Reborn in Japan as a Chef God
Chapter 322 - 321: Seafood and Japanese Cuisine!

Chapter 322: Chapter 321: Seafood and Japanese Cuisine!

"Dialysis Eye?"

As Xia Yu flipped through the system tasks, he said to the system, "Display the information!"

Beep.

"[Dialysis Eye](Talent): ’Identifying ingredients’ is a basic skill that extends into this talent. Mastering this talent can significantly enhance the host’s identification ability, accelerating the understanding of unfamiliar ingredients."

"Note, this talent cannot be upgraded."

Xia Yu’s brows shot up.

So it was a talent for identifying ingredients!

For him, this talent was like a godsend. Starting today, he had to familiarize himself with various fantasy ingredients through practice, accumulate enough experience by the summer, and then rush to the Super Chef exam venue.

"The fantasy ingredient study notes promised by these two guys are also very tempting!" Xia Yu glanced at the two newly-promoted Super Chefs across the counter, feeling a kind of helplessness as if someone had grabbed him by the pulse.

Takai Masashi and Hase Ichiro must have figured he wanted to cram knowledge about fantasy ingredients.

The research data in the notes were not just "knowledge"; they were the crystallization of wisdom recorded by chefs during practice, even more precious than recipes, not to be shown lightly.

For instance, when he first awakened the system, Xia Yu had obtained the old man’s cooking manual. In that notebook, he had learned many things that books, the internet, and even the system’s skill books could not provide.

Xia Yu had no choice but to take the bait!

The decade or two decades of notes from Takai and Hase, and his personal reputation, seemed like entirely equivalent conditions in Xia Yu’s eyes.

Perhaps, some chefs would rather sacrifice their reputation and fight tooth and nail to get the notes of the two freshly minted Super Chefs.

To each their own in what they consider more or less important.

...

A Far Moon Bus School Bus stopped in a shopping district that was under construction.

Outside the entrance to Xia’s branch.

Ichise Hui and Kobayakawa Ryodan alighted from the school bus.

After them came Tanaka Hikari, Morioka Makoto, and Xingping Chuangzhen, the group of buddies from Polar Star Dormitory.

Hozoi Midori was also there.

"This place, compared to the spring break, is completely different!" Hozoi Midori looked at the three-story tall Xia’s branch in front of her, then surveyed the partly renovated shopping district, her spirited face expressing astonishment.

"After the summer, this place will become another brand-new street."

Sen Tian Makoto stood next to her and said.

At the sound, a group of buddies, as well as Ichise Hui and Kobayakawa Ryodan, all cast interested glances.

"Hey, hey, Makki, what does a brand-new street look like?" Yoshino Yuuki leaned in, quite curious. Most of them already knew that Xia Yu was the new owner of the block, so they were quite curious about the future plans for the area.

"I don’t know..."

Sen Tian Makoto’s smile faltered slightly.

"Forget it!"

Yoshino Yuuki waved it off and turned, her eyes gleaming as she stared at Xia’s branch, "This is the hot restaurant that has half the Neon Food World buzzing!"

Without a second word, she pushed the door open.

Ding! Ding!

With the door open, the welcoming bell shook and emitted a crisp sound.

"Come in."

Ichise Hui and Kobayakawa Ryodan skillfully removed their shoes at the entrance, and the group from Polar Star Dormitory followed suit.

"Eh, where is everyone?"

The ground-floor hall was empty, no one in sight.

"Instructor Xia might be in the kitchen, let’s go there," Ichise Hui called everyone over, changed their shoes again at the entrance to the courtyard, and walked to the kitchen of Xia’s branch.

It wasn’t until they reached the door that they realized it was busy inside.

Several Far Moon interns, Hattori Ken, Tang Yeyan, Koga Shoji, and Igarashi Daisuki were there.

Aside from that, Ichise Hui spotted Mars, and what made him narrow his eyes slightly was the stunning Western woman with golden hair and a white dress standing next to Mars.

"... Elizabeth?"

Ichise Hui and Kobayakawa Ryodan exchanged surprised glances.

"Didn’t she leave with the Orlando exchange group?" Kobayakawa Ryodan muttered quietly, his eyes clearly displaying fear.

Obviously, the Ten Masters of Far Moon and this instructor from Orlando Academy had some unknown stories between them.

Exclamations.

Yoshino Yuuki quickly covered her mouth.

At one of the countertops, Xia Yu stood with his arms folded. Opposite him were the familiar newly-promoted Super Chefs to the group of buddies from Polar Star Dormitory—Takai Masashi! Hase Ichiro!

"Shh!"

The kitchen atmosphere was broken by a low exclamation, as Tiqie Eriina turned her head, sweeping her gaze over the group with a dark look.

Tanaka Hikari, Yoshino Yuuki, Sen Tian Makoto, and the others could only stare at each other with wide eyes.

Xingping Chuangzhen also sucked in a breath.

From yesterday noon until today, television programs and media magazines had been saturated with news about the newly risen Super Chefs.

Although Yuchuan Ayaka’s halo was dazzling, the other two new Super Chefs, Takai Masashi and Hase Ichiro, were not forgotten. On the contrary, their names were the ones most mentioned within the Far Moon School.

Yuchuan Ayaka was too distant from the students of Far Moon, while Takai Masashi and Hase Ichiro were different. They had climbed up from the very bottom of the culinary world, step by step, relying on learning and accumulation—models of success through hard work.

In simple terms, these two new Super Chefs were living idols from inspirational articles.

Xia Yu cast an amused glance at the crowd from Polar Star Dormitory, then immediately withdrew it.

"Mr. Takai, Mr. Hase, what are the themes?" he asked.

"I’ll go first."

Takai Masashi stepped forward without hesitation, "My theme is ’seafood!’"

"Seafood?"

Xia Yu raised an eyebrow. "That’s quite a broad theme."

"That’s why there’s more room for creativity, no limitations on ingredients!" Takai Masashi stared at him intently. "If you accept, we’ll immediately order the ingredients from the IGO store, and the Food Duel will start as soon as they arrive!"

Private Food Duels were not as rigidly structured as official ones.

Xia Yu felt that Takai Masashi might have set a trap for him, but having already decided on the recipe he would challenge with, there was absolutely no reason for him to back down.

"Alright! I accept!"

Takai Masashi nodded and retreated to a corner of the kitchen, pulling out his phone to order the ingredients.

"And you, Mr. Hase?" Xia Yu asked the other new Super Chef.

"Japanese cuisine!"

Hase Ichiro’s theme was also quite broad.

Xia Yu frowned slightly, but likewise nodded, "Okay, I accept that too!"

Having said that, he also lowered his head to open the IGO online portal.

A fragrant breeze brushed past.

Sen Tian Makoto and Tiqie Eriina closed in from both sides, eager to see what ingredients he was ordering.

"Three... three types?" Eriina stumbled over her words.

"Aren’t there only two dishes? Why use three Fantasy Ingredients?" Sen Tian Makoto was also bewilderingly surprised.

Although the Polar Star Dormitory group had arrived late, they could roughly understand the situation from the conversation.

They whispered among themselves.

"My god, is Instructor Xia going to face the two new Super Chefs in Food Duels one after the other?" Yoshino Yuji was shocked and mumbled to herself without even knowing what she was going on about.

Ichise Hui and Kobayakawa Ryodan looked at each other.

They hadn’t expected that such significant events would occur at Xia’s Restaurant just one morning they were gone.

Racking his brain, Ichise Hui couldn’t figure out why the two new Super Chefs challenged Xia Yu to a private Food Duel.

He had no idea what had happened during the Chiyoda Shrine examination period.

"Interesting!"

Mars and Elizabeth were there to eat, purely as customers.

"Uncle Mars, is that Instructor Xia as formidable as you’ve said?" Elizabeth asked softly.

"He satisfied my appetite."

Mars explained with a smile, with just that one sentence.

But Elizabeth understood the deeper meaning and exclaimed, "Really? He satisfied your stomach?"

"What do you think? He left me content, so I handed over all the assets in the shopping street to him," Mars said casually, waving his hand. "Elizabeth, watch closely, learn well; you mustn’t miss such an exciting private Food Duel!"

Pouting, Elizabeth objected, "I already passed the Super Chef certification last Christmas Eve, so why should I learn from someone who hasn’t passed and is a faux Super Chef?"

Shaking his head.

Mars sighed, "Don’t place too much emphasis on that Super Chef badge. Sometimes, a chef’s true strength cannot be encompassed by just that badge."

Elizabeth clearly didn’t believe it.

Seeing is believing.

Recently in Neon, she had often heard news about Xia Yu, but only by witnessing could she know the truth. The media was too good at hyping things up, and Elizabeth had been conned before. While in the United States, she had challenged a Super Chef who had been packaged well by the media, only to find her opponent was a paper tiger with no real fight.

Half an hour later, an IGO ingredient delivery truck parked on the shopping street.

Three groups of men in black began to carry boxes of ingredients into the kitchen.