The night grew deeper and darker.
Since it was already past the Izakaya's closing time, Tadokoro Megumi didn't dare to linger too long.
After finishing the Rainbow Vegetable Terrine and chatting with Sosuke for a while, she got up and left the Izakaya.
"Ding-dong!"
"Congratulations, Host, for successfully signing in once."
"Ding-dong!"
"Congratulations, Host, for successfully obtaining the special recipes True Sea Bream Continent Map and Magical Mapo Tofu, ingredients tai snapper * 20, and common cooking utensil sparrow's rhythm Spatula * 1!"
"What? There are two special recipes?"
Looking at today's sign-in reward, Sosuke was momentarily stunned.
It should be known that the so-called True Sea Bream Continent Map
was a sea bream dish that Liu Maoxing made in a knife-skill duel against Leon for a legendary cooking utensil.
In the original plot, Leon quickly made dishes like ultra-thin sashimi and fishing hot pot.
The knife skills he displayed at the time astonished everyone.
Liu Maoxing, however, remained calm and used a tai snapper, employing four Chinese cuisine cooking methods, to create a dish shaped like a Chinese map.
And, it perfectly represented the four regions: North, East, West, and South!
The northern part represented Beijing cuisine.
The eastern part represented Shanghai cuisine.
The western part represented Sichuan cuisine.
The southern part represented Cantonese cuisine.
The magical thing about this tai snapper dish was that it could encompass the four major cuisines of Chinese cuisine.
It truly integrated the mainstream flavors from all over China, from east to west, north to south!
...
Then, there was Magical Mapo Tofu.
Generally speaking, Chinese Mapo Tofu has five flavors in one.
But this dish is different; it possesses six flavors: spicy, aromatic, colorful, hot, crispy, and numbing.
It has an extra 'crispy' flavor compared to ordinary Mapo Tofu, which comes from fried minced soybeans, hence it's called Magical Mapo Tofu.
And the creator of this dish was Liu Maoxing's mother, Master Abe.
In fact, in Japan, there has been a habit of eating Tofu for hundreds of years.
However, those who understand Japan should know that they are not very good at eating spicy food.
Yet, they all tend to believe that the classic Sichuan cuisine Mapo Tofu is the best dish in the world to pair with rice.
That soft, tender Tofu, combined with the fresh, spicy, numbing, and rich seasoning, opens up one's appetite with a single bite, and the taste is truly wonderful!
So, even today, Chinese restaurants in Japan are springing up like mushrooms, taking root everywhere.
It is estimated that there are over 60,000 Chinese restaurants throughout Japan.
And regardless of their main cuisine, almost all of them offer Mapo Tofu to diners.
Therefore, it's no wonder that at Totsuki Culinary Academy,
Kuga Terunori, the current Elite Ten Eighth Seat, would lead Chinese cuisine towards the numbing and spicy flavors!
And for Sosuke, this special recipe for Magical Mapo Tofu might be an important dish that could attract the attention of many diners.
Of course, when it comes to prestige, the True Sea Bream Continent Map dish would definitely be superior.
"Very good, with this,"
"this Izakaya can offer even more choices to its customers."
Sosuke couldn't help but murmur to himself.
...
"Ding-dong!"
"New mission released."
"Given that the Izakaya's business has gradually boomed after its upgrade,"
"Host, please increase the Izakaya's customer traffic to 500 people within 48 hours."
"500? That averages out to 250 people per day?"
"This Izakaya is only open for 5 hours a day, so that means I need to serve 50 people per hour?"
Hearing the mission released by the system, Sosuke rubbed his temples after doing some mental calculations.
Sigh!
There's never a moment of peace!
After thinking, Sosuke put away his complex emotions, stretched, and went to take a bath.
As night fell, the sky gradually became deep and dark.
The moon, hanging in the night sky, quietly used its faint light to illuminate everything in the human world.
After showering, Sosuke didn't go to sleep. Instead, he sat by the second-floor balcony, sipping flower tea and enjoying the night view.
It had been almost two months since he arrived in this world.
For him, having lived two lives, this time wasn't very long.
But ever since he started running this Izakaya, many interesting things had been happening every day.
Perhaps, it was just as he had thought when he first arrived here.
Since he had unexpectedly transmigrated, he might as well live well and do the things he loved.
Nakiri Erina, Nagiri Mana, Kobayashi Rindo, Tadokoro Megumi, Alice Nakiri, Kuguchi Sonoka, Akikubo Momo... As the figures of these people appeared one by one in his mind, he couldn't help but sigh.
Perhaps, in this strange world, he was no longer so lonely!
...
Gulp!
Gulp!
Just then,
Kuguchi, standing alone on the second-floor balcony of Harukatei, was drinking in silence.
Her drinking sounds instantly broke Sosuke's thoughts, bringing him back slightly.
"Hey! Zhang's Restaurant."
"Do... do you want a sip too?"
"Although the wine here isn't as good as your Izakaya's, the taste is still pretty decent."
Noticing Sosuke also on the balcony, Kuguchi Sonoka immediately raised her hand, shaking the wine bottle in her hand, and spoke to him.
"What? Are you troubled?"
Taking another sip of flower tea, Sosuke couldn't help but ask with a smile.
Kuguchi heard him, and her expression instantly became very gloomy, saying, "Don't even mention it. Just thinking about it... I'm really annoyed!"
Running a restaurant alone was not as simple and easy as she imagined.
She vaguely remembered that before setting up this Chun Guo Ting Restaurant, she had done a lot of preparatory work, from funding, restaurant positioning, and site selection, to decoration, confirming suppliers, and so on...
She had been busy for over two months in total.
Then, from the day Chun Guo Ting opened, she had to wake up early almost every day to purchase ingredients at the market.
Although it wasn't so busy that she would have backaches, working all year round was quite normal.
Fortunately, hard work paid off. After only one year of operation, her restaurant finally received recognition from the WGO Gourmet Organization, successfully earning one star.
And she herself began to make a name for herself in the culinary world!
Originally, this was a 'good' beginning, but unexpectedly, it turned out to be an end.
The faster she climbed back then, the harder she fell now.
Not only did she fail to achieve her goal of reaching two stars this year, but Nagiri Mana also informed her that she must make changes within a year.
Otherwise, this Spring Fruit Pavilion Western Restaurant would lose a star next year!
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