Gourmet of Another World

Panda Novel

Bu Fang did not expect that Marquis Lang Gu would want to eat a monkey brain and also ask him not to kill a monkey to get the brain.

‘Is he trying to give me a hard time now?’

Bu Fang narrowed his eyes. However, since Marquis Lang Gu was the first customer of the Cooking God Little Kitchen, he thought he would fulfill the request.

He glanced deeply at the marquis, who was sitting in an ostentatious manner. ‘This fellow looks confident. Perhaps he’s feeling a sense of accomplishment, thinking that he had given me a hard time. After all, he was defeated by me in the last battle when I was possessed by Qilin…’

Bu Fang shrugged, unimpressed. “Please wait for a moment,” he said. After that, he turned and walked into the kitchen as Xiao Ai watched in astonishment.

‘Could he really come out with a… monkey brain?’ Xiao Ai thought Marquis Lang Gu was definitely trying to make it difficult for Bu Fang. His true form, after all, was an ape. He must have hated those who ate or cooked monkey brains. Yet, he still asked Bu Fang to cook one for him. There must be a reason.

‘If he’s not allowed to kill a monkey… Where is he going to get a monkey brain? Is he going to carve it out with some other ingredients? Impossible… A patchwork thing like that cannot perfectly interpret the taste of a monkey brain…’ Xiao Ai thought to herself.

‘Marquis Lang Gu may not have eaten many different cuisines before, but he’s certainly able to distinguish the difference in taste between the two…’ Her eyes rolled as she watched Bu Fang step into the kitchen.

“Your Excellency, do you think Owner Bu can succeed? This is such a tricky challenge…” Xiao Ai leaned over to Nethery and asked curiously.

“Tricky?” Nethery shook her head. “It may not be tricky at all for Bu Fang. When it comes to cooking, no problem is too difficult for him.” She smiled a beautiful, charming smile.

That gave Xiao Ai pause. ‘Her Excellency has so much faith in Owner Bu!’

Marquis Lang Gu could not sit still in the chair. He got up, walked around, and studied the restaurant. No one had ever dared to open a restaurant in District A before, so he was very interested in it more than the food. For him, cuisines had no attraction.

The Path-Understanding Tree was a tree that grew with Bu Fang. It had now grown into a supreme tree of the Path with an extremely profound essence of the Path. Lying under it, Foxy suddenly lifted her head. When she saw Marquis Lang Gu, she narrowed her eyes.

“Oh, what a cute little fox… You are that little fox who shoots meatballs from the mouth, aren’t you? This is so interesting! The universes are truly full of possibilities… A fox who shoots meatballs! Who would have thought of that?”

Marquis Lang Gu felt his affection was about to overflow. He reached out a hand to touch Foxy’s head, but the little fox moved away from him. Instead of giving up, he pulled out the pellet drum and shook it before Foxy, making the beads knock at the drum.

Foxy rolled her eyes and wagged her tails. At this moment, Shrimpy bolted out of the kitchen and stood at Foxy’s side, spitting bubbles while staring at Marquis Lang Gu with its big eyes.

The marquis’ interest was aroused. He kept shaking the rattle and played a rhythmical tune with it.

…

In the kitchen, Bu Fang rolled up his sleeves. This was his first performance in Void City, so he had to keep up his spirits.

The Queen of Curses hated chefs. However, she did not show up to stop him when he opened a restaurant in District A. Clearly, she had left some space for him, and that gave him more reason to make the restaurant a success.

His first customer had ordered a monkey brain, but also mentioned that he could not kill a monkey. Since he could not cook a real monkey brain, he would have to make a fake one.

Bu Fang touched his chin and pondered for a while, considering the cooking method of the dish. In fact, he already had a rough idea.

With a thought in his mind, his consciousness went into the Heaven and Earth Farmland, found Niu Hansan, and asked the latter for some beans.

These were not ordinary beans. They were the product of Niu Hansan’s hybridization research and were extremely priceless. Just one of these beans was enough to raise a dead man and even lengthen an individual’s life. It was not exaggerating to say that they were divine herbs.

To Bu Fang, however, the beans tasted delicious, and that was enough.

In the beginning, Niu Hansan refused to give Bu Fang the beans. After all, they were not easy to produce. There were simply too many steps, and the process was complicated.

But in the end, he handed over ten beans under Bu Fang’s piercing gaze. It made him shudder with pain, and he kept puffing and huffing. However, his sour mood soon turned happy after Bu Fang promised to cook a delicious dish for him.

Bu Fang grabbed the beans out of the bag. They were amber in color, translucent, and glittering brilliantly. There seemed to be a tremendous amount of energy glowing in them as well.

There was a stone mill in the farmland. Made by Bu Fang with a star core, it could be considered a magic treasure. Of course, it was nowhere near as good as the God of Cooking Sets.

He placed the beans into the stone mill. After a series of steps, he made tofu. The ten beans had turned into a large piece of tofu. It was square and extremely soft, wobbling at the lightest touch.

Bu Fang never tasted a monkey brain before. Of course, he did not like this kind of food as well. However, he believed that Marquis Lang Gu had never eaten it either. Therefore, he would make the dish according to his own understanding.

He held the tofu, which was as glittering and translucent as white jade, in one palm, then crushed it and put it into a porcelain bowl. The Dragon Bone Kitchen Knife was spinning in his hand when he took out a tender blood lobster. He shredded the meat and put it into the bowl, together with many other strange seasonings.

After that, he produced a spirit beast egg, threw away the yolk, and poured the egg white into the bowl. He began to stir. The power of the Law and Chaotic Energy all flowed into the bowl, mixing the energies in it.

Anyone who saw him use Chaotic Energy like that would scold him for wasting the precious energy. However, the result was good.

He scooped out a spoonful of ingredients, put it in his mouth, smacked his lips, and raised his brows. It didn’t taste as good as he had expected. It was warm, tender, but without a coppery taste.

Water splashed as Bu Fang caught a crab in the farmland. It was only an ordinary crab, but after staying in the farmland for so long, it had become not so ordinary. He removed the crab roe and put it into the bowl.

After further mixing, the roe blended with the other ingredients. Guided by the Law and merged by Chaotic Energy, the roe fused completely into the ingredients.

Bu Fang brought the bowl to his nose and sniffed again. This time, he could smell the faint coppery scent in the ingredients. The corners of his mouth lifted slightly. He was very satisfied.

He grabbed the bowl and flicked it with his finger. The bowl immediately began to spin in his hand. As it spun, he suddenly turned it upside down and smashed it on the stove. He removed the bowl, revealing a pile of white ingredients. It was a mixture of multiple ingredients and the early form of the dish.

The glint of the knife began to flash in Bu Fang’s hand. The Dragon Bone Kitchen Knife hummed, and he seemed to hear a dragon roar. Holding the handle tightly, he unleashed his mental force.

The knife flashed as it cut through the ingredient. Bu Fang worked carefully, lest he made a mistake. This was a test of his knife skill. Of course, with the level of his knife skill, carving the shape of a brain was very easy.

Bu Fang thought it was a little bit wasteful to use his knife skill to carve out a shape like that, and he was not a man who was satisfied with simplicity. So, under the control of his mental force, the ingredient turned into the shape of a brain. Every line on it, even every nerve cell, was lively carved out by him.

Just this knife skill alone was enough to amaze countless people. It was like the work of the Creator. However, no one could see this, except Whitey, who was standing at the door with flashing mechanical eyes.

The kitchen knife swept out. Bu Fang held it with a finger, made it spin a few rounds in his hand, then put it away.

“It’s done. Next is cooking…” A hint of excitement flashed in Bu Fang’s eyes as he looked at the lifelike monkey brain. Every neuron and even every arc of it was exactly the same as a real monkey brain. Of course, this was a fake one, a mixture of ingredients including tofu and crab roe.

He took out the Black Turtle Constellation Wok, placed it over the White Tiger Heaven Stove, and poured in some oil. He grabbed the wok in one hand, the Qilin Transmigration Ladle in the other, then spun the wok to evenly coat it with oil.

When the oil was hot enough, he added minced purple garlic, slices of scale tail scallion, and some other ingredients into the wok. After stir-frying until the oil was infused with the aroma, he removed the ingredients and left the oil in the wok.

Then, he shook the ladle, scooped up the fake monkey brain, and put it into the oil. His eyes lit up as he began to toss the wok. The monkey brain kept jumping inside, but because of his careful control, it did not fall apart from the violent motions. Instead, the oil had fully coated it and kept infusing it with the aroma between each jump.

The technique was even more amazing. It showed that his control of strength had reached a mastery level. After all, it was not that easy to control strength through a wok.

Suddenly, he slammed the wok on the stove. As the monkey brain jumped up, he thrust the ladle under it and caught it. The brain throbbed ever so slightly as if it was a real one.

Narrowing his eyes, Bu Fang shook his hand, and two huge pearls flew out. Taken from the Endless Sea, they were not considered treasures here, but after being bred in the River of Life for so long, they were now infused with a divine aura.

As the pearls flew in the air, Bu Fang thrust the kitchen knife and made tens of thousands of slashes in a flash. They turned into powder, sprinkled down slowly, wrapped around the monkey brain, and turned into an even larger pearl.

Eventually, the monkey brain could no longer be seen. All that remained was a simple pearl floating over Bu Fang’s hand. He put the pearl on a porcelain plate, then garnished it with some immortal vegetables still fresh with beads of water. The dish was ready.

Rumble…

Bu Fang seemed to sense an invisible will, but it disappeared when it closed in on Void City. He narrowed his eyes and slightly lifted the corners of his mouth. Holding the dish, he walked out of the kitchen.

Inside the restaurant, the crowd was waiting. Nethery was not worried at all, and she looked relaxed. Xiao Ai was rubbing her palms nervously as if she had nothing left to live for. Marquis Lang Gu, on the other hand, was teasing Foxy with the rattle. The little fox only responded by rolling her eyes. As for Shrimpy, it was spitting bubbles…

Suddenly, the sound of hurried footsteps rang through the door. Marquis Lang Gu squinted. “Aye… Opening a restaurant in District A has made you an easy target and put Her Excellency Nethery in a dangerous situation,” he said.

One after another, powerful auras approached the restaurant and soon surrounded it. The ground was shaking.

Xiao Ai’s face turned deathly pale. “It’s over… Her Excellency Soul’s men are here! This restaurant is going to be destroyed, and Her Excellency Nethery will suffer!”

Marquis Lang Gu rose to his feet, and his face grew serious.

Outside the restaurant, a team of cavalry clad in black armor rode up slowly. The soldiers’ mounts were all mighty divine beasts, and each of them held a spear.

“It’s Her Excellency Soul’s army, the Cavalry of Death!”

Many nobles were exclaiming as they watched with excitement. They knew that as soon as this cavalry was deployed, everything would be trampled! The restaurant and the chef would soon become things of the past!

Ting-a-ling!

Just as the Cavalry of Death appeared outside the restaurant, the crisp sound of a bell rang out. The kitchen’s curtain was lifted, and Bu Fang, rolling up his sleeves, walked slowly out of it.

“The monkey brain wrapped in pearls you ordered is… ready.”