They Gather Here

In her eyes, if Xiaozhen wants to eat, she will always find a way. Isn't it because she made a promise to the girls in the neighborhood committee?

What's more, the girls in the neighborhood committee may not be so determined——

If they really wanted to control Luo Zhen's diet, they would definitely not let him be a judge in the autumn selection. After all, wouldn't they just love him, pamper him, or even spoil him?

What an idiot who doesn't know women's heart.

Thinking of this, Erina laughed even louder.

Luo Zhen was super upset: "Eri, is it so funny to see that I have nothing to eat?"

Of course, Erina would not express her true thoughts to give points to the neighborhood committee's love rival, so she changed the topic: "Let's go, let's go in first, and the autumn selection is less than two hours away."

"Sawamura and Shiina..."

"Fei Shazi will bring them back, they can't be lost."

Erina led the way, Luo Zhen followed closely, and the two entered the autumn selection venue together.

This is much larger than the indoor gymnasium of the High School Affiliated to the Faculty of Engineering of Donggong University. The upper and lower floors add up to about 5000 spectator seats.

In the center of the arena is a ring half a meter above the ground, with two cooking tables on the left and right, and a four-sided TV directly above it, which is used to broadcast the competition in real time.

The atmosphere of confrontation is highlighted from the facilities, which is very in line with the education policy of Yuanyue Academy.

"How do you feel?" Erina asked.

"Every chef who has survived from Yuanyue Academy to graduation will become a popular star in the neon food industry. I didn't know the reason before, but now I understand it." Luo Zhen replied.

"Do you regret not coming to school here?"

"No."

"I knew that even if it was just to make people happy, you wouldn't say a word."

"I... should I say sorry?"

"It's okay, go this way."

Erina would strike first, saying "It's okay".

She took Luo Zhen to turn in a corridor on the bottom floor, entered the rest area, then stopped at the door of the judges' box, knocked three times and pushed the door open.

Unexpectedly, apart from Nakiri Senzaemon, there were several old acquaintances waiting inside.

The first is Yoshinobu Tsuji, the executive chef of Aoyanagi Tei, Taki Kadozaki of the Spanish restaurant Taki Amarillo, and Hinata Mikiko, the chef of Kiriya, a Japanese restaurant.

They've all been conquered by that Florentine tripe bun.

The only stranger was a man with pink hair and glasses. Luo Zhen remembered seeing him in "Dancyu". This man was Kojiro Shinomiya, the chef of the French restaurant SHINO'S. He might have just returned from Paris.

He is good at French cuisine, especially vegetable cuisine, and has the reputation of "the magician of Légumes (vegetable cuisine)".

Seeing Luo Zhen enter the room, Senzaemon smiled and clapped his hands: "Okay, our fifth judge has arrived. Luo Zhen, the head chef of Izakaya No. [-], will take my place as today's chief judge."

An eerie silence enveloped the living room.

Luo Zhen was stunned, and it took him a long time to react, and looked at Erina.

The latter covered his lips with a chuckle, clung to his ear, and lowered his voice: "No way, we finally hired so many big names in the industry, who are both executive chefs and head chefs. It's a blatant insult, only grandpa is my family, so we can discuss it."

This girl definitely did it on purpose!

Luo Zhen was extremely depressed: "Let me replace the old man as the chief judge. Isn't this setting me up for roasting? You smell it, I'm almost burnt."

"I believe you can convince the crowd."

"I lost to you."

Luo Zhen forced a smile and greeted the other judges.

Yoshinobu Tsuji once lost to Luo Zhen in a one-on-one match, and he was convinced, of course, he would not speak out against it.

Kadozaki Taki and Mikumikoko once ate Florentine tripe buns at a cultural festival. Although Yoshinobu Tsuji did not feel the oppressive strength of Rozena positively like Tsuji, it was acceptable.

Only Kojiro Shinomiya showed obvious dissatisfaction: "Commander, it's inappropriate for such a young man to replace you?"

Senzaemon looked over: "Are you questioning me?"

"No, it's just..."

"There's no need to explain. You are indeed questioning my decision. If that's the case, then you two should compare first, using a theme from today's autumn selection."

The old man nodded to Erina.

Without waiting for Shinomiya Kojiro and Luo Zhen to express their opinions, Erina found a piece of paper, tore it into four parts, and wrote "Bento", "Burger", "Ramen", and "Dessert" respectively, and made them into labels.

Tut tut...

Kojiro Shinomiya smacked his lips impatiently, and nodded to Luo Zhen: "Chef Luo, come here."

Clearly, he was playing with style.

But Luo Zhen was too lazy to bother, so he randomly picked one, and saw the word "Hamburger" written on it, which was the theme of the competition between the two.

"Eating halberds?" he asked.

Kojiro Shinomiya wanted to nod, but Yoshinobu Tsuji took the lead: "Chef Luo, there's no need, really."

It seemed that he didn't want to embarrass someone in public.

Kojiro Shinomiya misunderstood, thinking Yoshinobu Tsuji was thinking about Luo Zhen, and praised: "Chef Tsuji really loves the younger generation."

"..."

"..."

The living room fell silent again.

Luo Zhen didn't care, shrugging his shoulders: "Since we don't eat halberds, we must make a quick decision. After all, there is only one cooking table here, and we can only take turns cooking."

Shinomiya Kojiro glanced sideways: "Are you here?"

"I drew the lottery just now, this time you will be the first to invite it."

"Then I'll be ugly."

Shinomiya Kojiro didn't talk too much nonsense, he directly opened the refrigerator and took out the ingredients——

Lettuce, cheese, onion, hamburger germ, hamburger meat, pickles, tomatoes.

Obviously, this is the simplest and most basic cheese beef burger. As for seasonings such as olive oil, they are placed on the cooking table.

"Xiaozhen, Chef Shinomiya looks down on you a little~" Erina said, arching fire from the side.

"En." Luo Zhen nodded.

"Why aren't you angry at all?"

"There's nothing to be angry about. It's impossible for me to lose."

Can we not pretend to be X?

Erina now understands the reason why Luo Zhen didn't come to Yuanyue Academy to study, because the skill of pretending to be X is too deep, and there is no need to practice it.

Shinomiya Kojiro obviously heard it too. As the first member of the Yuanyue Ten Heroes in the 79th Entrance Phase, he thinks that he is not weaker than others in pretending to be X all his life, so of course he wants to fight back.

He looked at the hamburger meat in front of him, and said to himself in a voice that others could hear: "It's a pity that there is no beef shoulder, and it is impossible to make an ideal cheese beef burger."

This is the rest room. Most of the ingredients are for practice and warm-up. It is not too rich to prepare. It is not bad to find hamburger embryos.

However, what Kojiro Shinomiya wanted to express was obviously not the ingredients, but the "cheese beef burger". He probably wanted to use the phrase "the simpler the dish, the more the chef's basic skills will be tested" to create psychological pressure on Luo Zhen.

He sliced ​​onions, pickles, and tomatoes and set aside.

Then, according to the size of the hamburger embryo, pinch the hamburger meat tightly to make a patty of the same size, then sprinkle some salt and pepper on both sides of the patty, and bake it on a gridded cast iron pan, with less than 3 patties on each side. minute.

Seeing this, Luo Zhen suddenly leaned into Erina's ear and said with a smile: "I will never eat that kind of hamburger meat."

He deliberately didn't lower his volume.

Chapter 13 Westernization and Egg Burger ([-])

It's coming, it's coming.

Pretending to be X may be absent, but it will definitely not be late.

Everyone's eyes fell on Luo Zhen, showing a puzzled expression.

During the competition or eating halberd, no one should disturb the contestants, unless the person concerned does not mind, or the cooking itself is a safety risk and must be interrupted.

As for the type of risk, everything from fire safety to food safety is included.

Kojiro Shinomiya's glasses reflected a cold light: "Chef Luo, I didn't understand what you meant, you seemed to say 'never eat' just now, did you?"

His voice was very low, so that everyone naturally quieted down in order to hear clearly.

The off-court confrontation began.

Luo Zhen smiled: "The hot pan without oil is used to fry steaks, but according to the thickness of your steaks, both sides can only be baked for less than 3 minutes. The inside is not heated, and the bacteria cannot be killed. It is easy to have diarrhea after eating."

Shinomiya Kojiro smiled back: "There is a saying about how ripe the burger is. After the meat is left to warm up, the center temperature is about 56°C, which means the steak is medium rare."

"Oh?"

"If you need popular science about how well-done the hamburger is, I advise you to read Gordon Ramsay's book."

Gordon Ramsay, known as "dog egg" by people in the world, has been in the kitchen for 25 years, and his properties have won 14 Michelin stars in total.

After 1998, he started his hosting career, and "Hell's Kitchen" became popular in Europe and America, so he got the nickname "Hell's Chef".

In this man's restaurant, ordering burgers does have a choice of maturity.

but……

"Gordon uses fresh ground beef, not refrigerated burger meat," Rozen said.

"What?" Kojiro Shinomiya didn't understand yet.

"Then let me put it another way, the degree of maturity of a steak and the degree of maturity of a hamburger are not the same concept at all, you should understand this."

"Well……"

After all, he was a professional chef studying in France, Kojiro Shinomiya fell into deep thought, and Taki Kadozaki, who also served in the western restaurant, immediately came to his senses.