Shokuki: Start with an izakaya and make everyone cry

Jingyi!

solemn!

The hour hand on the wall reached the number "12".

A new day has arrived, and the halberd showdown between Zhang Fan and Caibo Chaoyang has also come to an end!

The night spread slowly like a delicate ink painting, and the moonlight became the gentlest spotlight on this silent stage. The silver light poured down, penetrating the thin clouds and sparse branches and leaves, and actually fell on Zhang Fan.

His handsome face looked particularly firm and soft under the caress of the moonlight.

In the eyes.

There was a hint of unyielding light in his eyes.

And his figure, elongated under the moonlight, intertwined with the shadows on the ground to form moving pictures.

Every move and every turn seems to tell his own story to everyone!

There was a faint coolness in the air.

The moonlight not only illuminates the entire moon and sky, but also seems to illuminate the hope and faith in everyone's heart.

In this competition, which is the strongest showdown between the indoor and outdoor cuisine world, the tension and fierceness seem to be endowed with another kind of poetry, allowing everyone present to feel a sense of joy that transcends victory and defeat. Shocking!

Finally, as Zhang Fan's "Eight Demon-Breaking Arrays" cooking was completed, the moonlight shining on him became brighter!

Um!

Like a light.

Guided and led, all chefs keep moving forward.

At this moment, although the winner was still undecided, even though the three judges Senzaemon, Leonora and Managi had not yet tasted Zhang Fan's dishes, nor had they entered the judging stage.

However, everyone believes that Zhang Fan will definitely create a myth about dreams, challenges and transcendence here between the moon and the sky!

yes!

He may be the real master of the new era.

…

Sichuan style catfish and beef liver double combination.

A delicious dish with full color, flavor and taste is enough to arouse all the taste buds of Nakiri Shinagi when it is served.

This dish skillfully combines the tender and juicy catfish with the mellow and delicate beef liver. It is presented with an irresistibly tempting presentation under the bright red Sichuan spicy oil and rich spices.

The catfish portion is fried until golden and crispy on the outside.

The tiny scale-like particles shimmered slightly under the light, as if they were wearing a golden armor.

The fish inside still maintains its unique tenderness and deliciousness.

The snow-white meat contrasts sharply with the red spicy oil.

The beef liver part has a different flavor.

Select the finest beef liver, carefully process it to remove the fishy smell, cut it into thin and even slices, and quickly fry it in hot oil until just right. It not only retains the tender taste of the beef liver itself, but also incorporates the spicy essence of Sichuan cuisine.

The surface of the beef liver is coated with a thin layer of spicy oil, giving it a deep and attractive color.

red!

white!

green!

This dish has a strong visual impact and is unforgettable.

And the spicy aroma that hits your nostrils makes people intoxicated before even using their chopsticks, and they can't wait to taste the collision and fusion of these two delicious flavors.

…

Gulu!

Nakiri Shinagi couldn't help but swallow.

The taste buds of her divine tongue were awakened instantly.

An irresistible temptation dances lightly on the tip of the tongue at this moment.

Her eyes were fixed on the attractively colored delicacies. The bright red sauce slowly flowed on the catfish and beef liver, and the green vegetables were interspersed with it. This made her throat slide slightly unconsciously, preparing for the upcoming food feast. Warm up.

Immediately afterwards, a stream of warm liquid quietly gathered at the back of the mouth. It was the nectar naturally secreted by the salivary glands after being stimulated by delicious food. They gathered into a trickle and slowly slid down along the curve of the throat.

"Samagi-sama."

"You... you have to be reserved, you... your saliva is... almost flowing to the ground."

On the side, seeing Shinagi Nakiri who was about to lose control of her emotions completely, Annie said worriedly.

"Annie."

"I really can't stand it anymore."

"For this carefully planned, ahem, exciting competition, I have been reluctant to go to the izakaya recently."

"I would rather inject nutrient solution than wait... until this day!"

Say it.

Nakiri Shinagi, took a deep breath.

Trying to inhale the air mixed with the aroma of ingredients and hot air deeply into your lungs, making this feeling of anticipation even stronger.

Then, finally, she could no longer suppress the original impulse, and opened her mouth gently, letting the clear saliva glimmer at the edge of her mouth, and finally slipped quietly, leaving an almost invisible trace of moisture.

And everyone was stunned at this scene!

Who would have thought?

A dignified executive officer of the WGO Food Organization, the behind-the-scenes BOSS who can influence the entire culinary world with just a sneeze.

He actually started drooling over the food cooked by the izakaya owner!

…

Do people “live to eat” or “eat to live”?

Our relationship with food is complex, influenced by cost, availability and even peer pressure.

However, we all have one thing in common, that is "

appetite!

Food cravings!

Hunger, this word, always accompanies a person's life.

The way the body makes us crave food when it needs it is part of appetite, but it's not the only factor.

After all, we often eat when we're not hungry, even if we're hungry and may skip a meal.

Recent studies have emphasized that a large number of food signals, smells, sounds, advertisements, etc. in our surroundings are the main reasons for eating too much food!

So, food addiction.

It is really like smoking and alcohol addiction, and it has become another major killer of human health.

Of course.

Bulimia does not seem to have been labeled as a sin at present.

After all, being able to eat has always been considered a blessing for people!

And now, for Nakiri Managi, she often cannot control her appetite when facing Zhang Fan's cooking, which inevitably becomes a burden.

Many diseases in modern life are caused by eating too much.

Everyone knows that you should eat less and eat healthy food, but no matter how much healthy food you eat, you always feel that something is missing in your mouth in the end, and you have to eat some junk food.

This is food addiction. Once you are addicted to certain foods, you can't control yourself at all because you have been controlled by food.

People who smoke know that if you don't smoke for a period of time, you will feel an inexplicable mania and restlessness in your heart, and you will look for cigarettes everywhere.

Once.

You take the first puff.

Your heart immediately calms down, this is a manifestation of mental addiction.

Compared with nicotine and alcohol, we are more addicted to the food we love to eat, and the devilish nature of this food is difficult to get rid of in a short time.

Nakiri Managi, she may have realized this problem a long time ago!

But.

What can she do?

She just can't control herself, what can she do?

As long as she sees the food made by Zhang Fan, she will surrender directly, without any thoughts, just want to eat it now, and be satisfied soon after eating!

Well!

Zhang Fan's food.

It has been like a devil's claw, controlling her!

...

"Ah... Mmm!"

In the end, Nakiri Managi, who could not overcome this symptom, was the first to taste this Sichuan-style catfish and beef liver double dish.

When she entered the mouth, she first felt a trace of delicate oil aroma, followed by the unique mellowness and deliciousness of beef liver, which intertwined with the deliciousness of catfish, forming a layered taste feast.

The catfish pieces rolled in the hot soup and gradually became bright red.

The meat was tender and chewy.

Every bite was an extreme tease to the taste buds, with four flavors of numbing, spicy, fresh and fragrant, which was unforgettable.

Beef liver.

During the cooking process.

It also absorbed the special Sichuan seasoning, but unlike the mellow catfish, the beef liver was more delicate and smooth.

Its freshness and the spicy seasoning were a perfect fusion.

It not only retained the flavor of the ingredients themselves, but also added the irresistible charm of Sichuan flavor.

Each piece of beef liver seemed to be wrapped in full juice, melting in the mouth, with a hint of sweetness in the spicy, making people unable to stop.

…

"Hmm?"

At this moment, Nakiri Managi was stunned.

Although she could foresee the wonderful taste of food when it entered her mouth, it would be a gorgeous dance between the taste buds and the ingredients, and a double feast of taste and smell.

However.

She miscalculated again.

With just the first bite, she was completely immersed in her love and yearning for food.

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Suddenly, the air inside the entire Moon Sky began to fluctuate subtly.

"Could it be..."

Anne, who was standing next to Managi, quickly understood something.

Then, a warm and powerful airflow slowly rotated with Managi Nakiri as the center.

At first, the airflow was as gentle as the breeze in spring, but soon it became strong and powerful, rolling up small objects beside the tables and chairs and dancing lightly in the air.

"Look, what is that?"

Some of the audience present exclaimed one after another.

They stared with wide eyes, witnessing this scene in disbelief.

...

Soon.

This airflow expanded rapidly and turned into a sudden "hurricane".

But what is different is that it does not bring destruction and fear, but is full of harmony and joy.

The hurricane gently surrounded the people, blowing their hair and clothes, as if they were in a dreamy vortex.

What was even more amazing was that.

This power seemed to contain some kind of magic.

It made everyone's heart feel unprecedentedly cleansed and peaceful.

And the lights between the moon and the sky became softer and more mysterious under the dancing of the hurricane, reflecting faces that were both surprised and excited.

They looked at each other, their eyes flashing with curiosity about the unknown and cherishing the beautiful moments. At this moment, it seemed that all the troubles and sorrows of everyone were swept away by this mysterious power, leaving only pure joy and love for life!

And when the miracle-causing Nakiri Managi slowly put down her chopsticks and smiled at everything around her.

This hurricane.

Also felt her intention and gradually calmed down.

Finally, it turned into a wisp of light smoke and dissipated directly into the invisible.

…

"What's going on?"

"Why are everyone so happy?"

"Could it be that Master Managi can now spread the pleasure and satisfaction that comes from tasting Zhang Fan's food by imparting pulses?"

Annie, who came back to her senses, was surprised.

"No!"

"What on earth is this..."

Saibo Chaoyang, who was also affected by this power, was also shocked.

A dish made of catfish and beef liver, with some Sichuan cooking methods, could satisfy this WGO special executive?

And what about me?

I gathered more than 20 kinds of high-quality ingredients.

Then, relying on the foundation and cooking skills of many elite chefs, I made sashimi dishes, but Nakiri Managi was always too lazy to look at them!

I have to say.

Chaoyang's mentality was a little broken.

…

In the world, food should pay attention to yin and yang. If it is too extreme, it will be biased, and bias will cause damage.

For example: sour taste nourishes the liver, but too sour taste can damage the liver, cause liver qi to be biased, suppress the spleen and stomach, and eventually lead to spleen and stomach digestion dysfunction.

Alkaline taste nourishes the kidney, but too alkaline taste can damage the kidney and damage the bones.

Excessive kidney qi.

It will lead to suppression of heart qi, causing palpitations and shortness of breath.

Sweet taste originally nourishes the spleen.

If the taste is too sweet, it can damage the spleen, causing stomach bloating and discomfort, and it can also suppress kidney water and cause a black face.

Bitterness nourishes the heart, but too bitter taste can hurt the heart and cause cardiopulmonary dysfunction.

Spicy taste nourishes the lungs, but too spicy taste can hurt the lungs, causing slow tendons and arteries (and because the lungs control qi, hurting qi can cause mental weakness caused by hurting the mind.

The Book of Changes also says: "The sky has its own way, and the way of the sky is to start all things; the earth has its own way, and the way of the earth is to give birth to all things; people have their own way, and the way of people is to make all things."

All things in the world are originally mutually generated and restrained.

The excess can be restrained and released, and it is best to achieve moderation.

Therefore, everything in this world is On the road of pursuing the balance of yin and yang, the real balance will return to "one"!

...

In fact.

This "Demon Breaking Eight Formations" dish also abides by the "Tao" of the five elements of food.

For example, the Sichuan-style catfish and beef liver double dish combines the "water" nature of catfish and the "earth" nature of beef liver.

Catfish lives in water, its meat is tender and rich in water, and it belongs to water food; while beef liver belongs to earth, because it nourishes the spleen and stomach and has the effect of stabilizing the body's foundation.

Sichuan-style catfish The combination of fish and beef liver is based on spicy and fragrant Sichuan seasoning.

The catfish is tender and melts in your mouth, with the agility and freshness of water.

The beef liver is carefully processed, with a mellow taste, and the nourishment of earth and the agility of water interweave in the mouth, forming a unique taste feast.

This dish.

Not only satisfies the enjoyment of the taste buds, but also achieves a harmonious state of water and soil in the five elements.

The next second dish is horse meat porridge.

Horse meat, in the five elements, is biased towards "fire", because Its nature is warm and can help Yang Qi. , while porridge belongs to "water", which has the function of nourishing and moisturizing.

Therefore, horse meat porridge is a good product for nourishing and maintaining health.

Horse meat is fresh and delicious.

It is warm and can warm the body and dispel cold and dampness.

The porridge base is soft and delicate, as warm as water, which can nourish the spleen and stomach and harmonize the five internal organs.

The combination of the two makes the fire-like horse meat more moist under the nourishment of water, which not only satisfies the appetite, but also achieves the purpose of nourishing the body. (End of this chapter)