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

Xu Zhou could hardly wait to start working on the comic.

...

The first half of chapter 5 of the manga.

Inside the kitchen of Polaris House.

The dormitory supervisor stared in shock at the meat patties the male protagonist had made.

"There shouldn't have been any pork or pork scraps left."

How did you do that?

"It was made with leftover ingredients from Polaris House."

The male protagonist, Soma Yukihira, begins to explain the general method of making this dish to the dormitory supervisor.

"Mix together eggs, onions, flour, and blanched mackerel, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and fry in a pan."

"The tender and juicy mackerel burger patty is ready."

"By using these ingredients and drizzling them with my secret recipe, I've made a quick mackerel burger patty combo!"

This meal set looks very simple.

The sauce is refreshing, and the accompanying soup is a very simple egg drop soup.

But it contains a hidden secret.

The broth used for egg drop soup is pure stock.

One bite and the dormitory supervisor was struck dumb, as if she had been struck by lightning, surrounded by a dazzling flash of light.

She exclaimed with delight, "So delicious!"

When Xu Zhou finished drawing this part, he couldn't help but pause for a moment, then quickly added several more golden rays, creating a dense spiderweb effect.

"Theoretically speaking, the more exaggerated the drawing, the better the resulting fantasy ingredients and recipes will be!"

Xu Zhou picked up a brush on his drawing tablet and started scribbling: "Golden light! More!"

"Open your eyes wider, and make the thunder louder."

"How can it be called a food anime if it doesn't exaggerate?"

"If recipes can come true, then the reactions of customers after they eat the recipes... might also come true."

"When my customers eat it, their brains will probably explode with shock, right?"

Just imagining this scene made Xu Zhou feel genuinely happy.

...

After skillfully uploading the first half of episode five, I took a sip of tea and returned to the comments section. Sure enough, I saw the familiar comments.

[You've already made thunder, what can't you draw? Why don't you just make a tornado?]

[You can eat a meat pie and make someone's head spin? I'm truly impressed...]

The comments section for Food Wars! never disappoints; I've activated my electronic pickled vegetables!

The reason why all the dishes are foreign is probably because the creators can't come up with original Chinese recipes.

Over the past few days, Xu Zhou has gotten used to seeing these comments.

After all, not only did it not affect him, but even though their words were venomous, they came to read it as soon as he posted it. What else could they be but true fans?

"We should be more tolerant of true fans."

Xu Zhou took a sip of tea, then casually clicked on a reply: [This isn't a meat patty, it's Soma Yukihira's fast-food mackerel burger set meal.]

The comic's hater who received the reply quickly retorted: "[A simple egg drop soup with a meat patty can make someone's head spin like a thunderbolt, a golden one at that! Anyone who didn't know better would think they'd unlocked some kind of golden legend! You're exaggerating!]"

That's quite exaggerated.

But considering that his wish points could allow him to create fantasy recipes and ingredients, Xu Zhou could only sigh and reply: "You don't understand."

"..."

Comic fans who received this message felt completely bewildered by those three words.

I inexplicably felt like someone had sprayed me in the face through the internet cable.

"I don't understand! How can I not understand?"

Comic book fans are not convinced.

The author clearly reads every update immediately!

I know this comic book very well!

After posting the update, Xu Zhou glanced at the bookmarks.

The number of favorites has surged in the past few days due to the group-buying page.

Soon his comic's data climbed up the new anime charts.

Although it was only at the bottom of the new anime rankings, Xu Zhou was already quite satisfied.

After all, my comic is still in its infancy and hasn't been recommended yet. It got on the new anime chart entirely through unofficial traffic, so its value is completely different!

...

the other side.

Songnan City Food Association Branch.

Zhong Qi, the staff member in charge of this magazine, had been informed in advance by Songnan University, so when she received the paper and pictures from Zhang Ya, she published them in the magazine without even looking at them.

The current issue of the magazine was released right at 8 p.m.

"call……"

"Finally caught up."

Zhong Qi stretched and then prepared to look at the papers from the first class of the Culinary Arts Department at Songnan University, which she had been waiting for so long.

When she opened their food association's app and saw the comments under the latest digital magazine, her expression froze.

【Huh? I remember the Songnan University Food Association branch loves to serve light meals?】

I'm a little surprised that the article you chose this time doesn't even celebrate simple meals!

【Ichizuru Izakaya? How come I've never heard of this name in Songnan City before?】

Although Songnan City isn't large, it's still a food capital!

Why is the paper all praising Xu Zhou? Is this boss a really good cook?

But I see his store's ratings are only 2.5 and 1.9.

Xu Zhou?

Zhong Qi asked in confusion, "Was this person mentioned this time?"

When she opened the electronic version of the magazine, she finally saw the title of the research topic provided by Zhang Ya.

Is the essence of culinary skill not in piling up expensive ingredients but in simple meals? Not necessarily.

When Zhong Qi saw the glaring "not necessarily" at the end, her pupils dilated in shock.

"Oh my god!"

"What's going on?"

"These last four words weren't there when this draft was reviewed before!"

Why did she change the theme?

Zhong Qi thought that she had already reviewed it word by word, and was just waiting for her to send the final version and pictures.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Ya quietly changed the entire theme.

Although it was only four words more.

But the whole topic has a completely different meaning!!

It’s over.

really.

Less than half an hour after it was posted, Zhong Qi's phone rang.

Chapter 39 Who exactly is Xu Zhou?

The person who called was Qin Wendong.

He is a teacher in the Culinary Arts Department of Songnan University and also a student of Dean Jiang Yonghua.

Jiang Yonghua is the dean of the Department of Culinary Arts at Songnan University.

He is also the vice president of the Songnan City Food Association branch.

Qin Wendong knows his mentor very well; his lifelong passion is for researching simple meals.

They believe that a good chef is one who can make affordable dishes from ordinary ingredients.

"This title?"

Qin Wendong was drenched in sweat: "If Master sees this, won't he think I did it on purpose?"

Really not!

With trembling hands, Qin Wendong clicked on the paper published by Zhang Ya:

Is the essence of culinary skill not in piling up expensive ingredients but in simple meals? Not necessarily!

Upon opening it, Qin Wendong felt as if his heart was about to stop.

"Wow, that's really daring of them..."

Just by glancing at a section, I could see quite a few critical sentences.

We cannot simply assume that "the true skill is revealed in simple meals" is the only standard for culinary expertise.

This line of thinking often overlooks a crucial aspect of culinary skill: the ability to harmonize and combine multiple top-quality ingredients…

"..."

"Wow, you got right to the point in the first paragraph?" Qin Wendong was truly impressed with his student.

I am filled with deep regret.

I should have chosen the other one.

Although the title of the other article also sounds pretty outrageous.

The theme chosen was the feasibility of bringing a recipe from a food anime into reality.

A paper that is completely worthless.

Aren't the recipes in food anime all copied from the famous recipes of those famous restaurants across the country?

Qin Wendong felt a headache coming on and was on tenterhooks.

"Hopefully, the content that follows won't be too outrageous. Otherwise, if the teacher sees this kind of content that contradicts him on the homepage, wouldn't he be furious?"

next second.

Looking down, his pupils constricted sharply; every word made him dizzy.

In the past, what I learned in the kitchen was how to make delicious food with simple ingredients.

But it wasn't until I met Mr. Xu Zhou, the owner of "Yizhou Izakaya," that I understood that when each ingredient is highly individual and impactful, the real skill lies in harmonizing them rather than letting them overpower each other.

Behind every dish where top-quality ingredients coexist harmoniously lies the chef's skill, vision, and even the tireless effort of cultivating the finest varieties time and again...

The following section went on to describe Xu Zhou's dishes at length, praising them to the skies.

[Beef Stew in Burgundy Red Wine: This is the most amazing dish I've had at Xu Zhou's restaurant. The red wine they use is a Burgundy Pinot Noir that can be described as auction-quality...]

[Transformed Egg Rice: A Brilliant Idea! Boss Xu Zhou's control over temperature is absolutely unparalleled!]

The scalding heat of the rice, combined with the cooled meat jelly, not only successfully warmed the jelly, turning it into soup, but the jelly, in turn, brought the scalding rice to a perfect, bite-sized temperature.

This absolutely requires godlike control over the heat!