Chapter 65: Evaluation start.
The next morning.
I skip breakfast with my family because I will eat my staff meal in the kitchen with Songho-san and the others.
Usually, all the staff members eat staff meals together in the kitchen. There is no dining table, so the work table is used as a table for the dishes.
Three people take their seats.
"Well, let's start eating."
Songho said as he put his hand on the work table.
I lift up the tray with a nervous expression and place the dishes in front of them.
"Hmmm..."
Oyakodon is a popular dish in the East.
It is made by boiling chicken breast in fish sauce or dashi broth, mixing it with beaten egg, and placing it on a bowl of rice.
The name 'Oyako' also originates from its use of chicken eggs and chicken meat.
The Letivia family eats bread, but they sometimes eat rice.
"Hou."
"This is ......."
Yanson-san gulped. Then I tell them the dish's name.
"Today's staff meal is Oyakodon."
Sometimes they use boiled barley and rice. The risotto Songho-san made yesterday was made with silver rice.
Silver rice is from the East and is quite sticky. The risotto we had yesterday was not ordinary risotto. It has a sticky texture that makes it very addictive.
Since I knew the menu in advance, I also decided to use silver rice.
"I see. Not a bad idea."
Songho-san nodded as I explained.
"What made you decide to make rice bowls?"
Vidic-san asked me as he sniffed the oyakodon.
"Well...... It's for Vidic-san's sake."
"My sake?"
"Because you are always busy... I think rice bowls would be a great way to save time, give energy and nutrition."
"Ahahaha, that's great. I'm glad to hear that. I'm going to the market again today. This is very helpful."
Vidic-san laughed.
"Boy....... What's with this silver rice?"
Songho-san scooped up some rice from the bowl with a spoon and pointed to the shiny silver rice.
It looks hot, as if it has just been cooked.
"I was wondering about that too. The silver rice would be hardened if you used the leftovers from yesterday. Luciel, did you cook silver rice for the staff meal?"
Yanson-san asked me with a stern look on his face.
But I am not intimidated.
"Yes, I did."
"I knew it."
"Luciel-kun, staff meal is...!"
Vidic-san also stands up to follow up on Yanson-san's response.
Yanson already told me that the rules of this staff meal are absolute.
If I break the rules, the head chef (Songho-san) will scold me harshly. I may even be banned from the kitchen.
"Wait, wait, you guys. Why did you make such a conclusion so quickly?"
Songho-san interrupted them.
"But... Master."
"That boy didn't break the rules. This silver rice was re-cooked from yesterday's leftovers. Here... Look."
Songho-san showed the burnt marks on the silver rice.
The silver rice on the pot's edge is never served to the Letivia family because that part of the rice is burnt.
"Bu, but it's so soft..."
"That boy used sake. And it's silver rice wine, right?"
"Silver rice wine? Where did he…? Ah?"
Vidic-san raised his voice.
"It's the sake from yesterday's dinner. I thought it was unusual, so I bought it from the market and served it to our Lord."
"Clavis-san was very pleased with it."
"I see. I'm glad to hear that. ---- So you took some of it?"
I was told that seasonings do not violate the rules as long as you don't use too much."
"Silver rice wine is a seasoning? Sake is indeed a seasoning, but..."
"Guhahahaha! It's fine. I don't mind if you use that kind of thing to get around the rules."
"As the person who made the rules, why did you say such a thing?"
Vidic-san shrugs his shoulders when he sees Songho-san laughing happily.
"It's amazing how the rice becomes so soft just by adding a small amount of sake."
Yanson-san takes a deep breath.
He hasn't eaten it yet, but he can tell the silver rice's softness by looking at it.
Some are burnt, but their whiteness is glossy, and they look delicious.
"Luciel-kun, how about these vegetables?"
The onion is the outermost peel that usually gets thrown away. I slowly cook it. Same with the carrots, I sliced the outer peel into pieces.
"The eggs are left over from yesterday, right?"
Yanson-san (who was in charge of teaching me) looks at me with shining eyes.
"Yes."
I replied.
"It's time to stop picking on the newcomers. I'm getting very hungry."
"Likewise. Enough with the evaluation. Let's eat."
"Okay."
I also join them and take the meal.
" "Itadakimasu." "
The four of us expressed our gratitude.
I try to eat my own food, but I am nervous. I can't help but look at other people's mouths.
Instead of getting hungry, my stomach contracted and made a squeaking sound.
It feels longer than 300 years for everyone to finish their first bite.
"Thisssss!!"
“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuumm!!”
“…………!”
" "Delicious!!" "
The voices of the 3 people overlapped.
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