Tokyo Martial Arts Story

Anyway, he has a thick skin, not to mention staring at him, even scolding him face to face, he can completely bear it.

After 10 minutes of talking with Xue Wenhai, Xue Wenhai finally came, and he walked slowly into the "Star Pavilion" with an old man on his back.

It is not correct to say that it is a slow step. Xue Wenhai's stepping frequency is obviously very slow and gentle, but the speed is amazing. After the students noticed that he entered the "Star Pavilion", he was already carrying The old man stepped onto the round platform.

This strange sense of separation made all the students ignore their dissatisfaction with Yan Kai, and instead focused on Xue Wenhai.

The last time I saw Xue Wenhai was at night. The students knew Xue Wenhai through the light of the fire and the moon. At that time, Xue Wenhai had a hazy feeling on his body. Now when I saw him in the daytime, I suddenly had a different feeling.

How can this man be handsome!

Xue Wenhai, who is always smiling, is indescribably handsome. Whether it is a boy or a girl, every time he sees him, he will feel throbbing, and Yoshino Yuki is even more excited to shed tears from the corner of his mouth.

She really has no resistance to such a gentle and handsome man... Ah, he is already forty, he is an uncle, how can he be repaired!

Yoshino Yuuhime was hit hard.

After reaching the round platform, Xue Wenhai squatted down and let the old man land on the ground. After the old man stood up straight, Tian Suohui was the first to exclaim: "Grandpa!"

Yan Kai also took a step forward, bowed slightly and saluted the old man: "Uncle Liu, why are you here..."

The old man was naturally Uncle Liu, and he was the senior Xue Wenhai said he would visit.Xue Wenhai and Liu Bo didn't know each other before, but Xue Wenhai knew that Liu Bo and Yan Fei had friendship, and they were living in seclusion in Yuanyue Academy, so they asked Nakiri Erina for permission to enter Yuanyue Academy. Jixingliao visits Uncle Liu.

Although he has been far away from his hometown for more than 30 years, Liu Kuiyang’s name is still a myth in the kitchen circles of the Central Plains. Even Xue Wenhai admires and yearns for him. Before, he didn’t know where he lived in seclusion, but he was under the supervision and care of Yuanyue Group. Now Liu Kuiyang Uncle has accepted apprentices again, and this is considered to have entered the public's field of vision again. After hearing the news, Xue Wenhai naturally wanted to visit him.

Uncle Liu smiled kindly: "Xiaoxi... Xiaoxin came to visit me. I was chatting with him when I heard your call. It happened that I missed you too, so I asked Xiaoxin to show me." you."

Of course, coming to see Yan Kai was just an excuse, in fact, he came to save Yan Kai from the siege.

Yan Kai shook his head and sighed: "This trivial matter is not worth your trouble."

Although Uncle Liu looks very good now, his face is full of red, but Yan Kai is a martial arts practitioner. He can feel that since the first time he met Uncle Liu, Uncle Liu's vitality has become weaker and weaker. Perhaps It's been a year, maybe two years, Uncle Liu's deadline is approaching. Recently, he has become more and more unable to even teach Tian Suohui. It is difficult for Yan Kai to ask him to clean up the mess. I'm so sorry.If he had known earlier, he would not have taken the job. The remuneration for Nakiri Erina could be paid in other ways, and it is not necessary to help her with the summer training camp.

"It's okay, it's okay!" Uncle Liu said with a smile, "For an old man like me, it's good to take this opportunity to spend more time with the youngsters and soak up the vigor of young people."

Yan Kai had no choice but to turn to Xue Wenhai, "Uncle, how old are you, why are you still acting like this!"

"Xiao Kai, I can't help but listen to Senior Liu's request!" Xue Wenhai laughed dryly, and said to Yan Kai in a low voice, "It's not like you don't know how senior Liu is, and my dad would have liked to see him if he saw him." Keep your head down, if my dad knows that I don't listen to Senior Liu, he will definitely beat me up again!"

"Forget about being beaten to death by grandpa! Uncle Liu is so old, you actually dare to run here with him on your back, aren't you afraid of bumping him!" Yan Kai said angrily.

From here to Yuanyue Academy, it takes at least an hour by car. This is still under good traffic conditions. If there is a traffic jam, it may take much more time. Xue Wenhai can come here within 10 minutes. He must have run all the way here with Uncle Liu on his back. Although Yan Kai also believed in Xue Wenhai's lightness kung fu, he was not afraid of this kind of thing. If Uncle Liu was bumped on the road, what would Xue Wenhai do to compensate?

Uncle Liu smiled and said: "It's okay, it's okay, your dad used to run around with me on his back, and my body was not much better than now, so I came here like this."

To say that more than 30 years ago, after Yan Fei and Liu Bo met, they ran all over the Central Plains with Liu Bo on their backs. After that, it was not enough, and then they went to Tianzhu, Siam, and then across the sea to Dongying. Wading, crossing the sea, traveling more than one hundred and eight thousand miles, Liu Bo didn't feel any discomfort.

Now Xue Wenhai's lightness kung fu is of course not as high as Yan Fei's back then, but it's only a short journey from Yuanyue Academy to Linjian Training Base. Xue Wenhai did not tire Liu Bo at all all the way with Liu Bo on his back.

But what Yan Kai worried about was not the hard work on the road, but another layer.

Uncle Liu is over 90 years old, but he didn't tremble when he moved. He quickly picked up the kitchen knife and said to the students with a smile: "This knife is not so mysterious. There is no other, only the hand is familiar with it." .When you know enough about the ingredients, you will naturally see the veins of their textures. We chefs want to glimpse the veins of the textures of the ingredients. There is nothing wrong with it, just keep practicing!"

This style of painting suddenly became normal, and it was too normal, which made the students uncomfortable.

Practice hard?Who here has not practiced hard?Who doesn't fill their spare time with various cooking exercises in addition to class time?There are too many talents in Yuanyue. Here, hard work is the foundation of the foundation, and no one dares to fall behind.

Uncle Liu sensed the emotions of the students, and he continued to smile and said, "It's an old cliché, and you should be tired of hearing these words, but I still want to ask, have you ever experienced the ingredients when practicing knife skills?" ? If you just use the kitchen knife mechanically without adjusting the cutting angle and other details according to the properties of the ingredients, it will be useless!"

Ok?

The hearts of the students were moved, the old man seemed to be talking nonsense!

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Liu Bo's existence was unfamiliar to most of the students present, and he was different from Nakiri Senzaemon, who had been in a high position for a long time and had a majesty on his body. It's no different from an ordinary little old man, at most he is a spirited little old man, and there is nothing unusual about it.

Many times, the same words are spoken by different people with different powers. Most of the students here regard Uncle Liu as an inexplicable little old man. Although they also feel that Uncle Liu’s words are reasonable, they don’t think too much about it .

However, some of these students know how powerful Liu Bo is. Of course, the students in Jixingliao are living with Liu Bo. Let them gain a lot, the people in Jixingliao have already regarded Uncle Liu as a great elder.

And on the last day of the residential training, those students who were invited by Nakiri Senzaemon Kai Xiaozao to watch Liu Bo's teaching Yan Kai's "Eighteen Turns of Fish Leaping over the Dragon Gate" also knew Liu Bo's extraordinary ability, so for Liu Bo They listened very carefully to Bo's words.

Especially Alice Nakiri, she is from the Nakiri family. Although she doesn't know everything about Uncle Liu, she has heard from her family that Uncle Liu is the big dipper in the Chinese physics world, because some Yuanyue avoids living in distant places. Moon Resort, now accepts Tian Suohui as a disciple, in order to teach Tian Suohui nearby, this moved to Jixingliao.

She also knew that Uncle Liu knew a lot of powerful cooking techniques, which is a real mobile treasure trove for cooks, so she listened very carefully.

In addition to Nakiri Alice, there is one student who even knows Liu Bo's strength better than Nakiri Alice, and she is Miyoko Hojo.

As a long-established Chinese restaurant in Yokohama, Xinchuanlou is inextricably linked with the world of Chinese food science. Most Japanese chefs know little about the closed world of Chinese food science. I don't even know the second restaurant on the second floor, but Xinchuanlou is very familiar with those famous cooks in the Chinese cooking circle.

Miyoko Hojo didn't know Uncle Liu's identity when she first met Uncle Liu, but after she reported the information of "Yuyuelongmen Eighteen Turns" and the old man surnamed Liu to her family, Father Hojo immediately identified Uncle Liu's identity.

Ju Xialou, one of the "Second Floor Two Restaurants" in the Central Plains, was headed by the previous generation. When he was young, he successively studied in the other three restaurants in the second floor second restaurant, which is the most famous in the Chinese food science field, and concentrated on the four leading restaurants in the food science field. The winner of the first "National Banquet Competition" in the Central Plains, the only remaining super-class chef in the field of Chinese food science, with the reputation of "Central Plains Chef God", Liu Kuiyang, senior Liu, who has been missing for more than 30 years!

In the star-studded world of Chinese food science, Liu Kuiyang is like a superstar. His status is as high as that of Japan's "gourmet devil" Nakiri Senzaemon, and his main job is to be in charge of the Yuanyue Group. Unlike Nakiri Senzaemon, who runs and trains the students of Totsuki Academy, Liu Kuiyang is a solid front-line worker and the strongest cook who is known for his cooking skills. Such existence will undoubtedly make the cooks admire him even more.

The Chinese culinary world has never paid attention to international food competitions, because almost all the outstanding cooks in the Central Plains are trying their best to prepare for the "State Banquet Competition", so how can they have any spare time to pay attention to foreign competitions?I'm afraid that only those second-rate cooks who don't even have the qualifications to participate in the "State Banquet Competition" will do this.

The "National Banquet Competition", which was established only after the "reopening" of the Central Plains, is held every four years. It is organized by the Central Plains officials and represents the highest level of food competition in the Central Plains culinary industry. This competition invites famous Central Plains chefs to let those Chefs representing the highest skills of various cuisines from all over the Central Plains have tried their best to compete for the [-] places on the "State Banquet Menu". We are proud to be a grand event in the Central Plains culinary world.

In Central Plains, it doesn’t matter how many stars a hotel is awarded, the decoration of the store is unimportant, the level of service is unimportant, and it doesn’t even matter what famous chef is the chef. The only criterion for judging whether a hotel is a first-class hotel in Central Plains is the only criterion. It is whether the signature dishes of this hotel are on the "state banquet menu" and how many dishes are on it. This is the most important thing.

Nowadays, the "second restaurant on the second floor" is regarded as the most respected in the field of Chinese raw materials, because any one of the second restaurants on the second floor has more than ten signature dishes selected in the "state banquet menu" in the last five "state banquet competitions". ", this is the reason why the second restaurant on the second floor is proud of the Central Plains culinary world.

The purpose of the "National Banquet Competition" is to select the outstanding dishes of the Central Plains as representatives of Central Plains dishes to join the "State Banquet Menu". It is actually the same as the "Manchu Banquet" in the feudal dynasty, but it is more fair and authoritative, and it is not Fixed, re-ranking every four years, in order to stimulate the innovative spirit of chefs in the Central Plains.

In theory, there is no such thing as a winner in such a food competition, but in the first "State Banquet Competition", Liu Kuiyang produced 61 famous dishes by himself and put them all on the "State Banquet Menu", directly occupying the "State Banquet Menu". It can be said that he single-handedly overthrew the entire Central Plains kitchen world, and this battle directly established his title of "Central Plains Chef God".

Of course, Liu Kuiyang's ability to win 61 "state banquet menus" by himself also has a lot to do with the environment at that time.

The first "National Banquet Competition" was held at the beginning of the "reopening". The domestic private economy is in the ascendant, and there are not many private restaurants. The catering industry has not yet entered the prosperous age of "a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend". History, but except for Liu Bo’s Juxialou, the other three are all privately owned restaurants. Yu Jianguo was dissolved under the intervention of the state soon after, and then re-registered after the “reopening”, and the ever-existing state-owned restaurant The restaurant Chrysanthemum Downstairs is essentially different.

Therefore, during the first "National Banquet Competition", the descendants of the other three families were busy restoring their ancestral businesses and had no spare energy to participate in the competition. This was the first "State Banquet Competition" where Juxialou and Liu Kuiyang finally formed. In a situation where one family dominates, by the time the other three teams compete, it will be the second "State Banquet Competition".

But even so, Liu Kuiyang is still the well-deserved No.1 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 copied, the Central Plains culinary world with a hundred flowers blooming again No other restaurant has such dominance, and it would not be too much to add that "no one will come after".

Kitajo Miyoko doesn't know why Liu Kuiyang, who is said to have followed the example of his ancestor Liu Maoxing's travels in his later years, appeared in Dongying and Yuanyue Resort, but she knew that every word that Liu Kuiyang said was very important to the cook. They are all golden rules, if it wasn't for Yan Kai's rule that mobile phones are not allowed in class, she would have taken out her mobile phone to record every word Liu Bo said, and listened to it hundreds of times after the class was over.

"I am 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 an end. In the process of hard training, your brain will always work harder than your body!"

Liu Bo had already cleaned his hands while speaking, and then picked up the remaining beef from Sanjin and put it on the cutting board, and he also held the kitchen knife in his hand.

His hands were wrinkled and skinny, like chicken feet.

For an ordinary old man at his age, his hands would shake as soon as he lifted it, and even going to the toilet to pee was a big problem.

Uncle Liu doesn't know martial arts, even if he is healthier than the average old man because of his good food therapy, but in the face of aging, this "Central Plains Chef God" who has created countless legends in the Central Plains culinary world still has no ability to resist. His hands have 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 trembling. He sliced ​​the beef slowly, not at an astonishing speed, very slow with the rhythm of an ordinary little old man, but steady.

A piece of good Shuangjiang beef was cut into many thin slices by Liu Bo, he said to Yan Kai: "Xiao Kai, please share these with these children."

Yan Kai nodded, and with a wave of his hand, the Frostfall beef sashimi sliced ​​into thin slices by Uncle Liu turned into a rain of flowers, and then landed on the dinner plates of Yuanyue's students without missing a beat.

The students knew that it was Uncle Liu who asked them to taste it, so they picked it up and put it in their mouths. Some students even thanked Uncle Liu before eating.

The entrance of thin slices is obviously beef cut from the same part, but this time it entered the mouths of the students, but it brought another wonderful experience to the students.

"So 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 also rich in taste, but its richness The taste is not a one-time burst, but a long stream of water, very gentle, let the students slowly savor it for a long time.

"It's unbelievable. The sashimi is obviously from the same piece of beef, but it's just handled by different people. 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, and Nakiri Erina also ate a slice. Apart from the same full and rich taste, it also brought a lot of flavor to people. The feeling can be said to be completely different, Nakiri Erina can clearly feel that Uncle Liu's warm heart is hidden in the sashimi, just like the warm sun 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", is more likely to enter the spiritual level of cooking than ordinary people. This is her unique talent. After eating Liu Bo's beef sashimi, she felt that she was standing on the grassland, blue sky and white clouds, The green grass stream, the intoxicating breeze and the wagyu cattle walking leisurely, it is a quiet and comfortable pasture scenery, completely different from the bull-like impact that Yan Kai beef sashimi gave her.

Pooh!bad guy!

Nakiri Erina gave a sideways glance.

At the same time, he also looked at Tian Suohui, feeling a little jealous towards her.

To be favored by such a great cook, this native girl from the countryside has accumulated virtues for several lifetimes!

Wait, something is wrong!

Nakiri Erina suddenly realized that the taste of sashimi was wrong!

No, it's not that Liu Bo's sashimi and Yan Kai's have any special difference in taste, but the difference is so small that there is almost no difference!

This seems to be a very normal thing, because Liu Bo originally sliced ​​beef sashimi from the remaining three tendons of Yan Kai's slices, but it is very abnormal, because the sashimi made by the two are almost halfway apart in time. Hours!

For sashimi, the freshness of the ingredients is an important element of the cuisine. For a "god's tongue" like Nakiri Erina, the time interval between the sashimi on the same piece of beef is already half an hour. The two tastes are completely different, but the sashimi made by Liu Bo is actually the same as the sashimi made by Yan Kai in terms of taste. It seems that the sashimi was made at the same time, which makes Nakiri Erina almost suspect that her tongue is bad. Lost!

"Your tongue is not broken."

Seeing Nakiri Erina's unbelievable expression, Yan Kai knew what she was thinking, and smiled slightly.

Xue Wenhai also savored a piece of beef sashimi carefully, and then applauded lightly: "It is said that Juxialou Liu's family has a unique technique called 'Reviving the Spring Knife', which can restore the ingredients that have missed the best tasting period to the best tasting ones. At that time, it was hailed as the 'ultimate knife craft', and seeing it today is enough to comfort my life!"

Yan Kai squinted at Xue Wenhai. If he and Xue Wenhai hadn't eaten the dishes made by Yan Fei with the "Rejuvenation Sword Technique", he would have almost believed Xue Wenhai's words.

Xue Wenhai is not completely honest either.

"'Rejuvenation Knife Technique'? It can restore ingredients that have missed the best tasting period to the time when they taste the best? There is such a knife technique in this world?"

Nakiri Erina was shocked, using a knife to reverse the corruption of ingredients, is this still science?

"Hehehe, it's not that exaggerated, it's not that exaggerated!" Uncle Liu said with a smile, "To put it bluntly, it's just a way to process ingredients. What's the 'ultimate knife skill', that's so exaggerated!"

After finishing speaking, Nakiri Erina hesitated to speak, obviously wanted to know the mystery of the "Rejuvenation Sword Technique" but couldn't open it, so he said bluntly: "There is no secret to this knife technique. To put it bluntly, it is the ultimate in ingredients. Understand, you have to understand first, and then you can change. What Xiaokai said before is the same as the texture of all things. As chefs, you should all understand the food habits of ingredients, but let me ask you again, you understand each ingredient Are there similarities and differences among individuals?"

Nakiri Erina is at a loss for words, ingredients are ingredients, and she has a magical tongue, which can be called a database of ingredients. She can distinguish any slight taste, and can tell the origin of salt blindfolded. This is something that Nakiri Erina is proud of , but asking her to distinguish between individual differences in ingredients is just a joke, and I'm afraid no one can do it.

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Seeing the doubts in Nakiri Erina's heart, Uncle Liu smiled and said, "The same ingredient will be different even at different times. You know this, right?"

Nakiri Erina nodded, the ingredients will of course change at different times, otherwise how to extend the best tasting period of the ingredients would not be a big problem.

Precious ingredients are hard to come by. In many cases, they are not waiting for diners to taste, but need diners to accommodate the ingredients.

The dishes made with precious ingredients are of course inaccessible to powerful people, and those powerful people, except for a few gourmets who regard food as everything, most of them are careers that are more important than enjoyment Types of people, what they need is delicious food with controllable time, and it is impossible for them to wait for a delicious meal!

It's not about money, it's that they don't have the time.

And with their status and status, they have almost eaten all the delicacies that can be controlled in time. The main customers of the high-end restaurants opened by Yuanyue graduates are them. In the eyes of ordinary people, Yuanyue graduates are already "the ultimate delicious food in the world". Raw cuisine is just an ordinary meal for them, and they are only attracted by those delicacies that are hard to come by and the best tasting period is easy to miss.

If it is a gourmet, there is such a delicacy, and a phone call is enough for them to put aside any business and run to taste it, but most successful people are not like this, their time is strictly in accordance with the formation arrangement, Even if such delicacies are really delivered, they still have to see if the meeting at hand is over, and if not, they will wait, and this time, of course, the best tasting period will be missed.

Yuanyue Group has developed to the present, and the market for those gluttonous successful people has almost been developed. It is difficult to get more customers to increase their market share. If they want to go further, in addition to opening up overseas markets, they must open up The mouths of those successful career-oriented people have become their biggest target.

Therefore, how to extend the best tasting period of those rare ingredients as much as possible has always been the key project of Yuanyue Group. After so many years, it has been somewhat effective, but the problem still exists.