Food Wars: Starting with Equipping the Greedy Wolf Pot

Golden taimen?

Returning to Polaris Dormitory was a pleasant surprise. Sitting in the passenger seat, Dojima Gin watched as Polaris Dormitory slowly disappeared behind them.

"The imperial register?"

"What kind of performance will you deliver in the upcoming autumn selection? We're really looking forward to it!"

"There's still one month left~"

Now, Nakiri Munee is also leaving Polaris Dormitory with Dojima Gin.

"Damn it~ Damn it~"

"We've already returned to my beloved Alice, so why do we have to be separated again?" Nakiri Munee squeezed his hand tightly.

……

The morning after the tasting at Retsu Ice Fresh Tei Mountain ended, the people in Polar Star Lodge also began their summer vacation.

"You idiot, Liang, why didn't you remind me? Father is waiting for us." Xiang Ji had just arrived at the hall of the Polaris Dormitory when he saw Alice Nakiri hitting Ryo Kurokiba.

“Miss, I already called you.” Kurokiba Ryo replied lazily. To Kurokiba Ryo, Nakiri Alice’s pink fist was no different from a massage.

"Shut up! Can't you be a little more respectful to me like that annoying little sidekick Erina is?"

"Miss, have I already been very respectful to you?"

"You idiot, Ryo, you're not respecting me enough! You idiot, show me some respect!" Alice Nakiri huffed.

"Alice, Kurokiba, are you going back?"

"Senior Xiang Ji?"

"Mmm, mmm, mmm, Ryo and I are going back to Denmark for summer vacation." As Alice Nakiri turned around to answer Xiang Ji's question, her pink fists hitting Ryo Kurokiba showed no sign of stopping.

"Miss has already told Madam that she will go back to visit Madam this summer vacation."

"Furthermore, Miss is also planning to check Nakiri International's database when she returns to Denmark this time, to see if she can find the Golden Shark that Senior Xiang mentioned," Kurokiba Ryo also explained.

"Idiot A-Liang, why are you telling Senior Xiang Ji this?"

"I was planning to give Senior Xiang Ji a surprise, but you've ruined it all!" Alice Nakiri shouted angrily.

"Senior Xiang Ji".

"After returning to Denmark, I asked my father to help me continue searching for the non-melting ice you wanted, as well as the golden sea bream," Alice Nakiri said, turning to Xiang Ji.

"Thank you, Alice." Xiang Ji smiled.

"Senior Xiang Ji, what are you planning to do this summer vacation? Are you going to travel like Senior Longdan and the others to prepare for the autumn selection in September?" Alice Nakiri asked Xiang Ji curiously.

After yesterday's tasting event at Retsusan Seishiyama, Tsukasa Eishi, Kobayashi Ryudou, and the others hurriedly left Polar Star Dormitory.

"Me? I'm planning to reopen my family's little shop this summer, since I haven't been back for three months."

"Go back and clean the shop, give it some fresh air," Xiang Ji replied calmly.

"Huh? Senior Xiang Ji's family actually runs a restaurant?" Alice Nakiri's eyes widened after hearing Xiang Ji's answer, and she looked at Xiang Ji with curiosity.

“My family’s little shop is not a restaurant, it’s just a very ordinary street shop.”

“Senior Xiang Ji, but now your right hand?” Alice Nakiri blinked and continued.

"It's alright, only my right hand is injured. The injury isn't as serious as you think. Besides, my left hand is perfectly fine." Xiang Ji raised his left hand.

"It's just a simple cleaning and stuff, nothing special."

"And I also want to reopen the shop in my family's home," Xiang Ji continued with a smile.

……

"My hand is really fine." Xiang Ji looked at Tadokoro Megumi and the others beside him with some helplessness and even a headache.

“Senior Xiang Ji, your right hand is not yet healed, you must rest and recuperate properly now.” Tadokoro Megumi, carrying her luggage, looked at Xiang Ji with a stubborn gaze.

“Yes, yes, yes, Senior Xiang Ji, your hand was injured while cooking for us. How could we possibly leave you alone?” Yoshino Yuuki said just as earnestly.

“Senior Xiang Ji, since none of us are planning to go back this summer, we can come and help you out.”

“Your family’s little shop hasn’t been open for so long, you must need some manpower to clean it up,” Ryoko Sakaki said repeatedly.

“Senior Xiang Ji, leave the cleaning to the two of us. Daigo and I have plenty of strength, right, Daigo?” Sato Shoji patted his chest forcefully.

“That’s right, Senior Xiang Ji, you can rest assured to leave these tasks to us.” Daigo Aoki nodded vigorously.

"Yes, yes, when you open for business, Senior Xiang, your shop will need some manpower, right?"

“I’ve been helping out at my family’s inn since I was a child, greeting guests, cleaning, and handling accounts and collecting money,” Megumi Tadokoro continued.

"Senior Xiang Ji, we will definitely be able to help you."

“Yes, yes, yes, Xiaohui is absolutely right. We can definitely help you, Senior Xiang Ji,” Yoshino Yuuki quickly added.

When Xiang Ji said he planned to open a shop when he got home during the summer vacation, Tadokoro Megumi and the others all volunteered to help him. Sakaki Ryoko and the others even changed their original plans.

Xiang Ji was deeply moved by Tadokoro Megumi and Sakaki Ryoko's actions.

The problem is, I'm not at the point where I need help even to carry my luggage.

……

"Is this the small shop run by Xiang Ji's family?" Upon arriving at Xiang Ji's shop, Tadokoro and the others were stunned.

Although Xiang Ji had said that his family ran just an ordinary small shop, Tadokoro and the others still didn't expect that Xiang Ji's shop was really that ordinary.

It's really the kind you can see anywhere on the roadside.

While Tadokoro and the others were surprised by Xiang Ji's family, Sachi was staring intently at Xiang Ji's small shop.

"Hehehe, this is Xiang Jijun's home."

"Will this be the place where Xiang Ji and I will live together from now on?" Saqi's mouth watered as soon as he thought about this scene.

Since Megumi Tadokoro and Ryoko Sakaki insisted on coming along, how could Saki be absent? Saki only stayed in the Polaris Dormitory because of Xiang Ji!

Looking at Saqi's flushed and distorted expression, Xiang Ji felt his headache getting worse.

Yes, that's right.

At most, Tadokoro and the others could only frustrate Xiang Ji, but what gave Xiang Ji a headache was Sachi.

Putting everything else aside, last night, Saqi took advantage of Xiang Ji's injured right hand making it inconvenient for him to take a bath, shamelessly insisting on giving Xiang Ji a bath.

If it weren't for Omiya Fumio's timely intervention to forcibly suppress Sachi, Xiang Ji's innocence would have been lost.

Chapter 138 Exaggerated Ingredient Quantities, Golden Ratio Shumai

Many hands make light work.

With the help of Megumi Arita and her group, especially with the two heavy laborers, Shoji Sato and Daigo Aoki, the Xiang family's small shop was quickly cleaned up.

They even cleaned the shop's signboard spotlessly.

……

"Thank you all for your hard work."

"It's already noon, let me make something for everyone to eat," Xiang Ji said to Tadokoro Megumi and the others, who had forced him to rest.

"Wait, Senior Xiang Ji."

“Your hand isn’t fully healed yet, so please let us do the cooking,” Tadokoro Megumi insisted.

"Yes, yes, yes, Senior Xiang Ji, you should continue to rest. Come and try our cooking from time to time," Yoshino Yuuki said, stretching her shoulders.

“Senior Xiang Ji, Yuuki and the others are right. There’s no reason for injured people to cook. We should take care of the cooking.” Ryoko Sakaki also spoke up earnestly.

"Hehehe, I will definitely make the best nutritious meal." Saqi stared at Xiang Ji with a chilling smile.

Xiang Ji: "..."

Even setting aside the terrifying Sachi, Tadokoro and the others have already said so much, what else can Xiang Ji say?

Since Tadokoro and the others insist on doing it, let them do it. I can just use this opportunity to collect data for the spice inequality database.

……

Experience +1.

Experience +1.

Experience +1.

……

After finishing lunch, Yoshino Yuuki and the others immediately said goodbye to Xiang Ji, leaving only Tadokoro Megumi and Saki with Xiang Ji.

The reason is simple: Xiang Ji's small shop couldn't accommodate so many of them, so leaving two people to help was enough.

Megumi Tadokoro and Ryoko Sakaki have already discussed it and will take turns working from Totsuki Academy to Xiang Ji's house, since it won't take much time to get there.

The only person who was dissatisfied with this situation was Sachi.

Shift work? What shift work! She doesn't need to rest.

But no matter how vehemently Sachi protests this matter, Xiang Ji will not keep this dangerous fellow by his side for long.

God knows what Sachi might do.

"Senior Xiang Ji, should I hang up the shop's opening sign now?" Tadokoro Megumi instantly got into work mode.

“Let’s go to the market to buy some ingredients first. The ingredients in the store aren’t enough to test my cooking,” Xiang Ji said with a smile.

After cleaning the shop and preparing lunch, Megumi Tadokoro and the others made a point of buying extra ingredients, since there was nothing edible left in Xiang Ji's shop.

“Senior Xiang Ji, what ingredients do you need? I’ll go buy them,” Tadokoro Megumi replied immediately.

“Xiao Hui, that won’t do. How can a chef not personally select the ingredients? Besides, you can’t buy them all by yourself.” Xiang Ji waved his hand.

"Let's go, let's go to the Riverside Market first."

"The ingredients I'm going to use for the experiment can't be bought at ordinary food stores," Xiang Ji continued with a smile.

"Eh? Eh? Eh?" Tadokoro Megumi stared blankly at Xiang Ji. What kind of ingredients did Senior Xiang Ji want to buy?

……

Japanese prawns (blue prawns), Humen prawns, Chinese prawns...

At the riverside market, Tadokoro Megumi watched as Shoji selected various kinds of shrimp ingredients in the shop, and she couldn't help but be a little stunned.

I bought too many books, not in terms of quantity, but in terms of variety.

From common shrimp in Chinese cuisine to large shrimp from South America and the Arctic, from freshwater shrimp to saltwater shrimp, it seems like Xiang Ji wants to buy all kinds of shrimp.

No wonder Mr. Xiang came to the Riverside Market; only the Riverside Market in all of Tokyo has such a complete selection of products.

However, what kind of dish was the experimental dish that Senior Xiang Ji mentioned earlier, that would use so many different kinds of prawns?

Riverside Food was just the beginning. After buying all kinds of prawns sold in the Riverside Market, Xiang Ji took Tadokoro Megumi to a market that specializes in selling poultry.

All kinds of eggs.

Red-shelled, white-shelled, pink-shelled, green-shelled, free-range eggs, wood-fired eggs, grass-fed eggs... all kinds of eggs.

Next came a variety of different vegetables.

Xiang Ji led her and Saqi to the meat market. Watching Xiang Ji buy up all kinds of Jinhua ham in a store selling Chinese ingredients, Tadokoro Megumi was now completely numb.

So many ingredients.

What kind of dish is Senior Xiang Ji making? Could it be another one with dangerous ingredients like that Lieshan Fresh Tai Shan dish?

……

Prawns, vegetables, eggs, and Jinhua ham.

The dish that Xiang Ji was preparing to experiment with was about to be unveiled: the legendary dish that stands at the pinnacle of shumai cuisine, the Golden Ratio Shumai.

Yes, that's right.

After the questions for the preliminary rounds of the Autumn Selection were released, Xiang Ji prepared to use the Golden Ratio Shumai dish to participate in the Autumn Selection.

Golden Ratio Shumai – this dish was something that once made Liu Maoxing feel hopeless.

As for the "Great Universe Shaomai," which stands at the pinnacle of shaomai, just like the Golden Ratio Shaomai, Xiang Ji never even considered it.