Chapter 438: Family Heirloom Dish Crab Dou!

When Shengzai and Ryoko's dish was completed, the dishes of Takumi and Chuangzhen Xingping were also plated one after another.

And in fact, Shengzai and the others were the last of the three groups to return to this classroom kitchen, and from the steps of the dish, it was obviously Shengzai and the others' dish that took more time.

But under Shengzai's jaw-dropping ultimate knife skills and fire skills, their group was instead the fastest to complete the dish production.

Looking at the three dishes, each with color, aroma, and taste, placed in front of her, Hinako Gan's eyes toward Shengzai and the others were also full of appreciation.

She had been paying attention to the process of Shengzai making the dish, and even without eating, she knew that there was no big problem for the three dishes in front of her to pass the assessment.

But she also understood that an evaluation like just being able to pass the assessment was obviously not enough for them to accept.

The law of Totsuki Academy was originally the survival of the fittest; when she was a Totsuki student, she also fought her way to the second seat of the "Totsuki Ten Masters" in the competition of a large number of competitors, so Hinako Gan expressed that she could fully understand the competitiveness of Chuangzhen Xingping and the others.

Hinako Gan glanced at the three dishes in front of her, and after hesitating for a moment, she first tasted the "Roasted Duck with Green Sauce" of the Aldini brothers.

This was a dish with hybrid duck as the main ingredient, roasted with a seasoning mixture of soy sauce, mustard, black pepper, and honey, paired with a Japanese-style green salsa made of pickled fish intestines, green perilla, green onion, and yuzu pepper.

Whether it was the use of spices or the seasoning and roasting of the duck meat, it was quite excellent.

As for the dish made by Chuangzhen Xingping and the others, it was "Xingping-style Persimmon Seed Fried Fish."

It was a dish made with river fish and eggs collected in the resort forest, paired with persimmon seeds snatched from Hinako Gan.

The fried fish was unusually crispy and also carried the sweet taste of persimmon seeds; it could be said to be quite unique. From this dish, Hinako Gan also saw Chuangzhen Xingping's excellent imagination and innovation ability.

In terms of taste alone, the two could be said to be evenly matched, and in terms of sourcing ingredients, both sides cleverly used the rules.

Hinako Gan also said before that the selected ingredients must come from nature, and the hybrid duck of the Takumi brothers was farmed in the resort and put into the forest to be raised.

The persimmon seeds used by Chuangzhen Xingping were even snatched from here...

Of course, whether it was Chuangzhen Xingping or Takumi, both proved their strength through cooking, and Hinako Gan also saw their talent, so naturally, she wouldn't expel them because of such a small matter.

It was just that when asked about the result of the food war, Hinako Gan played a trick: "Wait until I finish tasting the last dish before announcing the result.

If your two dishes can win against this Totsuki 'special student,' it won't be too late to distinguish between high and low.

After all, for you, there is actually no difference between second and third, right? What you care about is just who is first."

Hearing Hinako Gan's words, Chuangzhen Xingping didn't refuse; after all, he originally held the idea of competing with Shengzai.

Takumi, after glancing at Shengzai, also had no opinion, because he was not only unconvinced by Chuangzhen Xingping but also the same for Shengzai.

Because like Shengzai and Chuangzhen Xingping, he was also from a popular restaurant.

Shengzai's title of Totsuki "special student," although Takumi had heard of it before, he didn't take it seriously.

Compared to Shengzai who only had a reputation, Takumi was even more unhappy with Chuangzhen Xingping, who shouted at the opening ceremony that he would step on everyone.

But after witnessing the knife skills and fire skills Shengzai just showed, Takumi now dared not ignore Shengzai, and believed that it was not without reason that the other party had such a reputation.

Not to mention Erina Nakiri, he, Shengzai Wen, and Chuangzhen Xingping were all from popular restaurants; Takumi felt that whether it was talent or effort, he wouldn't lose to the two, so naturally, he was unwilling to admit defeat at this moment.

"Shengzai Wen, is it okay if I call you Shengzai-kun?" Hinako Gan looked at Shengzai in front of her and asked with a smile.

"Senior, feel free; I am indeed more used to people calling me by my name directly."

Although it was "when in Rome, do as the Romans do," even after so many years, Shengzai still felt it was strange to be called by his surname, especially when he was with his cheap mother, Qingying Aunt Wenren, and was called by someone.

"Actually, I have been very interested in you before; after all, it is rare to see someone who dares to refute Senior Shinomiya like that. You know, when I was a Totsuki student, I was always lectured by him, but I never dared to refute him.

And if I was just curious about you before, then today, after seeing your cooking skills, it can only be described as amazing.

It is indeed not without reason that you can be valued by the Director and Senior Tangdao...

Ahem, the topic has drifted a bit far. Before tasting this dish of yours, don't you want to report the name of this dish first?"

When Shengzai was making this dish, Hinako Gan had been paying attention; picking out all the crab meat from the river crab, which was not much, and then stuffing the meat back in this way, in her view, was quite interesting.

"The name of this dish is 'Crab Dou,' a famous dish in the magic capital of Chinese cuisine.

It can also be considered a dish in our family's heirloom recipe, but I have made some improvements to it."

"Crab Dou" was actually a dish made by Lei En in the duel with Xiang En in "Little Master Chef."

In that crab duel, the dish Xiang En made was the simplest "Crab Steamed Egg," and the dish Lei En made was the "Crab Dou" that Shengzai was serving now.

In that cooking duel, Lei En's "Crab Dou" lost, but that was because Xiang En used the dark culinary world's "tongue taste fatigue" technique to affect the judges at the time, otherwise, it would not have been a simple matter for Xiang En to win over Lei En's "Crab Dou."

It is worth mentioning that in this cooking duel, the "tongue taste fatigue" technique used by Xiang En, Shengzai also knew how to use, because his cheap mother was the successor of Yizhangqing Xiang En.

Regarding this point, Shengzai was also puzzled; although Lei En and Xiang En were both users of the Seven Star Knives, the two should have been enemies.

Why did their descendants and successors end up together by mistake?

"Crab Dou? What a strange name."

As for the affairs of the Chinese Culinary Realm from a hundred years ago, Hinako Inui naturally could not have known them. However, although she felt the name of the dish was a bit strange, this did not hinder her from giving a very high evaluation of this dish by Shengzai.

The moment the golden-fried Crab Dou was dipped in the sauce made of crab roe and crab brains and sent into her mouth, Hinako Gan only felt the full aroma of crab meat erupting in her mouth.

And while using her teeth to bite through the crispy batter, a thick liquid with a rich aroma also exploded from under the batter of the Crab Dou!

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