286 Six Days of the Blue Moon ② - Explore the Inn, Again

After that, we decided to head to the Great Tree Pavilion in the South first.

"Oh, I've been waiting for you," said Naudis, who was stuck in the kitchen, greeting him with a smile. Recently, it seems that Naudis is totally in a better position to divide the cook than his wife.

"That's the finished dish, isn't it? I felt restless in the morning about what it tasted like."

"That's frightening.... That smells good. Were you already starting to prepare dinner?

"Yes, sir. Actually, I wanted to ask Asta for a tasting, too. I've just incorporated the ingredients I received into my dishes."

It was a hearty story.

These Naudis and Nails possess quite certain skills as residential townspeople.

"I wonder what it is. I'd like to have a candid opinion."

A boiled dish served in a wooden dish is placed before me and Raina-Lou.

They are caron's leg meat cut into bites, thinly sliced aria, mushrooms like orange shiitake mushrooms, and shima when daikon is cut into beaks.

The aroma is strong with tau oil and myrmu.

There's plenty of brown juice hanging similar to the 'meat chatch' I make, which looks very tasty on the outside.

"Okay, I'll take it"

I carried Caron's foot meat into my mouth, along with Sima, divided by a wooden spoon.

They also use tau oil and myrmu, and sugar and fruit liquor. The more well it is sweet and spicy and flavored.

Plus, the caron meat is so soft.

It is a soft-boiled leg meat as long as it takes, but this was nonetheless excellent.

It has a taste that I know is close to Japanese stewed dishes.

The smell of Myrmu is slightly stronger, but it hasn't broken the flavour. Rustic but deep in flavor.

"It's delicious. You also use dried fish stock, right?

"Yes, sir. I used it exactly as Asta said, and that's all I could do to add a more profound flavor."

Naudis, who is smaller than me, makes his breasts thicker than mine just ehem.

"So I even got the shemales and mushrooms of Jagal, so as far as I am concerned, it is a great satisfaction. I'm proud to say that my grandmother's cooking, once spoken of in my father's hometown, is unbeatable."

"You have great meat softness. Still doesn't seem to taste any better than necessary. Did you boil it down in hot water at first?

"No, it was soaked in fruit liquor and then simmered."

Saying so, Naudis broke his face.

"I remember my grandmother telling me that hard meat softens when soaked in Jagal sparkling liquor. I tried it with sparkling liquor brought to me by Asta and it did make the meat softer, but I didn't feel like using the rare sparkling liquor for nothing, so I tried using the fruit liquor instead"

"Oh, I see. Maybe Aria was soaking it with you in that fruit liquor?

The answer was yes.

Speaking of which, the method of soaking beef in red wine to soften it also existed in my hometown. And in doing so, I also remember hearing that soaking onions, vinegar, yogurt, etc. together is still effective.

Incidentally, the recent Kimmus Tail Pavilion employed a method of soaking and softening the foot meat in caron milk.

"This is delicious. I don't really like caron's leg meat, but I honestly think it tastes delicious."

Raina-Lou also raised her voice that way with a very satisfied face.

Maybe this is the first time that Raina-Lou has clearly praised the hands of the people of Accommodation Town so far.

As such, Naudis' cuisine was rustic but delicious.

"Not exactly for the Giva dishes that Asta and the others make, but if you can taste this with about four or five red copper coins, I'm sure there won't be any faint colors. We're going to add you to the dedication this evening."

"Hey, this is really delicious. Wouldn't it call for a reputation so unbeatable in Giva's cuisine?"

"That's called buying up." Gibba's Horned Stewed "and so on has been enhanced by the use of Jagal ingredients, so it's not very good."

As always, in the "Great Tree Pavilion in the South", only "Gibba's Horned Stew" was unloaded on the 10th.

So, last time I decided to use mushrooms like Shima, Chumcham and Shiitake, not Aria, but Naudis' delight at the time was so bad that this one was already having trouble reacting.

"… Now it's your turn to try Asta's cooking"

In Naudis' eyes, there is a serious light.

It is a tasting of 'Giva Curry' with plenty of Sim's vanilla.

Can this dish be accepted by the people of the south? Also, can Naudis admit that it is worth a try? It was time for the verdict.

"This… does taste amazingly good"

Bring the warmed back 'Giva Curry' to your mouth, Naudis tells you to be.

"I originally thought it was a delicious dish... uhm... but Asta said she wasn't going to sell this dish itself, she was going to sell only the ingredients that would be the ingredients of this dish, right?

"Yes, I'm going to do that so far"

"Is it possible for me, my wife, etc. to make such a strange dish? We don't know anything about Sims' vanilla, do we?

"I think that's okay. Just throw this in a pot of boiled meat or vegetables."

Answering like that, I let him take the curry vegetables out of the little leather bag that was sitting on his back.

Eight spices were blended, stir-fried with aria in milk fat, then added fuwano powder, and finally dried and consolidated.

I was initially anxious to see if the milk fat area would be damaged, but after consulting with Nail and Sim's customers, I was able to get the answer that if I used this much vanilla, I would be fine for ten days or so first.

"Of course I use as many seasonings and ingredients as I can think of for the dishes you just ate, but you don't have to be that far to finish them deliciously enough. We'll tell you the minimum necessary steps in advance, otherwise you can use the ingredients of your choice."

"Hmm..."

"Shima may not fit a bit, but what a jagal-style 'giva curry' with chan and mushrooms sounds delicious too"

Naudis breathed and looked back at me with a strong eye.

"Roger that. If there is any chance of dealing with this dish in any other inn, I cannot let it be left untried either. I'm going to try it out for you tonight at dinner."

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That's how we taught Naudis the basic recipe, and then we left the Great Tree Pavilion in the South.

The next goal is the Xuanrong Pavilion.

"... Asta, there's only one thing that doesn't really happen."

"Yeah, what is it?

Raina-Lou says thoughtfully as he walks down the growing streets of the crowd.

"I thought the dishes my husband had just made were usually delicious. Me or Sheila-Loux or -- no, maybe even Limi could finish it better, but still, I didn't feel a big problem with this."

"Yeah, Naudis is pretty good, after all"

"... then it makes me feel like my husband named Naudis has more definite arms as a kame number than that cook named Jan. Is that the wrong idea?

Rayna-Lew had become a much more thought-provoking face.

I'll think "hmm" too.

"I don't know. Knowledge and skill are definitely better in Jan... but I wonder if that knowledge and skill can be shackled."

"Are you shackled?

"Yeah. Raina-Lou, for example. 'Cause if you get your arm up to this point as a number, you're not just gonna want to cook or simmer meat, you're gonna want to work it out a little bit, right? Not to mention when you're a Castle Town cook, you're going to get caught up in the value of" it's good cooking to use a lot of different ingredients, "so you think that's going to reinforce that trend, too."

"Yes."

"Yet Jan was born in Castle Town, so the preference of the people in the Inn Town is not so clear. I wonder if I'm still searching for the ideal flavor by hand so that I can live up to the expectations of the people in the lodging town while being careful not to overcomplicate the flavoring."

There is a verse where Naudis was dissatisfied that Jagal ingredients wanted to use but could not. Wasn't it by this time the ban was lifted that enthusiasm exploded at once?

"So, Naudis and Nails or something actually had the experience of eating Jagal and Sim dishes and they had the desire to recreate that for their customers. I think there's a part of that that resembles the way I'm trying to recreate the taste of my home-cooked dishes. If you have that kind of guidance from the beginning, you don't have to try and make mistakes like Jan because you decide what ingredients you need and what flavoring you should aim for."

Is that why Naudis and Nair could be one step ahead, such as Milan-Math and Yumi's mother Sil?

No, it can be inferred that not only Milan-Math and Sil, but the majority of the people in the Inn Town are suddenly allowed to handle different ingredients, in quite a state of confusion.

So - maybe it's the same schematic as the Castle Town cooks who have been able to use new ingredients continuously in the last few decades or a hundred years.

"Does that mean... that Michelle of Turan has brushed her arms with a little ingredient to avoid such confusion to her own daughter,"

"Yes, you're exactly right. I'm sure Michelle herself, regardless of the values of the castle town, kept pursuing the ideal dish while carefully cementing her feet."

"So what about that cook named Varcus?

Raina-Lou's eyes frighten the increasingly serious light.

Thinking about it, I answered.

"I only know about that person as much as I do about Rayna-Lew, so I can imagine everything... I wonder if that guy could have adapted brilliantly while he was born into that kind of mess. While fully embracing the value of using a wide variety of ingredients, I was able to complete my ideal dish, I'm sure."

"My ideal dish, is…"

"Yeah. Even if we're going to deal with a bunch of totoys, we're going to try to keep our footprints out of the way, right? But Vulcus is under the impression that he's strenuously hogging his reins in the middle of Totos trying to run in all directions."

Even for my shitty shit, Rayna-Lew chuckled.

"I think I know somehow. So every head of that toss is sweet or spicy, right?

"Yes. Even though one wrong step is going to ruin it, it feels like Varcus' cuisine is balanced by exquisite force subtraction."

"Yeah. I think you'll see that, too"

Raina-Lou took a small breath and snapped his long dark hair tip with his fingertips.

"As a matter of fact, I... that cook named Varcus is a little scary."

"Horrible? Why?

"That cook can accomplish things I can't do. If that cook's way of doing things is right... it feels like everything I've built up is going to be meaningless."

Maybe that's the chest stirring I feel and the feeling not so far away.

But I didn't want to deny my existence for that matter.

"It's okay. Cooking is not supposed to compete for superiority or inferiority. What do you think tastes good? We just have to work our way up so we can cook what we think is delicious."

"Right...... right. I think Asta's right."

As I tell myself, that's what Raina-Lou said.

Varcus' presence seemed to be eating deeper into Kamadoku's chest than I had ever imagined.

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Later, in the Xuanrong Pavilion, he was to receive another accolade for letting go.

It is the nail that originally admired me at the prototype stage. Eating the finished 'Giva Curry', Nail was supposed to make her whole body squirm so she wouldn't break her expression.

"Very tasty. Everyone will be ecstatic. So worried that other dishes will no longer be available."

"I guess we should also subdivide this dish into small pieces and sell it out. Whatever it is, you might want to sell it with a combination of curry, poiton and meat dishes"

I didn't have much experience with it, but there must have been a set of dishes in Indian specialties such as curry and nan with kebabs, tandoori chicken, etc. "Sautéed Guiba Arabiata Style", as well as spicy meat dishes made by Nair, will surely go well with "Guiba Curry".

Incidentally, even "Sautéed Guiba Arabiata Style" has improved the recipe by adding seafood stock, crustacean dries, and shim vanilla.

"We are currently in the process of studying the flavored baking of carons and kimus using the sim vanilla that Asta brought us. Asta's cuisine doesn't suit you, but I'm sure you'll be delighted."

"It wasn't me who distributed the ingredients to the Inn Town, but the Marquis of Genos and Polearths."

"But it was Asta's presence that inspired it. Many times I thank Selva and Sim for the good fortune of meeting Asta."

Dropped off by such a nail, your next inn was Kimmus's Tail Pavilion.

This is how we planned to tour the lodgings everywhere today, so the dinner dishes have been brought in even in the morning.

Milan-Math also surprised me that "you tasted remarkably better".

"The spiciness is about to get worse, but somehow... it doesn't feel like I'm going to burst in my mouth anymore. Meat and vegetables will probably taste delicious."

"I'm glad you liked it."

Relaxed, I said, I had one concern about Kimmus's Tail Pavilion.

"So how about you cook the vegetables and the meat there? I don't think it's that hard to cook."

As a matter of fact, Kimmus's Tail Pavilion has not been filled with fresh meat until now.

The reason is because Milan-Math worried that if we increased the number of Giva dishes too much, we would no longer be able to sell the dishes of Kimus and Carons - and because we would not be able to cook that much better with Giva meat anyway, Milan-Math insisted.

Even if I persuaded him that it was a success in the Westwind Pavilion, Milan-Math would never change his mind. Maybe Milan-Math is concerned that they could discredit Gibba meat if they cook crude dishes.

"Aren't Milan-Math and Terrier-Mass now able to cook as good a dish as Kimmus or Caron? To be honest, I don't think you two are that inferior to the people at Westwind Pavilion. There's nothing to worry about."

Even in the Inn Town, Kamado-number was more or less a woman's job. Nails and Naudis are in the kitchen because of their strong desire to serve delicious dishes to Sim and Jagal guests.

So, in Kimmus's Tail Pavilion, he lost his wife early, so he couldn't get your daughter Terrier-Mass to inherit the technology. As a result, he also bore the disgrace of "a lodging that serves less superior dishes".

"Think we've been fooled and try to make our own 'Giva Curry' once and for all. If you don't get a satisfactory flavor, I'll do it again."

"Even you can't be that smart. And you shouldn't even have that much to take care of us."

I'm about to sigh at the smell of water again.

But again, I guess these attitudes are also a beauty of Milan-Math, too.

"I don't hate any difficulty if it's to convey the deliciousness of Giva meat. Besides, it may not be a very impressive story for Milan-Math - the oldest" Kimmus's Tail Pavilion "is a thoughtful inn for me. So I can't get rid of the desire to have the same or better reputation as any other inn."

Advice, Milan-Math has become the top of the Buddha.

But still, you managed to heed my suggestion.

Terrier-Mass pushed me back to say, "This dish should be handled in the store," which must have been the deciding factor.

We passed on the recipe like any other innkeeper, handed over the curry vegetables for the prototype, and we followed Kimmus's Tail Pavilion.

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It is thus finally the last inn, the Westwind Pavilion.

Here, we were to demonstrate how to make 'Giva Curry' on the spot.

The vegetables are simply three varieties: aria, chacci and eneon, and we will also use a little skimmed milk that we had excess. It should be possible to simply drop the curry vegetables on this to give it a flavor that is not so scarce.

Additionally, try to make soup curry dressing using dried fish stock.

If you don't feel like buying some expensive dried fish, just simmer the giva, caron or kimmus meat carefully, you should be able to get quite a bit of stock.

Reputation was superior.

to the women in general, though.

"Yeah, this guy tastes a little habitual. I know you don't like people who don't like you, but as far as I'm concerned, I'd love to treat you."

Samus still looks soggy today after taking the gaze of Mr. Tarushi.

"My mouth is starting to hurt. Is this really going to sell?

"You'll sell it! At least it's better than the caron juice we used to serve before we bought Giva meat, right?

Yumi is also in a good mood.

"Chip," Sams tongued.

"If you like, try sifting the customers for what you've made on this occasion. And if you don't have a reputation for it, I'll be honest with you."

I'm afraid I'll be tempted, but that's how I've spoken.

This father, if he doesn't show a bit of a strong attitude, will be in a good mood.

"That's settled. You're a big businessman, Asta."

Saying it with a fun face, Sil rubs the soup curry he had left.

Then Yumi, who was equally about to wear a wooden dish, turned his gaze all the way.

"Speaking of which, Asta's about to cook in Castle Town, right? Are you going to use it there, too?

"No, I don't seem to have much of a vanilla habit in Banaam, so I stopped. … or not, this dish was developed for everyone in Inn Town and by the woods."

"Hmm? Does the nobleman need more lavish dishes?"

Yumi is blurry as it seems a lot less interesting.

So I made him deny it.

"Sure, I'm going to cook for nobility in Castle Town, but I'm not trying to cook all the more lavish food, am I? Instead, I think it feels like we're working up a dedication to what might seem like a luxury."

"Yeah? What do you mean?

"In my hometown and this Genos, the price of the ingredients doesn't match. Smoking this fish, for example, is very expensive when it's Genos, but it was an easy ingredient for anyone in my hometown to use. Salt, sugar, vinegar, tau oil, they're all the same thing."

"... you mean Asta's hometown was so rich?

"The abundance may have been abundant. But more than that, the value of things was different. For example... you're probably going to need about a piece of white copper to buy this white dress I'm wearing."

"What!? Such a blur!?... Oh, I'm sorry?

"No, this guy was brand new six months ago, too"

Still, if you convert one red copper coin to 200 yen and one white copper coin to 2,000 yen, that's about the price.

By the way, this white t-shirt is a discounted value for 1 980 yen.

"If you try it on me, I'd be more surprised if the tau oil was one bottle of white copper coin. If it was a vegetable similar to Aria or Poitan, I could buy it for about the same price as Genos.... because things are way out of value like that. The nobles may be happy to use expensive ingredients, but as far as I'm concerned, I don't have the sense that I'm cooking extravaganza."

"Um, I see.... Speaking of which, even this dish called Him uses plenty of Shim's vanilla, so normally thinking about it means it's a lavish dish."

"Yeah. But I wanted everyone in the lodging town and the woodland to eat this, not the aristocrats. It's a dish that people close to me were eating in my hometown."

As I said, I made Yumi laugh.

"I'm out of the commoner in the first place, so I can only cook for the commoner. Still, in Genos, it seems that using ingredients that are considered expensive will please the nobles, so I thought I'd try my best to fold them up."

"Oh well. If you try Asta, it doesn't matter what kind of dish you cook."

"That's right. The only thing I can think about is what kind of dish that person would be happy with."

The aristocrats have dishes that the aristocrats deserve.

The people of the lodging town and the people by the woods each have their own dishes to deserve.

As far as I'm concerned, all I have to do is think about which dishes will please me out of my repertoire.

"... I'm sorry I just said something loud, huh? When I thought about whether Asta would work harder than usual when nobles were dealing with her, I felt a little nasty."

"I'm not going to change anything. Whoever you're dealing with, always do your best."

"Yeah, I'm relieved.... but don't be a nobleman's cook, okay?

"Haha. I'm sorry to hear that."

I would never choose that path, no matter how many silver coins I got loaded.

For me right now, my hometown is only a forest settlement.

"Now, if you'll excuse me for a long time. We'll be stopping by again tomorrow, so tell us about the reputation of 'Giva Curry'"

That's how I ended my tour of the inn and finally made it into a stage where I could go home to my compatriots.