"Let's cook, I'm hungry!"
Chris touched her flat stomach and gave Joey a charming smile.
Chris's words immediately dispelled the tense atmosphere, and Joey tactfully took over, promising to cook a big meal for them to try.
"Alright, alright, I'll cook, you guys just wait and see, I'll show you what I've got!"
Before Levia could finish speaking, Joey turned around and shoved Medes, telling him to be his helper.
A good chef needs a good kitchen helper. Medes, aside from anything else, has the strength to chop vegetables and mince meat without any problem.
Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, Manchu Han Imperial Feast, Steamed Bear Paw...
Joey couldn't do any of these dishes. In her previous life, she had never even seen these high-end dishes, let alone know how to make them. However, she could still make everyday dishes like sweet and sour pork ribs, braised pork head meatballs, and chopped chili fish head.
...
To impress the three elves, Joey really put in a lot of effort, working hard for quite a while before finally completing the carefully crafted dish.
"It smells so good!"
Medusa, who was helping Joey, couldn't help but sniff. This enchanting aroma was something he had never smelled before in his life. Even in Ashfurnace City, the dishes made by the castle chefs could not compare to the delicacies Joey had prepared.
"It smells really good, but I don't know about the taste!"
The three female elves, drawn by the fragrance, slowly approached. Although Leiflia was also swallowing hard, she still couldn't resist asking for more.
"Then let's give it a try!"
Joey gestured for the female elves to take their seats.
Chris jogged over and sat down first.
The table was already set with bowls and chopsticks. She couldn't wait to pick up a piece of pork rib that had been soaked in broth and put it in her mouth.
"Bang bang—"
Chris crushed the rib in her mouth in an instant, chewed it for a while with the bone, and then swallowed it with satisfaction.
"Is it tasty?"
Levia and one or two others looked at Chris, only to find that two lines of clear tears were sliding down Chris's cheeks.
"Joey Brown, I knew you were up to no good! What kind of food did you make? It made Chris cry!"
Levia immediately erupted, while Yi remained silent.
"Sweet and sour pork ribs? I fried those ribs beforehand, but you shouldn't chew the bones, that's not how you eat them!"
Joey also felt that it was Chris's eating method that made him cry, and it had nothing to do with his cooking skills.
"Don't rush to explain. If you keep brushing us off like this, you'll regret it later!"
Levia continued to rage, clearly very unhappy with Joey's actions; what foodies hate most is food that doesn't suit their taste.
"No way, Captain Joey did a really good job, and it smells pretty good too!"
At this moment, Medes stepped forward. Even if it was just to support his captain, he had to side with his own people, regardless of the truth.
He picked up another pair of chopsticks from the table, took a piece of pork rib, and put it in his mouth.
Unlike Chris, Medes already knew how to eat the ribs. The bones were inedible, so she deliberately removed them while chewing, biting directly onto the meat.
"Smack smack..."
"Bang bang—"
Medes had only taken a few bites of meat when he also chewed up the detached bones and swallowed them directly into his stomach.
Why are you crying too?
To Joey's dismay, Medes, who had swallowed the bones and bits of meat, also shed two streams of tears from the corners of his eyes.
"Isn't it because your cooking was terrible? Otherwise, why would they be crying?"
Leiflia continued to finish off her opponent.
The two parties involved remained silent, standing there frozen in place, letting their tears fall to the ground.
At this moment, she felt something was wrong. She slowly walked to the table, picked up a piece of pork rib, and put it in her mouth to chew.
"This...this is absolutely delicious! I've never eaten such delicious food before!"
Despite the praise, two lines of tears still slid down Yi's cheeks.
"So delicious it brings tears to your eyes? Isn't that a bit of an exaggeration? I'm not some master chef, you guys are overdoing it."
Joey was aware of his own abilities, but he didn't think his cooking skills were that good.
"You're just going to help him like this? Did he drug you?"
Leflia angrily grabbed a pair of chopsticks from the table, picked up a piece of pork rib, and put it in her mouth to chew.
Perhaps to deliberately antagonize Joey, she bit the bone and meat together, making a crisp "crunch" sound from her mouth.
Leflia paused for a moment, then looked at Joey with great suspicion, as if trying to see through him and figure out what he had put in the ribs that made them so delicious, even the bones were crunchy and easy to eat.
"It's alright, at least it's not bad!"
Leflia didn't shed a tear. After swallowing the ribs, she squeezed out these words.
"As long as Lady Leflia is satisfied!"
He had originally planned to prank Leiflia, but after Medes was turned into a duck, he felt it was better to avoid trouble during his first demonstration of his culinary skills.
"What's this?"
Leflia pointed to the glistening bananas in the second bowl, already eager to try the second dish.
"Candied bananas, you have to eat them while they're hot, otherwise they'll lose half the flavor!"
When Joey saw that she asked about the second dish, he quickly responded.
As soon as Joey finished speaking, four pairs of chopsticks reached for the second dish, candied bananas. The people who had been stunned just now returned to normal.
Wow, it's a little sticky!
"Hey, it really does have strands when you pull it!"
"Oh, it's so sweet!"
"tasty!"
All four praised the dish, and even Leiflia's face was full of smiles as she ate without stopping.
"The third dish is steamed fish head with chopped chili peppers. I didn't make the chopped chili peppers in advance; I used fresh chili peppers. If you don't like spicy food, you can skip this one!"
Joey introduced the third dish, which he made for himself. In his previous life, he loved spicy food, and if these female elves didn't appreciate it, he could eat it all by himself.
"It is indeed a bit spicy!"
"I think it's alright, but this dish only has a fish head and no fish body, which feels a bit strange!"
"I need to eat another bite of that candied banana, it's too spicy!"
"The fourth course is..."
Now, Joey is not only a chef but also a live commentator, explaining the ways to eat and cook to these unsophisticated palates.
It seems the saying "food is the first necessity of the people" holds true everywhere. The world needs a reclusive chef like Joey; he'll probably be busy from now on.
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