Reborn in Japan as a Chef God
Chapter 507 - 506: The Smiling Snack

Chapter 507: Chapter 506: The Smiling Snack

"Ga ga ga ga ga ga ga..."

Strange sounds.

Chiyoda Aichi was completely flabbergasted, thinking there was a problem with the microphone. With a forehead slick with cold sweat, he looked desperately toward the audience, only to find that the director and a group of staff members had similarly puzzled expressions.

Ga ga ga ga!

The sound grew louder, and finally, Chiyoda Aichi figured out where it was coming from—it was emanating from Xia Yu’s cooking station.

At that moment, Xia Yu just happened to be taking the last deep-fried bun out of the oil, draining the fat, and placing it atop the towering golden Dessert Tower on the plate.

"Ga ga ga ga!"

It wasn’t just the newly fried buns that were making noise. As Xia Yu walked slowly with the plate, the entire plate of golden fried treats was emitting a strange, loud laughter.

That’s right.

To Chiyoda Aichi and everyone else’s ears, the sound was that of open, hearty laughter.

"How is this possible!"

Every guest rose from their seats, every chef, every Lin Giant, without exception. Everyone craned their necks and widened their eyes, staring blankly at the deep-fried buns Xia Yu had just placed on the judges’ table.

The cameraman finally snapped out of it, either zooming in on the treats on the plate or focusing on the five equally baffled judges.

"They all have sounds!"

Zhu Qing and Eriina, who had been helping Xia Yu with his dishes for a while, looked at each other in astonishment.

"Success rate... 100%!" Eriina found it unbelievable.

The ga ga laughter persisted for a long time.

Without a doubt, at this moment, Xia Yu and his dish were the center of the camera’s focus, while Tang Yuqiong, who had finished her dishes at the same time, and her dishes, were being ignored.

"Chef Xia!"

Chiyoda Aichi, as though out of his wits, glanced at the golden treats on the plate, then at the composed young chef, and asked anxiously with pursed lips, "...Are these sounds really coming from the treats?"

The whole room was all ears, waiting for an answer.

"As you can see."

Xia Yu picked up a golden deep-fried bun and brought it close to Chiyoda Aichi’s microphone, allowing the ga ga’s comical laughter to play through the loudspeakers.

The camera focused on the bun in his hand, which had a slit on it resembling a grinning emoticon.

Seeing this, many were infected by the comical situation and wanted to laugh, yet they dared not break the quiet atmosphere.

It took a good while.

As the comical sound gradually faded, one judge, imitating Xia Yu, shakily picked up a golden deep-fried bun. She looked at it from this side and then that and as she turned it over, it began to laugh gaily again.

"How can this be—"

The judge was instantly panic-stricken, let out a sharp scream, fell backwards, chair and all, with a thud. The fried bun fell onto the judges’ table with a bang, rolling around while laughing even louder.

A comically strange scene that sent shivers down the spine.

Five shocked faces were especially captivating on camera.

"This, this must be magic!" the judge at the end of the row, a beautiful woman with a silk headscarf and striking Persian features, said with her mouth wide open, "I’ve never seen food that can make noise!"

"Magic!"

"It’s definitely not something that can be achieved with culinary skills!"

The audience’s worldviews were shattered as they clamored in agreement. In the guests’ section, at least half of the professional chefs’ expressions fluctuated between skepticism and affirmation of the judge’s statement—if they hadn’t seen it firsthand, they would never have believed that food could make sound in this competition.

The Lin Giants were all looking suspicious.

"It’s not ’Food Spirit’!"

Said Zhu Qing and Saito Chiyokuro.

"The sound of ’Food Spirit’ can only be heard by the one tasting it!" Yu Hong and Tang Shan said.

"Moreover, ’Food Spirit’ shouldn’t be expressed like this!"

In a sealed room where the legendary kitchenware ’Jade Dragon Pot’ was stored, Guan Xingchen and his friend Qin Zhengda debated.

"The slits resemble mouths, and indeed laughter is coming out..."

Tang Yuqiong, bringing up her own dish while no one noticed, took a still hot golden bun into her hand and stared intently at the slit shaped like a mouth, listening to the comical laughter, her expression a mix of confusion and struggle.

Her eyes, burning with intensity, fixed on Xia Yu, she asked, "What is the principle behind this?"

"Try them first!"

Xia Yu didn’t answer but simply made a gesturing invitation.

The five judges looked at each other, and finally, the Persian female judge at the end took the lead in tasting. Opening her mouth, her pearly white teeth bit into the fried dumpling!

Mmm!

After she bit into it, the cheeks of the Persian beauty’s oval face puffed up.

"So full, so satisfying—"

The Persian judge with the headscarf wrote shock in her eyes, "With just one bite, it’s an ocean of thick gravy, the filling completely stuffed my mouth! Satisfaction from the very first bite!"

The fried dumpling was missing a corner, and fragrant steam wafted out.

Beef gravy!

The judge nearby sniffed, smelling this aroma, and suddenly the desire to eat burst free from its cage.

"Crunch!" "Crunch!" "Crunch"...

The remaining four, one after another, grabbed a still-hot fried dumpling, baring their teeth and biting down hard. The teeth pierced the crisp fried dumpling skin, making a clear sound.

But the dried fried texture disappeared instantly, as the internal juices splashed out. The judges inhaled sharply together, the scalding liquid and the fried wrapper mixed, rolling around in their mouths.

Ah—

A wild scream of delight.

"So much!"

"So satisfying!"

One by one, the judges were in a trance, their eyes revealing a golden-yellow world.

Thud thud thud thud thud...

The fried dumplings with comical expressions fell from the sky like rain, hitting them with heat and the strong aroma of beef gravy.

"More! I want more!" The Persian beauty, now bareheaded with her silk scarf gone and her black hair flowing freely, was covered in dumplings with funny faces. Yet, she still looked ecstatic, opening her arms to the sky, welcoming an endless rain of expressive dumplings, accompanied by the ridiculous laughter, completely engulfing the beauty.

"Huff—"

After a while, the Persian judge opened her eyes, only to find herself in a strange position—

Her arms were locked tightly around herself.

Moreover, due to her being overly excited and absorbed in the moment, her ample chest felt somewhat painful from being squeezed.

Coming to her senses, the Persian female judge hurriedly let go, her pretty face tinged with an indelible blush of embarrassment.

"That was... truly satisfying!"

She gazed intently at the fried dumplings on the plate, then at their creator, her eyes swirling with an alluring expression.

"Cough!"

The rest of the judges, some loosening their ties, others taking out handkerchiefs to wipe sweat.

Tang Yuqiong swallowed the last bit of crust, the crispy taste spreading throughout her mouth, still extending her tongue to lick the juice on her lips.

"Delicious!" she said, staring at Xia Yu with satisfied eyes, "What’s the principle behind the sound?"

Xia Yu smiled, grabbed a golden dumpling, and with a crack, tore it in half, exposing the inside of the fried dumpling to the HD camera.

"Huh? Glass noodles!"

"Beef cubes!"

Many chefs pondered this.

Tang Yuqiong picked up a beef cube that was crispy outside and tender inside and threw it in her mouth with a crunch, her face reddening due to the juices splashing all over her mouth.

Xia Yu also picked up a beef cube. Then, letting go with his fingers, the beef cube fell and collided with the inside of the dumpling, making a loud cracking noise, which resounded through Chiyoda Aichi’s microphone.

"Wow—"

The female host gasped.

The audience and other chefs had a moment of realization, "So it was the beef cubes colliding with the inside!"

But more questions arose.

"Why doesn’t the internal liquid seep out when a hole is made during the frying?"

"Even after being fried and lightened, how do the beef cubes get the force to collide with the inner walls?"