"When do we start?"
Mu Fan walked into the kitchen and glanced at Ishikawa Rocks. The facilities in the Gourmet Department were enough for three people to use at the same time. It was enough for him and Ishikawa Rocks to cook at the same time.
Ishikawa Rocks took out a few green peppers, coriander, and a piece of pork tenderloin from the fridge and said, "Then let's start now. The students who come to the Gourmet Department will be the witnesses of our cooking."
"Sure. Mu Fan nodded and didn't say anything else. This was because the long-awaited mission from the Culinary System had appeared in his mind again.
"Defeat the arrogant Ishikawa Rocks with gourmet food. Continue to operate the Gourmet Department with Ashina. Reward: 1 fantasy point."
Although this mission only rewarded 1 fantasy point, it was better than nothing. And this fantasy point might have indirectly indicated that Ishikawa Rocks' culinary skills weren't that great.
Thinking of this, Mu Fan glanced at Ishikawa Rocks and watched him take out the ingredients from the fridge. He was preparing to cook the Chinese delicacy, "Shredded Pork with Green Pepper".
However, in this place, when it came to Chinese cuisine, as an upright Chinese person, he naturally wouldn't admit defeat. He closed his eyes slightly and opened the Shopping Store in his mind.
Then, the Fantasy System's Culinary Store appeared in Mu Fan's mind. Various delicacies flashed through his mind, such as Magical Mapo Tofu, Scholar Matchless, and so on.
In the Culinary Store, as long as one had enough fantasy points, they could exchange for any recipe.
Then, a recipe that flashed in the Culinary Store in his mind made Mu Fan's eyes light up. He immediately locked his consciousness on this recipe.
"Exchange for Shredded Pork with Green Pepper!"
Since Ishikawa Rocks wanted to compete, then Mu Fan didn't mind using his own Chinese cuisine to cook better than him.
The 1 fantasy point that he had just obtained this morning disappeared as he exchanged for the basic recipe. Memories of Shredded Pork with Green Pepper flooded into Mu Fan's mind like a tide.
These were all relatively simple recipes that only consumed one Fantasy Point each time. As for the more difficult ones, they all required five or ten Fantasy Points. Of course, a high difficulty recipe also required a corresponding level of cooking skill. A level 3 cooking skill would not be able to master it. Even if he had enough fantasy value, it would be useless.
"Seriously, did he voluntarily admit defeat because he didn't know how to do it?"
Ishikawa Rocks, who was preparing the materials, glanced at Mu Fan, who was standing in place with his eyes closed. He sneered in his heart, but he didn't forget to add fuel to the fire as he looked at Mu Fan and urged, "At most, you can only wait until your class starts. After that, I can only assume that you admit defeat."
"Uncle, don't worry. I won't admit defeat so easily."
After receiving the green pepper shredded pork message, Mu Fan opened his eyes and smiled faintly. He ignored Ishikawa Rocks and turned his gaze to Ashina Tsukuyomi who was not far away. He asked, "Tsukuyomi, I need your help. Can you come and help me?"
"Me?"
Ashina Tsukuyomi pointed at herself with a surprised expression. "With Mu Fan's cooking skills, I might drag you down, right?"
"No, you won't." Mu Fan shook his head. He thought of the green pepper shredded pork recipe. He put his palms together and earnestly asked for help. "Without Tsukuyomi's help, I can't make this dish alone. For the sake of the Gourmet Department, Tsukuyomi, please! "
"Mu Fan, you don't have to be so polite. You've done so much for the Gourmet Department. Since it's for the sake of the Gourmet Department, this is what I should do."
Ashina Tsukuyomi smiled and quickly put on her apron. She came to Mu Fan's side and asked, "What do you need me to do?"
"Please cut the green pepper and bamboo shoots into shreds, but they have to be of the same size. With Tsukuyomi's knife skills, you should be able to do it, right?"
The key to the green pepper shredded pork recipe was the knife skills. The ingredients had to be cut into the same size so that they could be evenly heated. After working together for the past few days, Ashina Tsukuyomi's knife skills were able to do it.
Right now, the Gourmet Department was facing off against Ishikawa Rocks, not Mu Fan alone. It was possible to ask for Ashina Tsukuyomi's help.
"I'll try. But don't you need to add green onion and garlic to the shredded pork?" Ashina Tsukuyomi's eyebrows were tightly knitted. She had never liked green pepper, onions, and garlic. Onions were fine, but the strange taste of garlic and green pepper made her unable to swallow them. Because of her habit, the chef at home never cooked any dishes with green pepper.
"Don't worry, I won't add onions and garlic. I'm cooking authentic Chinese cuisine! It won't taste the same as the green pepper you're imagining. " Mu Fan smiled. He knew that most people in Japan didn't like green peppers because their green peppers were boiled in water. This way, the green peppers' strange and stimulating taste would be stimulated to the extreme. Naturally, they couldn't be swallowed.
The method in his recipe was also different from the conventional shredded pork with green pepper. There was no need to worry about that.
As he spoke, Mu Fan quickly cut a piece of meat into shredded pork. He added an appropriate amount of egg white, starch, cooking wine, and soy sauce, and marinated it together. This marinating method didn't take long. It would take less than half an hour for the shredded pork to be infused with the flavor.
"Alright."
Hearing Mu Fan's words, Ashina Tsukuyomi could only agree. She bit her red lips, picked up the knife with one hand, and the knife fell on the chopping board like a phantom. Shredded bamboo shoots that were almost the same size as the shredded pork that Mu Fan had just cut into appeared on the other side.
"Yes, that's it."
Yueshiro Ashina's knife skills made Mu Fan smile with satisfaction. He took out fresh persimmons from the fridge, cut them into pieces, and added them into the stock and soy sauce. Then, he put them into the processing machine and beat them into sauce.
"Mu Fan, what's the use of these persimmons?" After Ashina Tsukuyomi cut the vegetables, she looked at the bowl of persimmons that had been made into sauce and widened her eyes in surprise. In her memory, persimmons and shredded pork with green pepper were two completely different ingredients. It was impossible to mix them together.
"Of course it's useful. Don't you dislike onions and garlic?"
Mu Fan glanced at Ishikawa Rocks, who was adding onions and garlic to the pot and repeatedly stir-frying, and reminded her, "That's the normal way of cooking. My method is different from his."
"Oh?"
After hearing Mu Fan's explanation, Ashina Tsukuyomi's heart was suddenly filled with curiosity. She didn't disturb Mu Fan and just watched quietly from the side.
As there wasn't much time left before class, Mu Fan didn't want to continue wasting time on this. As the memory of [Shredded Pork with Green Pepper] was deeply engraved in his mind, it was as if he had made it himself. Mu Fan skillfully heated up the oil in the pot, then added the shredded bamboo shoots, which were the most difficult to stir-fry, and soaked them in the oil. When he saw that it was almost time, he added the oil into the marinated shredded pork and waited for the shredded meat to change color. When he was filtering the oil, he put the green pepper on the hedge and sprinkled the oil on it. This way, the green pepper could be considered as one of the three ingredients that had been soaked in the oil.
Next, he put the oil in the clean pot, put the sauce into the pot, and stir-fried it until it was fragrant.
In fact, the reason why Mu Fan used persimmons was because of the recipe's introduction. Persimmons had a slightly bitter taste and could completely replace sugar, making the entire dish more prominent. It also didn't require the use of scallions, ginger, and garlic to choke the pot. It was very suitable for people who didn't like scallions and garlic.
However, before Mu Fan could finish cooking, a petite girl with light blonde hair and a slightly tall girl with short purple hair wearing a school uniform and a checkered skirt walked in.
"Capella and Weinai?"
Mu Fan raised his head and recognized the two people who came to the gourmet restaurant at a glance.
For the past two days, when Mu Fan was writing in class, he kept feeling that the gaze that started a few days ago had become more frequent. From the direction of the gaze, Mu Fan could only see Capella. He seriously suspected that Capella was observing him in class. After all, he had never felt this way before Capella came.
This made Mu Fan feel a little strange. Logically speaking, with his personality, Capella shouldn't have liked him at first sight, but why was she always staring at him in class?
There were a few times when Mu Fan didn't catch the opportunity. That kind of gaze was just like Hiratsuka Shizuka's scary gaze. It had already seriously affected his writing. If he caught the opportunity, he would definitely ask this girl who was like a little angel with her classmates, why was she always staring at him.
Weinai, who was by Capella's side, came to Toyoshiki on the same day as Capella. The two of them were good friends and always got together after class, so Mu Fan also knew Weinai's name.
However, Mu Fan who had reached the most crucial step didn't have time to pay attention to them. After the sauce was fried, he quickly put the shredded meat, green pepper, and bamboo shoots back into the pot and stir-fried. This process didn't take too long, or else the shredded meat would taste too overcooked. He just added salt to taste it and stir-fried it slightly.
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