.
"Hmm!! Look at that pot! It's rice! The transfer boy stewed vegetables, rice and spices together... is this? Stewed rice!! That guy made curry... stewed rice?
!!" The students in the audience were dumbfounded.
Yukihira went to get the ingredients prepared by the organizer.
He took it back and Ye Shanliang walked to his side.
"Oh? Hayama? So your cooking station is over here." Yukihira greeted.
"In your pot... you put mashed apples, bananas and carrots, right? These fruits and vegetables produce gravy, so you can make a risotto-flavored dish."
"You're all right! Your nose is really sharp." Xingping praised him.
"No. There must be something hidden in such a complex fragrance!" Ye Shanliang said nothing, thinking silently in his heart.
"Actually, I have been trying until this morning. So when I was concentrating on distinguishing the smells, I accidentally fell asleep." Yukihira said with a silly smile.
"How brave is this guy?..." Ye Shanliang's mouth twitched.
"But please watch carefully. My dishes have just begun!!" The silly smile on Xingping's face disappeared, and there were more shadows of Shura on his body.
Hayama Ryo looked at Yukihira, remained silent, and silently returned to his cooking station.