Reborn in Japan as a Chef God

Starting with the self-made sauces, Lei Aoxue explained in great detail, which showed how much she cared about Liu Ying.

"Next, use medium-strength flour, knead half into dough, and mix the other half with lemon water to make a batter!"

"OK!"

"Cut off the ends of the banana, use a brush to coat it with the batter, and pull the dough into threads. The thinner the noodle threads, the better. Of course, you can use knife skills here if you think your knife skills are up to cutting threads as thin as hair..."

Sizzle sizzle.

Soon, the banana was wrapped in white noodle threads and thrown into the oil pan for frying.

"That's enough for the heat!" Lei Aoxue said,

Liu Ying, with a tensed face, used tongs to take out the fried bananas one by one, plated them, and squeezed the sauce on top. Lei Aoxue then asked her to take the lemon peel that had been specially left aside, crushed it, and sprinkled it as a seasoning over the surface of the dish.

Thus, a very simple dish with a Western style was plated and served.

"This dish is called 'Thousand Island Noodle Strips Banana', a very ordinary home-cooked dish, easy to make, and delicious!" Lei Aoxue said, her eyes seemingly intentionally glancing at Xia Yu, like a swan stretching its graceful neck to show off to an ugly duckling.

In the area of knife skills, Lei Aoxue is indeed that white swan.

"Is that Thousand Island dressing?"

Xia Yu suddenly pointed to the sticky sauce on the surface of the banana.

"You know?" Lei Aoxue was slightly surprised.

"Mayonnaise, ketchup, and pickles, the three blended make homemade Thousand Island dressing." Xia Yu also looked at Lei Aoxue with surprised eyes.

After all, Lei Aoxue had been abroad for many years, so she was probably quite knowledgeable about foreign cuisine. Having a signature dish was not surprising.

Lei Aoxue touched Liu Ying's head, her expression softening as she asked, "Little Ying, do you know the difference between mayonnaise, Thousand Island dressing, and egg yolk sauce?"

"Mayonnaise originated in the Mediterranean, made mainly with eggs, sugar, and oil, with a sweet taste and an off-white color, easily recognizable by its appearance alone."

"Thousand Island dressing is named after the Thousand Island Lake on the border of the United States and Canada. It is a more enriched and refined seasoning, based on mayonnaise, mixed with tomatoes, lemons, and pickles, with an overall sweet and sour taste and an orange-red color."

"Egg yolk sauce, however, was born in France. In culinary preparation, it is more like a special seasoning oil, refreshing but high in calories, and among the three, it is the one most needing controlled usage..."

Amid Lei Aoxue's detailed lesson, Liu Ying began frying the second 'Thousand Island Noodle Strips Banana'.

Homemade ketchup.

Banana peeled, ends cut off.

The previous steps were almost a mirror image, with no difference.

However, when Liu Ying made a small bowl of batter and had a dough ready on the cooking table, Lei Aoxue waved to stop her, "That's enough!"

She gently patted Liu Ying's head, casting a soft glance.

"Little Ying, watch closely!"

Lei Aoxue's tone suddenly became playful, winking at Liu Ying, "Next, I'll personally demonstrate to you what is called knife skill control, and how it can completely transform the quality of a dish—"

"Such knife skills do exist."

"And, just like truth is grasped by only a few, those knife skills are possessed by only a very few chefs. I, for one, am among that rare group of chefs."

Here, Lei Aoxue's tone was cheerful.

Afraid Liu Ying was too young to understand, the implications in her words were almost blatant, clearly speaking to Liu Ying—

Want to learn high-level knife skills? Then take me as your mentor, blah blah blah.

"Hey, can you hurry up and not dawdle—"

But an untimely voice interjected and urged.

Lei Aoxue immediately glared at the urging Xia Yu, "Ha, why are you in such a hurry? I'm not demonstrating for you!"

Xia Yu shrugged.

To be honest, he was indeed curious about Lei Aoxue's knife skills.

Fear? Intimidation?

No, no, no, since witnessing the 'Kind Knife Technique' of the old man, Xia Yu suddenly realized that all the fog in his path of knife skills had cleared away, all unknowns and confusion had vanished.

Therefore, what he was curious about was the status of Lei Aoxue's knife skills, or in other words, just how strong Lei Aoxue's knife skills, considered her strongest aspect, really were.

As for peeking at knife techniques and learning secretly through super vision, Xia Yu could only apologize; he truly had no such thoughts.

The reason? Isn't the "Divine Hand" more worthy of focusing his energy on? He just needed to concentrate.

"Little Ying, watch closely—"

Lei Aoxue replaced Liu Ying, standing at the front of the kitchen counter.

She didn't bring any personal kitchen tools, so Lei Aoxue used the restaurant kitchen's ordinary kitchen knife.

Rolling the rolling pin back and forth over the dough, a thin and evenly white sheet was spread out on the table. Swish swish swish, the kitchen knife flashed cold glints, a few silent movements, the cutting board made no sound at all, but the whole sheet was cut into finger-width strips.

Whew!

Lei Aoxue's chest slightly rose and fell, her abdomen contracted.

Suddenly, a sharp look flashed through her eyes, as she casually picked up a noodle as wide as a thumb. Her knife suspended in the air, shaking out a dense wall of icy light, and as the noodle touched the wall, it was sliced apart.

Mrs. Liu and Liu Feng watched, horrified, seeing sheets of thin, light noodles like dandelions drifting and falling.

Liu Ying was nearby, hands tightly covering her mouth and nose, only feeling that Lei Aoxue's fair hand holding the knife seemed like a mysterious black hole, drawing her eyes uncontrollably.

Meanwhile, a faint voice in Liu Ying's heart said to her, compared to a regular kitchen knife, these hands are the foundation of high-level knife skills!

"Soundless, breathless!"

Yet Xia Yu suddenly closed his eyes.

Boom!

At the moment he closed his eyes, a thunderous sound echoed.

Immediately, a magnificent painting unfolded slowly in his mind. Lei Aoxue was obviously slicing the white noodles, but what Xia Yu meditated to see was entirely different from what his eyes saw. The noodles blossoming from under the sharp blade were brilliant reds and purples; the picture was colorful and extremely beautiful.

"Hear the thunder in silence."

"See the splendor in colorlessness…"

Xia Yu inexplicably thought of these two lines.

Lei Aoxue's knife skills are extraordinary! He couldn't help but feel a sense of astonishment.

If the old man's knife skills were gentle, then Lei Aoxue's style would be like a splendid blossom in the sky.

Sword Blade Blossoms!

Opening his eyes again, Xia Yu looked with amazement at Lei Aoxue's fair hand.

Just with this hand, full of personal knife skill style, he could conclude that Lei Aoxue's knife skill realm had probably surpassed cooking level, reaching the Qilin Realm.

The restaurant kitchen was silent, but the second dish 'Thousand Island Noodle Strips Banana' continued to be cooked.

"Done—"

With just a flick of the knife for seven or eight seconds, a layer of fine and thin noodles was spread on the cutting board. Lei Aoxue put down the knife and stepped back, patting Liu Ying's shoulder, the girl waking as if from a dream, stepping onto the stool to brush the banana with batter, then wrapping it layer by layer with noodles, placing it in the oil pan for frying; during this, Liu Ying looked dazed.

Snap!

The second dish was plated and placed on the dining table, just 10 minutes after the first dish was served.

The two identical dishes were placed together, and in terms of the color of the dishes, there was a clear difference.

"How is it…"

Liu Ying widened her eyes looking at the fried bananas on the two plates.

The first plate, entirely cooked by her own hand, with the fire controlled by Lei Aoxue, was almost perfect. The fried bananas piled on the plate, due to being brushed with batter and wrapped in noodles, it was naturally the golden color fried foods should have after being fried.

But looking at the second plate, Liu Ying couldn't help rubbing her eyes, as if seeing stunning flower petals blooming and disappearing in her vision, the picture was dynamic.

At the same time.

The smell of the dish in her nose was different too.

As the petals bloomed, Liu Ying only felt a refreshing fragrance rushing towards her face.

Suddenly, the scene of the orchard became real. Bananas, lemons, tomatoes, cucumbers, these vegetable and fruit ingredients each poured out a wonderful melody, Liu Ying was embraced by the melody, her delicate cheeks involuntarily showing a sweet smile, "So beautiful!"

The little girl let out a tinkling, delightful laugh, immersed in the fun world of the orchard.

Knife skills'...

Culinary essence!

Xia Yu exhaled, restraining the shock on his face.

"Indeed!"

His heart was not as calm as it appeared, "Knife skills, fire control, seasoning."

"These three basic skills, fire control represents Bursting Flame, seasoning represents the spice inequality, since these high-level culinary skills of fire control and seasoning can be imbued with culinary essence, then high-level knife skills logically can too!"

Because of this, Xia Yu was surprised.

Unexpected, truly unexpected.

He couldn't help but gaze at Lei Aoxue, "She actually perfected a certain culinary skill of knife skills!"

It seemed this was Xia Yu's first encounter with a contemporary chef who perfected a culinary skill to completeness and created her own style with her own mark—

Impressive!

As Xia Yu silently praised, he also muttered, "Oh no, am I going to lose?"