Uncle Liu's existence is unfamiliar to most of the students present, and he is different from people like Nakiri Senzaemon who have been in high positions for a long time and have their own majesty. Without showing off, he is He is no different from an ordinary little old man. At best, he is a spirited little old man. There is nothing unusual about him.
Many times, the same words spoken by different people have different powers. Most students here regard Uncle Liu as an inexplicable little old man. Although they also think that Uncle Liu's words have some truth, they will not chew on them too much. .
However, some of these students know how powerful Uncle Liu is. Needless to say, the students of Jixingliao are living with Uncle Liu now. From time to time, they can get a few words of advice from Uncle Liu, even if it is just a few words. They have gained a lot, and the people in Jixingliao have already regarded Uncle Liu as a great elder.
On the last day of the residential training, those students who were invited by Nakiri Senzaemon Kai Xiaozao to watch Uncle Liu teach Yan Kai's "Eighteen Translations of Fish Leaping over the Dragon Gate" also knew Uncle Liu's extraordinary abilities, so for Liu Bo They listened very carefully to Bo's words.
Especially Nakiri Alice, she is a member of the Nakiri family. Although she doesn’t know everything about Uncle Liu, she has also heard her family mention that Uncle Liu is the Taishan Beidou in the world of Chinese raw materials, because some Totsuki lives far away. Moon Resort now accepts Tian Suohui as a disciple. In order to teach Tian Suohui nearby, he moved to Jixing Liao.
She also knew that Uncle Liu knew many powerful cooking techniques and was a true mobile treasure trove for cooks, so she listened very carefully.
In addition to Alice Nakiri, there is someone among the students who knows Uncle Liu's power even better than Alice Nakiri. She is Miyoko Hojo.
As a long-established Chinese restaurant in Yokohama, Shinkawa-ro is inextricably linked to the world of Chinese food cooking. Most Japanese cooks know very little about the closed world of Chinese food cooking. Many people even think of the four giants in the world of Chinese food cooking. I don’t even know the “two restaurants on the second floor”, but Xinchuanlou knows all the famous chefs in the field of Chinese ingredients.
Miyoko Hojo didn't know Uncle Liu's identity when she first met him, but after she reported the information about "Eighteen Turns of Fish Leaping over the Dragon Gate" and the old man named Liu to her family, Hojo's father immediately recognized Uncle Liu's identity.
The previous generation of Ju Xia Downstairs, one of the "Two Restaurants on the Second Floor" in the Central Plains, studied at three other restaurants on the second floor and two restaurants, the most prestigious restaurant in the world of Chinese raw materials. The winner of the first "State Banquet Competition" in the Central Plains, the only remaining super-class chef in the field of raw material management in the Central Plains, and the reputation of the "God of Cooking in the Central Plains", Senior Liu Kuiyang Liu has been missing for more than 30 years!
In the star-studded world of Chinese raw material cooking, Liu Kuiyang is like a superstar. His status is as high as that of Japan's "Gourmet Demon" Nakiri Senzaemon, and his main job is in charge of the Totsuki Group. Unlike Nakiri Senzaemon who runs and trains Totsuki Academy students, Liu Kuiyang is a solid front-line worker and the strongest cook who dominates with his cooking skills. This kind of existence will undoubtedly make people admire him even more.
The Chinese cooking industry has never been interested in international gastronomic competitions, because almost all outstanding Chinese chefs are busy preparing to participate in the "State Banquet Competition", so how can they have any free time to pay attention to foreign competitions? I'm afraid only those second-rate cooks who are not even qualified to participate in the "State Banquet Competition" will be like this.
The "State Banquet Competition" was founded after the "reform" of the Central Plains. It is held every four years and is officially organized by the Central Plains. It represents the highest level of the food competition in the Central Plains culinary industry. This competition invites famous chefs from the Central Plains to allow those who Chefs representing the highest skills of various cuisines from all over the Central Plains have tried their best to compete for 108 places on the "State Banquet Menu". This food event is the pinnacle battlefield of the Central Plains culinary world. All Central Plains chefs can participate in this event. We are proud to be a major event in the Central Plains culinary community.
In the Central Plains, it doesn’t matter how many stars a hotel is rated, it doesn’t matter how the store is decorated, it doesn’t matter what the service level is, it doesn’t even matter which famous chef serves as the head chef, the only criterion to judge whether a hotel is a first-class hotel in the Central Plains is The most important thing is whether the hotel's signature dishes are on the "state banquet menu" and only how many dishes are on it.
Nowadays, the Chinese food industry respects "two restaurants on the second floor" because any one of these two restaurants on the second floor has had more than ten signature dishes selected for the "state banquet menu" in the latest five "State Banquet Competitions" "This is the reason why the second restaurant on the second floor can be proud of the Central Plains culinary world.
The main purpose of the "State Banquet Competition" is to select outstanding dishes from all over the Central Plains to be added to the "State Banquet Menu" as representatives of Central Plains cuisine. It is actually the same as the "Manchu-Han Banquet" during the feudal dynasty, but it is more fair and authoritative, and it is not Fixed and re-ranked every four years to encourage the innovative spirit of chefs from the Central Plains.
In theory, there is no such thing as a winner in such a food competition. However, in the first "State Banquet Competition", Liu Kuiyang came up with 61 famous dishes by himself and put them all on the "State Banquet Menu", directly occupying the top spot. With more than half of the "State Banquet Menu", it can be said that he single-handedly overturned the entire Central Plains cooking world. This battle directly established his reputation as the "Central Plains Kitchen God".
Of course, Liu Kuiyang's ability to single-handedly win 61 places on the "state banquet menu" had a lot to do with the environment at the time.
The first "State Banquet Competition" was held at the beginning of the "reopening" period. The domestic private economy was in the ascendant and there were not many private restaurants. The catering industry had not yet entered the prosperous age of "a hundred flowers blooming and a hundred schools of thought contending." Although the two restaurants on the second floor each have more than a hundred years of history, history, but with the exception of Juxialou, where Uncle Liu worked, the other three were all private restaurants. They were disbanded under the intervention of the state shortly after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and were later re-registered after the "reopening", and the state-owned restaurants that have always existed There is an essential difference between the restaurant Juxia downstairs.
Therefore, during the first "State Banquet Competition", the descendants of the other three families were busy restoring their ancestral businesses and had no extra energy to participate in the competition. This was how the first "State Banquet Competition" was finally formed. With one family being the dominant one, by the time the other three families entered the competition, it was already the second "State Banquet Competition".
But even so, Liu Kuiyang is still the well-deserved number one in the Central Plains culinary world and an unprecedented monument in the Central Plains culinary world. Considering that Liu Kuiyang's record in the first "State Banquet Competition" can no longer be replicated, the Central Plains culinary world is blooming again. No other restaurant has such dominance, and it would not be too much to add that "no one will come after it."
Miyoko Hojo didn't know why the legendary Liu Kuiyang, who imitated his ancestor, the Supreme Dragon Chef Liu Pleiadesing, to travel in his later years, appeared in Japan and at Totsuki Resort, but she knew that every word that Liu Kuiyang said had a profound impact on the cook. These are all golden rules. If Yan Kai hadn't stipulated that no mobile phones were allowed in class, she would have wanted to take out her mobile phone and record every word Uncle Liu said, and listen to it again and again hundreds of times after the class was over.
"I'm not opposed to hard training. If you want to master any skill, how can you do it without hard work? But hard training is just a way, not the goal. In the process of hard training, your brain will always work harder than your body!"
As he spoke, Uncle Liu had already cleaned his hands, then picked up the remaining beef from Sansu and placed it on the chopping board. He also held the kitchen knife in his hand.
His hands were wrinkled and skinny, like chicken claws.
Normally for an old man at his age, his hands would tremble as soon as he lifted them up. Even going to the toilet to pee would be a big problem.
Uncle Liu does not know martial arts. Even though he is healthier than the average old man because of his proficiency in diet therapy, in the face of aging, this "Central Plains God of Cooking" who has created countless legends in the Central Plains cooking world still has no ability to resist. Until now, His hands had also begun to tremble unnaturally from time to time.
But when Uncle Liu held the kitchen knife in his hand, it was steady without any shaking. He slowly sliced the beef into slices, not at an alarming speed, just as slow as an ordinary little old man's rhythm, but it was steady.
A good piece of frosty beef was soon cut into many thin slices by Uncle Liu. He said to Yan Kai: "Xiao Kai, please share these with these children."
Yan Kai nodded, waved his hand, and the frosty beef sashimi sliced thinly by Uncle Liu turned into a shower of flowers, and then landed on the dinner plates of Yuanyue students without missing a beat.
The students knew that Uncle Liu had given them a taste, so they picked it up and put it into their mouths. Some students even thanked Uncle Liu before eating.
The thin slices were obviously beef cut from the same part, but this time it entered the students' mouths and brought another wonderful experience to the students.
“What a mild taste!”
After eating the sashimi from Liu Bo Pian, the students fell into intoxication for a long time. Different from the feeling of fullness brought by Yan Kai's sashimi, the beef sashimi from Liu Bo Pian is equally rich in taste, but its richness The taste did not burst out all at once, but flowed slowly and very gently, allowing the students to savor it for a long time.
"It's incredible. The sashimi is obviously made from the same piece of beef, but the people handling it are different. Why is there such a big difference?"
Not all the beef sashimi was given to the students. Yan Kaishang left a few slices for themselves. Nakiri Erina also ate a slice. In addition to the same full and rich taste, it also brought people a sense of enjoyment in other aspects. The feeling can be said to be completely different. Nakiri Erina can clearly feel that the sashimi contains Uncle Liu's warm heart, just like the warm sunshine in winter. Just shining on her is enough to relieve her fatigue these days.
Mr. Liu is really a very gentle cook!
Nakiri Erina, who has the "God's Tongue", can enter the spiritual level of cooking more easily than ordinary people. This is her unique talent. After eating Liu Bo's beef sashimi, she felt like she was standing on the grassland, with blue sky and white clouds. Green grass and streams, as well as the intoxicating breeze and Wagyu cattle walking leisurely, it is a peaceful and comfortable pasture scenery, which is completely different from the bull-like impact that Wayan Kai beef sashimi brings to her.
Pooh! Bad guy!
Nakiri Erina glanced sideways at Yankai.
At the same time, he also looked at Tian Suohui, feeling a little jealous of her in his heart.
To be favored by such an amazing cook, this girl from the countryside has accumulated a lot of virtue over her lifetime!
Wait, something's wrong!
Nakiri Erina suddenly realized that the taste of this sashimi was wrong!
No, it’s not that there is any special difference in taste between Liu Bo’s sashimi and Yan Kai’s, but the difference is so small that there is almost no difference!
This seems to be a normal thing, because Liu Bo originally sliced beef sashimi from the remaining three tendons of the Yan Kai slice, but it is also very abnormal, because the sashimi made by the two people was almost half the time apart. Hours!
For sashimi, the freshness of the ingredients is a crucial element of the dish. For a "God's Tongue" like Erina Nakiri, the sashimi sliced from the same piece of beef can be sliced half an hour apart. Two completely different flavors, but the taste of the sashimi made by Uncle Liu was exactly the same as the sashimi made by Yan Kai. It seemed that they were made at the same time. This made Erina Nakiri almost suspect that her tongue was bad. Lost!
"Your tongue is not bad."
Yan Kai saw Erina Nakiri's disbelieving expression and knew what she was thinking, and smiled slightly.
Xue Wenhai also tasted a piece of beef sashimi carefully, and then clapped softly: "It is said that the Liu family of Juxialou has a unique skill called 'Rejuvenation Knife Technique', which can restore ingredients that have missed their best tasting period to the best tasting ones." At that time, he was known as the 'ultimate swordsmith'. I have the chance to meet him today, which is a blessing to my life!"
Yan Kai glanced at Xue Wenhai with crooked eyes. If he and Xue Wenhai hadn't eaten the dishes made by Yan Fei using the "Rejuvenation Knife Technique" together, he would have almost believed Xue Wenhai's words.
Xue Wenhai is not entirely honest.
"'Rejuvenation Knife Technique'? Can ingredients that have missed their best tasting period be restored to the time when they tasted their best? Is there such a knife technique in the world?"
Nakiri Erina was shocked and used knife skills to reverse the corruption of ingredients. Is this still scientific?
"Hehehehe, it's not that exaggerated, it's not that exaggerated!" Uncle Liu said with a smile, "To be honest, it's just a method of processing ingredients. What is the 'ultimate knife skill'? That's so exaggerated!"
After finishing speaking, Nakiri Erina was hesitant to speak. She obviously wanted to know the secret of this "Rejuvenating Sword Technique" but couldn't say it, so she said bluntly: "There is no secret to this sword technique. To put it bluntly, it is the ultimate in the use of ingredients." Understand, you must understand first, and then you can change. The same is true of the texture and veins of all things that Xiaokai said before. As chefs, you should all know the food properties of the ingredients, but let me ask you again, do you understand each ingredient? Are there any similarities and differences between individuals?”
Nakiri Erina is at a loss for words. Food is food. With the tongue of God, she can be called a database of food. She can distinguish any slight taste and can tell the origin of salt blindfolded. These are things that make Nakiri Erina proud of. , but it would be a joke to ask her to distinguish the differences between individual ingredients, and I am afraid no one can do it.
