"Praised that dish greatly?"
Everyone was instantly stunned.
They knew that food blogger; he often came to Kirinoya to eat, but he was very picky about the food.
Every time he came, they would have a headache, fearing that he would find some fault.
But now, a dish made by an intern was actually praised greatly by him?
If they didn't know the background of that customer, they would have doubted his taste.
"Mm."
Hinako Inui nodded, then smiled and said, "In any case, there are no problems this time, so don't worry too much about it, everyone."
"Oh, by the way, Head Chef, what did that sashimi look like? Have you seen it?"
Ono Kenro asked; he really wanted to know what the fugu sashimi Satou made actually looked like.
Everyone else was also very curious, wanting to see what kind of dish this intern had made.
"ola, when I went, the customer had already eaten it all, so I didn't see it."
Hinako Inui put her finger to her lips, a thoughtful expression on her face.
"Is that so?"
Everyone couldn't help but feel a wave of disappointment.
"If it's that fugu sashimi, I still have some left here."
Satou suddenly said.
"Really? Can we see it?"
Hinako Inui smiled slightly and asked gently.
"No problem."
Satou nodded, then brought over the small half-plate of sashimi he had cut.
Many people think that sashimi originated in Neon, but in fact, as early as the pre-Qin period, China already had this way of eating.
The character 'kuai' means small pieces of raw meat.
The idiom 'kuaizhirenkou' originally meant that raw meat dishes and roasted meat were both very much loved by people.
However, the 'kuai' in the pre-Qin era was mainly beef, lamb, pork, etc., with relatively few fish.
Later, fish gradually became more common, and by the Tang Dynasty, fish 'kuai' became the main type.
There are many specialized works on fish 'kuai', and just the knife skills for slicing fish included Xiao Huangbai, Da Huangbai, Wu Lihua, Liuyelu, Duifan Fudie, Qianzhangxian, etc., but these have long been lost.
Now, very few people in China eat sashimi; one reason is that the eight major cuisines gradually matured during the Ming and Qing dynasties, and another reason is that sashimi mainly uses freshwater fish, which have many parasites.
In fact, early sashimi in Neon also mainly used freshwater fish, until Tokugawa Ieyasu, who loved to eat sea bream sashimi, caused sea fish to gradually replace freshwater fish.
Seeing Satou bring the sashimi over, everyone quickly gathered around.
Ono Kenro picked up a slice of sashimi with chopsticks, held it up to the light and examined it for a while, and the others immediately gasped in surprise.
"It can be seen through the light, so thin!"
Kiyomi Kobayashi said in surprise.
Unlike salmon, tuna, and other sashimi, fugu sashimi is better the thinner it is cut.
And this slice of sashimi by Satou was so thin that even light could pass through it, clearly reaching the extreme.
"Moreover, the thickness and size of these sashimi slices are almost identical."
Hoshino Miyuki looked at the remaining sashimi on the plate and couldn't help but say.
Suddenly, Ono Kenro thought of a question: he had only spent a little over five minutes in the restroom, but Satou had managed to finish it during that time?
"Satou, how long did it take you to cut this plate of sashimi?"
He asked.
"About five minutes, a little less, I guess?"
Satou thought for a moment and said.
"Five minutes?"
Everyone gasped, and their gazes at Satou instantly became incredibly strange.
Ono Kenro also sighed in admiration; he could also cut such sashimi if given enough time, but it would be impossible to finish it within five minutes.
Just in terms of knife skills, Satou was already better than him.
"Are the Far Moon students this amazing this year?"
Hoshino Miyuki also looked amazed.
"Then let's try it."
Hinako Inui picked up a piece of sashimi, dipped a little wasabi on it, and put it into her mouth.
The faint spiciness combined with the melt-in-your-mouth fish meat was exquisitely delicious.
"So, so delicious."
She covered her mouth and said with a smile.
"Megumi, you should have some too."
Satou looked at Tadokoro Megumi, who had just finished washing dishes, and said with a smile.
"Eh? I can too?"
Tadokoro Megumi was startled, walked over somewhat nervously, and picked up a piece with the chopsticks Satou gave her.
"How delicious."
A faint blush appeared on Tadokoro Megumi's face, and she said in a dazed voice.
"I've decided."
Hinako Inui lowered her head and thought for a moment, then suddenly looked up and said with a gentle smile, "Satou, from now on, you will be in charge of sashimi."
"What?"
"No way?"
Hoshino Miyuki and Kiyomi Kobayashi were instantly surprised.
Sashimi is used in many sushi dishes, and there are also standalone dishes; this means Satou would become an independent head chef?
But he had only been here for how long?
"Eh, I think the sashimi he made is very good, and no one here can compare to him in terms of knife skills, right?"
Hinako Inui said.
Everyone fell silent for a moment; indeed, Satou's sashimi knife skills were better than theirs, but letting an intern become a head chef just like that still felt a bit strange.
This was probably the fastest record for an intern to become a head chef, wasn't it?
"I believe Satou has this ability."
Ono Kenro said in a deep voice, "Just now during the busy period, thanks to Satou's preparations beforehand, I was able to handle it smoothly."
Everyone was surprised again; Ono Kenro was an experienced chef, and Satou, as an intern, not only didn't hold him back but was even able to help him, which showed that his on-the-spot performance and command and dispatching abilities were even above Ono Kenro's.
"In that case, then there's no problem."
Hinako Inui smiled slightly, looking at Satou with gentle eyes, and said, "Then, Satou, from now on, you will be the head chef in charge of sashimi at Kirinoya. Please work hard."
"Thank you, Head Chef."
Satou quickly thanked her.
"Satou, you're amazing!"
Tadokoro Megumi said with great admiration; she had just started from washing dishes, and Satou had already become a head chef. This was truly incredible.
"Megumi, you need to work hard too."
Satou encouraged her.
"Mm, I will!"
Tadokoro Megumi nodded emphatically.
In the evening, Satou officially began to be in charge of sashimi.
The sashimi he cut had profound knife skills and was fast, which was welcomed by many customers, surprising the other chefs again.
Finally, after a busy day.
"I've booked a hotel nearby.
During your training period, you can stay there for now."
Hinako Inui smiled gently at the two.
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