I opened a restaurant in the Pokémon world.

Heath opened the braising pot in the food cart, which he had inherited from the street vendor. The braising liquid inside had been simmering for a long time and was now considered an old pot. However, this time Heath wasn't taking the braised chicken legs from it.

Instead, he took out a piece of braised tofu, which was what Heath intended to use.

However, besides braised tofu, Heath also needs peanuts. Fortunately, he had bought some peanuts beforehand and had them on hand, so he could use them directly now. Otherwise, Heath would have had to go to the market.

Heath remembered that when he was in school, his teacher once told him that a writer named Jin Shengtan said before he died, "Tofu and peanuts taste like ham when chewed together." This sentence had a profound impact on Heath.

Heath was also very curious at the time, wondering why a writer would say such a thing before he died. This made Heath very curious whether it could taste like ham.

Later, when Heath grew up, he bought some braised tofu and tried it with peanuts that his family had fried. Sure enough, he could taste a little bit of ham. Although the flavor wasn't very strong, at least there was a hint of ham in it.

Of course, many people have started to offer written explanations, saying that Jin Shengtan's words did not actually mean that, but this is destined to remain an unsolved mystery, since no one can pull Jin Shengtan out and ask him to clarify what he meant by which sentence.

So this time, Heath planned to use his own braised tofu and peanuts to make a meat-flavored dish for this picky customer without any meat.

Heath did it quickly, since the braised tofu had been prepared in advance, and frying peanuts was even easier and simpler. Before long, Heath brought the braised tofu and peanuts to the girl.

"Here's your order, sir." Heath clapped his hands confidently. He had just tried it and it did indeed have a faint ham flavor.

"Really?" The girl looked at the food in front of her with curiosity. There was indeed no meat. She looked at Heath's confident expression and became even more curious.

Just as the girl picked up her chopsticks to eat, Heath stopped her and told her how to taste the meat.

"I don't believe that eating these two things together can taste like meat." The girl pouted, but still followed Heath's advice and put the dried tofu and peanuts into her mouth and chewed them.

"It doesn't taste like meat, but it does have a faint salty flavor." The girl licked her lips and looked at Heath with dissatisfaction.

Heath paused for a moment, then suddenly realized something: there seemed to be no ham in this world. So it was quite normal that the girl couldn't taste the ham.

"Looks like I'll have to prepare more ingredients next time..." Heath sighed inwardly. If he had enough ingredients, he could make vegetarian chicken and vegetarian meat.

Heath was a little embarrassed. He was thinking about how to tell the girl that the ham was the salty and savory flavor, but the girl started eating dried tofu and peanuts on her own.

"It doesn't taste like meat, but it's alright. Here's your money." The girl left one hundred Alliance Coins and then left.

Before leaving, the girl glanced at Heath and snorted, leaving Heath completely bewildered. He wondered if he had ever offended the girl.

[You entertained Ho-Oh, and you gained a mood detector.]

Heath was stunned. Ho-Oh? He had actually entertained Ho-Oh? But Heath hadn't seen Ho-Oh today...

Wait a minute, Heath glanced at the empty plates on the table and at the girl's obviously taunting attitude, and it dawned on him: Could that red-haired, red-eyed girl be Ho-Oh?

Heath felt a bit Spartan. He never expected that he would be able to entertain Ho-Oh, especially Ho-Oh appearing in human form in front of him. It was simply unbelievable.

However, upon closer reflection, since Mew and Latias can both transform into human form, it's not too strange that Ho-Oh, one of the legendary Pokémon, could appear before him in human form.

"This is really..." Heath was both amused and exasperated, and for a moment he really didn't know what to say.

However, Heath also reached into his pocket and found what he had been given this time, something that looked like a pocket watch.

[Mood Detector: When pointed at any target, it can observe the target's current mood]

With a very simple and easy-to-understand description, Heath tentatively pointed the object at Farfetch'd, who was working hard on his arm strength, wanting to see how Farfetch'd was feeling.

Then a ripple appeared on the pocket watch, and a face that looked like an ancient figure appeared on the watch, followed by two words: "Exhilaration".

"Wasn't that Sun Ce from the Three Kingdoms Kill game?" Hiss's expression turned strange. He hadn't expected him to be thriving in the Pokémon world.

Heath shook his head, but the thing seemed to still be somewhat useful, so he put it away for the time being. As the morning rush hour approached, there were more pedestrians on the street, and Heath was about to start his business for the day.

Chapter 80 Miss Fangyu

Just as they began entertaining the guests, Heath heard the sound of high heels. Heath looked up and saw Miss Fang Yu standing at the end of the line, dressed in an expensive luxury outfit.

Heath's lips twitched. Miss Fangyu was here again, but Heath hadn't prepared any steamed buns today, and he didn't know what Miss Fangyu would want.

Heath was always a little nervous whenever Miss Fangyu came, because Miss Fangyu seemed to be in a great hurry and always seemed very anxious. When she cooked for him, Miss Fangyu would stare intently at him.

It gave Heath the feeling of being back in his student days, taking an exam with the proctor constantly watching him. Although Heath didn't cheat, he still felt a bit of pressure.

After serving the first few customers with jianbing guozi (Chinese crepes), Miss Fangyu came over. She wasn't wearing makeup today, but her fair and delicate skin was enough to make countless women envious. Moreover, Miss Fangyu had a very good temperament and was very pleasing to the eye.

"Heath, one serving of fried rice to go, please hurry." Miss Fangyu spoke quickly as soon as she arrived. Heath nodded, then picked up the eggs and began making fried rice for Miss Fangyu.

Beat the eggs and pour them into the preheated pan. Stir and add rice, then add the scallions from the scallion duck. While quickly preparing the food, Heath asked Miss Fangyu if she wanted to add braised chicken legs and braised tofu.

However, Miss Fangyu still refused. She eats fried rice with egg and basically nothing else besides the scallions from the scallion duck.

After Heath packed the cooked egg fried rice into a box and handed it to Miss Fangyu, Miss Fangyu hurriedly carried her egg fried rice and walked quickly into the office building. Heath was a little worried that she might twist her ankle in her high heels.

However, Heath also discovered something interesting: Miss Fangyu's office building was always the first place where people arrived. It was estimated that the office workers at Miss Fangyu's beauty salon knew Miss Fangyu's personality, so they were often more diligent than people from other companies.

However, Fangyu Beauty Salon has the lowest turnover rate and the highest employee happiness and satisfaction. Many employees even said that as long as Fangyu Beauty Salon exists, they will continue to work there.

This is all due to Fang Yu's high salary and benefits, as well as Ms. Fang Yu's attitude. Heath once saw a TV interview program where he said that Fang Yu Beauty Salon's salary is three times higher than other beauty salons, and there is very little overtime, and overtime is paid at triple the normal rate.

They also give out generous year-end bonuses and benefits during holidays. Heath thinks this is probably what is called a wolf-like culture company.

When the alpha wolf eats its own meat, it will share it with the other wolves, instead of letting its subordinates gnaw on the bones or skin and then patting its belly and saying that it must be wolfish and must fight hard.

What's the point of all that hard work? To buy more houses and a luxury car for that bloated, self-important alpha wolf?

Heath felt that someone like Miss Fangyu would succeed no matter where she started her business; it was a matter of how a person conducts themselves in society.

Just as Heath was about to continue entertaining the guests, a group of Officer Jenny rode up on motorcycles. Officer Jenny jumped off, waved to disperse the crowd on the road, and then ran up to Heath.

"Heath, put the cart away. The Speaker of the Alliance is coming to Evergreen City today," Officer Jenny said seriously to Heath. Heath nodded and then put his food cart away.

The League is not an ordinary organization. In addition to the Elite Four and the Champion, the League also has other departments. The highest decision-making body of the League is the League Council, and the Speaker is a very powerful person, whose status is even higher than that of the Champion.

So every time the Speaker comes, the street vendors have to pack up their stalls, and Heath has gotten used to it.

During Hiss's four years of life, the Speaker visited Viridian City twice. Each time, he would stop by the Viridian City Gym, chat with Giovanni, and then award Viridian City the League's Safe City Award, which was also an honor for Maple and her friends.

So, faced with this unexpected event, Heath's heart was not flustered. Instead, he skillfully packed up his tables and chairs, then drove to a parking lot and parked. He planned to wait for the Speaker to leave before continuing to make money from the food truck.

"Trainer, are you closing up shop so soon today?" Zoroya, who was being carried out of the car by Hiss, looked at the sky in surprise. It wasn't even dark yet.

“Yeah, no street vending today.” Heath shrugged, and casually put the book that Zoroya was holding back into the food cart.

"Fire?" The little dragon was taking small sips of its protein powder; it quite liked the taste.

"Huo Huo said, are we going to have a match this afternoon?" Zoroya looked reluctantly at the closing car door; she had just seen the most exciting part!

Hiss paused for a moment, then glanced at the expectant Charmander, scratched his head, and to be honest, he wasn't very interested in battling. After all, his ambition wasn't to be a trainer, but to be an excellent chef.

However, Heath also noticed that Charmander seemed more interested in battling...

"Little Charmander, if you can grill this piece of meat until it's crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, I'll take you to a battle." Heath ran back to the food truck, took out a piece of pork belly from the refrigerator, skewered it, and handed it to Little Charmander.

They also grabbed Zoroya, who was sneaking around touching the book, and tossed him to Farfetch'd, whose wings were aching terribly.

"Hmph!" Zoroia snorted unhappily, then pulled Farfetch'd aside to whisper something to him.

Heath was somewhat helpless, but he seemed to already know the naming rules of Zorua: reduplication. So, in Zorua, wouldn't he be called Heath-Heath or Heath-Heath?

Hmm, something feels off.

The little dragon, holding the meat skewer, opened its mouth and breathed fire, but ended up burning the piece of pork belly.

"Look, your fire control is still a bit lacking. An excellent little dragon needs to be able to perfectly control its flames. Keep practicing." Heath smiled and ruffled the little dragon's hair.

Charmander's injuries are healing very quickly; several pieces of bandage have already been removed from his body.

The little dragon nodded firmly, then tilted its head and let out a roar.

"Huo Huo said, 'What are we going to do?'" Soroya translated a sentence in a moment, then turned back to whisper to Farfetch'd.

Heath glanced at the streets of Evergreen City, then slammed his fist in his hand, deciding to indulge himself for once today.

"Let's go to the food street!"

Chapter 81 The Food Street of the Pokémon World

Changqing City is a large city with almost all kinds of facilities, including commercial districts and residential areas, and its layout is similar to that of a typical city.

However, perhaps due to his profession, Hiss is most familiar with places like farmers' markets and food streets. It has to be said that the food in the Pokémon world is really quite interesting.

"Trainer, what kind of place is this food street you're talking about?" Zoroia, who had been sullen and whispering to Farfetch'd, suddenly became excited and curiously asked from above Hiss's head.

"It's over there, a block next to Mr. Sakaki's dojo. There are lots of food stalls there, it's quite interesting." Heath pointed in a direction with practiced ease. The place where he parked this time was near the Evergreen City dojo.

So now it's relatively easy to get to the food street; you don't need to walk for too long.

The little dragon didn't seem very interested in the food street; it was turning its head and shaking its head. Heath remembered that this was a muscle relaxation method taught by Mr. Fujiyama, and that you could usually stretch after exercising.

Farfetch'd obediently followed Heath, flying around and looking at its surroundings. Farfetch'd seemed very curious about everything human. Heath noticed that Farfetch'd's expression became even more excited when it looked at the restaurant.

"Do you want to open a restaurant? A Farfetch'd Duck." Heath looked at the Farfetch'd Duck and stroked its feathers with a smile.

"Scallion~" Farfetch'd nodded happily. Heath was both amused and exasperated. He never expected that a Farfetch'd would think of opening a restaurant. It was truly hard to know what to say.

Heath thought that maybe once Farfetch'd's cooking skills improved, he could let Farfetch'd open a restaurant called Farfetch'd Restaurant, with Farfetch'd as the head chef. Thinking about it that way, it was quite interesting, and who knows, it might even create a new career path for Pokémon.

Soon, Heath brought his Pokémon to the food street in Viridian City. As soon as he entered, he saw a lively crowd and all sorts of small shops on the side. The one that attracted Heath's attention the most was the Sweet Bamboo Juice Shop next door.

"What Pokémon is that? It smells so good." Zoroa perched on Heath's head, curiously looking at the shop.

"Sweet Basket, a Pokémon that's a bit slow, but smells really good." Heath nodded in agreement. Although she knew from the Pokédex that Sweet Basket was a fragrant Pokémon, smelling it now made it feel different.

The scent of a Sweet Bamboo is like a blend of dozens of fruits, making your mouth water. No wonder Sweet Bamboo is rarely seen in the wild in Alola; after all, this Pokémon smells amazing.

Heath walked into the Sweet Bamboo Juice Shop. The owner was a beautiful but aloof woman. She glanced at Heath with her stunning eyes and then pointed to the sign on the table.

Seeing the words "[Sweet Bamboo Juice: 20 Alliance Coins per cup 3/30]", Heath breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that he was lucky today; there was still Sweet Bamboo Juice available.

Heath reluctantly pulled out sixty Alliance Coins and bought all three glasses of juice. Heath then received three glasses of chilled juice, which smelled delicious.

"How was this made? It tastes so good." Zorua took a lick, his eyes narrowing with satisfaction. The flavor was just right, sweet and refreshing, like drinking an ice-cold beverage in the sweltering heat of Evergreen City.

"It's made with...juice from sweet bamboo plants diluted with water." Heath glanced at the sweet bamboo juice shop; the door was closed and would only reopen once the sweet bamboo plants had secreted enough juice.

Heath didn't say that the Sweet Bamboo Juice was made by diluting the sweat of the Sweet Bamboo, since drinking Pokémon sweat always felt a bit strange, and calling it juice would be easier for people to accept.

In Viridian City, Pokémon and people live in harmony, so some shop owners are Pokémon. They can't speak human language, but they can communicate through writing, which is quite amazing.

There are quite a few Pokémon like Sweetie who bring their own Pokémon to start businesses and make a living. The employees in the power plant are mostly Electric-type Pokémon.

The league also strongly encourages this kind of thing, and Heath is already used to it.

Heath watched the three Pokémon drinking juice from their cups, and with a smile, took a can of chilled Venusaur Sprite from the vending machine next to him. It was a product of the Charizard Cola Group.

"Look, look! A new store from the Galar region! Creamy Fairy Ice Cream Shop is officially open today!" Just as Heath was wandering around the food street, he heard a shout.