My Restaurant's Guests are All Abnormal

Chapter 411: Chapter 271: The Strict Joichiro Yukihira

"But speaking of which, I really didn’t expect these things to be delivered so quickly," Chen Ze yawned and slowly came down from the second floor.

After having dinner with Lafra last night, Chen Ze played with her for a while before going to bed. Although he hoped something would happen, all he did was sleep with Lafra in his arms. It has to be said that having someone to hold in cold weather is a very nice thing.

What woke him up the next morning was a delivery—Chen Ze’s online purchase of Ancient Papermaking Tools had arrived, something he found a bit unusual given the speed of the delivery.

After signing for the package, Chen Ze went to the kitchen, unpacked the items, and checked them. Everything was in order, and there were no bricks used as replacements.

"So the problem arises, the paper for fried chicken wraps is supposed to be lost, and the only method I know of is the ancient one. As for the specific raw materials, I only know they might use Yuzi. This is really interesting," Chen Ze twisted his neck, deciding to go upstairs first to wash up and change clothes.

Once he had changed, Chen Ze came back down with renewed energy. He then unlocked the main door of the restaurant and began his solitary research in the kitchen on how to make paper using Yuzi peel—an incredibly intricate task that required Chen Ze to be patient.

"Dad, I told you, this is a very magical restaurant. It has ingredients from other worlds. Didn’t you use the Sunflower Nut Fish before?" the door opened, and Soma Yukihira’s voice came through.

"Son, even though you’ve brought me to a restaurant, I’m still a little worried about your... problem," Joichiro Yukihira followed, but he seemed somewhat displeased.

"Eh? Where’s Betty?" Soma Yukihira looked around the restaurant, confused. He had hoped to show his stubborn father Betty, the waitress with wings on her back, but to his surprise, there was no one around.

"Soma Yukihira? Come on in, I’m making something in the kitchen. Betty isn’t here yet," Chen Ze was busy. He was occupied with the papermaking, though it was quite a challenge for a layman attempting it for the first time.

"Oh? You’re the chef of this restaurant, right? I’m Joichiro Yukihira. I apologize if my son has caused you any trouble," Joichiro Yukihira was the first to come in and saw Chen Ze, but he didn’t notice what Chen Ze was doing.

"Mr. Joichiro Yukihira, I think your son is problem-free. Moreover, under his guidance, my cooking skills have improved quite a bit," Chen Ze wiped off his sweat and turned back with a smile.

"I told you! My dad is just old and stubborn. He saw the Sunflower Nut Fish and still doesn’t want to believe," Soma Yukihira said discontentedly, rubbing his head.

Last night, Joichiro Yukihira had rushed to the hospital only to find that his son wasn’t there. After a phone call led him to Soma Yukihira, Joichiro was so irritated that he gave his son a punch in the head.

Then, after hearing about the Miraculous Restaurant from Soma, Joichiro gave him another punch, feeling disappointed because his son was lying without even blinking—an act that reminded him of another son. ƒгeewebnovёl.com

"My son’s cooking skills do need to improve, but..." Joichiro Yukihira was unfazed, his tone as if he were addressing two teenagers acting out in puberty.

Chen Ze’s mouth twitched, and then he communicated with Akatsuki through his thoughts. Suddenly, a small sun appeared in his hand, emitting blinding light that instantly radiated from Chen Ze’s palm.

"My goodness, what is this?" Though momentarily blinded, Soma Yukihira recovered quickly and marveled at the sun in Chen Ze’s hand.

"This is a Sunflower, it’s a kind of ingredient, but I haven’t figured out how to deal with it yet," Chen Ze shook his head. He really didn’t know how to cook this thing—steamed or deep-fried? Neither seemed quite right, and since it was warm, it was obviously not suitable for eating raw.

"This..." Joichiro Yukihira rubbed his eyes, then confirmed again that the thing before him was indeed real. ƒreewebηoveℓ.com

"Sunflower? Sss... Such a hot thing, it’s also difficult to cut," Soma Yukihira had already accepted the fact, so although he was surprised, he had now begun to think with a chef’s mindset.

"I think it might be possible to boil it, but I’m not familiar with this ingredient, and since there’s only one, I’m not clear on how exactly to handle it." This thing was given to him by a flying squirrel, and although there were effects annotations, there were no specific cooking methods—definitely a pitfall.

"Maybe we should try roasting it?" Soma Yukihira suggested a solution, when in doubt, just roast it—probably a common ailment among chefs.

"Don’t talk nonsense, this thing... it has a soft inner layer, but I don’t know what it is," Joichiro Yukihira interrupted his son, reaching out to poke it.

Chen Ze smiled contentedly, he had already seen the desire in Joichiro Yukihira’s eyes.

That was normal, there was hardly a chef who could resist an ingredient they had never seen before, of course, only those who loved cooking. If it was just for work, then the interest wouldn’t be as great.

"Mr. Joichiro, if you want, I can give you this Sunflower, and in return, you could mentor me in cooking for a while," Chen Ze said with a smile, the bait was cast.

"That... might be fine, but first make a dish for me to see," Joichiro Yukihira agreed after thinking for a while.

"Alright," Chen Ze immediately made a curry pork chop rice dish.

"Hmm... your cooking skills are even worse than my son’s, but it’s not beyond improvement. So, if you really want me to teach you, I can do it for a month, but be warned, my teaching is very strict," Joichiro Yukihira nodded, acknowledging Chen Ze’s cooking skills with a hint of a good chef, but not quite there yet.

"Thank you, then our deal is sealed," Chen Ze was also very satisfied, trading an unusable ingredient for a teacher’s guidance in cooking, he felt he had struck a good bargain.

However, Chen Ze soon understood what Joichiro Yukihira meant by ’strict’.

"Come on, memorize the preparation methods for these ingredients, and today’s goal is to make a thousand cuts in pork chops to achieve the perfect state for deep-frying."

"There’s still a bit of a problem with your knife skills, why is your hand so shaky? Hold the knife and don’t move for three minutes."

Chen Ze felt on the verge of collapse.