Reborn in Japan as a Chef God
Chapter 418 - 417: Not in the Same Dimension

Chapter 418: Chapter 417: Not in the Same Dimension

If you only looked at the colors of the dishes, Xia Yu’s was somewhat superior.

The stove-cooked pumpkin cubes maintained their shape.

Curry sauce poured over the white rice was clearly defined in yellow and white, giving off the aura of a food photograph post-processing.

By comparison,

Yashan Liang’s curry, with chicken pieces, rice, and curry sauce, also had no obvious flaws, but it conveyed a sense of not quite meshing well with Tanaka Hikari and Xingping Chuangzhen’s tastes.

"Then let’s try Yashan’s first!"

Xia Yu didn’t argue, grabbed a plate of curry, picked up a small silver spoon from the table, scooped up a steaming spoonful of sauce, and held it up to her eyes.

She sniffed the aroma.

Just as flawless, with no impurities detectable by smell alone, this was proof of Yashan Liang’s masterful seasoning skills.

She opened her mouth and swallowed.

First came the heat and the burning sensation, but her mouth quickly adjusted, and a strong fragrance shot up to her nostrils.

Then, the taste of chili and onion swirled on the tip of her tongue.

Whoosh—

The swirl rapidly turned into a tornado, storming through her mouth!

"Wow!"

When Xia Yu opened her eyes again, she couldn’t help but cast an admiring gaze at Yashan Liang, "High standards! If we’re only talking about curry dishes, no one in Far Moon School is your match!"

Beside them,

Xingping Chuangzhen’s hand stiffened as he held his silver spoon.

His pupils dilated uncontrollably, his body leaned back, and his face was full of astonishment.

"What is this?!"

"A curry tornado! I’ve never tasted such delicious, soul-striking curry before! What’s the deal with that aroma..."

Tanaka Hikari’s pretty face flushed, and she took several steps back in a thump-thump-thump motion. After coming to her senses, she subconsciously checked herself to ensure her dress was intact, and only then did she look down and breathe a sigh of relief in embarrassment.

Just a spoonful of curry had summoned a tornado on her tongue.

In the heat and scorch of that tornado, her clothes were completely stripped away.

At that moment, Yashan Liang spoke, a hint of pride flashing through his eyes.

"Shocked? Have your taste buds, your palates, been hit by a tornado?"

Yashan Liang spread his hands and chuckled, "This is the power of freshness!"

"Do you know, the nasally invigorating fragrance I’ve given this curry dish mainly comes from curry leaves. But the curry leaves I used were fresh, which gives off an aroma more than ten times that of dried curry leaves..."

Xijian Run pursed her lips and put down her silver spoon.

Yashan Liang glanced over at her.

"Run, what do you think?"

Hearing this, Xijian Run’s face was stern as she said, "I can’t find any flaws. The curry dish you’ve prepared with the ’Divine Sense of Smell’ has each spice used in optimal amounts, not even a hint of off-flavors... this... must be the perfect curry dish, right?"

The female professor wasn’t quite sure.

Because she felt something was still missing.

But she couldn’t pinpoint what it was.

Finally, Yashan Liang looked up at Xia Yu.

Xia Yu simply shook her head and pointed at her own curry dish, "Try mine."

Tanaka Hikari and Xingping Chuangzhen hesitated.

The aftertaste still lingering in their mouths told them how extraordinary Yashan Liang’s curry was, as if constructing a grand and solid curry fortress in their mouths.

Unless it was an even more splendid curry dish, the fortress would stand impregnable.

Logic told them that Yashan Liang’s curry might just represent the pinnacle in this realm.

Xia Yu just watched the students with a smile, with no rush.

Instead, Yashan Liang was the one who tasted first.

He ignored the rice on the plate and scooped up a mouthful of clear yet thick curry sauce with a silver spoon.

Crack!When the silver spoon left the plate and began to hang in the air, Yashan Liang’s mind was suddenly electrified.

"Divine Sense of Smell" had activated!

Strands of aroma infiltrated his nostrils, and Yashan Liang looked up, his pupils dilating.

In his head were scenes of food so vivid they seemed real.

He stood before a crystal wall of the world, a wall that resembled a jelly barrier, semi-translucent, with onions, tomatoes, potatoes...

An endless array of spices floated inside the crystal wall. Yashan Liang saw familiar spices like chili, turmeric, and fennel seeds.

So many of them.

Spices he knew, spices he didn’t recognize, a magnificent crystal wall of the spice world!

Excitement, awe.

A silver spoon materialized in his hand. With the spoon, Yashan Liang scooped up a spoonful of jelly-like curry, tremblingly bringing it to his lips.

The fragrance rushed to his cranial vault.

Yashan Liang felt like a balloon, his mind and body emptied, thus the dominant, overpowering aroma of curry leaves filled his inner space!

"Sweet..."

His tongue quivered as if electrified. The sweetness created by the combination of coconut milk, tomatoes, and pumpkin cubes subdued the almost ethereal sensation in his head, grounding him back to earth in an instant.

After the sweetness, the spiciness of the curry that could not be concealed emerged.

But at that moment, the spiciness, moderated by the fragrance and sweetness, gave Yashan Liang a sense of safety, as if he had roots planted firmly in the ground.

"The world envelops me tightly..."

"The world of spices!"

Yashan Liang couldn’t help but spread his arms wide, standing erect in front of the spice world’s crystal wall. He stamped his feet for a long while before finally opening his excited eyes to gaze directly at the crystal wall, slowly leaning forward, extending his right arm tentatively into the wall. Just as half of his body was about to merge with the crystal wall, a thunderous noise snapped him back to reality.

"No, this curry leaf aroma is different!"

Tanaka Hikari, with sweat covering her face, stared intently at the silver spoon and the remaining curry on the plate, "It’s several times stronger than the previous one! No, it’s an indescribable aroma..."

"A grounding aroma, a very solid feeling!"

Xingping Chuangzhen laid down the silver spoon and gave his analysis, his eyebrows knotted tightly. Xia Yu’s curry dish had caused him a great psychological shock, "The aroma of curry, the spiciness, and other flavors are tightly entangled, completely fused together, right?"

Yashan Liang propped himself against the kitchen counter, head buried deep in thought.

Why?

Yashan Liang knew all of Xia Yu’s cooking techniques, and he could use "Divine Sense of Smell" to analyze each ingredient.

"Using a pan to dry fry small fennel, coriander, and mustard seeds, in other words, he used roasting to further process the spices. Using the dry-fried spices as the core, forming the major structure of the recipe, and then integrating all the flavors of the ingredients into it?"

His fingers interlaced within his hair, Yashan Liang was unwilling to accept his defeat.

Yes.

Having tasted the young instructor’s curry dish, Yashan Liang felt the urge to turn around and throw his own dish into the trash!

What kind of crap is this! Ah!

"But, I also know how to roast spices. If I used exactly the same ingredients, would I be able to replicate Instructor Xia’s curry dish?" Yashan Liang thought frantically, ruffling his hair.

Suddenly, he trembled all over.

"That’s it!"

Yashan Liang finally remembered the intense, domineering aroma and opened his eyes wide in an exaggerated manner.

"It’s the ’Indra Moon Orange’. Instructor Xia actually used this fantasy curry leaf and succeeded in cooking a curry dish..."

Incredible.

He turned his head swiftly to fix his gaze firmly on Xia Yu.

However, at that time, the young instructor from Far Moon School, after tasting a spoonful of his own curry sauce, propped his chin and furrowed his brow in thought.

"The world is not complete, huh."

"Which step wasn’t perfect? The roasting? The stewing?"

Hearing his murmur, Tanaka Hikari, Yashan Liang, and Xingping Chuangzhen could only look at this instructor, who seemed to be from another dimension, with the same awe reserved for a Super Saiyan from Namek Star.

Hey, hey, hey.

This guy can’t be human.

Such curry, and it’s still not considered the ultimate, perfect dish?