Food Wars: Starting with Equipping the Greedy Wolf Pot

"So energetic!" Hinako Inui exclaimed, then popped another potato chip into her mouth.

……

Boom! Boom! The cooking begins.

The students in the hall immediately began the final cooking according to the recipe.

After the intense afternoon exercise, the students' physical strength was completely exhausted, and some even collapsed and couldn't lift their arms.

But with so many students at Totsuki High School, there are always a few exceptions.

Xiang Ji and Kobayashi Rindan need no introduction.

Fuyusuke Megijima and Somei Saito also performed admirably, completing their meal sets much faster than the other students.

But compared to Momoko Akane, she was a step behind, not to mention Xiang Ji, Tsukasa Eishi, and Kobayashi Ryudou.

It has to be said that Xiang Ji and the other two finished the meal in a completely precipitous fashion.

More precisely, Kobayashi Ryuudou and Tsukasa Eishi were in one group, while Xiang Ji was in another.

Chapter 95 Hinako Inui: The loser among you will have to go for a night run in their underwear.

"Xiang Ji, fifty dishes are complete." Just as Xiang Ji finished the fiftieth dish, the proctor's voice rang out.

"How is this possible?"

"How did that guy do it? I've only completed twenty servings so far, while he's already completed fifty."

"Damn it, doesn't he get tired? I can't even lift my arms anymore."

"Damn it, how could he finish so quickly?"

After Xiang Ji completed the fifty set meals required for the project, the students in the restaurant all exclaimed in surprise.

Just as they were marveling at Xiang Ji's cooking speed, Inui Hinako's voice suddenly rang out.

"Wow, some students have already completed fifty copies so quickly?"

"Students who haven't finished yet should hurry up. If you can't finish fifty dishes within sixty minutes, you'll be expelled."

"What? Drop out of school?"

"Senior Inui, why didn't you tell us this when you announced the rules earlier?" Upon hearing Inui Hinako's words, most of the students immediately shouted loudly.

"Eh, didn't I tell you guys about this before?" Hinako Inui tilted her head.

"But it's not too late to tell you now."

"There are still thirty minutes left until the exam ends, everyone do your best!" After saying that, Hinako Inui continued eating the snacks in her hand.

Is it not too late?

If they knew beforehand that there was a time limit for cooking and that they would be forced to drop out of school if they didn't finish within an hour, they would have worked their hardest from the very beginning.

Upon hearing Hinako Inui's explanation, the Totsuki students were itching to grab her by the collar and demand an explanation of how she could have forgotten something so important.

How did Hinako Inui forget?

Of course it was intentional. Hinako Inui didn't forget; she deliberately didn't mention it beforehand.

The topics for the residential workshops were all arranged by the guest lecturers. This hidden rule was, in fact, a test that Hinako Inui was giving to the students.

……

"A qualified chef must give his all from the moment he steps onto the counter."

“A chef who doesn’t even have this basic understanding is not the kind of person Totsuki needs.”

“Living study here is a real hell, and students who don’t even have this basic awareness should be eliminated.”

……

After Hinako Inui announced that students who failed to complete fifty dishes within the allotted time would be expelled, the students in the classroom immediately sped up their cooking.

Kobayashi Rindou, 50 portions achieved.

Tsukasa Eishi, fifty copies completed.

Momoko Akane, 50 servings completed.

After Xiang Ji completed the task of cooking fifty dishes, Kobayashi Ryudou and the others also gradually completed the assessment.

"Hoo hoo hoo, as expected of Xiang Ji."

"Even though they haven't taken it seriously yet, they're still finishing much faster than us." Si Yingshi couldn't help but say to Xiang Ji after finishing the assignment.

"Xiang Jijun, Si, my dinner tonight..."

Meanwhile, Kobayashi Ryudou, who passed the exam at the same time, was completely different from Tsukasa Eishi. She didn't care at all about how fast the project was completed and was only thinking about her dinner.

"Okay, Gentian."

"Shall we begin now, Tsukasa?" Xiang Ji said to Tsukasa Eishi after speaking to Kobayashi Ryudou.

"Let's begin."

“As for the theme of the food battle, let’s choose steak,” Tsukasa Eishi replied.

"Ok."

"Rindou, the judge's job is now in your hands." Tsukasa Eishi said, turning to look at Kobayashi Rindou.

"Tsukasa, you can rest assured that you'll leave this job to me." Kobayashi Ryudou patted her chest happily after hearing this.

"Wait a minute, I want to be one of your judges too." Just as Kobayashi Ryudou was speaking, Akanekubo Momo suddenly appeared, holding a teddy bear.

“No problem, Akanekubo, you can take charge together with Rindou.”

Xiang Ji and Si Yingshi did not refuse Qian Kubo Momo's request, after all, Qian Kubo Momo had eaten a lot of Xiang Ji and their cooking when she was in the Polaris Dormitory.

"Hey hey hey, are you two about to start a food battle?"

"This looks quite interesting, doesn't it?" Hinako Inui appeared out of nowhere.

"Two judges? The number of judges for a food war must be an odd number!"

“Alright then, I’ll also be a judge and review your cooking.” Inui Hinako chuckled as she stared at Xiang Ji and Si Yingshi.

"And the person who loses this food battle has to run a lap around the resort in their underwear."

Uh...

Upon seeing the wicked smile on Inui Hinako's face, Xiang Ji and Si Yingshi fell into a long silence.

Running at night in your underwear?

Who would use such outrageous stakes for a food battle? Besides, the two of them were just having a competition; whether there were stakes or not didn't matter.

But Kobayashi Ryudou's eyes lit up instantly, showing great interest in Hinako Inui's suggestion.

Hinako Inui's proposed food battle wager was, of course, completely ignored by Eishi Tsukasa, even with Ryudou Kobayashi constantly egging them on.

Let whoever wants to run, run!

Anyway, Tsukasa Eishi said he would absolutely not run away.

As for Xiang Yu?

If Tsukasa Eishi is willing to agree, Xiang Ji wouldn't mind, after all, how could Xiang Ji possibly lose to Tsukasa Eishi in a food war?

……

"Xiang Ji, Si Yingshi, I wonder what kind of dishes you two will bring out?"

"I can't wait to see this." Hinako Inui ate snacks while watching Xiang Ji and the other person return to the kitchen counter with a smile.

Hinako Inui and the other Totsuki Academy graduates are temporarily closing their own shops to serve as guest lecturers, and they're not doing this for Totsuki for nothing.

The residential study program is not just an assessment of students' qualifications by FarMoon.

It was also an interview used by guest lecturers like Fuyumi Mizuhara and Hinako Inui, who were invited to the event, to test the candidates.

Fuyumi Mizuhara and Hinako Inui both run their own restaurants.

For restaurant owners, ensuring that their kitchens have enough excellent staff is no easy task.

They are not born with the talent to work in one restaurant for a long time, but instead travel between different restaurants, and even different countries, to hone their skills.

The most obvious example is Liu Maoxing.

After becoming a master chef, Liu Maoxing immediately embarked on a journey across China to broaden his culinary knowledge and accumulate cooking experience.

Hinako Inui had her eye on Xiang Ji and Eishi Tsukasa and wanted to recruit them to her restaurant, which is why she wanted to try out their cooking skills.

Chapter 96 The Impact of the Spice Inequality

Thousands of students and dozens of guest lecturers.

However, not all guest lecturers can find promising students in their research groups; only a handful of students successfully graduate from Totsuki Academy each year.

How could a student who couldn't even graduate from Totsuki Academy possibly catch the eye of Hinako Inui and the others?

On the first day of the project, Hinako Inui couldn't find a single student she found satisfactory among those assigned to her project group.

That's why Hinako Inui resorted to throwing a tantrum to snatch the position of examiner for that evening's exam from Fuyumi Mizuhara and the others.

Those who were the first to complete fifty dishes in the dinner task, such as Xiang Ji, Tsukasa Eishi, and Kobayashi Ryudou, naturally became the targets that Inui Hinako was preparing to examine.

Strike first, strike hard!

The study program only lasts six days and five nights, so if you want to recruit your ideal students, you should definitely target them as early as possible.

……

The theme chosen for Xiang Ji and Si Yingshi's food battle is steak.

Steak dish!

It is a very common dish in both Chinese and French cuisine.

In Western cuisine, especially French cuisine, steak dishes mainly emphasize original cuts, simple seasoning, and specific doneness.

Chinese cuisine typically uses cuts of beef such as bone-in steak and ribs, and the cooking techniques tend to be more like stewing, braising, simmering, and stir-frying.

In this food battle, Tsukasa Eishi chose to pan-fry his steak, the most classic cooking method for Western-style steak.

The dish Xiang Ji prepared to cook was baked steak.

After the food battle began, Xiang Ji suddenly swung the kitchen knife he had taken from the kitchen knife rack.

Swish!

A flash of white light, and in an instant, the sharp kitchen knife sliced ​​the thick steak into small pieces.

Not only the steak, but also the ginger, scallions, garlic, bell peppers and other spices were prepared in the blink of an eye.

"Such beautiful knife skills."

Upon seeing the garlic and ginger that Xiang Ji had quickly chopped, Inui Hinako's eyes lit up.

During the dinner selection process, Hinako Inui's attention was not actually on Xiang Ji and the others, because the dinner selection itself was a kind of screening.

Only students who are the first to complete fifty dishes in the dinner assessment are worthy of Hinako Inui's attention.

Simply put, it's not too late to pay attention after someone has finished their dinner assignment, and it won't waste time looking for someone to observe.

Sizzle~

Sizzle~

While Xiang Ji was preparing the steak and spices, Si Yingshi had already begun cooking.

The dish that Tsukasa Eishi is preparing to cook is French-style pan-fried steak, which is made by coating the steak with breadcrumbs and then pan-frying it at a high temperature. It is a dish that highlights the original flavor of the ingredients and is also Tsukasa Eishi's comfort zone.

Eishi Tsukasa's culinary style is characterized by bringing out the natural flavor of the ingredients while minimizing their own presence.

"Searched steak? But the aroma of this steak is completely different from the set meal we had earlier." Hinako Inui stared intently at Eishi Tsukasa.

The steak set meal recipe in the dinner challenge is a fixed recipe, which doesn't give the chef much room for creativity. But it's different in the food war.

There are no fixed recipes for food battles; they test a chef's imagination, experience, and culinary skills.

The steak sizzles as its juices come into contact with the hot oil in the pan.