Bento

"The bento is covered with mist!!?"

"Using liquid nitrogen to create the mist effect?" Lou asks while looking at the dish.

"Bingo~ you're pretty smart Lou-kun~"

"Small trick."

"Moo~ "

"I don't know why I'm using this trick but….. Never mind, let's see what you prepared for us." Lou commented.

"How rude! It's nothing weird at all!" Alice said.

They then open the clever and then cold air start to come out from the opening of the lid.

"The mist is clearing away…!! What is this?"

When the cold air clears away, a gorgeous dish appears in front of them, it looks more like a jewel box than a dish.

"How beautiful!!"

"It's like an elaborately designed jewel box!!"

"Temari Sushi, hun"

A colorful arrangement of Temari Sushi, it is meant to be eaten in a specific order. Each successive sushi is more delicious than the last.

"Your granddaughter is pretty creative, Nakiri-dono."

"Yes~ Its a "Temari Bento" i which i concentrated the best of my techniques~"

"Let's taste it."

Alice looks at Lou waiting for his comment.

"For the top row is similar to a seafood course of abalone, sea urchin roe, salmon roe then slices of cured bonito."

"For the middle row, it's a salad with vegetables that have been cut paper-thin, they have been topped with legumes and the rice was infused with tomato just extracted with a centrifuge. For example pumpkin with vegetable sprouts, beetroot with edamame, nozawana and zucchini with corn."

"For the bottom row that represents the main course with the first three are cured beef fillet topped with wasabi but for the last sushi it is a sea bream chazuke (sea bream on a lotus flower with coagulated dashi & tea topped with kinome leaf"

"Pretty good, you create 12 different dishes on one bento box." Lou compliments me.

"Of course, this is easy for me." Alice proudly said.

"Abalone (pressed in kombu) with kombu dashi espuma (foam)"

"Sea urchin with kombu dashi espuma"

"Salmon roe"

"Cured bonito Pumpkin wrapped sushi cake with sprout vegetable"

"Beetroot wrapped sushi cake with edamame"

"Nozawana (sushi rice wrapped in pickled nozawana leaves) "

"Zucchini wrapped sushi cake with corn"

"3 pcs Cured beef fillet with wasabi"

"Sea bream chazuke"

"You even know what I use for my dish, you're pretty impressive."

"Thank you for the compliment, but it seems you did not do your homework properly Alice," Lou said.

"What do you mean?"

The other judges did not speak, they all looked at Lou, inside of them, they already knew the answer and that answer was the crucial criteria that Alice forgot.

"I will tell you later."

Just as they finish the dish, Yukihira finally finishes his own dish and presents it to them.

"Yukihira Soma, what's your dish?"

"It's Nori Bento."

"Do you even use Lunch Jar? You're pretty considerate, not like this little lady." Lou said.

"What do you mean by that? And what is this Lunch Jar?" Alice asks angrily.

"You can keep the rice and the soup hot with this stainless heat-insulating container, it's pretty good keeping the food hot and fresh even if you eat it late." Lou said.

"Hmmmmm Bento Boxes sure have advanced"

"Let's eat."

The judge opened the lid of the first level.

"First are the three side dishes."

Lou look and intently analyze what kind of ingredients he use on it and said," Isobe Age, fried cod, and dried tuna, you splendidly fried, light and fluffy the Isobe Age"

Then he picks and eats one," You added a slight amount of mayonnaise and balsamic vinegar to give it a deeper body. You are pretty attentive even on the smallest part."

"Thank you."

They then open the next level.

"Bacon and onion miso soup"

Then the last part, the true star of this portable bento is the Nori Bento portion, utilizing a Yukihira original craft, Nori Flavor Bomb drops, small drops that explode like roe, releasing a wave of nori flavor in every bite! Sōma used a simple Molecular Gastronomy technique to craft this one-of-a-kind bento.

Each successive portion stirs up memories of one's childhood days.

Soma also shows that he can use gastronomy using some instructions in the back of a cheap candy package.

"A fun and splendid dish, truly one of a kind." Lou said after eating the last drop of food from the Bento.

All of them look at each other and finally decide the winner, Senzaemon looks at Lou and says," Announce the winner, Lou-kun."

".... thats…"

"Don't worry, you can announce it instead of me."

"Okay then."

Lou pick a paper and write their decision, then show it in the camera.

"Yukihira Soma."

"Why!" Alice asks angrily.

"You want to know?"

"Yes!!"