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

When Xu Zhou saw the screenshot Cai Cai had taken, he was shocked to find that his restaurant was already listed as a "not recommended restaurant" on Jiang Yonghua's personal preference page.

His personal page has a high number of favorites, with tens of thousands of people having favorited it.

Some of them are locals from Songnan City.

Some of the users are tourists from other places visiting Songnan City, who downloaded the Songnan branch of the Food Association app for convenience.

In the Songnan City Food Association's app, almost every member of the local food association in Songnan City has a personal page.

Not only will they share some culinary insights, but they will also have personal restaurant recommendations and recommendations, as well as experience and various courses.

To a certain extent, it will guide tourists from other places.

"It's interesting."

Xu Zhou spat out the mouthwash and downloaded all the food association apps to his phone with great interest.

"Is this a parallel world where food is incredibly culinary? Everyone seems really rich..."

"The status of chefs in this world is so high."

“Even each city has its own food association app, and quite a few people have downloaded it.”

Xu Zhou had never expected this before.

He clicked on his own shop's name, which was listed first under "Not Recommended," and saw a string of comments written by Jiang Yonghua.

Reasons for not recommending:

Using Burgundy Pinot Noir and top-quality beef in a dish might certainly sound impressive, but this restaurant doesn't offer a single simple meal that showcases the chef's skill.

A good chef's restaurant should not only focus on attracting customers and advertising, nor should it only offer gimmicky dishes made with expensive and rare ingredients.

How to make simple meals that only cost a few hundred dollars taste better and improve people's sense of happiness is the direction that we chefs should pursue.

In this restaurant's menu, all I saw was arrogance. An arrogant chef cannot settle down and cannot make the simple meals that people want.

"arrogant?"

"Advertising? When did I advertise?"

Xu Zhou gave it a thumbs up without saying a word.

Then I verified my account on the software as: 【Xu Zhou, owner of Yizhou Izakaya】.

After the certification was completed, my attention turned to the fast food hamburger patty meal that was already in a learnable state.

A light meal?

Isn’t it coming?

...

the other side.

Today, Jiang Mingzhu plans to take her grandfather to a hidden gem shop she discovered for a meal.

Her grandfather, Jiang Yonghua, is the vice president of the Songnan City Food Association.

He had also promised Boss Xu that he would get him into the food association.

Thinking of this, Jiang Mingzhu grinned at her grandfather and said, "Grandpa, I'll take you to a restaurant to eat."

"Ok, I know."

Grandpa Jiang took a sip of soy milk: "You already said that yesterday."

"That Mr. Xu is joining the association..."

"Row."

Grandpa Jiang nodded: "If this young man's culinary skills are truly that high, I will make an exception and let him join the Food Association this year."

Although the association is not accepting new members this year.

However, if someone is truly a genius, making an exception is not out of the question.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Mingzhu became smug, tilting her head back with great joy.

"Young Master Xu's skills are absolutely top-notch! Even better than yours!"

"Oh? Then I'll have to go and try it."

"Okay, we'll go in a bit!"

"By the way, Mingzhu, what's the name of this shop?" Jiang Yonghua asked curiously.

"Call……"

Before Jiang Mingzhu could finish speaking, her phone suddenly vibrated.

Looking down, I saw it was a push notification from a food magazine.

Yes.

Last night, the small business owner's shop was featured in a food magazine.

The thought of this made Jiang Mingzhu feel a subtle displeasure.

It feels like your own hidden gem has been discovered and exposed by someone else.

"Grandpa, wait a moment."

"Let me take a look at yesterday's food magazine first."

Jiang Mingzhu opened the software out of curiosity.

Once opened.

All I could see were questions about [Ichizuru Izakaya].

When she saw the dissenting voices below, Jiang Mingzhu felt as if they were questioning her taste, so she frowned and became annoyed.

"No vision!"

"What a bunch of blind fools! Don't they see what kind of dishes Xu Zhou's restaurant is giving bad reviews for?"

"Are you blind?"

But this annoyance soon came when she discovered that "Ichizuru Izakaya" was listed as "not recommended" on her grandfather's homepage.

and many more! !

What's happening here? !

Why is Mr. Xu's shop on the "Not Recommended" list?

Jiang Mingzhu immediately clicked to check the reason.

When she saw her grandfather write a long, heartfelt explanation of why he didn't recommend it, her expression froze.

at this time.

Jiang Yonghua, standing nearby, asked gently, "What's wrong? Which store?"

Xu Zhou: Who says I can't make simple meals! I'll learn right away! And it'll be a set meal!

Chapter 41 Learning a New Recipe! Who says I can't cook simple meals!

Xu Zhou, of course, had no idea about the intricacies of their situation.

When they hear that they can learn a new dish, they almost immediately go and learn it.

[Training room is now open]

[Note: The training room can be used for culinary training, meal preparation, and various other purposes. Meal preparation ingredients must be purchased by the participants themselves.]

"This training room seems to belong to me, so there are no time restrictions. If it's used for food preparation, then we can prepare the food in advance."

Having used this training room multiple times, Xu Zhou had fully understood it.

No matter how long you stay here, it feels like less than a minute in your own world.

Moreover, based on observations over this period, the system has been flawless in both the accounting and distribution channels for purchasing fantasy ingredients.

Previously, due to limited availability and expensive ingredients, I didn't get to use this meal preparation function.

But simple meals are different.

The serving speed for simple meals shouldn't be too slow.

For example, this meat patty can be pan-fried in advance, so when you arrive, you just need to drizzle it with sauce and it will be ready to serve quickly.

...

After entering the training room, I had just prepared the ingredients.

I glanced at the ingredients briefly.

Besides the onions that had already been washed in the pool, there was also flour specially made for Totsuki Academy, canned mackerel, mackerel juice, citrus vinegar, potato starch...

These eggs look like sterile eggs specifically made for fast food.

"The ingredients are indeed not expensive."

"Compared to the previous ones, it does look much cheaper. The only difference is that this flour is specially supplied by Totsuki Academy, so it looks more expensive."

Xu Zhou glanced at the ingredients and had just started washing the vegetables when he heard the familiar voice of the red-haired boy outside the door.

"Haha! Xu Zhou, we meet again!"

"When will your assessment take place? After you pass the assessment, you can join us for the Totsuki Academy courses."

A red-haired boy walked into his training room, saw the ingredients on the table, and asked curiously, "These are the ingredients for a fast-food mackerel burger steak meal! Do you want to learn how to make this dish? I'll teach you!"

"Very simple!"

"Okay, thank you."

After chatting with him for a while, Xu Zhou started training in his own training room. He would occasionally teach him from the side and couldn't help but marvel at his skills.

"Xu Zhou, you've improved so much!"

"Your knife skills are amazing now!"

The red-haired boy watched in amazement as Xu Zhou chopped vegetables and kneaded dough with utmost seriousness, and he too felt a little itchy to cook.

"I really want to have a food battle with you..."

He sounded somewhat regretful, but deep down he knew Xu Zhou didn't like food battles, so he was just saying it casually.

...

Xu Zhou moved very quickly; whether chopping vegetables or kneading dough, every movement was fluid and effortless.

Press, squeeze, and knead.

Eggs, flour, onions, and drained canned mackerel turned into a pale yellow dough very quickly.

It is smooth as jade, slightly moist, and bounces back slightly when pressed with a finger.

With repeated patting, the mackerel dough gradually gained elasticity.

"The patting technique is also very professional!"

The red-haired boy next to him couldn't help but exclaim, "You're learning faster and faster now!"

When he first met Xu Zhou, he thought he was a culinary genius. He could make a dish by himself in the training room after only glancing at the recipe a few times.

The red-haired boy couldn't help but sigh, knowing that he had learned these dishes from his father's shop when he was a child.

While he was praising it, Xu Zhou had already prepared the dough and put it in the pan to fry.

A delicious aroma wafted from the pot.

The meat patties were fried until golden brown on both sides.

A sizzling sound rang out, mixed with the aroma of meat fat.

"Okay."

"The colors on both sides are beautiful now, so we can take them out and make the sauce."

Xu Zhou nodded in satisfaction and only started making the sauce after taking out the fried meat patties.

...