The story of Shokugeki begins when Alice picks him up and brings him home

"Have you finished washing? From this point of view, you look pretty decent."

Looking at Shirabuchi who had just finished a shower and whose hair was still wet, Nakiri Alice's eyes lit up and she praised him very directly.

"Miss Alice is lovely too."

"Of course, but I'd rather you praise me for being pretty. I'm just not fully grown yet. When I grow up, I will definitely be the most beautiful and charming woman around here!"

Hearing Bai Yuan's praise, the corners of Alice Nakiri's mouth slightly raised. She seemed to be in a good mood and was obviously very pleased with it.

"Wait another half an hour or so, and then you will be able to eat the best baked potatoes with cheese in the world! Don't be scared."

Alice Nakiri said as she stretched out a finger with a smug smile on her face. This was the dish she had learned recently and even her mother praised her for her good cooking!

"Okay, I'll look forward to it."

Bai Yuan nodded. From the aroma in the air, he could clearly sense that this cheese baked potatoes still needed a lot of improvement. How should he tell this young lady later?

Thinking of this, Bai Yuan couldn't help but frowned in annoyance.

Chapter 3: Bai Yuan takes action, baked potatoes with cheese (revised)

"How is it? You seem to be enjoying it. This must be the most delicious baked potatoes with cheese you have ever eaten!"

Looking at Shirabuchi in front of her eating with big mouthfuls, not caring at all about the hot baked potatoes with cheese, Alice Nakiri elegantly took a fork to take a piece, let it cool in the air for a while, and then put it into her mouth, showing her ladylike demeanor.

"It tastes good if the butter at the bottom can be spread instead of cut into small pieces. Add some white wine when frying bacon and onions. It would be better to slice the potatoes thinly and put them in layers."

Although he could directly praise the deliciousness of the dish, Bai Yuan's habit developed over many years in the dark cuisine world made him blurt out the shortcomings of the dish.

However, since he was under someone else's roof, Bai Yuan suppressed his strong desire to complain and explained the problems with the food in a relatively rational manner.

If those people in the dark cuisine world saw him like this, they would be shocked and would praise him for being so gentle.

"What? There's no way my baked potatoes with cheese has as many problems as you said! Have you ever eaten this dish?"

Hearing Bai Yuan's words, the smile on Alice Nakiri's face froze. She pouted in dissatisfaction, and her cheeks swelled visibly. If you looked closely, you could see an angry blush on them.

There was no way. She had just been boasting that her cheese baked potatoes were the best in the world, but now Bai Yuan was picking on all kinds of faults with them. It was hard not to feel ashamed.

"If possible, I would like to borrow your kitchen. I will make some improvements based on what I just mentioned, and the taste should be two or three levels better."

After finishing the cheese baked potatoes on the plate, Bai Yuan looked up at Alice Nakiri. He was not surprised by her performance.

He invited a poor little beggar to his home and cooked his own specialty dishes, but he was despised by him. Anyone would be very angry, but he didn't ask anyone to chase him away immediately. He had good manners already.

"Okay! I'll lend you my kitchen, but if you can't do it, leave my house immediately! And apologize to me!"

Hearing Bai Yuan's words, Nakiri Alice's face suddenly turned cold. She thought to herself that if this guy was really talking nonsense, she would definitely despise him and kick him out!

"Thank you."

Bai Yuan nodded politely, knowing that in this situation the only way to prove himself was to use cooking. As long as he could prove himself, he was confident that he could make the other party's attitude change drastically!

As the strongest in the dark cuisine world, Bai Yuan does have some confidence in this.

After all, there were many beautiful women who shamelessly offered themselves to him in order to get a share of his food.

If he hadn't been too young at the time, he would have been willing but unable to do it, and in the end he could only try it a few times. Sometimes when he was in the mood, he would try other things.

As he spoke, he had already arrived at the kitchen, but he was not in a hurry to cook. Instead, he observed the layout of the kitchen and placed the cooking ingredients he would use later on the table.

At this moment, Nakiri Alice had already walked over and was looking at him with her arms across her chest, wanting to see if his strength could support him to say those words.

Facing Alice Nakiri's burning gaze, Bai Yuan turned around and gave her a friendly smile. Then he moved the chair the girl was standing on in front of the wok away and started working on the stove with nimble hands and feet.

"boom."

The flames burned fiercely on the stove, accompanied by an astonishing heat wave. Bai Yuan actually turned the fire to the highest level from the beginning!

"Is it still a little bit lacking... You can't stir-fry something with a small stove at home. Never mind, let's just make do with this."

Feeling the heat waves brought by the flames, Bai Yuan's expression was not very satisfied. He muttered a few words under his breath. Nakiri Alice frowned when she saw him starting the fire without even cutting the vegetables.

"You'd better cut the vegetables first before turning on the fire, otherwise the temperature in the pan will be too high and the vegetables will get burnt right after they are put into the pan. Have you ever cooked before?"

Looking at Bai Yuan's extremely 'novice' operation, Nakiri Alice couldn't help but speak, wondering in her heart whether it was necessary to continue cooking.

Facing Alice Nakiri's questioning, Bai Yuan's expression remained unchanged. At this moment he had completely entered the cooking state. He just raised and lowered his hand, and bacon appeared on the chopping board.

“Da da da da da da da…”

The knife in his hand cut on the chopping board at an astonishing speed. Countless bacon strips cut into equal lengths and widths flew up into the air and all entered the pot in less than a second!

The oil had just been heated at this moment, and as the freshly cut bacon was put into the pan, a pleasant sizzling sound was heard. Then, with two beautiful flips of the pan, the ingredients flew high up and returned to the pan one by one.

Only the ingredients at the bottom were turned to the top, and the deep part of the bacon was also moved to the bottom. At the same time, Bai Yuan began to cut onions.

"What's going on? How come the bacon was cut in less than a second?!"

Looking at the bacon sizzling in the pot, Alice Nakiri had completely forgotten about being angry. She opened her mouth and stared with her eyes wide open. Her gaze kept scanning the chopping board and the pot, and finally she saw clearly what Bai Yuan was doing.

He put the knife on the chopping board and held the onion with his other hand. Then, with a flash of the knife, the onion became strips of equal size and flew into the frying pan, staying together with the bacon strips lovingly.

You can't see clearly!

Alice Nakiri roared in her heart, what kind of monster did she pick up? Even though she was from a gourmet family, she had never heard of or seen such a technique!

"The white wine I just mentioned is used to enhance the flavor, and it cannot be poured directly into the pot. Instead, it should be cooked in from the edge of the pot so that the flavor can better blend with the dish."

After the bacon is stir-fried, add the onion. After both are stir-fried until fragrant, add the white wine. This will allow the aromas of the two to blend better and add a new flavor.

That’s what haute cuisine is all about.

The flavors are accumulated one after another, and eventually the sum of the parts is greater than the sum of the parts.

Although Bai Yuan was making this baked potato with cheese for the first time, with his knowledge and vision, he was able to surpass Alice Nakiri's baked potato with cheese in all aspects after improving the details.

"Gudu."

Smelling the extremely rich aroma from the wok, Alice Nakiri's stomach, which had just eaten cheese baked potatoes, started growling again.

At the same time, she felt a desire in her heart, a desire to eat the filling in front of her immediately! But it was just the filling of the dish of baked potatoes with cheese! How could it have such magic! She swallowed her saliva crazily.

Damn it! Control yourself!

Put the cooked filling into the baking pan wrapped in tin foil, then take the butter that has been prepared long ago and rub a little on the bottom of the pan.

This is also done to enhance the flavor and prevent sticking, but in order to prevent it from being too greasy, it cannot be cut into small pieces and thrown away.

In addition, cut the potatoes into thin slices about 1 mm thick, and then spread them one by one across the entire sheet of tin foil.

The advantage of doing this is that it makes the taste of the dish richer.

Chapter 4: Glowing Food!

After arranging the potato slices neatly, Bai Yuan did not rush to put the fillings in them, but sprinkled a layer of pepper and a little salt to enhance the flavor.

He repeated this process three times, adding a 1:2 mixture of milk and cream, and at the same time he looked up and said to Alice Nakiri, "The proportions you made for this part are also wrong. If I tasted it correctly, the ratio of milk and cream should be 1:1.

From a technical point of view, if too much milk is added, the amount of water in the baked cheese potatoes will be too high and the flavor will not be enough. "

As he spoke, Bai Yuan covered the processed potatoes with a layer of greaseproof paper, pressed it with a heavy object with a large force-bearing area, and then wrapped it with a layer of tin foil. Only then did it meet the standards for being put into the oven.

He opened the oven at the side and felt the rolling heat coming from it. There was no particularly large error, so Bai Yuan put the baking tray in.

Use this baking pan to make cheese baked potatoes, preheat the top and bottom to 180 degrees, and bake for 40 minutes for the best result!

Feeling the change in aroma coming from the cheese baked potatoes after they entered the oven, Bai Yuan nodded with satisfaction, and then looked at Alice Nakiri.

At this moment, the annoyance and anger in the girl's eyes had completely disappeared, replaced by surprise, admiration, and a hint of anticipation.

Putting aside other things, the skills that Bai Yuan just displayed are already worth learning. The man in front of her is definitely an amazing top-class chef!

"Please wait a moment. I wonder if you have any popular recipes from the surrounding areas. I want to investigate the local customs and practices."

Looking at Alice Nakiri's admiring eyes, Bai Yuan immediately realized that she had taken the bait, so he put forward his request with a smile. He wanted to understand the tastes of the residents in the surrounding areas, which was also to prepare for opening a store in the future.

"Wait a moment, I'll get it for you."

Hearing Bai Yuan's words, Nakiri Alice immediately trotted back to her room and took out the book she was reading last night from the bedside table.

"Are you a top chef? Why have I never heard of you before? You have reached the level of a top chef at this age. That's amazing!"

As a descendant of the Nakiri family, Alice Nakiri has a pretty good eye. She has also met many great chefs and watched them cook.

However, no one has such superb knife skills as Bai Yuan.

Although it is impossible to judge a person's strength just by looking at his knife skills, but from a glimpse of the whole picture, we can see that the technique, which is more powerful than the special effects in the movies, is definitely not something that an ordinary chef can do!

At least she is totally incapable of doing so. Not only her, but also the teachers at Totsuki Academy and some top chefs she has met are all incapable of doing so!

By using a kitchen knife to cut the ingredients, the cut ingredients fly up and enter the frying pan in less than a second. It is hard to imagine how Bai Yuan did it.

In addition, after eating, Bai Yuan had an inexplicable aura, which made people realize his unusualness at a glance.

"I haven't participated in the relevant assessment, but if I have to classify it into levels, it's not an exaggeration to say that I'm a top-grade chef."

Although he wanted to demonstrate his value, Bai Yuan still said modestly that with his ability, even if he couldn't reach the level of Chef Long, he would be almost there.

Of course, he didn't have any outstanding achievements here, and the title of Chef Dragon only existed in "Cooking Master Boy", and he didn't know whether it existed in this world, so Bai Yuan naturally wouldn't say it easily.

"I think so. At least I haven't seen such a skill in any top chef! The ingredients are like obedient elves, and the fragrance in the air is also a level stronger than what I just had."

“You won’t be disappointed with the taste either.”

When meeting Bai Yuan, who was much stronger than herself, Nakiri Alice no longer put on airs like a young lady. More importantly, the opponent's level really convinced her, as could be seen from the smell coming from the oven!

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Time passed little by little. Bai Yuan picked up the recipe given by Alice Nakiri and flipped through it, greedily absorbing the knowledge from it.

Because of his young age, Bai Yuan has learned all the techniques in the dark cuisine world, but he doesn’t know much about foreign cuisine.

This was partly because he was still young and had not yet started traveling, but more importantly, China at that time had not seen any great foreign chefs, and the two sides rarely had opportunities to exchange cooking experiences.

The cheese baked potatoes in front of him were made because Bai Yuan had eaten French baked snails made by a French chef.

By judging the cooking methods and ingredients used by Alice Nakiri through the smell in the air, he finally came to a conclusion.

As for the approach, it is based on what I just saw and my personal experience.

"Tsk, tsk, it's really eye-opening."

Bai Yuan was amazed as he flipped through the books. His favorite thing in life was to read cookery books written by others. It would be even more exciting if he could learn something from them!

Half an hour passed in a flash. With the sound of "ding" from the oven, Bai Yuan quickly came to the oven. On the table next to it was the mozzarella cheese that had been prepared long ago.

Hold the baking tray in the air, grab the cheese with your other hand and sprinkle it on it until the surface of the potatoes is completely covered, then put it in the oven.

Turn off the lower heat, set the upper heat temperature to 240, and bake for 6-10 minutes.

During this process, Bai Yuan did not leave, but stared at the oven without blinking, because he wanted to observe the melting of the cheese and feel the changes in aroma to make it achieve the most perfect taste.

Seeing Bai Yuan so nervous, Nakiri Alice also clenched her fists and stood beside him without saying a word. The boy was particularly charming when he was serious, and she couldn't help but take a few more glances at him.

"It's now!"

Suddenly, Bai Yuan's eyes focused, and then he opened the oven. In an instant, dazzling golden light gushed out of the oven.

"Light? The food actually glows!?"

Alice Nakiri rubbed her eyes in shock and muttered to herself in disbelief. When she came to her senses, the light in front of her had gradually faded, revealing her true appearance.

"An illusion? Or..."

Looking at the food in front of her, Alice Nakiri couldn't help swallowing. The rich aroma filled the air and transformed into invisible little hands that kept pulling her.

"Eat me quickly, eat me quickly."