My Restaurant's Guests are All Abnormal

Chapter 276: Chapter 136: The Heart of the Chef

Water drop cake, this is a well-known delicacy, and it can also be considered an internet-famous food. Anyway, the first time Chen Ze came to know about this water drop cake was through the internet.

At that time, Chen Ze thought it was just a drop of water on a leaf, and as for why it was so big, it probably had the same reason a pigeon looks very big in certain photos.

"But I really didn’t expect the method to make this water drop cake would be like this," Chen Ze said, looking at the recipe. It was his first time looking up the method to make a water drop cake.

"It’s not that complicated, but the problem is, how should I deal with the stars..." Chen Ze felt a little bald.

The water drop cake looks very beautiful, but its making method is not so complex; one could even say it is relatively simple.

However, the problem was that this was Chen Ze’s first time making an internet-famous level delicacy, so how to deal with the stars, and where to place them properly, and how to create the effect of glowing at night, is still a question.

The latter problem was relatively easy to solve; Chen Ze just needed to process the Moonlight Bear meat. But the former question gave him some pain.

"Sigh, forget it, let’s give it a try," Chen Ze shook his head, then took out the stars. The first step was to process the stars properly.

"Coat it with flour, then egg yolk, and fry it in a pan; the kid next door will cry with envy..." Chen Ze was stunned, realizing he didn’t have any kids next door, but there was a little Betty.

Chen Ze took out the Moonlight Bear meat and started boiling it in a soup pot, knowing that he was running out of Moonlight Bear meat and was planning to ask Stan to get him more next time.

He poured the melted Moonlight Bear juice into a large bowl and added the stars, then started working on the main body of the water drop cake.

Indeed, the water drop cake was easy to make. Chen Ze took out the agar, took out the granulated sugar, poured them into the boiled water, and after waiting for it to boil, he transferred it into a container, starting to stir it slowly.

Chen Ze looked at his phone; it was 3:23.

While it was still setting and cooling, he took the stars that had soaked up the Moonlight Bear juice and placed them in another small bowl to heat up in a double boiler.

After that, Chen Ze began to place the five stars one by one into the mold, then used chopsticks to adjust them to the right positions.

"Now, it’s just a waiting game, but..." Chen Ze hesitated as he considered the water drop cake.

What does the starry sky look like? The city’s night sky is pitch black, with only the moon and occasionally a few stars visible.

As the city grows larger, human lights illuminate the night, turning the starry sky into just the night sky, with darkness dominating the heavens.

Chen Ze still remembered the starry sky he would see at night when he was a child at his grandfather’s house in a small village far from the city.

It was unimaginably beautiful, and Chen Ze thought that none of these starry sky lamps could match the awe of that night.

"So, a profound black is needed to bring out the night’s starry splendor, isn’t it?" Chen Ze muttered to himself, then stood up; he now understood how to make the cake.

Chen Ze opened the cabinet. As a chef, he had some food-grade color additives, but making the water drop cake with them didn’t feel quite right to him.

If he didn’t want the help of artificial colorants, then he would have to use natural-grade colorants. freewebnoveℓ.com

"Thankfully I bought some mulberries earlier, otherwise I might have really had to resort to black coloring," Chen Ze remarked as he took out a pair of chopsticks, took the stars out, reheated them, and then strained the freshly squeezed mulberry juice, pouring it in.

The mulberry juice wasn’t completely black; rather, it had a hint of purple, but it didn’t affect the effect Chen Ze wanted to achieve.

When the water drop cake turned black, Chen Ze then put the stars in and waited patiently for it to cool.

Chen Ze rested his chin in his hands, sitting in the chair; today was really boring since no other customers had come in.

Chen Ze took out his phone to check the time again, it was four twelve, almost an hour had passed.

"Betty, come in, I’ll teach you some more details about making burger patties," Chen Ze called Betty, who was dozing off outside, into the room.

"And then there’s this, when you fry the patties, you often don’t pay attention to the oil temperature. Watch carefully, this is how you should check the oil temperature..." Chen Ze patiently instructed Betty.

Ensuring Betty had a skill was very important to Chen Ze, who didn’t know how long he would live. What would become of Betty if he died of old age? Wouldn’t she just become adorably useless?

Obviously, Chen Ze had forgotten that he had taken a potion that could extend his life by ten thousand years...

[You have made an excellent drop cake, and your dessert-making experience has increased by 10 points]

Chen Ze was startled, then, belatedly turning his head, it seemed the cake was ready.

Chen Ze was a bit puzzled, this cake was a new one for the week, so why was it still a drop cake? Had something gone wrong?

Chen Ze lifted the mold and then understood at once.

The starry sky, what is a starry sky? It’s meant to have a multitude of stars, while Chen Ze’s cake looked more like a Star cake.

"Betty, go play upstairs for a while," Chen Ze said, undiscouraged as he sent Betty away and began making the second Starry Sky Cake.

This time, Chen Ze crushed the large stars and then placed them into the drop cake, followed by another long wait.

Another hour passed with no customers, which made Chen Ze wonder if there was a problem with his portal?

[You have made an exquisite new cake, please name it.]

Chen Ze didn’t rush to name it but carefully lifted the mold instead.

A pitch-black mass, and then the brilliant stars could be seen. Chen Ze immediately took it into the basement, didn’t turn on the lights, and then saw that dreamlike scene.

The stars radiated a warm light against the dark backdrop, looking extraordinarily beautiful.

"This must be the Starry Sky Cake..." Chen Ze murmured, this cake would definitely become an instant hit if he took it out, capturing countless eyes.

"Name it Starry Sky Cake," Chen Ze said seriously, the cake was truly beautiful.

[You have made an exquisite Starry Sky Cake, and your dessert-making experience has increased by 15 points]

[You have created a brand new dessert, and your dessert-making experience has increased by 1000 points]

[First time creating an Exquisite Level dish, rewarded with a trial version of Culinary Heart]

A series of prompts appeared, but this time, there was an amazing addition.

"Culinary Heart?" Chen Ze was a bit dumbfounded, he had originally thought it was about adding any attribute once.

[Culinary Heart: The dishes you make will make people feel the warmth deep within their souls]

The System provided an explanation.