My Restaurant's Guests are All Abnormal

Chapter 53: Chapter 53: Creating New Dishes Is Never Smooth Sailing

Chen Ze tied his headband on, feeling a bit uncomfortable today since he didn’t open for business yesterday. Now, with the headband back on, his desire to cook was stronger than ever.

"Riesel, you’ll have to return to Dragon Island soon, do you have any plans?" Sebastian asked his friend while sipping cold lemonade.

"My plan is to eat more at the restaurant, so I won’t starve when I get back to Dragon Island." Riesel rubbed his stomach, feeling that his digestive system had grown accustomed to that unique spicy sensation.

"That’s what I thought, but I was asking about your mate," Sebastian, leisurely propping his chin with one hand, teased his good friend.

"Damn it, Sebastian, if you are a good friend, don’t bring that up," Riesel rolled his eyes, not wanting to talk about that matter at all.

"Haha, I’ve heard the old Blue Dragon mention it thousands of times. The Sprite Dragon, Yivela, has been pursuing you for a while now," Sebastian couldn’t help but laugh at the thought of Yivela.

"By the Dragon God, I’ll definitely give Mafa a good beating when I get back!" Riesel muttered angrily through gritted teeth.

Thousands of times? Which crazy dragon would idle away their time by bringing up someone else’s romantic affairs that often? Riesel thought Mafa definitely needed a lesson.

On the other side, Chen Ze was swiftly preparing the dishes required by the two dragons. Since these were all dishes he had made before, it didn’t take him long.

However, since Sebastian’s order was quite large, after Chen Ze made a very light cheesecake and Buffet, he let Betty serve it first.

"Seems like my luck isn’t too good," Chen Ze shook his head.

After the hot pot was served, Chen Ze finished preparing the rest of Sebastian’s order, but not a single dish triggered a special effect.

Two hundred desserts, and not one could trigger the "Dessert Novice" passive skill, which made Chen Ze worry if it was his unlucky day. freewёbnoνel.com

Chen Ze untied his headband and peaked outside. Riesel and Sebastian were eating and chatting, while Betty stood by with a smile, evidently getting used to the work.

"Maybe I’ll just experiment with a new dessert," Chen Ze scratched his head. Since he had some time to spare, he might as well try developing a new dessert.

Chen Ze looked at the dessert cookbook he had bought previously, deciding to pick a random one to try.

Closing his eyes, Chen Ze quickly flipped through the book and pointed his finger at a page, then opened his eyes.

"I’ve never made this thing before..." Chen Ze was a bit puzzled; he hadn’t even tasted this dessert before.

"Pastry shell... a pastry shell filled with fruit and ice cream? Ulysses Rolls?" Chen Ze frowned at this unique new dessert.

"Turns out it’s from an island country, no wonder I haven’t eaten it here." Chen Ze shook his head, flipping the pages at random, unsure what to make of it.

"Let’s see... a delicately made pastry shell... soft serve ice cream and fruit? It doesn’t seem too complicated to make. Let’s give it a try." Chen Ze tied his headband back on, rolled up his sleeves, and began to attempt this unique dessert.

[You have created an unknown failure dish, gaining 0.1 points of dessert-making experience.]

Chen Ze looked at the mushy, excrement-like substance in front of him and his mouth twitched.

[You have created an unknown failure dish, gaining 0.1 points of dessert-making experience.]

Chen Ze didn’t say anything. He had already made several attempts, but they all ended in failure, primarily because the recipe was not detailed with instructions; it only briefly described the general methods.

"Boss, I’ll have 20 portions of braised pork and soy sauce chicken!" Before Chen Ze could further dwell on the dessert, Sebastian’s voice diverted his attention away from contemplating the sweet treat.

"Sure!" Chen Ze opened the refrigerator, took out the chicken and pork, and decided it was better to think about new dishes after serving the customers.

"To be honest, Riesel, why didn’t you accept Yivela? You do know you’ve been blacklisted by the other female dragons already." Sebastian said in a teasing tone, as if he was feigning concern.

Riesel glanced at Sebastian with vacant eyes. He really wanted to inquire about why he was on the blacklist, pretending not to know, really?

"Yivela is too young; she’s just thirty-two thousand and a bit years old. We’re not suitable," Riesel took a big gulp of the iced lemon water. Although he liked spicy hot pot, it was clear that a mortal’s body couldn’t quite handle it yet.

"What about you? Hasn’t the chief of the Black Dragon Clan urged you many times?"

Hearing his old friend’s words, Sebastian took a bite of his braised pork rice with an indifferent expression, "I think it’s better not to have a mate. There are so many Ancient Dragons in the clan, there’s no urgent need for me."

Chen Ze’s jaw almost dropped. He was pretty sure he had just heard Riesel’s reason for rejecting Yivela—the reason being she was too young?

Chen Ze felt that races with long lifespans really could do whatever they wanted. Over thirty thousand years old and still considered young, then what would Chen Ze be?

Thirty thousand years ago, Chen Ze didn’t even have a reason to exist. freewebnovёl.ƈom

Chen Ze shook his head, deciding to prepare a new dish to calm himself down.

About the island nation dessert of wrapping ice cream with dough, Chen Ze had given up on the idea of making it as a gift, because without access to search on Baidu on his phone, and without a recipe, the task was quite challenging.

Chen Ze planned to make a dessert from his own hometown, or perhaps it was more akin to a drink—the Paluda.

But before making Paluda, Chen Ze had to experiment with a previous hypothesis of his.

"Boss, what’s this?" Riesel looked at Chen Ze in confusion. He had no idea why Chen Ze would hand him a Gold Coin.

"Oh, it’s nothing... This is... this is a special policy of the restaurant today, customers need to accept a Gold Coin offered by the restaurant," Chen Ze earnestly spouted nonsense.

"I see..." Riesel was puzzled but still accepted the Gold Coin from Chen Ze.

Then, Chen Ze took out another Gold Coin and handed it to Sebastian, who also accepted it without any hesitation.

Chen Ze quickly took out his phone to check but still had no signal.

Chen Ze walked into the kitchen full of doubts. He didn’t understand why giving Betty a Gold Coin could give him a signal while giving one to Riesel and the others did not.

Could Betty be some kind of signal tower from another world? Activated by Gold Coins? That seemed too far-fetched.

Riesel and Sebastian exchanged glances, still not understanding why, but both dragons tucked the Gold Coin into their pockets. Since Chen Ze had said it, they decided to believe it for now.