The beginning is only when you become a chef

Chapter 169 Harmony, Fish Surimi Immortal (5K)

You know, when you learn [Anesthetic Hands] from Jing Nina, you start with a blue frame.

[Tuning] is just a green frame, which means that the lower limit of this pseudo-food skill is quite low.

But that doesn't matter.

Anyway, freedom of attribute points and cooking experience has been achieved.

You might want to try upgrading it to the purple frame and see how your food skills change.

Xia An was very skilled. He first allocated a large amount of cooking experience points and threw it into the [Tuning] information column.

...

[Tuning (beginner) → Tuning (entry) → Tuning (minor success) → Tuning (great success)]

[Tip: This food skill (fake) can be advanced, and can only be advanced by using attributes]

...

It is similar to the paid-for [Anesthetic Hands]. When you reach high proficiency, the advanced information will be displayed instead of requiring you to pay for the perfect proficiency.

“Break through the ranks!”

The thought comes down.

Xia An watched as the attribute point balance decreased by 1 point to [16].

Green frame eating skills, it is indeed easy to feed.

There's really not much to eat.

At the same time, new food skills information emerged:

【Food Skill: Tuning】

[Grade: Blue (fake)]

【Progress: Beginner】

[Description: It allows you to create mysterious products when stirring and blending ingredients]

"The name hasn't changed?"

Xia An closed his eyes and sorted out the extra information in his mind. He found that compared with the green frame, this tuning food skill that was promoted to the blue frame had been optimized a lot in some details.

Of course, the biggest change is the blue-framed food-tuning skill, which is more suitable for the host Xia An.

After all, he didn't have any gourmet cells in his body, so he just stimulated the 'energy of qi' to perform food skills.

While spending money to increase points, the food skills will naturally be tailored to the host and continuously optimized.

"Keep adding more!"

Xia An was not satisfied with this, and just wanted to spend money.

After continuing to allocate and consume a certain amount of cooking experience points, the proficiency of the blue-framed food-tuning skill will be raised to great perfection.

[Reminder: This food skill (blue/fake) can be upgraded. It will cost 5 attribute points. Do you want to proceed? ]

The advanced information appears again.

Yes!
Xia An closed his eyes and recited silently.

On the panel, the food skill information column became blurry for a second or two, and then new entries and text appeared.

……

[Food Skill: Tuning → Harmony]

[Grade: Purple]

【Progress: Beginner】

[Description: You can easily complete complex conditioning and mixing processes, and make the process or dish reach a relatively perfect state of 'coordination' and 'harmony']

……

At first glance, the names of food skills don’t change much after being promoted to the purple frame?

However, Xia An's expression gradually became interesting as he carefully read the explanatory material.

coordination.

harmonious.

And this "relatively perfect state".

In Xia An's opinion.

The kitchen god panel seems to be glowing without any words mentioned.

But every word was hinting at him.

This gave Xia Andu an outrageous idea:

"If all the steps in a dish trigger food skills with the terms 'coordination' and 'harmony', wouldn't that be equivalent to stacking up the probability buffs? Who knows, maybe we can really achieve 100% luminescence?"

"The dishes I cook will definitely shine? Hiss... that scene, don't be too beautiful!"

All in all, it is totally worthwhile to spend money to upgrade the food skills that can stack the probability of glowing.

Xia An even wanted to upgrade this food skill to the gold frame in one go.

There is not much cooking experience left.

It does show a total of [11] attribute points, which seems to be impossible to use up completely no matter how much you squander it.

Invest points in 3 of the attributes.

[Harmony (beginner) → Harmony (entry) → Harmony (minor success) → Harmony (great success)]

Xia An's eyes widened slightly as he looked at the information about the third level breakthrough and upgrade that emerged.

[Condition 1: 5 food skill points are required.]

[Condition 2: At least 3 kinds of 'superior extraordinary' fantasy ingredients must be used for harmonious processing (stirring/mixing/conditioning, etc.) to obtain an exclusive perfect product (ingredient utilization rate/fusion rate are both 100%)]

Xia An rubbed his brows as he watched.

Lost, the difficulty is no less than the gold frame promotion requirements of [Soothing Touch].

However, the above is the direction of food cultivation and evolution.

Harmony is more focused on output.

"According to the literal meaning, I need to combine at least three types of 'superior extraordinary grade' into one bowl? Needless to say, spice-type ingredients have the highest priority and are more likely to achieve the goal."

As Xia An was pondering, a sudden flash of inspiration came to his mind, and the scene of the famous Turkish chef Berk Sahin cooking fried fish dishes reappeared in his mind.

The key point lies in the special batter made by its preparation!

"The batter used for frying..."

Xia An was delighted and thought:

"Let's assume that flour is one of the top ingredients, eggs are the second top ingredient, and the third ingredient can be developed in the direction of the batter, which can be 'starch' or salt."

In the batter.

Flour is flour, and starch is starch. The two should be discussed separately and require a strict ratio.

In this way, three top-notch ingredients are melted into one bowl, and the resulting batter perfectly meets the requirements for food skill evolution.

But Xia An was not clueless.

Flour, he was already thinking of the [Golden Wheat] that Dojima Gin had shown.

Although the capture level of [Golden Wheat] is only 10.

The 30 capture levels corresponding to the 'Superior Extraordinary Level' are quite far away.

But be aware that sometimes, the catch grade does not absolutely reflect the quality and specifications of your fantasy ingredients.

The capture level is only an abstract classification system launched by IGO to help food hunters understand the preciousness of ingredients and the difficulty of hunting.

[Golden Wheat] is a very representative "outlier" in this system.

Its deliciousness far exceeds its level 10 capture level.

In fact, it is the main ingredient for making dream noodles.

As for the top-grade ingredients like "eggs".

Xia An is certain that there shouldn't be too many alternative eggs.

At last.

As for the remaining third type of ingredients, namely "starch" or "salt", you need to think carefully about it.

"Don't worry, find some free time, connect your phone to the IGO food archive, and search carefully from beginning to end."

Press down your mood.

Xia An's full attention returned to the kitchen counter in front of him, the open fighting kitchen on the stage, and the private food war competition venue in the basement of this dazzlingly lit mansion.

Now, it's time to cook.

Dong Yegang ordered the dishes and specifically asked for the "White Snow Catfish Noodles". Xia An was happy to make it, and was even willing to work hard and stay up all night until dawn from now on.

After all, Dongye Gang provided enough fresh snow catfish. Isn't this a good opportunity to gain free recipe proficiency and experience in handling high-quality extraordinary ingredients?
"Perhaps, only when I become a fake Lin, or even a real Lin chef, can I achieve the freedom of 'superior extraordinary ingredients'?"

A fresh snow catfish was caught from the extra-large seafood truck.

When pulling out the [Breaking Army Knife] to kill.

Xia An once again felt impressed by Higashino Tsuyoshi's generosity.

Only the chef of Wei Lin or Lin could be so rich that he would have a free supply of fresh snow catfish to slaughter and cook for him.

Remove the internal organs and gills.

Remove fish bones.

Cut off two pieces of tender fish meat.

Xia An rolled up his sleeves and prepared to start pounding and kneading the fish paste.

Just as he grabbed one of the pieces of fish and was about to smash it on the clean table.

A purple text message quietly emerged:
[Harmony (Great Success) is in progress]

Xia An: ? ?

His movements immediately faltered.

The food skill that I just paid for was activated silently?
What about Soothing Touch?

Xia An was worried that this eating skill would be covered up, so he quickly flattened the fish petals and gave them a skilled and smooth massage with his hands.

[Touch of Soothing (Great) is activated]

Only after getting the second piece of food skills information did Xia An secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

As he focused his eyes on the status bar on his retina, his mood became brighter and brighter.

Two pieces of information, existing at the same time!
Doesn't this mean that food skills are being activated together?

Shit, is this stacking food skill entries?

Xia An stared at the fish petals on the chopping board, his expression somewhat subtle and strange.

[White Snow Catfish Meat, Top-grade Transcendental Grade, Affected by Food Technique Harmony (Great Mastery)/Touch of Comfort (Great Mastery)]

what.

After calming down a bit and thinking about it, Xia An began to wonder, could it be that the process at this moment, as judged by the Kitchen God Panel, also belongs to the "blending" processing category?
Otherwise, how could the [Harmony] food skill be activated and stacked automatically? After Xia An pondered over it, he found that there was really nothing wrong with it.

Isn’t “fish paste” also a condiment?

But it's not as simple as just beating the fish into smooth minced meat, there are a lot of sophisticated skills involved.

You see, the process of frying the batter when making tempura dishes is praised by the Japanese as something magical, as if they have created a tempura god.

Now Xia An feels that he has mastered the [Harmony] to perfection, and has the [Soothing Touch] that can deeply affect the food ingredients.

Isn't that the fish paste and fish cake fairy?
……

Second floor, private room.

With the help of the broadcast screen, Tsuyoshi Higashino and the maid Kumiko were watching Xia An's cooking process very carefully.

Even though they had seen it once in the afternoon, the second time they watched it, the master and servant noticed some subtle but amazing changes, or improvements, in this pasta cooking performance.

"His noodles are smoother and more shiny?"

At this moment, in the live broadcast of the venue at night, the picture was frozen on the noodle bowls on the kitchen counter for a long time while the maid Kumiko was working.

The table was filled with noodle bowls lined up in the same pattern, and each bowl was filled with noodles as delicate and white as silk.

Gollum~
Across the screen.

Dong Yegang felt hungry again and his throat moved.

The "food demon" in the body that had just been quietly hiding for a while seemed to suddenly wake up after smelling something delicious.

"Kumiko, send someone to bring these ramen up!" Higashino Tsuyoshi suppressed his desire and spoke in a low voice.

"Yes!"

The maid Kumiko could sense the smell of appetite in the room and quickly pushed the door open.

After a while, a team of ten male and female servants filed into the room, and the glass coffee table was filled with noodle bowls.

"You guys step back first."

Kumiko disbanded the servant formation.

boom.

The door just closed.

The clear sound of slurping noodles could be heard in the room.

"Suck~"

Dong Yegang turned into a wild beast and finished the whole bowl of noodles along with the soup in just a few chopsticks.

What is even more bizarre is.

An extremely strong desire for food was written on his face and in his eyes.

But his voice was still rational and calm. He could even make a profound food appreciation by eating the peony in such a crude way:

"Compared to the last bowl, this round of dishes is indeed a bit better."

Higashino Tsuyoshi muttered.

“The whole bowl of noodles has a harmonious and rounded taste!”

The maid Kumiko looked puzzled: "Harmony, harmony? Taste?"

Dong Yegang chuckled:
"You don't understand. This is the 'condiment' that is naturally added to dishes after a certain skill is honed to a high level."

"The so-called rice masters and ramen masters, apart from those who are deceiving the world and stealing the reputation or not living up to the reputation, the ones who are truly respected as 'masters' by diners in a certain field are all those who have honed their skills to the point of mastery."

The maid Kumiko was astonished: "So, Chef Xia An has mastered not only one superior food technique, but also at least two superior food techniques at the same time, and has honed them to a level high enough to be honored as an 'immortal'?"

Dong Yegang's face was filled with a terrifying appetite, and he rarely showed a little trance:

"Yeah, the bowl before only had one kind."

"But now with this bowl...I got two kinds!"

"It is impossible for him to master another superior food technique in such a short time. So the most reasonable explanation is... this new top chef from Shenzhou has mastered several advanced food techniques!"

……

[Fantasy food utilization rate/fusion degree: Snow catfish (97%) → Snow catfish (98%)]

Xia An watched as a team of ten servants brought in the first round of dishes. He was not in a hurry to cook the second round, but instead immersed himself in the control panel to check the results.

Seeing that the utilization rate/integration degree of the snow catfish had increased by 1% visibly, Xia An was in a good mood.

90% of the dishes are excellent.

And going up, every 1% is a big step towards the ultimate peak of perfection.

What's more, these are the last two or three steps towards perfection, and their significance is great, needless to say.

"This is just my first time using the Harmony Food Technique. I'm not very proficient or smooth yet. I seriously feel that I can go one step further tonight and get it to 99% or even close to perfection?"

When Xia An thought of this, his heart burned with anger.

He had never triggered the achievement and reward of cooking a certain fantasy ingredient to 100% perfection.

This time, I may have to make a great sprint towards this achievement!
Cheyenne rested for a few minutes.

soon.

The maid Kumiko came over from the room on the second floor with the servants who had cleared away the noodle bowls.

"Chef Xia An, Mr. Higashino said that we need you to make 20 bowls of catfish noodles for the second round." The maid Kumiko came to Xia An's kitchen counter and bowed deeply.

Xia An: ? ?

Ten bowls plus twenty bowls?
Forget it.

A strong man who has a "food demon" in his body and has already embarked on an inhuman path.

Worrying about his appetite and stomach capacity? That's just too unreasonable.

Xia An glanced at the target information on the panel.

[Help Higashino Tsuyoshi temporarily suppress the food demon in his body. Completing the goal will earn you 1 food skill point (can only be used to break through food skills)]

[You can get 1 fragment of the Tanlang pot (given by Tsuyoshi Higashino)]

Food skills points.

Fragments of the Tanlang pot.

These are all very attractive gains.

……

at the same time.

The news that Xia An was privately summoned by the owner of this mansion until late at night spread among the guests.

In addition to the leisurely Shenzhou delegation, there are Chi Xiaobai and Meng Yulu.

Other groups, especially the two from America and Europe, seemed very nervous.

They came for the legendary kitchen utensils, and of course they were worried that before they could compete head-on, the suspected kitchen utensils would be secretly snatched away by someone who would win the favor of the owner of this place.

So, when the midnight bell rang.

The team leaders, unable to sit still, sent people to stand at the only entrance of the small underground venue in the manor as spies.

Perhaps, the only ones who cannot be called "spies" and have pure hearts are Kobayashi Ryudan and Akane Kubo Momo who came from Totsuki to ambush people.

"Tsk, they are really nervous."

Kobayashi Rindan looked at the so-called international chefs who were restlessly wandering in the corridor:

“It feels like my yearning for and filter for international celebrity chefs has been almost shattered this time.”

Akane Kubo Momo nodded, with similar feelings:
“Even internationally renowned chefs have their differences.”

Xiaolin Longdan chuckled and said, "Of course. If you are not in the top ten of the igo world-class chef list, how can you be compared with Master Xia An?"

Upon hearing this, Akane Kubo Momo couldn't help but pat her forehead and complained:
"I told you, Chef Xia An never agreed to take you in as an apprentice. I think it's good enough for you to be a small kitchen helper."

Unexpectedly, Xiaolin Longdan was not annoyed at all, and his amber eyes like a greedy little cat narrowed with a smile:
"Wow, being a kitchen helper is pretty good too. At least I can stay by Master Xia An's side and witness him recreate dishes from legendary stories one by one. I can also taste them firsthand. Wouldn't that make me the most favored diner in the world?"

Akane Kubo Momo's face twitched: "..."

Uh, what's the point of her complaining to a die-hard fan?

Just when Akane Kubo Momo was regretting.

Sudden.

The door to the underground venue at the other end of the passage slammed open.

The maid Kumiko pushed the wheelchair and pushed Higashino Tsuyoshi along the smooth wheelchair path specially built on the stairs to the corridor.

Higashino Tsuyoshi made an appearance on the first day of the Villa Cup and gave a brief speech. The famous chefs who had already arrived knew him.

"Mr. Dongye?"

The famous chefs from various delegations standing guard nearby were greatly surprised.

"It turned out that the owner of this place came out first?" Xiaolin Longdan opened his mouth slightly, a little confused, "What about Master Xia An?"

Higashino Tsuyoshi just greeted the people around him with a smile, without saying much, and disappeared into the corridor under everyone's gaze.

After a while.

Celebrity chefs began to whisper:
"Why do I feel... Mr. Dongye is in better condition than ever before?"

"Yes, he is still in the wheelchair, but his face is full of red."

“He even smiled.”

"I still remember watching from afar a while ago. Mr. Dongye was full of evil spirit. It felt like he was in the late stage of backlash and there was no medicine to cure him!"

No matter what the famous chefs discussed, the two Totsuki girls who were waiting there had their minds on someone else.

Soon, another figure, surrounded by two maids who were helping with kitchen utensils, walked out of the venue entrance and walked up the stairs leisurely.

"Master Xia An!"

Xiaolin Longdan rushed forward happily.

Akane Kubo Momo curled her lips. She was a step slower and a little hesitant, but she still took a step forward to meet him.

"Are you waiting for me?"

Xia An saw that the two of them were full of surprise.

"Yeah." Xiaolin Longdan smiled and nodded.

"Actually, it was mainly Dojima-senpai and Saiba-senpai who sent us here to check out the situation." Akane Kubo Momo said.

At this time, a relatively familiar chef walked out from among the many chefs in the corridor.

It turned out to be in the afternoon, when he played against the Turkish chef Berk Shahin, who lost a round against Xia An.

Burke Shaheen greeted in Chinese with a strange accent:
"Hello, Chef Xiaan."

Xia An:?
“Can you speak Mandarin?”

"I know a little bit, not much." Burke Shahin said quickly, "The food competition is over. I am sorry that I didn't get to taste your food. I wonder when you will be free..."

Xia An smiled slightly:
"Welcome to Shenzhou for a visit. In the night market streets of Shenzhou City, you can eat my classic ancient dishes, including that bowl of catfish noodles, at the price of street food."

Hearing this, Burke Shahin was stunned for a moment, then he said happily: "The night market street in Shenzhou City? I will pay attention to these news, and follow the footsteps of your stalls to go to those Shenzhou cities!"

(End of this chapter)