章 121: Chapter 120: Tōtsuki Academy

Zeno started to emphasize how big the house was with his hands, and 20 rooms was a bit much, it was more like 8 or 10. Soren then said goodbye to Soma and Jōichirō before they left to go back home, later on that night Zeno explained to Zenith about his day with Soma, Zenith was more of a quiet kid who only had a few friends and was content with that, while Zeno was a wild boy who loved to make many friends. Even though Zenith was more quiet, what he enjoyed most was listening to his brother tell him about his day, they would stay up all night talking until they fell asleep. And like that many years went by with Jōichirō taking a few business trips leaving Soma here with Zeno, now they were both 16 years in age and great cooks as well, Zeno and Soma would compete daily for who made the best food, and their score was something like, Zeno 1293 wins, 1292 losses, and 1838 ties. That meant Soma had 1 less win than Zeno and were going to settle it today with their last battle before they go to Tōtsuki Academy, both Zeno and Soma were back to back and once Soren yelled "start" they both began to cook at lightning fast speeds. What they were making was just some traditional Fried Rice, Zeno quickly put on a pot of water to start boiling while he started washing the uncooked rice in a fine strainer, after the rice was washed the water was at a boil. Zeno dumped the freshly washed rice into the water and covered it with a lid while lowering the temperature to let the rice simmer, Zeno then started heating up a pan while pouring some olive oil inside the pan, Zeno then started crushing up some cloves of garlic and deicing some onions while tossing them into the pan. It was also at this time that Zeno took the rice that was in the pot and strained it once more with a more course strainer, after straining the now cooked rice, Soren dumped it into the now caramelized onions and crushed garlic cloves, he then seasoned it with Salt and Pepper before dicing up some carrots and chives, and to finish it off Zeno drizzled a very little bit of white wine. Zeno then started plating 4 plates, 1 for the judge, 1 for himself, 1 for Soma, and 1 for Soren, it was also around this time that Soma finished his Fried Rice and plated 4 plates, 1 for the judge, 1 for himself, 1 for Zeno, and 1 for Jōichirō who was in town to see Soma off to Tōtsuki Academy. Both Zeno and Soma brought out their dishes to a close friend from school who took a bit of Soma's food first, after her little fantasy of having her clothes explode into little Fried Rice bites that floated in a sea of caramelized onions and chives with a hint of soy sauce, she came back and spoke.