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

"If we didn't use pectin, the taste would definitely be much better than it is now."

Xu Zhou paused, then continued, "But the cut of beef and the cooking method weren't right; it's like beef wrapped in fried rice..."

"It's not that delicious, but it's not that great either."

Upon hearing Xu Zhou's words, the students from Songbei were furious.

Luo Fei, on the other hand, was delighted and couldn't help but frequently cast glances at Xu Zhou.

A mouth substitute!

This is practically my mouth double!

I feel guilty giving out even eight points!

I'm afraid when I get back to Songchuan, the provincial capital, my friends will see this video and laugh at me!

If it weren't for the fact that it was just an exchange between universities in two small cities, how could we possibly get eight points in a real competition?

...

Lei Jie took his food away, a forced smile on his face.

"Alright, let me see your dishes then."

"Perhaps I am indeed lacking in this area, and I hope that the other schools can give me a surprise."

Could you possibly make a flower?

He paused, then asked in a low, somber tone, "I wonder what materials you chose?"

Xu Zhou had the staff carry up the ingredients he had brought and placed to the side.

Then he smiled and said, "I'm also making A5 beef."

"..."

Lei Jie's expression froze as he stared intently at Xu Zhou: "You mean, you want to make A5 beef like me?"

"Yes, that's right."

"..."

"However, I chose a different part than you."

Xu Zhou opened the materials he had chosen and took out the top-grade A5 ingredient from the Meat Charm family.

When the top-quality material was brought out, its mesmerizing frost and snowflake patterns caused those around to gasp in amazement.

"Holy shit..."

"Isn't this meat amazing? There's no point in even comparing it! This is a complete game-changer!"

Top-quality meat!

The patterns on these frosty patterns!

Such beautiful color!

Even the fat layer at the edges is extremely even.

Just by being placed under the light, it's eye-catching enough.

This teacher's ingredients are really high-end! This beef even looks to be of higher quality than Lei Jie's beef!

...

"This is impossible!"

Lei Jie jumped to his feet, staring intently at the piece of meat in front of him, completely dumbfounded.

Where would Xu Zhou get the money to buy meat of this quality?

Isn't he just an ordinary boss in a small city?

Luo Fei, who was originally a judge, was staring wide-eyed.

I never expected to find such a pleasant surprise in such a small city!

He couldn't resist jogging up, carefully placing his hand on the surface to touch it, his face full of fascination: "This meat... is amazing."

"Oh my god."

"If I could eat this meat today, it would be so delicious!"

Just looking at it made Luo Fei's mouth water.

...

The students at Songbei College next door are all majoring in culinary arts.

The quality of this beef is so good that you can tell just by looking at it that this piece is obviously much better than Lei Jie's.

Seeing Xu Zhou standing calmly in front of the piece of meat, everyone's hearts skipped a beat.

This teacher…

Could he actually have some skills?

Otherwise, why would they be willing to bring such amazing meat to the school exchange meeting?

The people in Songbei's live stream were also dumbfounded.

Is this meat special?

[Remove the word "very," it's "extremely amazing," okay? Look at the marbling and texture of this meat; it's simply incomparable to Teacher Lei's piece of meat.]

What's there to compare this meat to? Just grilling it makes the meat itself taste amazing.

The smiles on the faces of the people from Songbei University vanished instantly.

The people from Songnan University had smiles on their faces and started excitedly shouting from the sidelines.

"Go, Teacher Xu!"

"Teacher Xu is awesome!"

"Young boss, you're the best!"

Why aren't the people from Songbei Culinary Academy across the street smiling? Don't they like to smile?

...

Xu Zhou saw the smiling faces of the people from Songnan University and waved to them.

"Today I'm going to make a roti set meal."

"This dish is mainly made by roasting and controlling the temperature of the meat itself."

"Now I'm going to begin."

After saying that, he put on his chef's uniform and then slowly began to put on his gloves and chef's hat.

The whole action was very ceremonial.

Even everyone, seeing Xu Zhou's serious expression, consciously lowered their voices.

...

The reporter from Songbei's self-media originally planned to just take pictures of Lei Jie's dishes and then leave.

However, when the camera zoomed in on Xu Zhou slowly changing into his chef's uniform, and saw the sudden change in his demeanor, the camera couldn't look away.

After changing into a chef's uniform, the young man in front of me completely changed his demeanor. He calmly picked up the meat and began to put the whole piece into the pan to fry.

Sizzle...

The hot butter seared the surface of the large pieces of beef.

He slowly and deliberately began to drizzle oil over the surface of the meat.

While making this dish, with the power of the Meat Charm, Xu Zhou felt as if he had complete control over the temperature of the entire piece of meat.

The process of applying oil to the surface and coloring it is neither too fast nor too slow.

Ensure that every part of the meat surface is evenly colored.

"After frying, it's time to start baking."

Xu Zhou looked at the reporter holding the camera and pointing it at him, so he gave a brief explanation: "This time I used an oven. It is necessary to ensure that every side of the whole piece of meat is heated evenly, which is also the difficulty of using an oven."

difficulty!

Everyone's hearts jumped into their throats upon hearing this.

If that's a difficult part, then do we need to measure the temperature and angle...?

The students from the Culinary Arts Department of Songnan University even stood up to carefully examine the difficulty Xu Zhou was pointing out.

Many students in the back rows also protested.

"Don't stand up in front of you!"

"What are we supposed to see if you stand up?"

"sit down!"

Everyone craned their necks, widened their eyes, and stared intently, afraid of missing a single second.

...

Available in the next second.

Under everyone's expectant gaze.

Xu Zhou simply placed the meat on the tray, glanced at its position inside the oven, and casually stuffed it in: "Alright, now we'll bake it at high temperature."

High temperatures cause the Maillard reaction to occur on the surface of meat.

Thinking of Maillard's reaction, Xu Zhou immediately thought of Lei Jie's mirror image over there.

Talk about it.

These two do have something in common, since they both have a shell on the surface.

The only difference is that the surface of my dish has a naturally caramelized crust created by the Maillard reaction, which not only locks in the moisture of the beef inside but also adds flavor to the surface.

The people around him were stunned when they saw him just casually stuff it in.

Didn't you say it was the difficult part?

What are the difficulties?

Seeing the eager looks on the faces of the students from Songnan University, Xu Zhou hesitated for a moment, unsure how to explain it to them.

"Find a spot where the whole piece of beef can be heated."

"Just pay attention when you watch it."

The student next to him: "..."

Seeing everyone's confused looks, Xu Zhou tried his best to explain: "Ninety degrees, the cross-section on the side, and the one above."

The student next to him: "..."

Teacher Xu is truly a genius!

The world of geniuses is indeed different from ours!

He can determine which area will be heated evenly with just a glance! That's terrifying!

And in everyone's eyes.

The meat in the oven is done.

The whole barbecue was steaming hot, and the aroma of the barbecue filled the entire venue.

The cross-section is cherry red, while the surface has a different colored outer shell, just like Teacher Lei Jie's meat.

Uniform.

The light brown, saccharified shell looks shiny and oily, extremely beautiful.

Lei Jie, who was standing next to him, was stunned.

"How can this be!"

"Just by baking, it can turn out this beautiful..."