After breakfast, Sosuke would go to the nearby vegetable and meat market to purchase ingredients.
Although the sign-in rewards given by the system included some common ingredients, they were often not many.
Coupled with the booming business of the Izakaya, the daily demand for ingredients is quite high, and due to the rule of ordering dishes freely, it is naturally better to stock up as many ingredients as possible!
"I'm going to buy a batch of ingredients later, do you want to come with me?"
After a brief preparation, Sosuke turned to Erina and asked.
"Mm!"
"I... I want to go."
Nakiri Erina had no intention of refusing.
Thinking about it, she wondered when it started, but in front of Sosuke, she was almost always obedient, especially willing to do and abide by his wishes in every matter.
Perhaps she was a bit too "into the role," truly seeing herself as Sosuke's subordinate.
...
The bustling and prosperous food street.
Its geographical location is right next to the vegetable and meat market, making it very convenient to purchase ingredients.
The smell of fresh meat, the earthy scent of vegetables, the sound of chopping meat, and the hawking of vendors permeated the air, making every corner a vivid and lively representation of real life.
As the noble young lady of the Nakiri, Erina had never experienced shopping for groceries in her life, as Hisako had always been responsible for these matters, so she didn't need to do them.
Therefore, along the way, her eyes were inevitably filled with curiosity, looking left and right.
At a vegetable stall, Sosuke casually picked up a carrot and praised, "Not bad, the quality is quite good."
After speaking, he quickly selected many more vegetables.
And his method of selection was to simply scan with his eyes, take a quick glance, and then, amidst the dazzling array of ingredients, pick out the fruits and vegetables he believed to be of the best quality!
At first, Erina thought he didn't care about the quality of ingredients.
Because the dishes at the Izakaya were mostly small dishes to go with drinks, they didn't require very high-quality ingredients at all.
However, gradually, she discovered that Sosuke seemed to be choosing randomly every time.
But the ingredients he picked out, whether in terms of quality or appearance, were indeed better than other ingredients of the same type.
"Is it my illusion?"
"It feels like in terms of understanding ingredients, he is no worse than me, who possesses the talent of God Tongue!"
"And thinking carefully, although most of the Izakaya's dishes use ordinary ingredients, I have never seen low-quality or spoiled fruits, vegetables, or fresh meat."
"Hiss!"
"Could it be that he is like me?"
"Does he himself possess a certain ability to distinguish the quality of ingredients?"
Finally, looking at the freshly purchased fruits and vegetables, Erina suddenly thought of something and couldn't help but feel a chill down her spine.
...
While she was lost in thought.
On the other side, under the astonished gaze of the fishmonger.
Sosuke actually bought two exceptionally high-quality saury at the cheapest price.
This operation instantly broke Erina's defenses again, and she finally couldn't help but ask, "Sosuke, can you tell the difference in quality of saury with just one glance?"
"Many merchants will use some chemicals to soak saury to slow down its oxidation time and make it look very vibrant, in order to make it look good for sale."
"If you try to distinguish it from its appearance, the difficulty is quite high."
"Besides looking at whether the fish body is straight and not bent, whether the fish body is dry and not sticky, and whether the gills are clean, you also have to smell for any peculiar odors."
"Of course, it's best to suspend the fish body and use its state as an indicator of freshness."
"If the fish body remains straight without support, it means the saury is still fresh and the fish meat has not deteriorated!"
"In short, no one can tell the quality of saury with just one glance, even I am no exception."
"As expected."
"I knew it, how could you be like me..."
Upon hearing this, Erina couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but unexpectedly, Sosuke shook his head and continued, "For ordinary fruits and vegetables, like carrots, cauliflower, chinese cabbage, etc., I can tell with one glance. For saury, one glance is indeed not enough, I need two glances!"
Erina:???
"Even if it's two glances, it's almost instantaneous."
"My God Tongue ability can only distinguish the quality of ingredients when tasting dishes, but you can rely on your visual perception..."
"Wait, do you have God Eye?"
Erina looked deeply at Sosuke, her thoughts a myriad of emotions.
That's it!
It's really it!
Only if he possessed the God Eye ability.
Could it explain how he, at such a young age, had the world's highest level of culinary skills, and how he could conquer her and her mother's God Tongue!
"Heh heh, things have come to this point."
"I'm not pretending anymore, I'm laying my cards on the table, I do have the God Eye ability."
Sosuke feigned a profound look, then shrugged and sighed to himself.
Erina: (⊙o⊙)
...
Just by looking, one can know the quality of ingredients.
Just by tasting a bite, one can perfectly know the quality of all ingredients in a dish.
In other words, if the two combine, a strong alliance, to create offspring, oh no no, to create dishes, wouldn't that be defying the heavens in minutes?
"Pfft!"
"What kind of expression is that?"
"Erina, I have to say, sometimes you are adorably naive!"
"What God Eye ability, that's just nonsense, okay? I come into contact with all kinds of ingredients every day to cook, with more experience, isn't it easy to distinguish the quality of ingredients by visual observation?"
"Is this rare? Is this surprising?"
Reaching out, he gently flicked her nose, and Sosuke immediately said in a displeased tone.
"Ah?"
"Experience?"
"If this counts as experience, then you are more terrifying than a god!"
Rubbing her nose, Erina rolled her eyes at him and said, "The God Tongue is hailed as the ability closest to a god, and you, a mere mortal, can, through experience, rival, no, surpass a god!"
"Maybe I'm just exceptionally talented?"
Sosuke was stunned, but he didn't deny it.
Although his current achievements are often due to the system.
But one must know that in his previous life, even without the system, he had already become a five-star hotel Chef as the youngest Chef in the country!
His power, his ability to conquer everyone with his cooking, is also inseparable from his own talent.
Of course, in the near future, as he suddenly awakened a powerful special ability, everyone truly saw his most terrifying form.
"Don't just stand there!"
"Erina, hurry up and catch up."
The urging voice reached the ears of the stunned Erina from not far ahead.
This made her immediately snap back to reality, quickly taking steps and continuing to trot along behind Sosuke, accompanying him to buy ingredients.
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