Food Wars!: I Became a Fantasy Ingredient Supplier

Even if Confucius and Mencius came, they couldn't teach him.

Therefore, good ingredients are essential for making delicious dishes.

Then, he listed several common foods, such as pork, chicken, duck, and fish, and how to obtain good ingredients.

The chef's skill accounts for about 6% of the success of a delicious dish, while the ingredients themselves account for about 4%. This is roughly what we mean by:

"High-end ingredients often only require the simplest cooking methods!"

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"The taste is not like the expensive and rare Japanese Wagyu beef sold in the market."

"And when you eat it, it feels like it's a combination of meat from different parts of the body, such as neck and back meat, foreleg meat, hind leg meat, tenderloin, and lean calf meat... but it's definitely not artificially synthesized meat."

"Obviously..."

Even with superb baking skills.

"But this kind of jewel-like chunk of meat shouldn't exist in this world."

Staring blankly at the stage, at the calm and composed figure who could chat and laugh with the president of the Gourmet Club, Annie was filled with astonishment.

If we were to talk about it...

Any chef.

If everyone had such dream-like ingredients, it would be a boon to the entire culinary world.

Even with the account in THE BOOK, it's clear that WGO officials still know very little about Ye Chen.

Ye Chen!

Who is he?

At this moment, Anne's eyes became somewhat misty.

……

"Ye Chen, right?"

"Um... I'd like to ask, what kind of meat is this gemstone meat?"

Finally, unable to suppress her curiosity, Annie quickly approached Ye Chen and asked, "Judging from the taste and texture, I don't think it's just a simple pork or beef!"

"good."

"Your intuition is correct."

"The so-called 'jewel flesh' exists inside the body of an adult Ligaluru mammoth."

Ye Chen gave Annie a deep look, and then, in front of everyone, truthfully described the real information about the Gem Flesh.

"Ligalo Mammoth?"

Upon hearing this, Annie was completely dumbfounded.

"Does such a creature exist? And judging from the name, could it be some kind of elephant?"

"Hmm... if you insist on calling it an elephant, then you're not entirely wrong."

Ye Chen replied calmly.

"what?"

"Isn't it?"

"What...what I just ate really did taste like meat?"

Annie felt a chill run down her spine. She had initially thought that if it wasn't pork, beef, or lamb, it might be venison or bear meat, but she never expected it to be...

Elephant meat!

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usually.

As the Ligaluru mammoth matures, a piece of meat containing various delicious parts of its body will be found somewhere inside its body.

This piece of meat is truly the cream of the crop.

"As you can see."

"This meat has juices that burst forth like golden fireworks, so dazzling that they can light up the night sky, and the meat itself shimmers with a jewel-like luster."

"The aroma is rich and original, far surpassing that of high-end perfumes, and can instantly stimulate the eater's instinctive appetite."

"That is why it is praised as the flesh of gemstones."

Ye Chen stood up and began to explain this magical, fantastical food to everyone: "However, this gemstone meat can only be found randomly inside a mammoth, and you have to cut open its huge body to find it."

In short.

"Finding this kind of meat is extremely difficult!"

Finally, Ye Chen's detailed account of the "Gemstone Flesh" left everyone present astonished.

Anne, in particular, suddenly looked astonished, then overjoyed.

……

"found it."

"I...I finally found it."

"This rare and precious ingredient might be the only cure for Lady Managi's God Tongue ailment!"

Annie, excited, gripped Ye Chen's shoulders tightly, revealing the joyful expression of a little girl.

all the time.

In order to find a cure for the curse of the God Tongue.

She and other executives of the WGO Food Organization travel all over the world to visit, investigate, and seek out outstanding chefs.

Unfortunately, so far, no one has been able to find a dish or ingredient that can satisfy God Tongue!

And now.

With the emergence of fantasy ingredients.

Anne saw hope again.

Chapter 4 The Curse of the God Tongue

night.

The Eiffel Tower's frame loses its daytime sharpness in the twilight.

At this time, at the WGO Food Organization headquarters.

In the courtyard.

A row of retro copper lamps.

The lights came on one by one along the cobblestone path!

A warm yellow glow spread across the brick wall covered with ivy, making a glass conservatory look like a crystal palace.

Meanwhile, Nakiri Managi, the only Special Class Executive Officer of WGO, sat upright on a Japanese tatami mat. She wore a dark-colored furisode kimono embroidered with night cherry blossoms and crane patterns in gold thread. When the wide sleeves fell down, the indigo feathers of the lining were revealed.

Upon closer inspection, her makeup features a typical "white kimono" base, but with blush used to create an elegant curve at the outer corner of her eyes.

On the surface.

She is a successor of Eastern aesthetics.

Inside, however, lies an iron-fisted arbiter who controls global food ratings.

……

Open your bright eyes.

Managi gazed at the plate of caviar in front of her, her voice as cool and clear as the melting ice on the Seine: "Is this Kashiwa-ya's signature caviar?"

Then, her thoughts drifted to distant Japan. About a 20-minute drive from the bustling city center of Osaka, there's a restaurant hidden in an apartment complex, named:

Kashiwaya!

Since 2010.

This restaurant has received a 3-star rating in the "WGO Guidebook Kyoto & Osaka" for several consecutive years.

Chef Hideaki Matsuo has incorporated the imagery of "ice" and "seasons" into his dishes, bringing surprises to many diners, WGO executives, and the culinary world!

Kashiwa is most famous for its amber-colored caviar.

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—Plump sturgeon eggs.

It carries the rich acidity of aged champagne vinegar.

When it bursts on the tongue, it perfectly neutralizes the unique fishy smell of needlefish sashimi, pushing its sweetness to the extreme.

Plus.