After Leaving the Sports Circle, I Became a Cooking God (Completed BL)

Chapter 14 - Qiu Wen's Determination & Su Bai's New Skill?

Translator: dapotaturs
Release Date: 08/27/2023

When Su Bai returned to the kitchen, the timing was just right. Sun Xiangdong in the kitchen had already started bustling about. Su Bai didn't waste much time chatting and quickly changed his clothes, readying himself to handle various lunch ingredients.

Over these days, Su Bai had gradually adapted to his heightened senses, which were becoming increasingly acute. He had memorized every detail in the third-floor kitchen - the arrangement of ingredients, the variety of flavors, and more.

Seeing Su Bai effortlessly busy after his return, Sun Xiangdong by the side was quite satisfied to continue with his own tasks.

As part of the professional sports team in the S Province, being a chef wasn't easy. Firstly, athletes' diets couldn't be overly stimulating, and secondly, the chefs needed to carefully cook the nutrition-rich foods in a way that appealed to the athletes' appetites, encouraging them to eat more and achieve their nutritional goals.

These contradictions had previously given many chefs a headache.

Especially in their third-floor kitchen, they dealt with the team's key members. Nutritional requirements were stricter compared to other athletes, making mealtimes feel more like completing a task.

Fortunately, after Su Bai arrived, these issues were thoroughly resolved.

Whether it was medicinal dishes requiring various traditional Chinese herbs for slow stewing or simple cold dishes, these foods in Su Bai's hands never had any glitches.

The variety of dishes Su Bai prepared, ranging from rich to light, had originally been cooked in the cafeteria's large pot. However, after Su Bai's touch, they all looked like exquisitely delicious dishes prepared with care in a small pot.

At this moment, he was stir-frying a pot of tender napa cabbage. In the spacious wok, a mixture of tender white, yellow, and green colors filled the space. Before being added to the wok, the cabbage had been neatly cut and, at the height of the wok's heat, Su Bai scooped a spoonful of chicken broth that had been simmering nearby and poured it into the wok, quickly immersing the cabbage.

The chicken broth had absorbed the essence of the simmered old hen. As the cabbage was being stir-fried, it appeared to be a simple process, but as the cabbage combined with the chicken broth in the wok, the broth was evenly absorbed by the cabbage during the stirring. So, besides the fresh and slightly sweet taste of the cabbage itself, there was also a subtle fragrance of chicken broth.

An outsider might not discern the technique involved, but Sun Xiangdong could.

This wasn't the first time Su Bai had made this dish of chicken broth stir-fried cabbage, and Sun Xiangdong had tasted it before. The dish contained the aroma of the chicken broth and the natural sweetness of the cabbage, both fresh and tender. Few additional seasonings were used; it mostly relied on the genuine flavors of the ingredients and the seasonings added while simmering the chicken broth.

Even more remarkable was that in Su Bai's skilled hands, the large wok in the kitchen flipped and turned. The cabbage was evenly stir-fried and absorbed the flavor of the chicken broth. This level of mastery was truly impressive.

As Sun Xiangdong cooked his own dishes, he occasionally glanced at Su Bai's actions. He couldn't help but feel amazed - he didn't know what kind of luck their kitchen had struck to be graced with someone like Su Bai.

Oh my, sometimes when he thought about it, life was truly satisfying.

In the harmonious collaboration between Sun Xiangdong and Su Bai, the third-floor cafeteria presented an enticing scene today as well.