My Restaurant's Guests are All Abnormal

Chapter 396: Chapter 256 Stir-fried Rice with Dried Mushrooms

Chen Ze’s mouth twitched, he didn’t expect Rose to still remember the "Clouds Over the Golden Fields" dish he had made to brush her off that first time, which was actually just a bowl of instant noodles, and to be specific, it was the old altar pickled beef noodles he quite liked, though he didn’t care for them much anymore.

Rose put a piece of pig trotter into her mouth and bit down, then covered her mouth in surprise.

The taste of the dish was fantastic, chewy and not the kind where the meat is stewed until soft, but such that the skin of the pig trotter remained springy. Then, a salty and spicy flavor kicked in, taking the dish to the next level.

Even though it was just a meat dish, Rose couldn’t help but detect layers of flavor, prompting her to pick up another piece and savor it in her mouth.

"This is delicious... I feel like my mood has improved a lot today," Rose nodded in satisfaction. Although the vegetables were refreshing, what attracted her most was the meat.

Seeing Rose’s content expression, Chen Ze smiled. He knew the pig trotter was well-received, definitely one of the better evaluations.

[You made an exquisite pickled pig trotter. Your homemaking and management skills increased by 9 points]

Exquisite was a higher level of praise, so Chen Ze was quite pleased with himself, especially since it was his first time making it, and he hadn’t bought the best quality pig trotters. If he had used better and fresher trotters, the dish might even have reached the level of "gourmet."

Chen Ze yawned and checked his phone, noting it was already afternoon. He planned to close the shop after Rose left, as everyone needs to rest sometimes, and besides, Lafra was still upstairs. If he continued to immerse himself in running the shop, he truly would end up a workaholic. ƒreewebɳovel.com

"There shouldn’t be any other customers now, should there?" Chen Ze rested his chin on his hand, patiently waiting for Rose to finish her meal.

"What is this... Oh? A Grey Elf?" The door was pushed open, and a strange female voice came in alongside the sound of Wind Chime.

Betty lifted her gaze and then saw a beautiful Elf with golden hair and pale skin walking in, looking down on Rose disdainfully.

Betty internally screamed in dismay. In both the prime and antithetic planes, the hatred between Grey Elves and Moon Elves was well-known; it was said that whenever members of the two races met, one was bound to fall.

"Heh, I wondered who was coming in. Turns out it’s you white-skinned bastards," Rose dropped her chopsticks and glared hostilely at the newly arrived Moon Elf. freēwēbηovel.c૦m

"By the Moon God, today must be my lucky day. I will cleanse this land with your skull and blood," the Moon Elf drew her longsword from behind, shaking it off with practiced ease.

"Humph! I will offer your heart to the Spider Queen!" Rose stood up as well and unsheathed her scepter.

"Ladies, please understand, no fighting is allowed in this establishment," Chen Ze stepped forward, fearing that if he didn’t intervene, the Elves would bash each other’s brains out.

"Human, who are you? Why do you help this evil Grey Elf?" The Moon Elf furrowed her brows at Chen Ze, having only noticed Betty, a worthless Succubus she could defeat with her toes, but she hadn’t expected another human to appear.

Is this human the Grey Elf’s breeding machine?

Moon Elf Tyrande pondered within her mind, she had heard that some human males were captured to become breeding machines for Grey Elves and then took delight in it, willingly helping those evil beings. Could this man be one of them?

"Ma’am, I’m the owner of this restaurant, this is my establishment, and Miss Rose is my guest, please understand," Chen Ze was somewhat helpless, what was with her gaze?

"A restaurant?" Tyrande was stunned for a moment, she was a ranger, but she knew what a restaurant was, and now looking, indeed the Grey Elf was eating something.

"But this is no excuse for you to shelter evil! Human, step aside, I shall have this Spider Queen acolyte pay in blood for her blood debts!" the next moment Tyrande lunged at Rose with a slash, but in the next instant, she found herself bound by a purple Magic Circle.

"Ma’am, I’m sorry, but we don’t allow violence in this restaurant. If you insist on resorting to violence, I’m afraid I’ll have to ask you to leave," Chen Ze rolled his eyes, why were these Elves so stubborn? Even after he had explained, they still came at him with a sword. Could it be that the entire Elf Race was made of hard-headed children?

"Such a powerful Magician... Okay, I won’t make a move," Tyrande looked at Chen Ze warily, then relented. She recognized the power gap between them.

"Ha, coward," Rose sneered coldly, then sat down and continued eating her fermented tofu and pig’s trotters.

".." Tyrande acted as if she hadn’t heard, finding a spot to sit down herself.

"So, I want to ask if there’s anything I can eat here?" Tyrande looked at Chen Ze, curious about how this powerful Magician cooked.

"What would you like to eat?" Chen Ze asked, a bit curious. It was his first time serving an Elf and he didn’t know if there were any taboos he should be aware of.

"I don’t eat animals, any animal products are a no-go," Tyrande laid out her request simply.

"Such a troublesome race, always so demanding," Rose mocked again, but Tyrande, as if she hadn’t heard, continued to look at Chen Ze.

"Okay, no problem," Chen Ze nodded. Speaking of vegan cooking, it wasn’t that he didn’t have any options available. Obviously, no animal products at all meant not even using lard, but that wasn’t an issue for Chen Ze, who had already considered what he would do if a vegan race were to visit his restaurant.

Vegan cooking, the simplest of course, was a vegetable salad. This dish really wasn’t too hard to make, but if it needed cream, Chen Ze guessed that wouldn’t work either since the Elf had said no animal products, and cream naturally was one.

"It’s the season for wild mushrooms, ah," Chen Ze smiled. He already had an idea of what to make.

Among wild mushrooms, dry porcini was a rather expensive type, but proportionate to its price, the taste was excellent, one bite was enough to relish its flavor. Thus, Chen Ze decided to use dry porcini to make a fried rice dish.

Some dry porcini mushrooms, along with some green peppers and peanut oil, and finally, for added flavor, he put in a little bit of green onion, thus creating a dry porcini mushroom fried rice free of any animal products.

[You have prepared an exquisite dry porcini mushroom fried rice. Your household cooking management experience has increased by 11 points.]

Chen Ze smiled satisfactorily.