Mister Ajikko 27

Mister Ajikko Volume 4

Chapter 1 What to do about the Sauce?

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Signboard: Hinode Eatery

Young Master: You did it, You-chan!
Young Master: A new hamburger steak!

Youichi: Yo, Young Master! We were waiting for you!

Young Master: This...this is...
Young Master: This is the hamburger steak that will compete against Genesis's?!


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Youichi: Yup! By wrapping the outside of the steak with bread...
Youichi: The meat juices that ooze out with the help of the metal skewer will all be soaked up by the bread! I call this the Bread-Wrapped Hamburger Steak!

Youichi: But this isn't the end of the story!
Youichi: I still have a secret weapon!

Mum: A secret weapon?
Young Master: What kind of secret weapon?!

Youichi: Let me show you!
Youichi: I'm almost done preparing, so please wait for a bit!

Mum: Hmm?
Mum: Why are those bowls numbered?

Youichi: Ehehe...these numbers...
Youichi: are part of my secret weapon!
Mum: Ehh!?


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Mum: This is....?

Young Master: Heh...by wrapping the meat with bread, all the meat juices are collected; it really looks delicious!

Mum: But isn't this the same Bread-Wrapped Hamburger Steak that you showed us before?
Mum: Where's the secret?

Youichi: Ehehe!

Young Master: Hmm, this is amazing!
Young Master: However, making three just for taste testing is too much, isn't it?

Young Master: Actually, I just came from dinner and I'm full...
Young Master: EVen for me who eats a lot, I won't be able to eat three steaks.


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Youichi: That's all right!
Youichi: I don't mind if you don't finish it all up, just try one!

Young Master: Oh, really?
Young Master: Then, I'll take a bite....

Young Master: Hmmm....
Young Master: What a nice aroma....

SFX: Nom

Young Master: Wow!
Young Master: Delicious!!

Young Master: The meat is tender all the way to the inside...
Young Master: The surface isn't burnt in the slightest and the meat just simply melts in my mouth.

Young Master: Furthermore, this time, the meat juices are all soaked into the bread...
Young Master: The moment I bite into it, the taste of the meat juices fills my mouth! This hamburger steak is scrumptious!!


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Young Master: Delicious!

Young Master: Yummy!!
Young Master: This is really excellent!

SFX: Om nom nom


Mum: Wow! Ah!

Young Master: Wah, I finished everything!
Young Master: I thought I couldn't eat anymore, but I ate all three of them!

Youichi: Hahaha...!


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Young Master: It's strange...!!
Young Master: It looked like it was too much, but without knowing, I finished the whole plate!!

Young Master: Ahh....This is You-chan's trick, isn't it?!
Young Master: This is the secret weapon that you mentioned before!

Young Master: Please tell me!
Young Master: What kind of magic did you use to make me eat all three steaks?!

Youichi: That's right!
Youichi: The trick is in those three bowls that you saw earlier!

Mum: The three bowls?
Young Master: So, the hamburgers steaks that I just ate were of three different kinds?!

Youichi: Exactly!!


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SFX: stop

Youichi: This is...
Youichi: three types of meat patties!

Mum: Ehhh!
Young Master: Each of them has a different color!

Youichi: Correct!
Youichi: These three steaks have different ingredients inside them!


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Young Master: Different ingredients, you say...?!
Young Master: But, You-chan, I didn't taste any difference in those three steaks I had!!

Youichi: Even if you say there's no difference, there actually is a tiny bit!
Youichi: There is a change in the combinations of the minced meats!

Young Master: Combination of minced meats...?

Youichi: The human tongue isn't really that good in sensing different tastes...
Youichi: No matter what kind of delicious food is eaten, after eating continuously, the deliciousness is bound to be lost.


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Youichi: This applies to the Bread-Wrapped Hamburger Steak too.
Youichi: In the beginning, the meat juices are delicious, but after tasting it again and again, it's going to feel too rich and heavy!

Youichi: To prevent that feeling of richness and to ensure that the second and third hamburgers get eaten...
Youichi: I changed the combinations of the meats in the three hamburger steaks!

Youichi: The first patty contains beef and pork in the ratio of 6 to 4.

Youichi: The second patty has less pork, so, the ratio of beef to pork is 7 to 3!
Youichi: If a patty has a lot of pork in it, then a lot of meat juices are going to come out and this makes the hamburger rich, but a patty with a lot of

beef makes it easier to eat.

Youichi: Lastly, the third patty has even less pork, the ratio of beef to pork is now 8 to 2!
Youichi: The less pork there is, the more lightly flavored the meat becomes!


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Youichi: By arranging the hamburger steaks correctly on the skewer, they can be eaten in the correct order! / By following this order, the meat juices will gradually lessen and the taste will lighten... / The over-richness taste won't be felt and all the steaks can be eaten up!

Mum: Congratulations!

Young Master: Awesome!
Young Master: Amazing, You-chan!

Young Master: You really are incredible, You-chan!
Young Master: What an unbelievable plan...By lessening the richness of the meat juices, even three hamburger steaks can be eaten in one sitting!

Mum: Hmm, but three steaks...
Mum: Isn't it because that it's Young Master that three hamburger steaks can be finished?

Youichi: What are you saying?
Youichi: Before arriving here, he ate dinner, didn't he?

Youichi: He eating his dinner was within my calculations!
Youichi: Normally, eating three is nothing to him, he could easily eat ten steaks!
Young Master: I'm not actually like that...

Mum: The tenderness of the meat...
Mum: The meat juices that can compete against Genesis...!

Mum: And on top of that, this plan...
Mum: To counteract the richness of the hamburger steak...this method is remarkable!


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Youichi: I'm not finished...!
Youichi: Everything I've done up till now is for the meat...

Youichi: The last piece is the hamburger sauce!
Youichi: I've created the best sauce to use together with the Bread-Wrapped Hamburger Steak!

Young Master: At first glance...
Young Master: it looks like a mushroom sauce...

Young Master: Yum....
Young Master: There is a nice mushroom aroma...

SFX: Nom


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Young Master: Yum!

Young Master: The thinly sliced mushrooms makes for a great white sauce!
Young Master: it's delicious...

Young Master: But...
Young Master: it doesn't go well with the steak.

Youichi: Ehh!!

Young Master: The taste of the sauce is too strong!
Young Master: If it's like this, the selling point of the hamburger steak, that is the taste of the meat juices, won't come out at all!

Young Master: With a more lightly flavoured taste...
Young Master: I think that should blend better with the meat juices!

Youichi: Hmm, is that so...
Youichi: What you said is correct, I suppose...

Youichi: Then, the next sauce is...
Youichi: Japanese ginger sauce!!


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Young Master: Hmm, the ginger is finely chopped...
Young Master: Soy sauce adds a big flavor to the sauce...

Young Master: Hmm, but then...
Young Master: The taste of soy sauce doesn't go well with the steak too...

Young Master: This is orange-flavored sauce...

Young Master: Hmm, this too...

Young Master: Tomato sauce...

Young Master: The flavor is also too strong...
Young Master: It doesn't match the meat.

Youichi: Ehh...mustard sauce!
Youichi: Grated daikon sauce!
Youichi: Eggplant sauce!
Youichi: Seaweed sauce!

Youichi: This is impossible...
Youichi: All the sauces are too strong and they bring down the flavor of the meat...

Youichi: Having said that, we have to use a sauce...
Youichi: The meat alone doesn't have any shortcomings in the taste...what could be missing...

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Youichi: A sauce that doesn't hide the savory taste of the meat juices... / wait, no...a sauce that improves the savory taste of the meat... / how do I

make a sauce like that?!

Youichi: I wonder what kind of sauce Genesis will make?

Youichi: The sauce that I tasted at Genesis before...
Youichi: It was chilli beans sauce!

Youichi: The meat became tender by boiling it in the sauce. Plus, the meat juices mixes with the sauce...
Youichi: The spiciness of the chilli together with the juices are all brought out in that sauce!

Youichi: That is just one method...
Youichi: However, at this stage, he will definitely use a new sauce that surpasses the old one!

Youichi: How will you make that sauce, Genesis....!


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SFX: trolley rolling

SFX: door opening

Abe: Owner! I've completed the new menu!
Abe: Please try it!


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Owner: This is...I see...
Owner: So this is the completed hamburger steak!

SFX: Cloche opening



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Owner: The meat is wrapped in a paraffin sheet, then baked in a covered pan...this is the Wrapped-baked Hamburger Steak!
Owner: Just by looking, the tenderness of the meat is outstanding and the sauce has seeped throughout the interior!

Owner: I wonder...
Owner: how the sauce will taste, Chef?!

SFX: smirk

SFX: cut

SFX: chew chew

Owner: ...This is!

Abe: How does it taste?

Owner: This is...
Owner: DELICIOUS! I can't find the words to describe it!


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Owner: The meat juices are oozing out in bulk...
Owner: The amount and smell of the juices is amazing!

Owner: Also...the meat is so tender that it just melts in my mouth...
Owner: ...! This is veal!!

Owner: Veal...I see!! This is beef stew!!
Owner: You used beef stew as the sauce for the hamburger steak!

Abe: You are correct.

Abe: Onions, carrots, tomatoes and bay laurel along with veal...
Abe: Boil all of these ingredients to get the ultimate beef stew!

Abe: Furthermore, this beef stew has been simmering for more than 1 week!
Abe: The more the ingredients are simmered, the more the taste of the meat and vegetables can be drawn out!

Abe: Inside the paraffin sheet, the beef stew and the meat juices combine together to bring about the greatest taste...
Abe: To use beef stew as the sauce...!

Abe: Putting two dishes together will allow both of them to be tasted at the same time...
Abe: This is the ultimate luxury hamburger steak!

Owner: This aroma...this indescribable fragrance...!
Owner: There are other ingredients you used...?


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Owner: These are...Shimeji mushrooms!
Owner: You added Shimeji mushrooms into the stew!

Abe: Correct!
Abe: These mushrooms are what completes the taste of the steak!

Abe: The beef stew which contains the rustic aroma of the mushrooms and...
Abe: the steak which has the flavor of the meat conspicuously drawn out are assembled together perfectly..

Owner: Magnificent...
Owner: Simply magnificent...

Owner: Could this be...
Owner: the taste of a work of art?!

Owner: To make a sauce like this requires years of training and an innate talent for cooking.
Owner: It's not something that can be imitated overnight.

Owner: There's no way that...
Owner: that boy can copy this!

Abe: Hmm...
Abe: I'm not sure about that...


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Abe: Little boy...I'm one step ahead by completing my hamburger steak...
Abe: Now...what about you...? What kind of steak are you planning to challenge me with....?

Signboard: Hinode Eatery

Youichi: No good....

Youichi: No matter what kind of sauce I use, the flavor of the meat is killed off...
Youichi: If I don't add a sauce, then there'll be something missing with the dish...

Youichi: There's only 2 days left till the hamburger steak competition with Genesis...

Youichi: What...
Youichi: What should I do...?!

Young Master: Hi...!
SFX: Door sliding open

Young Master: How's it going...?
Young Master: ...Still nothing?


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Young Master: ...That's enough, You-chan.
Young Master: You don't have to push yourself this hard for my sake.

Young Master: We've come this far only because you've been helping me.
Young Master: This is more than enough.

Young Master: What you've accomplished so far is good enough!
Young Master: Even if the sauce doesn't match the hamburger, we won't lose to Genesis with the Bread-Wrapped Hamburger Steak!

Youichi: Hmm...

Young Master: Why don't we take a break?
Young Master: I've brought some ice-creams for us to enjoy!

Young Master: I guarantee that these ice-creams are delicious...
Young Master: I queued for 30 minutes to buy them!

Mum: It's true...!
Mum: It's like the sweetness is melting in my mouth...!

Youichi: *such easy-going people*


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Youichi: Toppings...!

Youichi: I've got it!!
Youichi: There's that method as well!!

Youichi: That's it!!
Youichi: That's it!!!

Young Master: You-chan!!
Mum: What's wrong, Youichi!!


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SFX: sprinkle sprinkle


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Mum: What's up, Youichi...!!
Mum: What are you doing with black peppercorns?

YOung Master: I got it...You'll grind these peppercorns into powder...
Young Master: Then, sprinkle it over the hamburger steak!

Youichi: Wrong!!
Youichi: I'm gonna use these peppercorns as is!

Youichi: A hamburger doesn't need something like a sauce!
Youichi: Just using these peppercorns is enough!

Mum: Ehh!?

Young Master: But...but to use the peppercorns instead of powder...
Young Master: How will you use them?!

Youichi: Like this!

Youichi: Take a look!
Youichi: I've finished it!


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Mum: The surface of the steak is covered with peppercorns...
Young Master: What the...
Young Master: What kind of steak did you make?!

Youichi: Leave it to me!
Youichi: This is the completed Bread-Wrapped Hamburger Steak!!

SFX: Peace sign