Chapter 259 Turning Defeat Into Victory

In the morning, the morning glow is like a meticulous painting, slowly spreading across the sky.

At first, there was only a hint of pink on the horizon, like a shy girl lifting her veil gently, showing a shy smile.

As the sun rises, the colors of the morning glow become richer and richer.

deep red.

Orange.

Lilac.

Various colors, intertwined.

Every ray of light seems to have been carefully modulated, soft and not dazzling.

And a new day has finally arrived!

At this moment in Totsuki Academy, the tall buildings are like giants with straight backs, standing in the green mountains and forests.

Here, each high-rise building has a unique design and style, some with sharp edges and corners, while others are full of modernity. They not only represent the No. 1 Chaliao Cuisine School in Neon Country, but also a symbol of an era!

Moon Festival event, the next day.

The Jiuwo Restaurant in the central area is still doing a booming business, with so many diners coming and going that it is overwhelmed.

"Chuangzhen, you haven't given up yet?"

"If I had suffered a loss on the first day, I would have chosen to close down my business, so why should I persist?"

Standing in front of the hotel, Kuga saw Soma across the street continuing to push the snack stall's cart, so he couldn't help but run over to say hello.

Um!

Say hello.

Rather, it’s a bit of a mockery!

"Kuga-senpai." Seeing this, Chuangzhen quickly greeted him.

Then, he picked up a hot pepper cake with food tongs and waved it in front of Jiuga: "How do you like it? Do you want a pepper cake?"

"Ha, I admit that you are very capable!"

"Set up a snack stall in the central area, and then face my Jiuwo restaurant. You can also use simple and convenient pepper pancakes to attract some customers. It really has two brushes."

"It's a pity that you don't know how to do business, let alone how to use spicy and spicy flavors to retain customers."

"In my opinion, it's almost impossible for you to surpass me at this school festival and overtake Kuaga Hotel."

"And, seriously."

"In my eyes, you are an eyesore."

"But based on your courage to fight against the top ten heroes, you can be considered an honor even if you lose!"

Kuga didn’t really want to take care of my passion for creation.

Even if you look closely, you can detect a hint of disdain in his sharp eyes.

"no."

"As for me, senior, I never think I will lose."

Unexpectedly, Chuangzhen shook his head, with a confident smile on his face, and said calmly.

"Then we'll see."

I was stunned for a long time, then finally shook my sleeves and turned to leave.

…

Jiuwo Hotel has always been able to attract many, many guests, but it has a very fatal flaw, that is:

There are not enough seats to eat.

There are 20 tables in total, with 8 people per table.

Therefore, at most, it can only entertain more than 100 people at the same time.

However, for two consecutive days, the business of Jiuwo Restaurant has been booming, and the seats are often packed.

Even with the help of more than 100 students from the Chinese Cuisine Seminar, there has always been no problem in terms of manpower and resources, but at this moment, shortcomings have gradually emerged.

"I've been waiting for more than half an hour. How long do I have to wait to be seated?"

A gray-haired old man sighed helplessly.

He had been waiting in line at Jiuwo Restaurant for a long time early in the morning, but he still couldn't get a seat.

"This guest, because the store is very crowded, each guest has only 20 minutes to dine from the time the food is served, and must leave as soon as the time is up."

"Oh, there's really nothing we can do about that."

As a result, most of the guests who came to Jiuwo Restaurant either waited for a long time without being served, or left disappointed.

Especially the 20-minute meal time, this mandatory time perspective makes most guests feel very helpless.

…

sometimes.

The surge in foot traffic may not be a good thing.

What's even worse is that Yukihira Soma finally realized the plight of Kuga Hotel!

So, he finally took this moment to bring out his signature dish that he had been preparing for a long time, and a very despicable marketing method.

I saw him hanging a "Free Sample Pepper Cake" sign in front of the stall and started shouting.

"Huh? Are all the pepper cakes sold here free?"

"Isn't it?"

"It's true. During the entire school festival, there were stalls selling food for free."

"It's amazing. As expected, the students of Totsuki Academy are all a group of powerful guys."

"Wow, this is the first time I've seen this kind of special stone kiln barbecue method used to bake pepper cakes."

"Peppercakes, what's that?"

With the bad idea of ​​free of charge, this slightly low-level price war method is really useful.

Xing Ping Soma's stall gradually attracted many diners.

Although it is free, the deficit situation will become more and more serious. However, in a certain way, it has changed the problem that Xingping Sozhen's stall has been unable to attract customers.

Everything is based on customers.

If no diners come to patronize the stall, all subsequent plans will be in vain.

"Oh, it's surprisingly delicious!"

"This kind of pepper cake may seem as ordinary as the roadside snacks outside, but its taste is very unique. There is really a lot of gravy in the cake."

"Yeah, the gravy and spices go really well together."

"I didn't expect that I could eat pepper cakes like this for free. It's incredible."

"Ahem, pepper cake?"

"It's a bit choking to eat. It might be better if there are moist food like this, such as noodles."

One of the diners, holding his chin in his hand, thought about it calmly and then said something casually.

And this sentence directly made the eyes of Yukihira Soma, who was busy making pepper cakes, light up. He raised his head excitedly and quickly replied: "In that case, I just have a suitable dish here."

"Really?"

"But don't you only sell pepper cakes here?"

When the diner heard this, he suddenly felt strange and confused.

"Of course, but the cost of such cuisine is relatively high, so you have to pay a 1,000 yen gourmet coupon."

"1,000 yen?"

"Okay, you've eaten a few free pepper cakes. It would be embarrassing if I still had a bowl of noodles for free."

"Okay, then I'll buy a bowl of noodles."

"OK, wait a moment."

Yukihira Soma's lips curled up and he smiled faintly.

Then, I saw him grabbing the dough of the pepper cake with both hands, gently pulling it until it was as long and thin as he needed. Add an appropriate amount of salt to the dough to increase the consistency of the noodles.

The skillful operation and the extremely smooth ramen movements completely shocked everyone present.

"ha?"

"What's this?"

"It turned out to be a dough made from pepper pancakes. After some skillful pulling, it turned into very chewy noodles?"

"Student, make your own ramen?"

"Not to mention, seeing such a performance live is quite shocking."

"Is this...the dough of pepper cakes cut into long and thin noodles? The soup of fresh shrimps, the fragrance of green onions, and the side dish is pork belly inside the meat filling of pepper cakes?"

"That's awesome, I dare you to turn the pepper cake into a bowl of noodle soup!"

It was only at this moment that many diners finally figured out what Chuangzhen was going to cook, and they couldn't help but marvel.

And as Yukihira Soma completed the final steps, a bowl of fragrant noodle soup was completed.

"Everyone."

“This is the danzi noodles that goes with the pepper cake, please use it slowly!”

After making the danzi noodles, Chuangzhen took off his headscarf and said with a smile.

From this moment on, an accidental factor quietly appeared, destined to lead to a series of subsequent changes.

…

Before I knew it, it was already dusk.

A crescent moon rose quietly, and there were a few stars around it that gave off a faint light.

At this moment, the second day of the Moon Festival Festival was completely over, and the final business rankings of the central area were also announced to the public.

The third place was a seminar on Spanish cuisine.

The second place is Jiuga Hotel.

The first place is the stall of Yukihira Soma.

"What? It's only the second day and I lost?"

When he learned that his stall was overtaken by Soma Yukihira the next day.

I couldn't help but, Jiu Wo Zhaoji, suddenly became confused!

Main avenue area, Nakiri Alice's stall.

At this time, although it was the second day of the school festival, her stall was still attracting many diners who were unwilling to leave.

And such a prosperous business is completely different from the scene yesterday.

"Yeah, so many food coupons!"

"I didn't expect that my stall would get second place today."

Alice, who finally finished her work, looked at the stacks of food coupons that she could not count with her fingers. Although her face was full of fatigue, she still felt joyful.

Apparently under Zhang Fan's guidance, she finally used 3D printing technology to make molecular cuisine, and successfully reversed the unfavorable situation!

…

In the Linshan area, Erina Nakiri's stall.

It was a huge building, with a hall and salon inside the building, elegantly decorated!

Such a beautiful little white building stands abruptly at the foot of the mountain. It really has the feeling of standing out from the crowd, making people feel that it is unique and exquisite, and it is very eye-catching.

In fact, every school festival in previous years.

Most of the participating students are not limited to the turnover generated by their own shops, but purely pursue the perfection of their own cuisine.

Of course, Yukihira Souma, who uses his turnover as a bet and strives to compete with Kuga Teruki, must be a relatively alternative existence.

Therefore, this makes school festival activities more interesting, such as:

Erina's stall store adopts a reservation system. If diners do not make a reservation in advance, they will not be able to enter the store.

As for Tian Moshi's oden stall, the model is a bit like a buffet.

Diners, eat whatever you want.

As long as there are ready-made ingredients, you can stew them.

Alice, on the other hand, focuses on 3D printing and positions its cuisine towards children.

As for Si Yingshi at the first table, he created the dishes alone. Because his own energy was very limited, he only used three dining tables to entertain guests.

Therefore, at the school festival, not only are the systems different, but the pricing of each dish is also different.

This means that the turnover of each stall cannot truly reflect a person's strength!

Let's talk about Sieishi. Due to the limitations of his stall, his ranking in the Linshan area these days is quite low, not even as good as the tenth seat of Nakiri Erina.

As for Teruki Kuga in the eighth seat, he dominates the central area.

Of course, on the second day alone, he was overtaken by Soma Yukihira!

Oh, and also, Kobayashi Rientan, who was in the second seat, simply chose not to participate in the school festival.

…

"Oh, what a wonderful moment!"

"Last time in the autumn selection, because I couldn't witness Miss Erina's cooking, it was inevitably a big regret in my life."

At this time, there was a noble and elegant diner who was eating sukiyaki dishes.

The entrance is simply amazing, as if the door to a new world has opened. The sweetness of the sukiyaki pot, the tenderness of the beef, and the smoothness of the egg liquid are simply... a perfect match!

Every bite of this fresh food and exciting taste buds will definitely make people sigh deeply: How can there be such delicious food in this world?

Then put a piece of beef into your mouth, and then take a sip of the fragrant and slightly sweet soup. In an instant, the smooth egg liquid is wrapped in the sweet beef, and it immediately fills every part of the tongue! And this kind of taste that is so delicate that it melts in your mouth is simply...

How wonderful!

…

"The sukiyaki dish made by Erina-sama, the beef alone is particularly tender in texture."

"The various ingredients are also matched very well, and even the taste of each ingredient can be brought out to the extreme."

"yes!"

"As expected of Erina."

"Her cooking skills are always so impeccable!"

In the end, some diners couldn't help but marvel.

The mellowness of the fat beef, the freshness of the vegetables, the sweetness of the mirin, and the bubbles that bubble up when boiling, the fragrance that comes out can always make people intoxicated.

The reason why a sukiyaki pot can directly touch the soul is because it matches the ingredients perfectly.

Unlike hot pot, the Xiaojiabiyu of Sukiyaki has a state that directly touches the soul and has endless aftertaste!

Slowly, in his mind.

The green sea surface began to emerge, as soft as silk, with slight ripples.

And the refreshing humidity, with a touch of sea breeze, is constantly blowing every part of the body.

This feeling made him feel very relaxed and made him feel happy!

…

In this elegant dining environment, if you look around, you can clearly see the faces of every diner here.

And these few diners, no matter who they are, are all upper-class nobles in society who can be named, such as:

The owner of Kita Gourmet Club, Kita Shuji, looks gentle and gentle, but his identity is Anton Shingo, a food culture writer and critic.

There is also the CEO and COO of HUB Food Company, Natsume Sentata and Orie, who have always had a strong presence.

Apparently, at Erina's booth.

It’s not just anyone who can come in and spend money casually. (End of chapter)