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

Although Little Red Hair taught me how to cook those dishes little by little, I managed to get about 60% proficiency through my own practice.

This dish…

That's not something you can just grab and squeeze.

...

Start cooking.

Xu Zhou meticulously prepared the dish, following the recipe's steps almost precisely, calculating the exact gram quantities of each ingredient.

He muttered to himself as he worked.

"You think I'll suddenly come up with a brilliant cooking idea?"

"Although I used to be quick-witted when cooking, with such expensive class fees, getting an A grade by following the recipe is the only useful thing."

Preparing a dish takes half an hour, and stewing takes an hour and a half. With two hours allotted for a 30,000-yuan meal, you can only cook it once.

Wait until two hours later.

Xu Zhou handed over the beef stew in Burgundy that he had made.

The blonde instructor in the third cooking room merely glanced at it, gently pressing the edges of the beef with her fork to feel its tenderness.

"The softness is barely acceptable."

He cut off a small piece and put it in his mouth, closed his eyes and tasted it a few times, then calmly glanced at me: "Your cooking has no soul. You can't be called a chef now, you can only be an apprentice."

"Although it tastes good, it doesn't reach the A standard."

Xu Zhou was puzzled when he heard this.

soul?

Can a dish really have a soul?

Should we add some more golden light?

Unconvinced, he did it three more times.

The tuition fee of 120,000 yuan was spent.

The person in front of me ate four servings of beef stew in Burgundy, but his eyes remained unmoved, and he narrated in a calm and aloof manner.

"Temporary trainee, your cooking is missing something."

"Although you have good basic skills, you still know too little about ingredients."

"Temporary trainee, you probably haven't been exposed to French cuisine before, right? But your dish is barely acceptable, but my requirement is A."

The account was missing 120,000 yuan in tuition fees, but the evaluation was only "barely satisfactory".

Seeing that he wouldn't reach the A level anytime soon, and considering how expensive the training was, Xu Zhou left the system training room.

Not long after, the 120,000 yuan in tuition fees was gone.

After paying the money, I only had 800,000 yuan left in my bank account.

I need to buy ingredients and save money to pay for this course later... Luckily, this shop is owned by the family.

It’s not enough!

Emerging from the system training room, Xu Zhou realized how fortunate he had been when learning the first few recipes.

They teach in great detail and don't charge a fee!

I'll need to learn those recipes from even more people in the future, and what if I end up learning a recipe from the main character, Erina Nakiri…

Xu Zhou instantly recalled how Erina Nakiri, with her divine tongue, had thoroughly criticized everyone else in the previous episodes.

I felt conflicted.

It wasn't until he arrived at the venue for the culinary association's open class with his mother that Xu Zhou finally snapped out of his learning mood.

...

The open class was held at a university.

Nowadays, almost all universities have culinary study clubs, and some universities have even started to establish culinary departments.

Specializing in culinary arts.

When Xu Zhou arrived at the entrance, he saw a sign-in area outside the auditorium of the open class.

There was a large promotional sign hanging next to the registration desk.

"This must be the teacher giving the lecture."

Zhang Yinghong glanced at the name and appearance on the sign, then looked over happily: "Son, look, she's about your age."

Xu Zhou glanced at it casually. The woman on the poster had chestnut-colored curly hair, was dressed in fashionable and expensive clothes, and had a hint of arrogance in her eyes.

She has very white legs and a large bust... but that's not important. What's important is that there's an introduction to her above.

Xu Zhou's gaze stopped when he saw her name.

Name: Jiang Mingzhu

[Introduction: Having studied French cuisine for many years, graduated from a renowned culinary school abroad, and returned to China to work as the head chef of his family's six-star restaurant, specializing in French cuisine.]

He also passed the tests of the Food Association and became a bronze member of the Food Association...

Below is a series of introductions.

It looks very high-end.

Because the college's name wasn't written in Chinese, Xu Zhou couldn't understand what kind of culinary school it was.

Upon seeing the name Jiang Mingzhu, he immediately thought of the person who had spoken to the "King of Understanding" last night, who also seemed to be named Mingzhu.

"What was her name again?"

"By the way, she posted her graduation certificate and food association certificate."

Xu Zhou immediately pulled out his comic and glanced at the comment.

The graduation photo and picture posted by [Mingzhu] in the comments, along with the school's name, are exactly the same as the one on the poster in front of us.

Looking at the comments in the comic and then at the cute and sweet Jiang Mingzhu in the photo, Xu Zhou couldn't help but sigh, "What a small world..."

Are you two here to sign in?

Seeing that he hadn't signed for a long time, the staff at the registration desk couldn't help but interrupt his thoughts: "There are other people in line behind you, why don't you two sign in first?"

"That's right!"

The people behind them frowned and urged, "What are you all standing there for? Hurry up and go in, we're still waiting to start the lesson!"

"What are you doing standing still!"

"it is good."

Xu Zhou snapped out of his daze and lowered his head to sign in.

After signing in and entering, I followed the flow of people and chose a seat in the back row.

After all, I'm not a student at this school, I'm just auditing a class, so I should sit in the back.

...

It was time for the open class to begin.

Under everyone's gaze, a girl wearing a white silk shirt with a black shirt skirt walked in on high heels.

Her hair was tied up in a bun.

Despite wearing formal attire for teaching, her pretty little face with rosy cheeks still gave the impression of a child wearing adult clothes.

Her cheeks were chubby, with a touch of baby fat, and when she put on a serious face, her round eyes gave her a comical, precocious look.

"Hello everyone!"

"I am Jiang Mingzhu!"

"Jiang Yonghua is my grandfather! Xu Dewen is my maternal grandfather!"

The moment Jiang Yonghua and Xu Dewen's names were mentioned, the crowd below erupted in excitement.

One is the vice president of the Songnan branch of the Culinary Association and the dean of the Department of Culinary Arts at Songnan University; the other comes from a family of imperial chefs.

Growing up in a family like that, that's just amazing!

Everyone around was praising and exclaiming, but Xu Zhou was somewhat distracted as she listened to her long introduction of herself.

until…

He seemed to see a clip of himself in a comic strip on the projected screen, a clip that was also included in the PowerPoint presentation on "French Cuisine Mistakes".

Chapter 23 How do you know there's no other way to cook this dish?

When Xu Zhou saw his comic appear on the projector, he immediately sat up straight, even though he was still a little drowsy.

Good guy!

Isn't that my own comic?

What does she mean by placing it among the examples of incorrect French cuisine?

Are you trying to smuggle in your own agenda?

Jiang Mingzhu, on the other hand, spoke eloquently from the very beginning, introducing famous French dishes.

"You've probably heard of many famous French dishes, such as escargot, bouillabaisse, and duck confit."

"These are all recipes that we are quite familiar with."

"Of course, that's not what we're going to talk about today, but rather this beef stew in Burgundy."

When the recipe was announced, no one seemed unfamiliar with it; those who had previously heard about the open class couldn't help but whisper among themselves.

"Why did you suddenly change the dishes?"

"Yeah, wasn't there a public lesson about confit duck? I was thinking of learning that..."

"Isn't beef stew in Burgundy red wine also a good dish?"

"I've already bought all the ingredients for my confit duck! Now I have to buy them all again!"

Why did they have to change the menu at the last minute?

There was some dissatisfaction among the people.

But considering Jiang Mingzhu's background, he didn't show it on the spot.

When Xu Zhou heard that the menu had been changed at the last minute, his eyebrows twitched. Oh? The menu was changed at the last minute?

Are you really trying to sneak in your own agenda?

...

When Jiang Mingzhu saw the beef stew in Burgundy on stage, she couldn't help but think of the comic book she had seen the night before.

The thought of that cartoonist Xiao Xu, who remained unrepentant even after she had posted her professional certificates, made her furious.

Jiang Mingzhu glanced at the people below: "Everyone should know this recipe, right? Raise your hand if you don't know it."

No one raised their hand.

"very good."

"Now I'll introduce the origin and preparation method of red wine braised beef."

She began to speak at length, and Xu Zhou had already heard all of this in the training room.

Just as I was starting to doze off, she suddenly changed the subject: "I think it's good for a chef to have some innovation, but for a world-famous dish, what we should do is try our best to respect and preserve the original local flavor..."

"Since I couldn't find any more examples of errors on-site, I used the recipe from a comic book as an example of an error."

In an instant, everyone's eyes were drawn to the comic strip that appeared on the next page of the PowerPoint presentation on the screen.

in the screen.

The comic only includes images from the second half of chapter three.

The protagonist, Soma Yukihira, is teased by his classmates for making beef stew in red wine during a class taught by the strict, blonde teacher, Ms. Chappelle.