I opened a restaurant in the Pokémon world.

Although Heath already knew how to complete the Deep Grey City achievement, he had to admit that it was very difficult. Heath could only take it one step at a time, and visit the market more often to see if he could get his hands on the rock worm.

Next, Heath returned to his food cart and slept peacefully. When he woke up the next day, Heath saw Mew's big eyes. Mew was staring straight at Heath, its large eyes filled with intense curiosity and mischievousness. Heath couldn't understand what was in a Pokémon's eyes; he simply saw something on his face reflected in Mew's eyes.

"Good morning, Mew." Heath sat up, yawned, picked up his phone, opened the front camera and glanced at it. Then he couldn't help but pinch his brow. Although Heath knew that Mew was a very special Pokémon that liked to play pranks and cause trouble, Heath never expected that Mew would play a prank on him and draw a Mew on Heath's face with some unknown substance.

Heath touched his cheek with a strange expression. Goodness, it wouldn't come off. Heath looked at Mew's hand, which wasn't holding any marker or anything like that. Besides, the Mew on his face was pink, which made Heath look a bit odd.

"Dream, what did you use to draw it?" Heath was both amused and exasperated. He had to admit that Dream's drawing skills were quite good; the Dream on his face looked incredibly lifelike.

"~" Mew hummed a little tune happily, made a face, and then rushed out. Heath could only helplessly wake up Zoroark, and then pulled Farfetch'd out of the bedroom. Charmeleon was still the same as before, training seriously, while Snorlax was still sleeping. Heath suspected that Snorlax could sleep for twenty-three hours every day, and use the remaining hour to eat.

Heath had no doubt that Snorlax could do this easily. Then, as was his habit, Heath called out to Charmeleon, woke up Snorlax, and prepared to begin his daily grooming routine.

Heath went into the bathroom, where Mew was already washing up. Heath first picked up a towel and wiped her face. She breathed a sigh of relief when she found that she could wipe it off. If she couldn't wipe it off, Heath felt that she might have earned the title of Mew lover when she went out to entertain guests today. After all, even though many people like Mew, a cute Pokémon, very few people would get Mew tattooed on their face.

After washing up, Heath drove the food truck toward the location of the market that he had asked Mr. Margherita about the day before. Mr. Margherita, having worked as a chef in Officer J.J.S. for a long time, knew many excellent vegetable vendors. According to Mr. Margherita, these vendors provided better quality and tastier ingredients, but of course, the prices were also higher.

Heath wasn't too concerned about the price. After all, he was a chef, and he knew very well that even with the same piece of pork belly, the quality of different pork would have a decisive impact on the taste. Just like many people wouldn't consider buying pork from an old sow, because the pork from an old sow would have a strong, unpleasant smell, making it very difficult to handle and often resulting in very unpalatable and hard-to-swallow pork.

Moreover, this applies not only to meat but also to vegetables. High-quality vegetables will taste better. The simplest example is cabbage. Many people think of cabbage as a very ordinary vegetable, and simply cooking cabbage into a soup is the most common way to eat it. But in fact, there are different qualities of cabbage.

When Heath was a chef, he found someone who could provide high-quality cabbage. Even when using his cabbage in soup, it had a fresh, sweet vegetable flavor and looked very appealing. Although he couldn't quite describe the difference, Heath noticed that his cabbage soup was very popular with his customers, who said it was different from the cabbage from other places.

Heath, who had just started working as a chef, learned that many excellent ingredients were basically snapped up by big hotels and private canteens as soon as they entered the city. It was a good thing that Heath was able to find a good cabbage supplier, but unfortunately, Heath later heard from that guy that his cabbage had been contracted out to several government canteens.

These are the connections a chef has. Excellent chefs always have higher requirements for the quality of ingredients, so Heath first went to see the restaurants that Mr. Marguerite mentioned. It must be said that Mr. Marguerite was very enthusiastic, and the quality and appearance of the restaurants he mentioned were indeed very good.

Heath was quite satisfied with the amount of ingredients she bought. The ingredients reminded her of some dishes she had made in her previous life, and she decided that serving them to her guests today would be a good idea.

"Good morning, Heath~" A familiar voice. Heath paused for a moment, then turned her head and saw Ms. Musashi smiling brightly.

"Miss Musashi? Good morning." Heath was somewhat surprised. He really hadn't expected to see Miss Musashi here. However, thinking of Team Rocket in Pyrenees City, Heath wondered if Miss Musashi was here on some kind of mission. He wondered when Miss Musashi would meet Kojiro.

Chapter 424 Special Breakfast in Yunnan Province

"Heath, what are you doing in Dark Grey City? I saw on the news you were still in Green Ridge City." Miss Musashi sat in Heath's food cart, resting her chin on her hand and curiously looking around, asking Heath questions as she looked. Although Miss Musashi had seen what Heath's food cart looked like on the news, she only realized how big it was now that she was sitting in it herself.

Moreover, the decoration was very beautiful. Combined with Heath's cooking skills, Musashi felt that there was a reason why Silph Company was able to become the most outstanding company at the technology exhibition. It was indeed a large enterprise that monopolized the production of Poké Balls.

"It's because of the trip, and Green Ridge City is just a place we went to for publicity purposes with the Silph Company." Heath calmly stood in the kitchen preparing breakfast for Ms. Musashi. Because Ms. Musashi was there, Mew didn't come out. The little guy was still huddled in Heath's lounge. However, Heath could occasionally feel a sense of being watched. He guessed that Mew was quietly telling Heath that it was hungry.

Heath was preparing breakfast. Today's breakfast was a very special dish that could only be found in Yunnan Province. Heath had eaten it when he traveled to Yunnan Province. Back then, it was early morning, and there were people riding tricycles on the streets of Yunnan Province. Their tricycles had a charcoal brazier with a wire mesh tray on top, and many cans placed next to it. As customers arrived, these owners would take out a white or purple disc-shaped object called Erkuai from a bag next to them, according to the customer's request.

Next, it is placed on a wire mesh. As it is grilled, the skin of the Erkuai begins to puff up. It can be grilled in less than a minute. Then, the owner takes the Erkuai with a plastic bag, asks the customer what flavor they like, spreads sweet sauce and chili sauce on it, wraps it with a grilled fried dough stick, adds some side dishes, and wraps it up, turning it into something similar to an old-fashioned Beijing chicken roll. Then the customer pays and can eat it.

Heath had assumed this snack would be called roasted rice cake, but it turned out to be called grilled rice cake.

I've tried it, and it tastes great. The rice cake itself has a rice aroma, but the sauce and side dishes are the soul of the dish. The rice cake shops on the street are inferior. A serving of rice cake with fried dough sticks costs only three and a half or four yuan, which is very cheap and filling.

There are many ways to eat roasted rice cakes, and the ways of eating them vary from region to region. In tourist destinations in Yunnan Province, there is a way of eating them with meat sauce. It can only be said that roasted rice cakes in each town in Yunnan Province may have some regional characteristics, which is quite interesting.

Heath was making roasted rice cakes. Heath knew Musashi's preferences, so he simply made a batch for her and also made one for his Pokémon. Heath himself picked up a sweet and savory one and started eating. Musashi had already finished hers. There weren't many roasted rice cakes; if you ate quickly, you could finish them in about three minutes, taking into account the possibility of them being too hot to eat.

"Heath, what you've made is so unique! I've never eaten anything like it before." Miss Musashi licked her lips contentedly. The roasted rice cake had a very unusual taste, but it perfectly suited Musashi's palate, which gave her a sense of surprise.

"These... are just some of my own innovations." Heath smiled, though a little embarrassed. Heath couldn't possibly explain that these things were brought from his hometown, since Miss Musashi knew about his background. So he could only say they were his own innovations.

"Hehe, Heath, your innovation is really great. If you have any more innovations in the future, you must let me have a taste~" Musashi said happily. Heath smiled and nodded. This was natural, after all, Miss Musashi was also a friend to Heath.

"But Miss Musashi, what brings you to Dark Grey City? Are you on a business trip?" Heath asked Musashi. He hadn't expected to see an acquaintance on his first day in Dark Grey City. However, when he went to the market earlier, he didn't see the rock worm he wanted to buy, which disappointed him.

However, he wasn't too disappointed. After all, Heath was prepared. Any food that could potentially be included in the gourmet encyclopedia must be extremely rare. But that's normal. If you could eat it anytime, it probably wouldn't be included in the gourmet encyclopedia. Heath felt that the gourmet encyclopedia required rare and unusual special foods.

"Yes, the company leader told me to come to the Pewter City shopping point... to bring back some local specialties, since it's almost a holiday." Ms. Musashi said with a smile. Heath was taken aback when she heard this. It wasn't that Heath was interested in the shopping Musashi mentioned, but the mention of the holiday reminded Heath that it was indeed a special holiday that was coming up in the Pokémon world soon.

Egg Festival is a very special holiday. It was originally a day to celebrate Pokémon medical staff, but it has gradually come to mean family reunion and celebration. Generally, people go back to their homes to celebrate this special holiday with their families. For the previous four years, Heath spent it with Maple, which is actually quite interesting when you think about it.

"The Happy Egg Festival, huh?" Heath scratched his head. He was wondering whether to go back to Evergreen City for this year's Happy Egg Festival, but after thinking about it carefully, the Happy Egg Festival was still a while away, and it was a bit too early to buy those local specialties now. However, some merchants had indeed already put up some special products for the Happy Egg Festival.

"Heath, aren't you planning to go back to Evergreen City for the holidays?" Miss Musashi looked at Heath curiously. She knew about Heath's relationship with Officer Jenny, which was like that of siblings, and that Heath seemed to be an orphan now.

"We'll definitely go back, but not now." Heath smiled. It was too early; there was still a long time until the Happy Egg Festival. It would be better to entertain the guests in Dark Grey City first, and then see if they could get lucky and run into a Rock Bug.

Heath chatted with Ms. Musashi for a while, and learned indirectly that Ms. Musashi was still out alone and didn't have any colleagues. This made Heath realize that Musashi still hadn't formed a fixed team with Kojiro.

"Well, it's about time to start business for today." Heath stretched. He had finished breakfast and it was time to head to the chosen spot and begin operations. He was curious about what the customers in Dark Grey City would be like.

Chapter 425 Miners' Association

Heath chose a special location, near the Trainer Academy in Pewter City. This was a prime location recommended to Heath by Officer Jenny, because there was a shopping mall and another regular school nearby, resulting in a high volume of foot traffic. So Heath came here, and it was currently school time. Heath could see some children happily walking into the school with their backpacks, and quite a few parents were also dropping off their children. Heath understood that the children wouldn't be his guests these days, since they still had to go to school, but he could look forward to seeing the parents dropping off their children.

Heath also put up his sign, and now Heath's food truck has gained some fame, after all, he's been on the news. So soon, customers started coming to Heath's food truck.

"Excuse me, are you the food truck chef who became a sensation at the tech expo?!" A girl excitedly approached. She looked to be in her early twenties, but still very young. Time hadn't left any marks on her face. Heath thought that alone was enough to make many people envious. For women, youth is the best skincare product.

But what's with this weird title, "food truck eccentric chef"?

"If you're referring to the Silph food truck at the tech expo, then it is indeed me." Heath wouldn't admit to any weird chef name; wouldn't that sound incredibly awkward? At least Heath found it very awkward. He'd heard of eccentric doctors, weirdos, and monsters, but he'd never heard of a weird chef. If you didn't know better, you'd think Heath was a monster chef.

"Oh my god! I saw you on the news before, and the interviewers all said your cooking is super delicious!" Looking at the girl who was excitedly talking non-stop, Heath gave a polite smile. He had to admit that being famous was a bit worse than Heath had imagined. Heath didn't like this feeling. There was a strange sense of embarrassment. He was just an ordinary person, an ordinary chef, who at most had a cheat code, and was also a transmigrator.

But now that he's said that, Heath realizes that he's not so ordinary after all.

"So, miss, what would you like to eat?" After watching the girl chatter on for five minutes, Heath couldn't help but interrupt her rambling and asked with a smile.

"Um, I want to eat any dish you make! As long as it's delicious!" The girl paused for a moment, then smiled happily. Heath raised an eyebrow. If it was such a simple request, it wasn't difficult at all. After all, Heath could see the girl's favorite tastes and requirements for food, so cooking was very easy for him.

Heath looked up at the girl's head, then began preparing the food she wanted. After receiving Heath's permission, the girl entered Heath's food cart, occasionally letting out surprised exclamations of "Wow!" Betty, who was transformed from Zoroark, greeted her with a smile and warmly welcomed the guest.

"Hey, sir, come take a look. Today we're making meatball rice bowls. You can learn how to make meatballs." Heath said to sir, sir, while patiently preparing the meal.

Heath has always been very attentive to the training of Farfetch'd, because Heath also hopes to have a kitchen helper. If Farfetch'd can grow up quickly, it will be of great help to Heath.

This time, Heath plans to make a meatball rice bowl. You can guess what kind of dish it is from the name. Simply put, it's a bowl of rice with all kinds of meatballs. Although it looks simple, it's actually not easy to make. This meatball rice bowl requires a lot of ingredients because Heath makes a variety of meatballs.

Meatballs, vegetable balls, tofu balls, seafood balls—you name it, you can make balls! Freshly made balls with sauce make for a delicious meal.

Moreover, although they are all meatballs, they actually taste pretty good. Because there are many varieties, the textures of the meatballs are also different. Heath also took a clever approach and tried to make all the meatballs look similar, so that each bite is like opening a blind box, and you never know what flavor of meatball you are eating, which adds some fun to the food.

Heath did it quickly; a bowl of takoyaki doesn't take much time at all. If it weren't for teaching Farfetch'd, Heath could have done it even faster. Before long, Heath had Zoroark bring the takoyaki to the girl. Seeing how happily the girl was eating, a smile appeared on Heath's face. He had gained another bit of satisfaction.

"Huh? Is this the dining car?" Several curious voices asked. Then Heath saw three burly men, their arms almost as thick as Heath's head, walk in. They were wearing simple work clothes that looked a bit dirty. However, Heath narrowed his eyes because these three men were from the special organization Officer Jenny had mentioned: the Miners' Association.

This world has a miners' association and a medical association; it seems that most professions with a large number of people have their own association. As for the trainer association? There is no such association; all trainers belong to the league.

However, Officer Jenny had said that the Miners' Guild was a dangerous group because they were very protective of their own, and some of them had relatively bad tempers. Officer Jennys were already very familiar with the Miners' Guild, but Heath wasn't too concerned. He was just a cook and shouldn't have offended these people. However, Heath remembered what Officer Jenny had said, but he didn't expect to run into them so soon.

"Yes, this is the food truck. What would you like to eat, gentlemen?" Heath looked at the three burly men in front of him. The men had explosive physiques. Although they couldn't compare to Mr. Fujiyama, they were still rare muscle men.

As soon as the three men entered, their eyes were involuntarily drawn to Zoroark. Hiss's lips twitched. He had to admit that Zoroark really knew what she was doing. The girl she conjured was a stunning beauty, so it wasn't surprising that she could attract attention.

Fortunately, nothing that Heath didn't want to happen occurred, and the three men didn't do anything strange. Instead, after looking at the clean tables and chairs with some hesitation, they found a relatively secluded spot to sit down.

"Hey boss, do you have any food that's plentiful, filling, and cheap?" the bearded, burly man in the lead asked. Heath paused for a moment, then nodded. Of course, they did have that kind of food.

Chapter 426: Sliced ​​Noodles

Large portions, plenty to eat, and cheap—just these two requirements alone allowed Heath to sketch out a rough picture of the three men's living conditions: they were physically exhausted and hungry, but getting a proper meal was expensive, so they were reluctant to spend money and wanted to buy affordable food.

This kind of person...

It's not surprising. In fact, Heath had already encountered such a customer when he was running his own small restaurant in his previous life. At that time, Heath opened a small restaurant next to an old neighborhood. It wasn't very big, and Heath was both the owner and the chef. One day, Heath met a customer who made such a request.

He was a migrant worker, his clothes were a bit dirty, and he was wearing a very old-fashioned camouflage work uniform. Even so, the green camouflage uniform had turned a bit black, and his body was covered in dust. However, Heath did not mind and told them that of course he had it. As Heath served the knife-cut noodles, in the following three months, many more workers came to Heath's restaurant to buy knife-cut noodles. They all only ordered knife-cut noodles and then took a few cloves of garlic with them.

Heath later learned that these workers were construction workers from a new building complex two kilometers away. However, they were willing to walk an extra two kilometers to buy Heath's knife-cut noodles. One reason was that Heath's knife-cut noodles tasted very good, and another reason was that Heath's knife-cut noodles were plentiful, filling, and cheap. After eating a big bowl of knife-cut noodles, they felt full and relaxed all over.

So this time, Heath planned to make knife-cut noodles for the three miners as well.

"Please wait a moment." Heath said calmly. Making knife-cut noodles is a bit troublesome. Heath needs to knead the dough first, which can only be done by Heath himself. Farfetch'd can't do it for him. After all, Farfetch'd is a duck, and kneading dough would require shaving the feathers off its wings. It has to be said that this is quite troublesome. Heath also had some thoughts on whether he should catch a Psychic-type Pokémon in the future and become a noodle chef.

Farfetch'd is Farfetch'd after all. Although it is willing to shave its feathers, it is still quite troublesome. Heath can naturally see that Farfetch'd still cherishes its feathers. However, because it wants to learn to be a chef, it has to give up its feathers. Every time it is shaved, Farfetch'd will carefully fold its feathers. So, if Farfetch'd could be free from shaving its feathers, that would naturally be a very good choice.

The choice between trainers and Pokémon is never a one-way street. If you expect to simply throw a Poké Ball at a Pokémon you see, capture it, and then expect it to follow you faithfully, you're not cut out to be a trainer. The first lesson taught at trainer schools is that the choice between trainers and Pokémon is a two-way street. Humans choose Pokémon, and Pokémon choose humans. There have been cases where Pokémon have refused to cooperate or even run away and rebelled because their trainers didn't meet their expectations.

Just like Charmander, its first owner was a trainer who didn't meet its requirements, so Charmander always resisted being with such a person and even tried to run away. Later, it met Heath and discovered that Heath had a unique understanding of becoming stronger, so it followed Heath. The simplest example is Ash. After Ash caught Pikachu in the early days, Pikachu didn't cooperate with Ash at first. Later, it was moved by Ash's actions and then became Pikachu.

Heath picked up the noodle block. It was knife-cut noodles. As the name suggests, it's made by slicing the dough with a knife to achieve a thickness in the middle and a thinness on the outside. However, making knife-cut noodles requires skill from the chef. A good chef should be able to slice one noodle into the pot while another is still floating in the air and the third is just being sliced. But for Heath, this was a piece of cake. After all, he had made a lot of knife-cut noodles in his previous life.

There are two ways to eat knife-cut noodles. One is the most authentic kind, and the other is the kind that Heath makes himself. Heath's knife-cut noodles are more like knife-cut noodle blocks than individual strands. These blocks are chewy and become more fragrant the more you chew them. However, they require certain conditions in terms of the dough and the choice of soup base. This time, Heath made the traditional kind of knife-cut noodles.

Farfetch'd watched Heath with wide eyes. Heath was holding a cleaver, her hands moving with lightning speed, slicing noodles one by one into the pot. Farfetch'd tilted its head, watching the noodles float in the air but obediently fall into the pot. This made Farfetch'd very curious about how Heath did it. Could it be that its trainer was actually a psychic?

Zoroark looked at the three men with curiosity. These three humans were quite interesting. When they first came in, they all glanced at Zoroark because they were quite amazed by her. But after that, they ignored Zoroark and instead whispered among themselves. Zoroark's ears twitched. As a fox, Zoroark's ears were very sharp, and she overheard the three men's conversation.

"Hey, how much is your salary this month? I kept five hundred for myself, and sent the rest to my wife." The bearded, burly man at the head of the group asked a man next to him in a low voice. The man had a scar on his face, running from his forehead to his chin, which looked somewhat ferocious and terrifying. However, this terrifying man showed a hint of shyness on his face.

"I don't have as much as you, big brother. I only have a little over ten thousand Alliance Coins this month. But I kept three thousand for myself and sent the rest to my parents. They said they'll find me a wife sometime." The man's face was a little red, and it turned even redder when he talked about his wife.

"Hmph, marriage is nothing but a tomb." The other, gloomy man, who spoke the least, sneered. However, it was obvious that the other two men knew about this man's situation. They just glanced at each other and didn't say anything more.

Zoroark blinked. She sensed that these three men had a story to tell, and she was curious. However, she wasn't very familiar with these guests and couldn't go over to ask them for more information, which was a bit of a pity.

"Betty, come and get the knife-cut noodles." Heath put the prepared knife-cut noodles into a bowl, arranged them on a plate, and added a dish of garlic. Heath always felt that noodles tasted better with garlic, and some of the guests also liked garlic.

Chapter 427 Hot Pot

Heath glanced at Zoroark, whose head was fixed on the three migrant workers. He didn't even notice when the girl had left. Heath could tell what Zoroark was up to. The little guy was always very curious, but Heath wasn't interested. As long as Zoroark didn't go over and do anything rude, Heath didn't really care.

The girl from earlier gave Heath a Speed ​​Candy, a very ordinary reward. Farfetch'd won't benefit from it now, so Heath gave the candies to Zoroark. Heath always gives them out in order, and after Zoroark also loses its effect, it's Charmeleon's turn. However, looking at Charmeleon, Heath feels that it's almost at the edge of evolution. When Charmeleon evolves into Charizard, that will be really interesting.

Heath could also experience the feeling of flying high in the sky, but Heath has a fear of heights, so how to fly would be a problem. Heath wondered if he should consider putting a safety railing on the Charizard like the protagonist in a novel he liked in his previous life, so he wouldn't be afraid of falling off. But that probably wouldn't work.

After all, Charizard is a Pokémon, not a flying sword, and Sheath isn't a person with acrophobia, so she can manage to overcome it.

"Hello, do you have any breakfast options here?" A soft, seductive voice interrupted Heath's thoughts. He paused for a moment, then looked up and saw a very attractive woman standing in front of him. However, the first thing Heath noticed was the woman's snow-white cleavage. It wasn't that Heath was a pervert; in fact, having watched countless films in his previous life, Heath was quite resistant to women. But this woman's attire was rather unique.

The woman wore a light blue, semi-transparent dress, except for the neck area. The rest of her clothes were normal, but this area gave the impression of revealing some curves, yet it wasn't clear. It created a sense of being half-hidden and half-revealed. Not only Heath, but also the three men who were eating large mouthfuls of knife-cut noodles couldn't help but turn their heads to glance at this woman.

"Of course we have everything. We have knife-cut noodles, jianbing guozi (Chinese crepes), beef noodles, and all sorts of other dishes. What would you like to eat, sir?" Heath instantly regained his composure. Was this woman a master, or just a natural airhead? Heath thought the former was more likely, because this woman was too good at it. She knew that half-concealing and half-revealing was more likely to arouse a man's desires, and that was the most tempting thing.

Many people think that being completely naked is the most alluring, but in reality, that's actually a bad thing and makes people feel frivolous. Only being partially covered up is the most likely to arouse people's thoughts. It's like seeing people wearing bikinis at the beach and having some unique thoughts.

"Hmm~ then I'll have a bowl of beef noodles~" the woman said with a smile. Her voice was so soft and charming that it made one's ears feel a little sore. Heath became a little interested. He hadn't expected to meet such an interesting customer on his first day of business in Dark Grey City. This was really fun.

Heath glanced at the flavor on the woman's head.

Favorite flavor: Sour and spicy

Disliked taste: Sweet