Adventurers Are Obsessed With My Cooking

Episode 49. Eat it in front of me

“Wow… Look at that line, Mister.”

Mumu opened his mouth and pulled me by the arm.

“I told you. Raising the price won’t change anything.”

“But that’s right! 2,000 Gold! Not 200 gold, but 2,000 gold! But people… So many people lined up!”

Both Mumu and Melissa, who is taking orders, look very surprised.

I already told you a few days ago that the next dish will be sold for 2,000 gold,

“Don’t lie! It’s 20 gold. I won’t be fooled anymore!”

“Melissa is not stupid!”

Said, these guys seldom believed me.

“How can a person spend 2,000 gold for one meal?”

“You’ve earned a lot this time too, right? If you keep earning like that, you’ll get used to it, right?”

Not too long ago, I sold ancient coins to a relic dealer, and about 800 gold was given to each party member.

Even then, the children made a fuss about it, saying it was too much money.

“If you think it’s expensive, people won’t buy it on their own. Mumu has nothing to worry about.”

“I’m not worried. I’m just surprised…”

It is natural for Mumu to be surprised.

There is a huge difference in prices between Salem, which is a beginner area, and other areas.

In particular, in cities where top players who enter and exit the Abyss are staying, coins below gold coins are not handled at all.

In Salem, 1 gold is enough to live on for a month.

‘Well, aside from that kind of city, it makes no sense for me to sell 2,000 gold dishes per meal in a beginner’s neighborhood.’

That’s how much buff cooking has become rare.

No matter how you think about it, I was really lucky.

As soon as I started cooking, I got to know good people, and the value of cooking skyrocketed when people ran out of cash.

That’s why you don’t know what people do.

Just six months ago, I was so frustrated that I wondered if I had been abandoned by God.

I was brought in as an alt, but resurrection is out of order.

He even got kicked out of a party he had been with for a long time.

Compared to that time, my current situation could be said to be a turning point.

“Mister! Sister! The order has arrived!”

“Confirm order.”

I started stir-frying the bulgogi with a joyful heart.

I want to show the best taste to people who come all the way to Salem to eat my food.

Don’t be satisfied with just one bite.

I will make a dish that reminds me of the next day and the next day.

“Okay, it’s all baked.”

I took the tortilla that Lemon gave me, spread it on the floor, and put the fried bulgogi on top.

Then roll it up to make it easier to eat.

Then, he took an apple from a box piled on one side and put it in the juicer.

It took less than 3 minutes for the tacos and juice to be ready.

“The dish is served.”

Melissa took tacos and juice from me and handed them to the customer.

“Here’s the taco you ordered! The juice is a service. Ohhh! I got twenty real gold coins. Thank you!”

Finally, the first customer of the day took the food.

I stared at the customer.

Because I was curious about how they would react after eating it.

But it became a bit disappointing.

He did not eat in front of the stalls.

It must have been put right into the inventory.

The tacos in my hand disappeared.

‘Well…’

A whopping 2,000 gold.

No matter how high a player is, 2,000 gold is no child’s play.

It is too expensive to taste and finish in one moment here.

Because it is an expensive buff dish.

I don’t know, but I’m sure you want to eat it before entering a difficult dungeon or right before hunting a boss.

The next guest did the same.

And the next guest.

Most customers put it in their inventory at the same time they purchased it.

Even the customers who had been holding it for a long time checked the detailed information through emotion and eventually put it in their inventory.

‘Does this make me feel depressed?’

Me too, but the party members seemed to be missing something.

Before I knew it, I felt very sorry that I couldn’t see the faces of the customers who were enjoying it, as if I had become the owner of the restaurant.

‘Still, wouldn’t at least a few people eat here?’

Waiting for the customer, I made tacos non-stop.

How long has it been?

The long-awaited guest has finally arrived.

“Could you give me a taco? I never thought I’d see tacos again in this world. What?”

The proud woman’s voice rang in my ears.

In an instant, I lost my gaze.

Whoops with yellow blonde hair! It was a foreign player wearing a cosmetic cachet costume that was exposed enough to make noise.

“Laura?”

A very familiar look.

If you’re a man, you’ll want to forget it more than once. An unforgettable body.

“Hmm? Huh? Mr. Jeon!? Could it be that Mr. Jeon is the chef who has been in a frenzy lately?”

Laura Douglas.

I am acquainted with her.

* * *

Recently, in the middle of a boring daily life, I heard a piece of news that appealed to my ears.

“Pajeon? Leek Jeon?”

“Yes sister. It’s Korean food.”

“It’s not a cash item, but that dish has a buff, right?”

“Oh, is that so? Right now, there’s an uproar among the informants. They even say they’re selling it at a really cheap price. It even comes with a movement speed buff!”

“Really? How much did you sell it for? It’s such a big deal?”

“It’s not even worth 1 gold!”

“What?”

When I first heard about it, I was shocked.

However, when I heard that the place of sale was Salem, I thought it was a rumor again.

But when I came here, the absurd information was true, and even people belonging to a large guild were hanging around.

‘I can smell it? The smell of the scoop.’

I was lucky.

Just in time, the mysterious chef starts his business again.

Of course, I stayed in Salem and waited for the moment when the business of suspicious dishes would resume.

“Ah, before? Haven’t you eaten yet? Oops… That’s so delicious… Oh, excuse me. I can’t help but salivate…”

“It’s such a delicious dish. It disappears in the blink of an eye when you eat it, right?”

“I heard you’re raising the price. I think it’s well worth it. It’s a dish I’m impressed with.”

We found and interviewed residents who ate the dish.

All compliments.

The story was getting more and more interesting.

‘Is the material good? It’s not just the buff effect, is it?’

A mysterious chef who appeared as soon as I wrote a column on Weekly Douglas about cash food shortages.

It can’t be the perfect material to attract the interest of my readers as well as myself.

“Boss! Here it is!”

“Oh!?”

The day of sale finally dawned.

Because I am weak in the morning, when I arrived at the plaza late in the morning, an employee was standing in line for me.

“2,000 Gold? The story is different, right?”

“Have you seen the notice posted on the bulletin board already? They say they sell one very expensive dish and one cheap dish. The cheap dish is sold over there, but the price is one silver coin, so the line is endlessly long. See, I won’t be able to eat it today.”

“Hmm…”

“The contents of the buff included in the dish are written on the menu board over there. Considering the price of Fallon’s Dinner, which has recently been rising steeply, 2,000 gold for that level of buff doesn’t seem like too much.”

“Okay. Can I get in line now?”

“Yes!”

The staff left the seat.

The people behind me stare at me as if they would kill me, then make eye contact and avoid their gaze.

“Sorry guys. I’m not cutting in the line! I’ll go back instead of my boss.”

“Good job.”

“What? Then enjoy your meal, boss. I’ll be waiting for you at the adventurer’s guild.”

The employee smiled and disappeared.

I’m a little sorry, but it’s a luxury to buy a buff dish worth 2,000 gold with his salary anyway.

I stood proudly where he stood.

And in an instant, it was my turn to order.

“Wow! Unnie is so pretty! Are you going to order? There’s only one menu anyway.”

“Could you give me a taco? I never thought I’d see tacos again in this world. What?”

A little girl was taking an order.

This kid didn’t look like a master, he looked like a hired villager.

Perhaps the tall man in the back is the real owner.

“Laura?”

But someone called my name.

Only a few people have allowed me to address myself by my first name rather than Miss Douglas.

Who the hell are you?

“Huh? Mr. Jeon! The chef who is said to be in trouble these days was Mr. Jeon?”

“hahahaha, I don’t know why there was a commotion. Anyway, it’s been a while. Boss.”

“What is the boss? Just call me comfortably like before. Anyway, very nice to meet you! How have you been? I was worried because you suddenly disappeared from Felon.”

I never thought I’d see him again in a place like this.

I am sincere when I say that it is nice to meet him.

Besides, he’s the cook I’ve been looking for.

He always has a knack for surprising me.

At first, as a Counter Monk who surprised people with crazy control, he was the subject of my interview as a freelance journalist.

After that, he appeared in front of me as a quest expert who knew all about unknown hidden quests, and became a freelance columnist for the daily information magazine I founded.

The various quest information he provided was very popular among adventurers without a fixed party.

And now, when we met again after a month, he surprised me by becoming a chef of fraudulent buff dishes that have been talked about by various people.

He must be a really strange man.

“You’re starting to look forward to it all of a sudden? Since you think it’s a dish made by Mr. Jeon, it seems like something bigger than rumors will come out.”

“Laura-san, would you like to eat here?”

“Sure. Of course, I’ll have to taste it right away.”

“Wait a moment. I’ll do my best to make it for you.”

He turned his back on me and immediately started cooking.

I was carrying a little boy on my back, and it was so funny that I almost burst into laughter without realizing it.

‘He’s a cute kid.’

Tacos have been one of my favorite dishes ever since I was a freelance journalist.

Because it was simple, delicious, and easy to obtain anytime, anywhere.

“Oh, I miss it. It’s been a while since I’ve eaten tacos.”

“Really? But, it might be a little different from what you used to eat. Actually, I’ve never eaten tacos since I was born. Oh, except for the tacos I’m making now. Anyway, that’s why I don’t really know what tacos taste like.”

“What? Is it okay for someone like that to make tacos?”

“I saw it in the past. On TV. At that time, they also stuffed bulgogi inside and introduced it as a fusion dish. I just imitated it. But if you taste it once, you’ll be surprised.”

He looked very excited.

His atmosphere was completely different from when we met in Felon.

So he was not immediately recognizable at first.

“You look pretty happy, don’t you?”

“Of course. Business is going well like this.”

“Is that too?”

“And I’ll enjoy it even more if Laura enjoys my cooking. Now! It’s done. Melissa!”

“Oh, yes! Tacos! What about your juice?”

“Oh, I’ll make the juice right away.”

Receiving the tacos given to her by a young girl, she smells the scent.

The unfamiliar scent strongly stimulated the tip of my nose.

‘Unique but delicious smell…’

“Because it’s Laura, I’ll set up a special chair and table for you. Please don’t say you’ll take it and eat it.”

“Hmm? Ah, then I’m grateful. I’ll eat well.”

“Yes. Enjoy your meal.”

He sat cross-legged on the wooden chair he had brought out.

A female knight next to him was glaring at me with very sharp eyes, wondering what the hell was wrong with him.

Women’s jealous gaze toward me is a common thing that I experience all too often, so I passed it lightly this time as well.

The freshly received apple juice was put down on the table, and it was finally ready to savor.

‘No matter how expensive, a taco that you could eat for less than $20 cost 2,000 gold. It only feels like an overkill, but… I guess it’s only after you’ve tasted it, right?’

I took a big bite of the taco in my hand.

“Hmm…”

The umami flavor explodes in your mouth.

Unknowingly, I let go of my nose.

‘What the heck is this dish?’