Chapter 379

"Mashed potatoes? Why is it just potatoes, but it has such texture and taste!"

Hearing the secret behind this "crispy roast meat" being so delicious, Minezaki was also slightly opening her mouth at this moment, and her expression was even more incredible.

Because if Soma Yukihira didn't reveal the answer, she wouldn't even have been able to taste that this was a non-meat dish.

The meat-fragrant taste, although different from ordinary meat, has a special texture that is extremely fragrant like meat. If someone said this was a dish cooked with high-end meat ingredients, Minezaki wouldn't even have a trace of doubt.

But now Soma Yukihira told her that besides the thick-cut bacon on the outer layer, the main ingredient of this "crispy roast meat" was actually extremely cheap potatoes.

"If it's just potatoes, naturally it won't work. I steamed the potatoes in advance and pressed them into mashed potatoes, then mixed in mushrooms that are rich in cellulose and can absorb oil.

Then I chopped up onions to increase sweetness and mixed them in, then wrapped them with thick-cut bacon, and finally put them in the oven. This way, the surface of the bacon will become crispy and delicious, and the potatoes and onions inside will fully absorb the taste of the bacon pork, which reaches the point of being fake."

When Soma Yukihira explained, Minezaki and the several bodyguards beside her also finished eating this small "crispy roast meat."

And looking at the empty plate in front of her, Minezaki, whose appetite was temporarily satisfied, suddenly changed her style again: "That's right, the dish you served is indeed delicious, even I have to admit that this is one of the most delicious dishes I have ever eaten.

But your dish, besides that layer of thick-cut bacon on the outer layer, is really hard to call a meat dish, right?"

It seemed that she had long expected Minezaki to come with such a set. Soma Yukihira tied the white headband on his head back to his arm, and just when he wanted to say something, Wen Shengzai, who was also holding a plate, slowly walked out of the kitchen.

"You seem to have forgotten that the topic you proposed at the beginning was a delicious and juicy meat dish.

And the so-called meat dish only refers to a dish that has a meat taste, and it doesn't necessarily have to be made with meat ingredients.

That is to say, as long as we can make other ingredients have the taste of meat, then it meets the topic you proposed."

Wen Shengzai said while placing the dish he had cooked directly on the table in front of Minezaki.

However, when Minezaki saw the dish Wen Shengzai served, her originally nervous mood also relaxed a lot.

The so-called cuisine cannot escape the iron laws of color, fragrance, and taste. Because she hadn't tasted it yet, let's not talk about the taste for now.

Color, which is the overall appearance of the dish, including plating and other factors—Wen Shengzai's dish, the appearance could be considered a high score.

Plump and juicy beef was cut into uniform meat grains, the size was like copy-paste, which could show how exquisite the other party's knife skills were.

Emerald-colored green onions were mixed in the beef grains, not only adding a touch of color to the dish itself, but Wen Shengzai also learned the plating of Western-style cuisine, arranging the beef grains in layers, like a small mountain piled up, and the stir-fried green onions were like green pines in the mountain.

"I have to say, just in terms of appearance, I can give this dish a high score.

But although I don't know much about Chinese cuisine, I also know that most of the dishes there pay attention to the temperature of the dish itself.

It can be seen that although you spent some effort on plating, you also sacrificed the temperature of this dish because of it.

And this also made this dish that lost temperature lose its soul, like a third-rate dish without taste."

Seeing the dish Wen Shengzai served, Minezaki was completely settled in her heart.

If she lost to Soma Yukihira, she would at most lose her job because of poor work. But if she lost to Wen Shengzai, she might really go bankrupt, or even go to the sea to pay off her debts.

But now she was not worried at all, because although Wen Shengzai's dish had a good appearance, it was cold and had no temperature, and it was not as fragrant as the "crispy roast meat" Soma Yukihira served before.

And taking a hundred steps back, even if Wen Shengzai's dish was comparable to Soma Yukihira's "crispy roast meat," she, Minezaki, wouldn't be shaken by this.

Because after eating Soma Yukihira's "crispy roast meat" before, she already had a certain sense of fullness, and also had a certain resistance to delicious food.

So now she had the confidence that even if Wen Shengzai's dish was on par with Soma Yukihira's, she could grit her teeth and say "unpalatable."

"The dish I made is called Stir-fried Vegetarian Beef with Scallions. As you said, this is indeed a dish that needs temperature.

As a home-cooked dish, stir-fried beef with scallions doesn't have so many requirements, but in order to pick bones from an egg from some 'superior person' who doesn't know where they came from, I deliberately did the plating.

Because plating sacrificed some of the taste of this dish, I admit this, but I won't admit that this dish lacks the temperature you mentioned."

Wen Shengzai said while taking out a bottle of high-concentration white wine, poured some evenly on the dish, and finally lit a match, directly igniting the high-concentration white wine.

"Whoosh——————!"

Along with the high-concentration white wine being ignited, flames instantly burned from the dish Wen Shengzai made, and under the burning of the flames, the beef grains that were originally piled up instantly emitted an alluring meat fragrance!

Under the high temperature given by the white wine, the beef began to secrete meat juice and flow down, and the green onions became even more emerald green under the burning of the flames.

More importantly, the dish that was originally called temperatureless by Minezaki was not only restored to its soul under the enchantment of the flames but was further sublimated.

White wine can not only make the meat more tender and delicious but also increase the flavor, making the dish have the fragrance of wine.

At this moment, just smelling the meat fragrance in the air, Minezaki even clenched her legs, and her expression began to appear flushed.

"Okay, my dish is finally completely finished. Home-cooked stir-fried beef with scallions, although I made some changes, it shouldn't be a big deal. Please taste..."

Seeing the chopsticks Wen Shengzai handed over, Minezaki reached out to take them involuntarily. The moment Wen Shengzai poured the white wine and ignited it, Minezaki herself clearly knew that this dish was completely different from just now.

The stomach, which had a slight sense of fullness because of Soma Yukihira's "crispy roast meat," once again issued a silent protest to her.

And Minezaki also understood that once she ate Wen Shengzai's dish, the situation might evolve into an irreversible situation, but looking at this dish where the flames gradually subsided and emitted an alluring fragrance, Minezaki still couldn't control her body and slowly stretched out the chopsticks in her hand.

(End of chapter)