Chapter 221 Some Everyday Life (Unlockable with 80% Subscription): About Cooking
Mikoshiba Mikoto feels that her best friend, Hagoromo Kazuma, has been acting a little strange lately.
Of course, if you suddenly ask him to describe a specific detail that is not quite right, Mikoshiba Mikoto, who is not good at summarizing, can only stammer for a long time and finally say something like, "Anyway, it's just different, you can tell with your eyes."
But undeniably, this subtle change has become increasingly apparent, even to the point that Sakura Chiyo, who had arranged to meet up with him after school, noticed it.
"Huh, Hatori-kun ordered a yuzu lemon cake?"
Sakura Chiyo put down the menu that was blocking her view and overheard Hato Kazuma taking orders from the staff—yuzu lemon cake and cappuccino, both on the sweeter side.
"I thought boys didn't really like creamy desserts, and that they would be considered unmanly or something."
"Hmm?" Kazuma Hatake sat up straight, only slightly raising his eyes to reply, "I guess it's because I've been eating desserts too often lately, so I'm starting to think that sweets aren't so bad."
Although they were all eaten in the game, following the pretty little Go.
"What? Ichie has started making normal desserts recently?"
While struggling with what she wanted to order, Mikoshiba Mikoto casually replied with a surprised tone.
"Isn't she always keen on making you try all sorts of terrible... uh, indescribable obscure dishes from around the world?"
Kazuma Hatori's younger sister, Kazue Hatori, could be described as lacking culinary talent, as she can make dishes almost perfectly from a recipe; however, she does have talent, as she prefers to find very challenging local specialties to replicate—and she even posts the entire process on her channel, accumulating a considerable number of fans.
Of course, that's not the point.
The key point is that since Kazue Hatori cooked the food, how could she just throw it away? But her father was too busy, and she couldn't bear to let her mother become the victim... So, as the only one in the family who could taste the food, her older brother Kazuma Hatori was truly in a tragic situation.
Trying my sister's new dishes is like opening a blind box. It's not that they're all terrible; but most of the time, there must be a reason why this specialty dish remains a local specialty and hasn't spread worldwide...
It's fortunate that Kazuma Hatori isn't a picky eater—although it's hard to say whether he was trained to be a picky eater by Ichie's diverse and varied dishes, or whether he can eat any dish with rice because he's not a picky eater.
But in the words of Kazue Hatake, the tasting segment at the end of each cooking video is the most popular with fans, and if it's not shown one day, the comments section will be filled with criticism.
Even though she deliberately cropped out only the lower half of Kazuma Hatake's face, she still attracted a group of fans who firmly believed that Kazue's brother was a handsome guy.
When Mikoshiba Mikoto went to Hato Kazuma's house to play games with him, she happened to witness a food tasting session.
From that moment on, he firmly believed that Kazuma Hatake was a terrifying upright robot who had absolutely no sense of taste.
Kazuma Hatake: It's just that the dish Kazue made that day was too weird, okay? There's no way he could like fried spiders from Cambodia.
However, its texture is actually quite similar to tempura... and it's not bad to eat.
To be honest, most of the time, the food he eats in the game is much more normal than what he eats in real life.
Upon hearing Mikoshiba Mikoto's complaint, Hato Kazuma remained silent for a moment, his words revealing a hint of helplessness.
"No, she still likes to cook, it's just that I've been playing games too much lately, and for too long, so she can't catch me to help with the tasting feedback."
“A game… Oh.” Mikoshiba Mikoto suddenly realized.
He understood the white-haired wife that Yuqu longed for; he understood her very well.
"Is Hatori-kun's sister a terrible cook?"
Sakura Chiyo listened for a while, and her curious little mind had already begun to conjure up many imaginary images of the indescribable food.
“It’s not that she’s bad… She can actually cook normal dishes, and she’s quite good at it.” Kazuma Hatori thought for a moment, “But she doesn’t like to follow the usual path. She believes that just cooking home-style dishes can’t show off her superb skills.”
However, he had actually been planning to learn to cook from Ichie recently... so that he could show off his skills to the beautiful Go in the game, instead of just relying on the [Cooking] skill and some ordinary home-cooked dishes.
But Sakura Chiyo was speechless at Hato Kazuma's answer, and after a long while she could only let out a dry "uh".
She probably understood.
When the waiter came to ask Mikoshiba Mikoto what she wanted to order for the second time, the topic was temporarily put aside, and Sakura Chiyo urged her to make a decision as soon as possible.
"Hurry up, Yu Yu, haven't you decided what to say yet?"
Mikoshiba Mikoto was still flipping through the menu: "I don't want coffee, I'm worried I won't be able to sleep tonight... but both the parfait and the macarons are a bit..."
Ah, so he really is the kind of guy who struggles with his masculinity at times.
Sakura Chiyo thought silently to herself, her gaze fixed on Miyu, who was sitting opposite her, deep in thought.
Even when sitting in a coffee shop, most men will choose to order a single cup of hand-drip coffee—maybe with some small snacks—but most of the time, they will only be particular about the coffee beans and the cup in which the coffee is served, but will disdain pairing it with so-called "sweet" snacks.
However, boys who are only high school age actually prefer...
“I’d rather go eat a hamburger,” Mikoshiba Mikoto muttered. “They don’t even sell Coke here.”
Sakura Chiyo raised her eyes: See, see.
“Didn’t you promise to come with me to try the new products here?” she said in a low voice. “I heard that their matcha Mont Blanc is really popular. I want to learn how to make it and surprise Nozaki!”
“You think you can gain ‘womanly power’ by cooking a contest with Nozaki?” Mikoshiba Mikoto said with a somber expression. “Then you’re absolutely doomed to lose.”
Nozaki's cooking is exceptionally good! She can even dress up as a weird bunny girl to cook for them, completely outshining Sakura in terms of feminine charm!
"...Nozaki-kun is only good at home cooking, how could she make Mont Blanc!"
Sakura Chiyo felt embarrassed, but she still argued her case and even tried to verify with Hagoromo Kazuma, "Right? Even Hagoromo, who has excellent grades, would definitely not make Mont Blanc!"
"…………"
After a moment of silence, Kazuma Hatori slowly spoke.
"No, actually, I do make Mont Blanc."
This is also the only dessert he knows how to make.
Sakura Chiyo: "..."
Sakura Chiyo: "What!?"
She was immediately devastated, and even the ribbons on either side of her hair seemed to fade in shock, sinking into the same bleakness and despair as her emotions.
"I thought Hatori-san was definitely the type who had no cooking skills..."
"..." Hagoromo Kazuma was a little unconvinced, "I just never seriously learned how to cook before."
As long as he's willing to spend the time learning, he'll definitely be able to master any cuisine, regardless of country or region.
“Oh right,” Sakura Chiyo clapped her hands, her eyes immediately brightening as she looked at Hato Kazuma, “Could we make this for your lover too, Hato-san? It would be a nice surprise…”
"Hmm...it does work, I'll give it a try."
After a moment's hesitation, Kazuma Hatori readily agreed, earning him a wide, incredulous look from Mikoshiba Mikoto.
Seriously? You're learning to cook for a virtual white-haired wife? Are you planning to marry her someday?
Mikoshiba Mikoto suddenly realized.
Yes, what Hatori said last time made Sakura and Nozaki misunderstand that he had a lover in the real world with a large age gap, and he didn't correct them at the time. Now, Hatori is probably just going along with the mistake and accepting Sakura's statement.
Oh dear, this kid has finally become a bit clever.
Mikoshiba Mikoto nodded repeatedly in her heart, feeling extremely gratified.
What he didn't know was that Kazuma Hatori was indeed planning to ask Kazue Hatori for some unique recipes and try to cook them for his white-haired wife in the game... cough, pretty Satoru.
"..."
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For the first time, Gojo Satoru was eating a dish other than fish soup rice. He held up his chopsticks to the table full of dishes that Hatori Kazuma had carefully prepared, but he was filled with a sense of caution, not knowing how to start eating.
What is this dish?
"Black bread and lard soup from Germany."
"No wonder it looks so greasy and the bread is soggy... What about this dish?"
"Fried pizza from Scotland."
"...Pizza can be deep-fried?? Never mind, what's this then?"
"Strawberry butter risotto from Italy."
"...And these two red ones, are they also made of strawberries?"
"Blood pancakes from Sweden."
"…………"
Gojo Satoru raised his chopsticks and put them down, raised them and put them down again.
The combination of ingredients in these dishes was so challenging to his comprehension that even Gojo Satoru, who had initially planned to shower the other party with praise, could only look up at the sky in silence and let out a deeply melancholic complaint.
"Has your sense of taste been cursed by the British?"
“My sense of taste is perfectly normal,” Kazuma Hatori shook his head. “These are all things I’ve tried and thought were pretty good.”
Gojo Satoru stared at him suspiciously, his face full of disbelief.
"Really? I think these ingredient combinations are weird enough..."
“Really,” Kazuma Hatake said with exceptional sincerity.
"I've eaten things a hundred times worse than this."
At the time, Gojo Satoru thought that this sentence was Hatori Kazuma implying that his childhood was very difficult.
At this moment, 29-year-old Gojo Satoru, sitting at the dining table, realized that this misunderstanding wasn't entirely wrong.
He had initially thought that Kazuma had deliberately collected those strange recipes for a little prank, but now that he frequently visits the Hatori family, he realized that when Hatori said he "tasted them and thought they tasted good," he actually meant he had genuinely selected them and thought they were alright...
"This is Thai-style fish offal sour curry—ah, the key is to stew fermented fish offal in a spicy curry paste made from spices such as galangal, shrimp paste, turmeric, and lemongrass. It has to be fermented, otherwise it will lose its unique sour flavor!"
Kazue Hatake happily placed the dish in front of them, a dish that was fine before the introduction but sent chills down their spines after hearing the description, and continued to introduce it to the camera.
"Ta-da! Look who my special guests are this week! It's Gojo-sama and Hatori-sama!"
As expected of Kazue Hatori, who is very knowledgeable about popular culture, she enthusiastically invited Satoru Gojo to team up with her older brother to film a "food program".
Ichizane's little sister blinked her bright eyes and begged him, and Gojo Satoru naturally agreed without hesitation.
But at this moment, he began to regret whether he had agreed too readily.
But when he turned his head, he was surprised to find that Kazuma Hatori had already picked up his rice bowl, clearly very familiar with the filming process.
"I'm starting to eat."
"Wait, wait, wait," Gojo Satoru quickly grabbed him and whispered in his ear, "Is this really edible? Fermented fish innards, aren't they already rotten?"
“It’s alright,” Kazuma Hatake replied in a breathy voice, “at least it’s cooked.”
Gojo Satoru: “…”
Gojo Satoru was filled with awe for his lover's sense of taste.
In the future... in the future, I should take Yizhen to upscale restaurants more often and let her eat some good food.
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