46: Chapter 46: Two-Star Mission 46: Chapter 46: Two-Star Mission Editor: Dragon Boat Translation Morning.
Xia Yu got up at exactly eight o’clock in the morning, and while washing up, he checked last night’s business data.
Unknowingly, a week was almost over.
The restaurant’s nightly earnings had shown signs of stabilization in the past couple of days, no longer experiencing explosive growth.
The reason was simple—Xia’s shop was too small and had poor reception capacity.
From six in the evening to midnight, it could accommodate at most 30 diners at the sa ti.
If a table of guests ordered six dishes, the serving ti would be about half an hour.
Including ti for eating and chatting, it would take one hour to see them off.
In other words, each four-seat table could host five to six parties of guests in one evening.
But in reality, this was just a rough calculation thod.
Xia’s shop had only five four-seat tables; the other spots were scattered single seats, like in a ran shop, either surrounding the counter or facing the wall.
Calculated this way, when fully booked, Xia’s shop could host about 150 people each night.
The earnings stabilized at over a million yen.
On the surface, Xia’s shop was thriving and everything was heading in a good direction, but as the operator, Xia Yu knew that the shop still had many areas that needed improvent.
First was the dining environnt.
Now it was only March, the transitional period between winter and spring, and the weather was still cool.
When sumr arrived, Tokyo would turn into an oven, and the restaurant would be packed, Xia Yu couldn’t bear to imagine the indoor environnt.
Air conditioning?
Such a thing was impossible.
Xia Yu had forgotten whether the large ceiling fan in the shop was good or bad because, in his mory, it hadn’t been turned on.
Planning for a rainy day was necessary.
The store was already narrow, so in terms of spatial layout, Xia Yu planned to consult the Chef God System more often.
As for service, Xia Yu had already given up.
Eat if you like, or don’t.
As the manager and head chef, he battled every day from six o’clock till midnight, preparing one dish and then imdiately washing the pot to start the next one.
From washing ingredients to handling them, including various cooking tasks, he did it all himself.
Lately, it was sowhat better with Sen Tian Makoto’s help, assisting with chopping vegetables and passing plates, so Xia Yu wasn’t completely overwheld.
Xia Yu seriously doubted if it weren’t for his recent luck in acquiring the Physique Enhancent Crystal, boosting his physique from lv9 to lv20, whether his body would have collapsed from the week’s exertion.
Fortunately, every morning, that flagpole stood as firm as ever, which reassured Xia Yu.
“Beep, the host has received a new task.”
Washing his face and brushing his teeth, Xia Yu unexpectedly received a prompt.
A new task?
Hanging the towel on a hook, Xia Yu opened the task panel.
Task one:
“Impact Two-star Chef.”
“Hint: The host already mastered three blue glowing dishes (Stir-fried Qingjiang Vegetable, Furong Crab at Egg, Fantasy-level Mapo Tofu) and can consider participating in the IGO two-star chef assessnt.”
“Reward: Advanced Knife Technique Absolute Skill—Fierce Bull Green Dragon Slash.”
Task two:
“Impact Two-star Restaurant.”
“Hint: Your restaurant finally gained a bit of recognition in the culinary world.
If it beca an IGO certified two-star restaurant, perhaps it could attract diners outside the ACG circle.”
“Reward: 10 Chef Talent Points.”
Fierce Bull Green Dragon Slash?
Whoa, this was the Dark Cuisine World’s absolute skill from that young chef’s story, capable of butchering a bull in one slash without spilling a drop of blood or losing any juices.
This skill, the scariest at-handling knife technique Xia Yu knew, was at a fantasy level.
Xia Yu was amazed.
Thinking of the chance to master such an overpowering dark skill excited him.
Fierce Bull Green Dragon Slash wasn’t just about butchering a bull; with practice, it could also dismber a live sheep or a pig in one slash.
Similarly, the task to impact the two-star restaurant was full of allure.
10 Chef Talent Points equated to raising 10 levels.
Each point of chef talent was incredibly precious.
Speaking of which, this week, Xia Yu’s cooking skill level had significantly slowed down.
By rights, given the number of dishes he prepared daily, his level should have gone up swiftly, but in reality, after lv10, handling regular and green ingredients and recipes couldn’t provide him any experience.
From lv10 to lv11, he leveled up through successfully cooking luminous Stir-fried Qingjiang Vegetable and Furong Crab at Egg.
“Heart of Cooking (5)…”
Heart of Cooking had 5 Talent Points.
This massive pit required a lot of talent points to fill up, and advancing from beginner to divine level was a seemingly endless journey.
Xia Yu took a deep breath, looked at himself in the mirror, and once more felt his fighting spirit rise!
The shop was open!
Walking out of the bathroom, as expected, there was cleaning noise on the first floor.
Xia Yu put his hands in his pockets, went downstairs, greeted An Ya and Mu Xiaoyue, and was about to enter the kitchen when he noticed sothing unusual.
Two large suitcases stood at the stairway entrance, bulging as though stuffed with things.
“Our flight is this afternoon…”
Mu Xiaoyue, carrying a basin of dirty water from wiping tables and chairs, headed for the first-floor restroom.
She said this to Xia Yu in passing.
It was sudden, yet made sense.
“Heading back ho?
That’s good.” Xia Yu smiled and went into the kitchen to prepare breakfast.
Knock knock.
Just as he entered the kitchen, Sen Tian Makoto followed him in, sitting at the counter with a happy smile and knocking on the table.
Xia Yu thought it was a custor, but when he went out, he saw her holding an exquisite food box like a treasure.
“Yu, I’ve already made Furong Crab at Egg.
Want to try it?” Sen Tian Makoto’s adorable face naturally showed a hint of nervousness.
“It’s been a week; it should have results.”
Xia Yu decided not to make breakfast, set a kettle on the stove to boil, and sat across from Sen Tian Makoto at the counter.
He opened the food box lid to reveal a square white plate inside.
The dish looked like a pizza, cut into pieces, arranged on the plate with a golden hue that emitted a rich crabat aroma as soon as the lid lifted.
Gulp.
His stomach acid flowed sharply, and Xia Yu nonchalantly picked up a large piece of the pizza-like dish with chopsticks and put it in his mouth.
His eyes widened instantly.
The mont it entered, the fragrant crispness of the egg, combined with the fresh taste of the crabat, washed over his taste buds completely.
As he chewed, the fresh flavor of crabat further outweighed the egg’s aroma.
It felt like an egg tossed into boiling seawater—but the egg flavor didn’t vanish without a trace like a clay ox into the sea.
Instead, it remained partly hidden within the fresh taste, like a pipa half-covered, compelling one’s tongue to chase it, maximizing Xia Yu’s curiosity.
He picked up a second piece to devour and closed his eyes in enjoynt.
“How is it?” Sen Tian Makoto clasped her hands tightly, looking at him expectantly.
“Very good!”
Xia Yu displayed an unconcealed smile.
“This dish shows your shining point…
Who knew the flavor could be manipulated this way?
How did you do it?”
Sen Tian Makoto cheerfully replied, “Actually, I tried many ways and finally decided to make this dish look like a pizza.
I used a pastry thod, with egg as the main ingredient, mixing it with flour to initially form a pizza base.
Then I sprinkled ground crabat, added seasonings, and baked it a second ti.
The dish was completed this way!”
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