"Well, are there any materials that don't cost money?"
Looking at the staff in front of him, Mu Fan hesitated and asked awkwardly.
“You want to cook even if you don’t have money?”
The staff frowned and became silent.
Seeing the staff's expression, Mu Fan knew that this matter was going to be difficult to handle.
It seems that I still have to go home to withdraw money
There are currently two options. One is to wait for Asuna to come and borrow money from Asuna. Mu Fan is embarrassed to ask for this.
Another option is to ride a bike for two hours back home.
This is very physically demanding, and it takes more than four hours to go back and forth, and I don’t know if the registration will be closed.
"My friend, what is this? Have you encountered any difficulties?"
While Mu Fan was thinking, a gentle voice sounded from behind him. Mu Fan turned around and saw a handsome man wearing a gorgeous suit and with neat short hair dyed yellow.
Instead of having the cynical look of a gangster, the yellow hair looks like an idol on TV, giving the impression that a very gentle boy is standing behind him and looking at him with a smile.
"Sorry, did I take up your time?"
Looking at the smiling boy in front of him, Mu Fan asked apologetically.
Mu Fan also understood that although there were three windows for registration, but he was blocked in this window, and the people behind him could not sign up first, so they would naturally ask some questions.
"You're welcome, I don't have anything to do anyway."
The boy with yellow hair smiled and waved his hand, and then asked Mu Fan: "Friend, seeing that you didn't sign up here, you must have encountered some difficulties, right?"
The boy in front of him seemed pretty good, so Mu Fan could only sigh and tell him everything about forgetting to bring money.
Hearing what happened to Mu Fan, the yellow-haired boy smiled and said, "Well, it often happens to me that I forget to bring money. The registration fee is only 10,000 yen. I happen to have some here, so I'll pay it for you first. ”
"May I?"
Mu Fan was shocked.
In this era where material flows everywhere and only quilts can have some warmth, it is really rare for a person to be able to help strangers like this. Such a good person is really rare.
Mu Fan thought he couldn't do this.
"But aren't all the people who come here who can't sign up? These 10,000 yen should be of great use to you, right?"
Mu Fan asked in surprise.
He knew just now that the direct registration fee was fifty thousand yen, but here it was only ten thousand, but it was a lot of trouble. He needed to make his own dishes to get a rating of B or above.
This also indirectly shows that the people who come here are the former who can't afford to sign up, but it's really incredible that this person can still give him 10,000 yuan after signing up.
"Oh? Who said that all the people who come here are poor?"
Hearing Mu Fan's words, a flash of surprise flashed across the face of the yellow-haired boy. He put back the wallet he had just taken out, and then asked: "By the way, this friend, my family is from the Nagoya "Sato" restaurant group. I Tatsumi Sato, what about you?"
"so smart."
Unexpectedly, this young man with yellow hair was actually employed by Nagoya Catering Group. Mu Fan was really shocked and explained: "I am different from you. I am from the food department."
"Gourmet department? Is there such a place in Japan?" Sato Chen frowned.
Mu Fan smiled lightly: "It's the school's food department."
"Go away! I thought he was a noble man, but a bastard like you is worthy of talking to this young master? A country bumpkin like you should go back and practice your cooking skills, right?"
Almost in an instant, Sato Chen's face turned gloomy and he kicked Mu Fan.
Mu Fan couldn't help being startled, and quickly moved his body to the side. Because he moved away, the wall under the window was exposed in front of Sato Chen. No matter how strong the force was, he had no time to withdraw his strength, and his left foot just "bang". With a sound, he was kicked directly on the wall of the front desk.
He kicked the wall with his toes, making a "click" sound, and Sato Chen suddenly howled in pain.
This kick used so much force
Seeing Sato Chen bending over in pain, Mu Fan frowned.
He finally understood the scene just now. It turned out that Sato Chen thought he came from a famous family, so he wanted to lend him money.
When I learned his identity, my face changed instantly.
I have to say that children from such noble families really don't know how to respect others.
But how could he be kicked in vain? Taking this opportunity, he quickly stepped forward and grabbed the collar of the young master who just screamed in pain. After twice strengthening his body, his strength was astonishing. Under his power, Sato Chen had no power to resist at all.
Then Mu Fan directly raised his foot and stepped on the injured part of his foot that he had just kicked against the wall. The pain immediately made him howl again. Looking at his fearful face, he said with a cold face: "Today is from you. Mu Fan from the small food department in my eyes is here to teach you how to be a good person!"
At this moment, several bodyguards who were surrounding Sato Chen when he entered the door not far away saw this scene, and they all gathered towards Mu Fan with cold expressions on their faces.
Because Mu Fan and Sato Chen were at the front, the scene just now attracted the attention of the chef waiting behind.
"Let go of our young master."
A total of four bodyguards gathered around and shouted coldly at Mu Fan.
"Back to you!"
Mu Fan sneered, and kicked Sato Chen in the chest, kicking him out.
He was already very angry today, and he was almost kicked by Sato Chen. Mu Fan could no longer control the anger in his heart.
"you!"
Seeing that Mu Fan dared to be so arrogant in front of them, the faces of the four bodyguards suddenly turned ugly. One of them quickly went over to help up Sato Chen who was lying on the ground, and then gave instructions to the remaining three people. Said: "Give it all to me, beat him so that he can't sign up today."
Upon hearing the order, the three people from before immediately surrounded Mu Fan.
"stop!"
At this time, a female voice came from the door. Mu Fan and the three men in black stopped at the same time. When they turned around, they saw a beautiful woman wearing a purple kimono, walking elegantly and looking mature, walking in from the door.
As soon as this woman entered the registration office, there was a burst of discussion among the chefs around her.
"Isn't this the president of the Shokuki Jury, Kuroki Shino, who runs the Japanese restaurant "Kuroki"?"
"It is said that she will also be a member of the jury for this food festival. How come she appears here?"
"Haven't you heard yet? She gave us the rating when we signed up this time. Her opinion can decide whether we stay or go!"
Unexpectedly, the beautiful woman in kimono who walked over was actually the president of the Japanese restaurant and the judge for this registration, Mu Fan thought with some surprise.
However, at this time, Zangaki Shimono walked up to Mu Fan and the three men in black, looked at them coldly and scolded them: "As a chef, you are all messing around here. Is it possible that you don't want to participate in this?" Have you registered for this food festival?”
As soon as Kuroki Shimono finished speaking, Sato Chen immediately showed a look of fear on his face, waved his hand, and all the bodyguards returned to his side.
After all, the president of Zangji in front of him is much more powerful than him and can decide whether he will stay or go. He is already angry, so Sato Chen naturally does not dare to conflict with Mu Fan again.
"Sorry, President Zangmu, they are all this kid..."
After a moment of silence, Sato Chen immediately stepped forward and pointed the finger at Mu Fan with an angry expression.
Although his family's restaurant is not weak, if he wants to promote his family's restaurant as a son at the food festival, he must follow the rules here.
To be honest, Mu Fan didn't like fighting, and he didn't want to fight here, but this man touched his inner instinct, a small gourmet restaurant? What bothers him most is that others look down upon the gourmet food department run by him and Asuna.
However, Sato Chen bullied others and complained first to the evildoers. Only then did Mu Fan understand what kind of person he was.
When you see a strong person, you will pretend to be gentle. When you see a weak person, you will instantly turn on the mad dog mode of a gentle beast.
However, Sato Tatsumi was stopped by Kuroki Shimono with a wave of his hand just as he was mid-sentence.
"Exactly why do you think I don't know?"
Kuroki Shimono gave him a cold look, and he quickly swallowed back the words that came to his lips. After all, if you offend someone here, you may not even be able to register.
Food festivals cannot be controlled by power.
"Although I already understand the cause of the matter, it is wrong for both of you to fight in this situation. If the cooking rating you wait for is less than A level, your registration will be cancelled!"
Hearing these words, Sato Chen's face immediately turned bitter, and the faces of the people around him also showed expressions of gloating.
The grade A cuisine rating is more than just one grade different from the grade B cuisine.
If B level is the earth, then A level is the sky. It is not difficult for B level cooks to complete, but A level really tests their own strength.
With an expression that could not be refuted, Zangaki Shino glanced coldly at Mu Fan and Sato Chen and returned directly to his judging area.
As for Sato Chen, he glared at Mu Fan with a ferocious expression. If it weren't for this guy, things wouldn't be like this.
"Oh, it seems I still need to go back to get the money."
Mu Fan didn't care about Sato Chen. He originally thought he met a good person, but he didn't expect that he turned out to be a scumbag.
But what to do next, go back home and withdraw the money, or wait here for Asuna
"I'll sign up later. I forgot to bring the money."
After a moment of silence, Mu Fan looked at the front desk and said.
"Sir, I heard what you just said."
This time the staff raised his head and explained to Mu Fan: "Our registration ends in three hours. I don't know if you will be able to go back in time."
"What, I heard that registration is until the afternoon."
Mu Fan's eyes widened and he recalled the registration time on the official website that Asuna gave him.
"Indeed, the time lasts until the afternoon, but after registering, the chef will be given time to prepare the dishes. As for registration, registration will close in three hours."
The staff said: "This is also a lesson to some chefs who do not abide by the registration time. After all, food festivals are also a type of entertaining guests, and a chef cannot keep guests waiting."
"That's it."
Mu Fan sighed slightly disappointedly.
In this case, it can only be blamed on his poor memory, so let's go back to Asuna's ocean view room for vacation.
"It's not like there's no chance..." Looking at Mu Fan's disappointed look, the staff member sighed.
Hearing the hesitant voice of the staff, Mu Fan's heart moved and he asked, "Is there any other way?"
"I don't know if this method is possible."
The staff took a deep breath, pointed to the things left on the cooking table not far away and said, "Actually, it doesn't matter if you forget to bring money. The ingredients left on the cooking table are all the ingredients left by the previous chefs. , many people retreated with hatred because their cooking skills were not rated B level, and the remaining ingredients in anger were not taken away. Sir, you can use those without charge, but...the remaining ingredients. Can it really pass the review? "
"If I said I could pass the review 100% of the time, you would definitely laugh at me."
The staff member's words ignited Mu Fan's self-confidence again, and he smiled lightly: "I can only say that I am sure."
"Thank you!"
After saying that, Mu Fan did not forget to thank the staff, and then asked in surprise: "Why do rich people sign up here?"
In fact, Mu Fan was asking about Sato Chen. He had always been a little strange. Sato Chen's family should not be able to pay 50,000 yen, so why did he come here to sign up.
If he hadn't come, there wouldn't have been so many conflicts.
And just now he glanced around and found that besides Sato Chen, there were still many young people in gorgeous clothes in the room. What was going on
"Sir, you don't know. As long as you are lucky enough to get an S-level evaluation here, you can skip the audition and directly enter the top 128 of the food festival from thousands of registered chefs. These rich people generally have good knowledge of the ingredients for their cooking. Confidence, no matter what, if you can get S-level here, then you will have the dignity to go back even if you fail to advance to 126th and 64th.”
"That's it."
Mu Fan finally understood why these nobles came here. It turned out that they could directly advance to the 128th place.
Thinking of this, Mu Fan thanked the staff again, then filled out the form and walked to the cooking table.
In fact, from Mu Fan's point of view, the staff had never met him before, so it was good to be reminded to this point. As for borrowing money, Mu Fan couldn't even think about it.
In this world, it’s hard to borrow money from friends, let alone from people you don’t know.
"Using leftover ingredients? You really have it, kid. Ingredients affect the rating of the dish. You still want to cook without money? You're just hanging on for a living."
Sato Chen naturally overheard the conversation between Mu Fan and the staff. He glanced coldly at Mu Fan, who was walking towards the kitchen counter, snorted disdainfully, and then gave orders to the bodyguards beside him, who ordered. Nod, turn and leave.
Not long after, several people arrived near the cooking table with several bags containing ingredients.
Because the ranking of two people depends on their first and last name, the cooking table is next to each other. As soon as Mu Fan came to the cooking table, Sato Chen came over and looked at the few people left on Mu Fan’s cooking table who looked like The ingredient of crooked melons and cracked dates sneered and raised his middle finger at Mu Fan.
"You nameless piece of trash, look at how your remaining ingredients can get a rating of B or above. If I were you, I would get out of here."
The beating he gave Sato Chen just now was enough to relieve his anger. Mu Fan ignored him and looked at several vegetables, two eggs, a little flour, and rice on the table.
Having said that, these ingredients are really shabby.
Is it too late for me to leave now
Of course, these words were just the initial thoughts in Mu Fan's mind.
Closing his eyes, he recalled in his mind that he had gone to his father's shop for practice two days ago and found the recipes that his father had left in the shop and belonged to the former Huaxia Guomu family.
After getting this recipe and seeing the dishes in it, Mu Fan was surprised that Hatsune's voice actually sounded in his mind, and after appraisal, many of the recipes in the recipe actually had A-level ratings.
Sure enough, my father was also a famous chef.
This made Mu Fan feel a little surprised.
In this way, even if you don't redeem the system's recipes, you can still use the Mu family's recipes to enter the food festival, right
At this moment, the name of a dish flashed in Mu Fan's mind, and he couldn't help but feel happy.
"You are the one!"
Mu Fan glanced at Sato Chen and was surprised to find that he actually took out a piece of beef with excellent quality and lots of snowflakes and placed it on the table.
After getting the A5 grade beef from Asuna last time, Mu Fan understood that what Sato Chen got was also the A5 grade beef.
Having said that, Tatsu Sato's financial resources may not be as good as Asuna's, but if someone opens a restaurant, it is naturally much easier to find ingredients than Asuna's.
Because he has used A5 grade beef, Mu Fan understands that with this kind of ingredients, as long as he has some cooking skills, it is not difficult to obtain B grade.
As for A level, it requires some strength.
But with Sato Tatsumi as the owner of a restaurant, it shouldn't be difficult to get A-level...
But S-level, can he do it
Mu Fan smiled, then took a deep breath, recalling the information in the Mu family recipe, and calmed down his heart.
When a real chef is cooking, he must first adjust his mentality.
This is something Mu Fan has never noticed.
Opening his eyes again, Mu Fan picked up the kitchen utensils on the cooking table. Although the ingredients were a bit shabby, there was never a shortage of tools on the cooking table, and it seemed that these tools were all newly purchased because of the food festival.
The kitchen knife in her hand was dancing rapidly, chopping up the vegetables on the table like a phantom. Not far away, Zangaki Zino accidentally glanced at Mu Fan, thinking of the conflict between him and Sato Chen, and couldn't help showing a surprised expression.
"This kind of swordsmanship is not weaker than the students of Totsuki Academy, right? It seems that this kid seems to have some strength."
Mu Fan, who was still in his heart, ignored the gazes around him and steamed the rice first. After it was steamed, he quickly added a small amount of butter and melted it in the hot pot, spreading it all over the bottom of the pot. Beat the eggs and butter salt and pour them into the pot, then use chopsticks to beat them in the pot a few times. Then shake the pot so that the egg liquid covers the bottom of the pot.
When the eggs are half-cooked, add the rice and skillfully pile them into an oval shape. Then wrap the rice with the eggs without rice on both sides, move it to the edge of the pot, and invert it onto a plate.
Are you making omelette rice
Zangaki Zino was surprised. She originally thought that Mu Fan would make something good. As the president of a Japanese restaurant, she had eaten countless famous dishes, and she couldn't get interested in many of them.
As soon as he saw Mu Fan using the remaining ingredients to make omelette rice, he immediately lost interest and turned his attention to the others.
After waiting for about an hour, the first person to come up was Sato Tatsumi, who had already brought beef soup made from A5 grade beef to the table.
Glancing at Sato Chen, Shimono Kuroki was very impartial as a judge and would not change his mind because of the other party's identity. He was silent for a moment, picked up a spoon, took a spoonful of beef soup and tasted it.
The delicious soup enters the mouth, passes through the tip of the tongue, and fills the entire throat. It belongs to A5 grade beef. The delicate taste comes through. The shredded meat inside melts in the mouth, and the deliciousness flows along the esophagus and instantly flows throughout the body.
How could this have such a delicious taste? At this time, Kuroki Shino found some shrimps and kelp in the soup.
It turns out, this is not just beef soup.
"Teacher, here I used the broth made from seafood shark fins that were just caught from the beach at home, paired with the secret shrimp sauce, and then I applied a layer of garlic on the outside of the A5 grade beef to make it full of flavor."
Seeing Shimono Kuroki's surprised expression, Sato Tatsumi smiled slightly.
"So that's it... This beef and seafood soup is really extraordinary."
Countless high-end ingredients were mixed together, and the delicate taste spread throughout the body. Kuroki Shino felt that his whole body was about to melt into the bowl of soup.
"S-level, you passed."
Kuroki Shimono said calmly.
"Thank you, teacher!" Sato Chen laughed excitedly. He chose the best ingredients this time. With the cooking techniques he learned from the most famous chef in the restaurant since he was a child, it is natural for him to receive an S-level rating.
"Trash fish!"
Looking back at Mu Fan who was walking over with a bowl of golden soup and omelette rice, Sato Chen sneered.
"Zhaoyu, you want to fool people with just a bowl of omelette rice?"
"Haha, just watch."
With a faint smile and ignoring Sato Chen, Mu Fan put the omelette rice on the table.
"this... ... "
Looking at the omelette rice in front of him, Kuroki Shino frowned: "Isn't this just an ordinary omelette rice?"
"No, teacher, please look again."
Mu Fan smiled, and then poured the broth from the plate directly onto the omelette rice. The soup with a golden light immediately flowed along the eggs and into the rice wrapped in them.
After the soup has been fused, the egg that had just wrapped the rice truly merged with the rice inside. The golden light reflected in the lights in the room.
"The omelette rice with mu-style sauce is delicious. Guest, please use it slowly!"
Seeing this, Mu Fan sprinkled some shredded seaweed and chopped green onions on it, smiled slightly, and pushed the omelette rice in front of Kuraki Shino.
"Omelet rice with sauce?"
Kuroki Shino looked at the golden soup under the omelette rice with a surprised expression, and the omelette that tightly adhered to the rice crust because of the soup. The two seemed to complement each other, even if they were eaten. Being accustomed to delicious food, she couldn't help but swallow her saliva.
It seems that taking a bite will have an unexpected taste.
"Hmph, it's just made of garbage materials, what good can it be?"
Sato Chen sneered.
At this time, Kuroki Shimono had already cut off a piece of omurice with a spoon and put it in his mouth. Then, he froze in place holding the spoon.
After he came to his senses, he started to put the omelette rice in his mouth with a spoon.
"The rice and eggs fit together tightly. The two, coupled with the soup, have completely melted together. They are both extremely soft and smooth. Needless to say, this point goes without saying."
"And in the soup, you added onions to give the outside of the eggs a slight sweetness. There is still a little bit of broth left in the soup. Add salt to taste, add water starch, and cook until it becomes thick. By letting the rice and eggs fuse together tightly, you can achieve a dish where all three ingredients are integrated into one, and no one of them can be served without it.”
"But why can't you stop eating?"
Kuraki Shino asked in surprise while eating rice with a spoon.
After a moment of silence, she suppressed the hunger in her heart and glanced at the rice on the spoon. She was shocked to find that in addition to the golden light from the sauce, the rice also had a hint of red.
"I'm sorry, teacher. You're missing one of the materials you mentioned."
Having said this, Mu Fan chuckled, took out a red fruit from his pocket, and took a bite. The sweet and sour taste made him frown.
Then he looked at Kuroki Shigeno and said with a smile: "I don't know who put some crab apples on the cooking table just now. When I saw it, I extracted its juice, mixed it with water, added it to the rice and steamed it. The rice that accidentally realizes the sweetness and sourness will attract your appetite... "
"So, what level is the dish I made using discarded materials? Teacher?"
[It is said to be updated once a day, but today I actually updated 6,600 words. So what, this time it is three chapters. I can’t control it. It’s so uncomfortable, cough cough.]