Smell.
Taste.
These two senses in humans are interconnected.
And Erina, possessing the God Tongue, can accurately perceive flavors and aromas, then analyze and evaluate them.
In other words, even if toast were made into a beef patty, it still couldn't escape the fact that it's toast!
If.
You thought you could use such deceptive methods.
To pull the wool over Erina's eyes, that would simply be incredibly naive!
...
"Different ingredients."
"Definitely possess different flavors, textures, and aromas!"
"And these characteristics can ultimately be discerned by the God Tongue."
"What's more, you've already exposed all the secrets of these three Western fast food dishes in front of me. Don't you think doing so is somewhat self-humiliating?"
Subsequently, after a brief analysis, Erina gradually calmed down.
"In some sauces."
"The combination of sweet, sour, bitter, spicy, and salty flavors can create a pleasant taste."
"But in reality, these flavors, when existing alone, may not necessarily produce such a taste."
"Therefore, during the cooking process."
"The combination of ingredients can have a deceptive effect on one's taste perception."
"In short, more talk is useless. Just give it a try. I believe these three Western fast food dishes will completely overturn your understanding!"
Always.
Under the influence of her innate God Tongue ability.
Erina always grasped the flavors of every dish much faster than others.
Then, she could apply her learned cooking techniques and food science knowledge to continuously improve these dishes!
Because.
The God Tongue never makes mistakes.
Therefore, she can always produce the "correct" answer in this life!
Over time, this astonishing talent, while giving her extremely high confidence in evaluating food and applying cooking techniques, also gradually made her completely intolerant of any criticism from others!
This point was vividly demonstrated in the original story's plot during the start of the school year!
Yukihira Sōma, who participated in the entrance exam, wanted to argue with Erina over a mediocre dish.
As a result.
Before he could even say a few words.
He was directly deemed unqualified by Erina on the spot, causing him to almost not become a new student at Totsuki Culinary Academy!
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"Hmph!"
"I will definitely taste it."
"After all, for a dish like this, I must strive to find all its internal flaws, and then make you deeply understand what kind of price you have to pay for challenging the God Tongue!"
With that, Erina picked up the freshly baked beef burger and took a big bite.
The moment her teeth bit down, a delicious flavor spread throughout her mouth.
Immediately after, a soft and incredibly elastic sensation seemed to try to push Erina's teeth away.
If the beef burgers sold in the market always had a crispy texture, then what Sosuke made was soft and sweet!
Yes!
Too soft!
This soft feeling seemed to come from the unique characteristics of the outermost bread!
Inside, there was a special sauce, which was just made by Sosuke using vegetable juice, oyster sauce, mustard, clear broth, and teriyaki sauce, slow-cooked!
As long as you bite down deeply, you can feel the sauce tightly enveloping the beef patty, bringing out a rich and mellow taste.
"Ah!"
"This..."
Erina couldn't help but be stunned!
In her heart, she began to repeatedly think: "What's going on?"
"The beef patty was clearly made from toast, so why can't I taste even a tiny bit of toast with the God Tongue?"
And how was this rich beef aroma produced?
Could it be that in this world, there really is a dish that can completely deceive the God Tongue, that can satisfy the God Tongue?
No!
Absolutely impossible!
Even my mother, Nakiri Mana, couldn't do something like this...
...
Thinking of this.
Erina, not believing it, quickly took another bite.
With the second taste, she finally understood that this beef burger in her hand could only truly be appreciated for its essence when it was in her mouth!
Theoretically, a beef patty made from toast would appear somewhat dry.
So it needed a thick sauce to complement it. Only when the two combined would they produce a unique stickiness characteristic of a beef patty.
And.
The amount of this stickiness.
Would also affect the overall texture of the burger.
Clearly, when making this dish, Sosuke had already thought of this step.
And the taste of this beef burger also completely exceeded Erina's expectations. She truly hadn't expected that even her God Tongue couldn't discern the true nature of a beef patty made from toast!
Gradually.
Erina abandoned her elegant eating manners.
She began to tightly hold the beef burger in her hand and eat it in large bites.
"Eh?"
"What's going on?"
"Why is Lady Erina eating so ravenously?"
"Has this beef burger made from toast successfully conquered the God Tongue?"
Beside her, Hisako, seeing this scene, couldn't help but gape, her mouth wide enough to fit an egg!
...
Since childhood.
She had always taken care of Erina's daily life.
Responsible for preparing medicinal cuisine, which she excelled at, to nourish her health.
And in the years she followed Erina, she had witnessed countless astonishing and miraculous dishes become so dull and insignificant in front of Erina, who possessed the God Tongue!
She also knew that recently, Erina's taste had actually become increasingly picky.
Many dishes, in her eyes, had long become worthless, and she didn't even bother to look at them.
However.
Who would have thought.
In this small Izakaya.
A beef burger that wasn't beef could actually satisfy Erina?
Oh my God!
I'm really not dreaming, am I?
Thinking this, the naive Hisako Arato quickly reached out and pinched her own cheek.
Only after feeling a slight pain did she realize that everything happening before her eyes was truly not a dream!
...
For some reason.
In the past, Erina was quite annoyed by such extremely mediocre dishes!
However, this beef burger in front of her made her feel excited and curious.
It even made her want to use her God Tongue to explore every flavor and texture within it, to understand how each ordinary ingredient blended together to form such deliciousness!
Especially whenever she indulged, the joy and satisfaction in her heart grew even stronger!
So much so that her hands truly couldn't stop!