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

Brush it.

Everyone was quiet.

Jiang Han, who had been aloof and reserved, dressed in expensive designer clothes, sat quietly drinking to the side.

But when he called out the words "cousin," he stood up straight like a primary school student expecting praise, his eyes filled with admiration.

"Cousin, come quick! Several of my classmates want to go to the food festival. Can you give them some pointers?"

"Well, okay."

Because there are too many people there.

Xu Zhou only heard a somewhat familiar voice.

Where have I heard this before?

...

Jiang Han was very warm and attentive, his face full of concern.

"Cousin, I don't think that oyster congee is that amazing. You shouldn't try to recreate it."

Jiang Han looked unconvinced: "The Snow Melting Soup is already delicious!"

"Don't talk nonsense."

Jiang Han's cousin's voice was low and tinged with weariness: "His dish has its own unique features... Hmm? What are you doing here?"

The person next to him looked puzzled: "Chef Jiang, who are you talking about?"

"he."

Jiang Wen's gaze fell upon Xu Zhou, who was sitting in the crowd.

All eyes were on Xu Zhou.

Jiang Wen, who was surrounded by the crowd, looked over with a hint of competitive spirit in his eyes.

"Your oyster congee is amazing."

"..."

"I hope to learn from you sometime."

When Jiang Wen said this, he was clearly placing Xu Zhou on the same level as him.

Xu Zhou was even slightly higher up than him.

Those around were stunned.

Jiang Han was even more dumbfounded: "Cousin...?"

Jiang Wen was silent for a moment, then sighed: "He is the young man I told you about who made oyster congee."

"He's amazing!"

Jiang Han: "...!!"

Other students: "...!!"

Xu Zhou's cooking skills are actually that good?

How could someone get the class monitor's amazing cousin to personally admit that he's a prodigy with exceptional talent?

Academic superstars are truly amazing no matter what they do!

Zhu Zixuan seemed to realize something at this moment, and gasped: "Xu Zhou, what's the name of your shop?"

No way?

What a coincidence?

Xu Zhou smiled and said, "My shop is called Yizhou Izakaya."

"Everyone is welcome to come and have dinner when they have time."

"But there's no discount."

Zhu Zixuan: "..."

He looked at his imitation barbecue dish and his face turned red.

...

The class reunion ended in an awkward and strange atmosphere, leaving Xu Zhou feeling somewhat embarrassed.

I don't know why, but from the beginning to the end of the class reunion... all my classmates, both male and female, kept stealing glances at me.

What are they looking at?

For the next few days, the class group chat remained eerily quiet.

Zhu Zixuan, who was usually very talkative, didn't say a word, except when Jiang Yaotiao sent him a private message and teased him a few times.

[Jiang Yaotiao: I forgot to tell them your restaurant name before. Now Zhu Zixuan has changed the menu and is busy preparing dishes for the food festival every day.]

[Jiang Yaotiao: Besides Liu Shuang, most of our classmates actually admire you, especially Zhu Zixuan. They just feel a bit resentful that you haven't attended class reunions for the past four years, which is why their attitude is so...]

Xu Zhou: ...

[Jiang Yaotiao: Hehe, do you believe that if you say one sentence in the group chat, they'll all come to support you? You don't understand, do you? You have no idea how authoritative you were in everyone's eyes back in high school!]

[Jiang Yaotiao: Are you ready for the food festival?]

Food festival?

Xu Zhou looked at the abundance of ingredients in his system space, feeling full of confidence.

[Xu Zhou: Okay.]

Just now.

The Food Association app has finally released the list of food festival participants and the scoring rules.

Xu Zhou also saw his location at the food festival the next day.

The prime location in the very center of Area A.

The very center and core location of the entire square.

I grass!

Xu Zhou was startled by this location.

...

I also received a boastful message from Jiang Mingzhu on my phone.

[Jiang Mingzhu: Haha, this location is great, right! Good luck with the food festival! My favorite restaurants are the best!]

The customers in the group were all cheering them on.

[Xu Kai: Keep it up, boss! Your food is the best!]

[CaiCai: I'll definitely be there tomorrow!]

[CaiCai: I've already sent so many messages in the school group! Tomorrow I'll show you my network at school!]

[Chen Yan: I gave everyone in our department a red envelope. Good luck, we'll all be here tomorrow.]

Xu Zhou felt a strange sense of emotion when he saw what they were saying in the group chat.

Xu Zhou: Thank you everyone.

[Xu Zhou: We've prepared plenty of ingredients for tomorrow, everyone is welcome to come.]

We stocked up 100 servings of the fast-food mackerel burger meal every day, and have already stocked up on 700 servings.

I didn't have much of the Sichuan peppercorn-roasted mackerel with mashed cabbage that I stocked up on; I stocked up on a hundred servings in the last two days.

I stocked up on 180 servings of the imitation barbecue dish.

I only stocked up on twenty portions of beef stew in Burgundy red wine.

The total cost of stockpiling materials and buying ingredients was over 510,000 yuan, leaving only 230,000 yuan in my bank account.

"Imitation barbecue dishes and fast mackerel burgers are the main offerings."

"Tomorrow, the Sichuan peppercorn-roasted mackerel with cabbage puree should be upgraded."

Xu Zhou glanced at the wish points for the recipe.

【Sichuan peppercorn roasted mackerel with cabbage puree: 600/1000 (2)】

If we sell a few more tomorrow, we should be able to upgrade.

No matter how long the food is stored in the system's food preparation room, it always looks freshly cooked, making it very convenient for preparing simple meals.

...

the next day.

Xu Zhou brought all the materials to the food festival.

Chapter 59 New dish!

Early morning of June 1st.

Because the food festival starts at nine o'clock.

early morning.

The comic strip that Xu Zhou worked on for two days after returning from a class reunion, staying up all night to check the results.

The second half of episode 5.

When Sichuan peppercorn-roasted mackerel with mashed cabbage appeared.

Soma Yukihira also used the mackerel left over from a dinner party in his dormitory to make a ochazuke (rice with tea).

Mackerel Rice Balls with Ochazuke (Tea Rice)

[Ingredients: Rice for rice balls, mackerel, salted kelp tea, nori seaweed, sesame seeds, dried plums with perilla leaves, brown rice, bonito flakes.]

When Soma Yukihira made this dish, Satoshi Isshiki and the others in the dormitory were amazed by it.

Inside, there is not only tender and juicy mackerel that has been pan-fried, but you can also feel the crispy fish skin with every bite.

"How on earth is it done?"

“You can’t get this texture by baking.” The other dormitory members were curious.

However, Isshiki Satoshi explained, "This is a frying technique from French cuisine."

...

and many more.

When Xu Zhou got to this part of the drawing, his brows furrowed.

"Isn't tea-soaked rice supposed to have originated in China? We had it here long before the Six Dynasties period; it was originally called 'water rice' or 'soup-soaked rice'..."

"Also, if we're just talking about frying, it originated in China..."

No.

Add it!

These are all things invented by our ancestors, and we must popularize them!

Xu Zhou added all of these before continuing to revise the second half of episode five.

As soon as the tea-soaked rice is served.

Everyone in the Polaris House was eating with gusto.

When Xu Zhou finished painting this part, he added a few more petals to the side.

I added a bit more gold.

They also exaggerated the blushing part of her face.

"Ah."

"Good, that's about right."