My Restaurant's Guests are All Abnormal

Chapter 198: Chapter 58 Fierce Ice Fresh Dorado Mountain

"Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day?" Betty blinked, she always felt the name sounded vaguely familiar, seeming to have heard it somewhere.

Then she finally remembered, when they used to watch anime, Chen Ze had told her not to watch "Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day," saying that watching it would spoil the fun.

Although Betty could watch it alone, in the end, she chose to heed Chen Ze’s advice.

Later, Chen Ze told her that after Hastur finished filming his movie, they could see it first before catching up with the anime.

"Betty? Betty?" Alisa waved her hand in front of Betty, who had been in a daze since a moment ago.

"Eh? Sounds good, how much for one viewing?" Betty rubbed her hands together excitedly; she was very interested in both the movie itself and the first movie from the Otherworld.

"Five silver coins for a movie ticket." Alisa sipped her lemonade with a smile.

Betty immediately nodded in agreement. Five silver coins were a high but not exorbitant price, and she could afford it.

"Betty, come and serve the dishes." Chen Ze wiped his hands, the special meal was ready.

In the end, Chen Ze made curry pork cutlet rice and garlic eggplant, with a side of freshly made spring rolls.

The spring rolls did not receive the System’s recognition, granting Chen Ze no experience, which made him feel somewhat disappointed.

After watching Betty take the dishes out, Chen Ze took out a fish from the refrigerator, a fish that looked crystal clear.

This was something he found while organizing the fridge; he remembered it was an ingredient brought by Hastur, the Ice Fish.

Said to be a precious ingredient available only ten times a year, Chen Ze calculated that this fish was even more expensive than delicacies like black truffles and matsutake mushrooms.

And goose barnacles were nowhere close in comparison; Ice Fish belonged to a high level of precious ingredients.

Chen Ze touched it, finding it extremely cold, but, surprisingly, it wasn’t frozen solid and retained the touch of fresh fish.

Chen Ze was born in Sun Moon City, so his understanding of fish cuisine wasn’t extensive, but he had a hunch that treating such a rare fish with a sauerkraut fish method might be wasteful.

"Precious ingredients are a dish in themselves." Chen Ze frowned, much like how matsutake mushrooms only need to be sliced and briefly grilled over charcoal, the Ice Fish naturally didn’t need much preparation either.

"I’ll make sashimi." Chen Ze finally decided, after all, sashimi could perfectly showcase the flavor of a fish.

However, before that, Chen Ze used a Magic Circle to check for any parasites inside the Ice Fish.

Chen Ze picked up the kitchen knife, then set it back down, suddenly remembering a customer, or rather a teacher – Liu Maoxing.

In "China’s Little Head Chef," there had been such a dish that was said to provide a taste of heaven upon eating.

Chen Ze silently took a large block of ice out of the refrigerator; he needed to prepare an iceberg for the Fierce Ice Fresh Dorado Mountain.

Looking at the large block of ice before him, Chen Ze was conflicted; he hadn’t learned how to carve an iceberg, and hacking at it with a kitchen knife seemed difficult...

Chen Ze gave it a try and discovered his own kitchen knife was exceptionally sharp, slicing through the ice like tofu, which saved him a lot of trouble.

In no time, something resembling a mountain was set upon the counter by Chen Ze.

"Next, it’s time to slice the sashimi." Chen Ze looked towards the Ice Fish.

Following Ryan’s method, slicing sashimi also requires special dark culinary tools, and Chen Ze was quite sure he did not have a Northern Celestial Wolf Blade.

"It’s okay, it’s okay. I had Lafra make me a series of special kitchen knives before," Chen Ze proudly took out a kitchen knife from the cabinet.

The translucent ice knife was enchanted by Lafra with sharpness and constant magic, and she even enchanted it with durability. Furthermore, the thoughtful Lafra, not wanting her boyfriend to suffer from frostbite, also enchanted the handle with insulation.

Chen Ze smiled proudly. With this ice knife, he was confident in recreating the Iceberg Fresh Mountain.

Chen Ze pressed down on the Ice Fish, took a deep breath.

"Luohan Crystal Slash!"

Alisa and Betty both looked towards the kitchen, as this was the first time Chen Ze spoke while cooking, and he did so quite loudly.

Alisa stuffed a piece of curry pork chop into her mouth with an odd expression on her face. She felt that Chen Ze just now seemed a bit strange.

After all, Alisa was an aristocrat and had now obtained the position of a Viscount with her own power, but it was still the first time she had heard of a chef using some special method for cooking.

Betty almost couldn’t help but laugh out loud. She thought the manager must be having a bout of chuunibyou.

Chen Ze blushed a little. He had gotten too excited just now and accidentally shouted it out, but looking at the Iceberg Fresh... Iceberg Fresh Mountain in front of him, Chen Ze was still very satisfied.

Chen Ze’s knife skills were no longer what they used to be; he had sliced the sashimi very thinly, possessing a hint of the flavor of the Fierce Ice Fresh Dorado Mountain.

But the System had not yet given an assessment, and Chen Ze knew that his Iceberg Fresh Mountain was not yet complete.

After all, sashimi needs to be paired with a sauce, but choosing the right sauce is a problem.

Chen Ze felt conflicted. In China’s Little Head Chef, the dipping sauce Ryan used wasn’t explicitly described, only mentioning that it contained sesame oil.

In the end, Chen Ze chose the most traditional dipping sauce with wasabi, and added a bit of sesame oil.

[You have made a fine Iceberg Fresh Mountain, Otherworldly Cooking Experience increased by 20 points.]

Chen Ze joyously looked at the Iceberg Fresh Mountain before him. This dish had received the recognition of the System, and it was of fine quality. ƒreewebɳovel.com

Chen Ze quickly brought out the mountain and placed it on Alisa’s table, also taking out three pairs of chopsticks and a dish for the dipping sauce.

"Manager, what is this?" Betty immediately came over, realizing from Chen Ze’s expression that this was something he was proud of.

"This is..." Alisa also furrowed her brows; she had never eaten this kind of thing before.

"I made Iceberg Fresh Mountain, give it a try." Chen Ze was very proud. It was supposed to be called Fierce Ice Fresh Dorado Mountain, but Chen Ze had not used dorado.

Alisa picked up a pair of chopsticks and lifted a nearly transparent slice of fish from the mountain, dipped it in the sauce, and then placed it in her mouth.

A fierce cold wind assaulted Alisa’s mouth, causing her to involuntarily cover it, but the subsequent burst of ultimate freshness made Alisa close her eyes involuntarily.

This taste, Alisa had experienced before, it must be the flavor of the Ice Fish.

But to bring out the inherent flavor of the Ice Fish so vividly could only be attributed to the dish Chen Ze had served.

Seeing Betty and Alisa’s expressions of enjoyment, Chen Ze smiled very proudly.