Chapter 1799 – [Second Dimension Restaurant – Undead Lich Wizard and Spirit’s Tears Sorbet]
The opening date of the 2D restaurant that week that Gray visited. After cleaning up the store again, Eden and I got ready to welcome customers.
As I said before about cleaning and such, there is no harm in doing it often. Cherubim takes care of most things, so it’s not a hassle for us, but we have to pay more attention.
“Oh, that staff that Uncle Gray gave me. When I looked at it, it didn’t have a single speck of dust on it. Could it have been under a special spell?”
“That could be true. Since you said it was for decoration, it must have at least a cleanliness spell.”
“Is there magic for combat?”
“Well, maybe it’s for defense, but not for combat. I’m not sure, but that’s how my dad feels.”
I didn’t bring that to fight in the first place. No, if it was brought to be used as a real weapon, it would have been made with magic, but it would have been made to help Eden use her psychic powers, or an automatic defense magic or something like that.
Anyway, I didn’t feel any threat from that staff, either based on my senses or intuition. If it was an item made with great effort by a wizard of Gray’s level, it would make the Lord a little wary even if it did not cause any significant damage, but seeing as it does not, it appears that there is no real attack magic and only defense or everyday magic.
It’s really just for display. It’s an instillation of etiquette for wizards, but at the same time, it feels like I’ve done something great even though it’s useless.
Let’s leave that aside for a moment… The first guests of the day were an adventurer party. Anyway, there are still only two teams of customers at the Second Dimension Restaurant, so it’s not surprising that it’s either that side or President Naomoto’s side.
When I go later, I want to make a separate bet with Eden on which guest will be the first guest of the day. It’ll be a lot of fun as well as intuition training.
“We’re here!!!!”
“Ah, you’re here. I’ll show you to your seat. Can I order stew like last time?”
“Yes!!! Ah, I brought you meat again today. This time it’s meat from a monster called Warhog. Please make it with this time.”
“Thank you for bringing me meat like this every time.”
“No, it’s good for us because we can eat delicious food at a low price. Well, if you eat at a high-end restaurant, you get much more expensive food than the food here…”
The monster meat in the article below felt a bit harsh. It seemed even more so because the breed had not been improved.
It may be possible to make such a dish delicious, but it requires the surrounding environment and various conditions. Would the facilities of a Cherubim’s kitchen, which has everything, be the same as a kitchen from a medieval fantasy era where technology was still less advanced?
Anyway, since the order has been taken, the meat is taken to the kitchen. When I take the meat out of the box that has been kept cool under the ice spell, this time the meat is of a different quality than the one I brought before.
Looking at it, this time it looked similar to pork. It seems to be a good cut with a layer of fat like pork belly, but because it is monster meat, the meat feels tough and sturdy. This is true even for local areas.
Perhaps it was a monster that used a survival strategy in which the fat layer, along with the leather, cushioned external shocks? I think I should try it once.
“Let’s bake!!!!”
“Of course, grilling is the best.”
Eden immediately cut a small piece of meat and grilled it. When you look at the cut, it looks like cut pork belly, but the smell is… A lot of spicy smell.
She grilled it without any salt or pepper, but it still smelled so strong that it would be difficult to eat without proper preparation. However, apart from that, when it was grilled, the fat layer had quite a rich, oily taste. Should I say it has a stronger flavor than regular pork fat?
“Hmm, first, I need to make the meat soft and remove the spicy smell. Should I cook it so that it tastes like dongpo meat?”
“That would be good too. If you overcook it, it will break, but if the meat is this tough, it will most likely not break.”
The cooking method is similar to Dongpo-yuk, but it does not mean that it is made like real Dongpo-yuk. There are some things that people like and dislike about the spices used in making dongpo meat, so leave those out and prepare for frying with garlic, green onions, soybean paste, etc. To remove the unpleasant smell.
After boiling them in water to remove some of the unpleasant smell, take out the meat again and wipe off the moisture. Afterward, turn the meat over in a greased pan and fry the fat layer.
Boom boom!!! And the sound of a pork skin exploding is heard. But on the other hand, it’s also a delicious sound.
After that, the meat is cooled a little, and various vegetables, including caramelized onions, are added to the stew broth, which has a great flavor, and boiled. Cook it slowly over low heat, but using time acceleration, at a low temperature, like sous vide, so that the flavor of the meat is well absorbed into the meat, and the flavor of the meat is also absorbed into the stew.
Then the stew is complete. Place the stew on a plate with some decoration.
The basic stew is the same as before, but a large chunk of pork belly, reminiscent of dongpo pork, is placed in the middle of the stew, maintaining its shape and fluffy like pudding. It’s so soft that it shakes when you shake it and feels like it’ll cut if you put a spoon on it.
The fat layer is chewy with a rich flavor and the flesh is soft… It’s delicious and well-made.
“It’s done!!!!”
“Thank you for your hard work. I’ll take it out right away.”
As before, it is served according to taste. The warrior brothers eat a lot of meat, the elf archers eat a lot of vegetables, and the wizard ladies even have carbohydrates.
Oh, in the case of the wizard girl, she made stew with short pasta before, but this time she served it with rice. The stew made with pork seems to go well with rice, and I think you will like it since the rice was not evaluated as bad previously thanks to Chairman Naomoto’s favor.
So, when the food was served… There were only three people at the adventurer party’s table. The warrior brothers and the elf archer were there, so the wizard girl wasn’t there. When I asked where she was, she was staring intently at Gray’s gift that had been decorated on one side of the store.
I thought that would be the case, but seeing it in person, it seems to be effective. However, even though I know it’s amazing because the level is low, I don’t seem to be able to properly grasp the extent of it.
“Oh my…”
“Dahlia, the food is here!!!!”
“Now, wait a minute. Let me analyze this a little more. Ah, it’s an ornament, so I can’t touch it carelessly…”
“If it’s okay, I’ll let you see each other separately after dinner.”
“Huh?! Is that true?! Thank you!!!!”
Since you are a guest, they will provide you with some convenience, but you must still eat to be treated as a guest. If you don’t eat or drink anything at a restaurant, how can you be a customer?
The wizard girl looked at the staff as if she had some regrets, but after sitting down, she became interested in the food that was served. Honestly, unlike other stews before, this stew had whole fist-sized chunks of meat on top.
If you think about the visuals, it looks much more delicious. In fact, appropriate decoration can make a dish more delicious.
“Wow, a whole piece of meat!!!”
“The meat is so soft that you can just cut it with a spoon and eat it. Then, I hope you have a delicious meal.”
Soon the adventurer party started eating. Warrior brothers who love meat immediately reach for the meat.
Warhog meat, once boiled, skin fried, and well-simmered, maintained its shape despite the cooking time and process that would have made it crumbly if it were regular pork. No, on the contrary, thanks to its firm meat, it had just the right texture even if it was cooked for a long time.
What should I say? The fat layer is soft and has a soft texture like steamed egg, and when you press the lean meat part, you can feel the flesh disintegrating like a well-made braised beef rib. And the taste…
“Uuuuum!!!!”
“Delicious!!!!!!”
“I don’t like Warhog’s meat because it has a lot of fishy smell, but this isn’t like that. It caught the fishy smell well.”
“Plus, it’s so soft… It feels like eating butter. Furthermore, it melts in your mouth when you chew it. The taste of the stew soaks in well.”
“I prepared today’s dish because I thought it would go well with rice rather than bread or pasta. If you need anything else, please let me know.”
“Oh!!! Rice!!!!!”
The staple food would be wheat, and bread made from wheat, so they would serve it just in case, but they were not dissatisfied with the rice, and instead rushed at it even more passionately.
I seem to have fond memories of eating grilled mackerel and rice thanks to Chairman Naomoto’s favor. Even the elf archer scooped up a spoonful of rice and soaked it in the soup, saying it was grain, and the carbohydrate-addicted wizard girl had nothing to look at.
Meanwhile, the warrior brothers poured stew into their rice bowls, rubbed it together, and began to eat it like curry. If you think about it, curry rice originally originated as a stew and was introduced from England to Japan and then to Korea, so it is not strange to eat it similarly.
“Please refill one more bowl of stew and rice!!!!”
“Me too!!!!”
“I like a lot of vegetables.”
“Can you please give me one more bowl of rice?”
“Yes, I’m leaving.”
I am very satisfied because I ate a lot of delicious food. This is the reward of being a chef.
Even in the kitchen, Eden was watching the adventurer party enjoy a delicious meal with a happy face. Thanks to this, the will that goes into maintaining a two-dimensional restaurant seems to have been replenished to some extent.
After some time had passed, and they had refilled several bowls of stew and rice, they finally finished their meal and patted their bellies and complained of being full. However, after eating, the young wizard glances sideways at the staff, as if she is very interested in them.
Noticing her cursory glance, I took her hanging staff and held it out for her to look at in detail. Since this item was received as a gift, it cannot be taken out even if you are a customer, but it is possible to look around inside the store.
“Let’s take a leisurely look around while drinking some tea.”
“Ah… Thank you. I’ll take a look.”
The wizard girl who carefully accepted the staff analyzed and examined the staff with such concentration that her eyes seemed to be popping out. Gray’s level is so high compared to hers, so what she can know is limited, but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t have anything to gain.
You can gain enlightenment by looking at the swordsmanship of a master. You would have to be third-rate to not have that level of vision, but the wizard girl is not that level. Rather, he’s an idiot, but he’s the type that works hard.
“It’s an amazing item. Even the lord of the Gray Magic Tower can’t make an artifact like this…”
“Dahlia, is it that bad?”
“Yes, it seems to have been made by a wizard of at least the 8th circle or higher. Numerous magics that even I cannot analyze are engraved into circuits within this small staff.”
“Ah, that is something made by the archmage of the 10th circle.”
“Huh?! Really?!”
Originally called the 10th circle, it refers to distorting and interfering with reality through will. It’s no different from what a transcendent person does, and verbs are simply used through words, but what’s important in the end is that you can do things like manipulate reality with will.
So what can be called pure magic is actually up to the 9th circle. Therefore, for convenience, it does not really matter whether a transcendental of the wizard lineage who uses circle magic is called 9th circle, 10th circle, or whatever. Anyway, if a wizard who has reached the 9th circle realizes the will and can use it, he will immediately become the 10th circle.
I don’t know if they use the same circle magic or if it’s just similar and the interpretation is done that way, but at least the meaning seems to have been conveyed.
“If you’re going to make something like this, you definitely have to be at that level… Ho, is it possible for me to meet him?”
“Well, I came and gave him that as a gift before, but it seems difficult to meet him. The Second Dimension Restaurant is only open for one day, and he is very busy there. You can think of him as a dimension gate, or rather, a very large magic tower.”
“Ah…”
Since it is difficult to make people understand the existence of a dimensional civilization separate from the 2-dimensional restaurant, we should use words that are easier to understand. To be honest, it is a place that developed based on magic engineering, so it would not be wrong to call it a magic tower.
The wizard girl seemed disappointed, but it felt better because she had a staff member. There is a lot to learn, such as how to make magic circuits and techniques.
“It will take me a while to interpret this, but I have to try. I am a wizard too.”
“You can see it any time you visit.”
“Thank you for your convenience. I don’t think there’s anything I can do for those who receive this as a gift, but at least next time I come, I’ll buy more types of monster meat, even if it means using my own money.”
“That’s enough.”
For a chef, more and more amazing ingredients are enough. There is a reward in cooking, and there is also a reward in feeding it to customers.
After finishing the meal, the adventurer party had tea and ice cream for dessert, and that was how it went. Now that one team has gone, will President Naomoto come next… Or maybe a new guest?
As soon as I think about it, my intuition reacts. At the same time, it also seems a bit annoying.
An intrusive appearance is nothing more than a threat. Just as there is no one who feels threatened by a small ant, let alone a swarm of ants, by my standards of reaching the road, I am saying that the opponents that I would feel at least a little threatened by have the same level of skill. In other words, it meant that he was a transcendent even if his level was low.
Since dimensional civilization is not absolute, there are many transcendental people who do not know about it and just operate. It is not particularly strange if such a person visits through a two-dimensional restaurant. On the contrary, since they are confident in their power, they will come to us relatively without warning, unlike other people.
“… It smells like something musty. What should I say, like an evil spirit?”
“Eden, if you react like that, what kind of guest are you?”
And then the guest came. The door to Elysium’s store opens, and a new customer appears.
The other person was a human… A being that it would be difficult to even call it a human being. No matter how much I looked like a monster, if I could form a society with intelligence, I would call it a human, but it was ambiguous to call it a human if it was at least in the category of living things, but on the contrary, it was in the category of dead things.
[Hoo? Where am I?]
Young-eon, who has an eerie will that is close to his will. The person speaking those words was a skeleton with something like natural blooming blue emanating from its eyes.
… And!!!! Wow!!!!!!!
