Food Wars: Tavern

At night, a black car quietly drove on the road.

The car paint glistened under the light of the lamps, reflecting a deep black, like a ghost in the night.

Seated in the car, Erina felt the scenery outside the window speedily passing by before her eyes.

This dynamic visual experience triggered her thoughts, gradually immersing her in her own thoughts!

"Miss, it seems like you really like Zane's cooking!" At this moment, Hisako, sitting beside her, couldn't help but smile as she noticed Erina's pensive look.

"Huh? I don't like his cooking!" Hearing this, Erina, coming back to her senses, continued, somewhat irritated, "Hisako, cancel all my appointments for tomorrow."

"Then go buy some toast, tofu, and rice bran. Remember to buy plenty. I need them!"

"Could it be..."

"Oh, okay."

"Miss Erina, I'll definitely do it for you tomorrow," Hisako replied with understanding.

Before she could finish, Erina gave her a fierce look, causing Hisako to quickly change her tone and nod repeatedly in compliance.

...

A woman's mind is sometimes very strange. Clearly saying she doesn't like something but then becoming concerned about it the next moment.

But even so, it cannot change the fact that there is something terrifying about Erina: she loudly claims she detests common cooking, but that doesn't mean she knows nothing about it.

Nobility is not her fault. After all, a person cannot choose their birth. Her achievements are not solely due to her exceptional God Tongue ability, but also thanks to the entire influential Nakiri family behind her!

Standing at the top of the pyramid, she represents the elite of society. Compared to the other Nakiri family Miss who has long lived in the Nordic region and doesn't even know what a "seaweed bento" is, Erina naturally appears to have more sophistication!

"Zane, you're cooking…"

"No matter how mysterious it may be, I will use my God Tongue to uncover it all!"

Finally, Erina's eyes shimmered a few times as she murmured to herself.

...

The moon shone like silver. The stars in the night sky seemed like every piece on a chessboard.

At this time, in the tavern, Rindo was staring at her empty wine glass, puzzled. She quickly picked up the nearby bottle and tried to pour some wine into the glass. But no matter how hard she tried, only a drop of wine slowly trickled into the glass from the bottle's mouth.

"Gone? Have I finished it?"

Seeing this, Rindo looked disappointed. However, she felt it would be a waste to let the last drop go, so she raised the glass to her lips, making an effort to get the drop of wine into her mouth.

"Ahh, that's satisfying!"

Setting the glass down, Rindo sighed. Then, with a pitiful look, she turned to Zane and said, "Owner, another bottle..."

"No, if I give you more, you'll probably end up staying overnight again!" Zane interrupted, refusing her request.

"Please, just a little more."

"I promise to control myself and not get as drunk as last time, thus not causing you any trouble." Rindo pleaded.

"Not happening! You might have forgotten the rules of my tavern."

"After 12 o'clock, all customers, even if they're drunk, have to leave the tavern. Last time I let you stay because I couldn't bear to see a young woman like you stranded on the streets!" Zane waved off her request.

Disappointed, Rindo then felt her stomach rumble. Since the tavern was still open for more than half an hour, she couldn't resist saying, "If not wine, can I have more dishes?"

"That's fine, but after eating so much, can you still eat?" Zane nearly laughed.

In some ways, she is a food enthusiast, genuinely fond of various exotic ingredients!

Surprisingly, this foodie image isn't so off-putting but actually somewhat endearing to Zane.

"I can eat. I'm only about 70% full now..." Rindo continued with her order confidently.

"Hmm, let me think."

"Owner, give me three more skewers of grilled chicken, deep-fried tofu, bacon-wrapped asparagus, a small plate of salted spicy squid, a rolled omelet in soup, and scallion pancake, no scallions, just the pancake..."

Perhaps as a form of retaliation, she ordered a dozen or so dishes, keeping Zane busy beyond midnight.

"Eating so much."

"Be careful not to get fat like a pig or no one will want you!" Zane teased as he remembered all the dish names.

"Hmph, that won't happen! I don't have an easy-to-gain-weight body type. Even if I eat enough for ten people every day, I won't easily get fat."

Rindo replied irritably, "It seems like everyone's digestion and absorption functions are different. People who have better digestion and absorption functions tend to gain weight easily when eating the same food!"

It's pretty clear that maybe Rindo herself might have poorer digestion and absorption functions, so she might not gain weight no matter how much she eats!

"Really? There's a part of you that seems bigger than many other people!" Hearing this, Rindo actually thought she had gained weight recently and looked a bit panicked.

But after a while, she understood what Zane meant. Blushing, she said, "Owner, how can you say something like that?"

"Cough, cough! I'll go cook for you." With a pretend cough, Zane turned back to the cooking station to get busy again.

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An hour later.

Rindo finished the last bowl of sauce-drenched chicken udon noodles.

The delicious broth made her feel warm; the gentle touch of the egg made her empathize.

Especially after adding kelp, the taste and deliciousness of the seaweed always overflowed in her mouth.

Finally, she licked her lips, patted her stomach, and couldn't help but exclaim that being full and satisfied is the happiest thing in life!

"Rindo, you can really eat a lot!"

Zane, looking at Rindo, as if he was looking at a monster.

Who would have thought that after eating a whole dozen small dishes, she would ask for a bowl of sauce udon noodles?

"It's your fault your cooking is so delicious."

"So I couldn't resist indulging a little and eating more..."

Looking at Zane's eyes, Rindo blushed.

Now she wanted to hide somewhere, but she had to quickly hand back the ceramic bowl that she had made shiny by licking.

"Oops!"

Unexpectedly, Zane couldn't help but laugh.

"What's wrong?"

Rindo blushed even more, thinking Zane was still concerned about her eating habits.

"Your face looks like it's growing a beard!"

Zane pointed at the right cheek of Rindo, laughing lightly.

Hearing this, Rindo was stunned, and then subconsciously touched her face, only to find a piece of udon noodle stuck on it.

Seeing this, Zane handed her a clean handkerchief.

"Thank you." Rindo took the handkerchief.

She removed the udon noodle from her cheek and then hurriedly wiped her mouth!

Finally, she just looked quietly at Zane.

If she thought before that Zane was mysterious all over, now in her mind, he was a very gentle chef!

Maybe his tender side was the reason that fascinated her so much?

...

"Owner, before leaving the tavern, can you... sit next to me first?"

"What a strange request?"

"Oh well!"

"Just come over here!"

Unable to resist Rindo, Zane had to move over and sit next to her.

Then, Rindo voluntarily rested her head on his shoulder.

And at that moment, Zane was surprised and couldn't help but glance down to find that she seemed to be enjoying the moment, enjoying the feeling of having him beside her!

As a result, he didn't want to disturb her anymore.

Under the dim light, the two of them appeared so harmonious and natural.

In the end, Rindo left.

This time she didn't get drunk and didn't share her story with the tavern customers like others.

But before leaving, she expressed her admiration to Zane in a special way!

And with her departure, the tavern finally reached closing time.

...

[Ding dong!]

[Host, you have successfully checked in once.]

[Ding dong!]

[This check-in, the Host received 10 slices of bream, 20kg of A4 grade beef, and a new intelligent dishwasher!]

[Ding dong!]

[Congratulations to the Host for completing the task of increasing the daily customer flow of the tavern to over 50 people within 24 hours and receiving the special recipe: Reincarnation Spring Rolls.]

After closing the tavern, the system notification sounded once again in Zane's mind.

Clearly, the rewards for this check-in were quite good.

First, there were the 10 slices of bream and 20kg of premium A4 grade beef, both precious ingredients that were hard to come by in the market.

Next was the new intelligent dishwasher.

It featured the latest plasma sterilization function, controlled drying and disinfection independently.

And each time hot air was circulated, plasma also acted, ensuring good hygiene for the dishwasher!

Ah!

There was also the 60000 pa high water pressure, five spray arms, four dish baskets, and top-tier water efficiency.

These multifunctional settings made this dishwasher more intelligent and advanced compared to others.

So for Zane, he really liked this intelligent dishwasher.

After all, with its presence, many problems at the tavern could be solved, greatly improving his work efficiency!

...

Finally, there was the special recipe, Reincarnation Spring Rolls!

In fact, system rewards could be divided into four major categories.

Within these four categories, there were many more specific subcategories, and there was even a special independent category.

For example, in the recipe category, there was a subcategory called "special recipes," and in the ingredient category, there was a subcategory called "special ingredients"!

These special items were rare and unique.

For example, the Reincarnation Spring Rolls recipe that Zane just obtained was something that didn't exist in the "Shokugeki no Soma" world.

It actually comes from another world called "Chuuka Ichiban," made by the top chef Liu Mao Xing.

This dish actually requires quite common ingredients, such as:

Mushrooms, Napa cabbage, carrots, bamboo shoots, green peppers, bream, fish skin, and spring roll wrappers!

Among these ingredients, the most important one is the bream!

The quality of the whole bream fish will impact the overall taste of this dish.

Next, in the method, you prepare a kitchen knife with 100 tiny holes, thread steel wire through these holes to form a steel ring.

Then, place it on fire to bake until the blade turns red, and then process the bream flesh.

Through this unique method, you can use the heat from the knife itself to preserve the flavor of the bream flesh, greatly enhancing the taste experience of the Reincarnation Spring Rolls!

After that, you proceed to dice the mushrooms, Napa cabbage, carrots, bamboo shoots; green peppers, and other ingredients.

Following that, you heat the pan, add oil to cool it down.

Add the bream flesh, stir-fry, then add cooking wine, black pepper, and a little salt for seasoning.

Continue stir-frying; after 3 minutes, you can transfer it for later use.

Finally, you mix everything together with oil and salt, wrap it in spring roll wrappers, bake it, and it's done.

This dish in the original plot is on par with Leon's Frozen Sea Bream Iceberg!

Therefore, at this moment.

As the owner, Zane has a reason to believe that.

This tavern will cause a stir in the entire culinary world in the future!