Time flew by.
Night gradually receded.
The sun once again dominated the sky, adding a touch of liveliness to this peaceful world!
Rindo woke up groggily. Opening her eyes, she saw that the scene before her was completely unfamiliar. She quickly sat up, then remained in a daze for a long time!
"It's all my fault."
"I drank too much last night!"
Clutching her head.
Recalling fragmented memories from last night.
Realizing something, Rindo's cheeks couldn't help but flush slightly.
Then, she tightly gripped the blanket, but felt a particularly fragrant and warm aura in the air! Although she was in an unfamiliar environment, it didn't make her feel in danger; on the contrary, there was a stimulating sensation that made her heart flutter slightly!
One must know, this was the first time in her life she had spent the night at someone else's house, and the person was a devastatingly handsome man!
Therefore, her mood was, after all, a bit chaotic!
"Sigh!"
"What...what's wrong with me?"
Finally, Rindo let out a deep sigh.
She had always been very clear that this Izakaya Shopkeeper was by no means an ordinary man!
His world, his stage, was destined to be vast, not something this Izakaya could contain!
Even.
It's no exaggeration to say.
Even if he stayed here his entire life, quietly managing this Izakaya, he would profoundly influence this world, this great culinary era, in the future!
And for such a person, how could she not admire him, and how could she not have a little bit of...admiration in her heart?
...
Creak!
Just then.
Sosuke, who had woken up early, gently pushed open the door to the room.
Hearing the slight sound of the door opening, Rindo, who was lost in thought, quickly pulled back the covers and burrowed back in, pretending to be asleep!
After closing the door again and entering the room, Sosuke couldn't help but show a faint smile when he saw Rindo on the bed!
Oh, you!
Do you think pretending to be asleep can fool me?
"Rindo!"
"Wake up quickly."
"The sun is almost shining on your butt!"
Immediately, Sosuke quietly came to the bedside and called out softly.
Rindo still showed no reaction, her eyes remained tightly closed, and even her breathing frequency was very steady, truly as if she were asleep!
Looking closely.
Her blood-red long hair.
Spread out like clouds, and even though she was feigning sleep, the cloud-like emotions gathered between her brows could not be erased!
At the same time, a ray of sunlight from outside the window happened to fall on her face, making her appear even more adorable!
Sosuke couldn't help but stare in a daze!
It wasn't until he realized that his calls couldn't make Rindo intentionally wake up that he could only stretch out two fingers and pinch her delicate nose!
"Ugh!"
Rindo, feeling uncomfortable from being held.
Had no choice but to open her bright eyes and gently bat away the hands that were teasing her!
"Awake?"
"Mm!"
Rindo's pretty face flushed slightly.
She secretly glanced at Sosuke, then lowered her head and pondered, "Sosuke's Restaurant, I've really bothered you this time!"
"It's nothing!"
"You don't have to worry about it."
"To be fair, it's my fault. I knew you liked to drink unrestrainedly here at the Izakaya, but I didn't stop you, and in the end, you passed out at the Izakaya!"
"Fortunately."
"There are many empty rooms here on the third floor."
"Letting you stay here for one night is absolutely no problem!"
Seeing the shy Rindo, Sosuke just smiled lightly and replied indifferently.
"Okay!"
"Thank you!"
Hearing this, a smile inadvertently appeared on Rindo's face.
Afterward, Sosuke stood up slightly and continued in a somewhat muffled voice, "Since you're awake, quickly wash up and leave! After all, my Izakaya isn't open during the day, and you can't just squat here, can you?"
"Huh?"
"You want me to leave?"
Upon hearing this, Rindo immediately sat up!
"That's right!"
"Keeping you overnight."
"That was because you were drunk, out of necessity!"
"Now that you're awake, what else are you going to do by lingering here?"
Sosuke, who was about to leave, heard Rindo's voice and turned back, stunned!
Holy cow!
This Rindo.
She...she wouldn't be trying to cling to me, would she?
...
"At least."
"You have to let me have breakfast here, right?"
After saying this, Rindo stared deeply at Sosuke with hopeful eyes.
However, seeing that Sosuke didn't react, her heart felt a little lost, and she repeatedly thought to herself, she just wanted to scrounge a breakfast from him, and even that wasn't allowed?
"Breakfast?"
"It's not impossible!"
"Coincidentally, I've just developed a new dish. You can taste it then and give me your evaluation!"
With that, Sosuke, disregarding Rindo's subsequent reaction, turned and left the room.
"What?"
"You agreed to let me scrounge for a meal?"
"And, you...you're going to make a new dish..."
Hearing this, Rindo's eyes immediately lit up.
She quickly stood up and eagerly followed behind him!
...
Time.
Fleeting.
In the Izakaya's kitchen, Sosuke, preparing to make Mille-feuille, began to mix the dough.
He first prepared two types of flour, 63g of low-gluten flour and 42g of high-gluten flour. Then, he added 99-degree Celsius hot water to the low-gluten flour, quickly stirred it with chopsticks, and after it cooled, he kneaded it by hand.
Then.
He added 20-degree Celsius room temperature water.
To the high-gluten flour and continued kneading!
Once both doughs were slightly formed, he combined them to form a new dough!
Thus, the crust of the Mille-feuille would be this semi-scalded dough.
The so-called semi-scalded dough has both the softness of scalded dough and the elasticity of cold-water dough.
Dough mixed in this way is very suitable for making scallion pancakes and Mille-feuille, among other things. The texture is very soft, it will separate into many layers, and it won't harden even when cooled.
But clearly, even with semi-scalded dough, Sosuke didn't want to make Mille-feuille using ordinary methods.
After taking out the dough, Sosuke took a deep breath, and his gaze became sharp. He continuously kneaded the dough with one hand. Then, he propped the dough up with one finger and began to spin it rapidly, using his finger as the central point!
And under the force of this rotation, the entire large piece of dough slowly transformed into a thin sheet of dough!
"What?"
"This...how is this possible?"
Seeing this, Rindo, who was standing nearby, was startled!
She had never seen such a spectacle in her life; after all, who mixes dough in such a way?
Swish!
Swish!
Swish!
Gradually.
Under the effect of this rotational force, the dough sheet continuously became thinner and larger.
Even at the very end, the entire dough sheet's diameter could be seen to exceed 3 meters.
And its thickness...could certainly not be observed with the naked eye, but it was definitely thinner than paper, as if a gentle poke with chopsticks could break it.
Although the thinner the Mille-feuille crust, the better.
However, making such a thin crust requires extremely high skill and experience on one hand, and the chef's patience on the other!
Evidently, seeing this, Rindo almost couldn't sit still.