Food Wars, I Come From a World Captured by Food

Interesting! Looks like it was a smart move for me not to graduate early.

Otherwise, you will definitely miss a lot of fun things.

Seeing Lin Qing being booed by everyone in the venue, Kobayashi Ryodan narrowed his beautiful big eyes dangerously. He turned his head and looked at Si Yingshi, who had the best seat, and sat in his arms without any hesitation.

"Ah! Kobayashi-chan, you... you... what's wrong with you?"

The White Knight at the table's table blushed profusely, and he looked at Kobayashi Ryodan, who suddenly sat on his lap, at a loss.

Smelling the delicate fragrance emanating from the girl's body, he didn't even know where to put his hands.

"Shut up! Put your arms around my waist! How long do you want to wait?"

However, the girl didn't allow him to escape any longer. She reached out and took his hand, placing it on her waist. She fell back into Si Yingshi's arms and scolded him, leaning against his face: "I almost graduated early! Aren't you anxious even now?"

"Yes Yes Yes Yes!"

Si Yingshi was scolded so badly that he could only hug Xiaolin Longdan with a red face and fell into a state of conflict between his conscience and his desires.

Chapter 151 WGO moved to Tokyo

"Shh~!"

"Hello everyone! Hello everyone!"

There were boos everywhere, as if the whole world was against you.

The pressure was enough to make most people who had never seen such a scene tremble uncontrollably and be unable to speak a word.

But it was obvious that Lin Qingzheng was not the kind of person who couldn't even speak. Not only did he not panic, he also suppressed the urge to take a deep breath, causing the [conference hall] to fall into a brief vacuum state and make these people shut up. He waved at them with a smile on his face, as if he was not giving them boos at all, but cheers.

"Ohhhh! I didn't expect Hayashi Seishimasa to have such a good mentality! Facing the boos of thousands of people, he still waved to everyone calmly! Okay! I declare... the food battle between Isshiki Kei-senpai and Hayashi Seishimasa-san, now..."

"Wait a moment!"

On the side, the host of this food battle, Rei Kawashima, was a little surprised at Lin Qingzheng's psychological quality. Seeing that the contestants on both sides had already taken their positions and were about to announce the start, she read out the topic and restrictions of this food battle as usual.

Suddenly, a voice interrupted her.

Then, the figure that had been giving her nightmares for half a month walked out of the preparation room of the [Contest Venue] and said, "The host and judges of this Shokugeki competition need to be changed!"

As he spoke, Rantabi came up to Kawashima Rei and said, "Excuse me, little girl, could you please sit down below? Leave the work in here to me!"

"I...I...I..."

Kawashima Rei looked at the beautiful and noble Rantabi, and was impressed by her status in the culinary world. She said "I" for a long time without saying anything. She could only lower her head obediently, hand over the microphone, leave the center of the venue, and sit on the sidelines.

"Next, let us invite two heavyweight judges, WGO's first-class executive, [An]!"

After smiling and seeing Kawashima Rei off, Rantabi picked up the microphone and walked to the center of the venue, swinging his long white legs. He took a deep breath and shouted loudly, "And our WGO's special executive, Master Nakiri Managi who possesses the [God's Tongue]!"

"Wow?! Goddess Ann and Master Mangi?"

The students were all stunned. What was going on? Why were the WGO people interfering in the internal food battles of Totsuki Academy again?

"Look! It's really Goddess Ann and Master Mangi!"

Then, with a shout, everyone looked towards the judges' seats, and found that there were two larger and more luxurious chairs on the judges' seats, which originally had only three chairs.

"How annoying! Why are you here?"

Meanwhile, at the judges' table, facing her mother's sudden appearance, even though they had reconciled, Erina still looked unhappy about her mother's appearance. "And you used such a big, exaggerated chair! Why don't you talk to Grandpa and ask him to give you the middle chair?"

"Oh, oh, oh, oh! That won't do! He is my beloved father. I am just a wanderer who just moved back to Tokyo from Paris. How can I take his place?"

However, her disdain had no effect on Nakiri Managi. It only made her cover her mouth with her hands and chuckle as she directed the staff to install the tables and chairs more quickly. After a while, the chairs were installed and she sat next to Erina.

"You just said you moved back to Tokyo from Paris?"

Erina frowned, still looking at Lin Qingzheng. After a while, she realized what her mother had said: "What about your headquarters in Paris? Can you be at ease without you at the headquarters?"

"That? It's easy. Just move the headquarters to Tokyo!"

Facing his daughter's questioning, Nakiri Managi smiled happily, "Shh~! Stop talking, look, Kobayashi-kun and Isshiki-kun are about to start cooking! What are they holding in their hands? Is that the so-called [Fantasy Kitchenware]? I heard that cooking with [Fantasy Kitchenware] will make food more delicious, ah~! I want it so much~!"

"enough!!!"

Erina was annoyed to death by her mother's nagging, so she slammed the table in front of her and prepared to leave.

"Wow! It's moving! It's moving! Such a fast sword technique! So powerful! This guy called Lin Qingzheng, he dares to challenge Senior Isise, he really has some courage!"

Then, just as she stood up, she heard a cry of surprise.

I have to say that Japanese grilled eel does have some unique qualities.

According to legend, in a Japanese eel rice restaurant, an apprentice spends three years killing eels, three years roasting eels, and three years grilling eels.

Finally, I have one year to learn how to make a bowl of eel liver soup.

It takes fifteen years of study before an apprentice can become a master.

And in the end, you need to marry the master's daughter or become the master's adopted son, before you can get the recipe of the sauce.

—Of course, if you really want to learn it, it definitely won’t take ten years.

However, this [Japanese Grilled Eel] is not something that ordinary people can learn in a day or two.

Take the most basic procedure of "killing eels" for example.

The key is to pin the eel to a board, cut from the back, and over half an hour, from head to tail, slowly separate the bones, flesh, and skin. Only when the flesh is completely removed from the bones, while the fish remains intact, can one be considered a master. Even this alone would take an average person two months and tens of thousands of eels to achieve.

Fortunately, Lin Qingzheng is no ordinary person. His knife skills are undoubtedly the best in the world of food wars. If he were to activate the [God's Cooking Master] mode, he would be among the top few even in the food wars world.

So, he just casually went to an old eel rice restaurant and ate a bowl of the highest quality eel rice. He also killed two eels with his own hands and after looking at their body structure, he found a way to kill eels!

[Hit the nail]!

When an eel is in pain, its body twists violently, hindering the process of killing and deveining the fish. Therefore, the eel must be pinned together end to end, keeping it upright on the board, making it easier to cut. Even in the kitchens of eel restaurants, it's said that learning how to do these two pins takes a year.

As for Lin Qingzheng, what's the big deal? He could just peel the eel's flesh off before it could react.

For example, at this moment, there is a pink, tender and beautiful fish in front of him.

Then, the meat is peeled, and the next step is grilling. — In Japan, grilling fish also requires three years of training: the first year is for skewering, the second year for simmering, and the third year for grilling. — At this stage, the grilled eel is called sukiyaki, meaning it's a semi-finished product without the sauce.

In Lin Qingzheng's case, the three stages of [skewering the fish], brushing with oil, and [vegetarian grilling] were completed in one go. After the eel meat was roasted until slightly browned and the fat and meat gave off an enticing aroma, he took out a large jar of sauce from the cart, broke the mud seal, and then Lin Qingzheng started the third stage [roasting]!

Chapter 152 Why are these all ordinary ingredients?

The "grilling" of grilled eel is actually a stage in which the eel that has been "unseared" is finally brushed with sauce and grilled.

At this stage, for apprentices who have completed the [unglazed] process, the only thing they need to pay attention to is to [smoothly coat the sauce over low heat]. They must use low heat to coat the grilled eel with the sauce little by little. It is considered perfect only when there are no lumps or uncoated areas.

And in this process, the real secret lies in the sauce.

—Theoretically, at this stage of grilled eel, you could use commercially available soy sauce and it wouldn't taste bad. —But it won't taste anywhere near as good as what you'd get at a professional restaurant.

However, based on Lin Qingzheng's experience tasting eel rice in various restaurants in Tokyo, he precisely created a recipe based on his tongue, which he had used to complete the "Hundred Flavors Tour".

Polar Star Soy Sauce + [Pepper] + [Large Grain Sea Salt] + Honey + [Shaoxing Rice Wine] from Polar Star Lodge.

When baking, brush the eel three times repeatedly. After the fish meat has completely turned into a beautiful dark brown color, brush it with sauce for the last time, sprinkle with a pinch of white sesame seeds, and bake it again. The tempting aroma emanates like an alluring little goblin, making it impossible to take your eyes off it.

As for the [eel liver soup] and rice?

Lin Qingzheng chose to use [Exploding Pepper] to remove the fishy smell and [Harvest Rice] to cook the rice.

The three dishes are combined together, and even before they are served, the aroma they emit is enough to attract people's attention.

"Holy crap! Hooray! Hooray! Is this Lin Qingzheng so amazing? He just uses ordinary ingredients to make a dish, mixed with a little bit of fantasy ingredients, and he can actually create such a delicious aroma!

"What a nice smell! This smell, at least it's the level of a one-star cuisine, right?"

Smelling this aroma, the students who were “frequently” exposed to fantasy and were no strangers to star-rated cuisine immediately recognized the quality of this dish.

"Pfft! It's only one star! What's so great about that? As long as you use fantasy ingredients, you can even tie a dog over and get a star!"

: Yes! Yes! Isshiki-senpai has made five-star dishes before! "

The students chatted among themselves, expressing disdain for Lin Qingzheng's star-rated dish. "What haven't we, the students of Totsuki Academy, seen? You're trying to show off with a mere star-rated dish? Are you kidding me? If you want to impress us, you should at least serve a four-star dish, right?"

Of course, it was also because of the effect of the fantasy ingredients that they forgot that what Lin Qingzheng was using at this moment, except for the [Harvest Rice], were all ordinary ingredients!

"Ooooh! Looks like Lin's cooking is done!"

Meanwhile, seeing Lin Qingzheng finishing his cooking, Rantabi didn't hesitate and started to liven up the atmosphere, "Let's take another look at Isshiki-san. Oh! He's still cooking! What do you think? Will Lin-san be the first to present his dish?"

"oh?!"

Following her voice, everyone turned to look at Isshiki Hui, only to find that he was busy back and forth on his stove, constantly taking out various ingredients and seasonings to cook.

"Hey! Are you okay?"

After serving his eel rice, Lin Qingzheng turned his head and looked at Isshiki Hui who was busy working, and asked a question.

"Huh?! Oh! Okay, okay! You go ahead and send it up first! I'll have to wait a little longer."

At this time, Isshiki Hui had already cut the carp sashimi and was using his [Superalloy Black Knife] to pry open the shells he brought one by one, processing the shell meat inside and slicing them into thin slices.

Therefore, Lin Qingzheng could only carry his own dish and slowly walked to the judges' table, and served the dish to the judges: "Dear judges, please enjoy! Oh, by the way, Erina, please enjoy too!

I have to say, although Lin Qingzheng and Alice have basically confirmed their relationship now, when he saw Erina glaring at him angrily, he still couldn't help but tease her.

"Humph! That last sentence is superfluous!"

And naturally, Erina's expression became even angrier, and she glared at him fiercely again, then started to argue with herself again.

Oh my god, what's wrong with me? Didn't I make up my mind not to quarrel with him anymore?

Why do I get so angry whenever I see him? What should I do? Should I apologize to him? Should I tell him I shouldn't have lost my temper?

"Ehhhhhhhhh?! Kiyomasa-kun! This eel rice is made with just ordinary ingredients?!"

While Erina was fretting over her inappropriate temper, Nakiri Managi impatiently opened the lid of her eel rice. She immediately shouted in disappointment, "What's going on? Aren't you and Isshiki-san supposed to use all your skills and resources to create the finest dish in a food battle?"

When saying this, Nakiri Managi's face was full of disappointment.

She had just moved WGO to Tokyo and didn't even bother to greet the local officials and celebrities. As soon as she heard that Lin Qingzheng was going to have a food battle, she rushed over to get a free meal!

So, after all her hard work and even agreeing to several unequal treaties with the old man, all she got in return was a dish made with ordinary ingredients?! Luckily, the aroma piqued her appetite, and she thought she was tasting a fantasy version of grilled eel!

"Huh?! This? Don't you know? The food battle between Isshiki-senpai and I requires [Japanese food], and the limit is [100 credits]!"

"Huh?! The limit is [100 credits]?!"

As a competitor of Totsuki Academy, Nakiri Managi was familiar with Totsuki's credit system. Her assessment was, "What a waste of food! Giving precious fantasy ingredients to those mediocre people is truly a waste of resources."

So, she had carefully calculated how many fantasy ingredients she could buy with 100 credits.

In short, the rice on the table probably accounts for all 100 credits.

-In other words, this grilled eel that looks so fragrant and delicious is basically impossible to contain any fantasy ingredients!

As for Isshiki Hui, under such restrictions, it is naturally impossible for him to come up with [Emperor Fried Rice].

She hurried over this time because she wanted to see if Lin Qingzheng had taken out some [High-level Fantasy Ingredients] that she had never seen before.

Now that she knew Lin Qingzheng hadn't produced the [High-Level Fantasy Ingredients], and that Isshiki Hui wouldn't be able to produce his [Emperor Fried Rice], Nakiri Managi immediately lost interest in staying. It was common knowledge that Kobayashi Qingzheng, the world's number one chef, became the number one chef entirely because of the ingredients he used, not his cooking skills.

Hehehe...!

For a newcomer who still needs to study in a culinary school, how much progress can he make even if he says he has undergone a month of special training?

It's impossible that when chefs all over the world can't break through three stars using ordinary ingredients, he, a novice in cooking, can create miracles, right?

"Oh my god! This smell! This aroma! So delicious! The knife skills, the heat, the technique, the seasoning, everything is impeccable! Four stars! Four stars! Qingzheng-kun, you actually made a four-star dish with ordinary ingredients! It's incredible!"

Then, just as she stood up and prepared to leave, Yao Di started shouting at the top of his lungs.

"Wow? Four-star cuisine?! And it uses ordinary ingredients?! This is impossible!"

Chapter 153 Four-star Made from Ordinary Ingredients

As Yaodie was about to shout, everyone in the [conference hall] was stunned, and they looked at each other in disbelief.

What?! He can actually make a four-star dish using ordinary ingredients?!

"Impossible? This must be a lie. How could such a thing happen?"

At this moment, everyone present was stunned. They couldn't believe their ears. How could such a thing happen!

Ever since the emergence of fantasy ingredients and Chef Kobayashi, the world's number one chef, everyone has developed a common mindset: "Four-star dishes can only be made with fantasy ingredients. The upper limit for ordinary ingredients is three stars!"