"Is that so? Then thank you, Satou."
Uncle Lu He nodded, but clearly didn't believe that Satou could truly revive the shop.
Although he had heard that Satou's cooking was very popular, he was still too young after all, and lacked experience.
Lu He Yoko also didn't quite believe that this young boy and girl could really come up with a way to defeat the popular fast-food restaurant across the street.
Of course, they were still very grateful that Satou came to help.
Satou looked at Erina Nakiri and asked, "Erina, what do you think?"
"Eh? Is this girl also good at cooking?"
Lu He Aoi was stunned. She saw that Erina Nakiri was very beautiful and had a noble aura, so she thought she was a young lady from some family or a model.
"Mm, don't let her bad temper fool you, always looking down on everyone, but she's actually very capable."
Satou said.
A vein faintly throbbed on Erina Nakiri's forehead, and she gritted her teeth, "I don't need you to explain anything for me!"
"In short, to defeat the opponent, we must first understand their background."
Erina Nakiri said to Satou, "Let's go to the restaurant across the street first and buy some of their dishes to try."
"No problem."
Satou nodded, and then walked out with the Tsundere.
At this time, there was already a long queue in front of the ramen shop across the street.
"I heard that the head chef of this ramen shop is a very experienced ramen chef named Suzuki Shoichi. He has some fame in other places, and the ramen he makes is exceptionally chewy, with an incredibly delicious broth."
Kaga Aoi explained from the side, "The best one is said to be Hell ramen."
"Hell ramen, huh?"
Erina Nakiri nodded, muttering to herself.
"Oh, isn't this the daughter of the restaurant across the street?"
Just then, a middle-aged man in a chef's uniform walked over and chuckled, "Are you here to eat our ramen? That's understandable. Your family's dishes are both rustic and unpalatable, so it's no wonder even your own daughter comes out to buy our ramen."
"Nonsense! My father's dishes are the best!"
Kaga Aoi said angrily.
"If that's the case, then why is your restaurant's business so bad? It looks like it won't be long before it faces closure, right? What a pity."
A hint of mocking smile appeared on the middle-aged man's face.
"I say, there's no need to do business like this, is there? Isn't it good to make money in harmony?"
Satou said from the side.
"What do you know, kid! When your customers increase, other restaurants' customers will naturally decrease. The culinary world has always been incredibly cruel, believing in the principle of the strong prevailing!"
Suzuki Shoichi sneered, "Your family's dishes are not as good as mine, so you can only watch helplessly as I steal your customers."
Kaga Aoi's small face turned red with anger, but she didn't know how to retort.
"Well said."
At this moment, Erina Nakiri smiled faintly and said, "But it's still too early to say who the weaker one is."
Suzuki Shoichi was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but laugh, "Heh heh, you few kids, you want to defeat me? Alright, I'll let you taste my ramen."
"Then let me taste your dish."
A smile appeared on Erina Nakiri's face.
"This kid…"
Suzuki Shoichi was slightly startled in his heart, realizing that he was actually overwhelmed by the aura of this girl.
This made him deeply shocked. Who exactly was this girl?
Afterward, Satou and the other two were led into the shop by him, and he deliberately arranged a seat for them.
"Try it. This is my Hell ramen, the result of ten years of hard work."
Not long after, Suzuki Shoichi brought three steaming bowls of ramen to them, "After you finish eating, please accept the fate of closing your shop."
Hell ramen is a relatively common type of ramen. Because of its spicy taste, people sweat profusely when eating it, hence it is called Hell ramen.
Afterward, Satou and the others began to taste it.
"So delicious! The taste is both fresh and spicy, especially the broth, it's simply too delicious!"
A hint of shock flashed in Kaga Aoi's eyes. Her family also sold Hell ramen, but compared to this bowl, it was completely not on the same level.
"Heh heh, kid, do you know that your family's dishes can't compare to mine at all?"
Suzuki Shoichi chuckled and said, "The broth of this ramen uses my exclusive recipe, and its taste is far more delicious than ordinary ramen, but I won't tell you the specific recipe…"
"It's made by stir-frying vegetables with spicy miso, then pouring in pork bone broth, adding kelp, and finally adding a little red chili oil to boil it, right?"
Erina Nakiri put down her chopsticks and said faintly, "And you should have added a little milk to the pork bone broth to increase the rich texture."
"Wha… what? How do you know?"
Suzuki Shoichi's face changed dramatically, looking at Erina Nakiri with an expression as if he had seen a ghost.
"Also, the spicy miso should be made by boiling soybean paste, red chili, and garlic in oil, right? To enhance the umami, you also added a little chicken broth and dried shrimp, and also mixed in a little apple puree for a slightly sweet and sour taste."
Satou interjected calmly from the side.
"Who… who exactly are you people?"
Suzuki Shoichi's face was incredibly pale. He was truly frightened. He had only tasted a few bites, yet they had seen through all his secrets!
"I thought your dish was so amazing, but it's nothing special after all."
Erina Nakiri stood up and said disdainfully, "You put too much red chili oil in your broth, which makes it greasy, and the vegetables weren't flavored at all when stir-fried… In my opinion, it's just a low-level dish."
"Also, soybean paste already has a salty taste, yet you added salt, which made the spicy miso too salty."
Satou continued from the side.
Suzuki Shoichi's mouth was wide open, staring blankly at Erina Nakiri and Satou. He didn't know what to say anymore. He didn't even know about these flaws himself!
"Let's go. This kind of dish is simply no match!"
Erina Nakiri tossed her hair proudly and walked out first, leaving Suzuki Shoichi dumbfounded.
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