Reborn in Japan as a Chef God
Chapter 230 - 229: Festival by the Shore of Lake Ashi (Part 2)

Chapter 230: Chapter 229: Festival by the Shore of Lake Ashi (Part 2)

Billowing waves of heat swept out.

Dojima Yin took several quick steps back, looking up at the flames several meters high, and murmured, "This time it’s an open-air environment, a true performance of flames!"

"Whether you’re ’qualified’ depends on yourself now!"

The crowd was in turmoil.

In the night, the firelight cast fearful, amazed expressions on faces.

"This... "

"Is the chef inside really alright?"

Tanaka Hikari clasped her hands over her mouth tightly, her clear eyes fixed on the fiery altar.

"Is this even cooking?"

Xingping Chuangzhen exclaimed in surprise, "Is it necessary to use such primitive, hard-to-control flames in cooking?"

"Why not use charcoal grilling!"

Tiqie Helinai’s brows were knotted with deep incomprehension.

The fire from the kindling seemed fierce, but in reality, it was difficult for the chef to tame and even harder to control the temperature. If the handling was even a few seconds slow, large burnt marks would mar the fish.

The appearance of scorch marks signified the utter failure of the grilled fish.

Watching the sea of fire on the altar, Tiqie Helinai’s heart tightened as well.

It wasn’t just the fish, he was also putting himself on the flames to be grilled, one mistake, and everything was lost!

Glancing over, Eriina found that Morioka Makoto was very calm.

"Morioka, aren’t you worried?" she couldn’t help asking.

"I am worried."

Morioka Makoto replied, her pretty eyes slightly curved in a smile, then she added, "But I trust him more!"

"Talk about childhood friends!"

Qian Rixiangzi gave a thumbs up from behind.

Then, a few students noticed, the graduates behind them were only whispering to one another, devoid of their surprise and confusion, as if they had an understanding of Xia Yu’s cooking.

"Chef Shigong, what dish is Instructor Xia going to make?" Tanaka Hikari mustered the courage to ask.

"Shh!"

"Just watch quietly."

Shigong Xiaoci Lang made a silencing gesture.

Tanaka Hikari was taken aback.

"Clang—"

Suddenly, a crisp sound of chains came from the lakeside, and the commotion among the crowd intensified.

From an external perspective, the fiery dragon that roared and ascended from around the altar, as if sliced open by a sharp blade, had its body severed and the waves of fire trapped close to the ground’s low altitude.

The black chains were faintly glowing.

People’s eyes were glued to the center of the fire sea, where a young man gripped seven or eight chains in both hands.

"Heavenly Hero Bursting Flame River!"

"Heavenly Hero Fire Wheel!"

The black tornado formed by the chains howled and cut through the waves of flame!

The intense imagery shocked everyone’s eyes!

The scene was like capturing a dragon with chains, completely subjugating the ferocious Flame Dragon, filled with a sense of fantasy.

"So effortless!"

Xia Yu thought to himself, delighted as he simultaneously executed two culinary techniques.

The plump crucian carps, each weighing over a pound, were now being grilled evenly, eight at a time. Despite the weight of the chains, they felt incredibly light, without the struggling sensation of his first grilling experience.

The reason was simple; not long ago, he had used the second "Body Crystal" in his life, boosting his ’physical fitness overall’ to LV30.

Moreover, compared to bluefish, crucian carps were much smaller in size and weight.

"The original recipe for ’Heavenly Hero Grilled Bluefish’ called for bluefish. Last time, Xia Yu made a slight modification, replacing ’bluefish’ with ’mackerel’, and this time he simply switched to ’crucian carp’.

In fact, among freshwater fish, crucian carp is very suitable for ’grilling’ as a cooking method, at least more so than bluefish.

Therefore, when Xia Yu saw the fish ingredients delivered to the scene by IGO, his heart finally settled down.

’Miss Liangzi—’

Keeping a watchful eye on the doneness of the fish, Xia Yu sensed it was about time and shouted out loudly.

Liangzi Lina had been specially asked to wait outside the festival platform, holding a bottle of sauce. At his call, she started moving quickly with small steps, circling the festival table and incessantly flinging the prepared sauce onto the crucian carp dancing over the flames with a ladle.

Sizzle, sizzle.

With each splash, sauce landed on the crucian carp, and naturally, some also spilled onto the fire.

’This method, it’s a bit rough!’ Xingping Chuangzhen was stunned as he watched, "Not to mention whether the fish will end up burnt, isn’t he worried that splashing the sauce like that will cause uneven distribution and ruin the taste of the fish?"

’No, you’re wrong!’

Shigong Xiaoci Lang explained, ’Pay attention, the excess sauce has been flicked off during the flinging, and another portion of the sauce has penetrated layer by layer into the fish through the cuts, thoroughly flavoring it!’

’Is that so?’ Xingping Chuangzhen exclaimed in surprise.

Shanben Xiaoshu displayed an excited expression. From the moment Xia Yu started swinging the chains, he was riveted to the festival table where Xia Yu was.

’This cooking method... no, this should be called the performance of cooking, really suits my taste!’ Shanben Xiaoshu could hardly contain himself, ’True ’Bursting Flame’ cooking should be born in such a performance!’

’Where does that kid get his brute strength?’

Ujou Mamie glanced at Shanben Xiaoshu, then back at Xia Yu amidst the sea of flames.

By the looks of his build, someone a meter eighty tall, plus a bit more with his brush-cut hair, and a delinquent who frequently works out, should certainly be stronger than a high school student. But Ujou Mamie was aware that even if it were an adult taking his place, they might not be able to swing seven or eight chains so flexibly, let alone infuse the seemingly wild and mindless flinging with various mysterious cooking techniques.

Takai Masashi and Hase Ichiro both paused, standing by to watch Xia Yu’s cooking performance.

’Can he keep this up?’

Such a method of cooking stunned Takai Masashi.

There were no time limits to this evening’s festival cooking, nor could it be completed in just one cooking session.

From six in the evening until nine at night, during this time, they had to continuously cook and ensure that the festival-goers would leave sated and happy.

In other words, they were the chefs of the festival.

’Such stamina won’t last three hours.’

Hase Ichiro shook his head.

Youth is an advantage, but also a disadvantage.

For example, in the choice of recipes, Xia Yu’s decision seemed very foolish to Hase Ichiro.

Strive for simplicity.

While also ensuring the quality of the food.

That was the right direction.

’It seems he hasn’t realized how many people will be here tonight,’ Hase Ichiro chuckled to himself, ’The crowd here is just the first batch of diners. Soon, visitors from Taoyuan Platform and other towns will be arriving... The Chiyoda Festival is a rare tourist event!’

’Okay—’

A loud shout echoed along the lakeshore.

The swinging iron chains came to a halt. Dojima Yin and Liangzi Lina each held two dishes, waiting outside the festival table. As Xia Yu stopped, he shook the chains violently.

Snap.

Eight unhooked crucian carps fell from the sky, landing one by one into the pristine dishes.

The fragrance of fish surged into the mouth and nose.

’This time, should it be perfect?’

Dojima Yin looked down at the roasted crucian carp lying flat on the plate, his mouth watering uncontrollably.

’Serve it!’

With her stomach churning, Liangzi Lina managed to look away.

As everyone’s gaze followed them, four steaming plates of roast fish appeared on the long festival table by the lake, each plate with two fish.

Inside the festival platform.

Xia Yu tossed the chains he had just used into a bucket to cool off, took out several fresh ones from a box, fastened the marinated crucian carp, and this time increased it to ten fish on ten chains!"