#395 - Minezaki works hard to gain the approval of her future mother-in-law

After confirming that the other party was the famous "Food Demon King" and "God's Tongue," Minezaki's attitude immediately made a 180-degree turn.

"I never expected the 'Food Demon King' and 'God's Tongue' to grace our small shop with their presence. It truly brings honor to our humble establishment.

Please, both of you, come inside quickly. I will have someone arrange special seats for you."

Seeing Minezaki's changed attitude, Erina looked as if it was something she was used to, because this was the correct way to handle things.

At the same time, she gave a big thumbs-up in her heart to her secretary, Hisako Arato, who was beside her. As expected of her trusted secretary, she knew to introduce herself while introducing her grandfather.

Watching Senzaemon Nakiri being welcomed into the shop first, Erina did not forget to raise an eyebrow at Soma Yukihira, who was standing to the side, and said, "Dumbfounded, aren't you? It seems my and my grandfather's names are much more effective than you trying to use your face."

"So, you're also one of the so-called 'Elite Ten'?"

Soma Yukihira didn't care about Erina's provocation. Instead, he became somewhat interested and eager to fight, due to Erina's identity as one of the 'Elite Ten'.

After all, he had heard Seiya say before that the 'Elite Ten' were the ten students with the best cooking skills in Totsuki Academy. Since Erina in front of him was one of them, wouldn't that mean her cooking skills were very impressive!

"Hmph, now you know how amazing I am, right? I said before, I am the number one in this year, and no one can shake my position."

Hearing Soma Yukihira's question, Erina thought that the other party finally knew how powerful she was, so she was extremely proud at the moment.

However, to her surprise, Soma Yukihira looked at her seriously the next second and said, "Hey, Elite Ten, do you want to have a match with me?"

Seeing Soma Yukihira's serious expression, which didn't seem like he was joking at all, Erina realized that the other party's surprised emotions seemed to be different from what she had imagined.

"Hmph, boring. Not to mention you can't possibly win against me, do you think challenging the 'Elite Ten' is such a simple matter?"

After leaving these words, Erina didn't explain further and went directly into the store with her grandfather.

As expected, annoying guys are still annoying. She originally thought that the other party was frightened by her title of 'Elite Ten', but who knew that it wasn't the case at all.

"Are you very familiar with the granddaughter of the Totsuki Director? Do you know what kind of cuisine they usually like?"

After welcoming Senzaemon Nakiri and Erina into the store, Minezaki secretly ran to Soma Yukihira to inquire about information.

The reason why Minezaki was so enthusiastic about Senzaemon Nakiri and Erina was naturally because she knew that if the food in the restaurant could be recognized by the "Food Demon King" and "God's Tongue," then their restaurant's reputation would be completely different from what it was before.

Compared to Seiya and Soma Yukihira, who were only focused on making good food, Minezaki wanted to make Wenren Restaurant bigger and stronger, because she believed that only in this way could she gain the approval of Wenren Qingying, this "Mother"!

Seiya's cooking skills were beyond doubt, but his business acumen was really too lazy.

If she could promote Wenren's cuisine, Minezaki believed that she would definitely be recognized by that never-before-seen mother-in-law, so that's why she was so concerned about the "Food Demon King" and "God's Tongue" who came to her door.

In all fairness, Minezaki had considerable confidence in Seiya's cooking skills, but the other party was not an ordinary diner.

This was the "Food Demon King" who held the reins of the Japanese culinary world, and the "God's Tongue" who was extremely picky about food.

If they could get their approval, then Wenren's cuisine would naturally be promoted in Japan.

But if they were not satisfied with the food and even labeled it as "unpalatable," then Seiya's cooking career would be over.

Because of this, Minezaki was worried and expectant at the moment, and she came to Soma Yukihira to try to find out some private information about Senzaemon Nakiri and Erina.

However, Soma Yukihira was purely clueless. He knew even less about Senzaemon Nakiri and Erina than Minezaki did.

After entering Wenren Restaurant, Erina discovered that although this restaurant was located in a deep alley, the interior decoration style and the service attitude of the staff were quite remarkable.

However, when passing by some customers' tables, Erina also found that the dishes they were currently eating, although still acceptable, were far from as amazing as her grandfather had said.

A first-class chef does not necessarily have to taste the food to judge whether it is delicious.

The so-called color, aroma, and taste are the perfect embodiment of an excellent dish.

Just like a simple fried rice, whether the fried rice is fragrant and the grains are distinct is enough to roughly estimate the overall level of the chef.

However, after Erina glanced at the dishes eaten by other guests around her, she had already discovered that the cooking level of these dishes was average, not to say completely amateurish, but at most the level of an average Totsuki student.

"Grandpa, it seems that the one called Wenren Seiya is not as amazing as you said."

Because she had just gone to Soma Yukihira to inquire about information, Minezaki had only now followed when Senzaemon Nakiri and Erina were observing their surroundings.

When she heard Erina's words, a somewhat embarrassed expression appeared on her face, "That, Miss Nakiri…, the regular dishes in the store are usually cooked by me.

If you would like to eat the dishes made by Seiya, please come this way."

Although she was mocked by Erina for her average skills, Minezaki was not angry at all, and even a little happy.

After all, she had only been learning to cook with Seiya for more than a month. Originally, she had always thought that she had mediocre talent, but now Erina actually said that she had the cooking level of an average Totsuki student, so in any case, she was still very good.

Currently, Seiya is in charge of special dishes in the store, that is, customers can order whatever they like.

And of course, the price of this customized dish is naturally very expensive.

However, there is never a shortage of rich people in this world, and Seiya's cooking skills are indeed becoming more and more awesome, so even if the price of the dishes rises again and again, the number of people who book customized dishes every day is still endless.

Seiya himself is quite satisfied with this management method that Minezaki came up with.

Because if he only cooks the fixed dishes in the store, his cooking skills will be difficult to improve.

Faced with the diverse needs of customers, he can flexibly change the dishes and constantly innovate, which can instead allow his cooking skills to improve by leaps and bounds.

Not only does he get good training, but he also earns more money, which can be said to be a real win-win situation.