Chapter 785 – #165_The Great War (2)
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One.
Eloa’s beef dish, which somehow reminds me of the comfort of home-cooked food, despite its great visuals that would appear in a fine dining restaurant.
Rinne’s ayu cuisine is as clean and beautiful as kaiseki, which fills your hungry stomach after relaxing in a hot spring at a ryokan.
They are flawless dishes no matter which way you look at them.
Slightly, Linne finished the food first, so I got to taste Linne’s food first.
Dorothy made a fuss about her chopsticks as she looked at the dishes on the chinaware.
“Awesome. It’s a one-of-a-kind meal that captures the season, cooking skills, and even dishes.”
“Dorothy, eat a little.”
“That’s too much~ I’m also a lifesaver in my own way?”
“…….”
Siwoo, holding chopsticks, first put cold vegetables, which looked like an appetizer, into his mouth.
It was an appetizer of thin sweetfish, sweet shrimp, and sea cucumber tossed with cucumber vinegar.
“Wow.”
In fact, it was the first time I had eaten sweetfish raw, but it was an amazing taste that made my jaw drop open.
Awesome fish that is crunchy with the bones, crunchy sea cucumber, and sweet shrimp that melt away softly.
The fun of various textures is put into a pinch of chopsticks.
Not only that, but the sweet, sour, salty, bitter and rusty savory taste awakens the taste buds and stimulates the salivary glands.
It was a cold dish that performed the role of an appetizer very well.
Salt is next.
It was beautifully shaped, as Dorothy had expected.
Excellent heat control with no burnt areas even though it was cooked to a golden brown with a slight lack of moisture.
“Eat it head first.”
Dorothy and Shiu cut their heads side by side.
– Basasak!
Sounds like biting into a well-made apple pie.
“How does this taste… ! Great!”
“As expected, he is a noble of freshwater fish.”
To be honest, I was a little reluctant until I ate it.
It was because the fishy and bitter taste would not be a joke if I ate the fish head whole.
But it was as Dorothy said.
The sweetfish head, which was slowly cooked in the mild heat and absorbed plenty of oil, had no fishy smell or smell.
Instead, the unidentified fragrant scent of watermelon spreads like perfume, while the salty savory taste induces an orgasm on the tongue.
“Wow…. Somehow it smells like watermelon?”
“Oh, you have a good sense of taste? Originally, delicious sweetfish smells like watermelon. That’s why it is called Hyangeo in China and Sweet Fish in foreign countries.”
Besides, the flesh of the torso is sweet and soft.
As the scent of charcoal fire was added, I felt an antique flavor that I had never experienced before.
Next is pot rice.
It is made by carefully removing the flesh and mixing it with rice to make it easy to eat.
I put a handful of rice in my mouth, with the meat of sweetfish peeking out between the grains of slightly yellowish rice.
Coated with fish broth and oil, it feels like fried rice even though it is cooked in a pot.
“Um~ good! We also followed the principle that fish broth should not be steeped for a long time, and above all, this~. Kelp and clams?”
“Yes.”
Linnaeus was not satisfied with simply cooking rice with broth.
When brewing the broth, natural MSG kelp and clams were added to enhance the savory taste to the limit.
The exquisiteness of adjusting the scent of other ingredients so that the unique scent of sweetfish does not die while richly decorating the taste of rice cooked in a pot, which can easily become boring.
This also had no fishy smell.
Afterwards, Dorothy closed her eyes after slurping down the miso soup made with the remaining broth.
“Ah~ I can feel the silvery tail of the sweetfish as it climbs up the river, and the life force that seems to be alive even after being cooked is truly impressive!”
“I ate really well. It’s delicious. This is the first time I’ve tried such delicious fish dishes.”
“Is it?”
Siu expressed his gratitude honestly without adding the slightest exaggeration.
It’s good enough to conclude that you can’t eat more fish dishes than this.
“Variety of variations performed by sweet fish! I tasted all the colors! Very, very good!”
Dorothy, who muttered long words of praise beside her, thought deeply and then asked:
“I have a question for you. Why are you such a slang? In fact, with this kind of skill, it would have been nice to have chosen another material.”
Linne’s skill was excellent, and the result exceeded my imagination.
However, no matter how farmed fish is used, it is true that there is a feeling of regret, ‘wouldn’t it have tasted better if other seasonal ingredients were used?’
“…….”
It was Linne who looked at Dorothy with the look in her eyes, saying, ‘Why do I have to tell you that?’, But she soon continued to speak calmly.
It is Dorothy who saved Rinne during the last escape process.
That’s why I condoned talking about commentary and whatnot next to me.
“It was my favorite food.”
I wanted to show Siwoo, who has now become her new family, a taste of the best dinner Linne had eaten with her family when she was happiest.
That’s why, despite Zlata’s dissuade, she put the sweetfish course up as the card of the confrontation.
Linnaeus looked at Elroa with her fighting eyes.
“So I won’t lose to you. Tiphareth.”
“It remains to be seen.”
Eloah, while listening to the rave reviews of the two, did not hesitate and presented the dish she had prepared.
“You can taste the steak first, then try other foods.”
The first thing to taste is, of course, the steak that is faithful to the original taste of the original meat.
Put the thyme on a pan with olive oil and butter and grill the meat.
It uses a technique called “Arroze”, Which constantly sprinkles melted butter and fat from the meat on the meat throughout grilling, and through this process, heat is transferred to the meat through cracks and the outside becomes crispy.
It is completed by rubbing the whole garlic cooked together with the skin to give it a fragrance.
In fact, no matter how it is made, steak is 90% of the ingredients and 10% of the skill.
That said, the quality of the meat matters.
“Oh, did you bake it really well?”
In that sense, dry aging can be said to be one methodology for the best steak.
It wasn’t quite the cheese scent Dorothy had mentioned, but the concentrated meat scent exploded as soon as I chewed it.
In addition, butter and oil sprinkled enough to cover the disadvantages of dry-aged meat, which lacks moisture, are very appropriate.
“It’s delicious, Master.”
However, steak is nothing more than a preparation exercise that tells you that ‘meat’ is put on top.
Both of them knew what the main dish Eloa prepared was.
Beef Bourguignon.
I lightly garnish my lips with red wine and stick my fork into beef bruguignon, which at first glance looks like an ordinary stew.
“Hmm~ It sounds good.”
The fork goes in so smoothly that you can’t believe it’s slightly tough meat due to dry aging.
The cube-shaped meat that was picked up at the end trembled.
The moment you savor the scent and put it in your mouth, what unfolds….
“Wow! This!”
Dorothy exclaimed in admiration.
Siwoo too was surprised and opened his eyes wide.
It’s a taste I’ve never imagined.
Nevertheless, it can be concluded in one word.
This is food to savor incense.
Instead of the heavy taste that is commonly associated with meat stew, it has a splendid aroma and freshness.
The aromas of various vegetables, wine, spices, and meat are piled up solidly to form a beautiful ensemble.
If the sweetfish set meal of cooking was a variation song led by the main player named sweetfish, Elroa’s Beef Bourguignon is a song in which the tones of all instruments create harmony at once….
“A true orchestra of tastes!”
Dorothy shudders in admiration with her eyes closed.
The more you close your eyes and feel the taste and aroma, the more you show off the melody on the tongue of the same thickness so that you don’t get tired of it at all.
Other than that, softly ripe carrots and soft mashed potatoes served as a support shot.
It is a home-cooked meal filled with Master’s love that can fill the stomach at any time because it is not flashy and stimulating.
After the pleasant tasting time came to an end, it was time to make a decision.
Since Dorothy was only commenting, she was far away and picked up the leftovers and ate them.
“Don’t feel pressured.”
“Yes. A meal at best.”
“Whose dish was better?”
“Whose dish was more palatable?”
On the other hand, Siwoo had to feel the gaze of the two masters looking at him to the point where it was burdensome.
He had been watching the two people running around the kitchen for three hours in front of him.
A word from Siwoo, who has been sitting comfortably and drinking a few drinks, decides the outcome.
One will be victorious, the other bitterly brooding over defeat.
How can I not feel burdened?
“You might want to think about it a little more.”
“Take it easy.”
Look at the two people who say it’s okay right now.
Both of them are pretending to be strong, but they are clenching their aprons as if they are nervous, and they are shaking their hands with nervous eyes.
If you raise the hand of Boeuf Bourguignon here.
‘It’s okay, I don’t care. I’ll have to do my best from now on.’ You’ll notice Rinne’s sullen look, but he’s trying hard to hide it.
On the contrary, if you raise your hand with the sweetfish set meal.
‘Okay. Thank you for being honest. I’m sorry for making you make such a difficult decision again.’
It was obvious that both of them would blame themselves instead of blaming Siwoo.
Of course, it was difficult to cover the superiority and inferiority of the taste itself.
If that’s the case, let’s listen to the grudge and end it.
Siwoo made that decision.
“I will make it a draw.”
“That doesn’t work.”
“Siwoo, aren’t you too indecisive?”
As expected, there was an immediate backlash, but it can’t be helped.
If only Siu could hear a little muttering, it would be the completion of a world where no one gets hurt.
“Ah, both dishes must be so delicious. I hope to do it again next time. I ate well thanks to you.”
“Aren’t you making trouble? The opponent is Shin Si-woo? Didn’t you expect it to happen like this?”
Dorothy, who had been thriftyly dipping bread from somewhere in the kitchen and even stew sauce, approached with a smile.
“Jeong~ Then, shall I judge you?”
“You get out.”
“I’m sorry, but your verdict doesn’t matter.”
Rinne growling while showing her teeth, and Eloah making an inappropriate expression.
But this was no different than Dorothy volunteering to serve as a decoy.
It was because Siwoo, who couldn’t bear to make either of them sad, took advantage of the gap and left the place.
In the end, the cooking contest ends in a draw.
Neither Eloah nor Rinne realized that they couldn’t win in this way.
