Between World Restaurant - Dxhaseoxd

Yami still raised a brow as she looked at him with a confused look, but she didn't say anything else.

Rigur saw that she was silent and he felt awkward since he was the one that had suddenly ended the conversation, so he quickly asked, "Did you have a reason for creating the door?"

Yami was surprised by this question since she never expected to be asked this, but then she quickly revealed a reminiscent look and a faint smile. She didn't say anything at first as it looked like she was lost in thought, but then she said, "Well, it was because I wanted more people to taste my Ah Fan's food."

Rigur's chin once again dropped when he heard this as he couldn't process what he had heard.

She had created this magic tool that defied all his common sense and did something as crazy as bringing people here from other worldsjust so she could let other people eat this "Ah Fan's" food?

This kind of willful behaviour

Rigur couldn't help wondering if she really was a god

The two of them stood there in a daze just like that, but then Yami recovered first and she realized what she had done. Her expression turned cold again as she said, "Follow me, I'll show you to your table."

Rigur was also pulled out of his thoughts and he just gave a nod in a daze as he followed behind Yami.

After they arrived at the table, Yami took out a menu for him and said, "Look over this and see what you want. When you're done, you can call a waiter or you can wait for me to come back with your water to order."

Without waiting for him to respond, Yami had already turned to head back into the kitchen.

Eleventh Meal — Ebi Fry (4)

Rigur just sat there in a daze as he watched her leave.

When he saw her enter the kitchen and he couldn't see her anymore, he turned to look at the menu that had been placed in front of him.

Since there was nothing else for him to do, he opened it up and started looking through it.

After all, he was indeed hungry since it was supposed to be his lunch break and he had worked up quite an appetite after being angry and being shocked like that.

He could also smell the fragrant smells all around him and it really stirred up his appetite.

He didn't know how the dishes in this restaurant tasted, but he didn't feel that they would taste that bad if they smelled like this.

So he went through the menu, looking at the dishes one by one.

To his surprise, he found that he was able to read the writing on the menu even though this was clearly a different world.

If he had to guess, he guessed that there was some kind of translation magic that was cast on these menus that allowed him to understand what was written. And if this was his guess, he would be correct.

There was a translation spell that was cast on all the menus in this restaurant to make it easier for them. They would be able to use any menus for any guests as long as the translation spell worked on their language.

It was the same translation spell that automatically translated the words they spoke as well.

That was why for a split second, Rigur hadn't been able to understand the menu since it had still been loading the goblin language. But it was such a short second that Rigur hadn't noticed it in the end.

As he went through the menu, he couldn't help being surprised by the variety of dishes that were listed. There were even many dishes that he had never heard of before.

He could see that there was a description, but he just couldn't imagine what kind of dishes they were.

He continued through the menu until there was a certain dish that caught his eyes.

It was a dish called ebi fry.

The reason it caught his eyes was because of the main ingredient that was used for it.

"Iron tails? How could they get iron tails in a place like this?"

When he had looked out the window earlier, he saw that this restaurant was in the middle of a large city. There were no signs of an ocean nearby and he couldn't smell the scent of salt in the air.

So how were they able to serve up iron tails?

After all, iron tails were only native to the ocean and it was impossible to transport them inland since they spoiled incredibly quickly. So unless one lived by the ocean, it was impossible for them to serve iron tails.

So how did they do it in this restaurant?

It didn't make sense at all no matter how he thought about it.

But at the same time, he couldn't help drooling a bit at the thought of iron tails.

Iron tails were hard to store, but that didn't mean that they weren't delicious.

Iron tails were so delicious that they were considered a delicacy of the ocean and there were many people that traveled to the ports just to eat them. That included Rigur and his family who had once gone to the port city on family vacation for this very reason.

Even now, he couldn't help reminiscing over the taste of that baked iron tail dish.

However, this iron tail dish seemed to be fried instead of baked.

But he didn't doubt that it would be delicious based on the smell from all around him.

So in the end, this was the dish that he chose.

When Yami came back with his water, he lifted the menu up and pointed at the dish he wanted as he ordered. While there was no reason for him to do this, he still did it.

Yami didn't mind since this was something that she had seen many times when people who were new to store ordered for the first time.

So she didn't say anything and just took the menu after receiving his order before heading to the back.

Rigur couldn't help looking around the store again once he was alone.

He saw that there were many different species that he was familiar with all around him. There were the usual dwarves, orcs, elves, and humans, but what he didn't see were the beholders, the illithids, and the duergars that were also common in his world.

After looking around, he turned his attention to the water that Yami had brought.

There was a yellow fruit that was floating inside of this water, but what Rigur paid more attention to was the ice that was floating on the surface of the water.

He couldn't help being shocked since he had never seen such perfectly rectangular ice cubes before. Even if he made ice cubes with ice magic, it would never take this kind of perfect rectangular form since ice magic formed by gathering random water particles in the air into ice form using magic energy.

The random composition of water in the air would always make sure that the ice would take a random form when it was turned into ice with magic. There was no way to create such a perfect cube of ice.

That was unless there was someone that had cut it.

But as far as Rigur could see, the cut of the ice cube, it was not something that a normal person could do. This was a cut that only a master swordsman could accomplish, but he couldn't imagine a master swordsman putting themselves down enough to work in a restaurant like this, just using their sword to cut ice for a living.

This would let down the name of a master swordsman!

So Rigur couldn't help wondering if this was maybe some kind of illusion.

He poured himself a cup of the water and then took a sip before revealing a relaxed look.

Refreshing!

Very refreshing!

That was the best way to describe the water that he had just drank.

It wasn't just because it was chilled to perfection, there had also been a slightly sour flavour to it that had helped clear his taste buds.

It was like the rain that fell that washed away all dirt, but it was that way for his mouth.

He couldn't help looking at the pitcher and looking carefully, he guessed that it was the yellow fruit that was inside that gave this water that slightly sour taste.

While he didn't know what kind of fruit this was, he knew that this fruit had a very refreshing flavour.

After drinking a few more cups, he couldn't help revealing a relaxed look.

But then he immediately turned his attention back to the pitcher of water as he tried to figure out just how the ice had been made.

While he had been lost in his thought, Yami came back with his meal.

She was surprised to see him staring so intently at the empty pitcher, but she didn't bother asking him what he was doing and set his dish down in front of him. Then she picked up the pitcher and prepared to fill it up again.

When she picked it up, Rigur snapped out of his thoughts and grabbed her hand that had been moving towards the pitcher as he asked, "Where did you get this ice from?"

Yami was caught completely off guard by this question and she couldn't help being a bit surprised by how serious he looked, so she answered honestly, "We have an ice machine that creates ice cubes for us. That's where we got it from."

"Ice machine?" Rigur repeated these words with a confused look on his face.

While he could understand what the words separately meant, he couldn't picture what kind of machine would be used just to make ice since there was nothing like that that existed in his world.

As far as he knew, machines were those clunky things that could do nothing more than heavy lifting. There wasn't any machine in his world that could do something like using ice magic to create ice, let alone precise work as this that created such perfect ice cubes.

He didn't believe that something like this was possible.

Rigur wanted to keep questioning Yami about this "ice machine", but before he could, his eyes fell onto the plate in front of him.

As soon as he saw what was on the plate, his eyes almost couldn't help popping out because he saw something that was very familiar.

Those red tails at the ends of the yellow strips, they were the red tails of the iron tails!

While he didn't know why the meat of the iron tails was yellow like this, he could tell that these were indeed the cooked tails of the iron tails!

He pointed at the ebi fry and asked, "Wherewhere did you get these iron tails from?"

Yami looked at him with a brow raised and asked, "Iron tail?" She then looked down at where he was pointing and seeing that he was pointing at the ebi fry, she said with an understanding smile, "Oh, you mean the shrimps? We got a batch of them from our supplier this morning, so I can say that these are quite fresh."

Rigur couldn't help moving forward to take a sniff of the ebi fry and when he did, he gave a gulp.

That was because this was a smell that he could never forget.

This was a smell that had been deeply imprinted in his mind because he knew just how delicious the iron tails were.

This was the same smell of the cooked iron tails that he had eaten before.

He couldn't help picking up the knife and fork that came with the ebi fry and turned his full attention to it.

Seeing this, Yami shook her head with a strange look on her face, but she still headed off to do her job.

After all, this wasn't even the strangest customer that she had dealt with before.

Eleventh Meal — Ebi Fry (5)

Rigur had many questions on his mind still, but before that, he felt the urge to try this ebi fry first.

He wanted to confirm that this was indeed the iron tail that he was familiar with.

Not because of how delicious it was, but rather he was confirming this for the sake of science. It definitely because he was looking forward to experiencing the taste of iron tails once again.

He stabbed the fork into one of the yellow strips and then brought his knife down to cut horizontally through it.

After he cut through the yellow strip, he found that there was the pink flesh that he was familiar with inside of it. Looking carefully at it, he found that the yellow colour around the pink flesh was actually a layer of what seemed to be flour and egg that had been coated around it before it had been fried.

That was what created this yellow layer of crust around the pink flesh of the iron tails.

With the contrast between yellow and pink, it really created a beautiful picture.

But what he was most excited about wasn't just the look of this ebi fry, but rather the taste.

After all, the taste of iron tails was the one thing that he couldn't forget.

He brought the piece that he cut up to his mouth and after a single sniff which filled his nose with an ecstatic smell, he bit into the piece on his fork.

The moment that he bit into that piece, the flavours of the ebi fry spread across his tongue.

This was it!

This was the taste that he was looking for!

The taste that he could still remember from this childhood to this day!

It was the taste of iron tail!

However, the taste of the iron tail was much stronger than the one that he had back when he was child. The moment that he bit into the iron tail, there was a burst of juices that sprayed into his mouth, hitting his tongue with the strong umami flavour of the iron tail.

This was the natural taste of the iron tail, but it was much stronger than the taste of the dish that he ate when he was younger.

Why was this?

Rigur couldn't help looking down at the ebi fry that was in front of him with a confused look.

Only after looking at it for a while did he finally understand what it was.

The coating that was around the iron tail, it did have a use!

This coating wasn't just added to give the iron tail a different look, but rather it had been added to keep all of the oils and juices of the iron tail locked in.

The dish that he had ate before was grilled iron tail, which while gave it a smoky taste, most of the juices had been leaked out of the iron tail which gave it a bit of a dry taste as well.

But this coated iron tail, the coating locked all of the juices and flavour of the iron tail inside, giving it a powerful taste with the first bite.

When looking down, Rigur could see all the juices that were flowing out of the ebi fry from where he had cut it.

So without hesitation, he picked up the second piece and put it into his mouth as well.

The moment that he chewed into that second piece, there was the same burst of flavour that filled his mouth, but this time, he didn't swallow right away.

Instead, he chewed on the piece of ebi fry in his mouth, fully enjoying the taste of this ebi fry.

As he chewed, the taste of the iron tail filled his mouth.

This was a taste that was filled with the taste of the sea, but at the same time, it had an almost smooth taste that went along with it that helped make it not too piercing. It was a gentle taste of the sea that danced on the tongue instead of assaulting it.

When he finished chewing, with an unwilling look, he swallowed it.

But at the very least, there were still more ebi fries for him to eat.

However, when he looked down this time, he noticed the other plate that had been brought along with his ebi fry.