I opened a restaurant in the Pokémon world.

You have received a jar of calming chewing gum.

[Calming Gum: After chewing, it will calm any mood until you spit it out.]

Heath looked at the jar of chewing gum in his hand, which looked very much like the Extra brand from his previous life, and couldn't help but fall into deep thought. This unique jar of chewing gum was really hard to describe, but the effect was quite powerful, forced calmness, right? However, Heath himself didn't really need it, after all, Heath was always very calm and rarely got angry. Nevertheless, Heath put it away, who knows if it would be useful in the future.

Chapter 622 The Storage Room Arrives Late

After finishing her herb-baked fish, Miss Nami left decisively, as she had an exhibition to attend to the next day. Heath didn't think much of it, simply smiling as she saw Nami off before returning to the kitchen. Looking at the kitchen with a puzzled expression, Heath found it perfectly normal, seemingly without any apparent problem. However, something still felt off. Logically, this upgrade should have given her a storage room, but even now, Heath hadn't seen one, leaving her hesitant.

"Could I have misread it? Does that storage room need to be upgraded separately?" Unfortunately, the upgrade blueprints are no longer available, otherwise Heath could have looked through the previous blueprints to confirm whether he had misread it or what.

But that shouldn't be the case. Heath felt that his memory wasn't that bad, how could he not remember what was on the blueprints? But the problem was that there really wasn't any storage room, which made Heath doubt his memory for a moment.

Just as Heath was lost in thought, he sensed a new person in his restaurant. Heath instinctively turned his head and saw Palukia yawning.

"Good evening, Heath." Palukia yawned, looking very sleepy. Heath was still wearing pajamas and even holding a doll. Heath couldn't tell what the doll was because it had a very postmodern art style. Heath couldn't recognize what it was at all, and could only tell that it was probably a four-legged creature.

It has to be said that if any toy store made something like this, it would probably be criticized to death and lose all its money. After all, this thing is too abstract and has no aesthetic appeal or cuteness whatsoever. As a toy, Heath thinks this is a very substandard product.

"Good evening, Palkia. What's up?" Hiss looked at Palkia curiously. Hiss and Palkia weren't very close; they had only met once, when Ho-Oh brought Palkia along. So Hiss couldn't understand why he would see Palkia here. It couldn't be that Palkia was hungry and planning to have a meal here, could it?

"Didn't you order a storage room? I came to install it." Palkia yawned as he walked over, then waved his hand. The next second, a door suddenly appeared in Hiss's kitchen. It was very strange. There should have been a row of cabinets there, with no empty space, but with Palkia's wave of his hand, the cabinets that were crowded together automatically separated, and a section of wall suddenly grew out in the middle, and then a door appeared.

"Alright, this storage room is quite spacious, you can do whatever you want with it..." Palkia yawned again, then disappeared, leaving Heath stunned by its speed...

"..." Just as Heath was about to open it to take a look, he found that there was someone next to him. He almost had a heart attack from the fright. When he turned his head, he found that it was Dialga. Dialga was looking at Heath calmly. He didn't say anything, but put his hand on the storage room in front of him. Then Dialga left a note and disappeared in front of Heath.

Heath picked up the note and glanced at it. It was handwritten by Dialga. According to the note, Dialga had come to carry out construction this time as well, and had given the storage room a constant time. Any food placed inside would remain in the state it was in when it was placed inside. Heath clicked his tongue after seeing this.

"Wow, does that mean I can put a piece of fresh pork in there for decades and still take it out as very fresh pork?" Heath was utterly astonished. You see, in the dining car, Heath always had to consider the daily supply, since the quality of the food would gradually decline after it was delivered, so maintaining the freshness of the ingredients was a very important issue. But now that he had this storage room, Heath felt that he didn't need to worry about these problems anymore.

In other words, Heath could even buy a huge amount of food when prices were low and stuff it into this storage room, so he wouldn't need to go to the market for a whole year. This surprised Heath quite a bit. No wonder this storage room was called a magical storage room; it was indeed amazing just for this one ability.

Heath opened the storage room and went inside to take a look. The storage room was indeed very large; Heath could hardly see the end of it. Fortunately, Heath knew how to find and place the things he needed inside. This space was currently Heath's own little space, so he could appear anywhere he wanted to appear, depending on his thoughts.

This gave Heath a lot of fun, and he even labeled the shelves, such as the pork section and the beef section, making it much easier to find things later.

After everything was settled, Heath left and closed the storage room door.

"Wait a minute, time is constant here, so if we put someone in, wouldn't he be able to live forever?" Heath thought of a question. After all, according to Dialga, time is constant for everything in that storage room. So if a dying patient walks in, could his life be fixed at that time?

Hiss shook his head. The possibility was too low. Although there was a way to achieve immortality in the current Pokémon world, the price to pay for that method was enormous. Moreover, it was also necessary to consider whether it was truly impossible to die. What if it just allowed people to live to the age that the Pokémon whose life force had been stolen should have lived?

Therefore, Heath felt that the possibility was too low. If it were really like that, then it could be said that Heath's storage room would be fought over by the rich people and the Alliance in this world. After all, it was immortality. Who would not want to live in this world forever?

"Forget it, the probability is not high. After all, if that were really the case, Giratina would have come to cause me trouble long ago." Heath yawned and didn't take it seriously. Then he went back to his lounge. Heath planned to go to sleep, since he still had to get up tomorrow to buy ingredients and prepare for tomorrow's business.

Chapter 623 Heath: I seem to have forgotten something?

The next morning, Heath yawned and got out of bed. It was still very cold, so much so that Heath could barely get out of bed. It has to be said that sleeping in late when it's cold is really comfortable, giving you a feeling of warmth and relaxation all over your body. However, considering that he still had to get up to entertain guests today, Heath still struggled to get out of bed and changed into a slightly warmer outfit.

"...Why did I leave the window open yesterday..." Heath shivered as he stood up. Last night, when Heath went to sleep, he opened the window because he was concerned about the ventilation of the dining car. Although he only opened it a little bit, he still opened the window, which was the main reason why Heath's bedroom became cold.

Looking at the white snow scene outside the window, Heath couldn't help but feel goosebumps all over his body. Heath rubbed his arms, put on his down jacket and other things, closed the window, and then woke up Zoroark and Ralts. As for Farfetch'd, it was already awake, rubbing its eyes and yawning, looking very sleepy.

"Trainer... are you still going to open for business today because it's so cold?" Zoroark looked uncomfortable. Hiss rubbed his eyes. To be honest, he didn't really want to open for business either. However, considering that it was cold, there would be more customers coming to eat hot pot. So Hiss decided to open for business, partly to make money and partly to reward the customers.

"Go ahead and open for business. It's alright, we'll be going back to Kanto in a while." Heath pushed open the bedroom door and saw Charizard intently training. However, Heath didn't see Mew this time, which puzzled him. After all, according to usual, Mew should be training with Charizard at this time.

However, Heath quickly found Mewtwo lying on the sofa, covered with a blanket. Heath's lips twitched when he saw it. No wonder he found his blanket missing from his room when he woke up. So this is where it was. Heath was both amused and exasperated. Mewtwo was really a handful. He wondered what time it had been playing. If it weren't for the fact that Heath's food cart didn't need to pay for electricity, Heath suspected that his monthly electricity bill would be much higher.

"Dream, get up and wash up." Heath called out, and after seeing Dream get up from the sofa in a daze and stare at her with wide, confused eyes, Heath went into the bathroom to start her washing up.

"Trainer, Farfetch'd just asked me if he's still hosting guests by himself today?" Zoroark asked Heath telepathically while brushing his teeth listlessly. Heath shook his head. Farfetch'd definitely not hosting guests by himself today. After all, Heath only let Farfetch'd host guests by himself yesterday because he wanted to complete a mission and also train Farfetch'd's ability to stand on its own. But now, there's no need for that.

Hearing Heath's words, Farfetch'd seemed to relax a lot, and Zoroark also relaxed a bit. Although Farfetch'd hadn't encountered any problems when entertaining guests yesterday, it still made them a little nervous. After all, it was the first time Farfetch'd had to face so many guests all day by itself, and this was based on the fact that Heath was running a rotating hot pot restaurant. This special cooking method made Farfetch'd much easier, and there weren't many guests who needed it to cook for them.

"Oh, right, Trainer, a gentleman came in yesterday asking if it's okay to eat pufferfish." Zoroark suddenly remembered something and quickly mentioned it to Hiss. Hiss paused for a moment, then smacked his forehead. Oh no, he'd forgotten about that.

Heath was a little embarrassed. He had mentioned to that wealthy gentleman that he was going to eat pufferfish yesterday, but he had almost forgotten about it after meeting Cynthia. He only remembered it now, which was quite embarrassing. Moreover, Heath had felt like he had forgotten something yesterday, but he didn't expect that he had forgotten about this.

"Looks like I'll have to go to the Alliance's professional assessment center later." Heath washed his face, looked at his energetic reflection in the mirror, nodded, and went out.

Heath quickly went to the market and bought a lot of ingredients. Because of the storage room, Heath selected a lot of high-quality ingredients to bring back to her food cart. Anyway, these ingredients will never spoil in the storage room, and Heath doesn't need to worry about the quality of the ingredients deteriorating if she buys too much and can't finish it in one day.

Many people familiar with anime may know that there is a "best before" period in Japanese culture. This "best before" period means that the food will taste best if eaten before a certain time. In Heath's understanding, this "best before" period is actually the time during which the flavor of the ingredients themselves will not decline.

Heath's storage room can extend the shelf life of food indefinitely, making it a marvel in the culinary world.

After buying what he needed, Heath returned to the food truck. After setting the destination for the autonomous driving system, Heath began to put the ingredients into his storage room. Although he didn't know how big the storage room was, considering the importance of categorization, Heath sorted all the items and placed them on different shelves.

After Heath finished setting everything up, the food truck arrived at Heath's destination: the Pokémon League's Occupation Assessment Center.

This is a place specifically for issuing special licenses and professional certificates. Teacher's certificates for Pokémon League schools and certified public accountant certificates for accountants are also issued here. However, unlike those popular professions, chefs are a relatively unpopular profession, and their exams are not conducted outside of designated locations. Therefore, if Heath wants to obtain a pufferfish cooking license, he has to come here to take the exam himself.

Although Hiss arrived early, the league's public departments also opened early, so Hiss was able to enter smoothly. After submitting his trainer card and filling out a form, Hiss was led to a kitchen where three staff members in suits were already waiting.

"...Mr. Heath, right?" the man in the middle asked, looking at the form in his hand.

Chapter 624 Vocational Assessment Center

“Yes.” Heath nodded. The chef’s pufferfish processing qualification exam is actually relatively simple, even very simple. Compared to qualification exams like teacher’s certificate that require review, the pufferfish processing qualification exam can basically be completed in one go and you know whether you can get the certificate. There is no need to go through a long process of grading and dividing the papers into stages, so it is very convenient. This is why Heath bought pufferfish in the morning, because if he gets it now, he can provide pufferfish to that customer today.

However, the pufferfish exam is quite unique. On the one hand, the examiners will observe the chef's skill level, and on the other hand, the prepared pufferfish must be sent for toxicity testing. In addition, an exam fee must be paid. Since the pufferfish is provided by the alliance, the fee includes not only the exam fee but also the price of the pufferfish. The price of pufferfish is often outrageous, which means that chefs who are not very confident will not come to take the exam.

It has to be said that every chef who wants to obtain a pufferfish certification is willing to spend a lot of money. After all, they need to practice with pufferfish and buy toxicity testing equipment to test the toxins in pufferfish in order to prevent themselves from eating poisonous pufferfish meat and becoming a martyr. Even if they are sent to the hospital in time, they may still suffer some sequelae.

"Alright, then please begin the test." The man didn't say much, but stood beside the chopping board with his two companions, waiting to observe Heath's test process. They were all talents specially trained by the Alliance, and they only needed to watch to know how well a chef cooked pufferfish and how skilled he was.

Although there were three people around, and the pufferfish he prepared would be taken out for a toxicity test later, Heath remained calm. After all, Heath was used to being watched while cooking. He was watched every day when he was setting up a stall outside. If you don't have a strong mentality, you can't do this kind of job. So even under the close watch of the three people, Heath's performance was still excellent, and they couldn't find any fault with him.

"Alright." Heath finished preparing a pufferfish dish. The three of them exchanged glances, and then the man picked up the dish and sent it out for testing. After all, what the human eye sees might be wrong, but the machine's testing would not be wrong. Heath had nothing to worry about and sat outside to wait. Soon the test report came out, and Heath also received his pufferfish processing qualification certificate.

"Your pufferfish processing skills are excellent, Mr. Heath." The man congratulated him in a businesslike manner. Heath smiled and accepted the certificate. It has to be said that the League takes professional certification very seriously. At least there were no problems, which saved Heath a lot of trouble. Now that he has obtained the pufferfish processing certificate, he can entertain those guests who want to eat pufferfish later.

When Heath reached the entrance of the vocational assessment center, he saw a middle-aged man with a guide cane slowly walk in. Heath quickly stepped aside, but he also noticed a bag the man was carrying. Inside, there seemed to be a certificate. Heath also saw the words "Pokémon Massage." Upon seeing this, Heath knew what the man's profession was, since only Pokémon massage therapists would have such a qualification certificate.

Pokémon massage is a highly sophisticated profession. In fact, it is far more difficult than giving a human massage. While humans may have differences in skin color and appearance, their physical structure is essentially the same. This means that the parts that need to be massaged will not change. But what about Pokémon?

There are currently over a thousand Pokémon, each with a different form and body, not to mention Ghost Pokémon and some Pokémon with unusually large bodies. This makes the Pokémon Massage Therapist certification extremely difficult to obtain, and it needs to be reviewed every year. It seems this old gentleman is here for the review.

Moreover, Pokémon massage is a very serious and sophisticated job. Massaging a Pokémon can not only help relieve its fatigue, but also increase its bond with its trainer. There are even rumors of Pokémon evolving because of massage, which is quite outrageous.

"Thank you." The old man thanked Heath as he passed by. Heath was taken aback. This old man was blind, but he actually noticed that Heath had made way for him? That was really impressive. However, Heath had heard that blind people had very keen hearing, so he thought that might be the reason.

Heath smiled and said "You're welcome," then took his professional certification and left. Heath still had to entertain guests today.

After driving her food truck to her daily operating location, Heath began making breakfast for her Pokémon. Today's breakfast was relatively simple, just a regular serving of soup dumplings, but the taste was quite good. Heath tried using her secret seasoning, which was indeed very interesting, and the soup dumplings tasted much better.

"These secret seasonings really do taste great." Heath smacked his lips. He had to admit that these secret seasonings tasted really good, and the texture was also great. They were seasonings with various flavors, and the taste was very normal, without any problems. Heath nodded in satisfaction. He had spent so much money on seasonings before, and now he had finally gotten what he wanted.

"The feeling of eating this... makes my whole body feel full of power?" Zoroark looked at the soup dumpling in front of her with surprise. She had eaten many dishes made by Heath, and to be honest, they all tasted good, but there really was no dish like this that made her feel full of power after eating it.

"It's said that this can soothe the nerves and improve blood circulation." Heath took a sip of soup and then stretched happily.

Generally speaking, medicinal cuisine doesn't taste very good, but this secret seasoning has the effects of medicinal cuisine, but it doesn't have that peculiar taste, which is really a pleasant surprise.

After breakfast, Heath started preparing the hot pot base for the day. Heath entrusted the ingredients to the scallion duck. Heath had originally considered whether to use the secret seasoning to make a unique hot pot, but considering the price, Heath gave up the idea.

One of the selling points of rotating hot pot is its relatively affordable price.

Chapter 625 Guests always make strange requests

This is equivalent to someone who originally planned to have a meal with a few dozen dollars, but after going to that restaurant, they found that the cheapest dishes cost several hundred dollars. In that case, the customer would definitely not consider Heath's restaurant.

Moreover, Heath's rotating hot pot is designed to be affordable, so using the secret seasoning wouldn't be the best option. However, considering that some customers might have unusual tastes or be looking for high-quality food, Heath still included the hot pot base with the secret seasoning in the menu.

“However, the pricing is indeed a problem. Considering the cost, I think I should make a decision based on the amount of secret seasoning added.” Heath stroked his chin. Although he had some experience in making hot pot base, he had never made one with secret seasoning added. So, before serving it to customers, Heath had to try it himself to see what it tasted like.

After all, Heath is a very ethical chef. Heath generally won't serve food to guests until he has tasted it himself and found it acceptable, unless the recipes and ingredients are provided directly to him by the guests. In that case, Heath can simply cook according to the guests' recipes. However, Heath has never encountered such a guest so far. Most of the guests Heath has met so far have asked him to cook for them, and it seems that the only one who can provide a complete recipe is that gentleman in Pallet Town.

With that in mind, Heath decided to make some hot pot base himself. Heath had already figured out the specific method. After all, the secret seasoning itself only had a few flavors, and Heath only needed to replace these seasonings with those from other hot pot bases. The original flavors of the bases would be fine, which would make it a relatively convenient thing to do. However, Heath himself was not sure what the flavor would be like.

However, after making a simple spicy hot pot base, Heath found that the overall taste of the base was quite good. Moreover, due to the secret seasoning, it gave her a warm feeling after drinking it. She just didn't know how it would taste when used for cooking vegetables. Heath decided to try it herself.

Although Heath had already eaten breakfast, he still took the ingredients and tried cooking them in the hot pot himself. After eating for a while, Heath noticed a problem: the hot pot broth with the secret seasoning would gradually lose its flavor after some ingredients were cooked in it. This wasn't too strange, since hot pot itself would become less flavorful over time, especially after cooking a lot of ingredients.

Even so, the flavor of this hot pot base with the secret seasoning was still quite good. Heath swallowed hard. He thought that this secret seasoning could really be used to make hot pot base for entertaining guests. However, it would probably cost a little more money. Heath had just calculated the price of the seasoning he used to make this spicy hot pot base. If converted, it would probably cost several hundred.

However, this does not mean that each serving of hot pot base has to cost several hundred dollars. The main reason he spent more money this time was that Heath added more of his secret seasoning to ensure the consistency of the flavor. But later, because Heath now has some ideas about the hot pot base, he feels that he can try to reduce the amount used.

However, before Heath could even begin to recreate these special hot pot bases, today's guests arrived in his food cart. Heath had no choice but to put those ideas aside for the time being and turn to preparing to entertain his guests.

Perhaps because of the cold weather today, Heath's food truck was particularly busy. Soon, many customers came in, and Heath got busy. However, Heath was already used to this kind of busy life, so he didn't pay much attention to it. But as he was busy, Heath thought of the customer who had made an appointment with him the day before yesterday to eat pufferfish. Yesterday, he was treated to green onion duck, so he really hadn't been able to let that customer have a bite of pufferfish. Heath felt ashamed, so he wanted to make sure that customer left satisfied today. But so far, Heath hadn't seen that customer come.

Heath waited until noon, but even at lunchtime, the guest who had made an appointment with him to eat pufferfish did not come in. This made Heath somewhat conflicted. Heath sighed. If the guest did not come in, Heath really did not have any good ideas.

After all, Heath didn't know the guest's address, and he couldn't possibly go to the guest's place and invite him over to eat pufferfish, could he? Besides, Hyakudai City is so big that without a specific location or relevant information, finding someone would be extremely difficult. This isn't the Kanto region. If it were in the Kanto region, Heath might be able to try asking Rin to see if she could find the guest's contact information.

"Trainer, Trainer, come here for a second." Just as Hiss was struggling with his decision, he heard Zoroark's voice. Hiss peeked out and saw Zoroark standing next to two boys, looking at him with a worried expression.

Heath walked over with a puzzled look. Generally speaking, unless it was some particularly difficult dish or a strange request, Zoroark wouldn't come to him. But seeing Zoroark's troubled look, Heath was a little curious about what kind of request these two boys had made.

Heath was a little curious. Yesterday, Zoroark and Farfetch'd hosted their own guests, and Zoroark had confidently stated that she was capable of handling things on her own. She hadn't expected to encounter problems so soon.

"You two want a soft-boiled egg rice bowl?" Heath looked at the two boys in front of him with surprise. If they hadn't repeated themselves, Heath would have doubted whether he had misheard. After all, Heath had made a lot of rice bowls, but he had never made a soft-boiled egg rice bowl before.

Chapter 626 Half-baked always carries risks

Soft-boiled eggs are a relatively special type of egg dish. Overall, they have a unique taste. Simply put, a soft-boiled egg is an egg where the egg white is fully cooked, but the yolk is still runny, like a half-cooked egg. It's just given a nice name, soft-boiled egg.

"Are you two sure you just want a plain soft-boiled egg rice bowl? Nothing else?" Heath asked the two boys in front of him again. Although Heath had looked at the top of their heads and could basically tell what the two customers wanted, their tastes were so unique that Heath could only confirm it one more time.

After all, it's fine to eat soft-boiled eggs occasionally as a poached egg, but the problem is that it's not suitable as a topping for rice.

"Yes, we want to eat soft-boiled egg rice... Boss, can you make that here? If not, we'll go somewhere else." The burly-looking boy in the lead nodded, then asked somewhat impatiently. Heath didn't seem angry; he just nodded, told the two boys to wait a moment, and went straight to the kitchen.

He was now planning to make rice bowls that suited the tastes of his two guests. Although Heath still felt a little strange, what these two guests wanted to eat was quite easy to make. Soft-boiled egg rice bowls are simply rice bowls with lots and lots of soft-boiled eggs on top of rice. That would be it. Moreover, Heath had just seen the two guests' requirements for food and had a general idea of ​​how to handle it.

However, soft-boiled eggs are not such a simple food. Although strictly speaking, they may only have a slight requirement for the cooking temperature, the biggest problem with soft-boiled eggs lies in the eggs themselves. Not every type of egg is suitable for making soft-boiled eggs; the requirements for eggs are very high.

Almost everyone knows that when cooking any food, especially meat or fish, food safety is a concern. Parasites like roundworms are usually caused by eating undercooked food. In addition, snails, slugs, and river snails should not be eaten raw and must be cooked thoroughly.

These things are generally considered common sense. Except for some regions where people have the habit of eating sashimi or raw marinated fish, most people will make sure these foods are thoroughly cooked and won't eat anything undercooked or completely raw. However, many people overlook another issue: eggs. Although eggs may seem very clean, since they are encased in a shell, they are actually a type of food with very high requirements for food safety and quality.

I don't know when it started, but more and more people are eating raw eggs and soft-boiled eggs. Some even believe that eating raw eggs is more nutritious and allows you to enjoy the original flavor of the food. Heath thinks this may be influenced by a certain country, or it may be due to foreign cultural influences. After all, some athletes in certain sports have the habit of eating raw eggs, and the idea that raw eggs are more nutritious seems to have spread from that point on.

Where there is demand, there is a market, and the world is no exception. Some people like to eat raw eggs, so some people will specialize in selling them. However, eating raw eggs requires very high quality and strict control. It can be said that if there are any flaws or mistakes, then the hygiene and safety of the eggs cannot be guaranteed.