Shokugeki no Soma

[shinta|hikari]

The bolded part didn't happen because Mimasaka supposedly predicted everything Souma did, from the oxtail, the extra meat, the improv, and the garnish. This means Souma's attempt at hiding anything failed.

My proposal would be that Mimasaka thought it was garnish, but was in fact a completely new dish, and Souma would explain it as such. Even if Souma's final dish is essentially the same, in this scenario, Mimasaka made a mistake. That italicized part is critical in convincing the audience of the win.

And take note, I made this proposal way before we even began arguing about nonsense.

It sounds more like a beef platter. Actually, it would've made more sense for Souma to win that way. Mimasaka thinks he's making stew. Then Souma makes a completely new dish that isn't stew, but is western, with stew being only one part of it, making Mimasaka's dish the incomplete one in comparison. That's a better reason for winning than "I used my whole protagonist's life to make this dish."