Food Wars: The Golden Hands

"Ehh!! a burrito this late?? Well, whatever...." Alice complained, she wanted to eat something tasty and rich, but it turned out she will be eating a burrito.

"I don't mind anything, just let us be done with this" Said Ryo

"Yes, hurry up Alex-chan, I am hungry, I haven't eaten in 3 hours." Alice pleaded for Alexander to hurry and feed her. Forgetting she was just complaining early.

Takumi thought for a moment and said " Let it be. Just you wait, Saiba Alexander, I will make you taste defeat."

Both of Takuma and Alexander ran to the kitchen and took out the necessary ingredients.

Alex went to the fridge and took some chicken b.r.e.a.s.ts, he quickly went and lighted the fire to grill them.

Both Takumi and Alexander are moving at the same speed, their hands are working at a fast pace trying to finish the side preparation before the chicken b.r.e.a.s.ts are grilled.

After the chicken is grilled, it was Takumi who took it first, it seems like he had finished his preparations to assemble the burrito. He mixed the shredded chicken, cheese, cilantro, and the diced avocados he prepared beforehand. He then placed a tortilla flat on a plate and added the mix of ingredients. And finally, he poured 1 spoon of oil into a heated pan and placed the Tortilla to be cooked for the next 3 minutes

Takumi looked back at Alexander who hasn't even begun mixing his ingredient in the Tortilla. Takumi Smirked as he said " What is wrong Saiba Alexander? You can't keep up. a Burrito is a 10-20 minutes dish, you can't even do that. Looks like you were just all talk." Takumi didn't pay attention to what Alexander was doing as he could only see his back. If he was able to see, he would've never spoken these words.

Takumi was the first to present his dish " Bon appetit. Please take a bite of my dish." Takumi was sure of his dish and confident of his abilities. But his brother who was on the sidelines was worried, he could see that Alex was adding something else that his brother didn't pay attention to.

The judges took a bite of Takumi's dish. They felt as the mozzarella melts in their mouths with a pleasant feeling. The chicken wasn't hard to chow on and perfectly tender. Natasha, Alice, and Ryou felt as if their in the middle of Mexico surrounded by dancing chickens as they call for them to join.

Takumi looked at their reaction and felt proud, such an easy dish like Burrito was nothing to Takumi.

"Oh my!! this really mysterious! there is something else inside this burrito that I can't pick up. Is it the way he grilled the chicken? or Is it how the ingredients were mixed together?!" Natasha put her hand on her cheek as she tried to figure things out.

Takumi smirked and chuckled "It the sauce, I mixed lime juice, Olive oil with fresh cilantro creating this salsa. just a little touch."

The judges couldn't help but take another bite to see if they can feel the taste of the ingredients he listed. And they did, they felt every taste he listed making them have another blast of joy, the chickens that were calling for them earlier had stopped calling and came and danced around them.

They enjoyed those small bites as their faces burst with joy, even the expressionless Ryo made a satisfied smile. But their foodgasm ended with the sound of Alex's dish being put on the table.

"Here you go, Everyone. Ah! I made some for you guys too." Alexander gave the three burritos to the judges and another two to the Aladini's brothers.

"Hmph! It is already my victory." Takumi took the Burrito with an arrogant smile.

The old Natasha, Alice, and Ryo took Alex's dish, The tortilla is cooked nicely until it turned golden. The ingredients are stuck inside perfectly with no chance of slipping out. Just the mere sight of the dish made Alice wanted to devour it as a whole. The judges took their first bite.

The same dish with the same ingredients, but two totally different flavors.

The three judges clothes were ripped apart as they felt as if an explosion is happening inside their mouth. and throat.

"What is this?? So hot!! and sweet?!!" Alice and Natasha exclaimed loudly, their mouths were red from the hot-sweet flavor inside the burrito.

Their reaction alarmed Takumi as he looked at his own Burrito given to him by Alexander, he opened it and his eyes trembled from that sight.

"Barbecue Sauce!!" said Ryo, his tongue picked up the flavor, he used this sauce in the past for some dishes, it was very familiar to him.

Takumi looked at his burrito with trembling hands.

"Don't hesitate Takumi-kun...Taste it." Alexander smiled sweetly at Takumi whos forehead is sweating. he took a bite and immediately the same hot and sweet feeling assaulted his mouth, the same thing happened to Isami, both of them felt as if they were standing in the middle of a hot day in the desert. their faces turned red and sweated a little bit.

'How can this be, this is more than a BBQ sauce!!'

"If you're wondering about how I did that then it's simple, while I am making the sauce, I added Sriracha sauce and mixed it with sweet jelly, there is a few there on top of the fridge, Lady Natasha likes sweets, huh?" Alex looked at Natasha who was smiling with a little blush, no matter how old she got, her sweet tooth always gets the better of her.

Alex could understand Takumi's confusion so he added: "This sauce is usually used for chicken Drumsticks, but no one said I couldn't use it for Chicken b.r.e.a.s.ts." Takumi listened to Alex's explanation, he couldn't understand how he could bring that strong taste of Hot and sweetness at the same time.

"Little things matter in cooking, Takumi-kun" Alex had cooked many dishes and tried to come up with new flavors. Sometimes, adding one thing to the dish can change the whole dish to another level. But that if only the right thing was added.

"EVEN SO!!! It shouldn' be that strong, your burrito has other ingredients like Avocado, rice, and cheese-" Before Takumi could finish his sentence he was stopped by Alice.

"It's on the outside of the burrito.." Said Alice making everyone look at her " There is a thin layer of sauce outside of the burrito. That is why the tortilla has a dark golden color than the brown color that comes from heating up the dish. with the sauce being inside and outside of the dish, it can make sure that the flavor of the dish is dominated by the sauce and the other ingredients work as an addition to the flavor." She said. Natasha and Ryo agreed with her. They didn't notice it at first as the layer was very thin but the first thing that hit them is not the sweet corny flavor of the tortilla but the hot flavor of the sauce. Everything is falling in its place for them now.

"Nii-san.."Isami looked at his brother who was shocked about what is happening. Takumi had underestimated his opponent and that is a fatal mistake.

"Well, let's vote!" after finishing her share of food, Natasha decided it was time for declaring the winner. Alice smiled at Alexander as she chuckled a bit while wiping her lips with a napkin.

"I choose, Saiba Alexander," said Natasha

"Alex-chan is the winner!" said Alice like a cheerleader with her hands up in the air.

"Siba Alexander." Said Ryo with a monotone voice.

Takumi listened as his defeat was announced, he looked into the floor with a heavy heart, he just declared he will defeat Alex and will make him swallow his words. And look how it turned out.

Alex looked at some of Takumi's burrito that was left not served. He took a bite from it and savored the taste, He smiled after that making Takumi feel angry thinking that Alex was making fun of him.

"Nii-san, relax." Isami put his hands on Isami trying to console him. He knows his brother doesn't like losing.

"Takumi Aladini...That was a good dish, You know...." Alex went to Takumi and neared his face " Burrito is a Tex-Mix cuisine, after tasting yours I don't feel the taste of it is from there. It is like it's from Italy. To be able to change the taste of a dish to match your style is very good." Said Alexander, he can feel that this boy has so much talent that needs to be triggered. "Do you know why you lost, Takumi-kun??"

Takumi looked at Alex who smiling down at him, he felt shame and his face turned red from embarrassment " You don't need to make me feel good about losing. I lost in the end."

Alex chuckled at him as he ruffled Takumi's blond hair " You lost because you rushed and didn't pay attention to me, you took the recipe and cook as it says. you added your style in there and everything was good. But again, you forgot about me. If you had paid attention to me I am sure you would've avoided being defeated."

Takumi slapped Alexander's hand away from his with a red face " You don't have to tell me. don't think we are done yet! I will not accept my defeat like this." Said Takumi, he pointed at Alexander with burning eyes " Saiba Alexander, I will not stop until I defeat you. Let's go Isami!" Takumi gathered his tools and went upstairs to his room.

"Sorry for troubling you..."Isami bowed for Alex and co " My brother likes to challenge other chefs to prove his skills."

"Don't worry, I enjoyed his challenge." Said Alexander with a smile making Isami be glad that Alexander didn't have a bad impression over his brother. Takumi's competitiveness makes others dislike him a lot of time.

"ISAMI!! what're you doing come up," shouted Takumi when he turned and didn't see his brother behind him.

Isami bowed for the last time before he ran upstairs.

"This is not like you..." Alice came to Alexander and hugged him from behind as she breathed near his ear "...Going with someone else's whims!"

"It was fun while it lasted."Said Alexander " By the way. What is wrong with you being over clingy today?! " he asked

"Puu~Can't I hug my longtime friend. Its been a year since the last time we met." Alice pouted cutely as she played with Alex's earlobe.

"Just get off my back, I need to go to sleep"

"NO!!"

Alexander didn't want to argue with Alice as it wouldn' bring any result so he let her be and dragged her on his back and went up to his room to sleep.

"Well, Kurokiba, are you going to stand here all night long," Natasha asked Kurokiba who was standing beside her. He looked at her for a moment before he realized that it was just them here. He then turned to leave to his room.

On the way, he was met with Alice who was just thrown out of Alexander's room.

And so, The first meeting between the 6 Resident of the North Star Dorm was chaotic as hell.

In another place in Tokyo, one black-haired man wearing glasses and Totsuki's Uniform was sitting in a cafe. He took out his phone and dialed a number. After a second someone answered.

[Who is this...?] the person who answered had a deep and harsh voice filled with arrogance

"Eizan-sama, It's me Mayuri Jintaro." The boy answered with a stiff voice. After all, the person he is talking to is very important

[And what do you want a medal. Say what do you have."] Eizan wasn't in the mood for small talks, he rushed the boy to state the purpose of his call.

"Yes, It seems that there is a new restaurant that opened 2 months ago in our area, it's very bad, sir" The boy started sweating a lot as the conversation took longer than it should be.

[Then what? if they're harassing your restaurant I will send my boys to take care of them]

"No no...They didn't do any of that, It's just that...." The boy couldn't speak any further, his relationship with Eizan is that of mutual interest, Eizan takes care of his rivals in this area and he gives a small amount of his money to Eizan. But he is not sure how he will react when he discovers what happened.

[Just what?!! I don't have all day, kid. Speak now!!] Eizan on the other side of the phone is losing patience with this idiot.

"All of our customers are leaving our restaurant. Even our regulars" he said with a nervous tone.

[HUH?!]

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