The story begins in Food Wars, when Alice took him home.

"Yes!"

Upon hearing Bai Yuan's words, Alice Nakiri readily agreed and then poured the freshly prepared chili tomato liquid nitrogen cold sauce and kelp mushroom soy sauce molecular sauce over the two steaks respectively.

The heat of the steak quickly brings out the aroma of the sauce, filling the air with a rich fragrance that makes your mouth water.

"The spiciness of chili peppers and the sweet and sour taste of tomatoes combine to create a sweet and spicy flavor. The ice crystals formed by liquid nitrogen freezing create a unique cool texture that contrasts sharply with the hot steak."

He picked up a knife, cut off a piece, and savored the steak in his mouth before giving his evaluation.

Although the heat causes the ice crystals to melt quickly and release their aroma, this takes time, so when Bai Yuan tastes it, he experiences a blend of ice and fire.

The tender texture and sweet and spicy flavor elevate the steak to another level.

"Then there's this kelp and mushroom soy sauce molecular sauce."

After eating half of the steak and leaving the rest for Alice Nakiri, Bai Yuan turned his attention to another steak drizzled with kelp and mushroom soy sauce. After two minutes, the sauce on the steak had warmed up, so he picked up his knife and fork, cut off a piece, and began to taste it.

The saltiness of the soy sauce provides the basic flavor for the steak.

The natural umami flavors of kelp and shiitake mushrooms enhance the overall taste.

Then comes the sweetness of the honey, which balances the saltiness and adds a smoothness.

"The soy sauce provides the basic saltiness, the honey adds sweetness and thickness, and the garlic and ginger add spiciness and complexity, making it a perfect match for steaming hot grilled meat!"

Licking his lips, Bai Yuan's voice was filled with satisfaction. He then tried the steaks with other sauces and couldn't help but admire Alice Nakiri's excellent cooking skills. Every steak was incredibly flavorful, making it hard to stop eating.

"You've passed this stage. Next up is advanced training: compound sauce!"

After finishing all five steaks in front of me, I tasted the perfect balance of sweet, sour, bitter, spicy, and salty flavors. The sauces were delicious without overpowering the steak's natural taste.

"A complex sauce?!"

Alice Nakiri tilted her head, somewhat surprised.

"The making of complex sauces involves combining two or more flavors into one sauce, ensuring that it has a distinct character while maintaining harmony and deliciousness."

After a moment's thought, Bai Yuan revealed the new training content: a complex sauce needs to contain at least two flavors. How to make these flavors coexist harmoniously without conflicting with each other is something a chef should pursue for a lifetime.

On a small scale, it's a sauce; on a larger scale, it's a seasoning.

Someone who can make good sauces can't possibly be bad at seasoning.

In addition, complex sauces contain ingredients with various textures, and making the sauce even and smooth is also a technical challenge.

Flavor, texture, aroma, ingredients, and stability—each and every one of these is a challenge that complex sauces must overcome, and also a test of a chef's skill.

"A complex sauce... then we need to carefully calculate the proportions."

Upon hearing Bai Yuan's words, Alice Nakiri fell into deep thought. She naturally knew the difficulty of creating a complex sauce, especially one that required molecular gastronomy techniques while also tasting delicious...

"Please feel free to take any of the ingredients on the table. If you need anything that isn't available here, just call the staff and ask them to bring it up. When you come back tomorrow, please make at least three different flavored compound sauces to match the dishes that best suit them."

Bai Yuan finished speaking, then walked towards the door, stopping just before leaving.

"Although I'm not here anymore, you can still ask me any questions. In the morning, I'll give individual lessons, one hour to each kitchen, and tailor a way to improve your skills."

In the afternoon, I will be patrolling the corridors. That's your question-asking time, but try to solve the problem yourself first; it's a good way to practice. Only come to me if you really can't solve it.

After saying this, Bai Yuan left Alice Nakiri's kitchen without waiting for her reply and headed straight for the kitchen next door where Lia was...

The special training continues.

In one morning, Bai Yuan taught each of the girls in the hotel, starting from the first room, without showing the slightest impatience.

After spending half a year together, Bai Yuan could clearly feel that the girls' cooking skills had improved significantly. Even the weakest one had the strength of a second-class chef and could make a first-class dish with a little effort.

However, every time Bai Yuan taught them, he couldn't help but sigh at the difference in their talents.

In the same six months, Erina Nakiri went directly from a novice first-class chef to a master chef, while some people only made a little progress.

Although it's faster than others, it's incredibly slow compared to the overall improvement rate of the group. This is the most direct feeling brought about by talent, and of course, it may also be that the right method hasn't been found.

He needs to pay more attention to this.

"Your cooking lacks a decisive flavor. Continue."

After taking a bite of Hojo Miyoko's cooking, Shirayu looked up at her and spoke frankly.

"The taste of decisiveness..."

"That's right, you need to add ingredients accurately and not repeatedly. Because of the delay in taking the food out of the pan, the control of the heat is very poor."

Hearing Hojo Miyoko's mutterings, Shirobuchi continued.

Chapter 250 Why is the teacher here?!

“Meat, your problem is the same as Miyoko’s: you lack self-confidence and decisiveness.”

Picking up a fork and stabbing it into the secret-recipe steak made by Mito Ikumi, and seeing the girl's expectant expression, Shirabuchi pointed out her flaw, which was unexpectedly the same as Hojo Miyoko's.

It's highly likely because the two girls have been hanging out together lately.

"You're being too particular about the cooking time. I remember when I first met you, you weren't like this. Back then, although your skills were terrible, you were very confident in your cooking, firmly believing that everything you did was right. That kind of decisive cooking is what makes delicious food!"

Thinking back to their first meeting, it was an ordinary class, and Mito Ikumi was also making pork cutlets. However, at that time, she didn't respect him as much, and she cooked based entirely on intuition, unlike now when she hesitates and only wants to find the perfect cooking time.

“I understand. I’ve taught you too much theory, which has affected the culinary edifice you’ve built from childhood. You feel that there’s a problem from the very foundation of your edifice, and you’re afraid that I will point out the problems with your cooking, so you’re desperately trying to act according to the theory.”

In contrast to the bright and confident Ikumi Mito I met at the very beginning.

This timid and fearful Mito Ikumi is really boring!

"It seems that the special training plan I initially devised for you was wrong. What you need to do now is to regain your confidence."

Thinking of the plan he had initially prepared, Bai Yuan shook his head inwardly.

When faced with people who have lost confidence and are afraid of failure, even the most scientific training plan is unlikely to be effective. The first thing to do is to boost their confidence and make them believe in themselves.

Only in this way can they avoid getting lost in the wilderness of delicious food!

"Yuuki, you are the complete opposite. You are too confident in your cooking, which leads you to overlook many details. The final taste is too straightforward. Such dishes are at a disadvantage in competitions. You need to be more careful."

I really hope you two can complement each other.

After commenting on the dishes prepared by Hojo Miyoko and Mito Ikumi, Shirabuchi turned his gaze to Yoshino Yuuki, savoring the fruit-flavored beer-roasted duck in front of her. He then spoke, his straightforward cooking as unpretentious as her simple mind, revealing no hidden thoughts.

"Lack of decisiveness..."

"Overconfidence..."

"So how do we solve this problem?"

Three pairs of eyes turned to Bai Yuan, their eyes filled with longing.

They want to improve! In fact, they came here specifically to improve!

"Actually, it's quite simple to solve. Miyoko and Meatball, your goal today is 300 servings of Golden Fried Rice. Waiters will come up and take them to the guests. Each serving of Golden Fried Rice must be cooked in no more than two minutes."

"Your task is much easier, Yuuki. You only need to make three servings of fried rice, but each serving must be more delicious than the previous one, otherwise it won't count as a completed serving."

Looking at the three people who were asking him questions, Bai Yuan smiled and gave them a solution.

A simple and straightforward solution.

"I understand now, my cooking has indeed been more awkward than usual lately."

Thinking about her usual cooking, Mito Ikumi was the first to nod, and began to recall her cooking over this period of time. Indeed, as Shirabuchi said, because she had learned too much theoretical knowledge, she was no longer as ostentatious as she had been at the beginning.

Beside her, Hojo Miyoko remained silent, staring at the pot. Then, as if she had made up her mind, she suddenly stepped forward, picked up the eggs and side dishes, and prepared to fry rice.

"Three servings of fried rice, each one more delicious than the last..."

Looking at the many ingredients on the counter, Yoshino Yuuki quickly formed a new dish in her mind and thought about what to make. Soon, she was fully focused on it. Before long, she stood in front of the stove and chose the same ingredients as Hojo Miyoko.

Teacher Bai Yuan said that her cooking was too decisive, in other words, she overlooked too many details. In order to make the food more delicious, she could only keep improving it, and improving food requires a keen eye for detail...

So she started with the basic ingredients and gradually added more...

That way, you should be able to make fried rice that's always tastier than the last one!

"No, it's practice! Only through practice can we know where we went wrong!"

Suddenly, Yoshino Yuuki realized that simply standing and cooking would limit her to thinking; she needed to practice to gain true knowledge. So she immediately bent down, turned on the stove, and began cooking in the same confident and decisive way she had at the beginning.

Because only by understanding your own shortcomings can you improve them!

"Keep up the good work, I'll be patrolling outside. If you have any questions, feel free to come out and ask me."

I glanced at my watch; an hour had already passed.

After finishing his sentence, Bai Yuan stretched and left the kitchen where Hojo Miyoko and the others were, then began to patrol the corridor.

This was also his original plan: to let students come out and ask questions directly.

"Teacher Bai Yuan, over here, over here!"

Tadokoro Megumi's voice rang out in the corridor, and Shirabuchi quickly walked over upon seeing it.

More than ten minutes later, he came out of Tadokoro Megumi's room, his forehead covered in sweat.

However, before he could even rest for a moment, someone else stood at the door and waved to him.

"Boss Bai, over here, over here!"

Upon closer inspection, it was Lia, the little girl with a flushed face, as if she had just drunk fake alcohol.

After half an hour of commotion, Bai Yuan came out again. However, this time the students went even further, blocking Liya's door and grabbing his arm as soon as they saw him come out.

"Finally, it's my turn, Brother Bai Yuan! Quickly check if the sauce I made this time is okay!"

The light white dress accentuated the girl's figure perfectly, a feeling that was revealed when she embraced him. Her amazing softness was something to be savored for a lifetime, and even though he had experienced it countless times, Bai Yuan's heart would still flutter.

"Hehehe, this time I applied the sauce to an unexpected place."

"what?"

Upon hearing the voice, Bai Yuan realized that the person was none other than Nakiri Alice.

"You can look forward to its taste."

Alice Nakiri blushed. Suddenly, Bai Yuan, with his attention focused, realized that the little clothes under the person next to him were loose and baggy.

An hour and a half later, Bai Yuan left as Nakiri Alice waved with a satisfied look on her face, buttoning up his shirt as he walked away with a blank expression.

"A nice sauce."

As if savoring the memory, Bai Yuan muttered to himself as he walked.