Heath watched Mr. Ketuo leave with his yellow-braised chicken and rice and pursed his lips. Just now, Heath had wanted to try to get his Golden Finger to trigger a quest on its own. After all, the last time he had made a remark like that, it had triggered a Chef's Eye quest for him.
But nothing happened this time. Even after Heath finished speaking, there was no response at all, which left him a little disappointed.
After checking the time, however, Heath stopped hesitating and turned to prepare Morty's delivery order. There was not much to say about the yellow-braised chicken. After all, Heath had already cooked a large pot of it. All he needed to do now was ladle some into a container, add a few side dishes and the like, and that would do.
What Heath was making was eel rice. Eel rice was a dish with a very nice texture, and eel's nutritional value spoke for itself. Making eel rice taste good, however, did pose something of a challenge to the chef.
Kabayaki eel was how the eel in most eel rice dishes was prepared. Kabayaki eel was actually just grilled over a flame, but the only difficulties lay in the sauce on the eel and how long to grill it.
Heath actually had some insights of his own when it came to the sauce, and he had also found the sauces he needed in this world. As Heath turned the eel over the heat, a rich aroma soon rose from it. Heath smelled the enticing fragrance without feeling a thing.
A competent chef had basically lost that impatient appetite for their own cooking. One could even say that appetite was the first desire a chef grew accustomed to, or numb to.
While making the eel