Food Wars, My Dishes Don't Just Shine

Alice Nakiri lay in bed, murmuring in her sleep. With a lingering drowsiness, she draped her long, slender legs over Bai Yuan's body, while her other soft, white foot rested in Erina Nakiri's lap.

In the middle of the night, the three of them untied Erina Nakiri's ropes, finally giving her a place to vent her long-suppressed loneliness.

However, to Bai Yuan's surprise, Nakiri Erina's target was not him but Nakiri Alice, obviously to avenge the binding. He was extremely excited by the sight of the orange blossoms and shouted "666" from the side.

Finally, he joined in while the two were tightly embracing.

Later that night, when the Nakiri sisters were almost exhausted, it was Hisako Shinoto's turn to have another battle.

This girl is amazing. While Bai Yuan and the Nakiri sisters were fighting, she sat quietly to the side, secretly learning their techniques with an inquisitive look. She then put them into practice in the middle of the night, which was very impressive.

"Those three are truly alluring vixens!"

Looking at the three sleeping peacefully, Bai Yuan sighed from the bottom of his heart.

"Good morning, Professor Bai Yuan."

Just as he finished speaking, a lazy yet coquettish voice rang in his ear. Turning his head, he saw that Hisako Shinto had opened her eyes at some point and was sitting up, supporting herself on the bed. She swayed her body and slightly pulled open the curtains.

"You're awake, won't you rest a little longer?"

Sunlight fell on the girl's fair body, as if shrouding her in a holy glow, making her appear even more sacred.

Considering that Hisako Shinto was the last to go to bed last night, and it's probably only been a few hours, Bai Yuan raised his hand and patted her head.

"You've had enough sleep, get up and make breakfast."

Feeling the warmth on her head, Hisako Shinoto showed an expression of enjoyment.

"You've only slept for a little over five hours at most, is that really enough? Leave breakfast to me, you should rest a bit more."

Baek Yeon expressed his doubts about this.

Because of his martial arts training, he recovers his energy relatively quickly.

But Hisako Aragaki is just an ordinary person, how could she possibly only need such a short amount of sleep? Could she be forcing herself?

Because the Nakiri sisters were both bosses, they volunteered to make breakfast, even though they were sleepy and tired...

"I've had enough sleep. Because I've been taking medicinal diets since I was a child, my energy and spirit are much better than my peers, and I also need less sleep."

Six hours is enough for me.

Feeling the deep concern from Shiroyuki, Hisako Shinoto felt a warmth rise in her heart, and then spoke softly.

"Is six hours enough?"

That's similar to me. In that case, let's cook together. It's been a long time since Hisako made breakfast; I'm missing it."

Hearing Hisako Niito's account, Shirai had no doubts.

Medicinal cuisine has the effect of strengthening the body. The other party was born into a family of medicinal cuisine chefs and grew up eating medicinal cuisine. It is normal for him to be healthier than the average person.

"Okay, leave all the chores to me."

Upon hearing Bai Yuan's words, Hisako Shinto's face lit up with a bright smile.

She can make proper breakfasts, but she's definitely not as good as Bai Yuan.

On this rare morning, Erina and Alice would certainly prefer to eat Shirabuchi-sensei's cooking, and she wouldn't want to do anything superfluous.

"Well..."

As the two were talking, Alice Nakiri's soft moans came from the bed, and her body moved slightly. Then, the two got up and dressed.

"Oops!"

Her somewhat dazed gaze suddenly cleared, and Alice Nakiri abruptly stood up, panting heavily to calm her turbulent emotions.

"what happened?"

Seeing Alice Nakiri's strong reaction, both Shirabuchi and Hisako Shirato turned their heads to look at her, their faces showing confusion.

"Yesterday I was so busy punishing Erina that I forgot to prepare the ingredients for today's stall."

As they were talking, Alice Nakiri jumped off the bed in a hurry, opened the closet and started looking for clothes, then changed quickly.

She needed to change her clothes quickly and then go to the supermarket she visited yesterday.

She actually had most of the things in the kitchen, but she was missing the most important one: cream. As someone who makes cream puffs, it would be a real joke if she didn't have cream.

"If that's the case, then it seems like I'm the same way..."

Hisako Shinoto remained silent for a while, but after being reminded by Alice Nakiri, she suddenly realized what was happening.

Because of last night's madness, she hasn't even started preparing the braised dishes yet.

"Teacher Bai Yuan, I'll leave breakfast to you. I need to go and salvage my braised food stall first; I probably won't be able to set up shop until the afternoon..."

Thinking about the time it would take to make the braised food, Hisako Shinto felt a headache coming on. After saying that, she ran to the kitchen, opened the refrigerator, and took out all the ingredients she had prepared in advance.

After this period of research, her understanding of braised food has reached a new level, and she clearly knows that there are differences between different types of braised food.

For example, if you braise ingredients with a strong fishy smell together with ingredients with a mild flavor, the flavors will mix. For example, if offal such as large intestines or duck gizzards are braised with tofu or eggs, the fishy smell will easily seep into the mild ingredients, making them taste particularly bad.

In addition, attention should be paid to the combination of medicinal herbs and food ingredients.

If ingredients like Coptis chinensis and Phellodendron amurense are combined with medicinal herbs like jujubes and longan, the bitterness and sweetness will suppress each other, resulting in damage to both the medicinal effects and the flavor.

Mint, perilla, and mutton have conflicting properties and flavors, which can affect their nourishing effects.

As she categorized the ingredients and placed them into various braising pots, Hisako Shinto began to combine them. The right combination could elevate the braising flavor, which was something she had learned during this period.

Beef and white radish, chicken and shiitake mushrooms, along with a little astragalus, goji berries, red dates, pig's trotters, and soybeans—one by one, the ingredients were put into the braising pot, then the lid was put on. Hisako Shinto waited expectantly, while Shirai entered the kitchen at that moment.

"Is this the end?"

Looking at Hisako Aragaki's relaxed expression, Shirabuchi asked with a smile.

"Hmm, I suddenly realized that I don't seem to spend much time on this. The only thing that takes time is probably buying high-quality ingredients, which I got done yesterday."

"The most time-consuming part of making braised food is preparing the braising liquid, which you can do on the first day. The rest is just putting the ingredients in. In fact, it's not that difficult. It's a very labor-saving way of cooking."

Upon hearing Hisako Niito's words, Shirabuchi pondered for a moment before speaking.

"That's right. My braised dishes are much simpler than Erina's orange salad shrimp and Alice's cream puffs. I think the essence of this field training is to serve food quickly. A while ago, because you attracted all the customers away, Professor Shirayuki, my points increased slowly for a few days, and I almost fell out of the top ten."

Upon hearing Bai Yuan's words, Shinoto Hisako shared her thoughts.

Because there are rankings for this field study, she also wants to achieve a good ranking so as not to embarrass Teacher Bai Yuan.

"Your idea is fine. No matter what, fast service is the most important thing for street food. If you can maintain quality while serving food quickly, no one will be able to find fault with it!"

Shirabuchi naturally wholeheartedly agreed with Hisako Shinto's idea.

Unlike a proper restaurant.

Because of the huge flow of customers, street food vendors try to speed up their service to keep customers waiting and prevent them from getting impatient and going to another stall.

As for keeping customers by relying on the taste?

Just kidding, normally that's impossible.

Because any chef with even a little skill cannot sustain a street food business for long.

Only those with mediocre skills and lack of talent would choose to specialize in a particular cuisine, but it is quite difficult to become the best among one's peers. Such people are unlikely to appear in a small square like this.

Before the arrival of this group of students from Totsuki Academy.

The most skilled street food vendor at Xingxiang Square is just a second-class chef, who only passed the exam at the beginning of the year. He's not bad, but he's definitely not considered strong.

I plan to work for another year to solidify my foundation, and then find a small restaurant to collect my salary.

Setting up a stall outdoors exposes you to wind and sun, not to mention the lack of income security.

There's no future in working in a restaurant.

This is the chef of this world.

The chance of encountering a so-called reclusive master on the streets is no less than winning the lottery.

The Ma Sandao that Hisako Shinto encountered back then also wouldn't cook for the poor. Only after paying a sufficient price could one barely get a meal from him.

The price they paid was not much lower than that of high-end restaurants.

"Then I will continue to work hard in the direction I have in mind. There have been a lot more customers recently, so I have made more braised dishes. If all goes well, I may be able to break into the top three."

Having gained Bai Yuan's approval, Shinoto Hisako raised her head as if she had been injected with adrenaline, looked at his face, and began to talk non-stop.

"The potential of braised food is still very large. If you can increase the speed of cutting the braised food a little and make the aroma stronger, you can compete for first place."

Looking at the spirited Hisako Niito in front of him, Shirabuchi couldn't help but encourage her.

His words were not meant to comfort; the gap between the top five on the leaderboard is not that large.

Currently ranked first, Alice Nakiri is only one million points ahead of Erina Nakiri. Although the number seems large, it is actually equivalent to half a day's sales for them.

However, even with three pots at the same time, Erina Nakiri, whose cooking speed is mediocre, still cannot catch up with Alice Nakiri. In fact, the gap between them is widening.

On the one hand, the number of customers in the surrounding area has increased significantly.

On the other hand, Alice Nakiri also brought two more ovens.

After all, Alice Nakiri's dishes don't require much skill; they're the kind of dishes that any ordinary pastry chef could replicate once they know the recipe.

Chapter 357 Lobster and Egg Stuff: The Charm of Assorted Dishes

"Compete for first place? Me? Really?"

Upon hearing Bai Yuan's words, Shinoto Hisako froze on the spot.

She is currently ranked sixth, behind not only the Nakiri sisters, but also Megumi Tadokoro and Soma Yukihira, as well as a completely unfamiliar name.

Cao Liang.

The other person is most likely someone from the dark cuisine world, ranking ahead of her and Yukihira Soma, and only one step away from Tadokoro Megumi.

Under these circumstances, Bai Yuan still asked him to compete for first place...

"That's right, I want you to compete for first place."

Seeing that Hisako Shinto looked puzzled, Shiroyuki spoke again, his eyes serious.

"How is that possible? My strength is not that great. Getting into the top three is already my limit. Getting first place is basically impossible."

After confirming that Shirabuchi wasn't joking, Hisako Shinto's face showed a complicated expression.

If she could, she would certainly want to take first place, but her lack of strength is a fatal flaw. Even if she tries her best, she is no match for the Nakiri sisters.