Chapter 639: Nijo Market (Part 1)
Xia Yu does not need the theoretical knowledge of Yin and Yang and Five Elements at all. He can also act as a charlatan and pull it up, which ensures that many Chinese chefs are confused.
When he reaches his level, what he needs is practical experience guidance, rather than verbal boast.
But unfortunately, Yan Mo and Hongyi obviously retained some.
It's normal to think about it.
Why should I reveal the notes and notes left by the boss of the dark world in the past to you? Xia Yu came here this time just to try his luck and get the best of gains. If he didn't have one, he wouldn't have any regrets and would have a stable mentality.
"Walk--"
For the driver, the driver was sent by Gin Dojima from a resort hotel in Hokkaido, the Kingdom of the Totsuki Kingdom. It is said to be a retired mercenary and is trustworthy.
"Director Xia, where are you going next?"
The driver drove away from the manor located in Bamianlou.
Xia Yu glanced at Erina Nakiri sitting next to her, "Didn't you say you want to take me to the market for a walk?"
"Um……"
The girl who followed him, with a tight face and said with a stern look: "The materials provided by the igo ingredients store can only ensure that the quality is higher than the average level and the yield rate is high. These ingredients are OK for daily operations in high-end restaurants, but for competitions, the quality is not enough!"
Competition dishes are indeed different from daily dishes.
Just talking about "Golden Inlaid Jade", even if Xia Yu is the creator of the recipe and has stable channels to exchange for taboo ingredients, he dare not say that he cooks a bowl for himself every day, which is too luxurious.
"Go to Nijo Market!" Erina turned to the driver.
Hearing this, the driver's face reflected in the rearview mirror was obviously a little surprised.
It is said that Nijo Market, which began in the Meiji era in Japan and has developed to this day. It has become a super-large comprehensive market that combines fish markets, taverns and fruit shops. It is well-known and has become a popular tourist destination, attracting many foreign tourists to come here to try the authentic seafood food provided by those unique small shops.
When it comes to fish markets, we must mention the geographical conditions of Hokkaido.
Hokkaido Fishery is the world's largest fishery. This is the same on the Earth in another time and space, or the Earth where Xia Yu is now in. After all, the outline of the land and the ocean has not changed. The cold current meets Hokkaido, which naturally forms an environment rich in fishery resources.
"Hey, are you okay? Get faster, it's going to be late!"
At around nine o'clock in the morning, at a corner of the Nijo Market, Erina shook her legs and asked impatiently at the boy who was facing his back.
"Okay!"
Xia Yu smiled and turned around, and had already dressed up, wearing a baseball cap and large sunglasses covered half of his face. At this time, his hands were inserted into the pocket of his jacket and threw them on the street of the market. He was in the same style as the passerby male, and he was definitely not outstanding.
Erina wore a knitted hat, her conspicuous golden curly hair was still disguised, and she was a narrow down jacket that showed off her figure on her upper body, and a short skirt and cotton pantyhose below. A scarf on her neck slightly covered her chin. She consciously twisted the scarf to cover her face halfway. No matter how curious passers-by were, it would be difficult for her to recognize this young lady.
After looking at the clothes and paintings of passers-by on the street, and then looking at myself and the girl, Natsuki finally realized that it was already winter in Hokkaido, not in September, and it was time to add layers of clothes.
"Okay? Come with me!"
After a sweep of the impatience of waiting, Erina's steps and tone were filled with a hint of excitement, and she looked very good.
Xia Yu and her walked side by side, among the crowds in the market.
Along the way, the seafood shops were filled with seafood, and the shelves were covered with cold ice. Any aquatic products that could be named, such as shrimps, crabs, cuttlefish, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, etc., were all available. Some extremely large seafood, such as super-large king crabs, were placed on the ice cubes, attracting attention.
Hey.
Stopped in a small roadside restaurant lined up, Xia Yu looked at the colorful posters they placed at the door of the store:
"Crab rice bowl, 1480 yen."
"Three-color seafood rice bowl, 1880 yen."
"Seafood Sashimi Dragon Boat, 2550 yen."
The price is very affordable!
After watching the dishes at random for three levels, Xia Yu felt hungry, but his eyes passed through the poster at the store, and when he saw the guests filling the bar and small dining tables, he immediately extinguished his thoughts of tasting.
"Don't be too slow!"
At this time, Erina lowly scolded, pulled his arm, and urged: "The fish market auction has begun, and it's too late to get all the goodies taken away!"
The two moved into the market, and there was a relatively quiet warehouse.
From a distance, the quarrels were heard from a warehouse, but the area was fenced and isolated separately, and many guards stood guard at the door.
"Where is your special badge?" Erina put a card on a device that looked like an identity instrument, beeping, just like passing through the subway ticket gate, she crawled over and waved her hand across the opposite side.
“Identity detection?”
When the girl patted his room door in the morning, she repeatedly reminded her that Xia Yu took out a small badge from her pocket and went to Warehouse No. 1 with the girl through inspection.
When Xia Yu entered the door, he had a rough understanding of the situation.
About a hundred people gathered near a small platform. On the simple platform was an auction staff shouting loudly:
"Fresh Arctic shrimp caught in Qingchi, number 33, no more than 3 hours to land, a total of 5 kilograms, starting at 50,000 yen..."
“51,000!”
“52,000!”
Someone immediately raised a sign and shouted.
Xia Yu found the seafood that was being auctioned, which happened to be a box of Arctic shrimps. Next to them, there were several middle-aged men who looked like chefs, and they also pointed at the box of aquatic products.
"Well, the shell is red, transparent and full, it is indeed the best Arctic shrimp, enough for me to deal with that food festival competition!"
After murmured, the chef turned around to participate in the auction.
Erina stuck to him, breathing, and whispered: "Qingchi" is the fishing code. This may refer to a fisherman, a boat, a fishing company. No matter what, those who can be placed here for auction must be the best of the same type, and the prices are generally very high!"
Xia Yu nodded.
He knew the price of ‘Arctic shrimp’. In the Japanese aquatic supermarket, the price per pound is about 500 yen, which is about RMB 30. However, this Arctic shrimp is small in size, incomplete in shrimp and frozen transport, which is considered the worst.
But Xia Yu roughly swept away the box of Arctic shrimps in the Erjiu auction market. The total weight of one box is 5 kilograms, but it looks only 80-90. About eight or nine shrimps weigh one kilogram. You can imagine how big it is.
Beep.
The line of sight is frozen for a few seconds, triggering the visual talent that has not been used for a long time - [Dialysis Eye].
“Information is being collected.”
"【Fine Arctic Shrimp】(blue), with an average weight of 59 grams, fished from Hokkaido Fishing Farm. The landing time has not exceeded 3 hours, and the freshness is high. It is of the highest quality in the same category. It can cook higher quality seafood dishes."
Such Arctic shrimps are 10,000 yen per kilogram, and even Xia Yu is ready to move.
The chef's pursuit of high-quality ingredients is like a bounty hunter's treasure, and the hot atmosphere in the fish market auction house can prove this.
"look--"
Erina suddenly shook his arm.
Following the instructions, Xia Yu saw a row of crab boxes waiting to be auctioned. These boxes were placed separately, and each box was filled with a red crab with claws tied with rubber bands.
"Hiss, so big!"
"King Crab?"
But when I looked at it carefully, Xia Yu stared at me: "No, it's a hairy crab, but how big is the hairy crab?"
Before he could react, he was dragged away by the excited girl. The two of them were so fast that they squeezed into the innermost layer to observe closely. After two or three seconds, they were surrounded by crowds.
The auction staff who towed the truck said:
"The best Hokkaido hairy crabs are 2 kilograms per one, and the starting price of each one is 50,000 yen! The essential ingredients for cooking top seafood delicacies are not to be missed!"
Xia Yu's eyes flashed.
The famous Hokkaido hairy crab!
This is the third party outside the three famous crabs in Hokkaido.
Hokkaido hairy crabs cannot be reproduced manually, and a 500-gram hairy crab weighing 100 grams will need to grow in a pure and pollution-free environment to have such a body shape.
So, the 2 kilogram hairy crab definitely refreshes Xia Yu’s understanding of this type of seafood ingredients.
These ordinary seafood ingredients are definitely affected by the invasion and have changed, right?
No matter what, Xia Yu was excited.
Chapter completed!