1693 The Bible of culinary
The mission was completed. Yuan Zhou took a glance at the mission progress: (20/20). He had indeed completed his mission.
Then, Yuan Zhou’s first reaction was,”could it be that dashi xiujie suddenly realized something and broke through to the level of a master chef after listening to my guidance?”
This was a little uncertain. Cooking was not like martial arts or immortal cultivation. It was difficult to have any absolute bottlenecks that could be broken through in an instant.
Even if there was, Yuan Zhou still remembered the system’s mission, which was to gain the admiration of the 20 domestic master chefs. He took a look at the mission list with certainty.
“Is it possible that dashi xiujie has been judged as a master chef by the system?” Yuan Zhou was confused.
If Yuan Zhou had any questions, he would ask them. However, now was the time to guide dashi xiujie. Therefore, it was not the right time to study these things.
Yuan Zhou set the schedule aside for the time being and began to focus all his attention on the Kaishi cuisine.
Dashi xiujie stood upright on one side, waiting.
“Your basic skills are solid, and your knife skills are one of the best I’ve seen at your age. What surprised me was the way you handled the pig’s mouth. If I remember correctly, there’s no such thing as a pig’s mouth in traditional huaishi cuisine.” Yuan Zhou said.
“Yes. When it comes to culinary skills, head chef Yuan will find out any little trick.” Dashi xiujie said,”zhouzui and wine thief are both side dishes with wine. Although I didn’t prepare sake, I prepared pufferfish and white tofu to match today’s dish.”
In fact, the names sounded like ‘Zhouzi’,’wine thief’, and so on. These names were very strange. In fact,’Zhouzi’ was because the container looked like a Zhouzi’s mouth, and ‘lid’ was because the container was an lacquer container with a lid. Eight inches was also because the container was an eight-inch fir box.
The reason why it was strange was that they used the name of the vessel instead of the name of the food. Putting everything else aside, just in terms of the name, only ancient India could compare with China.
“The tofu tastes soft and smooth. Not only did I add orange vinegar sauce to season it, but I also squeezed a few drops of green lemon juice. It’s fresh and sweet with a hint of sourness to pave the way for the strong roast beef later and to clear the mouth.” Dashi xiujie clearly explained his own arrangement.
“Very good, this time’s guidance was not in vain.” Yuan Zhou nodded his head.
Previously, dashi xiujie had brought out the most traditional huaishi cuisine. It was impossible for there to be a pig’s mouth in it. However, dashi xiujie had done it. This was a breakthrough from the standard.
Other than that, he did not prepare sake, but instead prepared a side dish for the main course, roast beef. This was a breakthrough in the structure.
After eating street food in Japan, dashi xiujie’s biggest feeling was that it was casual. Street food did not have such strong specifications and fixed patterns.
After eating Yuan Zhou’s sashimi, dashi xiujie was even more certain of his judgment. Therefore, he prepared a table full of dishes.
“Thank you again, head chef Yuan.” Dashi xiujie said,”although head chef Yuan has only taught me for one day, a teacher for a day is a father for life. There is an old Chinese saying that even if you are a teacher for a day, you should treat him like a father.”
‘A teacher for a day is a father for life’ didn’t seem to have this meaning.
And most importantly, Yuan Zhou had created too many miracles and his cooking level was so high that many people had overlooked his age. Yuan Zhou was younger than dashi xiujie … Much younger.
Yuan Zhou could only use the same words as before when da shi expressed his gratitude. After all, Yuan Zhou was a very humble person.
“I’ve already found someone to clean up the mess. Head chef Yuan, you don’t have to worry.” Dashi xiujie said.
The arrangements were very complete. About five minutes later, the cleaning staff arrived.
He had thought that today’s matter was over. Unexpectedly, dashi xiujie had exposed another matter.
“Head chef Yuan, I would like to publish some of your quotes into a book. Is that okay?” Dashi xiujie was very respectful.
“What?” For some reason, the first thing that came to Yuan Zhou’s mind was the Analects of Confucius, which he had memorized when he was young. The Analects of Confucius were written by Confucius’s disciples and his disciples.
This was a test point, so he had to memorize it.
Yuan Zhou came back to his senses and asked the key question,””My quotes? What is it about?”
“Head chef Yuan, please take a look. I printed this on my own to encourage myself. Without your permission, I will not spread it.” While saying that, dashi xiujie handed a brand new book to Yuan Zhou. It was a Chinese version.
‘The Grandmaster’s casual conversation record’, subheading: Culinary Bible
Yuan Zhou was already immune to the title of “Grandmaster” now, but wasn’t the culinary Bible a little too shameful?
Actually, it was more low-key to call it the cooking treasure book. As an outstanding person in the naming world, Yuan Zhou pondered in his heart, but he definitely didn’t say it out loud.
He opened it and found that it was indeed some words that Yuan Zhou usually said. There were even some words that Yuan Zhou himself couldn’t remember.
“I think that all of us in the Japan cooking industry should read this book and learn from head chef Yuan’s cooking skills and your own requirements.” “All the money earned from the sale of the books will go to you, head chef Yuan,” dashi xiujie said.
“Head chef Yuan, please let me finish.” Dashi xiujie quickly added,”your thoughts and attitude are extremely helpful to a chef. Therefore, the royalties should naturally be given to you. This is an undoubted matter.”
“Head chef Yuan, please give our country’s chefs a chance to learn.” Dashi xiujie bowed and requested.
After thinking for a while, Yuan Zhou nodded his head and agreed. Dashi xiujie was quite excited.
With Yuan Zhou’s increasing popularity around the world, this book was not only very popular in Japan, but also in the world. It was really a must-read book for all chefs. It really lived up to the subtitle.
At the same time, a few years later, the book sales charts would be filled with mystery, reasoning, and plot novels. However, a book with a strange style had mixed into the top 100. That’s right, it was the only book related to cooking that made it into the top 100.
Of course, this was something to be discussed later and not for the time being. Anyway, after getting Yuan Zhou’s consent, dashi xiujie prepared to translate it into Japanese himself.
He also talked about some other things. For example, Fujiwara Jiayuan asked dashi xiujie if he had time to visit the Japanese famous chefs ‘union branch.
There was also one of the most famous cooking competitions in Japan: The taste of Watari wanted to invite Yuan Zhou to be the chair of the judging panel this time.
Fujiwara Jiayuan had also told Zhou Shijie about this matter. However, too many things had happened recently and Zhou Shijie didn’t have the time to tell Yuan Zhou about it.
Yuan Zhou was quite clear about the status of the award, the taste of wakashi. Therefore, after thinking about it for a while, Yuan Zhou refused. After all, he really didn’t like to participate in these activities.
However, visiting the Japan chefs ‘union branch was included in Yuan Zhou’s plan.
After he finished talking about the trivial matters, Yuan Zhou sent dashi xiujie off. To be exact, dashi xiujie didn’t allow Yuan Zhou to send him off at all. After all, in his opinion, it was not a good thing to trouble Yuan Zhou.
After everything was settled, Yuan Zhou asked the system a crucial question,””System, who is the 20th master that I admire?”
The system displayed,[master chef of Jiangsu cuisine, please welcome Wang Mingjie.]