Minezaki considered herself a company executive who had already tasted plenty of high-end cuisine. She had even once been fortunate enough to dine with her superiors on dishes made by graduates of Totsuki Culinary Academy.
In her view, truly delicious food came from those upscale restaurants. Only the dishes there were delicacies truly meant for the upper class.
As for restaurants hidden away in deep streets and narrow alleys, they could only fool country bumpkins who had never seen the world. Satisfying her taste buds was clearly impossible.
Moreover, although a chef's profession was not directly tied to age, it was indeed closely connected to experience.
Seiya and Soma Yukihira both looked like no more than fifteen-year-old brats. Even if they had begun learning the culinary arts from the moment they understood things, how many years could they have had by now?
Of course, the most important reason Minezaki had dared to provoke Seiya and Soma Yukihira like this was because she had long since made preparations.
"Since you've both agreed to my wager, the challenge I'm giving you this time is simple. I want a delicious, juicy meat-flavored dish.
"There are no restrictions on the type of meat. As long as you can make a dish that meets my requirements, you'll pass."
Meat was one of the most commonly used ingredients in cooking. The other party had neither restricted the cooking method nor specified the type of meat, making this a fairly broad and flexible challenge.
Even Soma Yukihira, who had initially thought she would deliberately make things difficult for them, was visibly stunned when he heard Minezaki's demand. He had not expected her to be so accommodating.
However, when Minezaki presented her challenge and Seiya and Soma Yukihira each pushed open the doors of their respective restaurants to