I wiped the sweat from my forehead. Even though I just pounded a bunch of ingredients, it took a lot of physical and mental effort.

It's not just about smashing anything randomly. Even after completing this step, the number of times each ingredient is smashed and the degree to which it is smashed are also different. This is the most labor-intensive part.

Zhao Fuyu gathered his thoughts for a moment, glanced at his opponent not far away, and watched him start to cook the poisons, but he knew in his heart that the key to this step lay in the ratio of the various five poisons.

'And the ingredient that never showed up is the key!'

'It seems that Mr. Nakiri's statement is correct. Sure enough, there are people who support it, and the dream ingredients have also been brought out...'

A glint flashed in his eyes, Zhao Fuyu was no different.

The dream ingredient of the Nakiri family, 'Shark Fin Mushroom', happens to be the key to bringing out the freshness in his soup, combining all the deliciousness into one.

You must know that the taste of this kind of mushroom is particularly special. It combines the smooth and crispy texture of shark's fin with the deliciousness and... tenderness of mushrooms!

The taste of the ingredients alone is already countless times stronger than the top-grade shark's fin, and with the blessing of cooking...

Zhao Fuyu knew very well what a storm his dish would cause when it was first introduced.

In fact, the secret of this dish never lies in the ingredients, but the thought that goes into it, and how the key ingredients are combined to extract the delicious flavor of the soup!

The proportion here is the most critical part!

...

There were more than a dozen jars in a row, filled with ingredients that Zhao Fuyu had crushed with wooden sticks.

Now it's finally time to cook.

There is no pot, just put charcoal under these pots. If it is a vegetable soup pot, you only need to add a little water. If it is a meat soup pot, you also need to sprinkle some purple petals, and then

Pour more water and slowly burn off the blood foam that comes out after boiling.

More than a dozen large vats were boiled at the same time, and odor and impurities were continuously removed, but no odor-removing ingredients such as onion, ginger, cooking wine, etc. were added. This fact made many people look a little surprised.

You should know that it is not impossible to cook things plainly.

As for the requirements for food ingredients, they believe that Zhao Fuyu is capable of meeting them.

But this cooking method seems a bit too simple and has nothing special about it.

Can you make good soup by mashing various ingredients into soup?

This kind of doubt is not only filled with doubts in the hearts of many ordinary viewers, but even Nakiri Erina, who has always been very convinced of Zhao Fuyu's cooking skills, can't help but raise a question.

"Seafood tastes like seafood, chicken tastes like chicken, duck tastes like duck, and pig tastes like pig."

“This may seem like following the tradition, but it’s actually the way to find the roots.”

"I'm really looking forward to what kind of soup the Buyeo boy can come up with that has never been seen before in this world."

When it comes to cooking skills, Nakiri Senzaemon is the real connoisseur.

If he didn't understand the direction of Zhao Fuyu's cuisine from the previous dish of 'braised mullet and egg soup'.

Now after seeing these techniques, he has understood clearly.

Zhao Fuyu uses the simplest yet most complex method to completely extract the umami flavors and blend them into a very fresh soup.

But even after seeing Zhao Fuyu's cooking philosophy, Nakiri Senzaemon didn't know how to handle it, so that the flavors of various ingredients could be blended into one pot.

It's not that he hasn't mastered the ultimate umami, but that everyone uses the ultimate umami differently. For the same ultimate umami, the way to reach balance and break through the limit is also different.

But he could see that the purpose of returning to nature was to use the most primitive and simple method to maintain the original taste of the ingredients.

Even things like green onion and ginger cooking wine are not added, which is enough to explain Zhao Fuyu's thoughts.

"Then it's no wonder that he had to pound the crabs into pieces and add salt to marinate them."

Tokugawa Fuden was reminded by Nakiri Senzaemon's words, and finally understood Zhao Fuyu's idea of ​​​​materials. While his pupils shrank, he was even more amazed at the talent of this Nakashu boy.

'The ultimate taste? How old is he and he has already come this far?!'

As his thoughts turned around, Tokugawa Fuden's words had nothing to do with what he was thinking about.

"Only the saltiness extracted in this way can achieve the effect of using ingredients as seasoning."

“It’s a wonderful combination.”

With the endorsement of the two big figures, many cooks were also touched by their lingering doubts, but the next question suddenly arose.

The combination of several ingredients makes the soup taste difficult to master.

There are dozens of ingredients here in Zhao Fuyu, and they are boiled together in more than a dozen large tanks. Let’s not talk about how the taste of the combined soup should be presented. The most important thing is how to ensure that the taste will not become too complicated.

There is only a pure impact without any aftertaste.

Or it may become too thick and suppress the appetite of diners.

You know, it often happens in this world that because the taste of food is too complex, people don’t want to continue tasting it after taking one bite.

It's not that the concepts of those dishes are bad, but the degree of integration is still far behind.

For diners, it is equivalent to increasing the threshold for tasting in disguise.

"Combining...is the key!"

At this time, Inokashira Goro also spoke up, giving his opinions seriously and going straight to the core of the problem.

"The taste cannot be distinguished and cannot be superimposed but mixed. The more ingredients this soup has, the more it will fail."

"And this combination will test the level of the cook himself."

Having said this, Inokashira Goro did not forget to pull out Toyotomi Tiki, the head of the IGO Kyoto Imperial Branch who had never spoken.

In his opinion, this junior is pretty good, and he has to be asked to say a few words no matter what.

"In the opinion of the IGO branch director, if this dish can be completed, what level of cook should it be suitable for?"

I didn't expect to be handed the conversation by Inokashira Goro, but Toyotomi Taki took it very smoothly.

"Judging from the current level of chefs in Buyeo, I am afraid that only the uncrowned king or someone close to the threshold of Linchu can..."

But Nakiri Senzaemon seriously interrupted Toyotomi Tiki's analysis, and the Demon King of Food, who saw Zhao Fuyu's ambition, spoke with a solemn tone.

"Young man from the Toyotomi family, you made a mistake."

"If that dish can be completed...even Lin Chu may not be able to master it."

"That's... an unusually complicated dish!"

As soon as these words came out, not to mention Toyotomi, even Tokugawa Wind Power showed a look of extreme surprise and looked at Zhao Fuyu not far away.

The place where his eyes focused was on Zhao Fuyu's smoke-filled cooking table.

What kind of cuisine is it that makes the Food Demon King rate it so highly?
Chapter completed!