My Restaurant's Guests are All Abnormal

Chapter 218: Chapter Seventy-Eight: Iceberg Fresh Mountain

Stan left, clutching his stomach as he walked, his expression extremely strange; Betty even felt that Stan looked oddly peculiar, after all, it’s pretty rare to see someone with half pain and half pleasure on their face.

Meanwhile, Chen Ze was a bit worried about the meal fee that Stan left behind; this time Stan might have felt that Chen Ze’s cooking was exceptionally good, or perhaps thought that Chen Ze’s portions were too generous, so he didn’t feel right giving too little in return.

So, what Stan gave as the meal fee was an ingredient, a rather unique ingredient.

What Stan left was a tail, a tail somewhat similar to a pig’s tail, but the difference was that this tail was about one meter long.

"This is the tail of an Edelman Wild Boar, and it’s also a very precious ingredient." At that moment, Chen Ze wanted to grab Stan’s shirt and ask if this wild boar had any relation to Wolverine.

Edelman Wild Boar? Just hearing this name, Chen Ze thought the boar must be valuable. He just didn’t know whether the bones of this pig were as tough as Edelman metal.

But Chen Ze had never cooked pig tails before, so at the moment he was a bit perplexed.

In Huaxia, pig tails are quite famous and many people eat them; abroad, they’re basically untouched.

So, Chen Ze’s dilemma wasn’t how to cook pig tails, but rather which method to use to deal with this particular tail.

After a simple search on Baidu, Chen Ze found a string of recipes – braised, marinated, and even barbecued.

The variety of dishes made Chen Ze’s head spin, it’s no wonder given that Huaxia alone, with just the cuisine of one province, had enough dishes to last a year.

Suddenly, Chen Ze remembered something; there was a foreigner who vowed to dine throughout China within a year, but three years had passed and he was still in Sichuan – it was quite the true tale.

"Then let’s go for marinating!" Chen Ze made up his mind; after all, he still had a pot of old marinade, and it seemed a waste not to use it.

After a simple wash, Chen Ze roasted the pig tail into two sections and tossed it into the marinade pot.

Glancing at the pig tails boiling away, Chen Ze didn’t pay much attention; after all, marinating something like pig tails for a bit longer was generally a good thing.

Chen Ze wiped his chef’s knife, then looked over the restaurant; Betty was wiping down tables, and doing so with great focus.

Chen Ze pondered for a moment; Betty had already taken other computer programming books over, but how was Lindsay doing with her studies?

Would we see a balding succubus? But then again, perhaps that might pique some people’s interest.

"Betty, how is Lindsay doing with her studies?" Chen Ze still asked.

"Hmm... how to put it? I feel like I’m understanding less and less of what she says lately." Betty wrung out the towel.

Just as Chen Ze was about to ask what exactly Lindsay had said, he saw a familiar figure walking in.

"Liu Maoxing?!" Chen Ze looked at the person before him with surprise; he had been thinking it had been a long time since their last meeting, and now here he was.

"Hello, Manager," Liu Maoxing sat down on a chair, resting his chin in his hand, lost in thought.

"For this customer, what would you like to eat?" Betty approached as usual, as it was her job.

"Betty, this time the meal’s on me." Chen Ze quickly stepped forward, then looked again at the contemplative Liu Maoxing.

If he brought out the Iceberg Fresh Mountain, he wondered what kind of reaction Liu Maoxing would have; Chen Ze was very interested.

After all, the Iceberg Fresh Mountain was a dish crafted based on one of Ryan’s recipes, and the Young Chef should be quite familiar with it.

Chen Ze took a deep breath. He knew that his culinary skills were worlds apart from those of Liu Maoxing, but no matter what, he was determined to prepare the best cuisine with the best attitude, because only in this way could he achieve progress in his cooking.

Chen Ze focused on carving the Iceberg Fresh Mountain. He didn’t think that the Iceberg Fresh Mountain was purely for show. After all, according to the situation in "Little Chef," if the Iceberg Fresh Mountain could be like the one Ryan made, it would further enhance the deliciousness of the sashimi.

After perfecting the Iceberg Fresh Mountain, Chen Ze began to use the ice knife to slice the sashimi. This time, he sliced even more meticulously, with each piece of sashimi as thin as a cicada’s wing.

When he finished, Chen Ze couldn’t help but sigh. Although he had worked very hard, the System’s score had not changed.

"Is this... Fierce Ice Fresh Dorado Mountain?" Liu Maoxing stood up in surprise. He really hadn’t expected to see Ryan’s Fierce Ice Fresh Dorado Mountain here.

"Please taste it," Chen Ze said sincerely, sitting opposite Liu Maoxing, focused on his reaction.

Liu Maoxing nodded, then picked up a piece of sashimi with his chopsticks, dipped it in sauce, and placed it in his mouth.

Liu Maoxing’s eyebrows shot up—this fish was not simple, even tastier than dorado.

"Although it looks similar, the difference is too great," Liu Maoxing shook his head. If Ryan had made it, the deliciousness could surely be elevated to another level.

"Is there anything I can improve?" Chen Ze took out a small notebook. Ever since his culinary skills had improved, Alisa could no longer help him, and it had been a long while since he last used this notebook.

"Knife skills, your knife skills are too weak and have destroyed the overall integrity and harmony of the fish," Liu Maoxing pointed out a problem directly.

"It’s not that you didn’t slice it thinly, but you haven’t grasped the muscle texture of the fish. If you could understand that, the sashimi you slice would be even more delicious," Liu Maoxing, pointing at the table, looked at Chen Ze. freewebnoveℓ.com

Chen Ze scratched his head; how could he not know that fish could be sliced according to muscle texture? Wasn’t it just chopped up for cooking?

"As a chef, how you wield your knife is a field of study. If the cut is not correct, at best, it affects the overall taste; at worst, it directly ruins the ingredient," Liu Maoxing explained to Chen Ze patiently.

Betty stood by, watching the slowly melting Iceberg Fresh Mountain and the sashimi on top, so anxious she was almost jumping.

Oh my god, this ice is melting; are you even going to eat it?

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Betty felt a sense of despair watching the food go to waste right before her eyes, and it pained her deeply.

Chen Ze truly hadn’t expected that his work, which he thought was impressive, would reveal so many issues after Liu Maoxing took a bite.

Suddenly, he felt like, what the heck did I even make?

"How about this, after all, it’s too monotonous to just talk about it. I’ll bring Ryan over later to demonstrate it to you personally." After speaking, Liu Maoxing left, and Chen Ze was stunned.

He really wanted to pull Liu Maoxing back and tell him that once he left this door, he would have to wait until tomorrow to return.

But Liu Maoxing left too quickly, and Chen Ze didn’t react in time.

Should this be attributed to the vigour of a master chef? Such great stamina?

Chen Ze then looked at Betty, whose saliva was almost drooling out, and he helplessly covered his forehead. "Go ahead and eat."

"Thank you, Boss~"