My Restaurant's Guests are All Abnormal

Chapter 537: Chapter Three Hundred Ninety-Seven: The Taste of Dragon Meat

Lafra nodded happily; in fact, Dragon Meat was something she wasn’t short of, having tasted just about every type of Dragon there was. However, the fact that Chen Ze was inviting her to eat Dragon Meat still brought her joy.

Lafra glanced at the restaurant’s front door; she hadn’t quite told the truth just now. The reason she insisted on playing a feeding game with Chen Ze at lunch was to assert her dominance in front of that annoying female Dragon.

So when she smelled the scent of a Red Dragon a moment ago, Lafra hurriedly ran down, wondering whether the female Dragon couldn’t resist and was about to seduce Chen Ze -- an act that wouldn’t be too strange among the Dragon Clan.

Chen Ze was very focused on what he was doing; he didn’t notice Lafra’s little schemes, as all his attention was on the Dragon Meat before him.

What Dragon Meat looked like, what it tasted like -- these were questions Chen Ze didn’t know the answers to before, but now he felt he could go on Zhihu and answer them. freewёbnoνel.com

"Laxative, I’m in another world, just stepped out of the portal, there’s a crowd of insiders; stealth mode activated," Chen Ze hummed a tune and sliced the meat that looked like gemstones into pieces, then soaked them in ice water to remove the gamey smell.

Although Chen Ze was unsure if this would work on Dragon Meat, he could only try it out first.

Then Chen Ze brought out his grill; he still planned to roast the Dragon Meat over charcoal. However, before he could put the charcoal in, he saw the grill before him suddenly ignite.

"Sweetheart, Dragon Meat can’t be cooked with ordinary fire," Lafra said, turning around to see Lafra watching him with a smile.

"Okay, thank you, sweetie," Chen Ze nodded with a smile, thankful for Lafra’s help, which saved him some trouble. Otherwise, by the time Chen Ze realized that charcoal wouldn’t cook the meat, he might have already been waiting for quite some time.

Chen Ze then placed the Dragon Meat on the grill, not even brushing it with oil, as he intended to taste the essence of the ingredient itself to see if the meat’s flavor could be brought out.

Watching the Dragon Meat sizzle on the grill, Chen Ze quickly processed the other pieces of meat and then put them in a boiling pot to cook the Dragon Meat.

"Done, next is to focus on the grill," Chen Ze shrugged his shoulders, feeling a pain in his halved self and not sure why; maybe he was tired from cooking for too long.

"Hmm, I’ll help you watch it," Lafra said seriously with a nod.

But seeing her look as if she could fall asleep at any moment, Chen Ze didn’t have much confidence; however, it was nice that Lafra had the intention.

Cherry blossoms fall at a speed of five centimeters per second, so how long does it take to cook Dragon Meat?

Chen Ze didn’t know the answer to this question, but he knew now that the cooking time for Dragon Meat was six minutes and six seconds, and he didn’t know why. According to Lafra, the cooking time for Red Dragon Meat was generally this duration; it seemed Red Dragons really belonged to a 666 kind of Dragon Clan.

"Do you want to sprinkle on something?" Betty asked. Lafra thought the opportunity to eat Dragon Meat was rare for Betty, so she had called Betty in from cleaning outside.

"No, the main point of this taste test of Dragon Meat is to appreciate the flavor of the meat itself," Chen Ze shook his head; what a joke, if he wanted to add seasoning, he could come up with no less than a hundred seasoning combinations, but there was no need.

Chen Ze had cut a total of nine slices of roasted Dragon Meat, which allocated three slices per person just right; there was no occurrence of the kind of problem a mathematics teacher might question.

Gazing at the fragrantly sizzling Dragon Meat before him, Chen Ze licked his lips, hoping that this Dragon Meat would not disappoint.

As the Dragon Meat entered his mouth, Chen Ze’s first reaction was that it was hot—although it had been off the grill for some time, it was still very hot, yet not to an unacceptable degree.

As Chen Ze bit into the first piece, the temperature quickly dropped, followed by a flow of flavorful juices oozing from the meat, carrying a rich and spicy kick—very delicious—and Chen Ze felt that this meat juice was more like a sauce.

The originally unseasoned Dragon Meat became springier and more delectable due to the Dragon Meat juice; the juiciness and the meat’s flavour merged perfectly, constituting Chen Ze’s strongest impression.

There was no such reaction as clothes bursting upon eating; the Dragon Meat gave Chen Ze an ultimate meaty experience, beyond which he could find no fitting adjective.

This is the consequence of not reading much—Chen Ze truly wanted to praise the Dragon Meat eloquently, but what blurted out was only an astonished "Holy shit."

"I didn’t expect this Dragon Meat to come with its own seasoning," noted Betty, eating quickly; by the time Chen Ze finished his first slice, her plate was already empty.

"Roasted Dragon Meat is like that. One dish is made by wrapping Dragon Meat with Dragon egg liquid, then coating it with Abyss locust; it’s delicious," explained Lafra calmly. This dish cannot be considered a dish, as it was merely the inherent flavor of the Dragon Meat, devoid of any processed trace. ƒrēewebnovel.com

"Speaking of Dragon Eggs, I actually do have one." Chen Ze remembered the white dragon egg in his pocket, although Sebastian stubbornly referred to this Dragon Egg as a Dragon Beast Egg; Chen Ze wondered what his fixation was.

"A Dragon Egg? That would make for a good ingredient to work with. If it could be paired with the ingredient you asked me about before, my love, the flavor would be even more exquisite," Lafra said with a sweet smile.

The ingredient Chen Ze had previously acquired was called the Toad’s Heart, which despite the name, was not the toad Chen Ze was familiar with, but a type of fungus. It resembled a toad, but could hop around, alive.

However, due to a toxic substance it released, it was difficult to catch, but for the powerful, it wasn’t much of a challenge.

"All right, I’ll give it a try next time," Chen Ze nodded, although his current focus remained on exploring better ways to enjoy the Dragon Meat.

Thereupon, Chen Ze brought out the cooked Dragon Meat—the flame for which had been supplied by Lafra; otherwise, it may have taken a year to cook properly.

Cooking the Dragon Meat prompted a significant reaction, as Chen Ze discovered upon removing the pot lid; the Dragon Meat soup had become a deep red, but Chen Ze wasn’t too eager to taste this broth.

The cooked Dragon Meat retained its red hue but resembled a gemstone even more, appearing crystal clear without any visible veins or muscle structures, looking more like a jewel than something edible.

Chen Ze picked up a piece of Dragon Meat and put it in his mouth, gently biting into it.

It was as soft as jelly, and yet the taste was that of meat, which made Chen Ze very uncomfortable; the texture combination was simply too bizarre.