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It was even almost too strong for their taste buds to handle, but the meat helped with this.
The bland taste of the meat mixed with the soup and it created a perfect harmony where it dulled the taste enough that it was just right for the perfect impact.
It was almost so strong that they had chewed down on the soup itself, almost as if they were eating a steak.
Then as they chewed, they couldn't help swallowing since the flavour was just too strong for them to hold it in their mouths any longer.
They continued picking out the different ingredients in the soup and each time, it was another burst of flavour. All of the ingredients had been boiling in the soup enough that it had soaked in the intense flavour of the soup, but each time, the ingredients used their own flavour to dull the intense flavour of the soup enough to give it just the right punch.
At the same time, each of the ingredients added their own special unique flavour to this soup that gave them a different taste with each bite that they took.
The abalone gave it a nice saltiness and a nice buttery taste that made the soup even smoother.
The dried mushrooms gave it a strong umami taste that made the soup even richer.
Each ingredient added their own specialty to the soup, making it even more delicious.
But the real star of the meal came after they had finished off all the ingredients.
After all the ingredients were finished and there was only the soup left, they realized that they hadn't touched their rice at all.
With a sudden hint of inspiration, the senior brother scooped out a bowl of soup that he poured right into his bowl of rice.
The junior sister was surprised by her senior brother, but she curiously waited to see what his reaction was.
When the senior brother had that first sip of the soup and rice, he revealed a completely stunned look on his face. That look quickly changed several times before it finally settled on a look of absolute joy.
The junior sister couldn't understand why he looked like this, but she also couldn't hold back her curiosity anymore. She did the exact same thing as the senior brother and soon she had the same look on her face.
Perfection!
That was the only way to describe this.
The soup mixed perfectly with the fluffy and soft rice. The two came together to create a mellow taste as the rice dulled out the soup, but drinking it with the rice gave it a very smooth taste.
This was completely different from just eating the soup.
The addition of the rice gave a base to the intense taste of the soup, creating a perfect harmony of flavour.
They couldn't stop themselves as they shoveled that rice and soup into their mouth, only stopping to take breaths in between.
It only took five minutes from beginning to end for them to finish off the entire pot of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall and during this, they had asked for rice twice for the rest of the soup.
They had rushed Anna to get them this rice as quickly as possible just so they wouldn't have to stop in between bowls.
When they were finished, both of them revealed satisfied looks on their faces.
The pot itself was quite big and they both had eaten three bowls of rice, so it was more than enough to fill them up.
As they sat there with satisfied looks on their faces, everyone around them couldn't help looking at them with strange looks as if they were waiting for something
It was the senior brother who reacted first.
He didn't know what this feeling was at first, but when he looked down, he found thatthere was a slight tent that had been pitched in his lower half.
The shock that he felt wasn't just the shock of suddenly pitching a tent
The shock that he felt was the shock of suddenly pitching a tent after not being able to do so for so long!
This senior brother actually had a very embarrassing secretwhich was that he found it hard to get intimate because his thingdidn't work properly.
It never stood up whenever he needed it to
But now, it was standing loud and proud.
The junior sister was confused by the shocked look on the senior brother's face, but when she looked down at his lower half, she also revealed a shocked look.
She already knew about this since it had been a problem in their relationship.
They had always wanted to take it a step further, but it was hard when he couldn't get hard
So why did he suddenly get hard like this?
No, that wasn't the important thingthe important thing was to get back and take care of it as quickly as possible before it faded away!
So without hesitation, the junior sister called for Anna to settle the bill.
Anna wasn't surprised by this at all since she knew that they had just finished the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall. This was what normally happened after people finished this dish.
As soon as she settled the bill, the junior sister pulled the senior brother away and they headed back through the door to reappear in the bamboo forest.
What she didn't notice was that her body was also much warmer than usual.
After they left, everyone couldn't help looking at the door with strange smiles on their faces.
The Buddha Jumps Over the Wall was indeed very delicious, but anyone that ate it would always suffer from a certain condition.
The dish was made from abalones, scallops, and other ingredients that were known for increasinglibido!
So whoever ate this would always feel a slight aphrodisiac effect and they would find it hard to control themselves. So anyone that ate this dish would always run off and head back to their own world to find a way to deal with it.
They couldn't help laughing at the two lovers who had suddenly suffered this fate.
There were many lonely dogs that even thought that they deserved it.
It was just too bad for these lonely dogs that this couple came back again the next day and ordered the same dish.
They even looked closer than before
Ninth Meal — Okonomiyaki (Part 1)
"Ding!"
This was a sound that suddenly rang out in this dim room that was only lit up by a few candles.
The person who had been sitting in the center of the room suddenly opened their eyes and turned to look at a shikigami that was hanging on the wall.
They couldn't help knitting their brows when they saw which direction it came from.
"To the east"
After a long period of silence, they suddenly stood up and said out loud, "Send word to the emperor right away! There are enemies to the east!"
There were several black figures that suddenly appeared from the shadows of this large room. They immediately landed in front of this person and bowed down to them before saying, "Yes, sir!"
Then in an instant, all of them disappeared from the room and that person was left alone.
This person that was left in the room was Takenoko Seimei, the highest ranking onmyoji of the royal court. He was the one that the emperor trusted the most out of all the royal onmyoji and said to be a once in a century genius.
The divination that he had just finished was to find the spy that had snuck into their country.
Now that he was finished with this, Seimei no longer needed to care about this and could finally relax.
But before he could go off to relax, there was another black figure that dropped.
Seimei knitted his brows when he saw this, but he didn't say a word as he waited for the black figure to report.
The black figure was silent for a while as if they were hesitating over something before finally saying, "There are reports that the Kinoko Family have started moving. It is very likely that they have something to do with this spy."
When Seimei heard this, he couldn't help knitting his brows even more.
The Kinoko Family was the royal onmyoji family of the Land of Ocean that their Land of Sea was directly in conflict with. It could be said that they were the greatest rivals of the Takenoko Family, so it wasn't that surprising that the spy would be from the Kinoko Family.
However, this still surprised Seimei for a certain reason.
After thinking about it for a bit, Seimei finally said, "Keep watching them and if the Kinoko Family really makes a move, then we'll send out our people as well."
His voice turned cold as he said, "If they really want a war, we'll give it to them."
The black figure couldn't help trembling when they heard this, but then they gave a nod and disappeared again.
However, even after the black figure left, Seimei's brows didn't relax.
After a long period of silence, he finally muttered to himself, "Didn't we already agree not to do anything? Now they're breaking their promise"
He just stood there for a while longer before his stomach suddenly gave a growl and he was pulled back to his senses.
He had been performing the ceremony for over twenty hours now, so he was indeed quite hungry.
Rubbing his stomach, he walked out of this room and headed deeper into the Takenoko Manor. He wasn't heading to his room, but rather a forbidden room in the deepest parts of the Takenoko Manor.
This was a room that had existed before this manor was even built and it was the most taboo place in the entire Takenoko Manor.
There were rumours that there was a powerful demon sealed into it, which was why the master of the Takenoko Family, Takenoko Seimei went into the forbidden room every day to seal it up.
Only Seimei knew the truth
When he arrived in this room, he looked at the door that was just standing there in the center of it.
This was a normal looking door that didn't have any special decorations. The only thing that was special about it was the dog paw mark that was right in the center of the door.
This was the true secret of this special room, this door that had been guarded by the Takenoko Family for decades now.
The one that had discovered it was his father and then his father had passed this door down to him.
Only those in the main Takenoko Family line knew what this door really was.
It was a passage into another world.
Since he had learned about it, Seimei couldn't help going to this other world at least once a day. If he didn't go there, he would always find that he would be filled with cravings to go there.
If he didn't go, it would be like an addict who was suddenly going into withdrawal.
Patting his stomach that growled again, Seimei opened the door and walked through.
He wasn't surprised by the sudden change in brightness since this was something that he had already experienced many times.
After walking into the restaurant, there were several people that he was familiar with who waved at him and greeted him. Seimei walked by them and greeted them in turn before finding a spot at an empty table.
When he sat down, Anna looked over at him and asked, "The usual?"
Seimei gave a nod and then relaxed in the chair.
Anna just revealed a smile when she saw this and then went to the kitchen to hand in the order.
It had already been more than ten years since Seimei had started coming to this restaurant.
The first time he came, he had been brought here by his father and they had shared a meal together. That meal was one that he had never been able to forget and to this day, he still ordered the same thing that he ate with his father back then.
After relaxing for a bit, Seimei suddenly opened his eyes and looked around the restaurant, almost as if he was looking for a person.
However, after his eyes swept over the entire restaurant and he didn't find the person that he was looking for, he clicked his tongue and muttered to himself, "They're not here yet? Then could it really be that they"
He didn't finish his words, but he knitted his brows as he left his words hanging.
Seimei suddenly stood up and walked over to another table where there was a person in full samurai armour sitting there.
That person had been enjoying the food that they had ordered when they suddenly saw Seimei standing over them. They weren't surprised to see them, but there was a hint of annoyance that flashed in their eyes.
After they finished chewing the food that was in their mouth, they pointed at the seat in front of them.
Seimei sat down in silence and neither of them said a single thing.
Finally, the samurai couldn't take it and asked, "What is it now?"
Seimei didn't answer right away, but eventually he still asked, "Has there been anything strange happening in your country lately?"
The samurai looked at Seimei with a strange look before asking, "Strange? What do you mean by strange?"
Seimei was silent for a bit, but then he stood up and said, "Nothing. Sorry for bothering you."
The samurai's expression filled with even more confusion as he watched Seimei walk back to his own table.
This samurai wasn't just someone that Seimei had gotten to know from the restaurant, he was someone that was from Seimei's world.
Unlike the Land of Sea that Seimei came from, this samurai was from the Land of Mountains on the opposite side of the ocean.
Normally, the two of them wouldn't even have a chance to meet, but because of this restaurant, they were able to exchange information between their two lands.
Of course, they also knew each other in an official capacity.
Seimei was the highest ranking onmyoji of the Land of Sea and this samurai named Nobunaga was one of the highest ranking feudal lords of the Land of Mountains. They had already contacted each other before meeting at the restaurant through letters, so they did have a relationship.
But it was much easier to exchange information in person at the restaurant than to exchange letters.
After Seimei left, Nobunaga looked in his direction for a bit before turning his attention back to his pork loin cutlet.
But as he chewed, he couldn't help feeling that something was off with Seimei.
Finally, he couldn't take it anymore and swallowed everything. He left his payment on the table and walked out of the restaurant, back to his own world.
He felt that something was wrong, so he was heading back to investigate.
After all, Seimei had a reason for his actions and he didn't believe that Seimei would just talk to him for no reason.
After Nobunaga left, Seimei's dish finally arrived.
This was a dish that had taken a long time to cook, but Seimei felt that it was well worth the wait.
Anna brought it on a large teppanyaki plate and placed it right in front of Seimei.
Atop that teppanyaki plate, there was a large okonomiyaki with bonito flakes, mayo, and special sauce sizzling on it.
The moment that Seimei saw it placed in front of him, his stomach couldn't help giving another growl.
It had already been a long time since he ate, so he really couldn't take his hunger anymore.
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