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

You must keep stirring until the sugar turns from white to light yellow, and then from light yellow to red, before you can add water.

The sugar here isn't actually for flavoring, but for coloring.

Because that person doesn't like soy sauce.

Next, sauté the ginger slices, garlic cloves, scallions, dried chili peppers, cinnamon, star anise, and bay leaves in the pot until fragrant.

Once the aroma is released, add the pork belly to the pan and stir-fry together. When you can clearly feel the aroma intensifying, decisively add the caramelized sugar!

Once the pork belly has successfully browned, add a whole bottle of beer.

The purpose of beer is to enhance its flavor, replacing the greasiness caused by adding water.

Then turn the heat to high, add salt and clear broth, bring to a boil, then pour into a clay pot, reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer for 40 minutes.

"Phew~ All that's left is to wait!"

Lin Youshu clapped his hands, breathed a sigh of relief, and then began to check on the others.

Well, everyone on the field is currently focused on their own tasks and taking this internal selection competition very seriously.

Erina and Hisako also parted ways, since this was a food battle competition and she could no longer act as his assistant.

So far, the progress seems to be going well, and various fragrances have begun to fill the air.

We can't tell exactly what dishes everyone has prepared yet, but we'll find out soon enough.

……

As the time goes.

The braised pork in the pot began to simmer and bubble, and the aroma wafted out through the small holes in the lid, spreading in all directions.

"Ok?"

Everyone else who smelled the aroma instinctively looked over.

There's no way around it, it's just too intense.

It's so intense that it's impossible to ignore!

It's even more amazing than the braised beef in a pot I made at the cooking competition before!

Erina frowned: "Damn it, the aroma of meat is so strong, what kind of mysterious method did that guy use this time?"

Alice's eyes lit up: "Wow, this looks delicious! Will it be even better than the shrimp noodle soup we had last time?"

Tadokoro Megumi exclaimed with admiration, "As expected of Senior Hayashi!"

Hisako Shinoto was deeply shocked when she experienced it up close for the first time: "Is this the power of a legend?"

Even if Lin Youshu didn't participate, they knew that their abilities were not on par with his.

After all, the other party is someone who can gain the recognition of Nakiri Managi, and at the age of seventeen, he is already known as a legendary figure!

Nowadays, everyone in the Japanese culinary world knows Yuki Hayashi.

The discussion focused more on which of Lin Youshu's legendary titles should be used.

Finding a single title to describe this legendary genius is no easy task...

but!

Since he's participating, everyone should give it their all. We can't say that we don't need to do our best just because we can't get first place in the team.

On the contrary, the second position after Lin Youshu is the focus of everyone's competition!

……

"time up!"

Lin Youshu lifted the pot lid at the precise moment, and a burst of steam rose out, along with the rich aroma of meat.

Um! So delicious!

That's it!

A glance at the meat in the pot revealed that it was clearly tender and flavorful, with a bright red color and a thick broth.

Lin Youshu couldn't help but swallow hard, let alone the others.

Everyone stared wide-eyed at them, forgetting that their own dishes weren't ready yet.

The aroma alone is enough to make it lose!

Lin Youshu picked up a piece of meat with his chopsticks. The whole piece of meat was bright red and had a crystal-clear appearance. With a slight shake, he could clearly feel that it was soft, tender, and juicy, with a texture like jelly.

Take a bite while it's still hot...

wow~

It smells amazing! The texture is superb! The flavor is absolutely divine!

You'd be doing this dish a disservice if you didn't eat at least three bowls of rice!

……

Just as Lin Youshu finished, the others had also basically finished.

As dishes were served, it felt like a large family member was showing off their culinary skills.

Of course, everyone's attention was focused on Lin Youshu's Mao-style braised pork in a clay pot. After all, once the lid was lifted, the aroma was completely irresistible!

Erina scoffed, "Tsk, so greasy!"

Even so, his eyes never left the casserole dish.

Lin Youshu said irritably, "If you're so capable, then don't eat it later!"

Erina: "..."

It was just a joke, why take it so seriously? You're so stingy!

As the tongue of God, of course I have to taste all the delicacies in the world, since I won't get fat anyway.

"Smelling this aroma, I feel like what I've made is completely unappetizing," Alice pouted slightly.

This time she made sea urchin chocolate mousse.

This dish was the one that won me a world gold medal in a molecular gastronomy competition.

However, compared to Lin Youshu's seemingly ordinary braised pork, its original exquisiteness and coolness instantly paled in comparison.

She even began to doubt whether she had made the wrong choice in selecting molecular gastronomy...

Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Lamb and Four-Ingredient Curry Soup That Makes Clothes Shirt Tear Off

“I suggest… let’s save this dish for last, otherwise I’m afraid if we eat it first, we won’t be able to eat the rest.”

Alice raised her hand and said.

Lin Youshu chuckled: "It can't be that bad, can it?"

Erina hummed softly but did not object, instead asking, "Then whose should we start with?"

No one answered.

Alright, let's start with the others then.

Lin Youshu came up with an idea: "How about we draw lots?"

No one has any objections.

So they tore off a few small pieces of paper, wrote serial numbers on them, rolled them into small balls, and each person took one.

The final result was: from Megumi Tadokoro to Hisako Aragaki to Alice and then Erina.

……

"Huh? I'm the first one?!"

Tadokoro Megumi panicked immediately.

I felt very uncomfortable being stared at, and my palms started to sweat.

Erina sneered, "Heh, I'd like to see what kind of dishes you can make, since you can't even make it to the finals of the cooking competition."

Although she never really paid attention to people with mediocre cooking skills, I could always sense that she was quite hostile towards Tadokoro Megumi.

Lin Youshu, on the contrary, was very confident: "Don't worry, as long as you perform normally, the results will be good."

Tadokoro Megumi said timidly, "08 I, I made... monkfish curry hot pot."

The food has been served on the table.

As soon as the lid was lifted, steam mixed with aroma wafted out.

Hmm, it smells pretty good.

"Fish hot pot?"

Alice stared with wide, questioning eyes.

Well, sorry, she's never eaten this kind of commoner's dish before and has no recollection of it.

And it doesn't look very appealing.

If it weren't for the pleasant smell, she wouldn't have bothered to look at it again.

Hisako Niito, who is very knowledgeable about theory, acted as the commentator: "Is it a hot pot dish with monkfish as the main ingredient? I remember that this is a way of making it by fishermen in Ibaraki and Fukushima."

Tadokoro Megumi nodded: "Yes."

Erina frowned: "Curry with monkfish? What were you thinking?"

I feel like this combination is a bit strange.

"You'll know if you try it."

Lin Youshu said with a smile.

After saying that, she took the lead and scooped a portion into her own bowl with a spoon. Then, under Tadokoro Megumi's nervous yet expectant gaze, she used a small spoon to scoop up a small piece of fish and put it into her mouth.

"Huh? It seems surprisingly good."

Lin Youshu exclaimed in surprise, "This dish... is it made by constantly stir-frying monkfish liver until it melts, then adding sake, miso, and curry spices as the base for the fish hot pot? That's an interesting method. The side dishes... let me see, kiku squash, Tachikawa burdock, red radish... the whole dish gives off a warm and human touch."

Tadokoro Megumi was overjoyed!