Chapter 434: Your Cuisine is My Eternal and Unchanging Faith in This Life!
The Clam Stuffed with Shrimp Paste used an open clam shell as a natural container. The shrimp paste was meticulously stuffed inside, bulging high and filling the entire shell, even overflowing slightly, looking extremely plump and enticing.
After being steamed, the shrimp paste presented a healthy pinkish-white color, embellished with orange-red crab roe and emerald-green chopped scallions. Its overall visual appeal was exceedingly high.
Coupled with that pale golden glow, it was simply like a work of art!
Takatsuki Sen felt her joy increase by a few margins.
She opened her cherry-like small mouth and, without needing to be taught, first gently took a sip of the broth inside the clam shell—a rich and savory umami exploded in her mouth like a mushroom cloud!
So fresh and savory!
The delicious taste spread like radiation, transmitting through her gustatory nerves to every corner of her body!
Her entire body felt warm and weightless, giving her a sensation as if she were about to ascend to the heavens!
Takatsuki Sen couldn't help but close her eyes. As her teeth sank into the tender pink paste, she immediately felt its bouncy and plump texture.
And during the process of chewing—
The crab roe burst one after another against her teeth, releasing fragmented bursts of umami.
At the same time, the resilient, soft texture of the clam meat and the profound sweetness of the sea quietly blended into this gustatory ensemble!
The textures and flavors of the three ingredients interwoven and sublimated in her mouth...
Takatsuki Sen involuntarily immersed herself completely within it!
When she opened her eyes again, she seemed to have arrived at a warm shoal, having become a Daughter of the Sea.
Fragmented sunlight penetrated the water's surface, turning into countless dancing spots of light that gently sprinkled over her dark green fishtail. The two milky-white shells clinging to her chest rose and fell slightly with her breathing.
Beneath her was a natural soft bed formed by coral and giant shells, warm and tranquil.
And in the clear seawater before her—rugged rocks jutted out, and coral clusters stretched and grew between the stones, their outlines traced exceptionally gently by the light.
A few translucent small shrimp and crabs draped in rosy hues were leisurely weaving through the coral branches. As the sunlight swept across their backs, it reflected stardust-like, fragmented glimmers...
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It's so good to know how to write novels!
Nutcracker was also among the first batch of diners tonight. Her seat was number seven at the counter area, separated from Takatsuki Sen by three people.
Noticing that Takatsuki Sen was gifted the new item, Osmanthus Fermented Glutinous Rice Balls, as well as the Braised Pork, she couldn't help but feel a bit envious.
Unfortunately, she didn't know how to write light novels, nor could she draw manga. She did have a knack for crushing balls (nutcracking) though—but she couldn't exactly gift the Cooking Immortal a ball-crushing package...
Whoa—! What a terrible thought!
Images were already starting to form in her mind. Nutcracker hurriedly reined in her thoughts right at the precipice, putting a stop to her fantasies in that regard, and shifted her attention back to her own dinner.
The black lace ribbon covered her eyes, making her other senses even sharper.
Her nose twitched slightly. Just gently inhaling the aroma in the air caused her saliva to instantly flood like a disaster!
"Itadakimasu!"
Nutcracker picked up her chopsticks, her voice revealing a hint of impatience.
As her voice fell, she had already picked up a chopstick-full of Tomato Beef Brisket with Scrambled Eggs and put it into her mouth.
In an instant—
A sweet and sour taste spread across the tip of her tongue; that was the natural fruity sourness and sweetness of the tomato. Immediately after, the savory base flavor emerged from the sauce, steadily supporting this bright sweet and sour note.
Nutcracker savored it carefully—
The scrambled eggs, fully coated in the thickened sauce, hardly needed chewing before they gently melted away, releasing an enticing egg aroma.
The tenderly stewed beef brisket only needed a light press between the teeth to loosen into strands of mellow, fragrant fibers, its rich meat juice seeping out mixed with the fruity sourness of the tomatoes.
The scattered, not fully melted tomato chunks made a light pfft sound between her jaws, splashing out a trace of bright sourness that cleverly balanced all the flavors.
"Mmm-hmm—!"
Nutcracker couldn't help but lift her pretty face. The kakugan under the black lace ribbon were tightly closed, the corners of her lips curled up slightly, and a sweet, cloying moan that made one's bones feel crisp overflowed from her throat.
"So delicious! This is... happiness!"
Nutcracker's fair, jade-like hand tightly gripped the lapel of her shirt: "An intense sense of happiness is tightly wrapping around me!"
Although it was night, at this moment, she felt as if she were bathing in sunlight!
"Mn?"
Her vision suddenly brightened, and her body felt warm. Nutcracker opened her eyes in confusion and saw a blazing sun.
She instinctively withdrew her gaze and then surveyed her surroundings.
This seemed to be a small farmyard—
To the front left were several rows of tomato trellises, with emerald-green vines climbing along the bamboo poles, intertwining into a shady canopy. Sunlight pierced through the gaps in the leaves, casting swaying spots of light onto the soft dirt ground.
Green and red fruits hung on the vines, emitting a fresh, slightly sweet scent tinged with the fragrance of green grass.
In the center of the yard, several barred rock chickens were leisurely scratching for food. Their sharp beaks swiftly pecked into the soil and raised again, letting out satisfied "cluck-cluck" sounds from their throats.
By the fence a bit further away, a yellow ox was lying on a haystack ruminating, its docile big eyes half-closed, its tail flicking lazily to drive away non-existent flies and insects.
Nutcracker inexplicably felt a wave of relaxation, as if she had cast off heavy shackles.
However, she soon discovered that what she had cast off were not shackles, but the clothes on her body...
"..."
Real world—
Amidst the successive exclamations of fanaticism or emotion from the diners, a sweet and cloying moan that made one's bones feel crisp suddenly stood out. Ryohei couldn't help but look toward the source of the sound—
"You again! Miss Mayu, please restrain yourself a bit!"
"...Hai!"
Nutcracker was 'startled awake' by Ryohei's voice, but her reaction was a beat slow.
She turned her head toward where Ryohei was, raised her hand to lightly cover her lips, and said embarrassedly: "Sumimasen! Because it's been so long since I've eaten your cooking, my resistance is a bit weak right now!"
"What you're saying sounds so strange! What do you mean your resistance is a bit weak! Is my cooking some kind of weird substance?" Ryohei couldn't quite hold back and roasted her.
"Your cuisine is my eternal and unchanging faith in this life!"
A ghoul bro wearing sunglasses clenched his sandbag-sized fists, his voice full of fanaticism.
Ryohei looked over with a face full of surprise: "Okay, okay, okay... you're quite a smooth talker..."
—He was truly feeling the joy of opening a restaurant!
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