Traveling through various miniature worlds with a small restaurant

Chapter 282 Game World 10

Lin Xiaoqian watched Koshayusi and the others leave with a hint of resentment.

Not long after Koshayusi left, an aged voice suddenly came from the doorway: "Are you people of the Shika tribe?"

Lin Xiaoqian turned her head and saw an elderly man with white hair and glasses standing at the door with his hands behind his back, curiously looking at them.

Lin Xiaoqian did not answer his question, but instead asked in return, "And you are?"

The old man adjusted his glasses and said, "I am also from the Shika tribe. My name is Simon, and I am a teacher at the Hateno Village School."

As he walked into the restaurant, he looked around and said, "This morning I saw Little Kuling sharing pumpkin cakes with her friends. The cakes smelled really good. She said the village chief bought them from a restaurant outside the village, so I came to take a look out of curiosity."

It turned out to be Simon, the teacher Zelda had invited to teach the children.

Lin Xiaoqian was very happy, because every additional customer meant more satisfaction points.

"Welcome, Mr. Simon. What would you like to eat?"

Simon casually found a seat and sat down. He smelled the fragrance in the air. He had come in after watching the village chief and Little Kuling leave.

I wonder what delicious food Little Kuling and the others ate just now; there's still a sweet smell in the air.

However, due to his age, he can't eat sweets very well.

Lin Xiaoqian handed him the thick menu, "This is our restaurant's menu."

Simon took it with some surprise, "You guys can actually make so many kinds of dishes."

He casually flipped through the menu in his hand and found that there wasn't a single dish he recognized.

Simon frowned. "When did so many different kinds of cuisine appear on the continent of Hyrule? And I've never seen any of them before."

Lin Xiaoqian brought up the same reasons she had given to Koshayusi before.

Simon nodded knowingly: "So you're both travelers and gourmets? Could it be that the dishes in this cookbook were created by yourselves? That would be truly remarkable."

Lin Xiaoqian thought to herself, of course not, how capable could she be to create so many kinds of delicious food?

However, there was no need to explain this to Simon; Lin Xiaoqian simply laughed it off.

Simon flipped through the menu for a while, then closed it and put it aside, saying with a nostalgic expression, "I've been away from Kakariko Village for many years, and what I miss most is a local specialty dish: wild vegetable rice balls."

He looked at Lin Xiaoqian with hopeful eyes, "You are also a Xika people, you should be able to make it, right?"

Lin Xiaoqian and his group are not real Shika people at all, so how could they possibly make the special rice balls of Kakariko Village?

But she remained calm, revealing a knowing smile: "It seems that you don't want rice balls, Professor Simon, but rather you miss your hometown."

Simon paused for a moment, then nodded in agreement: "That's right, after being away from home for so many days, I do miss it a bit."

“Kakarikor Village isn’t far from Hateno Village, so you can go back whenever you want, and of course, you can eat the wild vegetable rice balls whenever you want. But…” Lin Xiaoqian revealed a confident smile, “Although the rice balls I make are a little different from the specialty rice balls of Kakariko Village, they have their own unique flavor. Would you like to try some?”

Liao Zhuang interjected at the opportune moment: "We're leaving here tomorrow, so this is the only time we'll be open for business. It's a rare opportunity!"

Simon asked in surprise, "Didn't you just arrive here? Aren't you going to stay in Hateno Village for a few more days?"

Liao Zhuang explained, "We have some unavoidable plans that force us to hurry to our next destination."

Since it was someone else's privacy, Simon nodded and didn't ask any further questions. "Alright then, please give me one of your shop's signature rice balls."

Lin Xiaoqian smiled and agreed, then went into the kitchen.

There's always freshly steamed rice in the warehouse. Take it out and put it in a bowl. Add chopped green onions, pork floss, shredded cheese, shredded seaweed, and salad dressing. Mix well and shape it into a square. Then roll the rice ball with bacon and fry it in a pan over low heat until golden brown. That's how you make a cheese and bacon rice ball.

Lin Xiaoqian had just finished making the cheese and bacon rice balls when Mo Ying walked in, carrying a few green blades of grass.

"what is this?"

Mo Ying placed the grass on the table and then took out a few more ears of rice. "Hyrule grass and Hyrule rice. Didn't Simon want to eat wild vegetable rice balls? To avoid him giving a low score because he didn't get the rice balls he wanted, I'll try to see if I can use the game mechanics to make the wild vegetable rice balls."

He had just heard Lin Xiaoqian say that two diners gave him a 9-point rating for some absurd reasons, which gave him this idea.

As Mo Ying spoke, she threw the two kinds of plants into the pot. A wisp of smoke drifted by, and two brown rice balls stuffed with wild vegetables appeared in the pot.

Lin Xiaoqian was startled. Yes, she had almost forgotten that the ingredients in this world could be cooked simply by throwing them into a pot using the game's mechanics.

However, food made this way probably won't be well-received by diners, since it wasn't made by her own hands.

Mo Ying placed two wild vegetable rice balls on a plate, then picked up the cheese and bacon rice ball that Lin Xiaoqian had just made, and said, "I'll send the wild vegetable rice balls and the rice balls you made to Simon together, and tell him that the wild vegetable rice balls are a gift for him."

Lin Xiaoqian patted Mo Ying on the shoulder approvingly, "You really have a way with things."

Mo Ying raised an eyebrow and said smugly, "Of course."

Simon looked at the two plates of rice balls that Mo Ying had brought over, his gaze first falling on the golden rice ball wrapped in bacon. "Is this your restaurant's specialty?"

Mo Ying smiled and said, "This is a cheese and bacon rice ball. Also, this wild vegetable rice ball is a gift from us. Please try it and see if it tastes like home."

Simon's eyes lit up with a smile as he looked at the familiar wild vegetable rice balls. "This is it. Thank you very much."

Mo Ying's smile deepened. "No need to be polite, we're all on the same side."

Simon nodded slightly. It turned out that the shop didn't not sell wild vegetable rice balls, but rather they wanted to give them to him. It's always good to be from the same clan.

He picked up his chopsticks, but instead of eating the wild vegetable rice ball first, he picked up a cheese and bacon rice ball. The cheese and bacon rice ball was not big, it was square, and he could eat one in one bite.

He did just that, putting a rice ball directly into his mouth. The aroma of bacon filled his entire mouth, and Simon chewed impatiently.

Whew, it's so hot!

The piping hot cheese oozed out with the rice after the bacon was bitten through, burning Simon's face until it turned red.

Lin Xiaoqian quickly poured him a glass of water, "It's fresh out of the pot, so it's a bit hot. Please eat it slowly."

Simon took it and nodded to her, but didn't drink it immediately, continuing to chew.

The rice ball in his mouth was so delicious, with the salty aroma of bacon, the milky fragrance of cheese, and the sweetness of rice. The taste was so rich that he didn't want to wash it away with water.

Simon swallowed the rice ball in his mouth before taking a sip of water, and smiled apologetically: "Sorry, you must have found this amusing."

Lin Xiaoqian quickly waved her hand and said no.

Simon picked up another rice ball. Having learned his lesson the first time, he didn't rush to put the whole thing in his mouth. Instead, he blew on it to cool it down, took a small bite, and the melted cheese was immediately stretched into long, thin, milky-white strands.

This is truly a peculiar experience.

After thoroughly enjoying the cheese and bacon rice ball, Simon picked up a wild vegetable rice ball from the side, put it in his mouth, and took a bite.

The slightly astringent taste unique to wild vegetables is enveloped by the dense texture of rice, and when you chew it carefully, you can taste the veins of the leaves.

It tastes familiar, exactly the same as what I ate back home.

However, the flavor of the cheese and bacon rice ball I just ate was so strong that the flavor of the wild vegetable rice ball seemed a bit bland.

It's not that the wild vegetable rice balls are bad, but rather that after tasting the delicious food Lin Xiaoqian made, his standards for food have risen.

Simon quietly finished one of the wild vegetable rice balls and didn't touch the other one, instead continuing to eat the cheese and bacon rice ball from another plate.

The little girl was right. He can eat wild vegetable rice balls anytime, but such a delicacy is rare.

There were eight cheese and bacon rice balls on the plate, which Simon finished in no time. He wiped his mouth, still somewhat unsatisfied.

"Please make another batch of cheese and bacon rice balls and pack them together with this wild vegetable rice ball for me, thank you."