Chapter 1501: Let Me Tell You The Origin Of This Dish First…
Mag’s member system was very successful. He had already accumulated a bunch of unexpectedly powerful big bosses from all sorts of occupations in his little notebook.
At least in Chaos City, anyone was a big shot.
Of course, all this was only on the surface.
The most powerful person in Mamy Restaurant was the Lady Boss, who dared to face the Wind Forest and still hold them off.
She, and an exceedingly beautiful… pui, handsome and powerful boss.
Rena looked at those names on the notebook with gradually brightening eyes. As a locally born and bred Chaos City’s resident, she knew very well what the names in the notebook meant.
What she didn’t expect was that all these people who were standing at Chaos City’s pinnacle were in fact all members of the restaurant. This was indeed too shocking.
“If someone is bullying you, tell me. The restaurant and I will always stand behind you.” Mag smiled.
“Mm-hmm. We will all stand behind you if someone dares to bully you.” Yabemiya nodded too.
“If they are baddies, I will help Big Sister Rena chase them away. I’m very formidable,” Amy gravely said too, clenching her small fist.
“Did someone bully you?” Irina asked Rena with befuddlement. This awkward ambiance puzzled her. After pondering, she added, “Who is that? I’ll go beat him up for you.”
“All of you…” Rena looked at everyone who was looking at her with concern. Tears were already gathered in her eyes. She was temporarily at a loss for how to explain the incident to them.
Mag flicked a glance at Rena. He could understand why she was hung up and afraid, so he smiled. “Alright. We are finished announcing these two incidents. Let’s eat.”
So, everyone stopped asking, and began to enjoy their meals.
Elizabeth threw a glance at Mag. Although she didn’t know what he had done, she had a feeling that he had already done all the arrangements. That was why he was calm and able to consider Rena’s feelings.
“Oh yes, Boss. Many customers asked for the ‘husband and wife lung slice’ in the morning. When will this dish be released?” Yabemiya suddenly asked when she was halfway through eating.
“Erm…” Mag pondered, and then answered, “After we come back from the Twilight Forest. Let’s push it back a few days.”
“I guess the customers are going to complain again.” Yabemiya shrugged. The “husband and wife lung slice” became very popular after yesterday’s duel. She already had many customers asking her about it.
“Just tell them that good dishes are worth waiting for.” Mag chuckled. He wasn’t going to hide it deliberately, but he intended to have a secret dish when he arrived in the Twilight Forest. The “husband and wife lung slice” was the only choice currently.
As expected, what the customers enquired most about was still the “husband and wife lung slice” at the lunch service.
And after hearing Yabemiya’s answer, besides complaining, they could only accept it.
What else could they do? The Little Boss was watching them. They couldn’t be demolishing the shop, right?
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“Master, I am here for my lesson.”
30 minutes after the lunch service was over, Harris rang the bell at the restaurant’s door, and smilingly spoke to Mag who opened the door. Chapman was standing behind him.
“Please come in.” Mag held the door open to let Harris pass. He couldn’t help but chuckle when he saw Chapman keeping watch at the door. “You’re not coming in?”
“I shouldn’t be present when Grandmaster is teaching Master. I will just keep watch here,” Chapman respectfully replied.
“Come on in. You can learn as well if you want to.” Mag smiled. This disciple of Harris was rather interesting.
Chapman looked at Harris.
“Your grandmaster has already spoken, so why are you still standing at the door? Trying to be a doorman?” Harris rolled his eyes.
“Yes.” Chapman nodded before going in.
“An emergency happened in the morning, so I had to push the appointment to the afternoon.” Mag brought Harris to the kitchen while passing the aprons to them.
“It’s fine. After all, we have nothing to do all day,” Harris smilingly replied. He wasn’t angry about being stood up in the morning. With glowing eyes and amazed when he saw Mag’s kitchen, he said, “Master, your kitchen is simply too professional, alright! Those two luminous pearls embedded there must have cost a fortune, right? And all the glistening kitchenware. How did you manage to keep it so bright and shiny? This wall of knives is so complete! I didn’t expect there would really be chefs who could keep the kitchen so spick-and-span. It’s really incredible!”
“Those two over there are lights. The kitchenware is stainless steel, and I seldom use those knives. The ‘Fat Head Fish’ alone is enough to handle 99% of the situations. As for keeping the kitchen spick-and-span, isn’t it the most basic thing that a chef should do?” Mag calmly replied.
“Many chefs know that, but not many are persistently doing it. I have only met three till now, and Master is one of them.” Harris retrieved his gaze and then smiled at Mag. “However, this really is a thing that is worth doing persistently.”
“Alright. Then, we will be learning the ‘husband and wife lung slice’ now. Before we start the learning process formally, let me tell you the origin of this dish first…” Mag said gravely as he got into the character of a master rapidly. The most obvious benefit of “Talented Teacher Point+1” was that he felt no shame to be addressed as “master”, and a set of special teaching words would automatically form in his head.
Harris and Chapman were listening to him very attentively. The latter was even taking down notes in a notebook as he listened, looking like a total nerd.
As for that skill “Midas Touch”, Mag initially thought it was an alchemist’s standard skill, and after obtaining it, he could embark on his journey of stay-home-and-get-rich by pointing at the items at home. He didn’t expect that the “touch” was meant for stupid brains.
The description of “Midas Touch”: using the secret technique of “Midas Touch” on the intended person so the other party could quickly understand and accept the knowledge. Even the dullest brain could become smart.
This was indeed a teacher’s gold finger[1]. With this, even if Mag couldn’t continue to operate a restaurant in the future, he could become a teacher at any culinary schools. He would definitely be one of the best teachers.
However, there was a clause to utilize this skill. The other party had to be the user’s disciple or disciple’s disciple.
Mag explained the origin of “husband and wife lung slice”, but he skipped certain details and parts that were difficult to explain. He then proceeded to the stove, and picked out all the spices from the spice zone as he explained, “The crucial and important step for making ‘husband and wife lung slice’ is the braising. The outcome of the braising will decide the basic taste and texture of the’ husband and wife lung slice’, and set the basic tone for this dish. Hence, for today’s lesson, we will start with learning about all the different kinds of spices needed for the braising…”
[1] Gold finger is slang for a cheat in Chinese web novels, such as a system or special ability.