Food Wars: Starting with Equipping the Greedy Wolf Pot

Damn it!

Just how delicious are these flaming dumplings?!

I really want to eat it!

I really want to eat it!

At the auction, Kita Shuji and the others were intensely craving Xiang Ji's cooking.

How did they manage to bid for a spot as judges during the food battle competition?

Chapter 80 Phoenix Jade Dumplings, Master Zhou Yu

I lost? My cooking actually lost in this food war?

Upon seeing the scores given by Alice Nakiri and the others, Saki was completely stunned, finding the outcome of the Food War utterly unbelievable.

However, there was one person at the auction who was even more shocked by the outcome of the Food Wars than Sachi.

Momoko Akanekubo!

After the score of 5-0 appeared on the screen, Momo Akane, who was holding her teddy bear's arm, was so shocked that she accidentally pulled off the teddy bear's paw gloves.

Sachi had previously defeated him 3-0, and now Xiang Ji has defeated Sachi 5-0.

Although there's no such thing as a 5:0 score necessarily being greater than a 3:0 score, it does indicate a significant gap between my culinary skills and Xiang Ji's.

How is that possible?

How come Xiang Ji, this transfer student, is such a good cook?

Momoko Akane had already recognized who Xiang Ji was, but it was precisely because she recognized Xiang Ji that Momoko Akane felt such strong resentment.

……

After the food battle ended, Xiang Ji returned to Isshiki Satoshi's private room from the arena.

Miura, the section chief of the daily auction house's management department, had already sent over the manuscript of the master of food battle betting.

"Mr. Xiang Ji, congratulations on your victory in the food battle."

"This is my business card. If Mr. Xiang Ji needs any ingredients, antiques, or ancient recipes in the future, please feel free to contact me."

“Our daily auction house will definitely provide you with the best service, Mr. Xiang.” Compared to before, Section Chief Miura’s attitude now was almost frighteningly enthusiastic.

By defeating Sachi head-on in a food battle with a score of 5-0, Xiang Ji has fully proven his value.

A professional-level chef, and even among professional chefs, he is at the level of a genius chef.

If there is an opportunity to invite Xiang Ji to serve as the acting chef in the future, Section Chief Miura can't even imagine how much popularity it could bring to the auction house.

What's most frightening is Xiang Ji's age. He's only a first-year high school student, just fifteen years old.

With such a genius chef, who knows how terrifying he will become in the future? Maybe he will even be able to take the title of master chef in the Chinese culinary world?

Anyway, just be on good terms with them.

After seeing Section Chief Miura out of the private room, Xiang Ji finally had time to examine Master Jie Lu's manuscript.

……

【Equipment Name: Phoenix Jade Dumplings - Fragment】

Quality: Average

[Note: This recipe was created by Zhou Yu, the deputy head chef of Yangquan Restaurant in Guangzhou, when he participated in the Guangzhou Dumpling Competition. The original quality was excellent, but it was downgraded to ordinary quality due to incomplete information.]

[Attribute: When equipped, skill: Phoenix Jade Dumpling +1]

……

[Skill: Phoenix Jade Dumplings]

【Type: Dish】

[Note: This dumpling dish was created by Guangzhou master chef Zhou Yu, combining elements of Sichuan red oil dumplings. It demands extremely high levels of skill in controlling the heat and kneading the dough.]

……

Phoenix Jade Dumplings?

Master Zhou Yu?

Upon seeing the equipment attribute effects after unlocking the equipment slot, Xiang Ji's eyes widened instantly. Wasn't it supposed to be a manuscript left by Jie Lu? How did it become Zhou Yu's?

But Xiang Ji felt no dissatisfaction with this situation; he was only overjoyed.

The name Zhou Yu might be unfamiliar to some, but it will be familiar to others when you look at another translation of Zhou Yu's name: Jidi Shifu (及第师傅).

Master of Liu Maoxing in Little Chef.

The disciple of the perfect master Luo Wu.

In the sequel, "Chuka Ichiban! Kiwami", the Bright Cuisine World takes on the Tai Chi Cuisine World, using food transformation techniques to defeat Song Wan, the Cloud Vajra of the Eight Phoenix Immortals.

"Senior Xiang Ji, is this manuscript really a manuscript left by Master Jie Lu?" Seeing Xiang Ji's expression, Isshiki Satoshi asked curiously.

"I'm not sure either."

"But this manuscript does indeed record recipes created by the Chinese Dragon Chef." Xiang Ji took a deep breath and carefully put the manuscript away.

Recipes left behind by Chef Long?

No wonder Xiang Ji was so excited when he first saw this manuscript.

Although Isshiki was also curious about who Chef Long was and what the recipe he left behind was called, she didn't ask directly.

……

After acquiring the equipment, Xiang Ji and Isse Hui prepared to leave the Daily Auction House.

But as soon as Xiang Ji stepped out of the auction house, a group of people surrounded him, stuffing business cards into his hands one after another.

“Mr. Xiang Ji, I am Kita Shuji from the Kita Gourmet Club. I wonder if I would have the opportunity to taste your Flaming Dumplings?”

“Mr. Xiang Ji, I am Mito Hideto from Mito Meat Industry. Our Mito Meat Industry is quite well-known in the Japanese beef industry.”

"Mr. Xiang, would you be interested in working at our restaurant after graduation?"

"Mr. Xiang Ji, Mr. Xiang Ji..."

……

sizzle!

sizzle!

Upon seeing Xiang Ji surrounded by a dense crowd, Daigo Aoki couldn't help but gasp.

"So many people, are they all here to see Senior Xiang Ji?"

"Is there even a question? Senior Xiang Ji defeated that midnight chef, Sachi, head-on in the Food Wars!"

“It would be strange if no one came looking for Senior Xiang Ji.” Marui Zenji said, pushing up his round-framed glasses with his fingertips.

"Putting aside them, don't you all want to try Xiang Ji's Flaming Dumplings?"

"Does that even need to be said? Of course I'm drooling over it! I was absolutely drooling just looking at Xiang Ji's cooking." Aoki Daigo replied without hesitation.

While Aoki Daigo was answering, Sakaki Ryoko, Tadokoro Megumi, and the others couldn't help but purse their lips; they also really wanted to eat the flame dumplings.

"That's incredible."

"We should think more about tasting the dishes of our predecessors; they would only want to do so even more than we do."

……

While Marui Zenji and the others were discussing, on the other side, Xiang Ji finally managed to break free from the encirclement.

The offer that Kita Shuji and the others made to invite him to cook was too tempting. The reward was not money, but things like old recipes and famous chefs' kitchenware.

How could Xiang Ji possibly refuse?

Xiang Ji dreams of finding the lost Seven Star Knife again, and it would be even better if he could find the legendary kitchen utensils.

"Senior Xiang Ji, how did you come up with the idea to cook those flaming dumplings?"

"That's really amazing."

"It's amazing that they were able to make such a dish without using any cooking equipment."

After Xiang Ji walked up to Isshiki Satoshi and the others, Nakiri Alice couldn't contain her curiosity and excitedly asked Xiang Ji a question.

"That's not what I wanted."

"Flaming dumplings were created by a master chef in the Chinese culinary world in the past. I just learned how to make this dish by accident," Xiang Ji said frankly.

Chinese cuisine world?

Master chef?

Upon hearing Xiang Ji's reply, Alice Nakiri and the others all showed expressions of shock.

Chapter 81: The Dumpling Festival, with Megumi Tadokoro at her maximum buffs.

If the Dragon Chefs of Chinese cuisine are like golden legends, then the Master Chefs of Chinese cuisine are like purple epics.

But whether it's a Dragon Chef or a Master Chef, they are beings that Alice Nakiri and the others can only look up to but never reach.

Dishes created by top-level chefs in the Chinese culinary world.

I really want to eat it!

After hearing Xiang Ji personally admit that the Flaming Dumplings were a dish created by a master chef, Marui Zenji and the others were even more eager to taste what the Flaming Dumplings actually tasted like.

"Senior Xiang Ji, could you please let me and Xiao Hui try some of the Flaming Dumplings?" Yoshino Yuuki looked at Xiang Ji with longing eyes.

"No problem, I'll make it for you when we get back to Polaris Lodge," Xiang Ji agreed with a smile.

Although Xiang Ji has the advantage of an equipment slot, it doesn't mean that Xiang Ji can completely relax and not need to practice cooking every day.

The essence of the equipment slot is to raise the upper limit of a character's cooking skills.

If Xiang Ji's basic culinary skills are insufficient, even with the equipment slots, he will still be an incompetent ruler.

Even with the equipment slot cheat activated, Xiang Ji still unfailingly set aside a fixed amount of time every day to practice making novel sashimi dishes.

In addition, there's the spice inequality, which is a major time drain.

Of all the dark secret techniques Xiang Ji has mastered, the spice inequality is the one that consumes the most time.

The reason is simple: the essence of the spice inequality is a huge database. The various combinations of different ingredients and spices can only be developed slowly over time.

Since Yoshino Yuuki and the others want to taste my cooking, this saves me the time of preparing the dishes I've practiced.

"Long live Xiang Ji, our predecessor!"

"This is amazing! I never imagined I would taste a dish created by a master chef in the Chinese culinary world." Marui Zenji took off his glasses and wiped away tears with emotion.

"Hey, Marui, isn't your reaction a bit too exaggerated?"

"Didn't Senior Xiang Ji cook dishes created by top Chinese chefs for us? Marui, have you forgotten about braised fish head?"

"Yoshino, what do you know? Do you even know what a master chef is in the world of Chinese cuisine?"

Seeing the puzzled expressions on Yoshino Yuuki's and the others' faces, Marui Zenji was instantly amused and prepared to give Yoshino Yuuki and the others a proper lesson on the meaning of a master chef in the Chinese culinary world.

But at that moment, two different voices rang out simultaneously.

"So it's a recipe left by a master chef of Chinese cuisine. Boy, can I join your party? I'm also curious about the taste of your flaming dumplings."

Butch wants to know too.

"Hey, aren't you that late-night chef? What are you doing here?"

"Akanekubo-senpai?"

"Peach Jam, how did you find this place?"

Suddenly, Sachi and Momoko Akane appeared out of nowhere, instantly startling Marui Zenji and the others.

But Sachi and Momoko Akane were actually even more shocked at that moment.

The flaming dumplings that Xiang Ji just took out in the food battle were actually created by a master chef in the Chinese culinary world.