Shokugeki No Soma

Well that proves Azami's method does works, its just not fun.

Well that's kind of the point: Azami's methods breed amazing results, but at the same time kill any sort of creativity and innovation. Its cooking without a soul basically.

Soma/Jouichiro disagree with this philosophy and feel that to truly create amazing dishes, you need to be willing to risk failure and experiment with anything you can think of.

It should be.

I'm asking for narrative cohesiveness, not large action panels.

It's probably worth noting that Erina is the lowest ranking of the Elite 10. While she'd be a valuable ally, she wouldn't be able to single-handedly solve anything on her own.

edited 10th Jun '16 2:00:27 PM by Clarste

We have no idea how good she is or isn't because she's never had a meaningful match.

I don't think it really matters right now though.

I actually completely forgot about that, despite all of the shilling and praise she gets, she hasn't had a proper match against anyone...well anyone worthwhile anyway. That is actually pretty weird.

edited 10th Jun '16 2:44:01 PM by BlackYakuzu94

Listen. I know full well that Erina can't whoop everyone's asses on her own.

I just find the idea of Erina kicking everyone's ass (in cooking!) to be funny.

And unless you have no soul, the rest of you should as well.

I'll be satisfied if she doesn't go all tsundere next week and feebly pretend that she didn't like it.

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I won't lie. When I wrote that line, I expected you to say something with more snark.

I'm a big enough man to admit when I'm wrong.

Also, I doubt she'll do something like that. This seems like something too vital for her to backtrack. Shokugeki No Soma seems like a series that does't do take backs like that.

Naw see, she's going to be all Tsundere so Soma will be more motivated to make more food for her and she'll get to taste it.

I really don't expect her to admit to wanting to try more of his cooking cuz she's a Tsundere and being honest is the last thing they'll ever do :V

To be fair, I also don't want her to be completely satisfied with it, but I won't care much if she is.

I think my scenario is the most likely, it gives Soma a reason to keep trying to one up her and Erina gets to experience wonders of "Tsundere character development"

What, like her berating him over what he could have done better, followed by a "But... b-but it wasn't bad."?

edited 10th Jun '16 6:16:45 PM by ITNW1989

Naw more like

• Erina: This dish was good, but it can use some improvements
• (Soma comes back after her advice)
• Erina: Better, but nowhere near Saiba-sama. You'll never surpass him with a dish like this.
• Soma: Are you using me taste my food?
• Erina: I am insulted by such accusations...now go come back with the next improved dish.

edited 10th Jun '16 6:21:07 PM by BlackYakuzu94

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That actually does work.

That's basically what I'm hoping for, though not with that same emphasis.

I was kind of parodying, but yea that seems most likely.

Still, it was nice to have a breather chapter where they finally develop Erina's character. All we've seen so far of her was being haughty or doing exposition. Looking forward to the next chap.

Also doubles as a CMOH in my humble opinion.

Apparently, the creators collaborate with a real, honest-to-goodness chef in making the recipes shown in their chaps. So, the answer's likely to be a 'yes'.

edited 11th Jun '16 6:54:44 AM by Jamiester

So uh...a little question:

Can you actually deep fry an egg like that?

Yes.◊ Yum.

I didn't know you could freeze the egg and then cook it, though. Most egg tempura recipes usually just call for the egg to be soft-boiled before covering it in tempura and then frying it. Imma try the frozen version soon.

I should really try to make some of this food in this series. They usually give out the instructions after all.

Quite a number of the dishes are fairly simple, so they're actually not that difficult to make, and are really tasty to boot. I've personally made the egg souflee, the char okakiage, the mackerel burger. I convinced my cousin to try and make Takumi's duck breast with Japanese-style salsa verde and it turned out amazing. On a whim we also made the grilled squid with strawberry jam. Let's just say it wouldn't have felt weird to be molested by tentacles at that moment.

Really, when I see them talk about various recipes in this series I don't usually wonder if such a thing is possible but rather why people treat it like it's so shocking.