Food Wars: Starting with Equipping the Greedy Wolf Pot

"Is Senior Xiang Ji planning to make fried rice during the Food Wars?" Yoshino Yuuki exclaimed unconsciously after seeing the ingredients Xiang Ji had chosen.

Besides fried rice, Yoshino Yuuki couldn't think of any other dishes that the three ingredients Xiang Ji had chosen could be used to cook.

But the problem is fried rice?

Even if this food battle was held in private, wasn't Xiang Ji's choice a bit too risky?

Fried rice is such a simple dish that even the legendary Chinese master chef couldn't make it any fancy.

Just as Yoshino Yuuki was about to make a sarcastic remark, Yukihira Joichiro's voice immediately cut off her words.

"Is this all eggs and rice?"

"They chose this dish even though it was just a private food battle? It looks like Soma is in trouble," Yukihira Joichiro remarked with a sigh.

Ee eh eh?

Upon hearing what Yukihira Joichiro said, Yoshino Yuuki immediately looked at him with an incredulous expression. Shouldn't such a simple dish as fried rice be easy to handle?

Just as Yoshino Yuuki was about to ask for clarification, Yukihira Joichiro's words stunned her instantly.

“When Soma loses this food battle later, I’m going to take lots of pictures. The last time I saw such a rare scene was when Soma was in kindergarten,” Yukihira Joichiro said, stroking his chin.

“The recordings of the betting must also be carefully preserved.”

"These are memories of my youth!"

"That's right, why don't we just buy a DV camera?" Yukihira Joichiro said, and then he really started to think about it seriously.

Yoshino Yuki:? ? ?

No, is Soma Yukihira really Saiba-senpai's son? Why is Saiba-senpai able to say something like that so casually?

Meanwhile, Isshiki Satoshi, facing Yukihira Joichiro, asked the very question that Yoshino Yuuki had been wanting to ask.

"Senior Cai Bo, what is your surname, Xingping?"

“I was married into the family, so I changed my surname a long time ago,” Yukihira Joichiro answered frankly, not caring too much about the matter at all.

Saiba, no, Yukihira-senpai was actually married into the family?

Yoshino Yuuki looked at Yukihira Joichiro in front of her with some disbelief. How could such a talented chef as Yukihira-senpai choose to marry into a family, and to marry into such an ordinary restaurant?

"Senior Yukihira, are you also a graduate of Totsuki Academy?" Hinako Inui looked at Yukihira Joichiro with some curiosity.

Yukihira Joichiro was a student in the 69th class of Totsuki Academy, while Inui Hinako was in the 80th class. By the time Inui Hinako enrolled, the legend of Yukihira Joichiro had long since disappeared from Totsuki Academy.

"No, I didn't graduate."

“I dropped out of Totsuki Academy when I was in second grade,” Joichiro Yukihira replied with a smile. “However, it was precisely because I left Totsuki that I was able to meet Tamako.”

When talking about Yukihira Tamako, Yukihira Joichiro's face was full of indescribable tenderness.

Yukihira Tamako is the one who pulled Yukihira Joichiro back from the brink of collapse, and she is also the woman to whom he sincerely dedicates all his cooking.

……

While Inui Hinako was curious about Yukihira Joichiro, Xiang Ji had already finished his meal.

Upon seeing Xiang Ji carrying the dishes toward them, Yoshino Yuuki immediately sat up straight.

Even though it wasn't her first time tasting Xiang Ji's cuisine, Yoshino Yuuki was still incredibly looking forward to it.

What kind of fried rice will the senior Xiang Ji bring out?

That's something to look forward to!

But when she saw the true appearance of the Xiang cuisine, Yoshino Yuuki was completely stunned.

Eh? What is this?

The plate that Xiang Ji brought out contained fried rice that looked like broken gold, with each grain of rice evenly coated with egg yolk.

"Golden fried rice, please enjoy," Xiang Ji said softly.

"As expected, it's this golden fried rice!" Upon seeing the dish Xiang Ji had finished, Yukihira Joichiro exclaimed in admiration.

After seeing that Xiang Ji only chose two ingredients, eggs and rice, Yukihira Joichiro had already guessed what dish Xiang Ji was going to cook.

Golden fried rice?

What is this? It doesn't sound like ordinary fried rice.

Yoshino Yuuki stared blankly at Xiang Ji and Yukihira Joichiro, feeling a strange sense of unease.

"That's really surprising!"

"Senior Xiang Ji actually chose a special dish." Isshiki Satoshi's fingers gently rested on his chin.

"Special cuisine?"

"Senior Isshiki, what's so special about Senior Xiang Ji's Golden Fried Rice? Senior Xiang Ji just uses rice, eggs, and salt, right?" Yoshino Yuuki couldn't help but ask.

“Yuuki, the special thing about Golden Fried Rice isn’t its ingredients, but its origin,” Rintou Kobayashi added.

Besides Yoshino Yuuki, Kobayashi Rindou and the others all knew about the Golden Fried Rice.

"What is its origin?"

"Yes, yes, the Golden Fried Rice is a dish that was revealed by Kikushita-ro, the number one Chinese restaurant." Kobayashi Ryudou's words were like lightning striking Yoshino Yuuki, making her body tremble.

"It was originally created by Chef Abe, a top Chinese chef, and later improved by Liu Maoxing, the most powerful top chef in the Chinese culinary world."

Juxialou? Master Abe? Liu Maoxing?

As Kobayashi Ryudou explained, Yoshino Yuuki's body trembled repeatedly.

Is the origin of this fried rice in front of me really that exaggerated? But why have I never heard of this golden fried rice before?

Is it because I'm too poor? Or because I haven't read enough books?

It must be the former!

That's right, it must be the former. Yoshino Yuuki's eyes immediately became firm.

Chapter 178 Golden Egg Fried Rice and Egg Rice

"Golden fried rice is very famous, but in the end it's just fried rice."

"The only special thing about this golden fried rice is that every grain of rice is evenly coated with egg yolk." Hinako Inui's voice was followed by Satoshi Isshiki's.

"Eggs, rice, salt."

"This looks like such a boring dish anyway," Hinako Inui sighed softly. "I was hoping to eat something more interesting."

"Alright, let's get started."

“This dish is not as simple as it looks,” Joichiro Yukihira said with a smile.

Ee eh eh?

Is there anything special about this golden fried rice in front of her? Yoshino Yuuki curiously reached out the spoon she was holding towards the golden fried rice.

A full spoonful.

As Yoshino Yuuki brought the spoon that had scooped up the golden fried rice back to her face, she immediately smelled a rich and appetizing aroma.

What's going on?

The only seasoning used in Xiang Ji's fried rice is salt, so why does it have such a strong aroma?

Mmm~ Ugh~

Yoshino Yuuki couldn't resist immediately putting the golden fried rice into her mouth.

The moment her lips and teeth touched the golden fried rice, Yoshino Yuuki's pearly teeth couldn't help but start chewing!

Ah...ah...

Yoshino Yuuki immediately let out soft moans, and trembling groans kept escaping from her throat.

Yoshino Yuuki's face flushed pink from the hot, delicious golden fried rice. She crossed her arms tightly around her body, her body twisting and turning uncontrollably.

It's burning! It's on fire!

It felt as if the clothes on my body had been burned away by the intense heat of the flames.

How exactly did they do that?

Although Master Xiang used only a simple combination of eggs, salt, and rice, the moment the fried rice entered his mouth, it was as if a delicious magic had been cast, creating an unparalleled and powerful impact.

The wind swept away the clouds!

Yoshino Yuuki devoured the entire plate of golden fried rice in no time.

Click~

After putting the spoon in her hand into her mouth and biting through it, Yoshino Yuuki finally snapped out of her reverie of the fiery deliciousness of the golden fried rice.

Is this really fried rice?

Yoshino Yuuki couldn't believe that the intense, fiery flavor she had just tasted was actually from such a simple dish as fried rice.

Moreover, it's just fried rice made with eggs, salt, and rice.

If Yoshino Yuuki hadn't tasted such deliciousness herself, she would never have imagined that such a simple fried rice could be so incredibly delicious.

"Senior Xiang Ji, how exactly did you make this Golden Fried Rice?" Yoshino Yuuki stared intently at Xiang Ji, her eyes filled with intense curiosity.

"It's about the cooking temperature!"

"I never imagined that someone could control the heat to such an extent," Yukihira Joichiro exclaimed, putting down his chopsticks.

"The cooking temperature?"

"Senior Yukihira, you said the aroma of the golden fried rice is due to the cooking time?" Yoshino Yuuki stared wide-eyed at Yukihira Joichiro, who had just mentioned the cooking time.

"Flaming cuisine is the essence of Chinese cuisine."

"And this golden fried rice is a dish made with flames, where the heat is brought to its extreme."

"Only a chef with an astonishingly high level of control over the heat can bring out the deliciousness of eggs and rice to such an extreme," Joichiro Yukihira explained earnestly.

"That's why Kikushita-ro made the recipe for Golden Fried Rice public to the entire culinary world."

"Eggs, rice, salt."

"The ingredients and cooking process of Golden Fried Rice are not special at all; the taste depends entirely on the chef's skill," said Joichiro Yukihira solemnly.

Yes, that's right.

"Just as Senior Yukihira said, the secret to Golden Egg Fried Rice lies in controlling the heat," Xiang Ji said with a smile, revealing the core of Golden Egg Fried Rice.

Of all the dishes that appeared in the storyline of "Cooking Master Boy," Golden Fried Rice is arguably the one that best tests a chef's basic skills.

"Impressive! No wonder you are Xiang Ji, the senior."

"You can make such a delicious dish using only eggs and rice." Yoshino Yuuki squeezed her hand tightly.

……

After Hinako Inui and her group finished tasting Xiang Ji's dishes, Soma Yukihira finally finished his own.

"Please try our eighth dish from our hidden menu at Yukihira Restaurant." Yukihira Soma placed his hand on the lid of the plate, looking confidently at Yoshino Yuuki and the others in front of him.

Hidden menu?

Could it be a recipe created by Yukihira-senpai? What kind of dish would it be? Yoshino Yuuki couldn't help but swallow.

"Yukihira Ryu—Transform into Egg Rice!" Soma Yukihira said, suddenly opening the lid of the dish.

Huh? Egg rice?

Upon hearing that Yukihira Soma's dish was egg rice, Yoshino Yuuki was completely stunned, her expression just as shocked as when she learned that Xiang Ji's dish was fried rice.

Egg rice, like fried rice, is a very common home-style dish.

Egg rice is made by mixing eggs with rice. Egg rice can be divided into raw egg rice and cooked egg rice.

But no matter what kind it is, isn't this kind of dish too common?

However, after tasting Xiang Ji's golden fried rice, Yoshino Yuuki still held a sliver of anticipation for Yukihira Soma's egg rice.

What if? What if Soma Yukihira's egg rice is just as amazing as his golden fried rice?

However, after seeing what was inside the plate that Soma Yukihira brought, Yuuki Yoshino's heart sank completely.