The beginning is only when you become a chef

Chapter 213 All Parties (4K)

Three days before the Shokugeki Competition begins, the five-day "Moon Festival" of Totsuki Academy officially kicks off.

This school festival is not only a grand event for Totsuki Academy, but also a super large carnival event for the entire Japanese food industry.

"School Gate Avenue Area"!
This area is crowded and bustling, even more crowded than the Tokyo summer fireworks festival.

Tents and stalls are neatly arranged on both sides of the road, extending from the main gate of the academy all the way to the main road. Each stall exudes a unique food aroma, attracting tourists to stop.

“We’re here, we’re here…”

A special campus tour bus stopped and Liu Shimeng was the first to run out.

Lu Zuguang, Tang Jinghan, and Wen Chaoqing got out of the car and followed the lively and active Xiao Shimeng.

Tang Jinghan stood at the school gate, looking around at the crowded event scene, and exclaimed:

"Totsuki is indeed the food kingdom of Japan. The annual school festival has a huge influence, not only attracting local tourists from all over Japan, but also many international tourists."

Wen Chaoqing added: "I heard that in previous school festivals, there were about 50 visitors."

"But this time...just looking at the number of people on the first day, I think the number will probably increase several times in five days!"

These four people are none other than the four outstanding young people of today from China.

Lu Zuguang was the second of the four to be promoted to the special grade after Wen Chaoqing.

Liu Shimeng and Tang Jinghan are only one step away from the final assessment.

The group excitedly walked from the "School Gate Avenue Area" to the "Central Area" following the crowd.

This is the central square of the campus. The space is spacious and the shops set up by students are much larger.

Lu Zuguang suddenly asked:

"I heard that the 'Ten Great Masters of Totsuki' have opened a store in this area?"

Liu Shimeng, who was walking in front and actively leading the way, looked down at the school festival guide booklet and said in surprise:

"Oh wow, it's true!"

"Kuga Teruki? The 8th of the Ten Greatest?"

"The head of the Chinese Cuisine Research Association...specializes in Sichuan cuisine...specializes in spicy and numbing?"

As she spoke, she smiled and called out to everyone, "Come on, let's get in line. I want to see what this Totsuki Ten Master has to say about Sichuan cuisine!"

She led everyone to a Chinese building.

Compared to ordinary students' shops, the Ten Elite members can use huge budget funds to build large and luxurious restaurants at the school festival.

On the restaurant floor.

The group visited the extra-large kitchen, which was separated only by transparent glass, with great interest.

Students from the Chinese Cuisine Research Society wore uniform uniforms and stood in front of the stove, stir-frying the dishes in the iron pan in unison.

After watching for a while, Liu Shimeng applauded and commented:
"This Kuga Teruki's training skills are quite good. These students have almost become his cooking tools. They can almost replicate the taste of Mapo Tofu."

That's right!

In the kitchen, these students in black and blue uniforms are stir-frying Mapo Tofu in an orderly manner.

At this moment, a short boy with dyed yellow bangs was walking coolly inside the kitchen, supervising the cooking of the members.

His name is Teruki Kuga.

Huh?
Kuga Teruki looked up casually and was stunned when he saw the four young men from China standing in front of the glass window and commenting.

After careful identification, he recognized the four people and was shocked: "It's them!"

You know, Teruki Kuga specializes in Chinese cuisine, especially pursuing authentic Sichuan flavor.
Therefore, he has been paying attention to the Chinese food industry, and often learns about related developments through videos and news. He recognizes every face of these four famous young people, especially Liu Shimeng——

The contemporary little demon of the Liu family in Shu was revered by Kuga Teruki.

"Hello, you guys." Kuga Teruki ran out quickly and greeted them in not very fluent Mandarin, "The leader of the Vos Chinese Cuisine Research Association... Kuga Teruki!"

Liu Shimeng handed over the meal ticket for the school festival: "We want to try the mapo tofu in your restaurant."

Kuga Teruki said with a little excitement: "No problem! I will do it for you myself!"

After saying that, he ran back to the main kitchen like a gust of wind without even taking the meal ticket.

Soon he brought a large plate of Mapo Tofu to the four young men from China who had already found their seats.

……

The "Mountain Area" of the School Festival!
High-end buildings of various styles are scattered around.

Most of the ten heroes opened restaurants here to provide catering services for distinguished customers. The unit price of dishes is naturally very high. The revenue from entertaining one guest is comparable to that of ten guests in other areas.

A campus tour bus slowly stopped.

All the members of the Sun family, except the eldest sister Sun Yun, Grandma Sun, Sun Zheng, Sun Xiang, Sun Kang and Sun Ying were in the car.

"Why are we stopping here?" Sun Xiang looked out the window in confusion.

Sun Ying was about to get off the car: "I asked you to stop... I plan to try the dishes of the Ten Masters here, so I won't go to the Nakiri residence with you guys."

Sun Kang also stood up: "Wait for me! I'll go too!"

After the two got off the car, Sun Xiang curled her lips and said, "No matter how high the quality of the dishes of the Ten Elites is, it is impossible to break through the special grade. What's so good about it?"

Sun Zheng looked serious and shook his head:
"Don't underestimate the top ten of each year. In the past, during the annual Totsuki Academy Festival, as long as I was free and on Blue Star, I would come to taste the dishes of the top ten, and sometimes I could get a lot of inspiration."

Sun Xiang didn't believe it: "With such a huge difference in cooking skills, you can still get inspiration? Don't be ridiculous!"

Sun Zheng said: "You will know if you follow them around."

Granny Sun also advised, "Go ahead. We are just staying at the Nakiri residence temporarily. Boss Xia is now focusing on his research on food preparation. You won't be able to see him."

Sun Xiang was a little unhappy. She responded sullenly, got out of the car and followed Sun Kang and Sun Ying.

As he watched these young people blend into the crowd of tourists, Sun Zheng retracted his gaze and asked hesitantly:
"Master, isn't it too arrogant for Boss Xia to take on Amber Murphy's food battle?"

Granny Sun snorted coldly: "At this point, what is there to regret?"

"No matter how powerful the opponent is, as long as Boss Xia can cook a glowing dish at the food battle scene, all enemies and monsters will disappear into thin air."

Sun Zheng smiled bitterly and thought to himself, Master, you think Boss Xia is the Monkey King, who can bring peace to the world with just one blow of his stick.

Even a True Lin like him is wary of those masters who are at the top of the Fake Lin list at the Food Festival. If he does not bring out True Lin-level dishes during a food battle, he will most likely fail.

Finally, from the Sun family, only Granny Sun and Sun Zheng came to live in the Nakiri family house for the time being.

At the gate, they ran into Kyonina who was alone.

"Granny Sun!" Jing Nina hurried forward to greet her.

"The Jing family's contemporary little genius?" Granny Sun nodded expressionlessly, "Didn't you go back to North America a while ago?"

Jing Nina explained: "My grandfather and father asked me to continue studying with Boss Xia."

"Oh?" Granny Sun finally showed a hint of smile on her face. "It seems that you also want to improve... Come on, if you youngsters can understand the true meaning of luminous dishes from Boss Xia, the 'Phoenix Eight Immortals' can truly usher in the hope of revival."

Sun Zheng knew that Jing Nina and Xia An had a good relationship, so he asked curiously:

"Do you know how Boss Xia's food preparations are going?"

Kyonina shook her head helplessly: "When I returned to the Nakiri residence, Boss Xia had already closed the door to his private kitchen and completely cut off communication with the outside world."

At this time-

A hearty laugh was heard, and after receiving a report from the butler, Nakiri Senzaemon went to the gate in person to greet the guests.

He welcomed everyone into the main hall.

In order to entertain the distinguished guests, the furniture in the manor's living room had been cleared out, and the lacquered dining tables and tatami chairs were neatly arranged like a school classroom.

There were guests sitting behind most of the tables. When Granny Sun brought Sun Zheng and Jing Nina to the scene, the originally lively living room suddenly became quiet.

"Are they the Phoenix Eight Immortals of the Sun family that is hiding in the world in Neon?"

"Well... look at the mixed-race girl at the back. She is a genius from the Jing family, the "Devil of Chaos" in North America." Everyone discussed in a low voice, and from time to time they cast their eyes towards the Shenzhou seat close to the host's seat.

Sitting there is the chef Meng Yulu...

Chi Xiaobai, who often appears and is active in international occasions,...

As well as two pseudo-Lin from Shenzhou who participated in the Cat Island Festival.

soon.

The chef came out from the back kitchen and personally served delicious dishes to Sun Zheng, Grandma Sun and Jing Nina.

It turned out to be the legendary graduate Dojima Gin from the golden generation!
Gin Dojima, who already holds a high position in the Totsuki board of directors, rarely wears a clean white chef's uniform and chef's hat.

Of course, the standard of dinner parties at the Nakiri residence is still improving today.

As servants led groups to their seats, the dinner was attended by all the distinguished persons.

"The American Gourmet Association's spectator group has arrived—"

"The Europa Association... the spectator group has arrived—"

"The igo headquarters viewing group has arrived——"

"The Neo Food Utopia spectator group has arrived—"

The back kitchen of the manor!
After serving a round of dishes, Dojima Gin came back, wiped his sweat, and muttered to himself: "Too exaggerated, this spectator lineup..."

In the kitchen, famous graduates such as Saiba Shiroichiro, Ebisawa Riko, and Shinomiya Kojiro were all busy. Some were cooking at the stove, some were processing the ingredients, and some were arranging and decorating the dishes.

"Which new restaurant has arrived?" The chef, Saiba Shiroichiro, looked up in confusion.

Dojima Gin chuckled and named several official associations and large organizations.

Saiba Joichiro showed a look of surprise:
“It’s really exaggerated.”

Riko Ebisawa, a female graduate of the golden generation, wiped the sweat from her forehead and joked, "Just hearing about this luxurious spectator lineup, my thighs are already shaking!"

Everyone in the kitchen knew she was joking.

Shinomiya Kojiro, who was cutting vegetables, stopped and sighed:

"How long has it been since I shared the stage with Boss Xia in the Shudi Ju Downstairs Competition? Boss Xia has already quickly climbed up from the nine-star stage to the pseudo-Lin stage step by step!"

……

The day before the Food Wars begins!
After two days of preparation for the "Moon Festival", the number of visitors to the Totsuki campus reached its peak.

From the school gate to the mountain area, there is no food stall without a long queue, and tourists are waving their meal coupons around and spending with great enthusiasm.

"Pole Star Room"!
"Haha, I got the ticket——"

Yoshino Yuuki's laughter echoed throughout the dormitory building.

"Where is where?"

Ryoko Sakaki, Megumi Tadokoro and others opened the doors and rushed from their rooms to Yoshino Yuuki who was standing in the corridor with her hands on her hips.

When everyone saw the "Polaris Dormitory Lottery Successful" prompt box displayed on the school website on Yoshino Yuki's mobile phone, they became very excited and brought water cups and stainless steel plates to start beating drums and gongs on the spot.

"Wow!"

"Yuuki-chan, that's awesome~"

"I declare... the cutest person in the world is Yuuki-chan!"

The dormitory members were generous with their praise, and Soma Yukihira was also celebrating on the side.

Toot——

Suddenly, the cell phone in Soma Yukihira's pocket vibrated.

He turned on the screen and took a look.

[Saibashi Joichiro: Soma, has the Polaris Dormitory group won the tickets to watch the game? ]

[Soma Yukihira: Yuuki-chan just drew it... How did you know?! ]

[Saibashi Joichiro: It must have been your father who greeted me. ]

【Soma Yukihira: I don’t believe it.jpg】

[Saibashi Ichiro: (scratching his head awkwardly) Forget it, forget it… Actually, Boss Xia specifically told the head coach to have all the members of Polar Star Dormitory present, so the school administration backend made some adjustments.]

"Boss Xia again?"

Soma Yukihira muttered.

"Souma-kun, what's wrong?"

Isshiki Hui, who was still wearing the nude apron, put her arm around Soma Yukihira's shoulders with a smile.

"I mean... why does Boss Xia take such good care of Polaris Dormitory?" Soma Yukihira generously showed the content of his conversation with his father.

Only then did everyone in Polaris Dormitory realize that Yoshino Yuki was able to get the ticket because she was forced to engage in insider manipulation.

Isshiki Hui thought for a moment and said, "Maybe it's because you, Souma-kun, are the son of "Ashura"?

The corner of Yukihira Soma's mouth twitched: "I don't believe it! Dad's relationship with Boss Xia is not as good as that with Chief Dojima!"

Isshiki Huikaida spread out his hands and looked at the people in the Polar Star Dormitory:

"Why think so much? Since we have received special care from Boss Xia, let's go to the scene and cheer for Boss Xia!"

……

Late at night, at the volcanic island coastal base, bursts of strange fragrance wafted out from the chimneys and exhaust vents.

In the kitchen.

Guhuo Niaobai, Da Tengu Yu, Fox Girl Long and Shuten sat around a dining table, holding chopsticks, their eyes hungry and hot, following Xia An.

"Another pot of "Golden Soup Lotus Crab" is out of the oven~"

Flip the pot twice with the spoon, and the dish will be quickly served on a plate.

Xia An smiled as he poured the cooked "crab soup" into the plate. The bright golden soup gradually rose to the same level as the plate.

The moment he placed the soup plate on the dining table, the three demon kings and Shuten couldn't help but stretch their necks, admiring the rippling surface of the plate with intoxicated eyes.

As they watched, a pure white and elegant hibiscus flower slowly blossomed at the bottom of the plate reflected by the golden soup.

"This is--"

The monsters' pupils trembled.

After a while, when the Demon King and Shuten quickly divided up the dishes, Xia An spoke slowly:
"You had another dish called 'Bouncing Turtle Soup' earlier. Compared with this dish called 'Golden Soup with Hibiscus Crab', which dish do you think is better?"

The monsters all said in unison:

"I vote for 'Crab in Golden Soup'!"

Xia An asked curiously, "Oh? Is the Bouncing Turtle Soup not delicious?"

The girl shook her head, drooling from the corners of her mouth:

"No no no."

"Master, the 'Bouncing Turtle Soup' is also very delicious!"

"But...it's still not as good as "Golden Soup Hibiscus Crab"!"

The fox girl Long looked charming: "The ingredients are not comparable."

Guhuo Niaobai said: "The perfection of the two is not on the same level!"

Da Tenguyu sighed:
"In short, the 'Golden Soup with Hibiscus Crab' is an impeccable and perfect dish. It makes me feel like I am enjoying the work of Chef Long!"

(End of this chapter)