Shokugeki: Start with an izakaya, making everyone cry

Chapter 58 The most extreme knife skills

There are many Chinese dishes that showcase knife skills.

But when it comes to rankings, Wensi Tofu wouldn’t dare to rank first, and the top few are more than enough!
First of all.

Preparing a piece of lactone tofu.

The reason why soft tofu is not used is because the texture of lactone tofu is tender and tough, and it is not easy to break when cut.

Afterwards, Zhang Fan poured some water on the blade.

The three fingers of the left hand are against the kitchen knife and slowly move back. The right hand keeps lifting the knife and quickly drops it on the tofu.

Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
The sound of the kitchen knife colliding with the chopping board was endless.

Maybe it's because he cuts the tofu too fast, and it feels like he's chopping randomly to Annie and Kukuchiengo!
But in fact, Zhang Fan's speed and force of each strike were carefully calculated.

Finally, when he finished cutting the tofu, he saw that the fat tofu on the chopping board was still square, with no trace of being cut by the kitchen knife!

"It's strange."

"You just made so many cuts, why does the tofu still seem to be intact?"

Seeing this scene, Anne felt very puzzled.

As the first-class executive officer of WGO, she has inspected many chefs who are good at Chinese cuisine and has also seen many ways of making Wensi Tofu.

However, there is no doubt that the strength displayed by Zhang Fan, especially his knife skills for cutting lactone tofu, is truly extraordinary!

……

"Next."

"Don't blink."

"This is a moment when you can witness a miracle!"

After saying that, Zhang Fan gently soaked the cut tofu cubes in a pot filled with water.

Soon, each strand of tofu, as slender as hair, began to slowly spread out in the pot, like a small hydrangea with countless burrs, or like a chrysanthemum with countless petals blooming. It was very spectacular. !

"what?"

"Is this shredded tofu?"

"Are...are they so thin?"

Annie was so frightened that she covered her mouth, her eyes filled with disbelief!

The biggest characteristics of Chinese food are definitely the knife skills and heat.

But the control of fire is actually easy to master, while knife skills are a process of practice year after year, which should belong to muscle memory.

Judging from her experience, it would take 10 years, no, at least 15 years, to hone a swordsman like Zhang Fan, right?

"The owner."

"How old are you this year?"

Then, Annie couldn't help but raise her head and asked Zhang Fan.

"I happened to celebrate my 20th birthday on the day the izakaya opened." Zhang Fan shrugged and replied without thinking.

"20 years old?"

"Do you have such skilled knife skills?"

After Anne heard this, her face was filled with shock and confusion!
……

For a while.

Her work is very busy.

That’s why I thought of coming to the izakaya to have a drink and relax myself tonight!
In the end, she really didn't expect that the owner of this izakaya would be so mysterious and powerful.

Then, ignoring Annie, Zhang Fan continued to cut the washed mushrooms, winter bamboo shoots, chicken breast, vegetables and other ingredients into thin strips.

Place the pot on the fire, ladle in the carefully cooked chicken soup and bring it to a boil, then add shredded mushrooms, winter bamboo shoots, chicken breast and pork, green cabbage leaves, add salt and bring to a boil again.

Followed by.

Then take another pot.

Ladle in the clear soup, bring to a boil and add the shredded tofu. When the shredded tofu floats to the surface of the soup, scoop it up with a slotted spoon and put it into a soup bowl.

Finally, a bowl of Wensi Tofu is completed!
thin!
This is the characteristic of Wensi Tofu.

But the Wensi Tofu that Zhang Fan made was even more meticulous to the point of being insane.

"Chop the tofu so finely."

"It won't affect the taste of the whole dish. I really don't understand you!" Looking at the amazing bowl of Wensi tofu in front of her, Annie suddenly remembered the problem and complained to Zhang Fan.

……

It is undeniable.

The purpose of knife skills is to make the dish more mature, more evenly heated and more flavorful, or to change the shape of the ingredients to affect the taste of the entire dish.

Therefore, generally when cooking vegetables are sliced ​​or shredded, the thinner and finer they are, the faster they will cook.

As for stews, because they take a long time to cook, they usually have to be cut into large pieces, otherwise the ingredients will stew and become a dish!

In other words.

After all, knife skills must be considered in terms of how they affect the taste and texture of the ingredients.

Therefore, in Anne's eyes, any knife craftsmanship that does not aim to make food more delicious is a hooliganism.

The bowl of Wensi Tofu in front of me seems to be different from other chefs except that the tofu cubes are cut very finely.

She simply couldn't imagine how much cutting the lactone tofu into such fine pieces would help improve the taste and texture?

"Is that right?"

"I thought you were the first-class executive officer of WGO."

"When facing this bowl of Wensi tofu, I would have a high-level discussion, but I didn't expect it to be so superficial!"

Hearing this, Zhang Fan just shook his head, and then raised the corners of his mouth slightly, as if he was mocking Anne in this half-smiling way.

"Ok?"

"Could it be that this bowl of Wensi tofu..."

Listening to Zhang Fan's words, Annie was not angry.

She was stunned for a moment, and then she quickly began to use a small spoon to scoop up bits of shredded tofu, and then she stared at it with wide eyes.

"what?"

"what happened?"

"These tofu shreds are obviously cut so finely."

"But after being simmered at high temperature, it didn't even melt, was durable, rotten, or broken!"

Finally, it seemed that she noticed the most terrifying thing about this Wensi tofu dish, and Annie couldn't help but feel shocked!

So that’s it, the izakaya shop owner in front of me is not only good at knife skills!

……

Can't help but.

Annie couldn't wait to take this spoonful of shredded tofu into her mouth.

The moment she entered, many thoughts popped into her head.

"How does it feel?"

"what?"

"This one……"

Facing Zhang Fan's question, Annie felt a little embarrassed!

At any rate, she was the first-class executive officer of WGO, but in the end she couldn't even taste the taste of Wensi Tofu!
"I just took the first bite in a hurry and didn't taste anything."

After saying that, Annie continued to hold the spoon, once again took a small mouthful of shredded tofu, and slowly tasted it under Zhang Fan's gaze.

Correct!
It's slowly.

Then, she frowned.

Ah!
how to say?

The taste is not as amazing as I imagined!

It feels very light, and it is not even an exaggeration to say that it is like drinking boiled water. There is nothing shocking at all!
and many more!

This melt-in-your-mouth feeling.

This feeling of each strand of tofu quickly breaking in your mouth, what on earth is going on?
"No!"

"This feeling."

"Ah... I have to... I have to... I can't do it anymore!"

(End of this chapter)