Reborn in Japan as a Chef God
Chapter 290 - 289: Marching Towards the Special Grade Candidate!

Chapter 290: Chapter 289: Marching Towards the Special Grade Candidate!

First task,

"Advance to Special Level Candidate": Win recognition from the IGO headquarters’ special reviewer and be promoted directly from a "two-star chef" to "special level candidate."

"Reward: Two chances for a high-level roulette draw."

This task had actually been triggered for some time. After Qiushan Hong returned to Neon, there was no further movement, and Xia Yu gradually put it aside, focusing his attention on the store and the shopping street.

What Qiushan Hong was to review was his culinary skill level, in other words, he was Xia Yu’s culinary examiner. Just that the fixed examination venue had turned into this more flexible and freely themed assessment.

In summary, a "special level candidate" was just a rating title.

The second task, "Successful Opening of VIP Branch."

It required accommodating at least ten batches of customers, with the day’s revenue reaching 20 million yen.

In fact, as of now, at eight in the evening, the requirements for this task had already been met. Xia Yu was sure that the dishes served from the kitchen had certainly satisfied no less than ten batches of customers.

Moreover, after the menu prices were adjusted, achieving a first-day revenue of 20 million yen was actually too easy.

The examiner for this task was the system.

"I agree!"

Xia Yu did not hesitate, as since Qiushan Hong himself came, there was no reason to retreat.

"I look forward to the noodles you’ll present," Qiushan Hong said with a smile in his eyes.

"Room No. 2 is empty, Commander, Lord Qiushan, feel free to help yourselves," Xia Yu escorted the two bigwigs to the kitchen door, watching them cross the courtyard and enter the shop.

"So sudden!"

He murmured as he turned around, almost bumping into the woman who was silently standing behind him.

"Noodles? Can you manage it?"

Liangzi Lina’s face was full of worry, her beautiful eyebrows were furrowed into a knot.

"Lord Qiushan is really good at picking times!" she said biting her lower lip, a trace of helplessness in her eyes as she swept over the kitchen, making up her mind, "How about, leave the kitchen to me, and you focus on devising the recipe! Otherwise, there’s simply not enough time!"

Hearing this, Xia Yu found it amusing.

"Liangzi, thank you."

He thanked her first, then sighed, "But, in the gourmet menu, it seems you only know ’Shuangjiang Magical Mapo Tofu,’ how can you help me? This isn’t a sushi restaurant!"

Liangzi Lina was stunned, a bit at a loss, giving off an adorably clueless vibe.

This connoisseur of Japanese cuisine was just as perplexed when encountering Chinese cuisine. Xia Yu had been teaching her the essence of ’Shuangjiang Magical Mapo Tofu’ recently. One could only say that she was truly a top-tier super chef, about to explore the Lin Chef realm. Her learning speed amazed Xia Yu.

And Xia Yu was too busy. He had finally achieved results from studying the recipe ’Bordeaux Lamprey’ given to him by Shigong. As for the special grade recipe Liangzi Lina promised to guide him in learning, it hadn’t appeared yet.

It was because he simply couldn’t spare the time, not because Liangzi Lina broke her promise.

He patted the female general on the shoulder.

Frowning and pondering, Liangzi Lina suddenly came to her senses.

"Don’t worry too much, I’m confident!" Xia Yu sent her a look full of fighting spirit.

"Eh..."

Concern led to confusion. Observing Xia Yu’s demeanor carefully, Liangzi Lina found that he seemed indifferent towards the supposed challenging topic, and was taken aback.

Xia Yu smiled without further explanation.

The so-called weakness, that was in the past. One would always progress over time. This was the reason behind the saying "One should look at a person with new eyes after three days."

He couldn’t exactly say that he hadn’t just stood by idly the whole day. In the morning, when assessing the night’s fame point gains, he went on a spree in the system store, focusing purchases on culinary skills and recipes in the noodle field!

Since he intended to explore the noodle field earlier, Xia Yu didn’t hold back when purchasing, emptying his shopping cart in one go after making his selections.

Now, only one question remained.

Which noodle recipe should he use to face Qiushan Hong’s review?

A blue recipe definitely wouldn’t work. Unless he could produce a 100% perfect blue-glowing dish on site, it would be hard to satisfy Qiushan Hong.

Only a true Purple Special Grade Recipe could deliver a decisive blow!

Taking advantage of the gap, Xia Yu avoided Liangzi Lina’s gaze, lowered his head, and walked to the cooking platform, communicating with the Chef God System.

"Filter Purple Quality ’Noodle’ Recipes!"

With just one command, a flurry of text data filled his retina.

There were simply too many choices.

"Soul-Calming Noodles: Purple, Special Grade One Star, invented by noodle king Logan, one strand of noodle is said to fill a bowl. It is said that Logan once served this noodle to a furious emperor, who calmed down after eating it. Costs 10,000 fame points to redeem."

"Galaxy Noodles: Purple, Special Grade One Star..."

"Invisible Noodles: Purple, Special Grade Two Stars..."

Dazzling, all were noodle recipes, and if you counted buns, dumplings, and shumai, there were even more, too many to go through.

It seemed this was Xia Yu’s first time using fame points to purchase a purple recipe in the system store.

The purple recipes he currently mastered were either obtained through tasks or self-improved and created. In the past, even with over 50,000 fame points in his pocket, Xia Yu wouldn’t have dared to buy recipes.

But this time, spending more than 20,000 points directly to buy two recipe books, Xia Yu didn’t even blink, full of exuberance.

Want noodles?

Serve two types at once, is that satisfactory?

This review was certainly not as difficult as a real special grade assessment. After studying the recipes, Xia Yu sorted through the additional information in his mind, then turned around to summon the character panel, and invested the remaining 10 talent points from the purple-framed culinary heart into a noodle culinary skill in one go!

Ding!

With the pleasant system prompt, the blue culinary skill instantly leveled up to the max.

After maxing out this culinary skill, even if the four basic skills in the noodle field were lacking, he could forcefully turn it around with the skill’s essence, raising the noodle quality by a large notch!

After all, this culinary skill was no less than [Bursting Flame] and [Spice Inequality]!

General-purpose culinary skills were entirely worth the investment.

...

Room No. 2.

Qiushan Hong and Tiqie Xianzuowen sat at the tea table.

The Lin Chef from the IGO International Headquarters was enjoying the scenic beauty of the courtyard with great interest.

"Qiushan, might ’noodle’ be a bit of a difficult topic for him?" Tiqie Xianzuowen asked slowly, breaking the silence.

"Your Excellency, Commander, you really underestimate him!"

Qiushan Hong turned to smile and said, "The noodles in Chinese cuisine are just as broad and profound. He can’t possibly have no research at all."

Tiqie Xianzuowen remained silent for a moment.

"Are you trying to tap into his potential?"

"Yes." Qiushan Hong laughed, "If you confine yourself to the so-called world of flames and spices, isn’t that vision too narrow? A chef with a narrow view can never achieve the ’Lin’ transformation!"

"Then what’s your review requirement?"

"Just to move me, isn’t that a low requirement?"

Upon hearing this, a hint of gravity flashed in the Far Moon Commander’s eyes.

Outside the room, Tiqie Eriina’s hand froze on the sliding door. She had heard that her grandfather had come and naturally wanted to greet him but didn’t expect to hear the conversation between the two from outside the door.

She held her breath.

Low requirements?

Tiqie Eriina’s heart tightened. The word "move" was almost too profound; the requirement was not as much vague, especially when the subject was a Lin Chef who had tasted countless delicacies. To impress a chef and culinary giant at this level was extremely difficult.

At least Eriina felt she couldn’t do it.

But if it was Xia Yu...

Suddenly recalling yesterday’s seven repeated dishes that satisfied the demon’s stomach, Tiqie Eriina’s heartbeat suddenly accelerated.

He could do it!