Chapter 2023 What Kind of Tofu Is This?

This time Alex led a group of thirteen people, four Japanese, four Thais, two Vietnamese, one each from the Philippines, Cambodia, and India.

Thirteen people are considered a small group, but this group only stays in Chengdu for three days. The only requirement is that they must eat at least two meals at the God of Cooking restaurant within three days. Others are not required. This is the so-called food group.

Let’s talk about today’s group in detail. It’s very interesting, especially the four Japanese people, all around forty years old and wearing neat suits. They all know each other. Although they are queuing, it does not hinder their communication.

"Hinata-san, are you ready for something to eat? I prepared Mapo tofu. Today I must try the difference between the Mapo tofu made by the great master and the ones in our country." asked the man with glasses and a gentle face. The people behind.

The man behind him is different from the lean and elegant man in front. He is much stronger and taller, but the suit on him looks a bit sloppy.

"Don't worry Noda-san, I'm ready. I'm here to see what level Yuan-kun, who was praised by Fujiwara Iemoto and Oishi Hidetoshi-kun, is, and whether he is exaggerating." The Japanese known as Hinata , that is, food critics who like to ride on the popularity of hot critics.

"Well, I believe Hinata-san's review of the food." Noda nodded.

"In China, there is something similar to our country's sashimi and sashimi. It's called yusheng. It's a four-character name. It's a bit difficult to write, so I traced it." Hinata said.

Alex happened to walk nearby, and he glanced at the four characters "金齑玉荍". To be honest, if he hadn't been a studious person, he probably wouldn't have recognized these four characters. For Japanese people, it was really too much. Difficult.

"This little... guy who has a good life is really smart." Alex sighed with emotion.

The other two people also took out the small notes they had prepared to express that they were fully prepared.

Their trip was Hinata's suggestion. On the one hand, they were foodies looking forward to delicious food, and on the other hand, they were curious about what the chef who was so praised was like.

Of course, except for Hinata, he was famous for being a Fujiwara as mentioned before, so he was ready to find fault in the eggs.

For example, Hinata once commented on Hidetoshi Oishi, who was called the "son of Japanese cuisine" by Fujiwara Iemoto.

"It can be seen from the food that it is filled with the arrogance of the upper class. It is divorced from Japan's national conditions and eating his food makes me feel like I am eating leftovers thrown away by the upper class."

First of all, Oishi Hidetoshi's genre is Shanga Kaiseki cuisine, and the style of cuisine is like this, but it can be said to be very unfair that Hinata caught him and killed him.

Moreover, after Dashi won first place at the Young Chef Exchange Conference, he had already asked Yuan Zhou for advice and discovered and was already solving this problem.

However, from the food review of Hidetoshi Oishi, we can also see what kind of food critic Hinata is.

Closer to home, the Japanese in the food group also have a special feature, that is, each person only orders one dish. They have become accustomed to eating less.

"It's lunch time. Please come in for the first sixteen diners." With Su Ruoyan's iconic words, lunch time began.

Alex is a calculating person. When he brings a group, he never grabs a spot in the first echelon. He usually puts the team behind the second echelon and in front of the third echelon, half on each side. This makes it convenient to serve customers without causing dissatisfaction to others, which is quite smart.

Following Alex's instructions, everyone lined up quietly, and when they could eat, they went in in order.

Fortunately, the four Japanese people were all in the second echelon. After entering, with Alex's help, we ordered four dishes that they had prepared for a long time.

They are Mapo Tofu, Golden Jade Pork, Drunken Shrimp and Mixed Red Raw Squid. The four dishes span three or four cuisines. Yuanzhou looked up at the four of them when he got the menu. When he saw Alex, he was familiar with them. You can tell from the figure that these are probably people from the tour group.

Yuan Zhou didn't have much communication with Alex, but whether it was the previous nine-person meeting or the many group tours, it was Alex who took action, so he looked familiar.

"By the way, system, logically speaking, Jin Yu Yu should be regarded as Qin cuisine, but it is also found in Su cuisine, so which cuisine does this dish belong to?" Yuanzhou asked in his mind.

"Host, this dish is cooked differently in different cuisines, so don't worry about it." The system directly displayed the words.

Isn't it just a waste of words? Can Qin Cai be the same as Su Cai?

Except for Mapo Tofu, which is a hot dish, these dishes are all cold or even raw, so they are very quick to prepare.

Although the names may seem beautiful, the ingredients are simple. Jinyuyu is actually seabass. Nowadays, after improvements, many people use carp or mandarin fish to make it, but Yuanzhou must have followed the ancient method.

As for the drunken shrimp, it's easier to understand. It's a small branch of Sichuan cuisine, and it belongs to Yunnan cuisine. It's minced pork tenderloin and mixed with raw meat. Many people can't accept it.

Yuan Zhou was already fast, so most of these dishes were raw, so he made them faster and served them quickly.

"The aroma is really intoxicating. It seems that Mapo Tofu in China doesn't have this smell," said the gentle Noda.

"As expected of a great master, this swordsmanship is truly superb." One of the Japanese, who had no sense of presence, said.

Hinata ordered the golden fried fish and looked at it very carefully. On the green plate, the fish meat was faintly reddish, and it felt like a little red among the greenery. It was both beautiful and delicate, and very consistent with the positioning of Japanese food.

Hinata knew that there was nothing he could do to find fault in terms of plate presentation and knife skills.

"This looks good too," said the one who ordered the mixed red raw material.

As for the person who ordered the drunken shrimp, he has already begun to eat it. Whether it is delicious or not, you can tell by his constant movements. He is mumbling Japanese in a low voice, probably because no one else can hear it except himself.

"Ashimoto-san is so cunning." The gentle man Noda also started to eat when he saw this.

"Well, it's so hot. It's really hot. It's numb and hot. It's worthy of Mapo Tofu."

Noda scooped up a spoonful of it with his own spoon and put some sauce in it, which made it taste particularly delicious.

Mainly because this is how he ate Mapo tofu when he was in China, because otherwise the tofu would fall apart.

Naturally, he also ordered rice. When eating, he switched to chopsticks to eat. Then he forgot to use a spoon and directly used chopsticks to pick up the tofu. He thought it would be broken immediately. After all, he had never eaten something so tender. Tofu.

In fact, it was not the case. The chopsticks picked up a piece of tofu very smoothly, and it was still intact. Noda, a gentle man, stared at the tofu with his eyes widened in disbelief: "I have eaten tofu from Kiyomizu Temple, but I can't do this. How is it possible?" ."

Tofu is also very popular in Japan, and the production of tofu has been passed down for hundreds of years. Noda loves tofu, so he has eaten a lot, but the Mapo tofu in front of him still exceeded his imagination.

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