Food Wars, My Dishes Don't Just Shine

Close your eyes and feel it carefully; everyone present seemed to have returned to their childhood.

They were carefree back then, without having to worry about the future; it was arguably the happiest time of their lives!

As they grow up, they are busy making a living and have no time to appreciate the beauty around them. Their lives are reduced to the mundane details of daily life.

Now, thanks to Bai Yuan's dish, they have returned to that time, which brings tears to their eyes.

Some of the middle-aged people even burst into tears, eating their food while crying, looking utterly pathetic, yet no one laughed at them.

They shouldered the heavy burden of their families and were among the most stressed.

Forget about the carefree days of childhood; if you don't earn money, you'll get scolded by your wife even if you just come home and breathe.

Middle age is also the time when layoffs are most severe. If you don't want to be laid off, you can only work desperately, staying up all night. The pressure is immense.

Nowadays, the value of food that can provide them with a brief respite and solace transcends mere taste.

"This is wonderful! It's the first time I've ever had a dish like this."

"Boss, another one!"

The middle-aged man wiped away his tears and called out in the direction of Bai Yuan, but received no response.

This made him realize that this was not an izakaya (Japanese pub), and that the food had to be picked up by lottery.

"Stop with the hammer! Do you think this is an izakaya? If you want it, get a new number."

A person with foresight, halfway through tasting the food, found it delicious and got up early to go to Kikuchienka to get a new number.

After enjoying the meal, you can seamlessly transition to another activity.

"Damn it! Who secretly cooked and ate me while I was away?"

However, his smugness didn't last long. When he returned to his seat, he looked at the empty plate in front of him and angrily looked around.

Someone actually managed to secretly eat all the remaining food on their table while he was away!?

Such incidents are not uncommon; many people are too clever for their own good. How could anyone resist the allure of top-notch cuisine?

"That's terrifying..."

Watching Shirai Awakening continuously produce new dishes, and the diners at his table with their faces full of madness, Soma Yukihira couldn't help but swallow hard.

"Don't be so discouraged. We still have a chance to catch up. It may be a little difficult, but if we give up, there will really be no hope."

At this moment, Joichiro Yukihira stood in front of the iron plate, holding an iron shovel in his hand. Hearing Soma Yukihira's words, he spoke to him with a deep look in his eyes.

Although he knew the chances of winning were slim, at least there was still a chance; if he gave up, there would be no hope at all.

He is not someone who gives up easily. Even if the chance is slim, he will do his best. He was like that before, and he is like that now.

And the dish he's preparing to cook today.

fried dumpling.

The filling is made using beef and shrimp, along with shiitake mushrooms and bamboo shoots.

His innovation lies in the starch water poured over the potstickers. Instead of using traditional starch water, he added clear chicken broth to it.

The chicken breast is ground into a paste to quickly bring out the flavor and allow the chicken broth to solidify rapidly for use in cooking.

Of course, this is just one aspect of the innovation. In addition, there is the cheese powder sprinkled on the surface of the potstickers, as well as the sauce prepared later.

This dish should have been the fastest. Even though Bai Yuan's skills were better, he couldn't match his speed. As a condition for winning the food war, he had already lost.

This was the optimal solution that he and Soma Yukihira had come up with after trying it all night.

But now, Bai Yuan, with his superb culinary skills, has completely reversed his greatest advantage, turning him into a laughing stock.

He had never heard of a cooking technique that could prepare the ingredients for ten pots at the same time using only a few silver chopsticks!

Where did this guy come from? Who taught him? How could he be so powerful?!

Chapter 136 An Insurmountable Gap in Strength

"Jiro, how's it going on our side? Some of them have already eaten and left."

A customer who had been waiting for twenty minutes at the stall complained.

Because the ingredients cannot be prepared in advance, even if Yukihira Joichiro tries his best, he will not be able to cook the dish within twenty minutes.

He originally planned to let Bai Yuan have an early lead and then catch up later.

This is his consistent playing style: feign weakness to create an illusion at the start, then rise up in the mid-game and finally surpass the opponent.

But now, Bai Yuan's extraordinary cooking speed has truly caught him off guard.

If this continues, he'll steal all the customers from the place!

"Sigh, encountering such an opponent, one can only consider oneself unlucky. This is simply beyond human capabilities."

"Joichiro, don't be discouraged even if you lose. This is not your fault."

Among the customers queuing behind him, someone noticed Yukihira Joichiro's unease and couldn't help but speak up for him.

This is simply an unsolvable situation!

Faced with such an opponent, no one could possibly defeat them!

"There is still hope."

As he spoke, Joichiro Yukihira lifted the iron lid in front of him.

In an instant, a rich aroma, accompanied by thick steam, spread out in all directions from the cooking counter.

"Soma, open for business."

"Understood!"

Soma Yukihira smiled as he took the potstickers from Joichiro Yukihira and began his business.

Compared to Shirabuchi's more complex dishes, Yukihira Joichiro's most time-consuming tasks were preparing the ingredients and making the potstickers.

After placing the potstickers in the pan, simply time them until they are cooked through. Once cooked, lift the lid, flip the potstickers over, and fry for a little longer before removing them from the pan.

This efficiency is undoubtedly the highest, with an average of ten dishes produced every ten minutes.

However, compared to Bai Yuan, who could use ten pots simultaneously and still maintain order, this was somewhat lacking.

At this moment, Bai Yuan's hands were so fast that only afterimages could be seen. Ingredients were constantly being thrown into the air, and with a flash of the knife, they were shelled, cut, and fell into the bowl.

With a little stirring with silver chopsticks, it is brought to a state where it can be cooked.

The entire process takes less than a minute, and more than a dozen dishes are prepared at the same time.

And that's not the scariest part. The scariest part is that he has to take care of the cooking temperature while processing the ingredients.

He even had time to add a red dragon decoration to the plate to elevate its style!

The battle between the two was less a battle between people.

It's more like a game between gods and men.

Such a desperate gap was so palpable that even the spectators watching from the sidelines could clearly sense that this was a battle that was absolutely impossible to win.

However, Joichiro Yukihira did not give up and continued cooking with a serious expression.

He was gambling, gambling that Bai Yuan's physical strength wasn't that great.

Such impressive culinary skills would inevitably consume a lot of physical strength and could not be sustained for long.

Human strength has its limits!

Once Bai Yuan shows signs of fatigue, that will be the perfect moment for him to overtake him!

Yukihira Joichiro thought to himself that all he had to do now was persevere, conserve his energy, and prepare to overtake him the moment he showed signs of fatigue!

Time passes minute by minute.

Because of the limited number of customers, by around 8 o'clock, there were not many people left on site, with only a few curious tourists coming over.

"The peak period has passed, and the outcome is basically determined. There's no point in continuing; it's just a waste of time. Let's stop here."

Bai Yuan slowed down as he personally handed the dishes to the guests. It wasn't because he was exhausted, but because there were simply too few guests.

"That's enough. I've come to realize that I've lost this match."

Upon hearing Bai Yuan's words, Yukihira Joichiro put down the spatula in his hand, looked at the steaming potstickers on the hot plate, and showed a helpless expression.

During the match, the gap between the two players not only failed to narrow over time, but actually widened.

Especially now that there are few customers, most passersby choose Bai Yuan first, and only a few customers choose him.

His potstickers are not common in Japan, but they can be seen occasionally, but they are far less attractive than Shirabuchi's four treasure trove of snacks.

"Give me a platter of four kinds of snacks, I want to see what kind of dishes can steal so many of my customers!"

After quickly tidying up his stall and putting the potstickers into a bowl, Yukihira Joichiro walked over to Shirabuchi's stall and handed over his number tag.

"There's also a portion for me."

At the same time, Soma Yukihira also came over and took out his number plate, which he had gotten before his father finished cooking.

"I've already prepared everything for you, including some small orchard fruits..."

As they spoke, Bai Yuan used silver chopsticks to pick out the dishes from the pot and placed them steadily on the plate, each dish having its own place.

After finishing, Bai Yuan didn't rush to clean up the kitchen counter. Instead, he went to Mujichi Yuanguo's side and used his fingers to wipe the sweat from her forehead.

After several busy hours, Kikuchi Sonoka was already exhausted. This was the first time she had ever entertained guests at such a high intensity, and it was even more tiring than cooking!

"Thank you."

The cool pad of her thumb touched her face, which had become hot from being busy, and Kikuchi Sonoka felt a tingling sensation all over her body, as if she had been electrocuted, and her face became even hotter.

Although they had done many more intimate things together, this was the first time in front of outsiders, and the girl was about to explode with shame!

"I don't know where you studied under. I've never heard of such a skilled chef in Japan. Judging from your age, you must be under 20."

Looking at the steaming dish in front of him, Yukihira Joichiro swallowed hard, but instead of tasting it, he looked at Shirai and asked.

“I come from China, and I’m exactly 20 years old. It’s normal that you haven’t heard of me since you’ve been living in seclusion here. As for my lineage, you can consider me to be a chef from all over the world.”

When asked, Bai Yuan simply responded indifferently, showing no intention of saying more.

"To learn from all the chefs in the world? What a bold and ambitious spirit!"

"Why don't you try my cooking too?"