昼、久しぶりにYamachanに会った。
最近の仕事のことや、彼の旅行計画について話し合う。
会えて良かったです。
夕方、教会に行き晩ご飯をKusunoki先生、Mayuzumiさん、I.Kojiと食べる。
今日は麻婆豆腐を作った。
挽肉、なす、ちんげん菜、たまねぎ、までは良かったのだが、
豆腐を入れるタイミングが少々早過ぎたらしく、
炒めている内に、豆腐がほぼ跡形もなく消え去った。
料理の初心者は、ここで「ああ、失敗だ」と深い溜息をもって嘆くのだが、
そうは問屋がゆるさない、
料理のプロは違う視点で見るのだ。
即ち、豆腐を破壊することによって、
中国三千年の戦乱の歴史を見事に表現したのだ。
料理はアートだ、爆発だ！
お味のほうは？
今日は、Kusunoki審査官に判断をしてもらった。
ミシェランこと「マキラン」の評価基準に従い、
７星満点中、３つ星をいただいた。
うーむ、塩味がちょっと足りなかったかなあ。
I had lunch with Yamachan in Shinjuku.
We mainly talked about our work and about his holiday plan.
It was good to catch up.
In the evening, I went to church,
and had dinner with Pastor Kusunoki, Mayuzumi-san and I.Koji.
I cooked "mabo doufu (spicy tofu with minced meat and vegetables)".
Well, I was in control up to the point of stir frying meat and vegetables,
but I seemed to have put in the tofu a bit too early,
because as I got near to the end, tofu was completely gone...
Those who are still at the early stage of their cooking lives might think that I've made a mistake,
but hey,
the real chef thinks the otherwise.
Yes, the shattered tofu represents the three thousand years of Chinese war history.
Yes, ultimately cooking is an art, and art is explosion!
Right?
And the taste?
Today's judge was Pastor Kusunoki,
who judged according to the "Maki-lin" star criteria (which is more prestigious than Michelin),
gave a three star, out of seven.
Hmmm, perhaps it needed more salt...
Yesterday Tomorrow
1 year ago
2 years ago
3 years ago
4 years ago