Looking closely, her watery eyes were gleaming, and she was excitedly rubbing her hands together non-stop.
Who would have thought that her mood could change faster than flipping a book, leaving Tadokoro Megumi, who had just been comforting her, speechless!
…
Just then, Chef Director Gin Dojima slowly walked onto the podium.
He surveyed the scene, seeing that the new students gathered in the lobby were indeed fewer than in the morning, and he felt secretly satisfied.
"Firstly, I congratulate all 811 students present who have survived after three assessments."
"This is your honor, and it is the result of your own efforts."
After speaking, Gin Dojima paused, then continued: "Now, allow me to introduce to you the group of people standing behind me. They are all sports members from the neighboring university's basketball team, volleyball team, sumo association, and so on."
"Because they undergo a large amount of sports training every day, they require various nutritional supplements."
"And tonight's dinner will be the responsibility of all the students present."
"This time?"
"The dinner menu provided is very simple: just a common pan-seared steak set."
"However, you must prepare 50 servings within 2 hours. Students who fail to meet this standard will be considered unqualified, so please work hard."
As soon as these words were spoken, the entire lobby erupted!
It was important to know that after three assessments, almost all the students present were utterly exhausted.
But they still had to continue completing the dinner assessment of making 50 servings of pan-seared steak for the university students next door in such a state.
"No way?"
"This… how is there still an assessment?"
"It's already 10 PM, can't they just let us sleep?"
"Making dinner for these university students, damn it, I haven't even had dinner myself yet!"
"Oh right, dinner?"
"Who is responsible for our dinner?"
Amidst the chaotic atmosphere, one student bravely stood out and shouted loudly to Gin Dojima.
Upon hearing this, Gin Dojima simply picked up the microphone again and calmly replied: "After you finish making 50 servings of steak, you can then address your own dinner problem."
"Alright, it's 10 o'clock sharp. Everyone, head to the back kitchen of Yue Yuan Li Gong and prepare for the assessment."
As soon as his words fell, all the students reacted.
They began to rush to the back kitchen, scrambling to be first, fearing they would be a step slower than others.
Only at this moment did they truly understand how terrifying a Practical Training activity was, completely beyond what any ordinary person could endure!
…
Use kitchen paper to absorb excess moisture from the surface of the steak.
Then, use a boning knife to remove excess meat from the bone handle. Apply olive oil evenly to both sides of the steak and sprinkle with rose sea salt.
Heat a cold pan with oil over high heat until it slightly smokes, then add the steak. Maintain high heat throughout, searing each side for 2 minutes until a crust forms.
Afterward, add garlic, thyme, and butter to sauté until fragrant.
Once both sides of the steak are basted with sauce, continue searing for about 1 minute, then it's ready to be taken out of the pan.
After taking it out, slice the steak thinly, arrange it simply on a plate, divide into 5 servings, and sprinkle with a little crushed pepper and sea salt.
Thus, it can be enjoyed by the waiting university students.
"I've finished all 50 servings of steak. Can I leave now?"
Pulling off her chef's hat and brushing back the strands of hair from her forehead, Erina, the girl with the God Tongue ability, turned her gaze to the side to the judging staff and asked in a cold tone.
"It's only been 46 minutes."
"On average, it takes less than 1 minute to complete 1 serving of steak."
The judging staff couldn't help but be particularly shocked, as Erina's serving speed was completely incomparable to that of an ordinary person.
Finally, she composed herself and quickly said: "You did very well, you may leave the back kitchen!"
"Mm!"
Erina nodded.
Immediately, amidst everyone's envy, she left the back kitchen of Yue Yuan Li Gong.
"As expected of Erina-ojousama, to be the first to complete the dinner examination."
Looking at her receding figure, Hisako, who was searing steak, couldn't help but sigh.
Immediately, her eyes filled with determination, and she continued: "Alright, I need to get motivated too. I absolutely cannot fall too far behind ojousama."
…
Pop!
A noodle that wasn't a noodle.
It was bitten through in Erina's mouth, making a snapping sound.
"Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey!"
"This… what in the world is this?"
Unexpectedly, as soon as she bit into it, Erina's face instantly turned exceptionally ugly.
She hastily spat out the catfish noodle from her mouth, her face full of disgust: "How can this kind of noodle be so full of catfish's fishy smell? It's too off-putting…"
Of course, disgust aside.
After calming down slightly, her eyes were filled with disappointment.
The method of making this "noodle-but-not-noodle" was based on the idea Sosuke had provided earlier.
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