Chapter 94, The True Meaning of Bento

"Xinghei Soma, what's the name of your dish?" Kirisenzaemon tilted his head and said.

"Seaweed bento!" Xingping replied with a smirk as usual.

"What? Seaweed bento?! He actually wants to use that kind of dish to beat Che Alice?" There was an uproar in the audience.

The entire group in Jixing Dormitory fell silent, and a sense of powerlessness came over their hearts.

"Xinghei-kun..." Alice lowered her head and said.

"Yeah." Xinghei had an expression that you also wanted to laugh at.

"What is a seaweed bento?" Alice asked softly.

"Strange? What, don't you know? I'll make a copy for you later, shall I? It's just that what I make is not an ordinary seaweed bento, but a Xinglian evolutionary seaweed bento!!" Xingping said calmly After explaining, the food was served.

Bang Bang Bang Bang! A stainless steel multi-layer insulated bento box was placed in front of the judges!

Xingping was full of confidence, "Please use it slowly!!"

"Oh! I heard that it is a seaweed bento box, so it reminded me of a flat square container. But I didn't expect it to be an oval multi-layer bento box~! It's really fresh!" said the little old judge.

"Moreover, he uses an insulated bento box, which can keep the temperature of rice and soup very well. The recently launched bento box can keep a certain temperature well even after about half a day." The man with glasses explained.

"Oh! Japan's current bento boxes are quite advanced!" Alice couldn't help but like it.

"Add the soup first and put it on the bottom layer, it can also improve the heat preservation effect of the rice." Xingping added a few words.

"Oh! So smart!" Alice looked surprised.

The atmosphere between the two is super warm.

In the auditorium, Sato Shoji was a little surprised, "They are competing, but they chat so well..."

Mito Yumei was indignant, "There is no tension at all. She doesn't look down on Xinghei at all. Seeing her relaxed smile, she doesn't feel that she will lose at all."

"Well. First, three small dishes." The fattest judge among the five judges opened the bento box, picked up the side dishes and ate it, "Oh!! This fried bamboo wheel with seaweed is really outstanding! The coating is crispy and the mouth is delicious melted and fried to perfection."

"There is also the round flavor of stir-fried burdock in sauce. A little mayonnaise and balsamic vinegar are added in it for seasoning, and the taste becomes deeper! Even the subtle parts are very particular, and the skill is very good!" The little old man praised the judges.

"Yeah. That's right, that's right. Simple and unpretentious, quite down-to-earth!"

"The next thing is crispy fried fish..., oh? It can be easily cut off with chopsticks! This is fried cod!" The little old man was amazed by the pieces of fried cod that could be cut off with chopsticks.

Shi Ke in the preparation room scratched his head, "Sea fish are cooked in advance and then fried, aren't they all easy to pinch? It's not octopus or squid or something."

"I'm afraid it is boiled with high broth and seasonings before frying, so that the fish will be soft and tender." The little old man nodded.

"I knew it." Shi Ke pouted.

The little old man took a bite hard and swallowed, "...Huh?! What is this? How can there be such an elegant and warm flavor? There is no astringency at all! It's like a gentle breeze blowing through the grassland! Completely I can't imagine this is so-called B-grade food... What an elegant taste!! What's going on here?"

"The answer probably lies in the dashi. This is dashi made from sturgeon and bonito." Kirisenzaemon showed a see-through look.

"Using fish to cook fish? Interesting." Shi Ke smiled, immediately picked up his dick and rushed to the venue, "Watching TV is not fun~ I'm going to the venue!!"

The few staff members felt a flash of lightning flashing around them, and looking back, the preparation room was empty, and the stone guest was gone.

"Ah!! It's haunted!!" Staff b screamed Σ(°Д°;) while covering his head.

"You're making trouble!! This guy has gone to the venue! Let's chase after him!" Staff A raised his hand and gave Staff B a nosedive, pointing to the note on the table in the preparation room.

"He took that thing away by himself? When it came, it was carried in by four people!!"

"The devil knows how he got it? There are monsters everywhere in this academy!!"

Shi Ke was running with his stuff on his shoulders, "I'm so smart! I wrote the note yesterday, and I just need to post it today."

The time on the field is very tight, and the soup in Xingping's lunch box has already passed by the time Shike ran wildly. The judges are also very satisfied.

"Xinghei-kun, you really know a lot about bento!" Che Alice said.

"Sort of. After all, I do it in my family's restaurant."

"But Xingping-kun, you can't do this."

"Um?"

"Every work is too ordinary. However, the dishes should be gorgeous and full of surprises, just like my Temari Bento."

"Indeed, your dishes look delicious. Let me try them next time."

"Hehehe...Of course, no problem." Alice agreed generously.

"However, the dishes you cook...are they really good for bento?" Xingping changed the subject and said what was in his heart.

"What did you say?" There was a rare trace of anger in Alice's eyes.

"I mean what exactly are we supposed to put in the box?"

"Wow!! You look at it!! It seems that there is something coming in the entrance of Xinghei Chuangzhen?!"

Xingping turned his head curiously, and a cow's head poked out from the shadow of the passage, followed by his body, and behind him was a stone guest who carried the cow on his waist with one hand, striding into the venue with a happy smile on his face.

Both Xinghei and Alice's jaws dropped to the ground, Σ(°Д°;)Σ(°Д°;).

There was a deathly silence in the whole venue.

boom! ! Shi Ke threw the cow on the ground, the whole ground trembled, and the pot on the cooking table jumped.

"Leave me alone, I'm just moving the ingredients and entering the venue early." Shi Ke put down the ingredients box, patted the cow's butt, took out a small horse from the ingredients box and sat down.

"This is a good cow. The buttocks are fat, the back muscles are clearly visible, the fur is smooth, and the body is huge." Yuji nodded and commented.

"Of course. This is an A-grade beef cattle that just left the farm yesterday. Although it is not A5-grade beef, it is not bad." Mito Yumei said seriously.

"How do you know?" Liangzi froze for a moment.

"He asked me to buy it. The Mito Group has a preferential price. It is about 15,000 yen per kilogram." Mito Yumei took out the calculator and pressed it, showing it to everyone.

"But, why is it a whole cow?"

"He specifically asked not to disintegrate. As for the reason, I don't know."

"He didn't intend to dismember a cow on the spot right here? The competition time is not allowed at all! It's too short!" Daigo Aoki and Shoji Sato hugged each other and said.

"According to Shi Ke-jun's personality, it's very possible." Marui pushed his glasses, his hands were shaking.

The Jixing people nodded.

Shi Ke sat on the ponytail, slowly wiping the largest of the Seven Star Knives, "Don't worry about me. I'll just prepare here. The preparation room is too boring."

The audience was speechless, you think this is your living room! ! It's a game here! !

"Hehehe, let him go. Let's continue." Kirisenzaemon smiled, and continued to evaluate by himself, "Oh? This rice is very interesting."

"What?" The little old man opened the layer of rice, and was instantly startled by the box of rice in front of him covered with a layer of crystal clear dark green spheres, "What is this?"

"Is this a seaweed bento?" The glasses man was also dumbfounded.

Shi Ke stretched his neck and looked, his nose moved, (w), "Huh? This smell, and this size, this thing... is a bit nonsensical."

Xingping withdrew his gaze from Shike and looked at Alice, "Come and taste this delicacy too. It's something deeper than delicacy!!"

"Huh!? These sticky particles like salmon roe burst in the mouth!! What comes out is the umami taste of seaweed!! People can't stop the chopsticks in their hands!!" The little old man was a little excited up.

"How do you know this technique? These particles extract the umami flavor of seaweed and solidify it into a spherical substance through sodium alginate and calcium chloride. This is the technique of molecular cooking!"

The audience was in an uproar, "Isn't this what Alice is best at?!"

"Is this a trick developed by Xingping through the thick dim sum?" Shi Ke joined the ring.

"Rough dim sum?" Alice knew it just by looking at the expression, as if she had never seen the world.

"This is it." Xinghei took out a pack of pink thick snacks, "This is an Yizhi food. This is a style for experiencing the production of artificial salmon roe. I liked it when I was young. Sodium alginate in the formula And Calcium Chloride, which I bought at the pharmacy. The recipe is the same as you can guess. However, the taste is specially prepared by me. I call it Nori Umami Bomb!"

Alice looked at the recipe list on the back of the thick snack, but said nothing.

"The transfer students have mastered the essence of molecular cooking!! It's still from the heart!" There was a burst of exclamation from the audience.

"What the hell, this thing is out of date. Only that guy Xingping will put this thing on the dining table." Shi Ke curled his lips, and then he was taken aback, "No, Alice seems to have a similar one in the last sushi just now. The ball is coming. Both of them have big hearts!"

"Hey? This rice turns out to be a four-layer structure!! In the middle of the rice there is a layer of braised sturgeon and bonito flakes!! Mmmm!! This combination is quite cheerful! It's really refreshing!" the little old judge said again Discovered the New World.

"If Alice's dishes are well-organized jewelry boxes, then Xinghei Chuangzhen's dishes are inexplicable treasure boxes!! The excitement of opening lunch boxes when I was hiking and outings when I was a child has been revived!" The glasses man is intoxicated with.

"However, it can't be done. My bento is better in terms of overall deliciousness and taste! My Temari bento also has sushi with sea bream ochazuke at the end. Yours is made of seaweed. To put it bluntly, it's just It's just stealing other people's wisdom!" Alice ate Kohei's bento in a hurry. Ah, it smells so good!

"Yeah. It would be even better if I had some gravy for bibimbap." Shike was also eating, and then found Xindalu on the back of the bento box lid, "Oh? There seems to be another box here."

"Ah~~ You found it. This is the Gorgon juice you want. Moreover, the amount of ingredients is three times the normal amount! Please pour it on the rice. It can be finished."

"Oh!! This thing...you can tell it's delicious just by looking at it!!" The judges collectively picked up the food.

"Hmm! The taste is even better after these flavors are fused!!" Shi Ke gave Xingping a thumbs up without hesitation.

"It's really fascinating! Yes!" The judges all had satisfied smiles on their faces.

"The old grandpas who are inspectors... are completely different from those when they tasted Alice's dishes! I always feel...they had a great time eating!!" Discussions rang out from the audience.

"Xingping-kun, is this what you want to tell? The heart that should be contained in the bento? The key to the dishes should be whether they are delicious or not? Talking about the spirit of the heart..." Alice said.

"No, the point is not about spirituality. Alice." Kirisenzaemon spoke shirtless.

Alice turned her head and was taken aback, "What do you mean by that? Grandpa..., the clothes are torn!!"

"Alice, your bento is a work that makes use of cold air."

"That's right. Because bento is meant to be served cold." Alice took it for granted.

"Xing Ping Chuang really didn't make such a conclusion."

"!?"

"Let me cut in. Alice, if you don't understand, please answer me a question. Two lunch boxes are placed in front of you. One is cold and the other is warm. Which one do you eat?" Shi Ke inserted the big knife back scabbard.

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"Of course it's warm. But mine should taste better!"

"Bento is often used to satisfy hunger, not to taste." Shi Ke smiled.

"!?"

"Contestant Shi Ke is right. Bento was very simple when it originated, and it has been carried forward through countless chefs' improvements. Bento's original intention is a convenient and quick meal. It can give the hungry people the greatest satisfaction in this short period of time. Sensibility is the best bento. Alice, your bento is indeed very delicious, but if you were to compare sushi today, wouldn't you offer the same dishes?"

When Alice heard this, she broke into a cold sweat.

"Your dishes are nothing more than stuffing technology into a bento box. The deliciousness that only bento can convey to diners, the effort to make bento culture go further, the fun and freshness of bento, these are in your dishes Have it?"

Xingping curled his lips, (_), thinking to himself, "Everything I want to say has been said by others."

"Forget it! However, the most important thing is whether it tastes good or not. I agree with this very much." Xingping poured the sauce into the rice and handed it to Alice, "Please use it slowly! Cut Alice! !"

Alice hesitated for a moment and began to eat, then the chopsticks moved faster and faster.

"Bring the writing brush!!" Kirisenzaemon and the staff asked for the mop (writing brush) he had prepared, and wrote four large characters on the rice paper placed in the center of the venue.

Xingping Chuangzhen! !

In the first round, the first match, the winner is Xingping Chuangzhen!