Food Wars: Food Wars: The Beginning: Cutting Off The Nakiri

Looking at Shen Lang, Stephen Zhou grinned and said;

“Shen Lang, let me ask you, what do you think is the purpose of cooking?”

“For what?”

Shen Lang didn’t quite understand what Stephen Zhou meant, but Stephen Zhou smiled and said:

“Some people learn to cook for fun.”

“Some people learn to cook in order to make money.”

“Some people learn to cook in order to pursue something.”

“Some people learn to cook because they want to pick up girls.”

“In the past, my cooking skills were actually very poor, but I wanted to make money, I wanted to make more money, so I pretended to be a cooking god. Don’t look at me with the title of God of Food, in fact, in the final analysis, I have no feelings for cooking at all.”

“So when I fell from grace, I felt lost and helpless. I even fell to a point you can’t imagine.”

“Later, by chance, I went to Shaolin Temple. Life there was very hard, so hard that when I recall it now, I still feel a dull pain all over my body.”

“Being beaten by eighteen bronze men every day, he practices basic cooking skills desperately in the kitchen!”

“If a normal person experiences that kind of life, he will probably never want to learn how to cook again.”

“But I got through it. What gave me the courage and perseverance to hold on?”

“It’s revenge!”

“I want to take revenge on Tang Niu who kicked me down from the top of the altar!”

“Revenge on Tang Niu can be said to be the driving force behind my growth and progress”

“So in the end, I succeeded! And now I want to tell you that if you want to learn to cook well, at the very least, you have to know what you want to achieve.”

“Be it a dream or an ambition, it doesn’t matter. What matters is that you find a reason in your heart that allows you to keep going!”

“No one can succeed easily, it’s just that you don’t see the efforts others make behind the scenes.”

“Do you remember what I just said?”

“The ecstasy rice I made is praised as the most delicious food in the world.”

“Why does my cooking receive such praise? Because my cooking fills my life!”

“In order to make the Anran Xiehun Rice present the most perfect state, two innate conditions must be met”

“1: You have experienced extreme hunger!”

“2: You have experienced something that made you feel really sad!”

“Only after experiencing hunger can one feel the true meaning of food. Only after experiencing sadness can one create a touching meal.”

“You should understand the meaning of what I said.”……….

Shen Lang has watched”The God of Cookery” countless times, and he knows Stephen Chow’s experience very well.

He is a man who has experienced many ups and downs. He started out at the peak of his life and was admired by countless people as the God of Cookery. However, not long after, he was exposed by others. After losing all his money, he was stranded on the streets and couldn’t even afford a meal.

It was a proprietress named Turkey who saw that he was pitiful and gave him a bowl of miscellaneous noodles.

At that moment, he really understood the true meaning of the existence of food!

For Stephen Chow at that time, it didn’t matter how delicious the food was. As long as it could fill his stomach, the dish was the best in the world.

Now, many people in this world don’t have to worry about food and drink, so how to impress others with food?

The answer to this question can be found from Stephen Chow’s experience.

For a chef, it is not necessarily the most important thing to make the food for the guests. He must be able to truly feel what the guests need and want!

Delicious food may not necessarily impress people, and undelicious food may not necessarily impress others.

And all this depends on whether you, as a chef, want to do something for the guests.

Stephen Zhou looked at Shen Lang and continued:

“What makes good cooking? One word: heart!”

“Any dish made with care is a good dish.”

“Don’t pursue the taste too much”

“As long as you can understand what the guests really want and try your best to satisfy them, that’s enough!”

“However, even if I tell you many truths and insights, you may not understand them. The strength of a truly good chef comes from the accumulation of little things in life.”

“Now, you have to set a clear goal for yourself first, so that you have the motivation to work hard for it!”

Stephen Zhou’s first class with Shen Lang was more about exchanging experiences.

He didn’t tell Shen Lang about any cooking methods and details. He just suggested that Shen Lang follow his heart to find the path he wanted to take.

Shen Lang also understood what Teacher Stephen Zhou meant, so at this moment, he seriously thought about the goal he wanted to achieve.

Since he has traveled through time and space, and traveled to the world of Food Wars, then at least, he should live like a decent person.

What is the goal of becoming the world’s number one chef? This is not what Shen Lang wants to pursue.

As long as I don’t let my future self be disappointed with myself today, it’s fine.

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