92: Chapter 92: Fed a Mouthful of Dog Food 92: Chapter 92: Fed a Mouthful of Dog Food Morioka Makki removed the lid, and the dish carefully placed on the white porcelain plate was finally revealed.
“Thick Egg Olette!”
Xingping Chuangzhen blurted out.
Sure enough, Morioka Makki’s dish was Japanese Thick Egg Olette, which was also known as Tamagoyaki or Atsuyaki Tamago in Neon.
If you had watched the culinary drama “Midnight Diner,” the Thick Egg Olette would not be unfamiliar.
Yet, Morioka Makki’s Thick Egg Olette differed from the plain appearance of those in dramas, being quite exquisite.
It resembled a layered cake, with layers of fried egg clearly defined when viewed from the side.
The thickness of each layer was indistinguishable to the naked eye.
The cooking of the eggs was also precise.
Morioka Makki’s Thick Egg Olette had a uniform golden color from any angle, with absolutely no sign of burnt edges.
“Gulp~”
Just from observing the dish, Xingping Chuangzhen quietly swallowed, and his gastric acid began to secrete more vigorously.
“What a delicate Thick Egg Olette!”
Niho Fuyuka and Tiqie Eriina both had their eyes light up.
If Xingping Chuangzhen’s Transford Raw Egg Rice Bowl tended toward the ordinary, Morioka Makki’s Thick Egg Olette undoubtedly better suited the girls’ aesthetic of refinent and fashion.
Judging by its appearance, it didn’t look like a traditional Japanese pastry at all but rather a classic Western mille-feuille cake.
Sniffing the aroma wafting from it, Tiqie Eriina pointed at a piece of the Thick Egg Olette.
“…Did you turn the Emperor Crab at into crab powder and mix it into the beaten eggs?”
“Not just that, oh, try it and you’ll find out.” Morioka Makki smiled, her beautiful eyes curving like crescent moons.
“Hmph.”
Tiqie Eriina picked up chopsticks from the table and grasped a piece of Thick Egg Olette.
Placed before her eyes, the multifaceted layers of egg fully exposed within her sight, caused a sudden, uncontrollable amazent in Tiqie Eriina’s heart.
She sensed the flavor of diced ham.
Finely chopped scallions were sprinkled within and outside the layers, adding a touch of fresh green.
Unable to resist, she opened her mouth and took a gentle bite.
“Crisp!”
She heard a very distinct crackling sound; so material broke when the teeth bit down.
With curiosity, she put this bite of Thick Egg Olette into her mouth, chewed slightly, and Tiqie Eriina’s eyes suddenly widened, covering her mouth.
“What a crisp texture… it’s seaweed sheets!”
“There’s seaweed hidden between the layers!”
“Moreover, she didn’t just mix diced ham and crab powder into the egg, she also used milk and a bit of shredded carrot to create a hint of sweetness…”
The flavor of the Thick Egg Olette exploded in the mouth, with various tastes assaulting the ‘Divine Tongue,’ leaving Tiqie Eriina overwheld.
Besides the freshness of crab at, there was the sweetness of milk.
The seaweed sheets also brought a sensation of ‘saltiness’ upon chewing!
The fragrance of the fried eggs was similarly unignorable.
“Mmm!”
Taking another bite, this ti, Tiqie Eriina directly swallowed the entire piece of Thick Egg Olette, her cheeks bulging.
Eh.
After a mont of bewildernt, Tiqie Eriina found herself standing in a shopping street; looking back, there was an old-fashioned Japanese pastry shop.
A stylishly dressed couple had just exited the shop, each carrying a bag with a piece of Thick Egg Olette.
Taking turns feeding each other Japanese pastries, the couple gazed tenderly at each other, their faces showing a sweet and syrupy smile that Tiqie Eriina found disgustingly sugary.
“Got fed a mouthful of dog food… too soft, too sweet!”
Tiqie Eriina touched her flushed forehead, standing dazedly for a mont; at the end of the shopping street, the sky held a brilliant rainbow bridge, as if a sun shower had just passed.
Returning to reality, she swallowed the food in her mouth and stood without speaking.
“Eriina-sama?” Niho Fuyuka whispered, but Eriina ignored her, resting her chin on her hand as the ‘Divine Tongue’ chased the lingering taste in her mouth.
“Flaws, flaws, where are you, co out right now!”
Tiqie Eriina internally shouted; the ‘Divine Tongue’ continued its duty, and the materials used in the Thick Egg Olette—eggs, crab powder, milk, ham, seaweed sheets, and others—appeared in her mind.
Then, these ingredients transford into a rigorous culinary process — knife skills, cooking temperature, even seasoning steps; yet, she failed to find anything that could be called a flaw or shortcoming.
“Impossible!
Another piece!” Tiqie Eriina extended her chopsticks, picked up a second piece of Thick Egg Olette, and threw it into her mouth.
Actually, Xia Yu was quite surprised too.
He rembered clearly that about a week ago, after Morioka Makki studied the “Furong Crab at Egg” recipe, he had sampled a pizza-style dish she made.
That kind of crab-flavored cake received a score of 70 from the Chef God System.
He initially thought Morioka Makki would make a more perfected crab-flavored cake for this exam, but unexpectedly, she presented a completely different dish!
Creativity!
This was the shining point that excited Xia Yu.
“What’s the na of this dish?” Xia Yu asked.
“Well, since the main ingredients are eggs and Emperor Crab at, how about calling it Emperor Crab Thick Egg Olette?” Morioka Makki touched her chin, pondering for a while.
“Let try!”
“Sure!”
Morioka Makki happily handed over the chopsticks.
Xia Yu picked up a piece of Thick Egg Olette and put it into his mouth, becoming more and more startled as he chewed, “It definitely has the top-tier level of a Far Moon student!
It even has a hint of being a ‘killer dish’!”
As he chewed, Xia Yu’s expression beca gradually perplexed.
“Even though there’s seaweed in the layers, and the umami and saltiness are quite pronounced, sohow it still feels very sweet.
What’s going on?” Xia Yu involuntarily closed his eyes gently, opened them again after a mont, and stared at Morioka Makki’s charmingly expressive face, opening his mouth, but ultimately swallowing his words.
Though he couldn’t stop his mind’s comntary: hey, miss, what were you thinking when making this dish?
Xingping Chuangzhen and Niho Fuyuka each found chopsticks and divided the last two pieces of Thick Egg Olette on the white porcelain plate.
For a long mont, the hall was eerily silent.
Sweet.
So sweet.
Yet, there was a kind of youthful anticipation.
Niho Fuyuka hadn’t realized her cheeks were flushed, her eyes glistening like those of a girl in love, with an increasingly sweet smile at the corners of her mouth.
With a snap.
Suddenly, Tiqie Eriina slapped the chopsticks on the table and exclaid, “Dog food!”
“Huh?”
Xingping Chuangzhen didn’t understand the inner aning of the words “dog food,” thinking the young female examiner truly rated such high-quality cuisine as fit only for stray dogs.
He was instantly displeased, “What dog food?
Does this dish not satisfy your tongue?”
“Dog food!
Dog food!!
Dog food!!!”
Tiqie Eriina treated Xingping Chuangzhen like air, her gaze stopping on Xia Yu and Morioka Makki while loudly expressing her dissatisfaction.
Xia Yu shrugged, “I swear this wasn’t my doing!”
Morioka Makki stepped half a step closer to his side, a pleasant curve appearing at the corner of her lips.
“Examiner, was my dish passable?”
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