Chapter 189 When the Bright Light Blooms (4K)

A dagger.

A machete.

A long pointed awl.

Plus a file.

The kitchen utensil box that Xia An carried was like a mysterious treasure house, filled with precious “legacy” passed down from predecessors.

The dagger is not so bad, and many people are familiar with it. It made a stunning appearance when cooking level 46 ruby ​​crab at Higashino Tsuyoshi’s mansion, instantly triggering heated discussions and admiration from many famous chefs.

But what about machetes, awls, and files?
Everyone couldn’t help but feel puzzled.

Granny Sun looked at Nakiri Senzaemon meaningfully, then looked at the Nakiri sisters and deliberately acted as if she had suddenly realized something.

He looked as if he knew some unknown secret.

“I understand.” There was a hint of mystery in Grandma Sun’s voice.

Nakiri Senzaemon was puzzled: “…”

What do you understand?

Sun Yun followed suit and said in astonishment: “Yutsuki is really a wealthy family. These works of the ‘grinders’ have undoubtedly reached the level of treasures, and they were so generous to give them to Boss Xia.”

After these words were spoken, Dojima Gin and Saiba Joichiro looked at each other, both with doubt in their eyes.

Could it be that the commander-in-chief really just waved his hand and gave out this amazing gift?

Only the sisters Alice and Erina looked confused, with ignorance in their eyes.

They clearly remembered that when they followed their master to the treasure house, all the master took away was an ancient booklet.

Besides, there are three kitchen utensils in front of me that are at the treasure level. If one of them is taken away, my grandfather will be heartbroken for a long time.

“Not really.”

“It’s his own thing.”

“I didn’t decide to give any kitchenware to Boss Xia.”

Nakiri Senzaemon clarified this with three consecutive emphasis.

Sun Yun, Sun Zheng and other Sun family disciples immediately turned their thoughts to Higashino Tsuyoshi, and then Higashino Tsuyoshi, who was reading the illustrated information of “Poisonous Potatoes” in a luxury house by the sea, was innocently caught in the crossfire.

Sun Kang was full of doubt and couldn’t help but mutter, “How could a pseudo-Lin who just stabilized the cell sequence in his body be so rich?”

Sun Xiang sneered and said, “Oh, don’t underestimate any Lin chef who has mastered the coordinates, even if he is just a fake Lin.”

Sun Ying also echoed, “That’s right, if Chef Lin goes to the food industry, hunts a few high-level beasts and sells them to the IGO agency, he can become rich in a matter of minutes.”

At this time, Soma Yukihira was forcibly dragged here from Polaris Dormitory by his father Saibajo Ichiro. He was still confused about the situation and his eyes were full of confusion.

“Watch well and study hard.”

Saiba Joichiro slapped Soma Yukihira on the head.

This slap made Soma Yukihira’s eyes instantly clear.

Next to him, the “adopted son” Saiba Chaoyang tilted his mouth slightly, with a hint of complexity in his eyes, and glanced at the red-haired hedgehog-headed Soma Yukihira, but did not reveal his identity as his brother.

Since his adoptive father hadn’t made their relationship clear, he felt there was no need for him to do anything unnecessary.

Cai Bo Chaoyang stared at the big screen and said, “I heard that the recipe for this reception is “White Snow Catfish Noodles”, which is the competition dish that Boss Xia once displayed at Mr. Dongye’s mansion.”

“‘White Snow Catfish Noodles’?”

Soma Yukihira looked confused and scratched his head, “I’ve never heard that Boss Xia knows this dish. I only know about ‘Catfish Noodles’ and ‘Fantasy Fish Noodles’!”

Cai Bo Chaoyang smiled and said, “You can think of it as the ultimate evolution of the ancient recipe “Catfish Noodles”. It’s much better than “Fantasy Fish Noodles”!”

When Soma Yukihira heard this, his mouth opened wide.

After a moment, he came to his senses and couldn’t help looking around. A strong suspicion surged in his heart:
Among all the cooking masters present here, could I be the one with the worst cooking skills?
It makes sense to think so.

After all, the only person he could barely compare himself to, Alice Nakiri, had already made it to the finals of this autumn’s trials. And next Monday, it would be the much-anticipated battle between Hayama Ryo and Alice Nakiri.

Under the eager gaze of everyone, Xia An took out the [Blade of Ligaru], held the short blade, and a calm light flashed in his eyes.

wow-

He reached in and pulled out a snow catfish from the tank.

These level 30 ingredients are basically the pinnacle of what a top-class chef can cook.

However, the fresh snow catfish only flapped a few times in his hands and was unable to break free from his grasp. It had no fighting power at all and was firmly pressed on the chopping board by Xia An.

Although these 30 capture levels are added to the rarity, the combat power level is not increased much.

But the snow catfish is an advanced fantasy life form after all, but in Xia An’s hands, it is as docile as an ordinary freshwater catfish, without any lethality at all.

Cai Bo Chaoyang’s temples were throbbing as he watched.

“Is it true that this man doesn’t have a kind of gourmet cell or a cell sequence in his body?”

Sun Ying, who cosplays General Lei Dian, also called it outrageous:

“If it were in the old days, when the dark cuisine world and Tai Chi cuisine world were still flourishing, Boss Xia would definitely be considered a top-notch master.”

The fourth brother, Sun Kang, was speechless: “Top-notch experts? I think that’s a conservative estimate. They can compete with the Five Tigers!”

Sun Xiang looked at her elder sister Sun Yun:

“Too outrageous, is it true that the internal energy system of our Great Shenzhou is so strong?”

Sun Yun smiled and said with emotion:
“Ever since the Kitchen God Liu Maoxing opened up a new world and a new era, the internal energy system has gradually weakened and declined. Otherwise, why do you think the ancient skills and ancient recipes were gradually lost and eventually became stories and legends?”

Sun Ying suddenly clapped her hands excitedly and shouted:
“I understand. This is the suppression of the world power from the food world!”

Sun Yun was both angry and amused: “Yingzi, I think you play games too much, your brain is out of line all day long!”

As she spoke, the eldest sister Sun Yun looked at the big screen, and seemed to have seen something outrageous. Her smile froze instantly, and her pupils trembled.

“This method…”

I saw that Xia An had already accurately cut a hole in the catfish’s tail with a knife at some point.

Then, he placed his hands gently on the fish, like an experienced master in a massage parlor. His palms were soft yet contained full strength. Starting from the fish’s head, along the spine, he slowly kneaded and pressed to the tail.

Gollum—

Gollum—

The sound of blood oozing out was clearly heard through the big screen.

At the same time, the water level in the bucket placed under the water table to collect blood was rising rapidly, visibly to the naked eye.

What’s even weirder is.

The snow catfish on the table didn’t seem to feel any pain at all. Not only did it not struggle at all, its eyes even opened and closed slowly, full of comfort and enjoyment.

Where is the despair of being slaughtered?
“Is this fish dead or alive?” Soma Yukihira shouted in surprise, his voice full of disbelief.

“Of course it’s alive!”

The eldest sister Sun Yun, who provided the food, looked solemn and said in a deep voice.

“When I kill ordinary freshwater fish, they will jump desperately when they are alive. Why doesn’t this snow catfish struggle at all?” Soma Yukihira’s face was full of confusion. This scene greatly impacted his cognition.

Suddenly, a hand was placed on Soma Yukihira’s shoulder.

Yao Di Cai Bo Cheng Yi Lang said with a smile: “Soma, this is why I brought you here
In the world of fantasy chefs, nothing is strange.

In fact, there are many food skills that can achieve similar effects. For example, ‘acupoint pressing’, once performed, the food will be paralyzed and unable to move, and can only allow the chef to slaughter it obediently. “

Cai Bo curled his lips and thought to himself, Dad, you should have brought your son to see the scenery of the fantasy world a long time ago.

Sun Xiang frowned and muttered to himself:
“Normally, when bleeding a catfish, shouldn’t the operation be ‘bleeding by cutting’ or ‘bleeding by salt water’?”

As soon as these words were spoken, the store fell into silence.

As they are all professional chefs, they are naturally familiar with the specific procedures of bleeding with a knife and bleeding with salt water.

To bleed a catfish, you need to make a deep cut along the spine. However, you must be extremely careful during this process. You must not let the blade cut through the spine, let alone damage the internal organs. Otherwise, if the catfish dies too quickly, it will seriously affect the efficiency of bleeding, resulting in incomplete bleeding.

As for the brine bleeding, the method is even more cruel. The catfish, which is still alive after the cut, is placed in a basin of salt water and made to struggle painfully in the salt water, causing the blood in its body to flow out quickly through the intense exercise.

on the screen.

Soon, the blood was drained and the specific slaughtering process began.

Until this moment, Xia An suddenly made a move with his knife, hitting the snow catfish’s head accurately, knocking the catfish unconscious instantly. Then, he began to dissect and kill the catfish meticulously with his skillful technique.

Remove the fish gills, cut open the abdomen, and remove all the internal organs.

The next step is cleaning. Although the snow catfish lives in extremely clear waters and has extremely high requirements for water quality, it is a catfish-like creature after all, so it is inevitable that some dirt will remain on its body.

For example, the black membrane on the inside of the fish’s abdominal cavity that protects the internal organs must be torn off in one piece, or carefully scraped clean with a knife. Otherwise, the strong fishy smell will remain and greatly affect the quality of the fish.

Also, the excess fat in the abdominal cavity must be carefully trimmed off.

For example, catfish has a thick layer of mucus on its body surface. How does Xia An deal with it?
At first, his operation was quite routine, spreading salt evenly on the fish, which is a common method used by chefs. But then, an unusual scene appeared.

Xia An’s hands became extremely soft again, and he gently covered the catfish, starting from the head and pressing gently all the way to the tail.

After repeating this operation two or three times, something amazing happened!

The clumps of mucus debris actually fell off the catfish!

Then, Xia An pulled the water pipe and the water flowed like a stream, washing the whole catfish on the water platform.

Swah——

In a blink of an eye, a spotless white snow catfish appeared in the camera view.

The food at this moment is really like a piece of pure snow carefully carved into the shape of a fish, lying there quietly, exuding a unique charm.

There was no time for everyone to exclaim in surprise.

tear-

Xia An used a white bone dagger to smoothly cut along the spine of the fish, one on each side. In the blink of an eye, he had cut out two large pieces of tender fish meat.

When the two pieces of fish were placed on another clean kitchen counter

That delicate texture…

White color…

Pure appearance…

It suddenly burst into everyone’s sight and was breathtakingly beautiful.

Granny Sun, who was originally sitting on a chair, stood up abruptly upon seeing this. The turbidity in her eyes instantly dissipated, replaced by full of amazement: “This is a perfectly processed ingredient!”

“Perfect ingredients!” Everyone echoed, their voices filled with shock.

Nakiri Senzae leaned forward slightly, as if wanting to get a closer look at the amazing food on the big screen. After pausing for two or three seconds, he said in amazement:
“It’s hard to imagine that a newly promoted special-grade master can process a level 30 snow catfish into a perfect ingredient?”

New special grade…

Everyone’s expressions froze instantly, staring blankly at the perfect catfish meat on the screen.

At this moment, everyone heard old man Senzaemon muttering “new special grade”, and felt that these words were extremely harsh, and their hearts were filled with a strong sense of disobedience.

“What the hell?”

Sun Ying’s breathing became rapid, and the chest of the Thunder General cosplay costume rose and fell violently:

“You’re telling me, Boss Xia is just a newly promoted special grade?!”

Sun Kang’s mouth trembled slightly: “If Boss Xia is just a newly promoted special grade, I would suspect that there is something wrong with this world, okay!”

Dojima Gin and Saiba Joichiro looked at each other helplessly.

New special grade?

I’m afraid this joke won’t work!

Dojima Gin’s face twitched slightly, and he said in a resentful tone: “As a witness who was defeated by him in the finals of the Higashino Tsuyoshi luxury house competition, I don’t think that this man who successfully cooked a 46-level ruby ​​crab is just a special grade!”

As he said this, Dojima Gin rolled up his suit sleeves with a fierce look on his face.

He looked like he would fight to the death with anyone who told him that Boss Xia was a newly promoted special grade.

“Ah this…”

Soma Yukihira, Asahi Saiba, Erina, Alice and others who were originally planning to discuss a few words shut their mouths when they saw this.

After a moment of silence, the eldest sister Sun Yun suddenly spoke:
“Why do I feel that with just this white snow catfish, Boss Xia can make a luminous version of “White Snow Catfish Noodles”? “

Once these words were spoken, it was like a bombshell, and everyone in the store was shocked.

“How is that possible!”

“How perfect must the cooking be to make a glowing dish out of the first fish?”

In the kitchen, Xia An looked deep and calm as he opened the ingredient panel.

……

[Ingredients: “Pure White Snow Catfish Meat” (98%)]

[Grade: Emerald Grade (30 capture levels)]

[Processing score: 98]

……

“Only 98%, just close to perfect, sub-perfect, not really perfect?”

Xia An’s mind turned rapidly, and then he thought of the characteristics of the snow catfish meat, and he suddenly realized it and said to himself:

“wrong!”

“To make the meat of the snow catfish absolutely perfect, you need to bring out the unique flavor of the fish meat!”

Because the meat of snow catfish is light, even a little bland.

If there is no special technique to stimulate the gourmet cells contained in the catfish meat and allow its unique flavor to fully release, the fish meat is destined to be “bland”.

“It has to be full of flavor.”

Xia An’s mouth curled up slightly, feeling very satisfied with the 98% treatment rate achieved with just the [Big Massage Hand].

Nowadays, we need to stimulate our gourmet cells and make the ingredients bring out their unique flavors.

Hey, it’s time for [Soothing Touch] to make its debut!

After a meticulous massage that was completely different from the massage for cleaning, Xia An checked the food information again.

……

[Ingredients: “Flavorful and pure white catfish meat” (100%)]

[Grade: Emerald Grade (30 capture levels)]

[Processing score: 100]

……

at last!

100%, absolutely perfect!
Xia An took a deep breath, his eyes full of determination: “This is the fish, this absolutely perfect ‘white snow catfish meat’.”

A strong premonition surged in his heart.

This fish will surely be the best opportunity for him to cook a glowing version of “White Snow Catfish Noodles” tonight.

Next, Xia An threw the fish skeleton, fish tail, fish head, and a small amount of fish meat into the deep pot and boiled them. Soon, the clear broth was boiling in the pot, exuding an enticing aroma.

Most of the fish meat, after being beaten and kneaded by Xia An, gradually turned into smooth fish paste.

In the process of making surimi, Xia An obviously felt very relaxed, that silky feeling, as if everything was completed between normal breathing. He thought that perhaps it was the perfect level of [Big Massage Hand], this food skill, that invisibly further strengthened his five fingers and palms, making his micro-manipulation ability reach a higher level.

By the time the broth was ready, Xia An had already used [White Snake Chain Transformation] to make fish paste noodles that even Chef Lin could not find fault with.

As he slowly lifted the lid of the pot and prepared to scoop the broth into a bowl.

White mist rose up instantly, and the rich fish aroma was like a raging whirlwind, completely enveloping Xia An’s figure.

“Wow–“

The kitchen counter is filled with ramen bowls.

Soon, the noodles were cooked. Xia An scooped the noodles into a bowl, topped them with the carefully fried fish fillets, and drizzled them with rich broth and prepared sauce.

Spoonful after spoonful of broth was quickly poured into the noodle bowl, blending perfectly with the already cooked fish paste noodles in the bowl.

“You can tell at a glance that the broth is of pure and perfect quality from its color!” Sun Yun pushed his glasses, a look of admiration in his eyes.

Others in the store were also preparing for an excited discussion.

In the picture, Xia An turned around, holding a handful of green onions in his hand, and gently sprinkled them on the first bowl of noodles on the kitchen counter, adding a different kind of vitality to the bowl of noodles.

suddenly!

A strong light burst out in the camera lens without any warning, instantly illuminating the entire picture…

(End of this chapter)