Reborn in Japan as a Chef God-Chapter 984 - 983: Prayer of the Flame (Part 2)

"We worship you, you are the starting point of civilization, you are the pioneer against darkness, you led us from eating raw flesh to culinary sophistication and warmth... You are the beginning and the end of all cuisine and cooking..."

Rather than a believer’s prayer, this is a song of flame!

Praise the flame!

In the desert, above the altar, fiery clouds suddenly surged violently.

It was as if a door had opened, and a figure draped in flaming gauze gradually solidified.

"The king of... flame!"

A group of people in the square, in the heat storm, all had wide eyes, some as if worshiping a deity, with expressions both awe-struck and devout.

No!

It was not a deity!

Zhu Qing, Makki, Eriina, and Dojima Yin, along with the main characters, looked at the figure in the beam of light. Dismissing the flame gauze and other unnecessary adornments, they focused intently on that familiar profile, and friends and family wanted to shout out that young man’s name.

At that moment, flames truly forged a demon king’s throne.

The air was like frozen, an asphyxiating silence lingered after the beam of light dissipated, lasting for several minutes, finally broken by Dragon Head Zhu Ji.

"Indeed... it glowed!" The always dignified face of Zhu Ji revealed a touch of relief.

"Yes, a glowing dish... this signifies that this barbecue dish, in terms of ingredients and culinary skills, reached an exceedingly harmonious level..."

The nearby Dragon Chef Review Team had solemn expressions.

Huang He was in a half-dazed state, his facial muscles extremely stiff, a glowing dish composed of ’Wine Camel’ and ’Rock Alpaca’, these fantasy ingredients? Why can fantasy ingredients also directly point to glowing?

"Ladies and gentlemen, hold on—"

The ’Greedy Wolf Blade’ was still in his right hand, Xia Yu did not lower the blade, once again wielding it over the roasted camel lying on the dining table, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, with overlapping blade glints, rings of steaming roast meat came off, viewed horizontally these roast rings, the distribution of meat layers was like geological strata, the outermost layer was the driest camel meat.

The second layer was relatively tender alpaca meat.

As for the third layer of roast chicken, the fourth layer of the secret garden...

Xia Yu smiled internally, the secret of the recipe is right here!

"Please have some!"

The barbecue feast had finished its slicing, making it easier for diners to take. Xia Yu sheathed the knife and stepped back two steps, saying to the stunned Dragon Chefs: "Everyone, feel free, take a ring of roast meat each, I suggest grabbing it with your hands, though it’s fine to use a small knife to slice it, the eating method is very free, everyone at ease."

"Well, we won’t hold back then..."

Li Wannian was the first to roll up his sleeves, didn’t wear gloves, just grabbed a ring of fragrant roast meat, took a big bite, the first taste was camel meat.

In Xia Yu’s recipe structure, the camel primarily served a "protecting" and "marinating" role.

Perhaps the ’Wine Camel’ meat was tasty, but it was tainted with too much charcoal flavor, the taste of the meat was rather complex, and after high heat roasting, the texture wasn’t the best. Li Wannian frowned, "Is it just like this?"

He couldn’t help but feel disappointed.

With several more bites increasing dryness, finally, he reached the second layer, the ’Alpaca Meat’. Li Wannian took a bite, suddenly his nostrils emitted two streams of scorching airflow, veins bulging on his face, "What’s going on, this is so tender, it’s softer than any roast meat I’ve ever had!"

"Wait, I get it, no wonder it’s called ’Wine Camel’, did the wine stored in the camel hump seep into the deepest part of the roast through the layers during roasting!" Li Wannian recalled the earlier bonfire scene.

Yes!

Why insist on using the ’Sky Hero Flame Wheel’ technique, rotating the massive roast whole camel? To speak boldly, as someone who mastered the ’Bursting Flame’ technique, the Li Family Patriarch, Li Wannian was sure Xia Yu had a hundred, a thousand ways to roast a camel, why use the most exhausting, labor-intensive method?

The reason was this wine!

"No wonder!" Li Wannian exclaimed, "When Ancestor Ya Kan created the ’Heavenly Hero Grilled Bluefish’ recipe, he used the ’Sky Hero Flame Wheel’ technique precisely to infuse the sauce and control the heat into the deepest parts of the bluefish’s backbone!"

"You, you actually managed to recreate the perfect ’Sky Hero Flame Wheel’ on a huge camel... and with several layers of roast meat!"

Li Wannian was utterly astonished.

Xia Yu said calmly, "That’s why I didn’t prepare any condiments before the barbecue."

Facing the camera, he grinned, "Did everyone see me sprinkle salt, sprinkle ginger on camel meat, mutton, chicken, and pigeon? In my recipe, these roasts don’t need extra marination or seasonings!"

Condiments and sauces aren’t usually the same concept in cooking.

Oil, salt, pepper, these are condiments, seasonings. While sauces are flavorings.

"Ah—"

The expressions of the crowd in the square were collapsing.

Thump, thump, near the dining table, Huang He was so shocked by the words he staggered back two steps, staring at the huge barbecue dish on the table in disbelief, "Even the most basic salt isn’t used? What a joke!"

Xia Yu smiled slightly, "You pursue the original taste, I also have a version of the original taste here."

Specifically using a dining plate, Xia Yu with a small knife, cut a few pieces of pigeon meat, without using camel meat, alpaca meat, and chicken meat, only took the core meat with mysterious sauce, handing the plate to Huang He, "How about it, want to give it a try?"

On the other side.

The epicure judging by the Dragon Chef Review Team was ongoing.

"Indeed, there are no other condiments!"

"No cumin, no chili, not even salt... very pure roast, but why, why can’t my mouth stop, oh, it’s hot, it’s hot!"

Biting layer by layer, when they were about to reach the secret garden in the core, Yan Qi, Xia Qing stopped simultaneously.

They stared at each other with oily mouths, their tongues sweeping their mouths, strangely, despite binge eating several kinds of roast, their mouths were sweet with no greasy taste.

Sauce!

The two looked at the mottled pigeon meat, their intense appetite reigniting from their eyes.

Softer still.

The deepest pigeon meat, shielded layer by layer by chicken, alpaca, and camel, was unaffected by the charcoal grilling taste, as for ’flavor’, had achieved utmost perfection.

Moreover, it wasn’t simply pigeon meat flavor, the diverse roasts ingested before seemed to revive in the mouth.

The Flame Altar reappeared, and on the altar were chicken, camel, alpaca...

They all roared with burning flames...

Faces twitching due to the flood of resurrected flavors, Yan Qi chewed the roast in his mouth, pupils flickering with blazing flames: "I see, so this pigeon, is the ’heart’ of this barbecue dish. The pigeon encased by chicken, chicken by alpaca, alpaca by camel... the ’Sky Hero Flame Wheel’ technique, using the spinning throw force, causes the wine in the camel hump to infiltrate layer by layer. Simultaneously, the outer roast meats’ flavors, with the seepage, flow to the innermost depths, thus forming a very complex ’marination’ of the pigeon!"

"Exactly!"

Old man Xia Qing’s eyes were wide open, "... the rich meat juice carrying all the ingredients’ flavors infiltrates the pigeon, while the sauce originally inside the pigeon cavity, steams the whole barbecue dish... this flavor is extraordinary!"

Crack.

Upper body clothing burst open.

Not only Xia Qing and Yan Qi, but this Dragon Chef Review Team also consisted of ravenous judges, those who tasted the secret pigeon meat were already in an ’exploded clothes’ state.

Gulp!

Finally, Dragon Head Zhu Ji’s clothing burst open as well.

In the live broadcast images, this group of old men were half-bare.

Watching the review panel’s garments ripping apart, Huang He’s heart clenched.

"How..."

Below the stage, Luo Tiangang was stunned.

"Why!!"

Xia Yu’s hand was still in the position of handing the plate, "So, try it!"

Now the smile on his face fell on everyone, "So, have a taste!"

At this moment, his face bore a smile as he said, "So, give it a try!"

Elsewhere.

In a civilian house, Wei Zhong, who had retired and returned to his hometown, stared at the TV absentmindedly, "...How long has it been? His culinary skills have already leaped to another level."