Food Wars: Starting with Equipping the Greedy Wolf Pot

Yoshino Yuki: "..."

Why is Alice Nakiri able to talk about winning the Autumn Selection Tournament so easily?

Yes, that's right.

"As long as you can win the final selection in the autumn tournament, that will be enough." Oomido Fumio looked at Nakiri Alice with great satisfaction.

"The fall selection and the residential training are both stepping stones for you to climb in the Far Moon."

"In other words, if you can't even pass the autumn selection and residential training, you won't be able to reach the top of Far Moon."

"Tsukasa, Ryugen, and Akanekubo..."

"You three better perform well in the upcoming autumn selection and show them how powerful our Polaris Dormitory is!" Somewhat agitated, Oomido Fumio suddenly shouted at Kobayashi Ryudou and the others with a fierce aura.

But as soon as he finished speaking, a rainbow appeared out of Oomido Fumio's mouth.

"Grandma Wenxu".

"Grandma Fumio." Upon seeing Fumio Oomido's rainbow, Yoshino Yuuki and the others immediately became flustered.

……

"Eh? Yuuki, what just happened?" Tadokoro Megumi, who had returned with Xiang Ji, looked at Yoshino Yuuki and the others who were slumped over the table and asked anxiously.

"It's nothing, Grandma Wenxu just had a little too much to drink," Yoshino Yuuki said weakly.

However, upon seeing Xiang Ji beside Tadokoro Megumi, Yoshino Yuuki immediately perked up again.

Yoshino Yuuki still longed for the dishes Xiang Ji had mentioned, which were recipes left behind by a Chinese master chef.

Tomatoes, onions, garlic...

"What kind of dish are you preparing, Senior Xiang Ji?" Yoshino Yuuki couldn't help but ask after looking at the ingredients that Xiang Ji and Tadokoro Megumi had brought back.

"Senior Xiang Ji, what are you planning to do for us?"

"Italian meat sauce pasta." Xiang Ji said as he carried the ingredients into the Polaris Dormitory's kitchen.

Spaghetti Bolognese?

What's going on? The recipe left by the Chinese Dragon Chef is Italian Bolognese? Yoshino Yuuki was completely dumbfounded.

……

Lady Lei Hua left behind a modified version of Bolognese that incorporated the characteristics of Italian Bolognese, so it was certainly not just any ordinary Bolognese.

Instead, it's a Guangzhou version of seafood spaghetti bolognese, which, while retaining the core flavor of spaghetti bolognese, is adapted to Guangzhou's preference for light, fresh, and flavorful dishes with a wok hei (wok aroma).

This is also why the recipes left by Lady Lei Hua require the use of local Guangzhou ingredients.

Those who live near mountains live off the mountains; those who live near the sea live off the sea.

If you don't use local ingredients, you can't make the dishes taste unique.

The Italian-style meat sauce noodles that Xiang Ji prepared for Yoshino Yuuki and the others were not the original dish of Lady Lei Hua, but a modified version that incorporated his own culinary ideas.

The key to Madame de Lei Hua's Italian meat sauce pasta is making good use of local ingredients.

……

Cooking begins.

With ease, Xiang Ji used his kitchen knife to pre-process the onions, tomatoes, and other ingredients.

Sizzle~

Sizzle~

Once the butter in the hot pan begins to melt, Xiang Ji immediately adds the prepared diced onions, diced shiitake mushrooms, and chopped dried scallops to the pan and stir-fries them to begin making the base for the Italian meat sauce pasta.

Shiitake mushrooms and scallops are both ingredients that are stored in the Polaris Dormitory.

In particular, scallops are a very common and classic seafood ingredient in Japan. They are an important ingredient for making broth and can provide a rich, natural umami flavor to the soup base.

Soaking shiitake mushrooms releases a rich mushroom aroma, which can enhance the flavor of dishes.

The idea behind Xiang Ji's integration of the original flavor of the ingredients into this dish is to bring out their original taste to the fullest extent and pursue their natural flavor.

Add the marinated minced pork and stir quickly. The pork has a rich and mellow aroma with almost no fishy or gamey smell, and the fatty part of the belly is fragrant but not greasy.

The moment it hits the pot, a rich aroma bursts forth.

Next, add peeled and chopped diced tomatoes and stir-fry.

Just as the local onions grown in Polarisk have no pungent spiciness and a mild, sweet taste, the local tomatoes grown in Polarisk are high in sugar and low in acid, with no astringent taste in the flesh.

For the subsequent cooking, simply using salt for seasoning is perfectly sufficient.

The noodles used in the recipes left by Lady Lei Hua were not regular noodles, but chewy bamboo-pressed noodles.

However, the type of noodles Xiang Ji used in his dishes was udon, which, like Italian noodles, was made from wheat and salt water.

……

Lady Lei Hua created her Italian-style meat sauce pasta by combining local Guangzhou ingredients, but it is not limited to the framework of Italian meat sauce pasta, but is integrated into Chinese cuisine.

Similarly, Xiang Ji's dishes, inspired by Lady Lei Hua's recipes, would naturally not be ordinary Italian meat sauce pasta.

Chapter 125 Lady Lei Hua's Culinary Characteristics: The Sleeping Aroma Bomb

"Alright, now everyone, try my cooking!" Xiang Ji, having finished cooking, strode out of the kitchen carrying the plates in both hands.

"There are still dishes in the kitchen that haven't been served yet."

"Shoji, Daigo, could you two please help me serve my dishes to everyone?" Xiang Ji continued, addressing Aoki Daigo and the others.

"Yes, Senior Xiang Ji."

“Senior Xiang Ji, I’ll help too.” Ibuki Jun and the other boys stood up at the same time.

"Okay, thank you."

……

When Ibuzaki and his group walked into the kitchen, they were instantly stunned, staring blankly at the neatly arranged Italian meat sauce pasta that Xiang Ji had laid out on the counter.

What kind of dish is this?

The moment I first saw it, I was struck by the terrifying aura emanating from it.

sizzle!

Is this the recipe left behind by the Chinese Dragon Chef?

When Xiang Ji placed the Italian meat sauce noodles in front of Yoshino Yuuki and the others, they were all deeply shocked by the aura emanating from Xiang Ji's cooking.

The sauce was bright red.

Fair-skinned noodles.

The dish Xiang Ji finished looked like a sleeping red lion.

Italian-style meat sauce pasta.

What kind of flavor will this dish, created by the Chinese Dragon Chef, present in Xiang Ji's hands?

Whew~ Whew~

Ryudou Kobayashi couldn't wait and was the first to reach out with his fork, gently twirling the spaghetti bolognese before bringing it to his mouth.

That's strange.

Xiang Ji's cuisine clearly exudes a formidable aura, yet the aroma it emits is remarkably gentle, like a mountain breeze.

Sizzle~sizzle.

When the noodles covered in meat sauce entered their mouths, Kobayashi Ryudou and the others were stunned.

Is this the texture of udon noodles?

Xiang Ji's dish is clearly Italian meat sauce pasta, but the noodles he uses are actually udon noodles. Moreover, the taste is incredibly refreshing, and the chewy texture makes it impossible to stop eating.

It's not ordinary udon noodles, but konjac udon noodles.

The unique qualities of Madame de Lei Hua's Italian meat sauce pasta only truly emerge after the udon noodles are sucked into the mouth.

Although Xiangji Xiangji is not the original dish of Lady Leihua, this dish, constructed according to the recipe framework, still retains some of the characteristics of Lady Leihua's cuisine.

Extreme dominance!

Lady Lei Hua's cooking style is completely different from Chef Abe's; it is aloof and domineering.

boom boom boom.

The seafood meat sauce, made with diced shiitake mushrooms and chopped scallops, has an incredibly rich aroma that explodes on Ryoko Sakaki's and her friends' tongues like a bomb.

Shiitake mushrooms and scallops.

Is it possible to make such a rich and fragrant sauce with just two simple ingredients?

Ahh~ Ahh~

The aroma of the Italian sauce is incredibly rich, yet incredibly delicate and smooth.

The sweet onions and savory tomatoes release their umami flavors little by little, perfectly blending with the aromas of shiitake mushrooms and scallops.

The flavor is so light and refreshing, yet the sensation it brings is so intense that you can't stop eating it.

An absolutely exquisite taste.

Tomatoes and onions seem to come alive inside my body, making me feel like I'm melting.

Ah ah ah~

Ah ah ah~

Ryoko Sakaki and Ryudou Kobayashi's voices echoed throughout the Polaris Dormitory's lobby.

……

"Wow, that's amazing!"

"It's clearly an Italian meat sauce pasta recipe left behind by a chef from the Chinese culinary world, yet it has such an amazing taste. Is this Chef Long?" Ryoko Sakaki murmured, her face flushed.

“Ryoko, the reason why Xiang Ji’s dishes taste so good is not only because of the recipe, but also because of Xiang Ji’s culinary skills.”

"Recipes left behind by a Chinese master chef."

“Even if we know the recipe, I don’t think we could ever make it taste like what Senior Xiang Ji made, right?” Yoshino Yuuki couldn’t help but say.

"Hmm."

“Senior Xiang Ji’s culinary skills are indeed very impressive.” Alice Nakiri, who had put down her fork, nodded seriously in agreement.

“I want to keep the recipe from Chef Long back then. The taste should be similar to that of Senior Xiang Ji,” Yoshino Yuuki couldn’t help but continue.

"Yuuki, my cooking skills are still far from good enough."

“This dish of mine is not the original recipe for Italian meat sauce pasta, and I can’t even make the original Italian meat sauce pasta.” After hearing what Yoshino Yuuki and the others said, Xiang Ji shook his head slightly.

It's not surprising that Yoshino Yuuki and the others didn't know that glowing dishes actually exist.

But Xiang Ji was well aware of just how terrifying the culinary world depicted in the storyline of "MasterChef Ninja" truly was.

Based on my current culinary skills, if I were in the world of "Cooking Master Boy," I would be a standard extra, at best a supporting character in the first stage of the master chef exam.

The dishes don't even shine. With cooking skills like that, how can you claim to be a master chef?

"what?"

"What? How is this possible?" Upon hearing Xiang Ji's words, Yoshino Yuuki's face showed an expression of disbelief.

The dishes prepared by Master Xiang Ji are already so delicious, yet he said he has not yet made the original version of Italian meat sauce pasta. Just how difficult is it to cook the recipe for Italian meat sauce pasta left by the Chinese master chef?

While Yoshino Yuuki and the others were shocked, Kobayashi Ryudou's attention was elsewhere.

"Xiang Ji, do you think the original recipe for Italian Bolognese is even more delicious than this one?" Kobayashi Ryudai looked at Xiang Ji with sparkling eyes.

I want to eat it, I want to eat it, I want to eat the original version of this dish.

Kobayashi Ryudai's eyes were filled with longing as he looked at Xiang Ji, wishing he could ask him directly when he could make the original Italian meat sauce pasta.

"OK OK."

"Whenever I can make the original recipe, I promise to cook it for you as soon as possible."