Food Wars: Starting with Equipping the Greedy Wolf Pot

Oops!

He realized he had just said something stupid! Isshiki Satoshi immediately understood just how foolish his question had been.

"Senior Xiang Ji!"

"Can I learn knife skills from you later?" Isshiki Satoshi then gave a somewhat awkward smile!

"no problem!"

"As long as you're willing to pay my tuition, that's enough!" Xiang Ji walked up to Isshiki and patted him on the shoulder!

Tuition fees?

No!

When Xiang Ji agreed to teach Sakaki Ryoko and Yoshino Yuuki, he didn't mention tuition. Why is he charging tuition now that it's his turn?

Can these be the same?

Ryoko Sakaki's family is just a middle-class family that runs a small restaurant, but Satoshi Isshiki is the heir to the prestigious Isshiki family of Japanese cuisine!

A large, purebred dog breeder!

How about charging a small tutoring fee when I tutor Isshiki Satoshi myself?

"no problem!"

"Senior Xiang Ji! Do you think 50 million is enough?" Just as Xiang Ji thought, Isshiki Hui was indeed a wealthy tycoon who didn't care about money!

He casually mentions 50 million!

Tsk tsk tsk!

Is this the power of a top-tier Japanese culinary family? They're asking for 50 million in tuition fees right off the bat! Xiang Ji's eyes instantly turned red!

Fifty million!

In Xiang Ji's eyes, it was indeed a remarkable number, but in Isshiki Satoshi's eyes, a mere fifty million was nothing at all!

Don't even mention fifty million!

Even if it costs 100 million yuan to learn Xiang Ji's Seven Star Sword Technique, people would rush to pay the tuition!

……

Fifty million in tuition fees!

Of course, Xiang Ji would never actually charge Isshiki Hui such a high tuition fee! After all, Isshiki Hui is also Xiang Ji's beloved descendant!

Compared to cash, Xiang Ji is more interested in the relics of dragon chefs from China hundreds of years ago!

Chef Long's belongings!

These are things that you might not be able to buy even if you have money!

As a renowned family in the Japanese culinary world, the Isshiki family's collection must contain many items left behind by top chefs!

Let's not talk about anything else!

Even the Chinese Cuisine Research Association at Totsuki Culinary Academy has such a collection, let alone a renowned culinary family like the Isshiki family.

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"The Dark Five Tigers?"

"A master chef?"

"I wonder what kind of culinary treasures Chef Dragon promised to serve at the culinary event?" Xiang Ji chuckled as he watched Isshiki leave.

"This is something to look forward to!"

"All right!"

"I should go to class now! And while I'm at it, I'll submit my food battle application with Katsuya Tanigawa." Xiang Ji picked up his giant sword and left the Polaris Dormitory!

Katsuya Tanikawa!

Xiang Ji hasn't forgotten what happened at the opening ceremony, has he? After all, only three days have passed since school started!

……

Damn it!

Damn it!

"This bastard actually challenged me to a food battle!" Katsuya Tanikawa's face was very ugly as he looked at the people from the Food Battle Committee who had appeared in front of him.

"Tanigawa-san!"

"Xiang Ji has challenged you to a food battle! Will you accept?" The staff waited expressionlessly for Tanikawa Katsuya's reply.

"agree!"

"I agree to this food battle!" Katsuya Tanikawa clenched his fists tightly and replied with a gloomy expression.

Chapter 28 Victory Sometimes Doesn't Lie in Cooking; You Can Outdo Your Opponent Without It

Katsuya Tanikawa had no choice but to agree, since the Food Wars Committee had delivered the documents in front of everyone else.

Refusing a food battle is no different from publicly choosing to concede defeat.

How could the ambitious Katsuya Tanikawa possibly admit that his cooking skills were inferior to others? That would be even more painful for him than being killed!

"Tanigawa-san!"

"Since you agreed to the food battle initiated by classmate Xiang, you have no objection to the wager proposed by classmate Xiang!"

"Then the food battle is set!"

"The food battle will be held three days from now at 9:00 AM in Competition Hall 5. The judges will be..."

"Tanigawa-san!"

"Do you have any objections to the above content?" The Food Wars Committee member read the contents of the document in his hand in a formulaic manner.

"no!"

"I have no problem at all!" Katsuya Tanikawa nodded, waiting for the Food Wars Committee to make a final confirmation!

A food battle showdown!

Although the venue, time, and judges are all crucial factors in determining the outcome, winning a food war doesn't necessarily involve culinary skills; it's not a path that just anyone can take!

At the very least, Katsuya Tanikawa isn't capable of causing trouble in the Food Wars hosted by Totsuki Academy, otherwise he wouldn't need to attend Totsuki!

The only option left for Katsuya Tanigawa is the food battle!

Different chefs have different areas of expertise in cooking!

Not all chefs can be as proficient in all dishes as Liu Maoxing from Master Chef!

For example, Master Xie, known as Steel Rod Chef, is most skilled in Chinese pastry dishes, while Raine, known as Seven Star Knife Chef, is skilled in various fish dishes...

As long as you choose a cooking style that Xiang Ji is not good at in the food battle challenge, you still have a chance to win!

"Tanigawa-san!"

"Do you have any requirements for the topic of this food battle? If not, then the topic will be randomly drawn by our Food Battle Committee..."

"some!"

"The food battle theme is Japanese cuisine! The main ingredient is fish!" Before the food battle committee could finish speaking, Katsuyuki Tanikawa blurted out.

"Ok!"

"The food battle topic will be a fish dish from Japanese cuisine!" The food battle committee member calmly recorded Katsuya Tanikawa's request!

A food battle showdown!

Although the subject of a food battle requires the agreement of both parties, in most cases, the challenger decides the topic of the food battle.

The reason is quite simple.

The premise for a food battle is that both parties must agree. How could the challenger possibly agree to a challenge that involves a dish they are not good at?

At the same time!

Kuroiwa Ikshui and the others looked at Tanikawa Katsuya with ambiguous smiles, each of their eyes carrying a subtle mockery and sarcasm!

Japanese food?

Katsuya Tanikawa's specialty is French cuisine! Choosing Japanese food for the food battle challenge is actually a subtle way of saying he's admitting defeat!

Damn it!

"You guys just wait!" Sensing the gazes of those around him, Katsuya Tanikawa clenched his fists so tightly that his palms turned red!

On the first day of school!

Katsuya Tanikawa was utterly defeated by Xiang Ji in his specialty, French cuisine. His burgundy beef stew was criticized by Jun Shiomi as being utterly worthless!

Choose French cuisine?

Doesn't this hand the initiative back to Xiang Ji?

Yes! That's right!

Katsuya Tanikawa regarded Xiang Ji as a chef who, like him, specialized in French cuisine, and Xiang Ji was the kind of chef who was good at meat dishes.

Otherwise!

I absolutely cannot lose that badly!

French cuisine is not an option!

Katsuya Tanikawa can now only choose Japanese cuisine, his second specialty, thus limiting the types of dishes he can cook in the Food Wars.

Choosing fish as the main ingredient limits the melee combat theme that Xiang Ji excels at!

Vegetables are fine too!

However, if you choose vegetables for the food battle, it's difficult to separate the ingredients, while choosing fish allows you to take advantage of its texture.

Unlike cooking competitions!

In a food battle, both sides can choose their own ingredients! The rarer the ingredient, the greater its advantage in a food battle!

Let's just talk about fish!

The Japanese culinary industry also has a special star rating system for fish, which divides the deliciousness of edible fish into one to five stars!

Five-star fish!

These are top-grade ingredients in Japanese cuisine, and extremely rare; they can't be easily bought in supermarkets on the street!

How can winning in terms of ingredients not be a victory? It's your own fault for not being able to afford good ingredients.

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“Japanese food?”

"Fish theme?"

"Tanikawa is such a good person!" Xiang Ji whistled happily when he saw the food battle receipt returned by the Food Battle Committee!

Fish dishes!

This is precisely the culinary style that Xiang Ji excels at!

There's no way!

Who could blame them when Xiang Ji's ancestor, Raine, was most skilled at cooking seafood?

The only non-fish dish is braised lamb liver!

Don't be fooled by the fact that Raine's braised lamb liver defeated Mira of the Dark Five Tigers; in terms of flavor, it might not even be as good as the fried crab that defeated Xiang En!

It was merely a tactical victory!

The outcome of a food war isn't just a simple contest of culinary skills! It just goes to show that Mira was too naive to fall for that heartless guy, Renn's, trick!

Replace him with Xiang En, who is even more ruthless!

Raine guarantees he will lose so badly he won't even have a single Seven Star Blade left, just like that fried crab that fell into Xiang En's secret taste-sealing technique!

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