The beginning is only when you become a chef

Chapter 167 Awakening and Prompting (5K)

The icy-faced maid looked at the empty ramen bowl and murmured in disbelief, "How long has it been? The master hasn't finished a dish so quickly in the past two or three years!"

It's not because of anorexia.

The maid knew why her master refused to eat the food.

exactly.

It is the "food demon" in his body that is very picky.

Food that does not meet a certain quality can even cause a riot of cells in the body.

So, with that being said...

The maid took a deep breath and said, "This bowl of catfish noodles is of extremely high quality!"

The man in the wheelchair wiped his mouth and smiled with satisfaction and affirmation:
"He really has mastered a complete food technique."

"And use this food skill to process the meat of the Snow Catfish."

But in reality, the man was horrified.

The complete, mysterious eating technique that he couldn't figure out was only part of the skills contained in this bowl of super high-quality ramen.

He did not forget that after using food skills to prepare the smooth and delicate minced meat of "White Snow Catfish", the chef then displayed another more mysterious and ancient Shenzhou skill...

The white dragon was wrapped around the pastry stick in his hand.

Besides!

The man tasted a kind of "soul condiment" that he could never have anticipated beforehand.

"How can there be a 'secret of food'?"

"The white catfish meat that is approaching perfect control, and this "secret of eating"."

"Isn't that a half-Daolin-level dish?"

The more I thought about it, the more I couldn't calm down.

The whole day after that.

The man's attention was all on Xia An, his eyes sparkling.

He paid no attention to the other famous chefs. Even when Meng Yulu, Chi Xiaobai and other top ten chefs in the world came on stage, the man just took a few glances and lost interest. He continued to keep his eyes on Xia An.

"Perhaps, my hope of solving the 'incurable disease' lies with him!"

This idea came from the "food demon" in my body that rarely calmed down.

The cells that had been restless and hungry had apparently received a rare satisfaction and were once again quietly residing in his limbs and bones.

……

Soon after, the dishes of Turkish celebrity chef Berk Sahin were served on the tables of delegations from various countries for the tasting of several heads of delegation.

This is a simple fried fish dish.

The fragile and brittle meat of the snow catfish was fried until golden and very intact, and was arranged on a white plate.

The dish is laid with lettuce and decorated with bay leaves, flowers, onion rings, etc.

At first glance.

This fried fish dish is very simple and common, and it seems that any restaurant in the port area of ​​​​Izmir, Türkiye can make it.

However, with Dojima Gin and Saiba Joichiro.

From the perspective of top chefs such as Meng Yulu and Chi Xiaobai.

They sniffed the aroma wafting from the plates, their eyebrows raised and their expressions turned serious.

"The finishing touch, is it the batter coating that wraps the fried fish?"

Click.

The small venue was filled with the sound of chewing, and the group leaders took up their chopsticks one after another to try the food.

Dojima Gin bit off half of the fried fish. When the fish meat was torn into pieces in his mouth, the sweet taste immediately burst through his head.

The legendary graduate leaned back and said in surprise:
"He used a food technique here?"

"No, it's not just about food skills, it's also about the perfect fusion of skills, ingredients, and processes!"

Next to him, Saiba Shiroichiro closed his eyes and felt it while chewing.

Batter!

This is undoubtedly a crucial ingredient for fried fish.

And Saiba Chengichiro vaguely saw that a man with a blurred face poured egg liquid, water, flour, starch and other substances into a small cooking bowl one after another.

Gradually stir into batter.

The magical thing is that in the end, the batter in the mixing bowl is as smooth as satin and sparkles in the bright kitchen light.

"Eh, is this some kind of 'harmonizing' or 'fusion' food technique?"

After opening his eyes, Saiba Joichiro looked down at the half piece of golden fried fish on his chopsticks and whispered with interest.

rear seats.

Xiaolin Longdan asked nervously:
"Senior Caibo, how is it? Is the fried fish made by this Turkish master chef good?"

Inui Hinatako is curious:

"I heard that Turkish chefs are good at cooking beef, mutton and rice. This Berk Shahin can actually fry the snow catfish so delicately."

'Big Breasted Monster' Mujichi Yuanguo nodded, staring at the golden grilled fish on the plate, unable to move his eyes away:

"Is this the best I can do to make the batter and deep-fry the white catfish meat when I ask the 'Tempura Sage' of Neon City legend to do it?"

Saiba Joichiro, who dropped out of school and traveled around the world at an early age, was quite familiar with Turkish customs and culture. He smiled:
"Turkey is not a landlocked country like Mongolia. They are located in the Mediterranean area and have port cities, such as Izmir."

"According to the information on the IGO celebrity chef list, this Berk Sahin is from Izmir, Türkiye."

“It’s normal for a chef who grew up by the sea to be good at cooking fish.”

Done.

Caibajoichiro and Dojima Gin, two friends, looked at each other.

"But it's a pity."

"This Izmir fried fish dish is not a perfect recipe or dish. It's still a long way from being a perfect one."

"So, when he presented this dish in the arena, he couldn't compete with that freak at all."

……

Soon, the middle-aged butler's voice announcing the winner rang out in the small arena:
"The five heads of the delegations from various countries all voted for the famous chef Xia An."

"The vote is 5 to 0!"

“The winner is Chef Chef!”

"Crushing force!"

Xia An disassembled the clean alloy pastry stick and put it back into the kitchen utensil box.

The [Broken Army Sword] was also washed and wiped with a white towel until not even a trace of water stain was left, and then it was put back into the sheath.

As he left the stage, he shook hands with Turkish celebrity chef Berk Sahin.

Xia An said modestly: "It was a fluke."

Burke Shaheen's face twitched. The overwhelming number of votes, you call this luck?
He suddenly remembered something.

I want to call Xia An.

But Xia An walked very quickly, and the venue was small, so he returned to the Shenzhou delegation's seat in just a few steps.

Seeing this, Burke Shaheen opened his mouth but resisted the urge to ask loudly.

Actually, he wanted to try "White Snow Catfish Noodles".

Use your own tongue to taste it and see where he fails.

……

When Xia An returned to his seat, he was naturally interrogated by the two great gods Meng Yulu and Chi Xiaobai.

Chi Xiaobai: "You are great, kid. When did you secretly master a complete food technique?"

Meng Yulu: "Your food skills are not only of a very high level, but you have also honed your proficiency to a very high level. It doesn't look like you have only mastered it recently."

Among them, Jing Nina's words made Xia An feel embarrassed.

Kyonina looked at him with her beautiful eyes and said:

"I can actually see a hint of my 'Hand of Anesthetic' in this high-level food skill of yours."

As she said this, Kyonina shook her head and chuckled.

"But that's impossible."

"My "Anesthetic Hands" is just a pseudo-food technique. It is impossible to achieve perfection in the processing process."

"What's more, that's Snow Catfish, a top-grade extraordinary ingredient, one level higher than gold grade."

"Pseudo-food skills are simply not capable of delicately processing fantasy ingredients of this level!"

Xia An: “…”

He couldn't just tell him the truth.

It is said that his purple-quality "Soothing Touch" is actually an upgraded version of your pseudo-food skill "Anesthetic Hands"?

"Ahem, actually, my food skills are derived from your fake food skills."

"Huh? You're making fun of me."

Kyo Nina shook her head, looking disdainful of the prankster.

Xia An can only spread his hands like a little bear.jpg
See, the truth is often hidden in jokes, but people just don't want to believe it.

"It's my turn to play in the second round."

Chi Xiaobai picked up the kitchen utensil box, patted his butt, and left the table.

Xia An didn't say much.

There is no need. Just wait for him to immerse his mind in the Kitchen God panel and wake up two hours later. The Shenzhou delegation will win the second round.

Ever since I learned that Chi Xiaobai and Meng Yulu are on the igo agency's list of world-class chefs, and are among the top ten.

The last trace of worry in his heart was completely extinguished.

Instead of worrying about the one-sided cooking competition, it is better to rely on the chef panel and carefully review the cooking of "Snow White Catfish Noodles".

This was Xia An's first time using "Soothing Touch" in actual combat.

It was also his first attempt at processing the so-called 'superior and extraordinary' fantasy ingredients.

Results prove.

With the purple-quality "Soothing Touch" at a high level of proficiency, it is easy to handle fantasy ingredients of this level.

"Snow catfish, in the IGO organization's food atlas database, the recorded capture and hunting level is 30." I learned the detailed food information from Meng Yulu.

Xia An became even more curious.

So, what is the upper limit of "Soothing Touch"?

Moreover, after a practical experience, Xia An had a clearer understanding of the comprehensive effects of this eating skill.

"Compared to the inferior version of the Anesthetic Hand, the Soothing Touch is more subtle in its anesthetic effect, allowing my Qi energy to easily penetrate into every corner of the Snow Catfish's flesh and blood."

Xia An reviewed the situation and summarized silently.

"And the slight 'stimulation', 'activation' or 'awakening and urging' food skill effect of the Anesthesia Hand is directly strengthened in the 'Soothing Touch', which can almost stimulate the gourmet cells contained in the Snow Catfish without any damage!"

"What's more important is..."

"Such a lossless stimulation actually has a 'soothing' effect. In other words, it can fully awaken the cells without worrying about the huge side effects of fully awakening the gourmet cells. It has the magical power to subdue naughty children?"

Think about this.

Xia An secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

What stimulates and activates.

Compared with this hand's magical soothing effect, all other levels pale in comparison.

And don't forget that Xia An also commissioned the Nakiri family to raise the "Colorful Hairtail" in the fish pond in the Totsuki Manor.

These are gold-level fantasy fish.

In Xia An's continuous food skills training and massage.

Their flesh and blood, and the gourmet cells contained in their bodies, actually show signs of extraordinary evolution.

This is truly horrible.

"It's just like the soothing effect that comes with the pseudo-food skill 'Anesthetic Hands'."

"Now, the food skills that have been promoted to the "Soothing Touch" stage also come with a more advanced effect, although it is very slight."

Xia An said secretly.

The Hand of Evolution?

Then the next stage of golden-framed food skills is well worth spending resources to get.

……

The Shenzhou delegation won three games in a row, defeated the Turkish delegation, and won the victory in today's luxury arena.

After three rounds of cooking competition lasting two hours, it was already four or five o'clock in the afternoon.

The elegant middle-aged butler smiled and announced:

"Tomorrow, on the second day of the competition, the American delegation and the European Gastronomy Association delegation will compete on the same stage."

This matchup arrangement makes sense.

Türkiye and China, America and Europe, are fighting each other.

There were only five delegations in the knockout round.

Four of them have already appeared.

As the fifth Totsuki delegation, the match was scheduled for the third day and they naturally had a bye.

This is also equivalent to preferential treatment for Japanese locals.

Famous chefs from various countries are not surprised.

After the show.

"Master Chef Xia An, please stay."

Xia An, who was about to leave with everyone, was stopped by the mansion's maid who came quickly.

"Mr. Dongye, please have a chat."

The maid was very polite in her manners and words.

Xia An was surprised: "Me?"

"Yes, Mr. Higashino has already known your name, the contemporary reproducer of ancient dishes and the secret of luminescence."

Meng Yulu nodded and said:
"This is an opportunity. Mr. Dongye is no ordinary person."

Chi Xiaobai's expression was a little strange, he seemed to be admiring, but also a little eager to try:

"In fact, this Mr. Dongye was once in the top ten of the IGO World Special List, but later..."

"later?"

Jing Nina also became interested.

"Then he disappeared for three years, and when he reappeared in public on camera, he was removed from the authoritative IGO list."

Removed?

Xia An seemed to have thought of something, and his eyes fixed:
"Could it be that during the three years he disappeared, he has been promoted to Chef Lin?"

Chi Xiaobai simply spread his hands:
"That's what the gourmet world speculated, but since he reappeared, he has never participated in any public cooking competitions, let alone food battles."

"Therefore, no one knows whether he is Chef Lin or not."

Meng Yulu laughed:

"Don't forget, the top management of IGO is definitely aware of the situation. Since they removed Higashino Tsuyoshi from the special list, they must have accurate information."

Chi Xiaobai nodded and looked at Xia An:

"So, you know?"

"This luxury villa cooking competition was obviously a setup by Chef Lin, Tsuyoshi Higashino."

"He used a collection of suspected legendary kitchen utensils as bait and easily caused a stir around the world."

"But even if they know it's bait, there will be countless fish that will crash into his fishing net... Well, just like the three of us now. Legend has it that for Chinese chefs, the kitchen utensils have not only magical effects, but are also better than national treasures. If there is a chance, we will definitely bring them back to our country!"

Meng Yulu said: "You may be the first person in the villa manor to have close contact with Dong Yegang."

"When we meet him later, you might as well ask him what his intention is and why he set up such a trap."

"Of course, if possible, it would be even better if we could understand the level of his cooking skills."

"I want to know if he is a fake Lin or a real Lin."

Xia An grasped the key point: "Fake Lin? Real Lin?"

Meng Yulu: "A fake Lin is someone who has mastered the skills, but still lacks the understanding of the "essence of food" and is not a real Lin chef."

Hearing this, Chi Xiaobai pointed at Xia An and said with a laugh:
"What a coincidence, there is Zun Weilin here."

"Almost all the pseudo-Lin first broke through at the skill level, but you, a newly promoted special-level person, have already mastered a kind of food meaning. That's outrageous."

Hear the words.

Xia An and Jing Nina were both startled.

Jing Nina stared at Xia An in a daze: "So he is a fake Lin?"

"Not some newly promoted special grade?"

Meng Yulu rolled her eyes. "During the cooking competition just now, wasn't the famous Turkish chef Berk Sahin, ranked 98th on the world's top chef list, crushed by this guy?"

Seeing that Jing Nina hesitated to speak, Chi Xiaobai laughed and added:
"Don't think that the celebrity chef who ranks 98th on the list of the top chefs is just a nobody."

"As the direct descendant of the Chaos Demon King Jinghua, you should know the approximate number of top chefs in the world, right?"

“The gap between ordinary special-grade chefs and the top 100 special-grade chefs is even greater than the gap between ordinary people and star chefs.”

Jing Nina understood the logic behind this.

New special grade.

Going up, there are three levels of special grades: upper, middle and lower.

Then comes the “great success” level of special grade, which is collectively referred to as the pinnacle special grade or perfect special grade by the culinary circles of various countries.

However, these special-grade stars on the igo World Top 100 list are already well-known celebrities with a long history.

They are all standing on the top of the mountain, walking on a farther and more extreme road, pursuing the answer to the "menu of life", and striving to create perfect and ultimate recipes.

Watching Xia An and the maid leave, staring at his back.

Jing Nina suddenly felt.

Kind of outrageous.

The third episode of the competition show "Ju Xia Lou" ended just a week or two ago.

She had just had a cooking competition with that man.

She lost.

But she felt that the gap was not insurmountable and there was every chance and possibility of catching up. After all, she also had the heritage of the Eight Phoenix Immortals behind her.

but now.

Jing Nina vaguely realized that the gap between her cooking skills and that man's was like an unfathomable ravine and abyss, which was becoming insurmountable.

"Even if I break into the special level, I'm only a new special level."

"And he already has the competitive culinary ability of a pseudo-Lin?"

……

Xia An was led back to the small venue by the maid.

The maid opened a door with a multilingual sign saying "No Outsiders Allowed", revealing a staircase leading upstairs.

On the second floor, there is a private viewing room.

Walking into the room, Xia An glanced out through the one-way privacy glass and easily took in the panoramic view of the small venue.

At this moment, Xia An noticed a pair of eager and passionate eyes falling on him.

"Mr. Dongye?"

He looked at a man who was so thin that he was unrecognizable, sitting in a wheelchair under the light in the room.

The man raised his head and did not hide the strong desire for food in his eyes:

"Haha, I asked you to come here for no other reason than to ask you to cook a big pot of Snow Catfish Noodles again to satisfy the food demon in me."

Xia An opened his mouth: ...

Ah, this is it?

Just as this thought came to Xia An's mind.

Ding--

The target text popped up on the Kitchen God panel.

(End of this chapter)