The strongest anime shop owner

Rolling out dough seems like a simple task—just roll the dough into a round sheet of even thickness and then hand it over to the next person. It looks easy, but to roll it well and quickly is not something that can be done in a short time. Su Luo had seen Cisco's movements before, and they had to roll one out in less than 5 seconds. Maintaining quality at that speed is exhausting, at least for the average person.

Moreover, putting everything else aside, even if someone could manage to roll it out for a whole morning, the effort involved would be beyond what an ordinary person could endure, let alone a child. At least that's what the people in the kitchen thought, and it was undoubtedly an attempt to give Su Luo a hard time.

However, if Su Luo's companions knew about this idea, they might find it funny. After all, Su Luo's strength is comparable to that of an ordinary chef. As for quality and speed, that's even more ridiculous. Once she gets used to it, her balance power is not to be underestimated. She can guarantee speed, and every dough sheet she rolls out will be exactly the same without any difference.

Su Luo is currently holding a rolling pin, constantly practicing her speed. Although Su Luo's cooking skills are already quite high, she has never actually rolled out dough before, so she is getting used to it first.

However, before Su Luo could roll out a few rolls, Rocman's annoying voice came from the other side again: "Cody, what are you doing? Slow down like that. Don't you want to work here anymore? There are still many customers waiting outside!"

Hearing Rocman's words, many people frowned. They all knew that although he was talking about Cody, he was actually referring to Su Luo. If they were normal people, they wouldn't say anything, after all, Su Luo had only just started learning, and his speed couldn't be that fast. Everyone adapts gradually. It was simply making trouble for no reason. However, there was nothing that could be done, since he was the person in charge here.

“But,” Cody hesitated, glancing at Roccoman and then at Su Luo, clearly troubled.

Being squeezed in the middle like this, Cody felt an indescribable discomfort.

“But what? I didn’t pay you to come here to play.” Rocman was clearly not going to give him any chance.

Su Luo found it very strange. What was this? Jealousy? A show of force? Or a sense of superiority? She really didn't know how someone like this could become the head chef.

"Just do what you want, I'll follow along." Seeing Cody's troubled expression, Su Luo naturally understood that he wanted to take care of her. Thinking of this, Su Luo felt a warmth in her heart. However, she couldn't let him be troubled. Anyway, she had already done several, and she was already getting the hang of it. She could just activate the balancing power directly.

“Are you sure?” Cody asked.

Seeing Chuang nod firmly, Cody hesitated for a moment before speeding up, but this time his eyes were fixed on Su Luo. When he saw that Su Luo had suddenly sped up and caught up with him, he felt relieved. After giving Su Luo a thumbs up, he turned his attention to the dough in front of him and began to concentrate on his work.

The person behind Su Luo had been somewhat worried, fearing that it was Su Luo's first time rolling out dough and she might not do it well. After all, if Su Luo didn't do this step well, the next step wouldn't be possible. Only after seeing that the dough Su Luo rolled out was fine did he slowly breathe a sigh of relief. If the dough wasn't good, then the shumai wouldn't be good. If the shumai wasn't good, although he wouldn't be fired, it would be impossible to escape Rocman's saliva.

Seeing that Su Luo had caught up with the pace, Luo Keman, who had originally planned to watch the show, became unhappy and walked over. He picked up a piece of dough that Su Luo had just rolled out, seemingly wanting to find fault. However, after looking at it, he opened his mouth, then closed it again, saying nothing. It wasn't that he didn't want to say anything, but the dough that Su Luo made was so perfect that he had nothing to say.

Whether it was just his imagination or not, Rocman felt like a lot of people were looking at him, laughing at him. He couldn't help but turn his head and look around. He felt inexplicably embarrassed, so he coughed a few times, pretending to be calm, and said in a somewhat awkward tone, "Ah, not bad, keep up the good work."

After saying that, he turned around and went back to his seat.

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Chapter 257 Rocco's Shock

After returning to his position, Rocman felt inexplicably awkward. Although everyone around him seemed unchanged and continued with their work, he felt as if everyone was laughing at him. This thought made him very unhappy, and he felt that he had to find some time to teach Su Luo a lesson.

In the days that followed, Rocman naturally wouldn't let Su Luo off the hook, but unfortunately, he failed to get anything out of her each time. Instead, Su Luo did everything perfectly.

Seeing the smile on Su Luo's face, Luo Keman could only grit his teeth and stare, wishing he could punch Su Luo's face directly.

Unfortunately, Rocman may not have a chance now, as the head chef is about to emerge from seclusion. As for whether he will report to the head chef, that is probably impossible. It is said that Rocman is a relative of the head chef. Someone mentioned it before, but the head chef only said a few words to Rocman, while the person who mentioned it was ruthlessly fired.

Therefore, these people were all terrified when facing Rocman, afraid of offending him. As for why they would put up with this attitude instead of changing jobs? The problem is that, not to mention that some of them are not from a professional culinary background, even every year there are a lot of chefs who graduate and lose their jobs, let alone ordinary people like them.

Although Roccoman's personality annoyed them, the treatment here was still pretty good. In any case, life had to go on.

However, as long as the head chef was here, Rocman couldn't act recklessly, so today, on the afternoon of the fourth day, the head chef came out of seclusion.

"Head Chef, you're back." Rocman looked at Chef Rocco as he walked in. He had originally intended to address him by his kinship, but then he suddenly remembered that what he hated most was people calling each other relatives in public. He immediately realized his mistake and, seeing that the head chef was about to frown, changed his form of address.

When Rocco returned, the employees didn't react much. At most, they would look over. They knew Rocco's personality; he was easygoing and didn't like delaying the cooking time because of them. If it were anyone else, a bunch of people would probably have rushed over, or they would have felt that their behavior was disrespectful.

"Sous Chef, did anything go wrong while I was away?" Rocco, knowing his distant nephew's personality, gave Rocco a meaningful look and asked.

"No, everything is normal. You can ask them if you don't believe me." When asked this, Rocman felt a little guilty for some reason and smiled awkwardly.

“No, that’s best.” Rocco knew that even if he asked, it would be pointless. As long as his nephew didn’t do anything too outrageous, he would just turn a blind eye. After saying that, Rocco suddenly remembered something and said, “Oh, right, I heard that Totsuki sent a student. Where is he? I heard that he is the top student in the first year at Totsuki.”

"Huh?" Upon hearing Rocco bring this up, Roccoman's face stiffened into an exaggerated expression that looked incredibly funny, as if he had eaten a pile of shit. He clearly hadn't expected Rocco to ask about this.

Moreover, he couldn't believe that Su Luo was one of the top students in this year's Far Moon Academy. It just didn't seem like it. You know, these people, once they grow up, are all terrifying beings. Even if Rocman is acting recklessly, he still knows that. They are not people that a wild chef like him can afford to offend. Originally, he thought Su Luo was just a junior chef who would only be there temporarily. But thinking about this made Rocman feel even more uncomfortable. He was terrified.

"What do you mean, 'huh'? Could it be?" Considering Roccoman's personality, this possibility was indeed possible. Upon thinking of this, Roccoman's face changed color, looking as if he might raise his hand to slap someone at any moment.

"No, no, he's over there!" Upon hearing this, Rocman shook his head vigorously without even thinking, clearly afraid that Rocco would kick him out. He pointed in the direction where Su Luo was and said.

Rocco looked over and saw Su Luo sitting on a short stool, rapidly wielding a rolling pin at an astonishing speed. It was almost as if there were no unnecessary movements; one hand held a piece of dough, and the other was already rolling it out. In two or three seconds, a perfect sheet of dough was rolled out. Rocco's eyes nearly popped out of his head. "Damn, is this human? This guy has been rolling dough professionally for thirty years!"

Rocco was clearly unprepared for this situation, so he was stunned for a moment. He had glanced at her earlier, but Su Luo's technique was so professional that it hadn't caught his attention for a while.

Roc walked over to Su Luo without making a sound, picked up a piece of dough that Su Luo had rolled out, and saw that the dough was the same size, even and smooth, and was obviously a good piece of dough.

When someone suddenly took a piece of dough from Luo, the person in charge of wrapping it was stunned for a moment. After seeing Luo, he wanted to greet him, but Luo stopped him.

Rocco stood there quietly, watching Su Luo's movements. The more he watched, the more shocked he became. He was already surprised by how fast Su Luo was moving from a distance, but after getting closer, he realized that it was completely different from what he had imagined. He had only thought that Su Luo was fast, and he had not expected that Su Luo could roll out the dough well. After all, even students of Totsuki Academy could not have this level of speed. Even if they could keep up with the speed, they would not have the stamina.

Therefore, even if students from Totsuki come to intern, Rocco would never arrange such work, since it's impossible.

However, Rocco watched as sheets of dough were being tossed toward him every four or five seconds, and each one was exactly the same.

Rocco was increasingly astonished. Putting aside speed and quality, Su Luo's movements were almost identical for each dough sheet she rolled out—the same motion, the same force, without the slightest excess. And each sheet was so perfect; she was practically a machine among machines. Rocco was speechless. "No wonder she's a student of Totsuki Academy," he thought. "But even Totsuki students might not be able to do that."

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Chapter 258 Rocco's Dishes

And so, incredibly, Rocco just stood there, watching the rolling of dough all morning, as if he were possessed.

Seeing Rocco's state, although no one knew why, no one dared to ask or disturb him, and continued with their work. Roccoman, on the other hand, grumbled inwardly, wondering if his uncle had gone mad. What was so interesting about rolling out dough? He was actually watching with such relish. He was speechless.

"Holy crap." When Su Luo turned around after finishing her work, she was startled to see a middle-aged man. She quickly patted her chest, realizing how frightening it was. "Uncle, what are you doing? You really scared me. Don't you know that scaring people can be deadly?"

"Ah, sorry, sorry, I got a little engrossed in it for a moment." After Su Luo's voice rang out, Luo Ke finally came to his senses, scratched the back of his head sheepishly, and said apologetically.

"Engrossed in it?" Su Luo blinked, looking as adorable as a silly roe deer, completely baffled as to what this uncle was talking about.

After hearing Su Luo's words, Rocco didn't speak immediately. Instead, he pointed to the rolling pin that Su Luo had put down earlier and gave her a thumbs up as he spoke: "That's really amazing."

"Haha, that's right. I've been specializing in rolling dough for thirty years. There's no dough I can't roll well." Upon hearing this, Su Luo immediately became proud. However, she knew very well that without her strong control ability and B-level physical fitness, it would be impossible to achieve this level of skill, let alone such a machine-like workload. While making the dough, she had to ensure both speed and quality. The difficulty was unimaginable. Even the most powerful machine needs rest, let alone break down.

Seriously, you're only eleven or twelve years old, right? With your size and face, do you think we're blind? Unless you admit you have a dwarfism certificate.

"Is there anything else? If not, I'll be going now," Su Luo said, looking at them with exasperated expressions.

"Ah, first of all, let me introduce myself. I am the head chef here, Rocco. Welcome, Su Luo. I was busy before, so I couldn't come to greet you. I'm so sorry." Rocco smiled and extended his hand.

Putting aside whether it was Su Luo's previous skills that impressed him, the fact that she was just a student of Totsuki was enough for him to take a serious attitude. After all, everyone knows what kind of entity Totsuki is. Even if they are dissatisfied, they are too embarrassed to say it directly. At the same time, they accept interns because of Totsuki. Of course, on the other hand, they might discover useful talents and keep them. It can be said that this is a win-win situation.

“I know, it’s the quadrennial shumai competition.” Su Luo extended her hand and shook it, expressing her understanding.

"You knew that too?" Rocco was clearly surprised that Su Luo knew, and blurted out the words without thinking.

"Please, this news has already spread throughout the entire village, okay?" Su Luo rolled her eyes and said disdainfully.

"Haha, really?" Luo Ke said somewhat awkwardly after Su Luo saw through his words, realizing that he had been acting like an idiot by asking such a question.

"Chef Rocco, I wonder if you've finished preparing the dish for your competition?" Just as Rocco was awkwardly at a loss for words, someone asked.

"Yes, yes, how's your entry coming along?"

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At this moment, the atmosphere suddenly became lively. They all knew that as long as they didn't go too far, nothing would happen, which is why Chef Rocco was a very easy person to get along with.

“Well, the usual,” Rocco replied when asked about it.

Judging from Rocco's confident demeanor, you can tell that what he makes must be extraordinary; at least Rocco himself is very satisfied.

roar~

Upon hearing Rocco's words, everyone became very excited.

As for Rocco's old rule, it was to let them taste it and see if there was anything that could be improved. As for things like not leaking secrets, he naturally had his own considerations.

"I'm so sorry to have made you laugh. Would you like to stay and try some?" Looking at the chaotic kitchen, which looked like a vegetable market, Luo Ke smiled at Su Luo and said.

"It's alright, you go ahead with your work, don't worry about me too much." Su Luo nodded and said, "Besides, I'm quite curious about what kind of dishes Roc can make."

"You'll be very surprised later. This is the most satisfying work I've ever made in all the competitions I've participated in. Please give me your guidance later." As Luo Ke said this, a proud look appeared on his face. It was clear that this dish was really extraordinary, and he was very satisfied with it. Moreover, he was just being polite. Even though Su Luo was indeed from Totsuki Academy, so what? Every chef has their own pride, which is something that others cannot understand.

"Oh," Su Luo replied casually.

As they were talking, Rocco had already started making it. As for the flour, no one knew what kind of flour Rocco used, but judging from the way he made it, it seemed that he used at least two kinds of flour for tanning.

Rocco was very strong and quickly kneaded the dough. He then rolled it out and took out the insulated box he had brought in earlier. When he opened the box, he saw that the soup inside had cooled down. However, judging from the appearance of the soup, it was white. Judging from the flow of the soup, it was very thick. As for the taste, no one knew.

As for what this soup was made of, it was impossible to tell at the moment. After all, the soup had cooled down and had not yet released its wonderful aroma. The murky broth also made it impossible to see what ingredients were in it.

Luo Ke quickly wrapped the soup inside the dough and inserted a small radish tube into the opening of the shumai.

And so, after making enough shumai, we finished by dotting the radish tubes with some caviar that shone like orange gemstones in the sunlight.

The final step is steaming or boiling.

Because the kitchen had been operating the whole time, the water in the steamer was still boiling hot, so Rocco could start steaming immediately.

After about a minute, Rocco took the steamer out, and the dish was ready.

Seeing this, everyone was puzzled. How could it really work to just put it on the steamer for a short while and then take it out?

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Chapter 259 Shaomai

The entire dish was prepared in just a few minutes, a terrifying speed that stunned everyone.

As soon as the steamer was opened, a rich and refreshing aroma wafted out, carrying a primal wheat scent. Thick white smoke filled the steamer, and the contents could be seen through the smoke.

Amidst the hazy smoke, five shumai were neatly arranged. The shumai wrappers were translucent, their thin skin revealing a milky white color. They were plump, as if the rich broth inside would burst out at the slightest touch.

At the opening of the shumai, the delicate opening is adorned with a dot of caviar that resembles an orange gemstone, making the whole thing look like a piece of crystal jade, exquisite and beautiful, like a work of art.

"Wow, they're so beautiful." The delicate shumai were surrounded by thick mist, appearing and disappearing in the mist. Their white bodies were hidden in the thick smoke, like fairies playing with you and making giggling noises.

Upon seeing this, everyone gasped in amazement, for they had never imagined that such a perfect dish could be made in such a short time.

The thin, almost cracked dough revealed the rich broth inside, making one's mouth water just looking at it.

"This dish is simple to make, but the broth inside is another story." Su Luo stroked her chin and thought to herself. This shumai looks simple, but it must be difficult to make, especially the rich broth inside. It's obviously not an ordinary product. Although she didn't know what kind of animal it was made from, it would be absolutely impossible to make it to this extent without spending a whole night.

"Alright, everyone, let's all try it." Luo Ke took down the steamer and said to everyone, "If there's anything you don't like, please feel free to give me your feedback. I'm aiming to win this year's shumai competition."

Since Rocco had already said this much, no one hesitated at all. Only after Roccoman took one did everyone dare to step forward and take their own shumai.

"Here you go. You're a top student at Totsuki Academy, so please feel free to offer any suggestions." Judging from Su Luo's expression, it wasn't that she didn't want to take it, but rather that she was too tall to reach it, and she was too embarrassed to say so. Just then, Rocco seemed to realize something, so he took a shumai and handed it to Su Luo, smiling as he spoke. Although that's what he said, it wasn't hard to tell that it was just a polite remark. Although Su Luo was indeed a student at Totsuki Academy, in reality, Rocco didn't care about Su Luo; he was only doing it out of respect for Totsuki Academy.

"What a terrible height!" Su Luo said helplessly as she took the shumai.

Everyone handled the shumai with utmost care, not because they were afraid of damaging the delicate shumai, but because the skin looked so thin that it seemed like it would break with the slightest touch, and they were afraid that if they used too much force, the soup inside would splash out.

"Ah!" One of the female chefs took a bite of the shumai, and the rich soup inside burst out like a torrent without giving anyone any time to prepare. Her mouth was instantly filled with the rich soup, and her hands, the shumai, her mouth, and even the air were covered with soup.

"Mmm~" The soup instantly filled my mouth, a gentle liquid rolling around in my mouth. It didn't have that scalding heat, nor that icy coldness, but rather a mild and rich flavor. The thick soup was mellow and delicious. The slightly crisp radish, not fully steamed, retained its sweetness. Then the fish roe burst open in my mouth like bombs, the rich salty flavor assaulting my taste buds.

The sweetness of the radish, the rich and savory broth, and the salty freshness of the fish roe burst in your mouth one after another, finally intertwining together. The taste is so enticing that it makes you groan with desire.