#400 - Family-inherited dish: fresh shaved tai mountain!

Chapter 397: Family Recipe - Blazing Ice Fresh Snapper Mountain!

Seeing that Seiya had stunned the massive, hundred-plus-pound snapper with just one strike, not to mention Erina and Soma Yukihira, even Senzaemon Nakiri was visibly surprised.

Everyone present was a chef and understood the resistance encountered when handling struggling live fish.

All living things have a survival instinct, and fish are no exception. When facing life and death, fish will naturally struggle with all their might.

However, dealing with a few pounds of fish is one thing; a large snapper is another. The force of its struggle is considerable.

A snapper the size of the one in front of Seiya could easily send two or three Erinas and Minesaki flying with its thrashing. Yet, Seiya stopped it completely with just one strike…

That strike seemed ordinary, but even a fool could see that the force behind it was incredible!

The Seven Star Knives correspond to the seven stars of the Big Dipper and are named after them: Breaking Army Knife, Honest Star Knife, Prosperity Star Knife, Literary Star Knife, Giant Gate Knife, Martial Star Knife, and Greedy Wolf Knife.

The knife Seiya used to knock out the snapper was the Giant Gate Knife, the largest of the Seven Star Knives.

After stunning the snapper, Seiya quickly drew the Literary Star and Martial Star Knives from the cloth simultaneously.

The Literary Star Knife, like a fruit knife, was swift and deadly. A flash of cold light at the snapper's throat completed the bleeding process.

Then, the Martial Star Knife, like a sharp锥, separated the useless fins and tail from the snapper at a speed that was difficult for Erina and others to see with the naked eye.

After separating the fins and tail and draining the blood, Seiya placed the Literary Star and Martial Star Knives on the cutting board in front of him and drew the "Greedy Wolf Knife" from the cloth.

"Breaking Army Swift Thunder Cut!"

The gleaming cleaver danced rapidly in Seiya's hand, enveloping the snapper in a series of dazzling flashes. By the time Erina and Soma Yukihira reacted, Seiya had stopped and was wiping the cleaver with a dry cloth.

When they looked at the snapper on the table again, they were completely dumbfounded.

The huge snapper was not only completely separated into head and body, but the body had also been completely processed and divided into various parts such as the large belly and small belly.

The larger the fish, the greater the difficulty of cutting because the thicker the fish, the greater the demand for the chef's strength. Also, because the fish is large, its bones are also very big. Therefore, using a cleaver to cut such a large fish is quite time-consuming.

But for sashimi, freshness is always the most crucial point, and freshly slaughtered fish perfectly meets this requirement.

The larger the fish, the more succulent it is, and the higher its fat content. The combination of freshness and high-fat content makes for the most exquisite sashimi.

However, every chef knows that achieving both is not easy.

High-fat large fish are relatively easy to find, after all, the sea is vast and boundless. Although excellent ingredients are expensive, they are not rare.

The biggest difficulty in top-notch sashimi lies in the fact that the fatty, large fish must be freshly slaughtered and processed extremely quickly. This is definitely a difficult task.

Is killing a small fish of a few pounds comparable to killing a large fish of a hundred pounds?

As everyone knows, the longer it takes to process a fish, the more the freshness and deliciousness of the sashimi will decline over time.

Some might say that using machines to slaughter the fish would maximize the freshness of the ingredients, right?

But first-class chefs understand that processing sashimi is a delicate job.

Each fish has a different fat density and content, and the best-tasting parts are also different. An excellent chef can judge this based on experience, but can a machine do that?

Obviously not. So, sashimi cut by machines can usually only be found in supermarkets, while real top-quality sashimi can only be eaten in restaurants.

Processing a snapper weighing over a hundred pounds would take even a skilled chef at least a few minutes, but what did they just witness?

Seiya completed the entire cutting of the snapper in just a few breaths, precisely dividing it into several parts according to the fat content of the fish.

"Is it those special knives of his?"

Seeing Seiya complete the overall cutting of the snapper in a few moments, Erina turned her gaze to Seiya's Seven Star Knives.

A good set of knives is like a chef's soul.

This is even more true for a chef who specializes in sashimi.

"No, it's definitely not just that. Seiya's knives do look very sharp, that's true.

But even with a great set of knives, it's impossible to process this huge snapper so easily in such a short time."

Hearing Soma Yukihira's words, Erina pursed her lips.

Indeed, as Soma Yukihira said, even if she used the same knives, she wouldn't be able to process such a large snapper so perfectly in such a short time.

Seeing the surprised expressions on Erina and Soma Yukihira's faces, Senzaemon Nakiri, with his arms crossed, glanced at Seiya's Seven Star Knives and slowly said, "The knives he uses are not ordinary knives.

They are the legendary Seven Star Knives of the Chinese culinary world. To use this set of knives, one must also master the corresponding techniques, which are not something ordinary chefs can do.

Moreover, it's not just about technique. His physical fitness and basic skills are also quite solid. Otherwise, even with the Seven Star Knives, he wouldn't be able to complete the processing of the snapper in such a short time."

After processing the huge snapper, Seiya took the fattest part of the fish, most suitable for sashimi from the prepared snapper meat and drew the long knife, Greedy Wolf, from the Seven Star Knives again.

The sashimi dish Seiya is making is actually the snapper dish that Rein made when competing for the legendary cooking utensil "Eternal Spirit Knife" in Little Master Chef - Blazing Ice Fresh Snapper Mountain!

As a culinary successor of Rein's, the Wenren family, this sashimi dish was naturally recorded in the recipe that Wenren Qingying left for Seiya.

Although "Blazing Ice Fresh Snapper Mountain" lost to Little Master Chef's "True Snapper Continent Map" in the story, this dish is undoubtedly top-notch in terms of sashimi.

Even in snapper cuisine, Seiya believes that Rein only narrowly lost to Little Master Chef at the time.

Because although "True Snapper Continent Map" is awesome, it wins more on innovation and theme.