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

Chapter 50: A Delicious Dinner & The Demon Coach

Translator: dapotaturs
Release Date: 09/04/2023

The national team's cafeteria was different from that of the S Province Athletics Team. In the national team's cafeteria, meals were self-served, and all the self-serve options were planned by nutritionists. The nutritionists would also coordinate with the coaches to provide a list of foods that athletes could choose from based on their training cycles.

Compared to the set meals prepared directly by the chef for the S Province Athletics Team, the national team's cafeteria provided athletes with a nutritionally planned menu. Athletes would receive a list of nutritious food options and could choose the foods they preferred.

Similar to the S Province Athletics Team's cafeteria, the national team's cafeteria also had three floors. The first and second floors were separated for field events and track events athletes, respectively. The third floor was reserved for some elite athletes from the athletics team, where they would have specially customized nutrition plans. This was somewhat similar to the cafeteria arrangement of the S Province Athletics Team.

With Sun Xiangdong's assistance, Su Bai managed to secure the kitchen and a VIP dining room on the third floor of the cafeteria.

"Coach Su." The national team's head chef, Jin Manjiang, was waiting in the back kitchen with a cheerful smile. Standing beside him was his old partner, the head nutritionist of the team, Tang Jiangtao.

"Master Jin, Professor Tang, I'm relying on you this time." When Su Bai arrived in the back kitchen, he was greeted by these two individuals who were in charge of the kitchen.

"No trouble at all, no trouble." Jin Manjiang waved his plump hand. "Oh, meeting Coach Su is quite a pleasant surprise for us."

As they spoke, both Jin Manjiang and Tang Jiangtao burst into laughter.

Interestingly, both of them were old members of the "Delight in Delicious Food and Aroma" forum, a food appreciation platform. Some time ago, the father-and-son duo from the Dou family posted three food reviews on the forum, arousing the curiosity and interest of many forum members. However, it turned out that the chef they had praised was a track and field coach from the S Province Athletics Team, bringing disappointment to the forum's food enthusiasts.

Apart from the Dou family, the only two individuals who had tasted Su Bai's cooking were Qian Desheng and Li Ruisheng. According to their feedback, although Su Bai's dishes were cooked in bulk in the cafeteria, the taste was outstanding.

Unfortunately, since that incident, no forum members managed to find their way to the S Province Athletics Team's third-floor cafeteria to enjoy a meal.

The day before, when Tang Jiangtao received a call from Sun Xiangdong, he was a bit puzzled—why would a coach from the national team want to borrow the kitchen? After further inquiry, he found out it was the same Su Bai who had been mentioned on the forum before.

After exchanging pleasantries with Su Bai, Jin Manjiang and Tang Jiangtao guided him to the storage room in the back kitchen, where Su Bai selected the ingredients and seasonings for the dinner he was preparing.

Compared to his time in the athletics team's kitchen, the quality of ingredients in the national team's kitchen was even higher. The dietary standard for the training athletes in the national team was maintained between 250 to 300 RMB per day. Fresh fish, shrimp, beef, and various medicinal herbs used for nutritionally enriched dishes were readily available.

While selecting the ingredients, Jin Manjiang told Su Bai to feel free to use whatever he liked. "These ingredients are originally included in the athletes' dietary plan. However, some of the traditional medicinal dishes are too time-consuming to prepare, so we can only provide them to a select few. If Coach Su finds anything you like, feel free to take it."