Chapter 115: Splurging Money!

  What would Zhou Xiao do if she wanted to cook a meal for Ogura Yui without having any cooking skills?

  Although he doesn't have cooking skills, one thing he can offer now is something that many people are reluctant to give up... money.

  In Tokyo, the rich are as numerous as dogs. In this world's largest city, tens of thousands of billionaires live, and their lives are extremely high-end, with clothes, food, housing, and transportation all being the best and most exquisite things in Tokyo. All Zhou Xiao needs to do is spend money lavishly! Spend until Ogura Yuuko is dizzy!

  First, he specially invited Zhou Fude, the head chef of Pinzhen Building in Yokohama's Chinatown. This Zhou Xiao's fellow villager is quite famous in Japan. His parents are both from Guangdong Province, and he was born in Yokohama's Chinatown. He started learning cooking at 18 and showed extraordinary talent. Now he is one of the most famous chefs in Japan. As for why he became so famous? In 1994, a Japanese cartoonist named Imaizumi Shinji drew a comic called "Flaming Chef", which tells the story of Zhou Fude's life. And in '95, this comic was even adapted into a TV series, with KinKiKids' Doumoto Kouichi playing the role of Zhou Fude!

  Now 58-year-old Zhou Fude is at the peak of his life, and it's reasonable to say that with Zhou Xiao being a small celebrity, it's impossible to invite him, but on one hand, Zhou Xiao spent a lot of money, and on the other hand, he also found SMAP's item, SMAP had exchanged ideas with Zhou Fude in 1996 due to the cooking segment of the program "SMAPxSMAP", and later this segment called "Bistro" also absorbed many suggestions from Zhou Fude, it can be said that Zhou Fude is half a consultant for this program.

  After walking through the back door to Zhou Fude, Zhou Xiao also put a lot of effort into ingredients and specially found Japanese merchants who imported mainland food materials. He brought in many famous Chinese cooking materials, such as Yangcheng Lake's hairy crabs... These things are called "Shanghai crabs" in Japan. When Japanese people mention Chinese food, the things they can think of are actually very single-minded. Hairy crabs, Mapo tofu, and dumplings are probably the most well-known Chinese dishes among Japanese people.

  Zhou Xiao also bought truffles from Yunnan's deep mountain old forest... This thing was worthless back then, but now it gradually has value, and although it is commonly used in French cuisine, Chinese food abroad must be adjusted according to Japanese taste. Zhou Fude can make several related dishes with truffles. Moreover, the truffles he makes not only retain the flavor of Chinese cuisine but are also very fashionable, which can be said to be his half-killing trick.

  Of course, Japanese ingredients cannot be left out. Kobe beef, over 5,000 yen per 100 grams! Zhou Xiao bought three kilograms! One kilogram for soup, one kilogram reserved, and one kilogram roasted and eaten!

  After making thorough preparations, Zhou Xiao invited Zhou Fude into his home, carefully cooked several dishes and then politely sent him back. The rest of the time was spent waiting for the girl to return from work.

  "Ding Dong." The doorbell rang, and Zhou Xiao, who had been waiting for a while, suddenly stood up and rushed to the door. He opened the door and welcomed the girl in.

  "Sorry, have you been waiting for a long time?" Yoko Ogura asked.

  "No, I just finished too, come in quickly, are you hungry? I've already prepared dinner." said Zhou Xiao.

  "I'm so hungry, what delicious food did you make for me?"

  "It wasn't me who did it, I just found a random master outside and asked him to do it, hope you like it." said Zhou Xiao.

  "You even hired a chef? It's fine to just buy something or order takeout." Ogura said. As for Zhou Xiao not making it herself but instead finding a master, she didn't feel any disappointment. A girl in her teens wouldn't think that Zhou Xiao would suddenly produce a dish that would make her tongue numb with flavor. And if Zhou Xiao forced herself to cook, Ogura Yuuko would be touched, but the level of the dish would just be ordinary.

  It was brought up by Zhou Xiaoduan first. It's a bowl of soup, and the Japanese have some habits when eating that are closer to French cuisine, so they all want to do appetizers and main courses and whatnot. Zhou Xiao doesn't like this point. So he prepared to bring up all the ready-made food, but even so, there is still a subtle difference in the order of bringing up the dishes.

  "You try it first." After bringing the soup over, Zhou Xiao didn't leave immediately, but instead stood by and waited for the girl to take a sip.

  Ogura Yuko lowered her head to take a look, and was bumped by Zhou Xiao into a small bowl of soup that wasn't much to look at, but seemed fairly clear. There was only a small sprig of green onion floating in it, making it seem somewhat bland. The girl picked up the spoon and took a light sip. As soon as the soup entered her mouth, Ogura Yuko's eyes suddenly widened, as if she had been surprised by something that left her utterly astonished!

  But that's exactly what happened, Zhou Fude made this soup with truffles and abalone, the flavors of these two rare delicacies were blended into the soup, making this seemingly plain soup have an extraordinary freshness. Xiao Cang Yu Zi was born in a ordinary family for seventeen years, never had tasted such a delicious flavor that almost made her tongue numb!

  "How is it?" Zhou Xiao asked.

  "Wow... it's so delicious! Especially, especially good! My goodness, how can there be such a delicious soup? Zhou Xiao, you're a bad guy, what am I going to do in the future?! Those take-out soups are probably not drinkable anymore!" said Ogawa Yoko.

  "That's great? Then I'll be at ease, if you like it, I'll learn to make it every day for you!" Zhou Xiao said, but he himself also knew that this was probably very difficult to achieve. Truffles are not only becoming more and more precious, but sometimes they're priceless, occasionally eating them once is okay, but wanting to eat them all year round? Probably even world-class billionaires can't do that.

  "It's really delicious." With a sense of regret, Yoko Ogura drank the last mouthful and put down her spoon with satisfaction.

  "It's not just these, there are still many in the kitchen, but put this aside for now, let's eat the next dish." Zhou Xiao said, walking into the kitchen and bringing out the next course.

  "This is... Shanghai hairy crab!?" Omiya Yoko still knew what a Chinese mitten crab was.

  "Right, do you like eating?" asked Zhou Xiao.

  "I like it, of course I like it! How could anyone not like eating this?" said Ogawa Yoko.

  These hairy crabs are supposed to be on the market every autumn, but now in December, they have basically disappeared from the market. The few fresh ones that Zhou Xiao bought cost several times more than the autumn hairy crabs, so it can be said that this dish is quite precious.

  Ogura Yūko didn't notice that, she was enjoying her crab, although she still didn't know the price of the soup and the crab now, at least she could feel Zhou Xiao's sincerity, for a girl, delicious food is one aspect, whether the boy in front of her is sincere or not is another aspect.

  Zhou Xiao turned on the TV, and the program they had both been looking forward to was about to start. After turning on the TV, Zhou Xiao went to the kitchen to bring out the third dish, which was made from the Kobe beef they had bought earlier.

  The world-renowned Wagyu beef was sliced into thin pieces and grilled to perfection, served with a special sauce made by Fu De last week. The third dish that Yoko Ogura experienced was extraordinary.

  "How much did you spend on these dishes?" The girl finally found the problem, these three dishes were too delicious. She realized that she had never eaten any of these three dishes before, especially the first soup, which looked ordinary but tasted incredibly beyond her imagination.

  "A lot of money was spent but I also bought a large quantity, so this meal doesn't count for much, keep eating, there's still the fourth course after the beef." Zhou Xiao herself started eating too.

  "Wait a minute, I remember now, it's not the right time for hairy crabs either. How much did you pay for them? And this beef! The best beef I've ever had can be thrown directly into the trash compared to this beef noodle! This beef is also very expensive! As for that soup, it's a delicious and fresh soup, but I only tasted seafood flavor, and another special flavor that was used with something I've never eaten before. If you don't tell me how much money you spent, I won't eat!" The girl said, putting down the things in her hand.

  Zhou Xiao could say nothing more and had no choice but to honestly tell the girl about the price and materials.