Watching Hoshino Sora suddenly walk out of the competition area, the audience was a bit confused, then started conversing with friends who came with them. For a time, various rumors flew around.
Fortunately, Hoshino Sora was out for less than five minutes, but when he returned, he had a pile of precision instruments in his hands, which he was pushing into the arena with an extra-large cart.
"Alice, are these your instruments?" Looking at the various devices on Hoshino Sora's cart, Erina touched Alice Nakiri, who was sitting next to her.
"Yes, Hoshino-kun said a couple of days ago that they might be used, and asked me to bring all my equipment. So I brought them. I hadn't used them for a while, and never expected them to be used here.
I have to say, it feels like I'm fighting alongside him down there. It's really great that I didn't find it too tiring to bring the instruments!"
Looking at Hoshino Sora, who was preparing to use her instruments, Alice Nakiri's face broke into a smile. The feeling of him using the instruments she brought was like fighting side-by-side with her.
After all, they are her cooking tools, and her cuisine is entrusted within them!
"You really can imagine things."
Hearing Alice Nakiri's words, Erina Nakiri couldn't help but retort, then shrugged her shoulders and turned her gaze to Hoshino Sora, who was adjusting the instruments.
"Molecular Cuisine? Even with precise instruments, it can never compare to my Crossed Knives."
"Whether it can compare or not, you'll know once you try."
Hearing Saiba Asahi's words, Hoshino Sora said dismissively, then focused all his attention on the corn in front of him. These few ears of corn had already been secretly replaced by him.
Biological Name: Juicy Corn (Mutated)
Quality: Silver (Medium)
Mutation Effect: Full of juice, elegant sweetness, unique flavor, very suitable for making desserts, and incredibly delicious even when eaten directly.
This ingredient can be eaten raw. Hoshino Sora and Erina Nakiri once feasted on it in Gourmet Manor and were very familiar with the original taste of various mutated ingredients.
As for this Juicy Corn, despite its ordinary, even somewhat rustic name, its taste is truly excellent—sweet, crisp, and tender, leaving a lingering fragrance with an elegant flavor.
This corn, even if simply gnawed on without cooking, has a Silver (Medium) taste. Simply steaming it can already rival some Silver (High) dishes.
This is undoubtedly a very terrifying thing. It should be noted that most students at Far Moon are at the level between Bronze (High) and Silver (Medium).
And the taste of this corn, just simply steamed, has already reached the level of some weaker Elite Ten members.
It must be said that Gourmet Manor, which can cultivate such ingredients, is very astonishing. Hoshino Sora quickly peeled off the corn kernels, then skillfully processed them.
"Playing tricks."
Glancing at Hoshino Sora, who was peeling raw corn, Saiba Asahi held a grater and quickly scraped the entire ear of corn into a paste. A faint sweet smell instantly filled the air.
Corn, as an ingredient, is very suitable as a side dish for cooking, but using it as a main ingredient requires some effort, because the taste of corn is not very suitable to be the protagonist.
Of course, in the long river of history, there are still many dishes with corn as the protagonist, but those were determined after many years of deliberation. It is quite difficult to create a new one.
Moreover, the competition time is only twenty minutes, and there isn't much time for thinking. Within this short period, how much the corn can be utilized greatly tests the chef's ability.
"Corn, what kind of dish is he going to make?"
Watching Hoshino Sora skillfully operate the Molecular Cuisine machine, this thought emerged in the audience's minds. Those rows of equipment really looked impressive!
"Chocolate? Is he preparing to make a dessert?"
Watching Hoshino Sora take out and melt chocolate, Akikubo Momo's eyes showed a different kind of light, and at the same time, she felt some anticipation, hoping that he would win with the dessert she was good at.
"Wow~"
"Hairy crabs, they look so plump and delicious!"
"So much crab roe! It looks very tasty!"
Watching Saiba Asahi, who had gotten hairy crabs from who knows where and was quickly processing the crab roe, the audience gasped. It seemed he was preparing to combine the crab roe and corn.
"Is that… a lotus leaf?"
After seasoning and mixing the corn and crab roe, then placing them on a lotus leaf for steaming, Saiba Asahi gently exhaled, then turned his gaze to Hoshino Sora, finding that he was still in the stage of peeling corn kernels.
Those individual corn kernels were soaking in water, looking perfectly round and plump, but why did every single kernel look exactly the same? Both their size and color were identical.
Puzzled, Hoshino Sora placed the cooled chocolate sauce onto an iron plate, then, with tweezers and incredibly fast movements, he attached the corn kernels, forming one chocolate corn stick after another.
"Tsk, do you really think making this kind of childish snack, which has no technical skill whatsoever, can win against me? You're underestimating me too much!"
Watching one chocolate corn stick after another being placed on the plate, Saiba Asahi scoffed, then returned to his cooking station, the slight vigilance that had risen in his heart instantly dissipating. Such childish cuisine could absolutely not win against him!
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