Crossover Anime: Starting with a Fusion of Master Chef, a Top-Tier Master Chef

If sold as a snack, it often costs thousands of yen per kilogram, more expensive than watermelon, making it a true luxury item.

The chestnuts on the shelf in front of me are from Yanshan, and they are the best Qianxi chestnuts.

Lin Youshu plans to buy some to keep at home, whether for making desserts or for stewing soup.

Chestnut and chicken soup is a famous dish!

As for roasted chestnuts, you can make them when you have time.

……

"Wow, we're in for a treat today."

The ingredients can be simply summarized as "delicacies from land and sea".

If the chestnuts we just ate were delicacies from the mountains, then these are delicacies from the sea.

Fresh Hokkaido scallops!

As mentioned earlier, the best is not necessarily the most expensive.

This statement also applies to Hokkaido scallops.

Due to its geographical location, Hokkaido's seafood has always been of top quality.

The shellfish and crabs are both excellent choices.

Scallops are most famous for their large size and tender meat. Adult scallops have adductor muscles the size of lemon slices, and they are inexpensive. They are perfect for making steamed scallops with vermicelli and garlic!

The crabs are mainly king crab, hairy crab, and snow crab.

Unfortunately, Lin Youshu doesn't like eating crabs and doesn't plan to buy any.

Scallops are different.

"It's a pity that this stuff is only really good when it's fresh."

So I bought two pounds and stopped, I don't plan to eat more.

As compensation, I also bought some dried scallops. They'll be a good choice for making porridge or soup later.

In the following process, Lin Youshu saw all kinds of ingredients, whether they were popular or high-end, and put them into his shopping cart as long as he liked them, and soon the cart was piled up like a small mountain.

Passersby stared in astonishment.

Supermarket staff rushed over to help.

However, when the second cart was full, the commotion was even greater.

Passersby began to whisper among themselves.

"What's wrong with that guy? Is he planning to play some kind of post-apocalyptic survival game?"

"Could it be that they're deliberately causing trouble?"

"That's possible. Look at him, he's about the same age as a high school student. Why would he buy so many ingredients? And a lot of them are high-end stuff!"

"Unless he wants to experience being dragged to the police station!"

"..."

However, to the astonishment of onlookers, Lin Youshu actually paid the bill.

The printed receipt was several meters long!

The supermarket even had to arrange for staff to deliver the groceries to Lin Youshu's home using a truck!

The onlookers were stunned, and some even couldn't help but take out their phones to take pictures.

This is the first time I've seen someone shop at a supermarket like this.

What kind of family is this?

I buy several portions of Wagyu beef at a time!

Damn rich people!

Passersby couldn't help but feel envious, some even cursing inwardly, wondering why life was so unfair, that others could eat Wagyu steak while they could only eat luncheon meat cans.

Lin Youshu, the person involved, was satisfied and ready to go home.

Today's big shopping spree was truly satisfying!

In the days to come, you can treat yourself to some delicious food.

However, compared to the cheerful Hayashi Yuuki, Touma Kazusa, sitting in a restaurant called Shinohara in Ginza, was not in such a good mood.

"The taste is just so-so!"

"This is what you call the best kaiseki cuisine in Tokyo?"

She only tasted the first few dishes the waiter brought out and didn't want to touch them anymore.

To be frank, it wasn't even as good as the fried rice I had the other day!

(The construction next door gave me a nervous breakdown today. Not only could I not sleep well, but they also broke my fiber optic cable! Ugh! Updates will probably be late, so you can check back tomorrow.) *

Chapter Fourteen: Your Fried Rice Doesn't Feel Happy! (Please collect, give flowers, comment, and rate) Speaking of fried rice...

Ever since eating the fried rice made by Hayashi Yuuki that day, Touma Kazusa has found that she has been losing her appetite for other foods.

Something just doesn't taste right!

At first, I just wanted regular food, like bread, but I had no desire to eat it.

She didn't initially take this situation to heart.

After all, it's normal to be a picky eater occasionally.

However, when she discovered that even the dishes at various high-end restaurants could not meet her requirements, she finally realized that something was wrong.

You should know that those restaurants are all well-known and reputable old establishments!

While everyone else was praising the delicious food, she alone found it tasteless and chewy. She forced herself to eat a few bites before putting down her chopsticks.

Only desserts could make her feel okay.

This time is no exception.

She had hoped that the renowned Shinohara would bring her some surprises.

It turned out to be nothing special!

……

Touma called over a shop assistant and prepared to pay and leave.

The staff member's heart sank when they saw that the dishes on the table had only been touched once before being abandoned.

These staff members are both waiters and apprentices of the head chef, and are responsible for collecting customer feedback on their dining experiences.

Seeing this, he immediately bowed and asked, "Dear guest, is there anything about our dishes that you are not satisfied with? Please feel free to point it out, and we will try our best to improve."

Touma frowned slightly, but still chose to answer: "The taste is so-so, not particularly delicious."

what? !

The shop assistant was stunned.

This is the first time I've heard someone give such an evaluation.

If the other party hadn't been a stunningly beautiful girl with a cool and aloof demeanor, he would have almost suspected that she was sent by a competitor to cause trouble.

Someone actually said the food at the restaurant wasn't good?

Shinohara, after all, is the highest-rated high-end kaiseki restaurant in the entire Tokyo area, boasting numerous accolades. They've served countless domestic and international guests, almost unanimously praising their food; it's impossible to say the taste is mediocre!

If this is considered just average, then what would be considered acceptable?

It really gave me a headache.

When he realized what was happening, he quickly bowed and apologized, "Please wait a moment, I'll go and ask Mr. Shinohara to come and answer your question."

Since he can't solve the problem, let the master solve it.

Shinohara is the owner and head chef of this restaurant.

I studied at Chofukuro and Sangencha in Kansai, both of which are very famous restaurants.

Five years ago, Shinohara came to Tokyo and opened this store, which quickly gained a good reputation.

Just as Touma was about to say something, the shop assistant had already dashed away.

Unfortunately, we can only wait.

A short while later, a man in his fifties with slightly graying hair strode over, wearing an embroidered uniform commonly seen on Japanese chefs.

The customers in the store all looked over curiously.

No one knows what happened, but it alarmed even the head chef and the owner.

When Shinohara approached Touma, he first glanced at the dishes on the table before bowing slightly and saying, "Hello, guest. I heard you're not very satisfied with the food?"

Touma stood up to return the greeting and nodded slightly: "I can only say that it did not meet my expectations."

Shinohara bowed again: "Could you please give your evaluation of these dishes?"

Touma hesitated slightly before saying, "The mugwort tofu was tender, but the mustard greens were a bit too bitter; the Akashi sea bream sashimi was of good quality, but the ingredients were just average and didn't blend well; the winter melon and eel soup wasn't sweet enough; the fish and eggplant had a strong ginger flavor. The desserts were alright."

Upon hearing this, Shinohara immediately understood.

This young girl is clearly an amateur, but she has very discerning tastes. She can detect even the slightest flaws and magnify them.

They probably didn't come here to cause trouble.

But they were right.

Because some dishes were not made by Shinohara himself, but by his apprentices, and he was in charge of the quality control, it was impossible for every dish to be perfect.

The average person might not be able to taste the difference, but a seasoned gourmet would definitely.

The surrounding customers were initially just watching out of curiosity, but after hearing Touma Kazusa's comments, they were instantly in an uproar.

Some people frowned or even showed indignation.

"What nonsense!"