"We'll have to wait for the special recipe 'Century Soup'. Before that, let me give you a taste of this!" Jie Nai turned his back to Guan Liyuan and the others, busying himself in front of the stove.

Compared with other stores, the "Jie Nai Canteen" in the food capital does not look luxurious. If it weren't for the word "Jie Nai", it would probably be despised.

The small, even shabby store, with an inconspicuous sign, is comparable to Old Man Tan's fortune-telling house. Of course... it is much cleaner and more sanitary than Old Man Tan's small dark room!

The kitchen is semi-open, together with the dining area. Guests can dine alone around the outer circle of the "kitchen area". In addition, there are less than ten tables, which looks no different from an ordinary small store run by an ordinary old lady.

However, with the word "Jie Nai", let alone despise, even with the identity of A Lu, he had to queue for two whole years to eat today's meal!

It's no wonder that he felt jealous of Jieno's generous invitation to Liu Maoxing and Guan Liyuan...

Jieno Restaurant is a set meal restaurant. The difference from a normal restaurant is that it only sells various set meals instead of ordering from a menu.

In Jieno Set Meal Restaurant, you don't even have to choose a set meal to eat what you cook!

And it's lucky to be open for one day a month, so it's no wonder that Alu made a reservation for two years.

At this time, Jieno Restaurant did not entertain outsiders. Only Guan Liyuan and the other four gathered in the semi-open kitchen area, watching Jieno humming a little tune while preparing ingredients...

Liu Maoxing looked at Jieno with more respect.

Before, he just read in the book how highly Jieno was "praised", but in fact, Liu Maoxing still had the idea of ​​"tasting is believing" in his heart.

After all, Jie Nuo was already a "legend", so the descriptions of her in various records were also very vague. In short, "very powerful" was too empty and unconvincing...

It was not until he saw Jie Nuo's cooking process that Liu Maoxing finally convinced that this was a strong opponent that he was not sure of defeating!

"Very powerful, although she looks shaky at ordinary times, her hands don't shake even once when holding the kitchen knife. Even professional knifemen rarely have such steady hands." Guan Liyuan couldn't help but say. "

Hehe, young man, don't look down on me! These hands can be steady for decades without any problem, huhuhuhu..."

Jie Nuo didn't look serious, but Guan Liyuan could feel that Jie Nuo's concentration was not low when cooking, but because the cooking process was almost engraved into her bones, so while concentrating, she could easily split the extra energy to chat.

Soon, four bowls of rice and four drinks were placed in front of the four people. At first glance, the rice looked like an ordinary Oyako rice, but...

"Welcome to taste it, garlic bird Oyako rice!" Setsuno would deliberately lower his voice to be very thick and deep only when announcing the name of the dish.

"Then we'll be polite!"

It looked like an ordinary Oyako rice, but in fact, not only the meat was made of garlic bird, which is very precious among poultry ingredients, but also the egg ingredients were ten-yolk eggs. It is said that this is a branch of poultry that became extinct because it was not delicious...

One egg can hatch more than a dozen offspring, and if used for cooking, you can see that there are more than a dozen egg yolks in it, and the taste will be very layered. Even the layering of each ten-yolk egg will have subtle differences, so it is difficult to cook.

The various spices used in the dishes, although only in bottles and jars that look worthless, are also very valuable...

The rice is not simple either, it is also the Paradise Rice of a high catch level. The cost of this bowl of rice is no less than three or five detoxified puffer whales, and if the appearance fee of Setsuno is included, it can be said to be a "priceless treasure".

The "drink" looks like plain water, and it tastes... tasteless, but compared to ordinary water, it is very easy to swallow. If it weren't for the sense of touch in the mouth, it would even make people feel like air. It is the "air water" that can only be obtained in the water mountain. In addition to being easy to swallow, it can also "massage" the taste cells, restoring the taste to the state where it is easiest to perceive taste!

After a meal, although it has not yet reached the main topic, Guan Liyuan and Liu Maoxing have already been moved...

"As expected of Chef Setsuno..." Liu Maoxing was so excited that his hands were shaking in front of the empty bowl.

"Hey, you are not serious, are you?" A Lu looked at him in surprise.

If Liu Maoxing's challenge to Jie Nuo before could be said to be ignorant and fearless, then it is undoubtedly more surprising that Liu Maoxing is still enthusiastic now.

Jie Nuo also turned around and looked at Liu Maoxing curiously...

"Yes, considering that I am not as familiar with the various ingredients as Chef Jie Nuo, I am afraid that my chances of winning are slightly smaller, but... the food battle without a sure win is the most fascinating!" Liu Maoxing said.

It also helps him to inspire his cooking heart...

"Ah, it's been a long time since I met such a young man with such vitality! Well... the 'food battle' you mentioned requires a bet, right?" Jie Nuo was not angry because of Liu Maoxing's "arrogance", but confirmed the rules of the food battle with him.

"Well, since I initiated the food battle, the bet and the theme of the dish can be decided by you!" Liu Maoxing said.

Alu and Xiaosong watched this scene blankly. Not only did they claim that their "chance of winning is relatively small", but they also let Setsuno choose the theme of the food battle...

So you think that if Setsuno chooses the project that she is good at, you will only have a "small chance of winning"?

Setsuno tilted her neck in a troubled manner and muttered to herself: "Then what should I choose? I should choose something that I am good at, huhuhuhu..." "

I got it! Then let's choose the main dish this time... Century Soup!" Setsuno finally hammered her palm and said in a rough voice.

"Eh? Century Soup?" Xiaosong said in surprise.

"Setsu, Setsuno grandma, you are too serious, aren't you?" Alu couldn't help but say.

Although Century Soup is not on Setsuno's life menu, it is one of Setsuno's signature dishes, and it is also a super soup dish that Alu has been waiting for two years to taste!

"Huh? This... The theme must be an item, not a fixed dish..." Liu Maoxing couldn't help but say.

Let me compete with her in her signature dish? Liu Maoxing doesn’t even know what Century Soup is. Isn’t this old senior bullying him?

However, Jieno said, "No, it's not a specific recipe. In fact, Century Soup should be more accurately described as a cooking method or a concept. It's just that I, an old woman, am the only one who makes 'Century Soup' now, so it's mistaken for a dish..."

Jieno later explained that the meaning of "Century Soup" is not a fixed soup. According to Jieno, she has tasted more than one Century Soup!

The real "Century Soup", as its name suggests, is a soup cooked with representative ingredients from a century. Even for the same century, different cooks have different understandings, and... Jieno, who has lived long enough, has drunk the "Century Soup" of nature that matures once every hundred years more than once, and the taste and artistic conception are different each time...

"As for the bet... well... I need to think about it..."