Chapter 78: The Blind Spot of Cooking
Cod.
Two simple words, ingredients.
The female staff stood on the stage with the scroll. Masato Kamihara looked over the shocked Xia Yu and spoke in time: "The main ingredients are fixed, but the cooking format is not limited. Everyone can freely play it. The time limit is 2 hours!"
He looked very easy to talk, but the chefs present were all tense.
Fortunately, this group of quasi-two-star chefs have rich experience in on-site cooking. If they were replaced by a group of students, someone might have trembling on their calves.
The exam room became silent for a while.
The chefs and staff who rushed out quickly filled hundreds of seats in the audience, and the latecomers could only squeeze in the last row and wait and see. If someone smoked or made noise, the staff would stop it in time.
“Huh?”
In the audience seat, Miyoko Hojo casually glanced at the nearby seats and was stunned.
She wiped her eyes hard.
Also in the first row, on the right, two girls stood seven or eight seats away from her.
One girl has slightly curly long blonde hair and a good figure, while the other has medium and short purple hair, standing next to the blonde girl with a little respect.
Moreover, what made Hojo Miyoko dare to confirm their identity was that they were all wearing Totsuki's uniform skirt!
"Why did the tongue of God and that Nito Hisako come to IGO Tokyo headquarters?" Miyoko Hojo secretly frowned.
She did not have the same respect and pursuit as other female students as Erina Nakiri and Hisa Nito.
The first place of the Ten Heroes of Totsuki is the goal and ideal that Miyoko Hojo strives for. Therefore, Erina Nakiri, who has already won one seat in the Ten Heroes, is undoubtedly the enemy blocking her road.
In the exam room.
"Create a dish with the designated ingredients?"
Xia Yu quickly started thinking.
The other chefs were in a similar state, and they all stood up with Zhang Chutai and pondered.
Rumble. The sound of huge wheels echoed in the venue. Several strong staff members worked together to push a food cart full of ice.
"The fresh Atlantic cod ingredients have been delivered, so you can choose as you like!" The female staff member holding the scroll said to the microphone.
Now, the nine chefs who participated in the assessment started to move, and they all made great strides. Although there was no scene of snatching like the vegetable market, a tense atmosphere quietly spread among the crowd.
Identification and selection of ingredients are also part of the assessment!
Otherwise, the IGO organization would not have had such a big effort to transport the fresh cod to the site.
Nine people surrounded the cart, their eyes sharp, and searched for the cod they liked in the frozen water that was burning cold.
Xia Yu is also one of them.
In fact, he was confused.
If freshwater fish is often processed and cooked, he can talk all day long.
However, cod is a marine species, mainly produced in cold waters of the North Atlantic Ocean from Nordic to Canada and eastern America. Currently, the main producing countries of cod are Iceland, Norway, Canada and Russia.
Neon in Hokkaido's fishing grounds can also be salvaged, but the yield is not high.
The old man rarely asked him to deal with cod over the years. Because there is no Chinese cuisine on the menu of Xia’s Cuisine Restaurant, which is the staple Chinese food.
Xia Yu didn't know much about cod, and he just stayed on superficial knowledge such as the place of origin. It would be a dilemma for him to choose ingredients.
Let’s put it this way, this assessment question happened to hit his cooking skills and weakness!
So, standing in front of the cart and motionless, he became the target of the broadcast of large screen shots above the venue.
Masato Kamihara stared at the big screen, his face slightly darkened.
"Mr. Kaguhara, that boy is the chef you take special care of?" Gin Dojima was curious. If he had been trained by a professional chef and had enough cooking experience, he would not have been able to choose cod.
Masato Kamihara felt a little embarrassed.
The IGO organization, in Neon, can be said to be coexisting and competitive with the Aotsuki lineage. Although unhappy, Masato Kamihara nodded and said in a deep voice: "I believe he can make a dish that satisfies us."
"Then let's wait and see." Gin Dojima's eyes flashed.
Ryoko Lina's pair of wonderful eyes were always placed on Xia Yu. She didn't watch the broadcast screen, and when she saw other chefs, she moved the lively cod back to her kitchen counter. Xia Yu still stood like a petrified person, and her thin eyebrows finally gradually frowned.
The audience was also talking.
"What is that boy doing? The cooking time of 2 hours is very hasty!" A chef who came to participate in the one-star assessment was puzzled.
"I'm still too young. I don't think I'm a student in Yuanyue. Sure enough, I encountered difficulties in choosing ingredients at the beginning. And this is just the beginning, and there are many details to deal with cod."
"Then you don't have to look at it. This boy is the first to be eliminated!"
Listening to the sound coming from behind, Miyoko Hojo could not help but feel restless.
Blind spot!
Even she felt a little embarrassed. Cod. A ingredients rarely used in traditional Chinese cuisine. Coastal provinces have more contact with this type of aquatic products, but overall, freshwater fish is the mainstream.
On the other side.
"Sir Erina, he seems to be in trouble." The purple-haired girl, Hirako Nito whispered behind Erina Nakiri.
It was really a coincidence today. Not only did Gin Dojima come to IGO Tokyo headquarters to discuss matters, but Erina Nakiri has also come. She was already a two-star IGO chef. This time she came here, she applied for the Samsung assessment and waited in the venue lounge for a while.
The previous broadcast made her curious. The luxurious lineup of examiners showed that there were not simple characters in the two-star exam area, but what Nakirina didn't expect was that she met the annoying chef again!
"He has not received professional chef training, and there are many blind spots in the cooking area." A mockery appeared on the corner of Erina Nakiri's mouth, "So what about Mr. Xia Qing's grandson? The wild path is the wild path. He doesn't even know about the 'nutritionist on the table' like cod!"
Nakirina's words really made Natsuyu unjust.
Cod became famous in Western Europe. It can be said that it is similar to Chinese dumplings, German elbows, and neon sushi, and has become a carrier of civilization.
This kind of fish is also found along the Pacific coast, but countries along the Pacific coast generally have no interest in this kind of fish. Because the cod tastes rough and has a light taste, it does not conform to the aesthetic of "freshness" in the pan-Chinese cultural circle of East Asia.
So, there is a strange phenomenon in the mainland of the motherland. Local cod cannot become popular and the prices are even cheaper. The prices of black cod and silver cod transported from abroad are exaggerated.
No matter how the outside world discusses it, Xia Yu is in a wonderful state at this time.
Chef God Space.
"System, put out all the edible cod species for me!"
Chapter completed!