Chapter 79: French Silver Cod
One hour outside, the day has actually passed.
From time to time, Masato Kamihara looked at the timer above the venue and his brows were tightened.
"He stood like this for an hour, right?"
Gin Dojima glanced at the other chefs, and the other eight chefs, each in the kitchen counter, busy and busy.
Hey.
But after looking carefully, Gin Dojima found an abnormal person.
A female chef who looked like a college graduate placed a fat cod fish weighing more than 20 centimeters long and three or four pounds flat on the kitchen table, gently placed her fair hands on the fish's belly, closed her eyes, and kept murmuring something in her mouth.
The female chef also attracted the attention and discussion of the audience.
"Is it a special cooking skill?" Gin Dojima said, his eyes lingering on the female chef and Xia Yu, with a slight radiance in his eyes.
Masato Kamihara and Lina Ryoko also turned her eyes to the female chef and looked at each other in shock.
Ryoko Lina could read some lips a little, and as she looked, her face gradually became solemn.
"She... seems to be communicating with the ingredients!" Ryoko Lina said in surprise.
Communicate with ingredients?
Now, Kamihara Masato and Dojima Gin were not simply surprised, but were shocked.
"Are you sure?" Kamihara Masato asked in a deep voice.
"I'll observe again!"
Ryoko Lina stared at the female chef.
Gin Dojima was not calm inside.
Ordinary chefs, special chefs, and further up there are "Lin" chefs at the top of the country and even around the world.
Speaking of which, the level of "Lin" is a long history. It is said that it was spread from the Chinese mainland a hundred years ago, and finally such a rating was gradually established worldwide. After the establishment of the IGO food institution, it just followed the old system.
Gin Dojima, Masato Kamihara and Lina Ryoko are all stuck under "Rin", and are among the top group of super-level chefs.
It is not easy to be promoted to "Lin" chef.
One of the most basic conditions is to understand the mystery of food and be able to hear the sound of food.
I'm afraid some chefs cannot communicate with food. This is already a higher level of "food meaning", and perhaps it is more appropriate to call it talent.
At this time, there was already a speculation in the minds of Gin Dojima and the other two:
Super auditory?
The crowd suddenly made a noise, and Gin Dojima and others withdrew their gaze from the female chef, and turned to find that Xia Yu, who had been standing for an hour, finally woke up.
Moreover, after walking around the aquatic cart, Xia Yu was confused this time and steadily caught a cod in the frozen water that was burning cold.
The broadcast screen above the venue specially gave a long close-up shot of the cod in Xia Yu's arms.
"Hey, he actually chose a silver cod..."
"It's silver cod, and it's French silver cod fished in waters around the Antarctic. The global catch of this cod is only about 20,000 tons... The price in the neon aquatic products market is about 3,000 yen per catty!"
"Hiss, it's really expensive! I'm afraid only IGO dares to supply this expensive cod unlimitedly in the chef's rating assessment! More importantly, they are still fresh!"
The audience was talking, and there were many chefs who specialized in aquatic products.
Masato Kamihara glanced at the broadcasting screen and waved to the female staff next to her. When she got closer, she asked in a low voice: "How many silver cod have you put in the aquatic car?"
"By number, one per person, the chef picked the last one."
The female staff seemed to be afraid that Masato Kamihara would misunderstand, so they quickly explained: "We are still in the aquatic car and have other fish species, such as oil fish and Minata fish... Their size and weight have been carefully screened. If they don't know much about aquatic products, the probability of picking the Chinese cod is very low."
Waving his hand and waiting for the staff to retreat, Masato Kamihara was relieved to meet Dojima Gin. Ryoko Lina smiled and said, "It seems that these nine people are standing on the same starting line."
“Same starting line?”
Gin Dojima pointed to the timer above the venue, "There are less than 60 minutes left. Are you sure he can think of his own recipe at this time and present it?"
The assessment is about responding to the on-the-spot situation.
In two hours, the previous hour, most chefs probably treat the ingredients while thinking about the recipes in mind.
Now Xia Yu undoubtedly lost the opportunity to think, and the time he left for him to process ingredients and cook dishes was very hasty. During the process, he was a little hesitant and confused, but the result was that he could not serve his own dishes within the specified time and was eliminated.
"As long as there is no mistake in the ingredients, I have confidence in him for the rest." Kamihara Masato smiled.
"This guy who is gone - shit luck..."
In front of the railing of the audience seat, Erina Nakiri gritted her teeth and looked at Natsuyu holding a big fish and walked towards her side.
Coincidentally, there are vacant and unused kitchen counters near the audience, which is also the worst position. If you are too close to the audience, you will easily be affected.
Bang!
Putting a large silver cod on the kitchen counter, Xia Yu was not in a hurry to deal with the cod, but turned his head and strided hard to make a big stride in the venue, and selected the ingredients he needed.
In fact, choosing ingredients is very simple for Xia Yu.
Even if he doesn't understand, he can use the system's "food identification" to accurately obtain the information and quality of the ingredients.
The question is what kind of cooking should be made with cod after selecting ingredients. This is his intention to go to the Chef God Space for temporary lessons.
I tried many ways to cook in the Chef God Space, from classic Western cuisine, salt cod cake, shiitake mushroom braised cod, to pan-fried, steamed, braised, crispy fried, and the system scores were not too high, so Xia Yu decided to return to Chinese cuisine and make what he is best at. This is also his first area of expertise.
The main ingredient is cod, and it has it.
The ingredients to be looked for next are not complicated. Xia Yu repeatedly searched on the kitchen counter full of ingredients, and finally smiled and found an inconspicuous ingredient in a small vegetable basket.
Horse hoof.
The regular scientific name of this thing is water chestnut, and it is called Hei Cigu in neon.
The ingredients were very small, and Xia Yu only took more than a dozen pieces, turned around and went to find other ingredients.
Small silverfish, salmon roe, shredded cheese, onion, mushrooms...
For seasonings, there are regular kitchen counters. Xia Yu just took mint leaves and fresh green tea leaves, filled all the ingredients in a basket, and then took calm steps to return to his own kitchen counter position.
"Kitchen knife?"
Seeing his eyes glanced at the knife holder, Xia Yu shook his head, lowered his body, pretending to look for a knife in the small backpack he was carrying, but in fact he communicated with the items in the chef system and took out the [Broken Jade Knife].
Although this knife is not suitable for handling marine fresh food, Xia Yu, who has no spare knives at present, has no choice.
The kitchen knives provided by IGO are very good, both Japanese, Chinese and Western. Unfortunately, they are not handy when used, which seriously affects efficiency.
At this time, factors that are not conducive to cooking can be eliminated if they can be eliminated.
"There's not much time!"
"Riding against time!"
Chapter completed!