The beginning is only when you become a chef

Chapter 141 Alice's Girl Armpit Rice Ball (Two Chapters in One)

During the day after the night market stall activities at Zhuhai Station ended.

Related news, videos, influence and sensational effects began to gradually ferment and spread.

YouTube is a large-scale comprehensive video website abroad.

Samira, who was lucky enough to grab the first bowl of Fantasy Grilled Fish last night, worked all night to make the video, added Chinese and English subtitles in post-production, and uploaded it to YouTube.

After that, Samira couldn't stand the fatigue of staying up late and fell into a deep sleep, and slept until she woke up in the afternoon.

Samira opened the new video that had been successfully uploaded to her YouTube account and was shocked by the rapid increase in viewing data in just half a day:

“That’s hundreds of thousands of views?”

"And I got tens of thousands of new subscribers?"

Originally, Samira was a little-known YouTuber who usually cut some short videos of her daily life in mainland China and posted them on YouTube depending on her mood and when she had free time.

The average number of views for the videos she usually posts is only a few thousand, and rarely exceeds ten thousand.

But now, this video of the Xiawan Road Night Market at Zhuhai Station has suddenly become very popular, and the number of comments and reply sections below has also exploded.

"(English user): The ancient Shenzhou really has a group of martial arts masters. This man can actually dance with 200 kilograms of fantasy ingredients. It's incredible!"

“(Japanese user): This is glowing food!!”

“(Japanese user): Tears well up in my eyes. The story of the glowing food is actually true. In the modern gourmet world, there are famous Chinese chefs who can reproduce the secret of glowing food!”

“(Korean user): According to scholars, luminous cuisine originated from…”

“(Certified celebrity chef): Hello blogger, I am currently traveling in China without a visa. Can I ask you about the time or plan of this celebrity chef’s next stop?”

Samira saw a consultation comment and immediately replied below:

"The next stop for this famous chef is in Shenzhen. His name is Xia An. You can keep an eye on him."

After replying, Samira clicked on the profile of this YouTube certified user and was immediately shocked to find that the other party was actually an internet celebrity chef with hundreds of thousands and nearly a million subscribers.

Judging from the content of his recent videos, it is obvious that he is traveling in China because of the visa-free policy, and he is currently in the visa-free novice village of Guangzhou.

Didi!

Samira received a private message. When she opened it, she saw that it was from the internet celebrity chef.

"Hello, ma'am. Could you please be our tour guide? After watching your YouTube videos, I found that you are an expert on China."

This internet celebrity named Natalia directly invited Samira to be their family's travel guide, and even quoted a high price in a private message.

Samira had recently quit her job as an English teacher and needed to earn some income.

Therefore, Shamila gladly accepted the job of tour guide offered by the YouTube celebrity.

"You are in Guangzhou?"

"Send me your location, I'll go to Guangzhou to find you right away."

After washing up and checking out of the hotel, Samira took the intercity light rail in Zhuhai and arrived in Guangzhou.

Based on the location information, she made an appointment to meet her employer Natalia at a nearby cafe.

Natalia is a big internet celebrity in North America, but she is not white and has obvious Latino appearance features.

Samira was probably sure that Natalia was of Mexican descent.

After all, they are neighboring countries. Mexicans have too much influence in North America. Moreover, Mexicans are very competitive. Chinese and Chinese Americans cannot even compete with Mexicans in low-level jobs such as washing dishes.

Moreover, as far as Samira knows, there are actually quite a few famous Mexican chefs in North America.

Well known.

Mexico, or rather this land, has a long history of civilization and is the birthplace of many famous ancient Indian civilizations such as Maya and Aztec.

Ancient Mexico exported ingredients such as corn and chili peppers to the world, which have greatly enriched the world's food culture.

of course.

Mexican cuisine is also recognized worldwide as one of the world's five major cuisines, along with French cuisine, Chinese cuisine, Italian cuisine and Indian cuisine.

"Natalia?"

"it's me."

The two shook hands.

The Mexican female influencer pointed to the family next to her, two elderly people and a teenager:

"These are our family members. We are taking advantage of this visa-free policy to bring them to China to see the modern Chinese food scene."

The words have not yet fallen.

The teenager, who was obviously the younger brother of the female internet celebrity Natalia, could not contain his excitement and said to Samira:
"Please, take us to find that famous chef from Shenzhou!"

“I really want to eat food that glows!”

Samira was surprised by the teenager's mood.

After all, unlike the Chinese cultural circle, North America is not so admiring and obsessed with the legend of glowing food.

"Pedro's cooking master is a famous Chinese chef," Natalia explained.

Samira suddenly realized:
“A Mexican apprentices to a famous Chinese chef?”

"He is a Chinese chef who is not only proficient in Chinese cuisine, but also has mastered Mexican cuisine to a master's level."

Now, Samira was even more surprised.

Although North America is a country of immigrants, there are top chefs from many ethnic groups.

But in the North American food industry, "special grade" means belonging to the top elite. It is not possible to become an apprentice just by wanting to. The expensive tuition alone is beyond the reach of many ordinary people.

However, Samira did not delve too much into the employer's family's intentions. After all, Natalia herself was a nine-star chef and a big internet celebrity, so she would not be short of money to support her brother to become an apprentice to a top chef.

"Today is already Thursday. Tomorrow, Friday night, celebrity chef Xia An will launch the final night market stall parade at Shenzhen Station."

Samira calmly spoke to the old Mo family:

"We must go from Guangzhou to Shenzhen today."

"Also, I have arranged a hotel for you all to stay on the light rail from Zhuhai to Guangzhou."

Natalia was surprised: "So urgent? Do we have to go today?"

Samira checked the time:
"It's almost 5 o'clock in the afternoon now. If I go there tomorrow, I'm not sure whether all modes of transportation will be available."

“If we just rent a car and drive ourselves, I doubt it will cause a huge traffic jam!”

It’s not that Samira was exaggerating.

The Zhuhai Station night market stall activity was held on Wednesday, and it still attracted a terrifying number of diners from all directions.

The night market at Shenzhen Station is open on Friday night, which happens to be the weekend, so the number of diners and tourists will probably increase by an order of magnitude. Even the crowds from Hong Kong and Macau heading north across the border will probably be extremely terrifying.

After discussing with her family, Natalia decided to follow the tour guide's arrangements and immediately went to the hotel front desk to check out.

……

the other side.

Lu Jiaxin and her team.

There are also Liu Shimeng, Wen Chaoqing and four others.

I had a good sleep and had lunch in the hotel.

"ready to go."

Meng Yulu had already changed her clothes, but there was still a hint of confusion on her face, as she still didn't understand.

Outside the hotel, a luxury tour bus was already in place.

Everyone got on the bus first.

Finally, Xia An arrived with a box of kitchen utensils, and the vehicle started and headed towards Shenzhen.

Liu Shimeng squeezed over and sat next to Xia An, her big eyes shining with cat-like curiosity:

"I heard from Xinbao that Boss Xia, you haven't rested since closing the night market stall. You've been practicing new dishes all day long?"

"The harvest is not bad." Xia An answered casually.

Hearing this, Liu Shimeng, who probably felt a little bit of Xia An's temperament, couldn't help but burst out laughing:

"Boss Xia, when you are fully confident, you often only say self-deprecating words like 'not bad', 'a little bit', 'okay', etc."

Xia An sighed: "You understand everything, right?"

Liu Shimeng stuck out her tongue:
"So your new dish is really 'Ganges Fried Noodles'?"

"Did you get any results from your practice?"

Xia An didn't say much, just nodded and took out the cell phone that was vibrating in his pocket.

WeChat phone number note: Alice Nakiri.

After connecting.

But there are three faces of girls.

The proud golden-haired lady, the straightforward and lively white-haired girl with red eyes, and the purple-haired strong girl Hojo Miyoko. "What are you doing?"

Xia An was stunned.

"Master, I will gather them together to hold a small seminar for the fellow disciples." Alice raised her hand in an accepting-the-credit tone.

"seminar?"

"Yes, today is Thursday, and tomorrow is Friday. After this weekend, the quarterfinals of the autumn trials will begin on Monday."

"Since we are from the same sect, we should gather together, encourage each other, and come up with ideas."

Xia An couldn't help but give Alice a thumbs up for her seminar idea.

Calling Erina Nakiri for a discussion under the pretext of being a fellow student was basically to take advantage of her [God's Tongue].

"So, what are the results?" Xia An asked with interest.

Alice and Midori both cast their gazes towards Erina Nakiri, apparently giving her the right to speak.

I felt my master's gaze falling on me from a distance.

The arrogant lady slightly raised her sizable chest, and said in a nonchalant manner:

“It took an entire afternoon.”

"I helped them by pointing out many flaws in their trial dishes, but the specific corrections had to be made by them themselves."

Xia An applauded: "That's right, just point it out, no need to help them correct it, otherwise their dishes in the autumn selection competition will unconsciously be marked with your style."

Erina Nakiri tapped her chin:
"I know that."

what.

At this time, Liu Shimeng's head appeared in the Weixin video call:
"Howl!"

Liu Shimeng waved at the video.

"Xiao Shimeng?"

Alice's red eyes lit up, and she looked as if a big star had suddenly appeared in the camera:
"Hello, I am Master's disciple. Can I ask you for cooking lessons in the future?"

Liu Shimeng smiled and said, "I really welcome excellent female chefs to discuss cooking with me."

Even Erina Nakiri showed strong interest in Liu Shimeng.

In a sense, Liu Shimeng, who is now at the top of the nine-star culinary field, is the goal that all of these Totsuki geniuses want to catch up with after graduation.

That's right.

The top ten graduates of Totsuki in recent years, such as Kadozaki Taki and Kikuchi Engo, have not yet reached the nine-star level.

After polite introductions to each other.

While talking in front of the camera, Alice took off her uniform shirt, revealing a cool little camisole on her upper body.

While smiling, he said to Xia An:

"Master, recently in Neon, a delicacy called 'Girl's Armpit Steamed Rice Balls' has become popular all over the country!"

Xia An: ? ?

Even Liu Shimeng was slightly dazed after hearing this.

what's that.

Girls armpits...

Rice ball?

"Uh, Alice, you don't want to present 'dark food' like girl's armpit rice balls in the autumn trials, do you?" Xia An felt a headache and rubbed his eyebrows.

Unexpectedly, Alice corrected with a serious face:

"No, Master!"

"This kind of girlish food is a very special and exclusive dish. How can we make it for outsiders?"

Xia An's mouth twitched.

The white-haired girl's hint was too obvious.

Only the master can enjoy Alice's "Girl's Armpit Rice Ball".

But there was no need to eat it anymore, Xia An just felt the sting in his eyes and nose.

After taking off the white shirt of the uniform.

The white-haired girl, wearing a cool little camisole and a plaid skirt, stepped back a few steps and started doing aerobics in front of the camera.

"What are you doing, Alice?"

"Master, you know, the secret of 'Girl's Armpit Sweat Steamed Rice Ball' lies in the word 'sweat steamed'!"

"You must do exercise first to make the girl's armpits sweat the most, so that you can make the most fragrant rice balls..."

The conditioning room over there.

Alice was already doing her exercises in an orderly manner.

Erina sighed and covered her face.

Miyoko was helpless, her face was full of black lines, and she said to Xia An:

"Two days ago, after Alice learned about this delicacy that has become popular on the Japanese Internet, she became extremely interested in it. She even said that she would use her armpit sweat to present the most sacred and delicious girl sweat rice balls to you, Master!"

Xia An waved his hands:
"Don't, please don't!"

"Alice, I really feel your filial piety!"

After saying that, he hung up the video call.

I was afraid that Alice would do something outrageous or cook something dark in front of Liu Shimeng.

After a while, Liu Shimeng seemed to recover from the neon shock brought by the "Girl's Armpit Sweat Steamed Rice Ball".

"Um, is this really a popular trend in Japan?"

Liu Shimeng searched the Internet scientifically and complained after a while: "Sorry, I underestimated the weird marketing of Japanese people."

Meng Yulu, who was sitting in the front seat, smiled and turned back to join the discussion:
"In fact, Boss Xia's lovely female apprentice just now misunderstood the secret."

“The marketing focus, or the secret, of the ‘Girl’s Armpit Sweat Steamed Rice Ball’ is not about armpits and sweat, but about ‘girl’ or beautiful girl!”

Xia An and Liu Shimeng immediately gave a thumbs up:
"Sister, you understand it well."

Just like the famous Kuchikazu sake in Japan, a young girl chews rice and spits it out, using her saliva to ferment it. This is a very primitive way of making wine.

So, the Japanese never deceived me.

You really have saliva when you chew sake, and you really have armpits when you eat armpit rice balls.

But if it is not made from the saliva or armpits of a "beautiful girl", a big question mark should be put on it.

A moment later.

Just when Xia An was about to close his eyes and rest.

Dudu!

His phone vibrated. Alice had sent him several clear videos on WeChat.

Xia An glanced at Liu Shimeng who had fallen asleep with her eyes closed, and opened the videos one by one. As expected, they were true records of the white-haired girl making armpit rice balls.

"First, use your armpits to shape the rice ball."

"Secondly, cover the rice ball with your armpits to fully absorb the essence of sweat."

"Finally, roll up the rice ball with a square of nori paper."

In the video, Alice is explaining and demonstrating the actual cooking process of armpit rice balls in a serious and dry humorous manner.

Then, the phone camera zooms in for a close-up.

The rice ball wrapped in seaweed paper was emitting a strange mist.

Alice's pretty face glowed with holiness:
"Master, please come to Neon soon. I will definitely practice this delicacy and let you eat the most delicious girly rice balls!"

Xia An's face couldn't help but twitch again.

Well, this female apprentice seems to have a humorous and neurotic style.

In short, this "armpit fragrance" operation and the whole thing are very neon.

Although the armpit rice balls made by such a beautiful girl like Alice possess the ultimate mystery and essence of this internet celebrity food, and the price may even be sky-high, Xia An has no intention of trying it.

Xia An is not a fanatic of girlish style. For ordinary people, he cannot understand the world of armpit rice balls, nor does he want to understand it.

The bus took the group to the hotel in downtown Shenzhen.

After putting away his luggage, he went into the kitchen provided by the hotel and continued to try making Ganges fried noodles.

In the blink of an eye, it was Friday afternoon.

(End of this chapter)