Chef God Reborn in Japan - Chapter 22

Chapter 22: Chapter 18 Three Dishes

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation

Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

The two female tourists stood in front of the menu, whispering as if they were discussing.

For a long time, the round-faced young lady looked at Xia Yu who was behind the counter and smiled. “Ahaha… Well, can the price be lower? Friendly price? Make it a 10% discount, oh, no, 20% discount. Of course, 30% off is also fine. We are going to order three small dishes to try.”

“I am not the owner of the restaurant yet.”

Xia Yu spread out his hands and said, “I am only a chef. So, I’m sorry about the price.”

The two women heard the words and looked at each other helplessly.

“It’s like going to the hotel for a luxury meal!” The round-faced lady gritted her teeth. “I’ll say it first. If the food in your restaurant is not good, I will expose this on my Weibo!”

This young lady lifted her chin in a dignified manner and said, “Don’t underestimate me. I’m a celebrity on the internet. I have 600,000 followers on Weibo and some reputation in the food industry!”

Xia Yu stunned for a minute and looked at her lovely face suspiciously.

“Are you a well-known food blogger?”

Xia Yu put his hands under his chin and suddenly said, “How about this? I will give you a free sample. You can help me write an article on Weibo and publicize it so that every Chinese in Japan knows that there is such a super authentic Chinese restaurant in Ameyoko! ”

The round-faced lady heard this, and after only a few seconds of being entangled, she shook her head and said with a straight face, “No!”

“I write food travel notes on Weibo as a hobby. It does not involve any commercial content!”

Xia Yu shrugged.

“Well, I can only do everything I can to satisfy you and let you write an article voluntarily…”

Two female tourists ordered the three dishes of beef lungs in chili sauce, sweet and sour pork and squirrel-shaped bass. The total price was 11,000 yen.

Beef lungs in chili sauce was relatively simple amongst three dishes.

Many days ago, the old man cut the beef into pieces, mixed it with the ox tongue, ox heart, and tripe, and marinated them with spices, salt, pepper and other seasonings. They were simmered and cooked. After finishing, they were picked up to dry and cut into slices. Large and small slices were ready for use.

After it was ordered, the chef just needed to place the thin slices on the plate, add marinade, soybean oil, pepper noodles, red oil chili, sesame, peanuts, and celery. After stirring it well, it could be served on the table.

So, the first dish that Xia Yu served was beef lungs in chili sauce.

 “Please enjoy!”

Xia Yu turned back to work in the kitchen after putting down the plate.

“There is nothing special comparing it with domestic beef lungs in chili sauce!”

The round-faced young lady took a photo of the cuisine with her fruit phone. “Leave the evidence first, then use the chopsticks!”

The goddess girlfriend sat beside her and seemed to be completely used to her behavior.

“I feel that this scent is unusual…” The goddess girl first used chopsticks. She picked up a slice of thinly sliced ​​beef and sent to her mouth. The flavor of various spices, mixed inside the beef, completely combined together. The taste broke out in the mouth.

Suddenly, an illusion appeared in front of her. She lived on a grassland. The grass at the bottom of her feet was not emerald green, but the bright red of the chili, and even the air was filled with the Sichuan pepper.

A group of healthy cattle ran past, full of energy, but the girl rounded her eyes in surprise.

These cows were not domesticated yak, nor milk cows. They seemed to have just taken a bath from the marinade river, and their body was full of spice and oil.

She chewed the beef slices unconsciously. When the chewed beef was swallowed in one go, those incredible illusions disappeared in front of her eyes. The goddess girl opened her mouth slightly in surprise. Her cheeks were hot, and she was brightly blushed.

“Delicious!”

“So delicious!”

Next to her, her girlfriend was experiencing the same euphoria with closed eyes and enjoying the illusion of food.

When Xia Yu brought out the second dish that was sweet and sour pork, the whole dish of beef lungs in chili sauce had been wiped out.

He put the sweet and sour pork down and he was confused.

“I haven’t gotten you rice, but the dish is empty…”

“No, no, we don’t need rice anymore. We just need to eat the dish.” The round-faced young lady didn’t even lift her head as she was staring firmly at the dishes on the table that emitted a rich flavor of meat.

One had to say that just looking at the bright red color of the dishes and the broccoli dotted on the plate would make people have good appetite.

Especially since the sweet and sour pork also had a unique sweet and sour flavor, which made the stomach secrete acid.

“Wait, there is one more dish. I’ll serve you some rice first!”

Xia Yu ran back and forth in the kitchen and the storefront.

Fortunately, there were only two female guests in the restaurant tonight, otherwise it would be too busy.

“Finally, the last squirrel-shaped bass is done!”

About half an hour later, Xia Yu gasped and put a large plate of fish in front of the two women.

“Please enjoy!”

This time, Xia Yu was in no hurry to leave. He stood behind the counter and glanced over.

As expected, the second dish of sweet and sour pork was also empty, and the two bowls of rice were almost half eaten. The goddess girl touched her belly. Obviously, she was full. Her cheeks were still flushed, and her eyes were blurred.

As for the round-faced young lady, she bowed her head and used her mobile phone to concentrate on writing things. When Xia Yu spoke when he was serving, she never looked up.

“Writing a Weibo post?” Xia Yu curiously leaned over.

She was writing a Weibo post for sure, and she wrote at least a few hundred words with pictures. The shooting angles were very good. Even without post-processing, the Chinese cuisine on the picture looked so delicious, just enough to evoke people’s appetite.

Hey!

Xia Yu grinned when he saw the two pictures of the two dishes. Beef lungs in chili sauce and sweet and sour pork.

The little girl was quite nice. It was worth for him to devote himself wholeheartedly to cook the next two dishes.

Xia Yu poked her with his finger and reminded: “Don’t worry, take a picture of the last squirrel-shaped bass first. You can write down your thoughts after tasting, along with the pictures and texts to complete it!”

The cry of excitement spread all around the shop.

Among the three courses, the most artistic was the squirrel-shaped bass!

A large fish on a white and clean round porcelain plate, as if it had just jumped out from the pond. The tail and head were raised high, and the body was decorated with colorful ingredients.

Green beans, pine nuts, corn kernels…

The two Chinese female tourists couldn’t bear to use their chopsticks. Finally, under the urging of Xia Yu, they picked up a piece of fried yellow fish and sent it to their mouths to chew slowly.

Less than ten minutes later, the whole fish was wiped out, leaving only the tail and head. No fish bones were visible.

This squirrel-shaped bass actually required a bit of a knife skill. When processing fish, he not only cut flower slices in the fish meat, but also cut along the keel of the fish from the head to the tail. He carefully cut the fish into two pieces and removed the fish bone. But the fish tail had to be connected so that the two pieces of fish would not be separated.

Xia Yu silently brewed a cup of barley tea for the two.

The two younger girls couldn’t move any more as they were too full and satisfied.

“Evaluate it.” Xia Yu pointed to three plates with nothing left. “Which dish do you think is the most delicious?”

He thought that both of them would have to think about it. Who knew that the younger girl with a round face and the goddess girl both said at the same time: “Beef lungs in chili sauce!”

“…”

What the f*ck!

At that time Xia Yu’s face turned green.

In the backyard of the shop, the old man sat in the corridor, put down the teacup and showed a strange smile.

The expression seemed to say: kid, you are too naïve!