Reborn in Japan as a Chef God
Chapter 520 - 519: Colored Light

Chapter 520: Chapter 519: Colored Light

"Barbecue?!"

"Isn’t his forbidden dish supposed to be pan-fried?"

Behind the scenes at the Far Moon Team, a group of people were agape.

Two days ago, Xia Yu had presented them with a dish of ’Pan-seared Gem Meat.’ At the time, the Gem Meat was a whole piece that was carefully sliced with a dining knife after being pan-seared.

But now, not only was the Gem Meat sliced, but the cooking method was entirely different!

Pan-searing and barbecue are concepts that are far apart.

"Using Gem Meat for barbecue!"

Veins bulged on his forehead. At the guest seats, Lin Giant Lei Zhe’s eyes filled with anger as he said coldly, "This is absolutely wasteful!"

Ghost Father Tiqie Ji casually crossed his legs and chuckled lowly, "Let’s see how he handles the forbidden ingredients."

The audience didn’t have to wait long, approximately a quarter hour, when the ’White-haired Cinderella Beef’ and ’Five-Headed Bird Meat’ were plated. Five ceramic plates each had two pieces of meat. Xia Yu simply sprinkled some sea salt grains and very little black pepper powder before turning back to finalize the ’Gem Meat.’

He swiftly placed all five slices of meat onto the metal grill of the barbecue.

Sizzle!

The side of the meat facing the charcoal fire smoked instantly.

"It’s going to, going to burn!"

Chiyoda Aichi was tongue-tied.

The high-definition camera broadcasted this scene, causing a stir.

Burned?

Xia Yu remained unmoved like a mountain and after six or seven seconds, he flipped all five slices of meat together.

When the side of the meat roasted by the charcoal turned over to the front, Chiyoda Aichi was completely shaken, covering her mouth and making muffled whimpering sounds, suppressing a scream inside her mouth.

Mars and the judges had similar expressions of shock.

Piece by piece, the meat underwent a visible mysterious transformation.

The meat was becoming transparent!

Originally, the Gem Meat was already crystal clear, but being grilled on the metal net of the barbecue and roasted by the charcoal, the fact that there was not a single trace of charring was one thing. What was even more astonishing was the level of transparency in the meat increasing!

The originally pinkish, blood-stained meat was gradually losing its bloody color and soon only the pinkish hue remained.

Sizzle.

A layer of fresh fat emerged, as if oil was brushed on a jewel. Then, the slices of meat turned into exquisite pieces of art, not resembling meat at all!

Mars stared intently at the slices of meat on the barbecue.

"Look—"

He said in a deep voice, causing Chiyoda Aichi and the judges to gather around, followed by faces of astonishment.

Whoosh—

The high-definition camera focused on the barbecue, but unexpectedly, the stove suddenly emitted a dazzling burst of colorful light.

Countless viewers were stunned at the sight of the holy light.

"Damn it, I hate holy light!"

"It’s like a forced pixelation!"

"Holy light evolution... Colorful holy light?"

"Director, stop joking around. Cameraman, stop joking around. Turn off those lighting effects!"

The scene was filled with curses.

The executive director on the sidelines was sweating profusely, yelling into the walkie-talkie at the lighting technician, "What are you doing? This is an international competition!"

"Director, this isn’t a lighting effect! I swear!" the lighting technician shouted defensively at the other end. Apparently fearing the director wouldn’t believe him, he clicked something that seemed to be the main control switch.

Then, the entire venue plunged into a darkness like that of a concert.

The stage, like the audience area, was engulfed in darkness.

But no!

Shortly after darkness fell, specks of twinkling rainbow light floated out.

High-definition cameras with a dark background captured a group of people, their figures faintly visible, surrounding the fiery red stove. On top of the stove was the unviewable glowing objects!

"The slices of meat... are they glowing?"

The venue was deathly silent.

In broad daylight, at the Tokyo branch of SHINO’S, graduate Qian Rixiangzi’s eyes were full of wonder as she clenched her palm and said, "Such beautiful ingredients!"

Xingping Chuangzhen was also transfixed on the TV screen.

From his male perspective, he couldn’t deny that the translucent, spotted meat held a breathtaking beauty.

Colorful specks of light were vanishing from within the slices of meat.

When the last speck had disappeared, the venue lights came back on, flooding the area with brightness. On the well-attended stage, the young chef gently lifted five slices of meat using tongs, placing them on various ceramic plates.

Xingping Chuangzhen tilted his head curiously.

It seemed to be an illusion, but as the camera panned across the young chef for a close-up of his dish, his familiar youthful mentor’s hair shimmered with vivid spots of color for just a moment.

Xia’s Restaurant was tightly closed off.

Tanaka Hikari, Morioka Makoto, and the Yuchuan Sisters, who had been roped into joining the Xia Family’s grand venture, exchanged astonished glances.

Morioka Makoto and Yuchuan Ayaka shared a strange look.

Not in chef’s whites but a Bohemian long dress, Yuchuan Ayaka was sitting next to a suitcase. Tanaka Hikari, Morioka Makoto, and Yuchuan Meisha all appeared ready for a long journey.

Their lips moved silently as Morioka Makoto and Yuchuan Ayaka communicated in lip-read, both with smiles in their eyes.

"Colorful hair..."

"It looks like it’s ’activated’ again!"

Both of them recalled the comical situation where they had initially helped the young chef deal with his floor-length, colorful hair.

It appeared that two months had passed.

Not many in the audience noticed the subtleties about Xia Yu since the camera’s perspective differed from that of the live scene. Only Mars was staring intently at Xia Yu, his expression gradually becoming solemn.

"Just now... was it the ’Gourmet Cells’?"

Mars slightly opened his lips and whispered the term, an alarm ringing in his heart, "This isn’t good!"

The five judges had now surrounded Xia Yu’s cooking station.

Unlike their languor from half an hour earlier, their eyes were fervent, fixated on the five plates on the table.

"May we taste now?"

Seeing Xia Yu sprinkle salt and pepper on the meat slices and then turning to do something else, the French judge, Melissa, couldn’t help but rap on the table and swallow saliva, saying, "I can’t wait any longer!"

"Just give me two more minutes!"

Xia Yu, without looking up, grabbed a container shaped like a thermos, twisted off the cap, and poured out a sticky liquid into a large bowl.

Stirring casually with chopsticks, Xia Yu walked towards the judges with the bowl, "This is a dipping sauce for the grilled meat."

"Dipping sauce?"

The judges looked down at the liquid in the bowl.

"Egg mixture?"

The judges were collectively astonished.

"That’s right!"

Xia Yu smiled slightly, a mysterious smirk lifting the corners of his mouth, "But it’s not just any egg mixture!"

After being stirred with chopsticks, the mixture in the bowl looked lumpy, yellow and it was hard to discern if it were chicken eggs or something else.

"Hmm, raw egg mixture for dipping grilled meat?"

A middle-aged judge wearing a kimono exclaimed, "Is this a Japanese method?"

"Please—" Xia Yu just smiled.

Then, each judge picked up a plate containing three pieces of meat: a slice of grilled beef, a slice of grilled bird meat, and the third a delicately translucent slice of ’Gem Meat.’

There were no extra decorations on the plate.

"What a feast of grilled meats!"

The chief judge from France bowed slightly, inhaling the aroma and became visibly moved.

"Which piece shall I eat first?!"

Melissa asked with a trembling voice, her chopstick-holding hands shaking, her face flushed with apparent effort to restrain her appetite.

"Whichever you like, there’s no specific order," Xia Yu said.

Before he had finished speaking, Melissa picked up the most beautiful ’Gem Meat’ with her chopsticks, not forgetting to dip it into the bowl of raw egg mixture, and swallowed it in one gulp.

Even though it was freshly cooked, the meat slice, wrapped in a layer of raw egg mixture, felt only warm to the taste, not hot.

Because it was freshly cooked, when the raw egg mixture wrapped around the meat, the heat scorched it, cooking it to at least forty to fifty percent doneness upon entering her mouth.

The female judge had just taken a bite when her eyes suddenly widened, her body swaying from side to side, completely dazed.

"Miss Melissa!" Chiyoda Aichi hurriedly supported her.

"The meat, the meat is gone!"

Melissa opened her mouth wide, a trace of ecstasy on her face as if reaching a peak of bliss, "It melted in my mouth..."

Gulping.

She tilted her swan-like gracile neck back, her throat moved slightly.

"It’s gone in!!"