Eternal food paradise

"This special make-up exam, the topic is..."

"Designated ingredients!"

Si Yingshi stood up, walked to a dining car, and pointed to a bloody thigh on the big plate above.

It was obviously the hind leg of some kind of large animal, large and strong.

"Corbel shank?"

Isekhui and Jiuga Teruji, who walked in with Xia Yan, seemed to have just learned about the exam questions. They were more active than Xia Yan, the examinee, and stepped closer to the dining car.

However, upon closer inspection, the two people's expressions gradually became weird.

Generally speaking, the meat in this area of ​​the hind legs of any animal is the roughest.

The reason is naturally directly related to the amount of exercise.

The beef tenderloin, commonly known as the 'filet mignon' area, is the area of ​​the whole cow that gets the least amount of exercise. Therefore, naturally, the meat is the most tender and soft, and it tastes delicious no matter how you cook it.

As the hind thighs support the body and support running, the muscle tissue is too strong and the meat must be rough.

What surprised Isshiki Kei and Kuaga Teruki was not the "rough" texture of the meat.

But...

There are irregular "frost" layers on the beef shank.

These are layers of fat!

Appearing on beef shank, it's like the Creator suddenly got interested and made a small, not too big, prank on the world!

The two looked at each other.

"Cut from the body of a mutant 'Wagyu'?"

A voice with a naughty smile said: "You are late. Just ten minutes ago, the people from the Yuanyue Logistics Department just left. This corbel was actually sent by the director of the Logistics Department. Look. It’s the commander-in-chief who gave the death order.”

It's a Kobayashi Gentian with long blood-red hair.

She put her hands behind her back and approached Xia Yan with a smile, staring at him up and down.

After a moment, a small white hand suddenly stretched out.

"How about we meet formally?" Xiaolin Gentian smiled and showed his sharp little tiger teeth.

She wore Totsuki's uniform and looked like a bad big sister.

Under the coat, there is a thin sweater, and then a white shirt.

The top few buttons were left unbuttoned, and when she leaned forward slightly and stretched out her hand to hold it, her unfathomable career groove was revealed.

Xia Yan looked down at her stretched out palm and found that the sleeves of the orange sweater she was wearing were much longer than the sleeves of her uniform, covering half of her palm.

It's a bit subtle. This third-year female top ten gave Xia Yan a complicated first impression.

Probably mature and charming, with a bit of playfulness and cuteness.

Seeing that Xia Yan was looking at the sleeves of her sweater that had grown longer, Xiaolin Ringtong smiled and said, "What, think about holding them all and feeling the temperature of my senior's palms?"

"Sure enough, you need love!"

"In an examination room like this, with a group of ill-intentioned people as the audience, it turns out that only the palms and arms of my senior sister can make you feel warm."

Xia Yan was secretly amused by the familiar nature of this senior. He put his fingers together and touched her palm, but did not simply hold it.

Seeing the regret that Kobayashi Rgentian immediately showed.

He couldn't help laughing: "I don't need any warmth for the time being."

"Besides, if you want to be warm, you don't have to cough..." His eyes glanced at Kobayashi Ringtong's busty career line that was still not to be underestimated as he stood up straight, and suddenly changed his tone.

"Senior Xiaolin, you seem to be quite familiar with me?"

"That's for sure. In fact, a year ago, I wanted to get to know you well, and then I heard the news that you were suspending school."

A cold voice that caused the air to drop by more than ten degrees Celsius interrupted the two people who were about to continue chatting in high spirits:

"The exam has started, the time limit is 2 hours!"

Nakiri Erina stood not far away with her arms folded, her eyes sweeping over.

"Oh, I won't bother you anymore."

Kobayashi Rgentian waved his hand, and a length of sweater sleeves grew out, like orange knitted gloves.

Xia Yan watched the woman in the second seat jump up and down and return to the group of ten elites.

He quietly wrote on the list and notes in his mind.

The string belonging to Kobayashi Gentian will be marked with a question mark for now.

To put it simply, the target of this halberd is to be determined.

Just like Yi Sehui said when she was in Jixingliao, this is a good opportunity to observe all the top ten!

Xia Yan was not in a hurry to look at the ingredients designated for the exam. Instead, he looked at the ten heroes present except for Isshiki Kei, Kuga Teruki, Kobayashi Ringtong and Nakiri Erina.

They didn't come up to talk and make friends, and looked at each other coldly.

Xia Yan didn't know how to ask for friendship. Soon, his eyes finally fell on a man wearing glasses and with his hair combed back neatly.

"Eisan Edazuya..."

Say the name silently.

The ninth seat, nicknamed ‘The Alchemist’.

Not to mention his cooking skills, his talents in business and money-making were frightening. He had already developed his personal business empire outside of school before he graduated from Yuanyue.

Ruishan, who was locked with his gaze, lowered his head and pushed up the frames of his glasses. The lenses reflected the light, making it difficult to see his reaction or look.

He is also a sophomore.

He is in the same class as Xia Yan, Ise Hui, and Jiu Ga Teruji.

Last year, from the perspective of an audience, he witnessed Xia Yan and Kuga Teruki's Shokugeki at close range.

In fact, after their "autumn selection" this year, the new top ten lineup has been fixed, and the discussion about the new top ten members has never stopped, both inside and outside the school.

Among them, the most controversial one is of course the "disappeared" legendary figures.

The student who defeated the eighth seat Kuga Teruki.

He actually didn't rank among the top ten.

Some people say that when he returns, with the seventh seat Ise Hui as the dividing line, the eighth, ninth and tenth seats below will tremble.

In fact.

Eizan Edazuya's mood at this time was indeed extremely bad.

Damn it!

Why are you staring at me? Hello!

A few drops of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

He wanted to get rid of Yan Yi, roar a few words, and vent the inexplicable panic in his heart at this moment.

Fortunately, Xia Yan stopped looking at him. He quickly turned his head and walked to the dining car, watching the ingredients he was preparing with relish.

"This amount of fat doesn't look like beef shank." Xia Yan put on disposable gloves and grabbed the beef shank.

It's a little too much to hold with both hands.

"With such a tight frost layer, it is impossible to separate fat. So the first difficulty in the food test is to deal with excess fat?"

Xia Yan thought and moved his nose. After developing his sense of smell, he could easily smell the strong smell.

"Why is the smell so scary?" He was shocked.

There is still a lingering stench vaguely.

Si Yingshi took the manual of the ingredients and explained from the side: "According to the ingredient introduction manual of the logistics department, the strong smell is due to the excessive concentration of volatile fatty acids in the meat."

"As for the fishy smell, it is caused by the beef legs and hooves connected together, the unremoved tendons and bones, and the ammonia substances in the sarcoplasmic protein..."

"stop!"

Xia Yan doesn't want to hear professional terms like "volatile fatty acids" and "sarcoplasmic protein" right now.

He rubbed his temples and said, "Let me be quiet and think about it."

When it comes to ways to get rid of the fishy smell, at least a dozen common and useful methods instantly came to his mind.

For example, let beef shank and white radish be cooked together.

For example, before formal cooking, add a little rice vinegar to the water and boil the beef shank first.

Next, it comes to the use of some spices.

Angelica dahurica.

Although the taste is bitter, it can effectively remove the fishy smell.

There is also 'Ginger', the usage is similar to that of Angelica dahurica. However, like Angelica dahurica, the amount must be carefully controlled. Even if there is an extra 1 gram, the flavor of the dish will be distorted.

Xia Yan wanted to spread his hands:

Look, after all this talk, it comes back to the control and use of spices.

This is enough to show how versatile the 'seasoning' technique is, or in other words, the system specialty after his "Escape Wind" advanced change, the secret spice bag, has extra unpredictable characteristics, really Every pack has a way to use it!

Coincidentally, when he was preparing for the tea party last night and drawing cards, he pulled out a packet of 'All-Purpose Stew Spice Packs' with a not too complicated structure.

It contains angelica root, ginger and other spices that can suppress the smell of mutton!

"No need to use the original version! It's a waste!"

"I think I should try to imitate and learn the formula inside the spice bag. Maybe I can get the know-how in the field of premium spices?"

Not long after the make-up exam started, an old man with white hair and white beard arrived quietly outside the door with Souma Yukihira.

As soon as the two of them stood in the shadow of the blind spot of Shijie and Xia Yan's sight, they heard Xia Yan's voice:

"...There are some spices that are not available here, namely grass fruit, star anise, coriander seeds..."

"ah!"

Then, as if something happened to him, there was a low cry at the end of the sentence.

Ding.

Xia Yan checks the late system tasks.

[Task-'First trial of strange ingredients'. 】

[Content: This is a kind of abnormal beef with a foul and fishy smell that gives even top chefs headaches. It is also a complete beef leg that is difficult to cook properly. The 'answer sheet' submitted by the host requires dark/luminous/medicated. These 3 Among the indexes, there are at least two of them, and the concentration reaches 'medium' or above. 】

[Reward: Silver Treasure Chest*2. 】