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

"Let's ask Xiaozhou for his opinion later. This shop belongs to our family, and it's registered in his name."

[A Must-Read for Dear Readers]:

First floor: Ichizuru Izakaya / Main dishes from Food Wars!

Second Floor: Yizhou Private Kitchen / Specializing in dishes from "Cooking Master Boy"

Third floor/Fourth floor/Fifth floor/...Other food-related content

Each floor's name and style will match a different food-themed anime. If the shop has a second floor, there will be a second manga.

[A pure, enjoyable story focused solely on cooking, with no frustrating moments.]

[Note: What I wrote were fantasy ingredients and comic book recipes. The restaurant mainly serves gourmet dishes and simple meals, all made in-house.]

[The restaurant focuses on high-volume, inexpensive food, where the owner only controls the time and ingredient ratios and guides family members in the preparation. For example, rice balls are just a way to promote the restaurant.]

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[Note: I love my country! I love China!]

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[Price Logic (Must Read!)]:

In the comic, ingredients whose prices are described remain at their original price level. Those without detailed descriptions are upgraded to top-tier fantasy ingredients by default.

The more exaggerated the customer reactions in the comic, the more expensive the ingredients in the recipe.

For example, the main ingredients are potatoes and supermarket bacon, but in the comic, the customer feels like they've been given Chinese medicine after eating it. When the imagined ingredients and recipe come to life, the system will match and upgrade the ingredients to produce that flavor.

Even the best cook can't make a meal with just ordinary supermarket potatoes and bacon that's like a thunderbolt from a strong Chinese medicine; that's the logic behind upgrading ingredients. (Several simple meals will be featured starting in Chapter 41!)

Only fantastical foods from anime, such as *Food Wars!*, *Cooking Master Boy*, *Restaurant to Another World*, *Midnight Diner*, and a whole host of other delicacies.

Chapter 2 I can add new dishes!

When it was time for dinner that evening, Xu Yi and Zhang Yinghong finally couldn't hold back any longer and told Xu Zhou about it.

"Son, what do you think?"

The couple looked somewhat uneasy as they laid out the izakaya bills for the month in front of Xu Zhou.

"Our store doesn't make much money. With such low ratings, not many customers are willing to come."

The two placed their bank cards on the table, their expressions uneasy.

"My parents thought it best to open a small supermarket with this shop, so they..."

"Let's keep this restaurant open."

Xu Zhou looked at the bank card on the table and thought for a moment: "Consider the money in the card as my initial start-up capital. I'll make up for it once the store is up and running."

Buying fantasy ingredients in the system will probably require funds, but the exact amount is currently unknown.

"sure?"

My mom looked at me with a hesitant expression: "Are you planning to keep driving?"

"Ah."

Xu Zhou grinned: "Mom, I have a new dish!"

New dishes?

The two were stunned. Didn't our son never learn to be a chef?

But seeing Xu Zhou's confident demeanor, neither of them said anything.

...

After a brief chat with his parents, Xu Zhou returned to his room to continue drawing the second half of the first episode.

But as soon as I opened the comments section, a fresh comment appeared.

[Can people who have never cooked please stop drawing food-themed anime?]

"..."

A qualified content creator should ignore negative reviews!

Xu Zhou took a deep breath, preparing to skip this comment.

I'm already a mature creator, so I won't stoop to the level of a hater!

Just as I was about to ignore it, I noticed that the user seemed annoyed and left another comment in the "Imitation Barbecue Dishes" section.

[Original recipes? Where did you get the courage? If you can't cook but want to draw food-themed anime, then copy a recipe. You can't even copy properly?]

"Taking a step back opens up a vast expanse... What a load of rubbish!"

[Cartoonist XiaoXU's reply: ?]

I edited a lot of text, but no matter how I looked at it, I felt that nothing was as simple and straightforward as a question mark.

After replying, there was no response from the other party for a long time.

It seems this comic book fan got so angry they left.

Xu Zhou glanced at the number of views and favorites: [Views: 1]

[Number of favorites: 0]

"never mind."

"Let's upload the second half of the first episode first."

"Golden light...more!"

"Make the villain's expression even more exaggerated!"

Xu Zhou picked up his drawing tablet and pen and began frantically working on his comics.

...

In the manga "Food Wars!"

When the protagonist, Soma Yukihira, served his dish, the villain was completely captivated.

The villain's henchmen rushed over, staring intently at the dish, as if they wanted to pounce on it like hungry tigers and take a bite.

The female villain's cheeks were flushed, and her eyes were glazed: "Please let me... taste... more!"

When Xu Zhou got to this point in the drawing, he couldn't help but complain, "Is this dish poisoned?"

"Isn't this reaction a bit over the top? The food anime in this world seem to be going for a realistic feel..."

After hesitating for a moment, Xu Zhou put all his thoughts aside.

whatever!

Can a food anime be called a food anime if it doesn't have golden light?

...

The second half of the first episode mainly consists of scenes of tasting.

After tasting the delicious food, the villains abandoned their intention to acquire the protagonist's shop.

The protagonist, red-haired boy Yukihira Soma, originally thought he could continue running their small shop with his father.

But his father wanted him to go to Totsuki Academy.

It is a culinary academy that brings together the world's top chefs.

The final scene shows the protagonist Soma Yukihira's father saying, "It's time for you to embark on your journey, Soma."

...

Xu Zhou painted very quickly.

I worked until midnight to finish the second half of the episode.

As soon as he finished, he uploaded the second half of the first episode.

"I'm so diligent!"

"Someone has to give you some praise!"

After uploading.

When Xu Zhou returned after dinner, he eagerly refreshed the comments section, but his smile froze on his lips.

Have you ever seen food that glows? Are you just drawing random pictures?

Did you put aphrodisiacs in the protagonist's food? How can she blush while eating?!

What is "imitation barbecue"? I've never heard of this dish before.

[I've saved this. I'd like to see what other outrageous things you can draw...]

The streaming appears to be intelligent.

Although everyone who came in was cursing.

However, according to the intelligent streaming system, they not only watched the first episode but also left comments.

On the contrary, more people came.

[Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma Views: 20]

Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma collection count: 15

Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma Comments: 23

When Xu Zhou saw that all the reviews were negative, he was stunned for a moment. When his gaze fell on the value of [Prayer Value 0/100], a strange thought popped into his head.

and many more.

The setting of this wish value seems to require everyone to look forward to eating this dish.

Xu Zhou's heart skipped a beat, and he put his hands on the keyboard and began replying frantically.

His replies appeared frequently under the negative comments.

Just because you haven't seen it doesn't mean it doesn't exist!

"You're blushing even though you're eating!"

"Have you even tried it? If you haven't, what are you criticizing?"

"You don't even know what imitation barbecue is? How dare you call yourself a gourmet?"

After a series of reverse operations, the wish value indeed increased.

[Replica of barbecue dish wish value +1 +1 +1...]

After two hours of heated debate in the comments section, the comic book readers finally lost their temper.

[Fine, you're something else. I've never seen such a stubborn author. I'll have to try it out. If you don't like it, I'll create ten new accounts and give you five stars in five installments!]

The person who posted this comment is Xu Kai, a food connoisseur who frequently watches food-themed anime.

Xu Kai happens to work in Songnan City. Besides enjoying delicious food, he also loves watching food-themed anime.

Most food-themed anime come with recipes for each dish, so you can try making them yourself while watching the show.

After arguing with the author in the comments section of the Food Wars! manga for an hour, I laughed in exasperation when I saw his latest reply.

[Cartoonist Xiao Xu replied to you: I've sent you the address privately. If a hundred people leave a comment and genuinely want to try this dish, I'll show you!]

"You're so stubborn!"

"One hundred people, right?"

"Hey, I have such a bad temper!"

Xu Kai shared the comic in the food-themed fan group, and after sharing it, he also sent two red envelopes in the group.

[Xu Kai: Who's from Songnan City? If you're from Songnan City, please help by adding this comic to your favorites and leaving a comment!]

[Xu Kai: This comic artist insists that the "imitation barbecue dish" is a new dish at his family's izakaya... You'll see for yourselves if you take a look!]

Xu Kai's family is not short of money.

The red envelopes were also very generous.