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Chapter 447: Seiya Falls Behind in Buffet Assessment

"Humph, if the assessment is in the form of a buffet, then it means that there are quite a lot of dishes to prepare. This is not only a competition of cooking, but also a huge drain on the chef's own physical strength.

Seiya and I have been helping out at our family's restaurant since we were young, and we've long been accustomed to this kind of high-intensity work. I just don't know if you, Miss Erina, can handle it."

That’s right, if the service targets ordinary customers, their requirements are definitely not as high as those of the top ten graduates who serve as lecturers.

However, there is a difficulty in this assessment, which is to prepare enough food in a short time to provide it to a large number of guests. This is not an easy task.

Although Dojima Gin gave everyone enough time to test the dishes and prepare the ingredients, once the assessment officially began, one person would suddenly have to face a large number of customers, and many people would still be busy and flustered.

However, Erina didn't care about this at all. She was different from most Totsuki students. The reason she was able to become one of the youngest top ten was not only because of her extraordinary talent, but also because she had never slacked off in her acquired efforts.

Although as a woman, her physical strength may not be as good as Seiya and Soma Yukihira, but it is more than enough to cope with this test.

Even after being provoked by Yukihira Soma, Erina retorted, "Come to think of it, your two families do own a restaurant, but it's just a public restaurant, right?

The Totsuki Resort is a luxury hotel, you're not going to treat our guests with dishes like fried rice or omelets, are you?"

Erina's words directly stumped Soma Yukihira, because he had not considered this issue before.

This time the assessment was actually conducted in the form of a buffet, which meant that the other Totsuki students in the venue were all competitors.

The number of guests at the resort is limited, and each person can only eat so much. Once the guests are full, no matter how good your food is, they probably won't even take a second look.

This means that the final assessment this time is not just about the taste of the food, but also about whether the food is innovative and attractive enough to customers.

In fact, it is for this reason that Erina is so confident this time.

It is true that Seiya's cooking skills are very strong, but egg dishes such as "Three No-Stick" are too time-consuming to prepare and are not suitable for such a buffet assessment.

At the same time, how can the flower-growing dishes that Seiya is good at, and the common dishes of Soma Yukihira, compare with the dishes carefully cooked by Erina just in terms of appearance?

Looking at the silent Seiya and Soma Yukihira, Erina quickly left with her head held high like a proud white swan.

After thinking for a while, Soma Yukihira said goodbye to Seiya and hurriedly turned away to test the dishes he had thought of.

Not only Erina, in this final assessment, Soma Yukihira and Takumi, and even Alice Nakiri before, all regarded Seiya as a potential opponent.

We are all first-year students, and are all known as culinary geniuses. They are all very proud and arrogant, so how could they be willing to be inferior to others?

Seiya originally wanted to just make some "golden egg fried rice" and be done with it, but when he saw the high-spirited Erina and Soma Yukihira, he felt a little competitive spirit that hadn't been a long time ago, and then he slowly left to prepare the ingredients.

The next morning at six o'clock, a large number of guests streamed into the venue. Since there were hundreds of Totsuki students taking the exam, Dojima Gin had invited an unexpectedly large number of guests. Besides the original Totsuki Resort guests, the invited guests also included resort staff and their families, Totsuki's food suppliers, and many prominent figures in the culinary world.

When a huge crowd of people poured into the venue, many well-prepared Totsuki students began to cook their own dishes at their own cooking tables.

Men, women, young and old, people from all walks of life are judges in the venue, and the students of Totsuki who are being assessed are required to prepare 200 dishes within two hours and let the guests experience the novelty of the dishes.

In other words, even if you can prepare food for 200 people within the specified time, it won’t work if it’s just ordinary food without any novelty.

It was because of these additional rules that many Totsuki students who were originally preparing to make cake dishes were suddenly in a panic.

When it comes to egg dishes, the easiest to make and the ones that can reach a certain level are undoubtedly dishes such as cakes and egg tarts.

But now, the additional conditions added by Dojima Gin have directly blocked their retreat.

Of course, not everyone was in a panic when faced with this kind of assessment that was close to actual combat. Some Totsuki students were quite at ease.

Among these people, the best ones are the "Italian Salad Baked Egg" prepared by Takumi, the "Bite-sized Oden" prepared by Tadokoro Megumi, the "Beef and Egg Rice Bowl" prepared by Roumei, and the "Egg Set Meal" prepared by Alice, which looks simple but is full of innovation.

However, among all the Totsuki students present, the one with the most customers surrounding the cooking table was Erina Nakiri.

There was no other way. With many titles like "The Youngest Ten" and "The Tongue of God", many celebrities in the food industry among the guests invited by Totsuki this time knew Erina, so they came to her cooking table as soon as possible.

However, the reason why there is a long line in front of Erina's cooking table is not only because of her own fame, but also because her "Eggs Benedict" is indeed one of the best dishes in the entire venue.

Place poached eggs, bacon and other ingredients on the pancakes, and then drizzle with sour Hollandaise sauce. The whole dish itself looks as exquisite as a dazzling gem, giving people a feeling that it looks very expensive.

The target audience of buffets generally has two major characteristics, namely "herd mentality" and "choosing expensive food".

There are so many dishes here that it’s not realistic to try them all, so it’s best to choose the ones that everyone thinks are good.

The same dishes are served in a buffet, so in order to avoid losing money, you naturally have to choose the ones that look the most expensive.

Erina has a good grasp of the two major human weaknesses of the guests present, so at this moment, the largest number of guests gathered in front of her cooking table.

Looking at the long queue in front of her own cooking table, Erina turned her head to look at the cooking tables of Seiya and Soma Yukihira not far away, and a smug smile suddenly appeared on her face.

The dish made by Soma Yukihira was "Omelette Soufflé". Although it tasted good, the appearance of the dish itself was no different from that of ordinary soufflé, so the guests present did not seem to buy it.

As for the dish made by Seiya, it is "Three-Egg Shaomai".

(End of this chapter)