A young love story that started with exorcism

"Hey! Stop whispering in front of me." Kasumigaoka Utaha interrupted Yukinoshita Yukino's secret conversation with a very jealous voice.

Takahashi Takumi, who didn't realize that he was betrayed by Mieko, turned around and started to taste the appetizers, the wonderful smashed cucumber. This cucumber is actually a banana cucumber brought back from the captive of food. When you peel off the banana peel, you will find the banana flesh inside which is as crispy as cucumber. The smashed cucumber has the taste of cucumber and the fragrance of banana, which is amazing!

Such a magical food, Hojo Miyoko was also very curious, why did the banana flesh turn into the taste of cucumber? But now it was her time to cook, so without asking any more questions, she turned around and started busying herself at the kitchen counter.

Chapter 111: Is a whale a fish?

The first thing to deal with was the tuna pig weighing over a hundred kilograms that Takumi Takahashi picked up.

Why would a tuna's body grow out of a pig's butt? At first, it wasn't just Hojo Miyoko who was startled; Yotsuya Miko and the other three were also frightened by this half-fish, half-pig creature.

If a creature with the upper body of a human and the lower body of a fish is called a mermaid, then should this tuna pig be called a mermaid?

The most delicious part of tuna pig is not the fish or pork, although its meat is of high quality, but the best part is its bones. When tanned into soup, it will have the fresh aroma of pork bone soup and the sweetness of tuna.

After the tuna and pork bone soup was simmered on the fire, Miyoko Hojo began to prepare her dishes.

The first dish is pan-fried sea bass.

I saw the kitchen knife in Hojo Midori's hand flashing with a cold light as she waved it back and forth a few times. It was impossible to tell how she killed the fish. The whole sea bass had been cut into pieces, and then put on the pan and started to fry the sea bass. When both sides were golden brown, she added the sauce that had been prepared long ago, and then started to simmer the sauce over high heat.

After the juice thickens, place it on a plate, sprinkle with pepper powder, pat the pepper sprouts with both hands and gently place them on the sea bass pieces, add some side dishes, and a pan-fried sea bass with pepper is ready.

"Oh~" The three women and one man below kept swallowing their saliva, with green light in their eyes, like hungry wolves waiting to be fed.

Finally, a small plate of pan-fried sea bass was placed before everyone, and Takahashi Takumi couldn't resist taking a bite. It was delicious—fish flesh without a fishy smell. A refreshing sensation washed over me, as if I were watching sea bass swimming freely in crystal-clear water. It was truly wonderful.

Next, Hojo Miyoko took the fish meat that Takahashi Takumi took out of thin air and asked her to make a few more servings, but was it fish meat? Hojo Miyoko looked at the large piece of meat in her hand as a chef, and it was obviously the meat of a mammal.

"Whales are fish too! This is thousands of tons of pure gold whale meat. Even I can't get it easily."

When Miyoko Hojo heard this, she felt her biological knowledge was overturned. Are whales really fish? Aren't whale babies supposed to feed on milk? If all the creatures swimming in the water are fish, then are shrimp fish?

In the end, Hojo Midori didn't care how much Takahashi Takumi emphasized that it was fish meat. It was whale meat anyway, and Hojo Midori had only cooked whale meat a few times. It didn't make much difference whether she treated it as beef or venison.

She was looking at the pure golden whale meat in her hand. It was very delicate, with much finer muscle fibers than beef, and it had a faint fragrance. Perhaps it would have a different flavor if it were eaten as fish.

With a thought in mind, Hojo Midori immediately began to cook this unusual piece of meat.

I cut a portion and pan-fried it, and it turned out incredibly delicious. It had the aroma of beef without the muttony smell, and the meat was tender and sweet, a bit like venison, but much more delicious and sweet.

The addition of the refreshing Sichuan peppercorns is like summer rushing straight to the surface from the deep sea, making a final leap, with a rainbow shining in the sun and the umami resonating throughout the chest.

Hojo Midori couldn't believe that this was a dish she made. If she studied and improved it a little more, she believed that it would be even better than the dishes of the top ten.

Perhaps she could use this dish to compete for a spot in the Top Ten? As soon as this thought came to her mind, Hojo Miyoko shook her head and refused. She wanted to win respect through her real culinary skills, not to deceive herself by relying on exotic ingredients.

However, you need to study this taste carefully. If you can find a dish that replicates its taste, it will be a huge improvement in your cooking skills.

Takahashi Takumi and the others didn't think too much about it. They just knew that the pure golden whale meat tasted better when fried, so they all started to devour it.

What followed was the squirrel fish, four-happiness meatballs, and lobster in soup carefully prepared by Miyoko Hojo...

These traditional dishes were prepared in their original form by her. Although they were not as good as the pan-fried pure golden whale, they were the work of a top student from Totsuki after all, and were still a delicacy rarely found elsewhere.

Finally, Miyoko Hojo began to make her new masterpiece - pineapple curry fried rice.

According to Miyoko Hojo, this is a dish she came up with from sweet and sour pork. Finally, put the fried rice into the hollowed-out pineapple, cover it with the peel to seal it, and then put it in the oven. Sprinkle salt on the side that is in contact with the peel to prevent too much sugar from seeping into the fried rice, so that the moisture of the refreshing and fragrant rice is not lost.

The salty aroma of fried rice merges with the fruity fragrance of pineapple. The two aromas alternate in the mouth without mixing together. They rotate the taste buds like a rotating windmill.

Too strong! Even with such a strong cooking skill like Hojo Miyoko, she was eliminated? How strong must the others in Shokugeki Soma be? Or has Hojo Miyoko improved significantly since her time at the Totsuki Resort?

"Hmm~ I'm so full, I can't eat anymore." Yotsuya Miko lay on the chair while touching her bulging belly, staring at the delicacies on the table. She wiped the corner of her mouth reluctantly, because her stomach really couldn't hold any more.

At this moment, Yukinoshita wiped her mouth elegantly with a napkin, and said with satisfaction: "Hojo-san's cooking skills are really amazing, I have to admit that he is better than her."

As early as the last time at the Totsuki Resort, Yukinoshita Yukino had eaten the lava custard buns made by Hojo Midori. Although she felt that Hojo Midori's cooking skills were far superior to hers, she also believed that this was also the reason why Yukinoshita Yukino did not start practicing since childhood. If she had so much time to practice cooking, it would be hard to say who would win.

However, now after tasting the pineapple curry fried rice specially made by Hojo Miyoko, Yukinoshita Yukino realized that Hojo Miyoko's cooking talent was indeed higher than hers.

"Thank you." In response to Yukinoshita Yukino's compliment, Hojo Miyoko accepted it generously. The praise for her cooking skills made her smile.

"Well, I still want to eat, but I can't eat anymore." Kasumigaoka Utaha grabbed the chopsticks in her hand and was reluctant to put them down.

The three girls were all full, and Takahashi Takumi was still eating with big mouthfuls. The pineapple curry fried rice was really good, but the pineapple fragrance was a bit ordinary. At this moment, an idea flashed in his mind, and he quickly took out the ice apple and white apple, and asked Hojo Miyoko to make two more servings according to the pineapple curry fried rice recipe. I wonder what the ice apple curry fried rice and white apple curry fried rice will taste like?

Seeing what Takahashi Takumi's hand turned into, Hojo Miyoko was numb. Using the same method, he hollowed out two apples, put fried rice in them, sealed them, and put them in the oven.

"Takahashi-kun, the sweetness of that big white apple is too strong. I'm afraid the fried rice I make with it won't be very successful."

Chapter 112: Food Wars Challenger

When Miyoko Hojo first cut open the white apple, she smelled a rich, fresh, sweet aroma. Now, after tasting the flesh, she found that the sugar content was indeed quite high, which would definitely correspond to the taste of fried rice.

“It’s okay, I just want to try something new.”

Takahashi Takumi doesn't care whether the new dish will be successful or not, he just wants to try the dishes made with ingredients that are a prisoner of gourmet food.

“good fragrance”

At this time, the tuna and pork bone soup began to slowly emit an aroma, and the aroma became more and more rich. Hojo Miyoko was also attracted by this aroma. As a chef, she knew that this aroma, which combined the delicious taste of pork bones and tuna, would definitely be an excellent soup if used to make broth.

The door of the private room was suddenly opened. A man dressed as a chef knocked on the door rapidly and ran over to Hojo Miyoko and said, "Miyoko, something bad has happened..."

Before he could finish, Hojo Miyoko's eyes shot up, and the man was startled by her aura, and he quickly changed his words and said:

"Chef Hojo, something terrible has happened! Someone is here to cause trouble. He wants to challenge our Hojo House to a food battle. If he wins, he will take down the plaque of the Hojo House."

"Nani, who is so presumptuous?"

When Hojo Midori heard this, she gritted her teeth in anger. It was obvious that they were coming to ruin the show.

Hojo-ro is a well-known, long-established Chinese restaurant in Yokohama, and yet someone dared to cause trouble today? Could it be that after hearing that their father had stepped down due to poor health, they felt that Hojo-ro wasn't up to the task?

Looking at Hojo Miyoko's eyes that were about to spit fire, the man who came to report the news continued:

"We originally thought it was some ignorant young man, but the kitchen staff was bored and agreed to have a food battle with him."

"Huh? You're out of your minds. Do you have the right to bet the plaque of the Hojo building? And you're not going to lose in the end, are you?"

Hojo Midori's face turned pale. She grabbed the man's collar with both hands and lifted him up, yelling.

"We didn't bet on the Hojo-ro plaque. We just promised to notify you if he won and come talk to him. However, we lost..."

Hojo Miyoko breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that the plaque of the Hojo Building hadn't been used as a bet. However, upon hearing that the kitchen staff had actually lost, she immediately flew into a rage and threw him away. Looking back at Takahashi Takumi and the others, she felt a bit apprehensive. They were still entertaining guests, and she couldn't leave...

Everyone present saw the embarrassed expression of Hojo Midori, and Takahashi Takumi immediately said that he wanted to go and take a look too.

"It's okay, we've almost finished eating. Let's simmer the remaining soup for a while. I also want to watch the chefs' competition. I've never seen a food battle scene before."

"Yeah," Yotsuya Miko said, "I want to go and see it too. Hojo-san needs to deal with the troublemaker first."

Yukinoshita Yukino also stood up and said, "That's right, but we have to go and see if we want to have a food battle."

"Hmm~ I always feel that it's not ordinary people who come to cause trouble. Will some wonderful stories happen?" Kasumigaoka Utaha said at this time with interest, and looked at Takahashi Takumi meaningfully.

From the look in Takahashi Takumi's eyes when he looked at Kasumigaoka Utaha, he knew that this girl was probably fantasizing about a supernatural event.

It's ridiculous. I'm not some elementary school student who's the god of death. How could there be any supernatural events happening to me?

Seeing that no one present had any objection, Hojo Midori apologized and let the man who brought the news clear the way. She wanted to see if there was any blind guy who dared to come to Hojo Building and act wildly.

"Hahaha, your Hojo restaurant is really just a name for nothing, a bunch of rotten fish and shrimp, and you call it a time-honored brand, the best Chinese restaurant in Yokohama? It's really hilarious!"

I heard this extremely arrogant voice before I even saw the person. It seemed that the kitchen staff of Hojo Building had basically been defeated. Everyone present was so angry that their faces turned red, but they had no way to refute it.

"Chef Hojo, you're here!"

As soon as they saw Hojo Midori coming down, both the chefs in the kitchen and the waiters in Hojo Building were extremely happy. They all looked at Hojo Midori with eager eyes, and at the same time, some diners around them started talking about her.

"Is that the chef of Hojo House? I remember it was Uncle Hojo, how come he turned into a little girl?"

"You know nothing! This is Uncle Hojo's daughter, Hojo Miyoko, the current head chef of Hojo House!"

"Yes, I heard that Uncle Hojo is old and has sprained his waist, so he had to give up the position of head chef. However, his daughter's cooking skills were recognized after competing with all the chefs in the kitchen, so I guess she is not bad."

"Really? Isn't she still a student at Totsuki Academy?"

"Uncle Hojo's daughter? She's really well-developed... ahem, I mean, the cheongsam is really big..."

……

After making his way through the crowd of onlookers, Takahashi finally spotted the troublemaker. He was a teenager, seemingly a high school student, with a scar on his forehead. He clearly smelled of citrus-flavored jelly water.

When this man saw Hojo Midori coming over, his eyes involuntarily looked at the shaking chest, a trace of evil desire flashed in his eyes, and he said arrogantly:

"Isn't this Miss Iron-Fisted Fire Dragon? You're not studying at Totsuki Academy, but you've become the head chef of Hojo House. Could it be that you forced yourself in because Hojo House is yours? Hahahaha, if a student has to stand up for you, then Hojo House is really just a name."

"Hmph, Naoya Kanazawa, you, a guy who was expelled from school for spraying hair gel, have the nerve to come out here? Aren't you ashamed enough?" Hojo Miyoko also recognized the guy in front of her. He was originally a classmate of hers, a boring man who was not good at cooking and was always conceited and thinking about chatting with female classmates.

But how could this guy win the title of chef at Hojo House? He might not be the head chef, but he's definitely not comparable to this guy who was kicked out before the first day of training. Could it be that his cooking skills have skyrocketed in such a short time? Impossible. In school, this guy never even got an A grade for a single dish.

"Haha." Kanazawa Naoya laughed instead of getting angry when he heard Hojo Midori's ridicule. He reached out to lift the hair on his forehead, made a pose that he thought was handsome, and said:

"Just because I was sprayed with a little gel water, they wanted to expel me. I don't want to go to that kind of school. But I am no longer the person I was back then. The best chef in your Hojo House has been defeated by me. This is the best proof.

Now you are the only one left. You always look down on others in school and think you are a great cook. Today I will let you see how big the world is.

I want to order the plaque for Hojo House. If you refuse, it means Hojo House is incompetent and should just close down. The diners around are watching, so you should think carefully before answering."

As he said this, Naoya Kanazawa with a sinister look on his face actually pulled the diners around to put pressure on Hojo Midoriko.

Chapter 113: God’s tongue plus God’s nose?

The diners around also started whispering to each other. In their opinion, if Hojo Midori took over this food battle, she would definitely suffer a great loss, but she had to take it for the sake of face.

If Hojo Miyoko doesn't accept the offer, it means she has no confidence in her cooking skills. If she can't even handle a young person, what kind of chef is she? How can she claim to be the best Chinese restaurant in Yokohama?

Of course, the conditions for the food battle must be negotiated. After all, what Kanazawa Naoya wants is the plaque of Hojo House, which is equivalent to destroying the Hojo House's signboard. In return, Hojo Midori can also propose equal conditions. Whether she can scare the other party away is another matter.

Takahashi Takumi felt even strange when watching this scene. In the original novel of Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma, there were very few scenes about Hojo Midori, but it was certain that the man in front of him was just an ordinary passerby, so it was impossible for him to have great cooking skills. Why did it feel like he was well prepared now?

To be on the safe side, Takahashi Takumi concentrated his mental energy into his eyes and carefully observed every move of Kanazawa Naoya.

Just then, a middle-aged man holding his waist came over.

"Dad, why are you here? Your back injury hasn't healed yet, so you can't move around." When Hojo Midori saw her father coming, she quickly stepped forward to support him.

"It's such a big fuss, I can't hide behind it."

Hojo Miyoko's father turned around and looked at Kanazawa Naoya seriously, and suddenly said, "Boy, this plaque of my Hojo Building represents the life and death of Hojo Building. If you take it away today, Hojo Building will close down.

"Yokohama's number one long-established Chinese restaurant, this title is probably worth 200 billion yen. Put up the corresponding chips, and I agree to this food battle on behalf of my daughter."

200 billion! This figure made Kanazawa Naoya feel troubled. His family's assets were probably not less than this figure, but he had no right to control those assets now.

"What's the matter? You're not just talking big but your pockets are empty, are you?"

"Haha, how ridiculous! Is Hojo Lou going to use money as a shield?" Kanazawa Naoya was a little embarrassed, but he turned around and changed his words and said, "Since you are reluctant to part with that rotten piece of wood, it's up to you. I don't want it anymore.

If I win the food battle, then you, Hojo-ro, will be closed for a week, and a notice of your defeat will be hung on the door. I want the whole of Yokohama to know that your Hojo-ro is not worthy of its name!

This condition won't cost another 200 billion, right?"

"Haha, kid, don't get too cocky. If you lose, you'll have to kneel at the door to greet customers for a week. Don't worry, I'll pay you 900 yuan an hour."

After the two sides reached an agreement, the diners who were watching volunteered to be judges. In the end, a catering entrepreneur, a TV station food channel host and a retired county councilor jointly served as judges for this food battle.

"Hojo, remember that chef at school who never smiled—Roland Chapelle? He got so many people expelled from school, and dishes that didn't reach A grade were judged as E. It really bothered me back then. But now, let's use the topic from his French cooking class—Beef stew in Burgundy red wine."

Kanazawa Naoya finished speaking and took out a piece of fresh beef from the freezer behind him and placed it on the kitchen counter. He smiled and said, "I brought all the ingredients with me, so I won't need yours. Is that okay?"

"Hmph, you're courting death. I remember you never passed Mr. Chapelle's class, not even once."

When she heard about the dish of beef stewed in Burgundy red wine, Hojo Miyoko smiled. Although it was not Chinese cuisine, she was not unfamiliar with how to stew beef. She easily got an A rating in Chapelle's course.

Just when Hojo Midori asked for the beef to be processed, Takahashi Takumi stepped forward and quietly prepared a portion of beef for her, which was white-haired Cindy Layla beef.

Hojo Miyoko saw at a glance that the quality of this piece of beef surpassed all the beef she had seen. She was immediately surprised and asked in a low voice: "Takahashi-kun, why? I am confident that I can beat him."

"No, that person is weird, not a normal person, be on guard against him first."

Takahashi Takumi has already seen many problems through Ning. First of all, the tongue and nose of Kanazawa Naoya are entangled with the familiar energy flow. Yes, it is the ability of the EH chat group that is causing trouble again.

However, after careful observation, no other problems were found with Kanazawa Naoki. So what did he do with his tongue and nose using the power of the EH chat group?