Chapter 52

People were afraid of getting too famous sometimes.

The restaurant suddenly became popular in the ACG circle on the internet, and it had also attracted some attention from the food industry.

Miyoko Hojo appeared abruptly and made a challenge, but Xia Yu thought about it carefully and thought that it was a manifestation of fame and influence.

If Xia’s restaurant was still dead like the past and not even open once in a month, Miyoko Hojo would never know that there was such a Chinese restaurant in Tokyo.

Therefore, the challenge from Miyoko Hojo might just be the beginning. Next, there would definitely be more challenges from the food industry. Xia Yu was silently prepared to meet the challenges of Food Wars.

For now, he would conquer this powerful woman first. Xia Yu didn’t like her aggressive eyes.

This was the first battle. According to the cruel failure conditions of the system, he could not afford to lose!

Xia Yu thought about it and said, “Do I need to inform the IGO professional jury to be present?”

“No, it’s a private challenge. It takes time for the IGO jury to come.” Miyoko Hojo waved her hand.

“What about the conditions for this challenge?” Xia Yu narrowed his eyes slightly.

“If you lose, you will close the shop for one year.”

Hojo Miyoko said coldly, “Also, don’t hang on the sign of ‘authentic Chinese cuisine’ in the future, or when you reopen in a year, I will come back! The reputation of Chinese cuisine is not to be insulted!”

After hearing the words, Xia Yu was stunned. He looked more serious in his eyes.

In the 11th district, many Chinese restaurant operators, including Chinese, were selling Chinese food that was inauthentic. Those non-authentic Chinese dishes underwent ‘renovation’ after coming to Japan. And the unpleasant thing was that they couldn’t make the authentic taste at all.

And there was no doubt that those ‘innovative’ Chinese dishes had distorted the original taste of the dishes and made people have a strange impression of Chinese dishes.

It was so nice that Hojo Miyoko worked hard to maintain the authenticity of Chinese cuisine.

Since Xia Yu loved Chinese cuisine so much, he did not intend to embarrass her, and came up with harsh demand for the Food War.

“Alright! If I win by chance, you will be the kitchen hand in my restaurant for the next year.” Xia Yu’s lips curled a little.

The bet between him and Rina seemed to be like this.

There was no other way.

The kitchen was short of staff, but kitchen hands could not recruit by chance. Firstly, he didn’t want to take it easy and recruit people who had poor cooking skills. It would affect his work efficiency. Secondly, the kitchen was already cramped. One or two chefs could not be idlers, and they needed to help.

In fact, Xia Yu preferred Miyoko Hojo a little more.

After all, Miyoko Hojo received her father’s cooking training from an early age and grew up in the kitchen of Hojo building. She was very good at all kinds of Chinese cuisine. She was also strong and capable of succeeding male chefs. She possessed the qualities of a master chef.

Relatively speaking, Rina was more suitable for the kitchen of a high-end western restaurant. Even if the bet was won, Xia Yu would worry that an arrogant girl would be fighting with him every day in the kitchen.

So, for this war, Xia Yu had the guts to win. He had too many reasons to win.

“A year of being a kitchen hand?”

Miyoko Hojo promised it without thinking. She showed a strong self-confidence. “I promise!”

“So, the agreement for the Food War is established. And the theme is Chinese cuisine!” Xia Yu said.

“We will try each other’s dishes and rate each other!” Hojo Miyoko said.

Since there was no professional jury present, the provisions of a Food War were basically verbal appointments of gentlemen.

Xia Yu brought Hojo Miyoko to the kitchen.

He pointed at the renovated stove. “There are two large frying pans, just enough!”

He also pointed to the kitchen counter. “Here are enough ingredients for two people to handle at the same time.”

“The ingredients are stored in the refrigerator.” Xia Yu pointed out, and two large refrigerators were placed outside the kitchen, near the stairwell.

Miyoko Hojo looked at the narrow kitchen, and she felt a bit less contempt.

Professional!

There was not much to talk about the spatula and pans. The kitchen knives on the shelf were available in Chinese, Japanese and Western styles. The main kitchen knives were two each, but most of the kitchen knives were in the Chinese style. There were square traditional knives in strange shapes. There were also several kinds of special knives that Hojo Miyoko couldn’t recognize.

By looking at the knives, you could tell if the kitchen was professional. Knives were the most important tools for chefs. Some chefs take a dozen of their favorite and commonly used knives when they travel.

At important occasions, such as a Food War, the chefs would not use other strange knives.

Miyako Hojo also brought her kitchen knife. She took the kitchen knives out of her pocket and washed the chopping board and knives, and she went to pick the ingredients.

An Ya, Mu Xiaoyue and Maki Morita took the opportunity to slip into the kitchen.

“Ah Yu!”

Mu Xiaoyue poked him in the waist and glanced towards the purple short-haired girl who was picking ingredients near the stairwell. She was worried. “Are you going to have a Food War with her? She seems to be a student of Togetsu…”

“She is a student of Togetsu, and among the best group,” Xia Yu replied.

“What…”

“What do you mean? Don’t you have confidence in me?”

“But she is also an IGO one-star chef. You have to go all in!” Mu Xiaoyue tightened her face.

“Of course! I will show the proper respect!”

Xia Yu took a breath and nodded to Maki Morita, who was also nervously looking at him, and turned to select ingredients.

Miyoko Hojo stopped in front of the meat refrigerator.

She supported her chin with her hand and thought. She changed her previous arrogant attitude and became cautious.

Food War was a very dangerous game. She couldn’t lose, and she didn’t want to lose. After all, by seeing the professional kitchen of Xia’s restaurant, Miyoko Hojo faintly felt that she had met a tough opponent.

Therefore, she had to do her best!

Boom!

After thinking about what to do, Hojo Miyoko no longer hesitated. She opened the cabinet door and took out a few slices of ham from inside.

Next, she found eggs, pineapple and curry.

The ingredients were very simple. They were not for an oily or meaty dish. Hojo Miyoko took the ingredients. But before seeing Xia Yu’s figure, she couldn’t help but shake her head in disappointment. “…Hasn’t he decided what ingredients to use to challenge me?”

When she went back to the kitchen, Miyoko Hojo was startled.

“He…”

It turned out that Xia Yu had already started in front of the kitchen counter. The vegetable basket in front of her was decorated with spinach and bak choy and some spring onions that had been cleaned.

Compared to her, Xia Yu didn’t even take any ham. It was a completely vegetarian dish.

‘What kind of food is he going to make?’ Hojo Miyoko couldn’t help thinking.

At this time, Xia Yu also glanced over and saw the ingredients in her hands. “Eggs, pineapple, curry, ham… Hey, are you making pineapple curry fried rice?”

Hojo Miyoko looked serious and didn’t answer him. But there was a bit of nervousness in her heart.

“What a coincidence. I am also going to make fried rice. But don’t worry, the remaining overnight rice from last night is enough for us!” Xia Yu smiled.