Shokugeki: Start with an izakaya, making everyone cry

Chapter 63 Fugu Sashimi
Izakaya.

Tonight, we will continue to operate.

That Kobayashi Ryodan who hadn’t been to the izakaya for two days finally showed up again!
before.

She came to the izakaya.

They basically wear the blue and white Totsuki school uniform.

It's not that this kind of school uniform is not beautiful, on the contrary, every time she wears it, she really looks like a Totsuki student, pure and energetic!
But today she was wearing a dark red short shawl coat. The exquisite tailoring made her look small and exquisite, and the round neck showed off her beautiful collarbones.

Such a fashionable outfit can set off her excellent figure even more.

At the same time, paired with a light black velvet knee-length skirt and a pair of black high boots, she has a unique style between maturity and youth!
At this moment, Xiaolin Ringtong just found a place to sit down.

Immediately afterwards, she started to frown, and occasionally sighed, looking very depressed!
"what happened?"

"Anything on your mind?"

At this time, Zhang Fan gently placed a bottle of low-concentration sake in front of her and asked casually.

Kobayashi Ringtong raised his head slightly, glanced at Zhang Fan and did not reply. Instead, he quickly opened the bottle cap of the sake and took a sip.

"Whoo~"

"Really happy!"

After saying that, Kobayashi Ringtong put down the bottle of wine, and his eyes suddenly became sad again.

……

"In two days."

"It's time for the assessment at the beginning of school."

"It turns out that two days ago, Si Yingshi was recruiting for the Ten Elite Council, and he arranged for me to be the interviewer for this assessment!"

Then, Kobayashi Gendan, who was feeling very puzzled, whispered softly.

"Oh."

"Is school about to start?"

Zhang Fan just responded calmly when he heard this.

"right!"

In a few days, I will be a third grader. "

After saying this, Kobayashi Gendan sighed a little.

"So you haven't been to the izakaya in the past two days because you were busy with the start of school?"

Zhang Fan thought for a while and finally understood why Kobayashi Ryodan hadn't come to the izakaya in the past two days.

According to the timeline of the original plot, the "leading male protagonist" Yukihira Soma at this time should still be running the Yukihira small restaurant with Joichiro.

He will probably have to wait until after the school entrance examination is over and take part in the transfer student entrance examination that Erina is responsible for before he truly enters Totsuki Academy, right?
However, these things had nothing to do with Zhang Fan, so he didn't bother to pay attention.

……

"The owner."

"Are you raising puffer fish lately?"

Ringtong Kobayashi, who had not been here for two days, had to look around the izakaya with a pair of curious eyes.

When she saw a large aquarium in the corner, there were 10 puffer fish in the aquarium.

Involuntarily, her eyes lit up slightly.

"Ok!"

"It doesn't count as raising, right?"

Zhang Fan was stunned and could only answer vaguely.

Hearing this, Ringtong Kobayashi quickly stood up and walked closer to the aquarium, staring at the pufferfish with his big watery eyes.

Perhaps she is good at rare ingredients, so she is inevitably interested in things like puffer fish.

Of course, it's also possible that the puffer fish is cute and cute, which has won her heart.

"The owner."

"Can I catch him?"

"Okay, whatever you want is fine!"

After getting Zhang Fan's consent, Kobayashi Ryoden stretched out his hand and grabbed the small tail of a puffer fish in the aquarium, letting it sway gently in the air.

And this puffer fish may have been angry because of Kobayashi Gentian's actions.

After making a "chirp, chirp, chirp" sound, the belly quickly swelled up, like a round little rubber ball, which was very cute!

"Ha ha!"

"It's really interesting." Seeing this, Kobayashi Gentian smiled inadvertently.

"Like it?"

"like."

"Who wouldn't like this little animal?"

Kobayashi Gentian responded truthfully.

"If you like, I can kill it right now and make it into a puffer fish sashimi for you to taste!"

Unexpectedly, just when the atmosphere seemed very warm, Zhang Fan next to him uttered demonic words.

"what?"

Xiaolin Gentian was stunned!
……

Before handling pufferfish.

You must wash your hands, disinfect them, and then use running water to remove dirt and mucus from the body surface and clean it.

Then use a pair of scissors to quickly cut off the mouth of the puffer fish, and then replace it with a killing knife, close to the fish body along the base of the pectoral fins, and cut off the pectoral fins on both sides from top to bottom.

Next, it is time to enter the peeling process.

This process requires the chef to be very cautious, because the internal organs inside cannot be damaged when peeling the skin, otherwise the toxins will flow throughout the puffer fish's body.

Zhang Fan first took a few deep breaths to relax himself.

Then he turned the blade upward and cut the skin from the head to the tail along the dividing line between the back and abdomen. The whole process was very serious!

So much so that even Kobayashi Gentian, who was watching quietly from the sidelines, couldn't help but become frightened.

The last piece of pufferfish skin was peeled off intact by Zhang Fan.

"It's amazing!"

"The knife skills used to handle puffer fish are so good."

Rientan Kobayashi, who was watching the whole process nervously, couldn't help blinking his bright eyes.

Obviously, she inevitably has a feeling of admiration for Zhang Fan's performance.

……

after that.

Wipe the fish body with a clean dry towel and absorb the water.

Use the tip of the knife instead to remove the left and right eyeballs and place them separately.

Separate the gills along the opercular bone, cut off the gill arch, connect the gills, tongue and internal organs, and separate the connection between the internal organs and muscles.

As time gradually passed, Kobayashi Ringtong could increasingly feel that Zhang Fan's process of handling the pufferfish was slow but particularly smooth, without any flaws.

Finally, Zhang Fan changed his kitchen knife again and began to cut the pufferfish.

brush!
brush!
brush!
As the kitchen knife kept waving.

Pieces of puffer fish fillets as thin as cicadas are neatly placed on a beautiful plate.

"hiss!"

"As expected of Zhang Fan."

"Such knife skills are truly superb."

Seeing the cut puffer fish fillets, which were as thin as sheets of transparent paper, as if they could be pierced with just a light poke of his finger, Ringtong Kobayashi couldn't help but marvel.

There is no doubt that Zhang Fan did everything perfectly, from cleaning, skinning, cutting all parts of the puffer fish to handling the internal organs and toxins.

At the same time, the puffer fish fillets he cuts are mainly characterized by their "thinness".

And this kind of knife skill is simply...

No one can match it!
……

Subsequently.

A plate of puffer fish sashimi was placed in front of Kobayashi Ryodan.

Under the dim light, it is as spectacular as a peacock spreading its tail, but if you look closely with your eyes, it looks like a palace fan made of blue gauze.

The puffer fish meat on the tail feathers reflects a little bit of light, like countless small mirrors, making it shine.

"It's beautiful."

“I have never seen puffer fish sashimi arranged in such a beautiful shape!”

Seeing this, Xiaolin Ringtong was so frightened that he hurriedly covered his mouth.

(End of this chapter)