Chapter 259
These are super delicious snacks!
"It's the snacks!" Wendy said without any hesitation, "It was these snacks that attracted me here."
"Um~"
Wendy scratched her head and chuckled, saying, "I was outside... just passing by... oh no! I came specifically to ask Doctor Mei some questions about the Valkyrie."
"Then I smelled this scent and followed it here."
'Asking for help? Just passing by?' MEI smiled to himself.
Mei wouldn't believe even half of what Wendy said. Of all Wendy's words, the only real reason was that they were outside and the snacks were tempting.
The rest are definitely not real.
But it doesn't matter anymore.
"Were you drawn here by the snacks?" MEI said, resting her head on her hands. "But Wendy, didn't your mother teach you to barge into other people's rooms, like the lab, without asking or even knocking?"
"Are these things very rude and likely to anger the master?"
"Hehehe~" Wendy scratched her head and chuckled apologetically, "I'm sorry, Doctor Mei."
However, these snacks are just too tempting.
No way.
"I haven't had any snacks since I set off here, and since I settled in. So this is just irresistible, so irresistible~"
Wendy chuckled sheepishly, trying to excuse herself, saying, "Um, I'll definitely be more careful next time, Doctor!"
"Please forgive me this once!"
'Really...' MEI pushed up her glasses. This Wendy really did seem very carefree. She didn't have the Wendy vibe she was supposed to be at all.
So this guy is really some Wind Herrscher?
Are you kidding me?
Is the Wind Herrscher just such a delusional idiot?
"Alright," MEI said, seemingly genuinely not intending to pursue the matter, "Then I'll forgive you."
MEI certainly doesn't intend to pursue the matter.
This is meaningless.
Seeing Wendy hesitating and lingering there, Mei could easily figure out what she was thinking! This girl was just craving something sweet!
It's been like this ever since I came in.
However, she might not have come in if she hadn't been craving something delicious.
"Since you're already here," MEI said, "Come and eat with us."
MEI also got a cup for Wendy and poured her a cup of milk tea.
They also brought over more cream puffs.
"I've got some new cream puffs here," MEI said. "These are wasabi herring flavored."
"Come on, try this flavor of cream puff."
"Tell me how it goes."
Is it delicious?
Chapter 281 Wasabi Herring
Herring and mustard.
Wendy had no idea which chef was so talented.
They actually put herring and wasabi together to make cream puffs and served them to people.
But she clearly knew what herring and wasabi were! Herring... well, I won't go into too much detail about that, but the key issue is that what they gave us here wasn't ordinary herring!
It was Surströmming!
Ah, the taste!
Actually, it's quite good.
Actually, the taste is quite good.
It wouldn't smell so bad that it would make you want to vomit. The videos you see of streamers vomiting from the smell after opening Surströmming are usually just for entertainment.
At least 90% of it was acted.
As a traditional delicacy, it is somewhat similar to stinky tofu.
As long as you can accept it.
If you can overcome that small psychological barrier, this stuff tastes pretty good.
What is wasabi?
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There are Japanese restaurants in Oceania too, and sushi is one of the most important dishes in Japanese cuisine. It's meant to be eaten with this.
So these two things are important to Wendy...
It's still acceptable, I guess.
Wendy never imagined that anyone would turn these two things into a dessert, let alone a cream puff. They replaced the original cream puff filling with sweet fruits like chocolate and strawberries.
This...
That's really quite peculiar.
Wendy held a Mustard Herring Puffs and examined it closely.
Could it be...
Could this be the legendary local improvement?
Wendy had done her research well in advance before she arrived. When people arrive in a new place, the most important things are food, clothing, shelter, and transportation.
Clothing, housing, and transportation are all easy to solve.
But this is the only slightly troublesome thing to do when eating it.
China is a vast country with diverse climates, soil, and biological conditions that vary from south to north and east to west.
This has given China a unique culture that is hard to find anywhere else in the world.
Food culture.
Different regions have different ingredients, which in turn lead to different cooking methods, resulting in different flavors.
Since entering the modern era, these flavors have not become homogenized due to transportation and cultural exchanges; on the contrary, they have become more diverse and colorful.
Western cuisines that entered China have also undergone localization to suit the tastes of the Chinese people.
So...
So this is a local variety?
This is absolutely incredible!
Wendy was surprised.
"Aren't you going to eat?" Mei had no idea what Wendy was thinking; she was just wondering why Wendy wasn't eating.
This stuff was originally meant for pranks, so it's perfectly understandable that you didn't want to eat it. You only noticed the strange expression on your face after discovering its hidden meaning, and ultimately, due to pressure, you had to eat it.
This is exactly what MEI wants to see.
Can...
But why isn't it like this?
Wendy seemed completely oblivious to the fact that this thing was meant to be a prank; she appeared to be genuinely evaluating this brand-new version of cream puffs that had never been seen before.
From appearance, from interior, from smell, from taste...
Ah, let's rule out the taste for now.
She hasn't eaten yet.
So, Wendy doesn't seem to be unwilling to eat these things now; rather, she seems like a food connoisseur evaluating them.
"This is a really interesting snack," Wendy said earnestly and seriously. So seriously that Mei couldn't tell she was lying at all.
"Wouldn't it be a shame to eat this new dessert in one bite?"
Wendy seems to be really observing.
"Um..." MEI stammered, "Aren't you... aren't you scared?"
"What are you afraid of?" Wendy didn't understand why the doctor asked that.
"That's it..." MEI didn't know how to say it, "This is what snacks are like."
"Why be afraid?" Wendy retorted. "Actually, there's a way to eat herring in Sweden called 'Herring Bread Roll.' That's how it's always been eaten."
"I don't understand what the doctor is talking about."
"Hmm..." Wendy thought for a moment and said, "And if you add mustard."
"Actually, I've also had Mustard Herring Egg Toast Roll."
"That thing is actually quite delicious."
'Wasabi herring toast roll...' Doctor Mei thought to himself, 'This... this is utterly horrific...'
'Ah... never mind, just pretend I was ignorant.'
'This food...'
Mei genuinely had no idea that this was a practice. Her knowledge of wasabi stemmed from accidentally eating it in a past life and being choked by it, while her understanding of Surströmming came mostly from the internet.
But herring is indeed a delicacy for people in some places.
So, if you think about it this way...
Wendy might not actually be lying.
"Ah~ Ooh~"
Wendy was completely oblivious to the change in Mei's emotions; the simple-minded girl still thought it was just an ordinary snack.
She ate the whole cream puff in one bite.
Then...
"How should I put it?" Wendy savored the cream puff in her mouth and said, "Mmm, it tastes delicious."
"It feels very different from the cream puffs I've had before; it's more like a traditional Herring Bread Roll."
"With the addition of wasabi, the spicy taste is really quite amazing."
"But as a snack," Wendy thought for a moment and said, "It feels a bit strange, though it is really delicious."
Wendy was talking as she ate.
Mei was speechless.
Ah...
What... what the hell is this?!
You're eating this culinary Dark Cuisine that's meant to be a prank, like it's a delicacy... Wait, wait, if I remember correctly, Rosaliya also ate that Dark Cuisine disaster.
And that idiot even asked me for more.
No...
I thought that idiot's sense of taste was broken.
No...
This... could it be...?