"I know you may not be convinced when I say this, but you should at least acknowledge Soma Yukihira's skill, shouldn't you?"
Setting aside his irritating personality, Erina did acknowledge Soma Yukihira's abilities.
Especially after tasting his "Tamago Kake Gohan," Erina had tried to recreate it afterward. Yet despite it being such a simple dish, she simply could not reproduce the flavor her God's Tongue had tasted that day.
So although she disliked Soma Yukihira's personality, Erina had to admit that his culinary skills surpassed those of most students at Totsuki Culinary Academy.
"Then what would you think if I told you that, before Soma Yukihira came to Totsuki Culinary Academy, he had always lost to someone else?
And if that person had come to Totsuki this time as well, he would have been in the same year as you?"
Senzoemon Nakiri's words genuinely surprised Erina this time. She looked at her grandfather in astonishment. "Is that person far better than that annoying guy on the stage?"
Her grandfather had just said that she was only slightly better than Soma Yukihira. If someone else had beaten him and was far stronger than him, wouldn't that mean Erina Nakiri was no match for that person?
"According to an old friend who wrote to me, the gap was not small. Furthermore, the dish he used to defeat Soma Yukihira on the spot was not even his specialty."
Senzoemon Nakiri was also extremely curious about the other young man, Wenren Seiya, whom Seiichiro Saiba had mentioned in his letter.
He understood Joichiro Saiba's personality well, and it was rare for Joichiro to give such high praise to a young man.
Having run restaurants on the same street for so many years, Joichiro Saiba naturally knew that the Wenren Family's greatest culinary inheritance was