Chapter 112: Curry Bread Complete!

Chapter 112: Curry Bread Complete!

『Alright, they’re done.』

The batch I had in front me looked almost identical to the stuff I used to see in stores back when I was still in Japan.

「Leave taste testing to me.」

「Woof woof bark woof!」

Both Fran and Urushi approached with their tails wagging the moment I pulled the curry bread out of the oil. They literally didn’t even give me a chance to wring it dry. Didn’t they already have their afternoon snacks? I could’ve sworn they did...Geett the latest novels at novelhall.com

『Hold on a bit. Wait till all the oil drips off of it.』

「Whaaa」

「Whimper...」

Both impatiently sat down right in front of the final product I’d just produced. Sitting there and staring isn’t going to make time go by any faster, you know...?

There were three different types and six pieces of each type for a total of 18 servings overall. The first type was mild and filled with pork, its exterior was the most plain, and appeared to have a simple, reddish-brown shade. The second type had slightly spicier beef curry inside of it, and could be differentiated by a thin layer of red pepper powdered atop its exterior. The final type was made of chicken. Unlike the other two, it was made to be super spicy. Moreover, it was the only one decorated in green; its exterior was accented with a parsey-like vegetable.

It took about fifteen minutes for the curry bread to cool down a bit and all the excess oil to dry off. Funny enough, neither Fran nor Urushi had seemed to avert their gazes for even the slightest moment.

I immediately stored half of them away so we could pass a few samples over to the Chef’s Guild. The other half, I left to a certain pair of gluttons.

『They’re ready now, go ahead and dig in.』

「Nn!」

「Woof woof!」

Both immediately pounced upon the dish the moment they got the green light.

「Yummy yummy yummy.」

「Ruff ruff ruff.」

Fran finished one of the pork types in a mere three bites. Naturally, she didn’t manage to swallow it immediately, so I asked her for her impressions as she chewed.

『How is it?』

「Ideal. Curry with rice reaches heavens. Curry bread ascends to nirvana.」

「Woof!」

The hell is she saying? Are we in cooking manga land right now or something?

Oh well, whatever. Either way, it’s delicious, and that’s all that matters.

「This one. Also tasty.」

「Woof.」

『Looks like Urushi likes the second type more than he likes the first. What about you, Fran?』

「Can’t decide. Both equally delicious.」

It looked like Fran even liked the one with medium levels of spiciness. Hmm... What about the spiciest kind?

「Spicy. Yummy. Spicy.」

『Woof woof woof!』

Alright, looks like that didn’t really work for her nearly as well as the other two did. Urushi, on the other hand, liked the spiciest type the most.

「Nn?」

「Most of our participants enclose it in an envelope in order to ensure that it isn’t seen by any unintended onlookers. They’re also usually quite hesitant about handing over their recipes.」

We kind of just scribbled it on a piece of paper and handed it to them, so I guess it only makes sense for the staff members to be relatively confused.

「They tend to get especially fussy when their dishes are as unique and original as your own.」

「Not making fuss because trusting guild.」

「That’s good to hear. Your trust is well placed, we promise that we’ll do our best to keep it safeguarded.」

「Then no problem at all.」

Honestly, we could care less if the recipe ended up getting out anyways. It’s not actually an original recipe in the first place, so I don’t really feel the urge to be all secretive about it or anything like that.

I mean, we could honestly probably sell it for a lot, but, weren’t really in need of money or anything, and we’d probably make more from hunting magic beasts anyway.

Besides, I don’t actually see any problems with having the recipe leak. In fact, Fran would probably be happier that way. Local adaptations of it would likely lead to even more variety, which, in turn, would mean more curry for her.

So to sum that all up, there’s no point in us intentionally giving out the recipe for free, but we wouldn’t really care even if it did get leaked.

『Alright, let’s head back and start getting everything ready.』

「Nn.」

Awesome. Time for me to stay up all night and make about five thousand of each type of curry bread. I was planning to have Fran make a few in person at the stall, but honestly, that was just something we were going to do to attract customers. Most of what we were going to sell would be made in advance. We won’t have to worry about our supplies running dry that way.

I mean, normally, you’d be concerned about the excess food going to waste, but that didn’t really apply to us. We could keep it in storage for as long as we wanted, and neither Urushi nor Fran would mind keeping them around as snacks.

「Well if it isn’t Miss Fran!」

「Colbert? Here, why?」

Colbert called out to us the moment we left the Chef’s Guild’s basement and went back to its lobby.

「I was actually looking for you! The contest’s going to start tomorrow, so I was checking to see if you need any sort of help.」

You could tell at a glance that he was totally brimming with excitement and motivation.

「I can tell you for a fact that I really do just want to help! I’m totally not hoping that there’s a chance I’ll be able to sample a bit of the Master’s cuisine. Not at all.」

Oh, so that’s what he was actually after. Well, I guess that’s fair. I don’t mind feeding him a bit if that’s all it takes for him to lend us a hand.

(Master, what do?)

『Maybe try asking him if he knows anyone that could help out as a salesperson?』

I was actually planning on having Rengil refer us a few people, but, an adventurer would probably work even better seeing as how they could function as both a salesperson and a guard simultaneously.

「Looking for people to help with sales. Requirement. Good at math. Even better if can cook. Ideally party of three.」

「Just leave it to me! I’ll find you three helpers by tomorrow morning!」

「Paying well.」

「Got it, that should make things even easier. I’ll get you the best help possible, just you wait!」

Alright, that’s that out of the way. We still have two days left until the second round actually begins. In the meantime, I’ll make sure I cook up the world’s best ever curry bread!

『You want to help out, Fran?』

「Nn. Will do my best.」

『I’ll leave keeping watch to you, Urushi!』

「Woof woof!」