The beginning is only when you become a chef

Chapter 138 Explosive Steam Body! (Two chapters in one)

He had just activated the purple-framed luminous talent yesterday, and by tonight when he was setting up a stall at the Zhuhai Night Market, after many private cooking attempts, Xia An had actually already measured the effectiveness of the luminous talent.

It is almost the same as previous speculation.

After reaching the 80% completion threshold for the dish to glow.

The luminous talent began to gradually show its effectiveness.

And in Xia An's opinion, the purple glowing talent can almost make up for the 10% completion gap.

In other words.

If the nut swordfish that Xia An is roasting at this moment is only 80% complete, then after the blessing and enhancement of the purple glowing talent, it will be comparable to 90% complete.

In this way, with a completion rate of 90%, most of the dishes have undoubtedly reached the hardcore "relatively perfect" state.

The dish shines, and it seems a natural outcome!
“Achieving 80% is actually 90%, and achieving 90% is actually close to 100%.”

"The purple frame glowing talent has some bugs."

Xia An said secretly.

However, what makes the bug even more outrageous is that the true meaning of the glow is in the form of quantifiable data in his hand, or on the panel, which can be touched and seen.

But in the eyes of many bigwigs in China's food industry today.

Such as Chi Xiaobai, Meng Yulu and other senior masters.

The luminous truth is for them.

It is a vague and illusory legend with no basis at all.

"Boss Xia, what was that light just now..."

Miss Samila, the YouTuber, stared blankly at the large grilled fish that had completed its transformation on the dining table.

"This is the shining secret of the Chinese food world. Have you heard of it?" Xia An replied calmly. He used the spatula in his hand to scoop up the blooming grilled fish and gently put about half a bowl of fish into the disposable lunch box.

"for you."

"Did you scan the code?"

Xia An handed the disposable lunch box to the foreign girl and pointed to the disposable chopsticks and spoons on the dining cart:
"Get your own cutlery."

Afterwards, Xia An had no intention of chatting with the foreign diner and turned his eyes to the second diner:
"Next person!"

"Oh, oh..." The second diner had not yet recovered from the glowing scene just now, and responded mechanically while standing in front of the dining cart.

Tang Jinghan, who had nothing to do, went to find Liu Shimeng who was taking a break between games.

"I say, the probability of Boss Xia making glowing dishes is a bit scary these days!"

Liu Shimeng also had a blank look on her face;

"I don't know?"

"Boss Xia's night market food stall used to be set up all night long. It was great to make a glowing version of ancient dishes late at night."

"But what's going on tonight? The stall is glowing..."

Lu Jiaxin took the live broadcast pole back from the staff and took a look at the situation in the official Douyin live broadcast room.

Witness the performance that shines as soon as the stall opens.

The live broadcast room was flooded with comments.

The phone screen is so choppy.

【Oh my God! 】

【Glow, glow, and glow! 】

[Diners at Zhuhai Station are so lucky. The first large grilled fish dish tonight was delicious. I can’t even imagine how many times it will be delicious later! ]

……

Ji Xing Liao.

Soma Yukihira kept wiping the saliva from the corners of his mouth:
"Dad, can you tell me what the glowing food tastes like?"

Saiba Joichiro pretended to be mysterious and said:

“I can’t describe it.”

"In short, if you taste it one day, you will feel that the world's top delicacy is probably like this."

Isshiki Hui coughed, and suddenly his face was full of gossip:
"Saiba-senpai."

"I heard some rumors here."

"It is said that the commander-in-chief intends to invite Boss Xia to come to Japan to serve as a judge for our Totsuki Autumn Trials Finals?"

Hear the words.

Including Soma Yukihira.

Friends in Polar Star Dormitory heard the news for the first time.

All eyes lit up.

"Dad, is it true? Boss Xia is really coming to Neon?" Soma Yukihira couldn't hide his excitement.

This is the second time I’ve watched Xia An’s live broadcast.

Soma Yukihira felt that he was conquered by this famous Chinese chef.

My heart is full of admiration.

Saiba Joichiro glanced at the many students in Polaris Dormitory and said with a smile:
"Yes."

"This news is true, and Boss Xia has already agreed."

The words have not yet fallen.

Zenji Marui's room.

There was a burst of warm cheers.

"Great!"

"When the time comes, can I ask Boss Xia for advice on how to make ancient Chinese dishes?" Tansho Hui's eyes flickered, showing a pure admiration for her idol chef. "Even if I can only learn a little bit, I feel my cooking skills will be greatly improved!"

Soma Yukihira looked excited. Tanado Megumi's words clearly hit upon the most real and impulsive thoughts in his heart.

"Glow" is such a legendary mystery.

As a chef, there is nothing I don’t want to master.

This is a big killer.

"But it's difficult to invite such famous chefs to give lectures, right?" Soma Yukihira complained.

Issehui smiled with narrowed eyes, sentencing all the friends who were very interested to death:

“It’s basically impossible.”

"You should lower your expectations. To be honest, it must have cost the general manager a lot to invite someone to serve as a judge for the finals of the selection competition. Teaching is another matter!"

"Ooooo..." Tadokoro Megumi took the lead, and the little girls all cried out unwillingly, "I envy Hojo-san so much, she was accepted as a disciple by such a famous chef!"

"I can't imagine how quickly the cooking skills of the two princesses of the Nakiri family have improved under the guidance of Boss Xia!"

And at the same time.

Nakiri family residence.

On the TV screen, Xia An scooped up bowls of grilled fish and handed them to the common people in the night market who did not hide their strong appetite.

Nakiri Munee suddenly said solemnly:
"Father, please invite Mr. Xia to Neon this time, and make sure he moves into the Nakiri residence."

Leonora said quickly:
"That's right, father. Boss Xia is staying at the Nakiri residence, so we have the opportunity to eat all those ancient dishes one by one."

Old man Senzaemon had already frowned tightly.

His expression kept changing.

Do you want Boss Xia to hold a private banquet at the Nakiri residence?

He already knew from his own daughter, Nakiri Masanagi, the high price that would be paid to invite Boss Xia to a private reception.

"It seems that my collection will have to be used as food money."

Neon's "Food Demon" sighed in his heart, but from his flickering and expectant eyes, it was clear that there was no pain or reluctance at all.

In Senzaemon's opinion.

These collections, which are equivalent to "dead objects", are exchanged for highly completed ancient dishes, which is like spending money to make your dreams come true.

The worst thing about life is being filled with regrets.

And if one lives to Senzaemon's age, with half of his body buried in the ground, he would probably go into the coffin with the regret of not having eaten many legendary ancient dishes.

……

late at night.

The Xiawan Road night market was far from deserted, and the fire in the Baoyan River was still raging.

However, after performing the cooking stunts of Explosion and Tianxiong Flame Wheel many times, Xia An gradually felt overwhelmed, and his stamina bar was about to be empty. If he forced himself to hold on, he would probably overdraw and lose his essence.

Bring another whole grilled fish out of the sea of ​​fire.

"Give--"

Meng Yulu handed over a towel to wipe the sweat.

Xia An nodded and motioned to the female chef to look at his hands which had turned pitch black after a whole night of grilling.

If I use these hands to grab a white towel to wipe the sweat, I'm afraid I'll turn into a black-faced man.

"Then let me help you?"

Meng Yulu glanced at Lu Jiaxin who was controlling the Douyin live broadcast camera. Seeing Lu Jiaxin interviewing diners in the distance, she pursed her lips and walked forward. Her hands were very gentle, and she carefully wiped Xia An's sweaty face with a white towel.

Face to face like this, the body fragrance of the contemporary female chef of Yangquan Restaurant entered Xia An's nose. Although there seemed to be no trace of it on his face, he thought in his heart that it might be the fragrance from perfume, or it might be from shampoo or clothing incense. It smelled very comfortable, soft yet elegant. The so-called knowing a woman by her scent is probably like this.

Help Xia An wipe his face.

Meng Yulu took a small step back, looked Xia An up and down, and nodded with satisfaction:

"That's right, you are the one I know, not the one who just came out of the coal mine." Xia An: "..."

Didn’t he look in the mirror? His face had turned as black as a miner’s because he had been roasted in the sea of ​​fire all night?

Forget it.

This is a necessary price.

It is impossible to serve a large number of diners and keep your clothes looking nice at the same time.

"Sister Meng, this is the end of Zhuhai Station." Xia An said, "My stamina bar is already on the verge of limit. If I force myself to endure, it will affect the plan for Shenzhen Station the day after tomorrow."

Meng Yulu said in amazement:

"I wanted to ask you to stop two hours ago, but since you didn't mean to stop, I couldn't say it."

Immediately, Meng Yulu expressed her emotion.

"You entertained a lot of diners tonight. After all, a nut swordfish weighs nearly 300 kilograms, excluding the internal organs and shell. Each diner was given about grams of grilled fish meat, so you can entertain more than diners at a time."

The average serving size is 300 grams.

Xia An had discussed this with Meng Yulu before, and had measured the amount in a disposable paper bowl. Half a paper bowl was the amount to be taken.

Even if the more you shovel, the more you give.

It is not a problem to entertain three hundred diners with one piece of fantasy fish.

"Which grilled fish dish am I making?" Xia An felt like he couldn't remember clearly, and his brain was gradually becoming fuzzy.

"Including this one, it's the 11th one."

Meng Yulu couldn't help but look solemn, and cast a look at Xia An as if he were an alien, calling him a pervert and saying, "In a fire scene with extremely high temperature and heat flow, you spent almost half an hour to cook each grilled fish."

"So, you worked in the kitchen for about 330 minutes without taking a break, which is 5 and a half hours!"

Hearing this, Xia An took out his cell phone, turned on the screen and checked the time.

Wow, he raised his eyebrows.

The first dish of glowing grilled fish was made at six o'clock in the afternoon.

Plus the time he spent personally serving the first batch of diners at the beginning.

Now the time is indeed heading towards one o'clock in the morning.

“Although it’s tiring, it’s also very rewarding.”

Xia An didn't hide his smile in front of Meng Yulu and chuckled.

"It's a great harvest." Meng Yulu didn't know that Xia An was opening the panel, and nodded in admiration, "Your feat of entertaining 3,000 diners in one night will surely become a monumental record in the Shenzhou food industry..."

Ding.

Xia An didn't pay attention to what Meng Yulu said. He opened the panel and pulled up the recipe illustration column of "Tianxiong Roasted Green Fish".

as predicted.

After a high-intensity night market reception.

It is the time of abundant harvest.

[Recipe: "Tianxiong Grilled Herring" (complete)]

[Grade: Rare (Purple)]

[Progress: Minor Success]

[Recipe reproduction/completion: 86% → 90%]

[The host is currently in the ancient recipe illustration collector mode. ]

[Ding, you have obtained the 90% stage illustration reward, do you want to claim it? ]

The progress has increased from 86%, which can be said to be a breakthrough, breaking the excellent boundary and reaching 90%.

This 4% figure seems short and small.

But the closer you get to the top, the harder it is to break through.

Under normal circumstances, if it weren't for the high-intensity training in the night market, it would take a long time to succeed if it only relied on private trial practice.

so.

Setting up a stall at the night market is always the most reliable way to improve your proficiency in ancient recipes and ancient skills!

On the other side, Tang Jinghan was busy distributing grilled fish to the last batch of diners.

Xia An quietly checked the list of 90% stage rewards that had been received.

……

"Option 1: Obtain the physical talent [Explosive Steam Body] (purple)."

"Option ②: [Explosive Flame (Beginner) → Explosive Flame (Minor Mastery)] and [Tianxiong Flame Wheel (Beginner) → Tianxiong Flame Wheel (Minor Mastery)]"

"Option ③: Targeted Kitchenware Treasure Box (Purple)."

……

"Physical talent?"

Xia An's head was full of black question marks.

What is this.

He immediately clicked on the talent details out of curiosity, and then took a slight breath.

[Explosive Steam Body] (Purple): Yakan wears armor with red lines painted on his face. He usually carries a lot of cold water to suppress his extremely high body temperature.

Once Yakan breaks the seal, everything he touches will be engulfed in flames and burned to ashes.

But this is also the prerequisite physical talent for the god-level talent of "Super Touch".

After the host obtains this physical talent, the fire resistance is greatly improved.

And the panel has given this physical talent an unlocking switch, the host can close or release the seal at any time."

Xia An: ? ?

Σ(Д;)!

Good news: This physical talent is a prerequisite for the god-level talent of 'Super Touch'.

Bad news: This physical talent comes with negative effects, and Yakan himself needs to wear armor to isolate his body temperature.

then.

See the fire resistance increase effect.

Also after selecting the [Explosive Steam Body] talent.

The panel actually allows him to turn it on or off, flexibly and control his physique.

Is there any need for me to hesitate any longer?

Just hesitate for a second.

It’s all due to the lack of trust in the god-level talent!
Although the latter two options are equally tempting, their value is not as great when compared to the [Explosive Steam Body] which has the potential to transform and evolve into a god-level talent.

[If the selection is successful, you will obtain 'Explosive Steam Body' (purple), and the current physical talent is in the default closed state. ]

In an instant, Xia An felt that the sultry air filling the Xiawan Road Night Market suddenly became cool.

Also, because of this small square, the high temperature caused by the long-term fire and barbecue performance does not seem to be so oppressive...

"Is the fire resistance increased so significantly?"

Xia An strode to the unextinguished firewood and charcoal fire, squatted down, and looked at the red-hot ground from close range. After hesitating for a few seconds, he still didn't dare to reach out and grab the red-hot charcoal.

He stood up and looked back at Meng Yulu who was following him in confusion, and the crowds of people around him who were holding up their phones to take pictures at the night market.

"This is not the time to test your physical fitness."

Xia An said secretly.

"I am curious."

"Since this physical talent is a prerequisite for 'Super Touch', then after the purple level is upgraded, it will directly change to 'Super Touch'?"

"Or will it become the next step that is closer to the golden god-level talent?"

A moment later, with the help of the staff, Tang Jinghan distributed the meat of the last big grilled fish of the night to the diners in line.

"Here, Boss Xia, this is the microphone."

Lu Jiaxin handed over the microphone.

Xia An spoke into the microphone, and his voice echoed through the square speakers and resounded throughout the Xiawan Road Night Market Street at Zhuhai Station:

"There is no never-ending feast."

"Everyone, the stall activities at Zhuhai Station have come to an end."

The diners served at the stalls tonight cover a wide range, and the air in the night market is filled with a satisfied and happy atmosphere.

When Xia An announced the closing of the stall, many diners who had tasted the Tianxiong grilled bluefish of their dreams couldn't help but applaud and give sincere cheers of gratitude.

"Boss Xia, I'll be waiting for you at Shenzhen Station!"

"Boss Xia, you are not a chef, you are our dream-making giant!"

"Can you tell me a little bit about the recipes and menu plans for Shenzhen Station..."

Amid the waves of voices from diners lining the aisles to see them off, the group of people in the dining car of the double-decker luxury bus waved to the people around them and gradually drove away from Xiawan Road.

And in the carriage.

Liu Shimeng, Meng Yulu and others.

They all stared at Xia An:

"Boss Xia, tell me."

"What is the menu and menu plan for Shenzhen Station?"

(End of this chapter)