Have you ever seen glowing food? That's why you draw a food-themed anime.

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Xu Zhou was somewhat stunned; this was a completely unfamiliar territory for him: "Why would there be such a request?"

Wang Lulu is clearly very knowledgeable about these aspects.

After finishing the last piece of meat, leaving not a drop of sauce on the plate, she looked at him with reluctance.

"Our country has a rich culinary culture, and everyone loves to eat out, of course, for the sake of food safety."

“When an ordinary restaurant first opens, it usually doesn’t have many staff members. If there is only one chef in the kitchen, the amount of food prepared is limited.”

Xu Zhou understood immediately; back in his previous life on Earth, pre-cooked meals were everywhere.

Many food delivery services don't have physical stores and rely entirely on pre-made dishes. Even large restaurants rely on pre-made dishes, and chicken soup is made using technology.

Later on, I even figured out how to find freshly cooked takeout on my own.

Skip those without physical stores.

The fact that dozens of stir-fried dishes are displayed in the store, offering whatever you want to eat, suggests that they are most likely not freshly cooked.

After all, freshly cooked dishes require pre-prepared ingredients, and if too many ingredients are prepared and cannot be sold, it can easily lead to waste.

Therefore, unless a restaurant is very large, most small stir-fry shops that serve freshly cooked dishes will only offer a maximum of a dozen or so dishes.

"It seems that some small restaurants are only allowed to sell five dishes."

Wang Lulu muttered, "This rule is about to be implemented, and Songnan City is going to crack down on it. Boss, you'd better hurry up and pass the exam."

This is a parallel world.

There are food associations and restaurant ratings.

Chapter 12 Could the son be a culinary genius?

On the way back, Xu Zhou asked about the restaurant's rating during dinner.

Unexpectedly, they knew about this.

Xu Yi nodded and looked at his son: "We know, that's why we were planning to turn this shop into a small supermarket."

"Your mother and I are just so-so cooks, we definitely won't pass the certification exam. If that happens, our restaurant won't be any better, and we won't have many dishes, so even fewer people will come."

"By the way, that shop is our own, there's no rent, and it's registered in your name..."

Seeing them chattering away, Xu Zhou simply placed the two bowls of oyster congee he had brought for them on the table.

"I brought these for you."

"what?"

"Porridge."

Xu Zhou paused, then added, "I made it; it's the porridge sold in the shop."

Porridge? Is your son thinking of turning it into a breakfast shop?

Upon hearing this, the two first looked relieved, then somewhat troubled. Zhang Yinghong looked at them with concern: "Son, this breakfast shop... it's not a bad idea, but if we turn it into a breakfast shop, can you get up that early?"

"Working at a breakfast shop is too tough."

She couldn't accept the thought of her son having to get up in the middle of the night to prepare, and she didn't want him to work so hard.

"It's not a breakfast shop..."

Xu Zhou didn't explain much, but urged them to drink it while it was hot.

With a heavy heart, Zhang Yinghong still took a sip of porridge, after all, it was made by her son himself.

She took a bite casually at first, but when that mouthful of porridge went down her throat, her eyes widened in surprise.

The intense sweetness overwhelmed Zhang Yinghong's senses. The congee base was incredibly smooth, and the tender white oysters it contained were so soft, tender, and fresh that one could almost swallow their tongues.

When you gently bite into an oyster, the soft, white flesh is filled with the exquisite flavor of top-quality seafood.

Her mind went blank for a moment, and she felt incredulous.

Is this the kind of porridge my own son could make?

Is my son truly a culinary genius?

Isn't this just too delicious?

Zhang Yinghong took a bite of the oyster with a confused yet cautious expression. The moment the glossy, smooth, white, and sweet oyster entered her mouth, she felt a shiver run through her body.

"This...this...this taste..."

"Son, did you really make this yourself?"

"Ah."

Xu Zhou grinned and said, "This bowl of oyster congee costs 660 yuan, Mom, you have to finish it."

Although I've been transported to a parallel food world, thankfully, my own parents are still here with me.

However, the food system in this world is quite different.

Xu Yi and Zhang Yinghong were stunned when they heard the price of 660.

"How many!?"

"Six hundred and sixty?"

"Son, you mean the dishes at our store cost 660?"

Xu Zhou nodded without any guilt: "That's right, the raw materials alone cost over four hundred, and I used only the highest quality materials."

This made Zhang Yinghong feel a little regretful. She carefully poured the last little bit of porridge in the bowl into her mouth.

"Oh dear... I should have drunk it more slowly, Mom."

"They drank it too fast; it was gone before we could even taste much of the flavor."

Xu Zhou didn't take it to heart when he saw his parents like this: "It's okay, I'll bring you some more in a few days."

Zhang Yinghong's eyes were full of pride, and she seemed quite pleased with herself.

My son's cooking skills are no worse than those of a professional chef!

That tasted amazing; it was the best thing she had ever tasted in her life.

...

After dinner.

After returning to his room, Xu Zhou immediately began working on the comics.

I plan to work on finishing a few more chapters of the comic in the next two days.

The latter half of the second episode is almost entirely a solo performance by the male protagonist, the red-haired boy Yukihira Soma.

The female protagonist, Erina Nakiri, has absolutely no idea that the male protagonist, who runs a small shop, can make decent food.

The male protagonist then served the transformed egg rice to the female protagonist, who looked disappointed when she saw that it was just an ordinary bowl of egg rice.

"Before me, who possesses what is known as the God Tongue, only the finest dishes, with their perfect color, aroma, and taste, are presented to me."

"You actually fed me this kind of food, even though I grew up in a food paradise."

"The exam ends here."

The female protagonist, Erina Nakiri, turned and left.

...

When Xu Zhou got to this part of the drawing, he couldn't help but want to complain: "What's wrong with rice mixed with eggs? If it's steamed egg custard mixed with rice, and you add some soy sauce and sesame oil, it would be so delicious!"

"You look down on steamed egg custard with rice?"

After making a few complaints, I continued drawing.

soon.

The second episode of Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma also reached its climax.

The male protagonist is finally about to reveal the secrets of his delicious dish.

"The true nature of this dish is about to be revealed."

"Just take a good look. The true value of egg rice can only be realized when it's cooked with white rice."

After the male protagonist finished speaking, something seemed to be hidden under the small dish of eggs.

After placing the egg on top of the rice.

The chicken wing jelly inside the egg melts into a broth as the rice heats up, coating every grain of rice.

Every bite seems to taste the bonito, chicken wings, and sake in the aspic.

Such a dish was clearly beyond the female protagonist's expectations.

The final scene of the second episode freezes on the male protagonist's line: "Indeed, our family's restaurant is just a small place."

"You are indeed in the upper echelons of the culinary world, but if you always sit at the top and look down on others, you will not be able to make good dishes."

"Is my cooking delicious or terrible? Tell me."

The male protagonist, Soma Yukihira, crossed his arms and spoke confidently.

Xu Zhou stopped drawing at this point and uploaded the second half of the second chapter instead.

...

After successful upload.

Xu Zhou carefully examined the recipe he had drawn, and upon seeing each ingredient listed, he couldn't help but complain.

"This egg rice dish looks expensive!"

"The meat jelly requires bonito flakes, chicken wings, ingredients for making broth, four eggs, and rice..."

"The ingredients for this dish are definitely more expensive than those for porridge."

While complaining, he glanced at the data of his comic.

The growth rate seems to be higher these past two days than before.

Both page views and number of favorites have increased significantly.