Chapter 36

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation

Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Xia Yu came out to take care of the kitchen. Two empty plates and a casserole were placed on the counter, waiting for him to clean up.

“Uh…”

Glancing over, the two bowls of rice did not move. Xia Yu’s face turned black.

“Are you full without rice?” He suspected them and looked at An Ya and Mu Xiaoyue.

“Why are we full?”

“I don’t want to eat rice; I just want dishes!” Mu Xiaoyue’s tone of voice was a matter of course.

Xia Yu shrugged, and the couple stood in front of the counter, staring at him.

Seeing this, Xia Yu pointed to the menu wall. “Today I’m only making those six dishes. You cannot repeat your order! I won’t do it for money!”

Mu Xiaoyue pulled the sleeves of the female fan, Ren Xue, and she whispered softly, “I want to order mapo tofu, chili and sour potato, sweet and sour pork with pineapple.”

“Okay, just wait for half an hour.” Xia Yu glanced at Mu Xiaoyue proudly. “You help me collect money!”

Then he turned around and returned to the kitchen.

“Yes!”

Mu Xiaoyue waved her fist in excitement at the storefront. “I’m so tactful that I did not eat rice. Otherwise my stomach will definitely be full!”

She touched her half-full belly and thought that she was very smart.

“I’ll give you the money.” Ren Xue took out her wallet. Three dishes, a total of 8,500 yen. She took a 5,000 denomination, a 2,000 denomination and a 1,000 denomination, and then a coin of five hundred denomination and put it on Mu Xiaoyue’s hands. She carefully considered that Mu Xiaoyue had no change to find.

This time her boyfriend, Mizutani Shun, stood beside her. He was not as he was when he first entered the store, when he had lost his temper. He fixed his sight on the closed kitchen door. Obviously, he was also expecting the next few dishes.

Less than twenty minutes later, Xia Yu brought out the three dishes.

Of the three dishes, sweet and sour pork with pineapple was a little time-consuming. The pickling and deep-frying were done while Xia Yu was making other two dishes at the same time. This time it was almost a three-line operation. It was easy to control the rhythm.

“Take it.”

Putting the three steaming dishes on the counter, Xia Yu put away the money that Mu Xiaoyue put on the counter and put them in the small cash register drawer in the background.

“Is this the first pot of gold?”

There was not much money. 8,500 yen. He needed to sell at least a few more times to get rid of the cost.

Xia Yu touched cash in the drawer. The amazing thing was that money was not as attractive as delving into cooking at this time. He felt his hands itch again. No matter whether Mu Xiaoyue was listening or not, he ordered her to help him look after the restaurant again. Then he went back to the bedroom and entered the Chef God Space. 

“Hey, where is he?” 

Mu Xiaoyue saw that the dishes were running out fast, and they were almost gone as soon as they touched the table. Realizing that it was not good, she turned around and wanted to call for four bowls of rice, but the counter had no figure.

She could only mumble and run into the kitchen herself.

Fortunately, the food was very good for eating. With one bite, and a few bites of rice, each person ate two bowls on average, and finally felt full.

“Ha.” She did not show any manners as she sat on the chair. Mu Xiaoyue’s face was satisfied, smacking her lips. “That smelly kid’s cooking skills seemed to have improved again. However, these dishes still are not as delicious as that Magic Mapo Tofu during lunch. Hateful! Damn it!”

“He certainly did not take care to cook. Really, as the chef, he should show the best craftsmanship!” Mu Xiaoyue wiped her mouth clean, her face full of justice and a cruel tone.

An Ya thought of the ‘magic dish’ during lunch, and after a moment of silence, she smiled bitterly and said, “Xiaoyue, you should be satisfied anyway. That kind of dish cannot be eaten with money. We were lucky.”

Heard the words, Mu Xiaoyue nodded.

“Correct! I seriously doubt if the kid wanted to entertain his angel-looking girlfriend and show off his cooking skills, and we were just there incidentally… Like giving a little charity to the wild cats and dogs on the roadside!” Mu Xiaoyue gritted her teeth.

Smack!

Anya chopped Mu Xiaoyue’s clean forehead and said blankly, “Thank to the chef for making delicious food!”

Ren Xue who heard it had a dazed face, and after responding, translated for Mizutani.

“That young chef did not show his best dishes?” Mizutani opened his mouth. He constantly ate six dishes in a row. His bad impression of Chinese cuisine had been completely reversed and scrubbed.

If Japanese cuisine was a meticulous piece of art, now in Mizutani ‘s mind, Chinese cuisine was a splashing landscape painting which was full of freehand and free taste. The various ingredients mixed and there were various incredible human flavours. The finally cooked food made the tip of his tongue taste the ultimate enjoyment.

Mizutani liked Japanese food and had a taste that was completely opposite to his Shibuya-style dress. It was very light.

However, after eating six ‘heavy-tasting’ Chinese dishes in a row, Mizutani did not think that the heavy oil and strange sauces disgusted him. It was amazing.

His girlfriend, Ren Xue, grabbed Mu Xiaoyue, and the three women chatted.

Mizutani exhaled and sat down. He took out his phone and opened Twitter, and sent out a tweet:

“Sorry, I was wrong!”

“The work of this Chinese restaurant is worth the price. On the contrary, compared with the resorts, high-end restaurants and high-end hotels under the name of Togetsu, the price of the food is very low. Three dishes won’t cost even 10,000 yen. You can get the ultimate taste enjoyment of the tongue. I think I will be a regular customer of this restaurant in the future…”

“Finally, what I want to say is…”

“I love you, authentic Chinese cuisine!”

After tweeting, Mizutani finally vented the joy and complex emotions in his heart.

Looking back at this time, Mizutani felt that the boulder lying between his girlfriend and himself had quietly moved away. There was always a way to solve cultural barriers. Now that he was also captured by authentic Chinese cuisine, weren’t their daily food tastes close?

Thinking of this, Mizutani had a sweet smile on his lips. The past four years’ experience were vivid, and maybe they would enter the divine marriage hall soon after graduation.

Xia Yu did not know his cooking untied Mizutani’s heart knot. Otherwise, he might put on the cloak of the big FFF group, hold a torch, and shout the slogan.

After tweeting, a lot of discussion started up and many friends came to ask about it. After being asked more, Mizutani simply sent another tweet detailing the address of Xia’s restaurant:

“Tokyo, Taidong District, Ueno Station, 7-16 Ameyoko Old Street.”

“This is not an advertisement and does not involve any commercial interests. And I guarantee in my own name that the cuisine there is absolutely great value for money!”

This was another advertisement.

It was also spontaneous propaganda, explaining what was called the navy of tap water.

However, this time, Xia Yu did not know that his restaurant had gradually spread amongst a group of people.

Xia Yu was struggling in the Chef God Space to practice next week’s menu.