"It's just like being able to taste the specialty of the chef in the dish. In short, as long as you eat that dish, you will know that it was made by the chef!”Shiyu Kasumigaoka stuttered as she recounted the experience she had when she ate the dishes of that special chef. As she did not know how to cook, she could only describe it this way.
"I see. Is it a unique characteristic?”Lin Ye nodded and understood a little. What was the so-called special class?
" Then, I won't bother you anymore, Lin Yejun. Oh, right, my mother asked me to send these fruits over. Please accept them." Shiyu Kasumigaoka handed Lin Ye a handbag.
" Oh, thank you." Lin Ye took the bag and walked straight back to the kitchen after sending the girl away.
He kept trying and trying, but in the end, he didn't feel any different from the previous dishes. There was no improvement in the taste, let alone the so-called personal characteristics.
It was a very simple principle. For example, if a chef's specialty was spicy food, could no one else cook spicy food except this chef? It was pure nonsense. Then how could people know that you made the dish as soon as they ate it? Some people might say that the spicy or salty taste was adjusted to the extreme, but could that kind of dish really be eaten? Could a particularly salty dish really be considered delicious? The specialty was there, but it had also lost its taste.
Shika Kasumigaoka also said that the so-called super chef was on the same level as Lin Ye's cooking in terms of taste. In other words, Lin Ye added a strong personal characteristic to the delicious food.
Then, did Lin Ye have a unique personality? The answer was yes. In his other world, his specialty had always been perfection, because no other chef could cook as perfectly as him, so this was his specialty in his other world. However, this world was different. There were also people who could cook dishes with perfect taste. Be it cutting skills, seasoning, or heat control, there were people who were not inferior to him or even surpassed him. Therefore, his so-called perfect personal characteristic did not exist.
" Sigh, what a headache." Lin Ye sighed." As expected, I still have to taste the food of a super chef."”
However, when he thought about the amount of money in his wallet, Lin Ye suppressed this unrealistic thought.
As a small group of people who stood at the top of this world's culinary arts, the value of every special chef's dishes was astonishing. This was reflected in the specific operation of the restaurant, which was the extremely high price of the dishes!
With the 20,000 yen he had now, he might not even be able to afford a high-end restaurant, let alone a high-end restaurant.
" Sigh, a single penny stumps a hero. Forget it, let's take it one step at a time. Everything will work out when we get to it. Let's complete the mission to enroll in Togetsu first." Lin Ye scratched his head." I heard that in that academy, as long as you have enough culinary skills, you can get everything, just like what's that again, the Top Ten Talents of Togetsu? They should all be very rich, hehe.”
For the next few days, Lin Ye kept using the ingredients left behind by the original owner to practice. After all, he had a new body now. Although it was his own body in another parallel world, he was still a little unfamiliar with it since he was at a different age. He needed to get used to it through a lot of practice as soon as possible.
It was worth mentioning that even though he kept cooking, he didn't waste much because his neighbor Kasumigaoka's family had become his loyal customers. The family of three would come over to eat at any time, and Kasumigaoka would leave a sum of money on the table every time.
As a result, Kasumigaoka's family would drop by whenever they had the time. They would bring some ingredients, fruits, and local specialties over, so Lin Ye had been eating fruits and snacks all the time. It was much more pleasant to see a beautiful girl's face at any time compared to being alone at home studying.
Just as Lin Ye was completely integrated with this body, the transfer exam for Togetsu arrived as scheduled. Lin Ye packed up a little before heading to the supreme palace of Japanese cuisine.
" Wow, it's really spectacular." Lin Ye couldn't help but sigh when he saw Togetsu Academy with his own eyes. His first impression was that it was huge. It was ridiculously large, and he couldn't even see the end of it. It was hard to imagine that a school with such a large area existed in Tokyo, where every inch of land was extremely expensive.
Japan was a typical country with a large population. Although it was small in size and had a large population, there were not many people in the countryside and remote towns. Most of those places were left behind by the elderly and children. The young and middle-aged were almost concentrated in large cities, and Tokyo, the largest city in Japan, was the first to bear the brunt. Its population density could be said to be the highest in Asia.
In such a large international city, Togetsu Academy could occupy such a large piece of land in an imposing manner. This showed the weight of the word Togetsu in Japan.
" There are so many people, and all of them have maids and servants." Lin Ye's lips twitched. Most of the candidates who came to take the transfer entrance exam were from prestigious families, but none of them were commoners. In comparison, he, who came empty-handed, was even more eye-catching.
However, Lin Ye didn't plan to communicate with these people. He quietly followed the crowd into Togetsu Academy and arrived at the entrance exam.
Just as the hundred or so examinees were whispering in the hall, a white-haired young man walked up from the high platform." Everyone, please be quiet.”
"Allow me to introduce myself. I am a member of Togetsu's Top Ten Talents Council, the first seat of the council, and also the examiner for your entrance exam. Please take care of me for the next two hours.”
The audience fell silent. All the examinees widened their eyes. The top ten!
" Well, to be honest, I'm not good at this kind of work," Mr. Si sighed." But no one was willing to come, so I had to preside over the exam in the end. However, the original exam process was too complicated, and I thought it was difficult to control, so I simplified the exam process.”
With that, Mister Si smiled." My test procedure is, everyone, please make a tuna sashimi in an hour. It's very simple, right? Then, I announce the start of the exam."
Lin Ye calmly walked to the ingredients counter and started to pick the tuna meat that he had prepared.
" This Si Si Shi is quite interesting." Lin Ye returned to the cooking counter after choosing the ingredients. He knew the trap of this question very well. Tuna was a type of fish that was very suitable for sashimi. Many examinees chose the large belly meat that was rich in oil, fine in fiber, and had a good taste. The meat in this area was indeed suitable for sashimi, but it also had a flaw. The taste was simple and straightforward, and it lacked a sense of layering.
It would undoubtedly be a delicious dish if he went to a restaurant to enjoy a sashimi with tuna belly. However, the inspectors here didn't go to a restaurant to eat. They had to taste more than 100 identical sashimi dishes in a row. After tasting such straightforward and unchanged dishes many times in a row, no matter how good their cutting skills were, it would be difficult to get good reviews.
Therefore, Lin Ye chose a piece of mid-belly meat. Although mid-belly meat didn't have as much fat as big belly meat, the texture was more complex and subtle.
Time gradually passed, and more and more examinees completed their works.
"Not qualified."
"Not qualified."
"Not qualified."
As expected, Lin Ye sighed. These second-generation students who took the entrance exam didn't seem to have any real skills.
Lin Ye raised his hand." I'm done too, Inspector.”
" Mm." Monk Si walked to Lin Ye's table, picked up a piece of sashimi that was of moderate thickness, dipped it in seasonings, and put it into his mouth.
"Oh!" Mr. Si covered his mouth." Delicious! It was as if a fish had come alive in his mouth.”
" Lin Ye, right?" Monk smiled and finished the remaining sashimi." Congratulations, you've passed."”
" Thank you." Lin Ye nodded and walked out of the hall.
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