Gentleman's Night Canteen

Whether it is considering her personal relationship with Lan Meng, or considering that if Lan Meng is really drained, she will find a restaurant that is not so good and cheap, Artoria hopes from the bottom of her heart that Lan Meng will be fine.

It's just that Connor, who Artoria didn't expect, suddenly spoke at this time.

"No! Lan Meng's eyes haven't conceded yet!"

Connor's soft voice was so resolute that Artoria was taken aback when she heard it, but then her expression became a little weird.

There is nothing wrong with these words, and there is nothing wrong with Connor's words, but now that Connor's face is full of greasy food, he is obviously still burdening Lan Meng... In short, it is very subtle.

Regardless of Artoria and Connor who are silently eating melons for the time being, although Lan Meng looks tired, as Connor said, Lan Meng has not given up.

Youyouzi's food intake far exceeded ordinary people's expectations, but Lan Meng didn't gain nothing from this one-hour "struggle".

Leaving aside the turnover for the time being, Lan Meng got an obvious conclusion from Yuyuko's terrifying eating and digestion ability—the other party is not human.

This is not a curse, but a simple conclusion. After all, it is unlikely that human beings have the "Dragon Stomach" Connor, but Yuyuko's digestion ability even surpasses Connor's.

You must know that Connor needs to stop after eating for a period of time, and he will definitely not be able to eat continuously for more than an hour like Yuyuko without stopping.

Besides, the second conclusion is that if he simply wants to fill his stomach with ordinary ingredients... the possibility is very low.

The third is that he got some unexpected help.

"Mr. Store Manager, please excuse me."

When Lan Meng came to Yuyuko's table with the dinner plate, Soul Youmeng took the dinner plate from Lan Meng's hand very politely.

That's right, from the faint hostility towards Lan Meng at the beginning to the hesitant expression now, it is enough to see that Lan Meng has already proved himself to the careful court teacher Soul Yaomeng with his own actions. There is no hostility, but Lan Meng cares more about another thing than the other party's favorability.

"It's nothing. As a chef, it's my duty to serve customers with dishes that satisfy them. But... Miss Youmu, can I ask you one thing?"

"As long as it's something I can do..."

Looking at Lan Meng's tired expression, Soul Yomu still understands it. When he first became a court teacher, Soul Yomu was too young, so he recklessly chose because the other party said, "Yumong-chan, your lunch rice balls seem to be delicious". In order to make rice balls for my eldest lady, and then... there is no more.

What's more, Lan Meng's cooking is much more complicated than her rice balls. After all, her rice balls only need to wrap rice and plums with seaweed, but Lan Meng's cooking is much more complicated.

Yakiniku, pizza, bread, burgers, cakes, omurice...

It can be said that the types of cooking that Lan Meng cooks even surpass the knowledge reserves of Soul You Meng.

So facing the tired-looking Lanmeng Soul Yaomeng felt more guilty, after all, the other party was different from himself, not the retainers of his eldest lady, who didn't need to do this step.

That's why she said this misleading thing, but fortunately, Lan Meng didn't have the time to think about it.

"Miss Yuyuko... have you been full yet?"

Lan Meng's question sounds a bit impolite at first, but it is indeed what Lan Meng is most concerned about right now. Fortunately, Soul Yaomeng did not misunderstand Lan Meng, but nodded with a positive face. Not only that, she also took the initiative to say The question that Lan Meng is most concerned about.

"I know what you want to ask, Mr. Lan Meng. In fact, the eldest lady doesn't eat so much like today... Maybe it's because Mr. Lan Meng, your cooking is so delicious?"

"?"

What the other party said made Lan Meng look confused.

What does it mean because your own cooking is so delicious?

Looking at the somewhat confused Lanmeng, Soul Yaomeng revealed a cruel reality to Lanmeng.

"Missy actually doesn't need food to supplement energy, so strictly speaking, there is not much problem even if she doesn't eat, but tasting food is one of her biggest hobbies for Missy, so if you don't like The young lady usually eats a little bit of food, but if she encounters delicious food, she will probably keep eating it..."

Although Lan Meng has doubts about the "one point" that Soul Youmu said, the other party's words are undoubtedly conveying a message to Lan Meng.

'Yuyuko's stomach is a bottomless pit that can't be filled at all, either the other party doesn't like it, or there is nothing left to eat. '

For Lan Meng, he didn't want to choose these two options.

After all, it is undoubtedly a shame for a chef to deliberately cook food that cannot satisfy the guests or to admit defeat.

If Lan Meng had just taken over the store, he might not have cared about it. After all, for him at that time, "being a chef" was just a means of making a living, and it was no different from moving bricks or coding codes, but now he I have gradually fallen in love with 'cooking' itself, because he found that he can help others through cooking, and this sense of accomplishment made him like the job of 'cook' from the bottom of his heart, so—————

He doesn't want to admit defeat! !

Chapter 22 Candied Cherry Blossoms

"Miss Yuyuko, do you have any favorite food?"

When Lan Meng spoke again, Soul Yaomeng didn't know how to answer for a while. After all, she felt that what she said was very clear. The eyes that still seemed to be shining light finally turned into a silent sigh.

"As long as it is delicious, my lady likes to eat it, but what I like most... is probably yokan? I remember that my grandfather would prepare yokan at home even though he doesn't eat sweets. Now I think it should be for my lady. right?"

Because it hasn't been long since she became Yuyuko's court teacher, Hunyou Yumeng doesn't know much about her eldest daughter. She knows more about her because her grandfather is also the other's previous court teacher. division.

However, under the teaching of his grandfather since he was a child, he can proudly say that he is not inferior to anyone in terms of loyalty alone.

After listening to the other party's words, Lan Meng nodded with a serious expression and turned around to return to the kitchen, but at this moment a voice suddenly rang in his ears.

"Mr. Blue Dream!!"

"?"

Lan Meng, who was full of confusion, looked at Soul Youmeng who didn't know why he stopped him but didn't seem to know what to say, while the other party spoke again after a short hesitation.

"I wish you a prosperous martial arts."

Although I always feel that it is a bit subtle to cheer for those who try to challenge my eldest lady, but when I think that Lan Meng's goal is to satisfy my eldest lady's... stomach, it seems to be nothing.

For Lan Meng, Yuyuko Saigyouji is undoubtedly the "most troublesome" guest he has faced since his debut. Even he can't say "I will definitely succeed", but what is more terrifying than failure is that even He lost the courage to challenge, so even though he looked tired, he still clenched his fist hard for Soul Youmu's encouragement.

Then Lan Meng's back completely disappeared into the restaurant.

Lan Meng, who walked into the kitchen, began to look for new ingredients while putting the previously made noodles into the oven to bake.

The 'yokan' mentioned by Soul Youmu is a snack unique to Neon. Although it was indeed a food made of mutton at first, it now refers to a dessert made of red beans and chestnuts.

So the first thing Blue Dream found were chestnuts and red beans.

Red beans are a very common ingredient in desserts, and Blue Dream has always been stocked in the kitchen. As for chestnuts, which are a special food in autumn, some are also prepared in the store as seasonal ingredients. There is no plan to use 'quantity' to win, as long as there is enough to use.

The first step is to steam the chestnuts first, then remove the shells and dry the water in an oven. At this time, the top layer of chestnut skin will fall with a slight rubbing. At this time, the chestnuts are crushed and sieved to make the best Basic chestnut flour.

This step takes a lot of time, but it is basically enough to intersperse in the production of other dishes.

At this time, you can also process the red beans by the way.

Lanmeng, who often makes red bean paste, is familiar with this. However, unlike traditional red bean paste, which needs to be fried with oil, now it only needs to be steamed until it blooms and then crushed into mud.

In fact, this step is enough for home use, but Lanmeng pursues 'perfection', so it uses a special gauze to filter out the bean curd.

This is the leftover 'bean paste' which is as soft and glutinous as mud without any impurities. If you put it in your mouth and sip it lightly, it can even ooze out from between your lips and teeth.

When the 'chestnut flour' and 'bean paste' are finished, the naturally melted agar on the other side is also basically melted.

Add some honey to the agar and heat it over a low heat while pouring in the bean paste and chestnut powder and stirring constantly to prevent sticking to the pan and let it fully mix.

Agar is a very commonly used material for making jelly and other snacks. After melting, it looks like a transparent slime. This seemingly incredible material has actually been used by chefs for thousands of years. In the Nanyang area, there was a tradition of cooking Eucheuma into jelly for consumption, but the 'agar' at that time had more impurities and was not as transparent as it is now but a little cloudy.

But right now, the transparent agar is gradually blending with bean paste and chestnut powder under stirring and heating, the original transparent agar is also dyed brownish red that bean paste has, and the chestnut powder is completely integrated into it It seems to have warmed up the color unknowingly.

'Yokan', the most common Japanese confectionery, is cooled when it is completely melted.

But that alone is not enough.

While thinking, Lan Meng opened the drawer and took out a glass jar.

The glass jar that was supposed to be transparent has now turned into a piece of pinkish white. If you look closely, you can see that these pinkish white things are the candied cherry blossom petals.

That's right, it was the "Petals of the Thunder Cherry Tree" that Blue Dream obtained from the "Narukin Taisha" not long ago.

The "Thunder Sakura Tree" that is the symbol of Inazuma is a special cherry blossom tree that grows on the top of the mountain. This cherry blossom tree is said to have the divine power of "Thunder God", and its petals also have weak attribute energy.

But it is precisely because of its particularity that no one will break the branch. After all, let alone whether it can be done. If you really do this, it is said that you will be "divine punishment (physical)" by Thor, but the one that falls naturally There are also many cherry blossom petals.

The petals that fall directly to the ground will be collected and made into special flower fertilizer and buried in the ground, but some petals will also be collected by witches to make "sakura tea". If you can visit it, you can only have the honor to taste it when the officials in the city give permission to pay homage to Narujin Taisha during the annual "Great Festival".

It’s not that it’s really difficult to make, but that you need to collect petals. Yae Miko is not very interested in this. According to her, “the petals have no taste at all. For this kind of thing, it’s better to hang white cloths in the shrine.” Not worth the money'.

It is precisely because of this somewhat casual attitude that its output is extremely low.

However, since Lan Meng went to worship, Yae Shenzi asked the witches to collect some every day. This was not only to win Lan Meng, but also because Yae Shenzi had expectations for Lan Meng.

Compared with Ying who simply hopes to turn Lanmeng into his own person, Yae Shenzi's thoughts are more pure.

Her concern for Dao's wife is not inferior to Ying and the others, but she is more casual or emotional. Compared with this country, she cares more about Ying. After all, for her it is because of Ying... and theirs. She will fall in love with Dao Wife only if she exists.

Now everyone except Sakura is gone, Ying is the only one for her, if she is willing to do anything for him, why else would she come to Lanmeng personally to find out information?

Is it really just because of greed?

She longed for Lan Meng to really wake up Ying.

It's not just that body, but the girl who is a bit naive but serious and cute deep in her memory...

Chapter 23 Cherry Blossom Yokan——Please use it slowly

Lan Meng didn't know that the little fox who was almost crippled by him before actually had so many expectations for him. For him, he would do his best to serve every guest who appeared in front of him a dish that satisfied the other party. This is his biggest goal now.

So from the beginning of the cooking, his expression has been extremely serious, and Yae Kamiko can't help but wonder if this man in front of him is really a guy with his face buried in his stomach with a weird smile?

But it's a pity that Lan Meng, who has entered a serious state, will selectively ignore everything around him as long as he is not disturbed by the cooking, and he doesn't even notice that Yae Shenzi appeared in the kitchen at some time.

He simply took out the pre-made candied cherry blossoms and picked out the relatively complete petals, washed them with warm water first, then soaked them in clean water, waited for them to stretch slowly, and put them into yokan.

After it was completely solidified, Lan Meng picked it up and walked towards the restaurant.

When Blue Dream appeared in the kitchen again, it immediately attracted everyone's attention except Yuyuko.

That's right, even Connor didn't know when he stopped and touched his slightly swollen belly, leaning lazily on the back of the chair, his whole person seemed to soften.

But when she saw Lan Meng appearing, she still instinctively glanced at it. After all, even if she couldn't eat anymore, she was still curious about what Lan Meng would serve next.

But when she saw the jelly-like yokan, she felt a little disappointed. After all, she often eats snacks like jelly and pudding in the store.

But Youyouzi on the other side was stunned when he saw Lan Meng put the 'yokan' in front of him, and then he couldn't help showing a surprised expression.

There is no doubt that there is nothing wrong with the information provided by Soul Youmu. Yuyuko really likes to eat yokan, but I am afraid that what the other party never dreamed of is that even Yuyuko herself seems to not know why she likes this kind of snacks. The only thing the other party knows It was the first 'person' she met after waking up as a ghost who brought yokan to 'worship' her, and she couldn't help feeling fond of it just after taking a sip.

Obviously, as a ghost, she has forgotten everything about her life, but the deliciousness of this yokan seems to be the only thing she can never forget.

At this moment, when she saw that Lan Meng brought more support, she couldn't help showing an expectant expression.

Although as a ghost, she would decompose whatever she ate, but what she enjoyed was not the feeling of fullness after eating at all, but just the process of eating.

And there is no doubt that Lan Meng's culinary skills have been recognized by the ghost lady. In her opinion, the food she has eaten or not eaten is extremely delicious, and she naturally looks forward to her favorite dishes.

"Please enjoy."

As if feeling the other party's expectation from Yuyuko, Lan Meng put the yokan in front of the other party without any nonsense, and then stepped aside.

As for why not return to the kitchen like before?

One is because this dish has almost exhausted Lan Meng’s remaining energy. It’s fine if he just cooks some simple food, but for some complex dishes that require energy, his hands will tremble after holding the knife for a long time. He is close to the limit ;

The second reason is that Lan Meng is full of expectations for the dish he made. In his opinion, if it still doesn't work this time, then I'm afraid this time...

Shaking her head and throwing all the depressing thoughts out of her mind, Lan Meng stared at Youyouzi's side face seriously.

But Youyouzi, who was the focus of everyone's attention, didn't seem to notice it at all, just holding the side face with one hand and grabbing the small spoon on the porcelain plate full of expectation.

The 'yokan' served by Lan Meng seemed to be different from all the yokan Yuyuko had eaten before.

Generally speaking, the color of yokan is darker, and it rarely changes too much, so for a long time, some young people in Neon considered it to be a snack that only the elderly like to eat.

But the yokan made by Blue Dream is obviously not the case.

When making 'bean paste', all the skins of red beans are directly removed. This not only makes the bean paste itself softer and more waxy, but also makes it easier to control the color when stirring. The yokan that Lan Meng is sitting on presents a very special 'gradient' color'.

The color of the yokan presents a color scheme that is light at the top and dark at the bottom, and at the same time, there are a few touches of "golden" in the gradient color, and the cherry blossoms on the top layer make it look gorgeous and not like ordinary people's impression The yokan in it looks like a work of art made of resin.

If it is an ordinary person, I am afraid that the first reaction when seeing this yokan is that they take out their mobile phones and take a few photos, and they are reluctant to destroy the "beautiful scenery" in front of them for a long time.

However, Yuyuko who was sitting at the dining table at this time was not an ordinary person at all.

Although she didn't swallow it whole because it was her favorite yokan in front of her, but she just paused for a moment before stretching out the spoon without hesitation.

Lightly touching the yokan with the side of the spoon, I saw that it was slightly sunken, and after reaching a certain limit, it broke into two pieces after hearing a slight 'pop' sound, and she put the yokan with a cherry blossom into her mouth without hesitation. middle.

"woooo~"

The Q-bomb taste and the unobtrusive sweetness made her smile with satisfaction. Not only that, but also the strange cherry blossom fragrance bloomed in her mouth along with her chewing.

When Lan Meng made this dessert, he didn't add any sugar at all. The sweetness is entirely due to the 'chestnut powder' and the little sugar left in the cherry blossom petal mountain after washing and soaking, but it is this just right sweetness that makes it incomparable satisfy.

Youyouzi, who was holding a spoon in her mouth, couldn't help squinting her eyes and shaking her head slightly, exuding an aura of happiness all over her body.

Although Youyuzi's appetite is indeed terrifying, even forcing Lan Meng to barely hold a kitchen knife steadily, but I have to say that as a chef watching the other party eat the dishes he made and showing such a happy expression, Lan Meng is from the bottom of his heart. He felt proud and happy, but even so, his expression still did not relax at all. After all, judging from the current situation, it is not difficult to make the other party like his cooking, but it is difficult to satisfy the other party's stomach that cannot be satisfied in theory.

Although she was the focus of everyone's attention, Yuyuko Saigyouji unconsciously tasted the delicious snacks in front of her.