Chapter 166 The Flavor of Soy Sauce Because he had a rough idea in mind, Kagawa started to act more efficiently after getting the soy sauce. "Yating, help me make a bowl of noodles... Never mind, let's make a few more bowls. Aino, ask the chef to get some beef bones from the warehouse. There should be some left over from when I ordered the whole cow. Take them out, wash them and cook a pot of soup with the bones. Cut some white radish and put it in. Lianggong, help me deal with the beef and chicken that I'll ask the chef to get out later." At Kagawa's command, the three of them immediately took action skillfully. This was a habit they developed when they were collecting ingredients and making soy sauce in the nature reserve - they could do whatever they wanted to their president at other times, but they had to put the president first when it came to group (cooking) activities (ingredients) and (management). After all, what they have to make is food that they are going to eat. If they don't behave themselves, who knows what kind of shocking and mysterious things they will make later. The most important thing is, if they really mess up, they will no longer have the standing to stop their president from committing suicidal acts in the future. The few students from Class 8 of Grade 1 who usually came to the Tongue Club's small restaurant to slack off were not surprised by this. After all, almost the entire class had been used as laborers by her during field training. But for the students from other classes who were used to seeing Kagawa being "exploited" by their own members, this was the first time they had seen such a scene. It was rare to see other students in the literature club except the class monitor Lu Daiqing. Lu Daiqing himself had just finished reading the trial part in "The Count of Monte Cristo" where the Greek girl Haidee accused Fernando of a crime, and was now elegantly drinking iced juice and enjoying the aftertaste of the novel. "Lu Daiqing, what is your classmate going to do?" asked the other members of the literature club curiously. Usually in the club, Lu Daiqing seldom mentioned the two classmates in her class who founded an unprecedented club. Only when Xiangchuan was tired of reviewing for exams and walked around the small restaurant and happened to walk near them, would he chat with Lu Daiqing. The topic basically revolved around the three novels "The Count of Monte Cristo", "Don Quixote" and "A Dream of Red Mansions", and she rarely mentioned her club activities. If it weren't for the fact that the small restaurant of the Tongue Club occasionally put on the shelves some foods that were not seen in the school cafeteria or even the popular "Tsuki Hibiki" restaurant outside, and if it weren't for the fact that Kagawa himself ran around during the entire school celebration to instruct the students in Class 8 of Grade 1 on simple cooking steps such as making dumplings and rolling out dough, everyone outside of Class 8 of Grade 1, including other members of the Literature Club, would have mistakenly believed that Kagawa was not just a figurehead president but was actually doing research on new products for "Tsuki Hibiki".
Therefore, it was really unexpected for the diners at the Tongue Club restaurant to see Kagawa issuing orders in a serious manner like the president of a club. "Hmm... Is it related to their previous outdoor study trip?" Lu Daiqing adjusted his glasses without prescription on his face. "I can't say more, and I don't know the details. Their study project involves some sensitive things. If Kagawa lets everyone eat later, it's okay for us to have a bite, but try not to ask questions that you shouldn't ask." The other members of the literature club scratched their heads. What Lu Daiqing said seemed to be the same as if he hadn't said anything. It was really amazing that he could talk so much nonsense. But... there is something to eat. Everyone's eyes turned towards the kitchen with increasing heat. "Aino, skim off the foam on the beef bone soup... Didn't I ask you to scoop a big spoonful? There's only this much soup, and you think it's not enough?" "Ah, it seems that it would be better if the white radish is rinsed with water before adding it... Never mind if it is a little bitter." "Divide the noodles into four portions. You can put more in each portion. Anyway, there will be people coming over to eat for free." "Just chop the scallions and ginger and put them on the steak plate. I'll do it myself afterwards... Ah, you can also help with the chicken. Either the chicken belly or chicken breast, or the chicken leg. Cut the chicken leg in half and shave off the tendons and bones. Then do the same as with the steak." Because there was not much soy sauce that had been processed by high temperature, in order to control the amount, Kagawa had to guide the three people step by step. This also made the three people realize once again how solid Kagawa's theory and practice in ancient food was. Only at times like this does Kagawa act like a reliable president. The three of them thought at the same time. The first thing to come out of the oven is naturally the noodles that can be put into the boiling water. Ouyang Yating practiced cooking noodles for more than half a month during the school celebration in order to set an example for other students in the class. Now, the series of actions of scooping up the noodles, immersing them in drinkable cold water, shaking off the excess water on the surface and putting them into the bowl can be said to be done in one go, which makes the students from other classes who are secretly watching the movements in the kitchen in the seats near the kitchen exclaim quietly. "Let me do the subsequent seasoning, Yating, you go make some side dishes, fried eggs and the like, and by the way, get some cabbage and boil it in water. No need to add seasoning, just cook it until it is edible." When Ouyang Yating heard about frying eggs, her face couldn't help but twitch, but she still obediently let the kitchen AI start helping with the ingredients. When Ouyang Yating asked the kitchen AI to send the side dishes over, Xiangchuan's seasoning was almost finished - in fact, it was just to reduce the proportion of salt appropriately and add a certain proportion of soy sauce on the original basis, but the amount was adjusted according to her previous experience in cooking noodles. At this time, Ino's beef bone soup was just coming out of the pot. Liang Gong also followed Kagawa's instructions and handed the chicken thighs that had been marinated with soy sauce, green onions and ginger to the kitchen AI for frying and cutting. The most important soup for the noodles has been cooked, so all that’s left is to assemble it. Kagawa mixed salt and a little oil into a large bowl, then poured soy sauce from a measuring cup into the bowl, and then poured beef bone broth into the bowl. The rich aroma of soy sauce and beef bone broth mixed with the soup and seasonings brought a whole new olfactory stimulation, which brightened the eyes of the three people who had originally stayed away from the taste of soy sauce. Next, Xiangchuan put the noodles into a bowl and placed the eggs, cabbage and chicken thighs prepared by Ouyang Yating and Liang Gong on it. The soup base is made from beef bones, freshly made soy sauce, chicken thighs that become even more fragrant when marinated in soy sauce and then fried, plus a runny fried egg (Ouyang Yating: God knows what I went through to be able to make a runny fried egg) and tender-looking cabbage. Smelling the long-lost soy sauce and broth, Kagawa could only express his excitement by swallowing his saliva. Even Kagawa himself had this reaction, not to mention Ouyang Yating and the other two around him. When they smelled the different aroma of fried chicken thighs just now, the three of them couldn't control their saliva. In addition, they had just consumed some energy after a busy meal, so they were even more greedy when they saw the beef bone soup noodles with chicken and eggs.
Kagawa resisted the urge to take a bite first - because that would surely make the three of them even more impatient, and the situation would then be out of control - so he quickly finished preparing the remaining three bowls. When the unprecedented rich aroma of the four-arm noodle soup filled the entire Tongue Tip Society restaurant, regardless of whether everyone had just had afternoon tea snacks or not, their appetites were aroused, and everyone in the restaurant looked towards the kitchen with increasingly fiery eyes. That's where the fragrance comes from! Is it some new food? What new and delicious food is Tongue Tip cooking up again! Why haven’t I seen this new food on the menu yet! All of a sudden, Little Star No. 1 and Little Star No. 2 were called over by everyone in the small restaurant and asked when the new recipes would be on the shelves. However, the four people from the Tongue Club did not notice this situation at this time. They were sitting around the table in the kitchen which was usually used to store pots, pans, and ingredients, looking at the soup noodles in front of them and swallowing their saliva. "Okay, eat quickly, or the noodles will get swollen if you don't eat them now." Kagawa waved his hand and asked the kitchen AI to bring pepper, minced garlic, chopped green onions and chili oil (actually a modern version of chili oil made from powdered chili condiments + boiling oil). "If you eat it directly, it may be a bit monotonous, so you can add some additional seasoning yourself." As Xiangchuan said this, he skillfully scooped a small spoonful of pepper and a small plate of minced garlic into the noodles, and scooped up a spoonful of soup. She had lost the habit of drinking noodle soup since she started working, but now, this mouthful of rich broth with a unique soy sauce flavor has greatly satisfied her desire for soy sauce flavor in the past two months. After two mouthfuls of noodles, eat a piece of meat or a handful of green vegetables, what a taste... Although Ouyang Yating and the other two had eaten chicken noodle soup before, the rich aroma of the fusion of soy sauce and beef bones gave them a world-changing shock, especially Ino. When the beef bone soup was just cooked, he scooped a small bowl and tasted it like Kagawa. The aroma of beef was mixed with the sweetness of white radish. The taste was very refreshing, but the shock it brought to him was not as great as chicken noodle soup. It was just soy sauce added to the soup bowl, and the taste was a little unfamiliar to him.