After eating so many main courses, Lu Ning has no doubts about the cooking ability of Daoxue Shou Restaurant. They can indeed make the dishes that customers need, and these dishes will probably cost a lot of money.
The "price" will be high and it will be troublesome to deal with. The restaurant itself is also one of the pendulums. Since it is a pendulum, it must control the degree of use. Just like that dish, once the proportion is out of balance, it will become very "unpalatable".
Fortunately, the pastry chef Gabrielle had no brains. Lu Ning didn't know why, but for some reason, this guy dared to poison his dessert. Since the porcelain has been delivered to her door, she would be sorry if she didn't touch it, right?
At the same time that Lu Ning rolled off the chair, Qu Yi and others had already reacted and came over to support her. Lu Ning squeezed out the word "poisonous" from between her teeth, and Ke Daolin and An Youxi suddenly changed their faces.
Yuan Tao was called out again. He picked up Lu Ning's dessert, sipped a little with a spoon, and then went directly back to the kitchen.
"Lu Ning! How are you doing?"
"Don't worry... nothing will happen..." Lu Ning narrowed her eyes, "I deliberately controlled the dosage, but... you know what to do."
"Understood." Ke Daolin patted her shoulder, and at this time there was a scream from the kitchen. Everyone only heard a crisp sharpening sound, and then the screams stopped abruptly.
A few seconds later, Yuan Tao and the waiter appeared at the door again. Yuan Tao was holding a goblet in his hand, and the waiter was holding a tray with Gabrielle's head on it.
"This is the antidote, please take this lady. It's our dereliction of duty." Yuan Tao handed the bottle to Qu Yi, and Qu Yi hurriedly drank the medicine to Lu Ning. Yuan Tao leaned slightly: "I'm so sorry that this happened while dining in our restaurant. This is our responsibility anyway. The person responsible has been executed by me. We will not charge you any fees for this meal. "
Lu Ning knew that Yuan Tao knew his purpose, but Yuan Tao still made this choice, which meant that this place really followed certain rules. She rubbed her belly and stood up from the ground, her expression still cold: "Gabri and I have met before, but I didn't expect that she would bring her personal grudges to work."
"It's my fault for being lax." Yuan Tao apologized again, "Gabriel's character flaws did not originally affect her cooking, but she seemed to have gone too deep this time. If you can accept it, I will Make a dish of Gabri for you to enjoy as my deepest apology.”
"Then forget it." Lu Ning shook her head, "Please bury the body."
Yuan Tao waved his hand and asked the waiter to take the tray down, and then said to Lu Ning: "I will cook the rest of your dishes myself. Please believe that something like this will never happen again."
Lu Ning returned to her seat, and two more waiters came over and cleared the table again. After about ten minutes, a brand new dessert was served. Since he didn't have enough time, Yuan Tao did not use time-consuming methods such as baking, but used his skills to present a dessert similar to molecular cuisine.
"Sea Guard" is a violent collision of multiple flavors in Lu Ning's mouth. By adjusting the different ratios of sourness and sweetness, each piece on the plate has a different taste experience. Among these complex flavors, Lu Ning found it difficult to choose which one was her favorite. And it is obvious that Yuan Tao's cooking skills are different from others. The biggest difference between him and others' way of showing off his skills is that he can make a dish just by controlling some common flavors and seasoning ratios. A delicious dish.
The last dish, the cold meal, "Ocean Watcher" is a fruit ice cream. Lu Ning tasted a little, and immediately felt the coldness in it rushing into her heart. The smoothness in her mouth quickly melted, leaving a grainy texture, and a hint of sweetness lingering on the tip of her tongue. This cold and fleeting feeling is what this dish ultimately delivers.
The meager dessert was devoured before she could fully comprehend its significance. Lu Ning could only sigh with regret, and everyone had finished eating their dishes. Yuan Tao walked into the restaurant again.
The atmosphere suddenly became very tense. Except for Lu Ning, everyone here has to pay a price corresponding to the dishes they order. What Lu Ning knew well was that the food here might not taste as expected, but it would not fail to meet the specially customized requirements.
Yuan Tao stood in front of the dining table and glanced at everyone. A smile finally appeared on his serious mouth.
"Ms. Ke Daolin, are you satisfied with the meal you ordered?"
"It's delicious, but it's so obvious that it has no connotation." Ke Daolin was very direct, "The last few dishes have more of what I want, but... you didn't make the taste I really want."
"Your evaluation is quite fair." Yuan Tao nodded, "I agree with you very much, so the price you have to pay... is just three days of inactivity."
Ke Daolin's eyes darkened: "Three days? Can I choose freely?"
"Of course not. We only charge the freshest ingredients as payment. If you have no objection to this, the price will be charged after you leave the restaurant."
If the youngest Ke Daolin has to pay such a price, what will the others pay?
"Ms. Meiyu, what do you think of the meal?" Yuan Tao turned to the next person.
"Your cooking skills are amazing." Mei Yu ordered more things related to herself than Ke Daolin, so she also ate more. Lying here is obviously of no use, after all, the expression on Yuan Tao's face already indicated that he already had the answer. But after thinking for a moment, Mei Yu added: "I originally thought that you could serve dishes here that would impress me enough, but in fact, apart from being delicious, this doesn't make me feel unique in this world."
In the distribution center, you can eat almost all kinds of food. The special dishes of Daoxueshou Restaurant may be rare delicacies in this world, but for tourists, they are actually just things that can be obtained by paying points. , this is not a lie. Yuan Tao thought for a moment and agreed with Mei Yu's statement: "Your words are indeed your true feelings, which is surprising... Then, you need to pay the price of losing your sense of smell and taste for seven days, and losing feeling in one hand, you choose Which hand?"
"Right hand." Mei Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and then glanced at An Youxi and Qu Yi, indicating that they could negotiate the price.
"Mr. An Youxi, is the story you want to taste adequately expressed in the dishes?" Yuan Tao immediately turned to the third person.
"Since I am not a personal experiencer, I cannot judge whether the story is consistent with the actual situation. As for the three stories we have been exposed to, you did give enough flavor in them, and I can feel the connection between these dishes. It's just like a metaphor in the story." An Youxi smiled, "But I also have a question."
"Speaking."
"I originally thought that the moonlight I felt from the story would last until the end of all the dishes, but at the end of the last dish, which described the story of the rise and fall of a wealthy family, I was not able to taste the unique flavor of the magnificent moonlight. Is this what it is? Did you make a mistake?"
"This is not a mistake." Yuan Tao bowed slightly, "Thank you for tasting it so carefully. It's just that although the ending of this story has been finalized in words, there is no actual result. Our chef also thought about it for a long time and thought that Mr. After all, it is a matter of reality, not a superficial fantasy on paper, so I made such a dish. I wonder if you are satisfied?"
"Ha...I see. Thank you for answering your questions. I have nothing more to say." An Youxi shook his head. Yuan Tao immediately offered his price—fifteen days of blindness, aphasia and a portion of apical blood.
The price was getting heavier and heavier. Qu Yi looked coldly when he saw Yuan Tao turning to his side.
"I didn't have a great dining experience, you guys made me feel bad from the first sin."
"Yes, ma'am, we find it difficult to welcome people like you to our restaurant." Yuan Tao still maintained his etiquette, "But this cannot change your dining experience. Do these dishes meet your expectations?" "
Qu Yi stared at Yuan Tao for a few seconds before slowly uttering one word: "Yes."
"Then...I will make an offer." Yuan Tao said softly, "Originally, I thought that taking away the history accumulated in you was a means, but this has exceeded our authority, and we don't want to cause trouble. Then...Ms. , you will pay the price of three sinful memories, your legs, and one-seventeenth of your soul, how about it?"
"Are you kidding me?" Qu Yi said with a cold face, "Memory, body, soul, you know very well that I will not give up any of these things casually."
"Madam, this is not up to you. This is a fair offer." Yuan Tao put down his hands, "Or, let us forcefully collect the price? You know we have the ability."
"Interesting..." Qu Yi raised her wrist, a black mist emerged in her hand, and a black-gold warhammer took shape in her hand, "The Axeman Restaurant, I have heard a little bit about your stories. Human emotions, stories , vitality, all of these are the ingredients you use to cook. Compared with the things you eat yourself, what is on the table is just mixed with the residue of some chefs’ insights, right? What you give us to eat is, to put it bluntly, the same as you The leftovers are almost the same, you are such a group of arrogant people. Don’t you have the means to detect lies? Come on, tell me, is what I just said right? "
Yuan Tao pursed his lips: "I cannot accept such an accusation."
"Because for me, these dishes are not very satisfying to me. You have sworn that, right? It will cost us to serve dishes that satisfy us. And I-what I want to eat is Those things that you will eat yourself." Qu Yi stared at Yuan Tao closely, "Mr. Chef, you did not present us your most outstanding work, such perfunctory work... Do you think I will pay for your rudeness just now? Asking price?"
"Ordinary people cannot eat our food." Yuan Tao said calmly, "Of course, madam, you are not an ordinary person, I can understand that. In this case, it is indeed our failure to treat you, a special person. "
"It seems you don't want to really fight yet." Qu Yi showed a victorious smile.
"Of course, we just open a shop to do business, why should we make our customers unhappy?" Yuan Tao also smiled, "Then Madam, all you need to pay is——"
The sound of wiping a knife suddenly sounded, and Qu Yi also smashed it out with his backhand. The two weapons collided in mid-air. Qu Yi groaned and took a step back. Two streams of blood flowed from his nose, while Yuan Tao raised his hand. The corner of his clothes lightly wiped the kitchen knife he had just used.
"I have taken away your guilt. In this way, when you leave the restaurant, the agreed price will be paid. Welcome to your next visit. I wish you a good night."
Yes, every chef's kitchen knife in Guy has the ability to bleed when touched. As a chef, Yuan Tao will only be more powerful. Lu Ning didn't say anything. He helped Qu Yi and confirmed the situation with her. Qu Yi's eyes were a little dazed, but he still said that he was fine and helped Lu Ning stand up.
Everyone walked towards the door. This time they didn't have to go out one by one. As long as they took a step out, they would be back to where they came from in an instant.
"It seems we need to say sorry to Director Wei Zhan." As soon as Ke Daolin went out, her arms and feet became less flexible. Although she could still walk, every step she took was stiff, as if she couldn't. Curved zombie-like. An Youxi's expression became very pale, his eyes could no longer be seen, and he could not say a word in his mouth. Meiyu raised her left hand and touched her nose, shook her head and said, "It is true that the sense of taste and smell has been taken away. I don't know what they want these for. Isn't this what everyone has?"
"Probably because what we ate was not expensive." Lu Ning said, "To put it bluntly, most of the questions we asked about were about external objects and very little related to ourselves. Now we go back to the room and share our feelings with each other. Let’s take a moment, actually...it’s quite difficult to describe.”
Food does not give an answer intuitively, but is experienced through taste and other methods. This kind of experience is the most difficult to distinguish clearly. After all, if there is no subjective description, we can only say how dry it tastes. But if With the addition of subjective description, it is not certain whether it is what the dish originally expressed.
What An Youxi described with pen and paper was that "the dishes contain a beam of moonlight that runs through every dish", but how exactly he got the feeling of moonlight when eating it was impossible to explain. The situations of Ke Daolin and Mei Yu are also similar. Although the two asked some personal questions, they could only use descriptions like "bitter", "aftertaste", and "mellow". It is unclear how much they can touch people. Indescribable.
On the contrary, Qu Yi had some surprises - about six investors.
