Heath had only two ink bamboo shoots from the Paldea region, but he was already quite satisfied. After all, if Mr. Giovanni had not given them to him, he probably had no idea how long it would have taken him to learn that such a unique species of bamboo even existed in Paldea. So Heath planned to boil a little ink bamboo first and taste it, to see what these shoots tasted like and help him decide how to prepare the ones he had. After all, knowing the flavor made it easier to cook with them.
This was also the first approach most chefs would choose when faced with an ingredient they had never worked with before.
And if the goal was to taste the food itself, boiling and steaming were both very good choices. Both methods preserved the ingredient's original flavor relatively well, while roasting, stir-frying, pan-frying, and other methods would all affect its own flavor.
Mr. Cord had left after delivering Mr. Giovanni's package. Although a few customers were sitting in Heath's food truck eating individual hot pots, there were not that many, which gave Heath some time to study this ingredient he had never seen before.
That was the advantage of Little Rotating Hot Pot. Heath did not need to stay in the kitchen serving customers all the time. They could sit there and eat on their own, and with Zoroark and the others around, Heath did not have to worry about any ingredients running short outside, so he could concentrate on his research.
This could also be counted among Heath's few hobbies: studying a novel ingredient and then finding the right way to prepare it. It was like playing a game. At first, he would not know the right strategy, but later he would get faster