Shokugeki: Start with an izakaya, making everyone cry

In the morning, the morning glow is like a meticulous painting, slowly spreading across the sky.

At first, there was only a hint of pink on the horizon, like a shy girl lifting her veil gently, showing a shy smile.

As the sun rises, the colors of the morning glow become richer and richer.

deep red.

Orange.

Lilac.

Various colors, intertwined.

Every ray of light seems to have been carefully modulated, soft and not dazzling.

And a new day has finally arrived!

At this moment in Totsuki Academy, the tall buildings are like giants with straight backs, standing in the green mountains and forests.

Here, each high-rise building has a unique design and style, some with sharp edges and corners, while others are full of modernity. They not only represent the No. 1 Chaliao Cuisine School in Neon Country, but also a symbol of an era!

Moon Festival event, the next day.

The Jiuwo Restaurant in the central area is still doing a booming business, with so many diners coming and going that it is overwhelmed.

"Chuangzhen, you haven't given up yet?"

"If I had suffered a loss on the first day, I would have chosen to close down my business, so why should I persist?"

Standing in front of the hotel, Kuga saw Soma across the street continuing to push the snack stall's cart, so he couldn't help but run over to say hello.

Ah!

Say hello.

Rather, it’s a bit of a mockery!

"Kuga-senpai." Seeing this, Chuangzhen quickly greeted him.

Then, he picked up a hot pepper cake with food tongs and waved it in front of Jiuga: "How do you like it? Do you want a pepper cake?"

"Ha, I admit that you are very capable!"

"Set up a snack stall in the central area, and then face my Jiuwo restaurant. You can also use simple and convenient pepper pancakes to attract some customers. It really has two brushes."

"It's a pity that you don't know how to do business, let alone how to use spicy and spicy flavors to retain customers."

"In my opinion, it's almost impossible for you to surpass me at this school festival and overtake Kuaga Hotel."

"And, seriously."

"In my eyes, you are an eyesore."

"But based on your courage to fight against the top ten heroes, you can be considered an honor even if you lose!"

Kuga didn’t really want to take care of my passion for creation.

Even if you look closely, you can detect a hint of disdain in his sharp eyes.

"no."

"As for me, senior, I never think I will lose."

Unexpectedly, Chuangzhen shook his head, with a confident smile on his face, and said calmly.

"Then we'll see."

I was stunned for a long time, then finally shook my sleeves and turned to leave.

……

Jiuwo Hotel has always been able to attract many, many guests, but it has a very fatal flaw, that is:

There are not enough seats to eat.

There are 20 tables in total, with 8 people per table.

Therefore, at most, it can only entertain more than 100 people at the same time.

However, for two consecutive days, the business of Jiuwo Restaurant has been booming, and the seats are often packed.

Even with the help of more than 100 students from the Chinese Cuisine Seminar, there has always been no problem in terms of manpower and resources, but at this moment, shortcomings have gradually emerged.

"I've been waiting for more than half an hour. How long do I have to wait to be seated?"

A gray-haired old man sighed helplessly.

He had been waiting in line at Jiuwo Restaurant for a long time early in the morning, but he still couldn't get a seat.

"This guest, because the store is very crowded, each guest has only 20 minutes to dine from the time the food is served, and must leave as soon as the time is up."

"Oh, there's really nothing we can do about that."

As a result, most of the guests who came to Jiuwo Restaurant either waited for a long time without being served, or left disappointed.

Especially the 20-minute meal time, this mandatory time perspective makes most guests feel very helpless.

……

sometimes.

The surge in foot traffic may not be a good thing.

What's even worse is that Yukihira Soma finally realized the plight of Kuga Hotel!

So, he finally took this moment to bring out his signature dish that he had been preparing for a long time, and a very despicable marketing method.

I saw him hanging a "Free Sample Pepper Cake" sign in front of the stall and started shouting.

"Huh? Are all the pepper cakes sold here free?"

"Isn't it?"

"It's true. During the entire school festival, there were stalls selling food for free."

"It's amazing. As expected, the students of Totsuki Academy are all a group of powerful guys."

"Wow, this is the first time I've seen this kind of special stone kiln barbecue method used to bake pepper cakes."

"Peppercakes, what's that?"

With the bad idea of ​​free of charge, this slightly low-level price war method is really useful.

Xing Ping Soma's stall gradually attracted many diners.

Although it is free, the deficit situation will become more and more serious. However, in a certain way, it has changed the problem that Xingping Sozhen's stall has been unable to attract customers.

Everything is based on customer sources.

If no diners come to patronize the stall, all subsequent plans will be in vain.

"Oh, it's surprisingly delicious!"

"This kind of pepper cake may seem as ordinary as the roadside snacks outside, but its taste is very unique. There is really a lot of gravy in the cake."

"Yeah, the gravy and spices go really well together."

"I didn't expect that I could eat pepper cakes like this for free. It's incredible."

"Ahem, pepper cake?"

"It's a bit choking to eat. It might be better if there are moist food like this, such as noodles."

One of the diners, holding his chin in his hand, thought about it calmly and then said something casually.

And this sentence directly made the eyes of Yukihira Soma, who was busy making pepper cakes, light up. He raised his head excitedly and quickly replied: "In that case, I just have a suitable dish here."

"Really?"

"But don't you only sell pepper cakes here?"

When the diner heard this, he suddenly felt strange and confused.

"Of course, but the cost of such cuisine is relatively high, so you have to pay a 1000 yen gourmet coupon."

"1000 yen?"

"Okay, you've eaten a few free pepper cakes. It would be embarrassing if I still had a bowl of noodles for free."

"Okay, then I'll buy a bowl of noodles."

"OK, wait a moment."

Yukihira Soma's lips curled up and he smiled faintly.