Once I finish cooking dinner and turn off the fire in the kitchen, my work for the day is done.
Normally, I would go out for a drink or do some beauty exercises…..
However, today, I received a mysterious letter from master.
Although it didn’t seem so urgent, I didn’t want to ruin his face.
I opened the letter with a paper knife and began reading it.
The other party is Bata-shi, owner of the cloth shop in central city, the same neighborhood as us.
The content was about the hayashi rice I made during the mole shrine festival last year at master’s request.
Butter-shi was very pleased with the hayashi rice he had that day and he really wanted to try that dish again.
I heard that there are several restaurants that serve hayashi rice these days.
I could have introduced him to a restaurant so that I won’t need to go to the trouble of making it myself……no, normally, that’s what I would do but this is a letter that was entrusted to me personally by master.
There’s no way for me to make such a cheap response.
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After spending several days exchanging letters with Butter-shi, it has been decided that I would visit his residence and offer him a meal after my shift is done.
It is unlikely but in case something should happen, one of the kitchen staff, a former member of the adventurer department, will come with me.
Well, I don’t have any plans at the moment but I’m someone unmarried……
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The day soon came when I was busy working in the kitchen and developing candy.
I hurried down the slightly chilly spring evening streets where people were passing by after work, carrying the ingredients.
「Chao, I’m sorry for making you accompany me.」
「It’s okay. This is also a chance to learn.」
I chatted with Chao, a dogkin equipped with a sword on his waist, as we walked and we soon arrived at Butter-shi’s cloth shop.
It has a magnificent storefront that commoners, let alone slaves, would shy away from entering……
Considering the place where I usually work, I don’t feel that way.
Now I feel like I’m totally poisoned by Sawadi-sama……
「It’s a big store alright～」
「You are working at a place ten times bigger than this everyday.」
「Ah, right」
I left my luggage with Chao and rattled the hammer of the big gate.
「Ah, is that you, Seele-san? We have been waiting for you! Thanks for your letter! I am Butter.」
「I am Seele of the Magical Schenker Group. Nice to meet you. This is my colleague, Chao.」
「Chao desu. Nice to meet you.」
「Thank you for coming today! Come on, this way!」
Without even saying hello, we were taken to the kitchen, which was surprisingly well equipped.
It seems that this is where they usually prepare meals for their employees and the facility and cooking utensils are all here.
I wondered why there were not many seasonings given all the equipment so I thought they must be out of them.
「Okay, Chao, cut the onions.」
「Affirmative」
Chao and I borrowed the cooking utensils and started to make hayashi rice.
While melting butter in a frying pan, I review the process in my mind.
I have already made the sauce, which is the key to the flavor, so cooking the rice is the most time-consuming part.
I had thought a lot about cooking business trips so I already learned a lot about how to make sauce thinking there will be no ingredients and making the cooking process faster.
Well, thinking about it, I guess cooking business trip is not so bad.
「Onions are ready」
「Next, bring out the meat and mushrooms.」
「Yes yes」
While I was watching the heat of the frying pan, I suddenly felt a gaze from behind so I turned around.
A man was peering from the entrance of the kitchen, probably interested in how to make the dish.
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「Ah this is exactly the hayashi rice from that day! After all, it was necessary to have this pure white, chewy wheat! The food served in the restaurants around the city doesn’t have it!」
After eating a spoonful of rice with meat, Butter-shi took a sip of his expensive wine and started talking fiercely.
It was a little embarrassing but honestly, it’s gratifying to hear that he was that much in love with a dish invented by Sawadi-sama and developed by me.
I wonder if this is what they call the chef’s ultimate satisfaction.
「I’m glad you like it.」
「However, what is this white wheat? I fell in love with this dish on the day of the festival and I have been searching for it everywhere but I just can’t find it.」
「It’s not wheat but a crop called rice.」
「Rice! I had never heard of it. Is it something that the Schenker sell?」
「It seems to be a product from the north. We have successfully cultivated it and serve it in some of our restaurants.」
「Ah, I didn’t know that! I must definitely purchase it!」
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