Beishan Xingyi was in the middle, Yan Kai sat on the left, and Anne, the first-class executive officer of WGO, sat on the right with a depressed look on her face.
This is the judging panel of the "United Shogun" that determines Totsuki's future.
"Well, I know nothing I say now can change the composition of the jury, but I just want to ask, do you two have professional food appreciation skills?"
Anne is still making her last efforts.
She only occupies one seat on the jury, and she is not the main judge. The WGO has never suffered such grievances, but she cannot just leave, because if she leaves now, wouldn't it appear that the WGO has a guilty conscience?
Kitayama Xingyi glanced at the wizened Anne, with a contemptuous smile on her lips: "Have you ever heard of 'Three Generations of Food'?"
Anne always felt as if she was being despised, but she still replied: "Of course I have heard of it. It is said that if the father, son and grandson continue to enjoy delicious food, after three generations, the taste of their descendants will become different from ordinary people, and Let’s just say that it takes three generations of people to cultivate an excellent gourmet.”
"Yes, that's right!" Kitayama Xingyi looked at Anne proudly and said: "My Kitayama family started in the Muromachi shogunate, flourished in the Tokugawa shogunate, and continues to this day. It is an ancient family with a history of more than 500 years. I ...Although I, Hengshan Xingyi, am only a member of the Beishan family branch, and I have generations of ancestors who can enjoy all the delicacies on the jade plate, you...you, a little girl who doesn't even know what your ancestors did, dare to question me. Taste?"
"Well, I...I..."
Faced with Kitayama Xingyi's aggressiveness, Annie was so panicked that she was speechless.
At this time, Yan Kai tapped the table with his finger: "The first dish has been prepared. Please be quiet first and prepare to review the dishes."
Only then did Beishan Xingyi look away, and Annie also breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but cast a grateful look at Yan Kai.
Hey, wait a minute, this guy seemed to be disapproving of WGO before. He is clearly not a companion...
Anne was in a little tangle.
The first person to serve her own food was Ningning Ning Ning. She pushed up her pair of glasses that matched those of Yan Kai and said with a straight face: "Soba noodles with sakura shrimp tempura, please." !”
Looking at the soba noodles with a surface as delicate as women's skin, Annie immediately forgot about everything else and entered the state of food review. She picked up her chopsticks and said: "Then I'm not welcome, let's start the review process!"
Annie first dipped the buckwheat noodles from Ning Ning in the Kingdom of Kinokuni into the matching soup stock. With a slight sip, the noodles slid into her mouth. After chewing them carefully, Annie ate another one as a side dish. Sakura shrimp tempura.
Closing her eyes and savoring the taste, Anne looked intoxicated. Others, whether it was the Totsuki students in the audience or the contestants from both sides, were all salivating, thinking that they must have soba noodles for dinner tonight.
Opening her eyes slightly, Annie closed her eyes and reminisced about the soba noodles from Ning Ning of the Kingdom of Kyrgyzstan. She said with a very satisfied expression: "The soba noodles are so slender that they can slide into the throat at once, paired with the elegant and rich bonito stock. Coupled with the small and meaty high-grade Sakura shrimp, these three are perfectly combined. You really can't feel the passage of time when eating, and you finish it in one go! I remember it was recorded in the scriptures, because it is called Muromachi Sunba, famous for its Tenmori soba, the originator of soba, also has a similar dish, except that they use Shu's new prawns. In order to combine soba noodles and sakura shrimps, the secret lies in the oil Bar?"
"As expected of a professional, yes, I used 'Taibai sesame oil'. The 'Taibai sesame oil' made with low-temperature technology does not have the rich aroma and mellow taste of ordinary sesame oil, and will not take away the taste of soba noodles and sakura shrimp. This way, The combination of the two is so perfect!”
When Annie told her what she was proud of in her cooking, even Ji Zhiguo Ning Ning felt a little secretly happy. He told the secrets of the cooking without hesitation. Anyway, even if he told her, he would not have practiced to the extreme like her. technology, it is absolutely impossible to reproduce it.
Anne had finished her review, and Ning Ning from Ji Zhiguo looked at Beishan Xingyi with anxiety.
This is a member of the Beishan family!
Traditional families in Japan attach great importance to family status and "style", and the Beishan family can be said to be the most famous family in Japan today. "The country of the East is the same color as the West." These two famous Japanese cuisine families want to become the No. 1 family in Japanese cuisine. First, they must win the favor of the Beishan family. Although the relationship between the two families is very good, so good that they would put their children in the other's family for foster care and education, they have never compromised in this aspect of competition.
The two families are vying to offer their own dishes for the Beishan family to taste, but the Beishan family has a very high family status. Even for these two famous cooking families, it is not easy to get into the Beishan family.
Yes, other rich and famous people begged to taste the dishes of these two famous culinary families, but these two families asked the Beishan family to taste their dishes.
The reason is also very simple. Other rich and famous people want to use the cuisine of the two famous Japanese cuisine families to improve their own status, but the two famous Japanese cuisine families want to use the status of the Beishan family to improve their own cuisine. All appeals All so similar.
The father of Ning Ning of the Kingdom of Ji, the contemporary head of the family of the Kingdom of Ji, once entered the Kitayama family on the day of the grand master's sixtieth birthday, and personally cooked kaiseki cuisine for the grand master Kitayama Xiongwu, but later on the grand master's seventieth birthday , but he did not receive any more invitations from the Beishan family. Obviously, the grand master was not satisfied with his cooking.
This is the biggest regret for Ningning's father, and the biggest regret for Ningning's country. Ningning's greatest wish in this life is to be invited by the Beishan family to cook Japanese cuisine for the Beishan family. It proves that the country of Ji is the number one sect of Japanese cuisine.
Now, a member of the Kitayama family is in front of her. Although she only belongs to a separate family, Ning Ning of Ji Zhiguo also really wants to know what Kitayama Xingyi thinks of her cooking.
Under the nervous and anxious gaze of Ning Ning, Kitayama Kitayama started to use his chopsticks and quickly finished a portion of soba noodles and a cherry blossom shrimp tempura.
Seeing Kitayama Xingyi finishing the soba noodles so quickly, Nori no Kuni Ningning immediately became confident. She took the initiative and said to Kitayama Xingyi: "Miss Yokoyama, I have extra soba noodles, do I need more?"
Her soba noodles can be said to be the culmination of hundreds of years of buckwheat noodle technology in the country of Kinori. She is confident that her soba noodles are the best and can make everyone who eats them love them.
The duel with Yukihira Souma is no longer important. What is important is to get the recognition of the Kitayama family branch. This will be the first step towards realizing her wish!
"No thanks."
Kitayama Xingyi wiped her mouth, obviously not planning to continue eating the buckwheat noodles from Ning Ning of the Kingdom of Ji.
Beishan Xingyi's calm look made Ji Zhiguo Ningning feel a little uneasy. Unable to receive Beishan Xingyi's satisfied expression, Ji Zhiguo Ningning clenched her fists and waited for Beishan Xingyi's review.
"Your soba noodles..." Kitayama Xingyi looked at Ji Zhiguo Ning Ning seriously, "Hmm... not bad, fat but not greasy, melts in your mouth... hiss!"
Kitayama Xingyi's words stopped abruptly, and the corners of her mouth twitched at the same time.
"Huh? What's 'Si'? Miss Hengshan, what's 'Si'?"
Ji Zhiguo Ning Ning asked eagerly.
"It's nothing. I see you are too nervous. I'm just kidding you!"
Beishan Xingyi forced out a smile and said.
call……
Ji Zhiguo Ning Ning breathed a sigh of relief. She also wondered why Kitayama Xingyi said such a completely inappropriate comment to the buckwheat noodles, "It's fat but not greasy, and it melts in your mouth." It turned out that she could see her nervousness. Just kidding to lighten the mood.
When I saw Ms. Yokoyama treating the WGO executive so rudely, I thought she was a harsh person, but it turned out that she was just targeting the WGO that might undermine the fairness of the "United Shogun". She is a very gentle person, and she is worthy of being praised by the Kitayama family. Nobushige, the big shot sent to represent the Kitayama family! She is so beautiful and gentle, I really want to call her sister...
The bespectacled girl Ji Zhiguo Ning Ning began to fall into emotion, and she was almost halfway through the self-defeating process.
But what she didn't know was that before Kitayama Xingyi said she was joking, she had such eye contact with someone next to her.
"It hurts so much! Why are you stepping on my foot?"
"What the hell are you eating soba noodles? They're fat but not greasy and melt in your mouth!"
"But I only know how to eat, but I can't comment! When I review food, this is what I say back and forth! I can't just say 'delicious'!"
"You idiot!"
"That's too much! It was obviously you who asked me for help, but you still scolded me!"
"I just asked the Beishan family to send someone here at random. You shamelessly insisted on coming here. How dare you take credit from me?"
"Nonsense, dad has locked me up for several months. If I don't take this opportunity to escape, I will go crazy if I continue to be trapped!"
"Then just remember, you came out with a mission. If you don't do it right, go back home!"
"No, no, no, I'll just do it!"
Seeing that Beishan Xingyi had perfectly deceived Ji Zhiguo Ning Ning into the state of self-defense, Yan Kai finally let go of his foot. Beishan Xingyi was able to pull his foot out from under Yan Kai's feet without leaving a trace, but he still tilted it angrily. Yan opened his eyes.
"Damn it, Xiaokai, remember it!"
After a while, Ji Zhiguo Ning Ning came back to her senses from the self-defeat. She saw that among the three judges, Annie had already finished her food, and Kitayama Xingyi had eaten a portion of soba noodles without wanting any more. But at least I've eaten, but I'm pretty, and the old god is sitting on the ground, with no intention of moving his chopsticks.
"Judge, aren't you going to make a move?"
Ji Zhiguo Ning Ning looked at Yan Kai steadily.
"No, there's no need to eat."
Yan Kai smiled and said to Ji Zhiguo Ning Ning.
Ning Ning of Ji Zhiguo pushed up his glasses, his eyes showed a bit of fierceness that even the glasses could not hide: "I know you are on the side of the 'Rebels' team, but as a judge, at least you must be fair. You should still do it, but if you don’t even eat my food... I think you are the most unfair one!"
A cook puts all his energy into making and serving his own food, but the other person doesn't even touch it. This is such a humiliation for the cook.
Yan Kai looked at Ji Zhiguo Ning Ning calmly: "I just want to say, as a cook, don't you feel ashamed to serve such a dish?"
"Me? Why should I feel ashamed?" Ji Zhiguo Ningning became even more angry, but she was well-bred and would not act too rude even if she was angry, but the expression on her face still became extremely cold.
"Don't you still have soba noodles on hand? You won't know until you taste them."
Yan Kai said to Ji Zhiguo Ning Ning.
"Do you need to taste it? I obviously made the most perfect soba noodles as usual..."
Ji Zhiguo Ning Ning refused to obey.
Does she not know what the soba noodles she made taste like? There is no need to try it again!
"Eat it!"
The speaker was Kitayama Xingyi, and she looked at Ning Ning of the Kingdom of Ji with meaningful eyes.
"..."
Seeing that it was Kitayama Xingyi who spoke, Ji Zhiguo Ningning obeyed and picked up the soba noodles with chopsticks, dipped them in the broth and slurped it in his mouth.
When Ning Ning of Ji Zhiguo started to taste his soba noodles, Kitayama Xingyi shook his eyebrows proudly, and Yan Kai rolled his eyes hidden under his glasses.
"Look, she listens to me but not to you!"
"Shut up or get out!"
"Obviously... eh? How could..."
After eating the buckwheat noodles she made, Ning Ning was stunned because the taste of the buckwheat noodles was different from what she remembered!
"Why, why is the smell of my soba noodles different from usual, why is it worse than usual... Obviously all the processes are exactly the same as usual, and I did not neglect anything during the production process. Why did it change? It’s like this…”
Ning Ning of the Kingdom of Ji could not accept this reality.
"It's the temperature!" Yan Kai looked at Ji Zhiguo Ning Ning and said, "This is Hokkaido, and it's winter now. The venue is so huge. Without air conditioning, the temperature here is higher than the kitchen you usually use for practice. It is much lower, and the aroma of soba noodles will become less volatile at low temperatures, and this is what the cook needs to carefully discover and make adjustments."
"But you ignored this change and still used your original set of processes to make soba noodles. What's the difference between you and a programmed soba machine? Totsuki wants to cultivate this kind of cook. Is that so? If so, I’m very disappointed!”
Beishan Xingyi followed closely.
Yan Kai looked at Beishan Xingyi with dissatisfaction, blaming her for stealing his lines.
Beishan Xingyi glanced at Yan Kai.
"Xiao Kai, you have to let me pretend!"
Yan Kai looked away and said, forget it, don't argue with her anymore.
The joy of victory flashed in Beishan Xingyi's eyes, and she was able to fake it again today, yeah, yeah, yeah!
She likes this kind of "sacred appearance in front of people" scene.
Ning Ning of Nori no Kuni was sweating because of Kitayama Xingyi's words. Her original intention was to cook the best soba noodles with 120% concentration, so that she could leave a deep impression in front of the Kitayama family.
Now it seems that it has indeed been done, but it is just a negative impression...
He wanted to make the most perfect soba noodles, but he lost because of the details of such a smile. No matter what kind of soba noodles Yukihira Souma served next, whether he won or lost, it was no longer the case for Ning Ning. It made sense, she had already lost in front of Beishan Xingyi.
Well, she lost to "Yokoyama Anki" who represented the Kitayama family, and it had nothing to do with Yan Kai who pointed out the flaws in her cooking.
"Does this make you discouraged?"
Kitayama Xingyi's stern voice sounded in the ears of Ji Zhiguo Ningning, who lowered his head in frustration, causing Ji Zhiguo Ningning to raise his head suddenly.
"Does the daughter of Ji Zhiguo have this kind of backbone? Isn't it a joyful thing to know that you have overcome your own shortcomings? Only by knowing your own shortcomings can you have the opportunity to make up for it and grow stronger. Even this small If you can't bear small setbacks, how can you shoulder the brand name 'Land of Era' in the future!"
Beishan Xingyi said to Ji Zhiguo Ning Ning with a serious face.
After saying this, Beishan Xingyi's eyes suddenly softened when she looked at Ji Zhiguo Ning Ning: "Think about it carefully, you are still young and your life is long. Don't get depressed because of temporary setbacks, otherwise I will be very disappointed. "
Ji Zhiguo Ning Ning's heart moved.
I will be disappointed... In other words, do you have expectations for me now?
Seeing Kitayama Xingyi's encouraging eyes, Ji Zhiguo Ning Ning became more sure of her thoughts.
Yes, Sister Yokoyama, I will work hard!
Ji Zhiguo Ning Ning's expressionless face showed a hint of blush, and then stepped aside. She could not hinder Sister Hengshan's work.
The Kingdom of Era Ning Ning strategy progress is 100%!
Beishan Xingyi didn't pay attention to Ji Zhiguo Ningning's mental activities, but was busy winking at Yan Kai.
"Xiao Kai, how are you? Did I look very majestic just now? Learn from me!"
Yan's heart sank with joy, damn, she had tricked him again!
