I opened a restaurant in the Pokémon world.

Chapter 122 Cold weather and hot pot are a perfect match

Snorlax was clearly surprised to have so many Pokémon surrounding it, so for a moment, Hiss could see that Snorlax was obviously at a loss. And for some reason, seeing Snorlax like this reminded Hiss of some anime scenes he had seen before.

"Oh, I see..." Heath paused for a moment, then laughed. He remembered that in one episode of the Pokémon anime, Ash and Pikachu built a Snorlax, which came to life and played with them.

At first, everyone thought it was just a coincidence in the Pokémon world, but then they realized something was wrong because at the end of that episode, a group of Snorlax and Yeti appeared.

Later, it was generally believed that Snorlax, like the Alolan form of Pokémon, was a unique form of each region. However, what Heath did not expect was that he would encounter Snorlax near Indigo Plateau.

It has to be said that the way Pokémon become friends is particularly simple. At first, Snorlax was a little unaccustomed to it, but later it got used to the presence of these little guys and even let them lie on its body to rest, and Snorlax laughed happily.

However, Snorlax didn't make a sound, which suggests that it knew its voice was too loud and might cause some trouble if it did.

Heath abandoned her original plan to open for business that day, figuring there wouldn't be many customers on a snowy day anyway. So she took the opportunity to have a good time all afternoon, until her phone showed it was past 2 p.m., at which point she finally stopped, looking like she hadn't had enough.

"Snorlax, we're leaving." Hiss looked at Snorlax. After spending this time together, Hiss had come to understand Snorlax's personality. It was a lonely Pokémon, but very gentle.

Snorlax stood there reluctantly, watching Hiss, who waved to Snorlax, hesitated for a moment, and then silently took his Pokémon and turned to walk towards the food truck.

"Trainer, aren't you going to catch Snorlax?" Zoroa perched on Hiss's head. She had a great time today, and when Hiss called for her to go back, she was still having a snowball fight with Snorlax.

However, it's clear that even though Snorlax is trying its best to let Zorua have a snowball fight, there's still a huge gap. The snowballs that Zorua can make with its little paws are in stark contrast to the large snowballs that Snorlax can easily squeeze out with its bare hands.

"I've thought about it, but this is the first time I've met a Snorlax, and I don't know if it would be willing to become my partner." Hiss scratched his head. Although he could throw a Poké Ball at it as soon as they met and become a Pokémon Superman, Hiss felt it was better to have the Pokémon willingly follow him.

"How would you know if you don't ask? That big guy seems pretty dull. If you don't ask, it probably won't ever reveal its true thoughts." Zoroia wagged her tail. She really liked Snorlax; it was so cool and could make ice. When summer came, she'd have an ice shaver.

Hiss frowned. What Zoroya said made some sense. How could he know Snorlax's true thoughts if he hadn't asked?

It's like becoming friends with someone you like. Even though you know that asking might ruin the friendship, not asking would be a lifelong regret.

"Snorlax!" Heath turned around and saw Snorlax still standing in the woods looking at him. Heath shouted.

Heath quickly ran over, stood in front of Snorlax, looked up at the lonely giant, and slowly extended his hand.

"Would you like to become my partner?" Hiss looked at Snorlax with some nervousness, while Snorlax squinted at him. Hiss couldn't tell what Snorlax was feeling.

Then Snorlax shook its head, and Hiss felt a pang of disappointment. It seemed that he really couldn't rely on the other's loneliness to catch this Pokémon.

But then Snorlax opened its mouth as if to say something, but quickly closed it again, without making that deafening noise. Instead, it waved its hand at Hiss and then turned and left.

"You got rejected." Zoroia sighed, resting her head on Heath's head.

"Forget it, let's go back and have hot pot." Hiss silently watched Snorlax's departing figure. Sure enough, no matter when, catching a Pokémon is always a difficult thing, and Snorlax is no exception. At first, Hiss thought that he could get Snorlax to become his partner by playing with it, but it seems that it still won't work.

However, Heath wasn't too upset. Instead, she cheerfully led her Pokémon back to the food truck, then pushed open the door and went inside.

As soon as he entered, the temperature inside the dining car rose instantly, which relieved Heath. He then took off his heavy down jacket, put it in his suitcase, and turned to prepare what he would eat that day.

When it comes to cold weather, it seems impossible to avoid hot pot. After all, eating a hot pot on a cold day is a very happy thing, and hot pot is also very easy to make.

Prepare the base sauce, add water and start cooking. Once it boils, add the chopped ingredients, then use chopsticks to pick them up, dip them in the sauce, and they're ready to eat. The preparation method is incredibly simple.

With the help of the leek duck, Heath could make hot pot much faster. The leek duck was in charge of cutting the ingredients, which was quite quick, and Heath only needed to prepare the hot pot base and dipping sauce.

Soon, a steaming hot pot was placed on the table, and the Farfetch'd, Zoroah, and Charmander sat obediently on their stools, watching the bubbling meat slices with longing eyes.

"...Do you...know how to use chopsticks?" Heath asked hesitantly, looking at Farfetch'd and Zoroah's 'hands'.

But seeing the Pokémon's troubled expressions, Heath knew that her question was pointless. It was obvious that none of the three little guys knew how to use chopsticks. But thinking about it carefully, it was quite normal. With their claws and wings, using chopsticks would be too difficult.

Heath's lips twitched. Good grief, so he'd become a babysitter? And he even had to feed the baby?

Chapter 123 Hot Pot and Mountaineers

"Trainer, Trainer! I want to eat that!" Zoroya excitedly pointed to a piece of beef and said excitedly. Heath reluctantly picked up his chopsticks, picked up a piece of beef, dipped it in the oil sauce, and stuffed it into Zoroya's mouth.

"And this!" Zoroark pointed to a king oyster mushroom, and Hiss picked it up and stuffed it into Zoroark's mouth. Zoroark was an omnivorous Pokémon; Hiss had originally thought Zoroark was only interested in meat.

"Trainer, this mushroom is really strange," Zoroar muttered, pointing at the king oyster mushroom in the hot pot as he ate.

"What's wrong?" Heath looked at Zoroya in confusion. Could this mushroom be poisonous? But Heath ate this stuff all the time; it was completely non-toxic.

"Look, it was originally long and hard, but after being placed in this warm stuff for a while, it became limp and lifeless," Zorua said with great interest, licking his lips.

Heath's expression turned strange. He seemed to be saying nothing wrong, but why did it all seem problematic upon closer inspection?

"Then look, on its slender body, there's a big head." Zoroya said with a playful smile. Heath's lips twitched, and he gave Zoroya a flick on the forehead in annoyance. This guy was really something else. They were just eating hot pot, how could he start driving around like that?

Fortunately, only Zoroah, a guy with a head full of dirty thoughts, would care about these things, while Farfetch'd and Charmander obviously didn't understand what Zoroah was saying.

Then Heath had to pick up another pair of chopsticks and give a piece of tofu to the scallion duck. Only the little dragon made things easier for Heath. What it wanted was a roasted chicken leg. The little dragon was more interested in the roasted chicken leg and not in anything else.

"Eating hot pot is exhausting, I won't eat it next time." Heath shook his head helplessly. If Pokémon can't use chopsticks, then eating hot pot becomes a physical task. For Heath, it's a physical task because he has to put the ingredients in and then pick them up to feed his Pokémon. He is exhausted both mentally and physically.

Fortunately, neither Zorua nor Farfetch'd had big appetites, so Heath finished feeding them after a while, which gave Heath time to eat on her own.

"Huh? There's a... restaurant here?" Just as Heath picked up a piece of beef with his chopsticks, he heard someone talking. Heath didn't have time to complain, put down his chopsticks, wiped his hands, and stood up.

That's how it is to be a chef; you never know when a customer will come. Sometimes you're about to eat and rest when a customer arrives.

If there were a restaurant, Heath could at least put up a sign with the opening hours, but nowadays food trucks can't be that particular, so they have to make do.

Immediately afterwards, Heath saw a bearded man with a backpack standing in front of Heath's food cart, looking at it curiously.

Upon seeing this man, Heath immediately thought of the mountain climber from the game; they were so alike, their appearances were exactly the same, especially that thick beard, which was incredibly lifelike.

"Hello, I'm the owner of the food truck. Would you like something to eat?" Heath smiled at the customer in front of him. Finally, someone from the Road to Champions had arrived. He just didn't know what this customer did for a living.

However, Heath wasn't interested in what the guests were doing at the Road to Champions; he was more concerned with whether they wanted to eat something.

"Hey, it's so cold today, do you have any hot food?" The uncle in front of me rubbed his hands together, breathed out warm air, and then asked with a smile.

"Of course we have that. Braised pork rice is served hot." Heath nodded immediately. Basically, all the food here was hot, but in this terrible weather outside, a hot meal would probably get cold very quickly.

"How much?" the uncle asked, not in a hurry to buy.

"Twenty League Coins." Heath said a number he had already thought of. Heath originally only charged sixteen dollars for the braised pork rice, but four dollars was an extra charge, since it would take some time to get from Evergreen City to the Road to the Championship.

"No problem, give me one." The uncle quickly paid, and Heath began busily preparing the braised pork rice.

"Young man, you're still open for business in this cold weather?" This uncle was clearly a talkative person. After deciding what he wanted to buy, he started chatting with Heath.

Heath was used to it. In fact, if you work as a chef for a long time, you will encounter all kinds of customers. Some customers don't like to talk. Apart from ordering the dishes, they don't say anything else.

Some customers are like the uncle in front of me, who are very talkative and can quickly strike up a conversation with strangers. Of course, there are also other kinds of customers, such as busy people who keep making phone calls as soon as they come in, and urban women who touch up their makeup while eating.

"Well, I thought I'd come to the Road to Champions to see if business would be better here, but I didn't expect to only have two guests from yesterday to today," Heath said with a smile. He was quite a talkative person.

"Hey, you've come at the wrong time. The Road to Champions only gets lively when the Indigo League is in session. Right now, you'll probably only see one trainer coming to train every four or five days." The uncle stood on the edge of Heath's food cart, his hand resting on the counter. The food cart was warm inside.

Heath gave an awkward laugh. He had thought that there would usually be quite a few people on the Road to the Championship, but now that he thought about it, there really wouldn't be many people coming. After all, if you want to train, you can train in other places too.

"Uncle, you're a trainer too, right?" Heath laid the sliced ​​braised pork on top of the rice, added the cooked bok choy, and poured on the sauce. A delicious and flavorful braised pork rice dish was ready.

"I'm not a trainer. I did dream about it when I was younger, but I found that being a trainer was too expensive, so I switched to being a mountaineer." The man laughed heartily, clearly in a very good mood today.

Heath paused for a moment. It really was a mountaineer. He wondered what character GF referenced when designing the mountaineer.

“When it snows, the roads are slippery, so it’s best not to drive. Wait until the weather clears up and the roads are dry before you go. You can take this road to the Alliance headquarters in Quartz Plateau, or you can go to Evergreen City.” The uncle explained to Heath very enthusiastically. Heath nodded gratefully, acknowledging that he should thank him for his kindness.

Chapter 124 Otaku

Heath was a little bored. He sat on his food cart, propped his chin up, looked out at the fine snow, and yawned. He suddenly realized that he still had some problems with travel life. The most crucial of these was naturally judging the weather and the number of passengers. Perhaps this was something that would happen when you first set out on a trip.

"If I had known there wouldn't be many customers, I would have gone straight to the Indigo League and seen the headquarters of the Kanto region. That would have been quite an interesting thing." Heath glanced at Farfetch'd, who was tossing a wok next to him. This was a task Heath had given Farfetch'd. After all, although Farfetch'd could make three-no-stick dishes, as a chef, the more stamina the better.

Heath discovered that Farfetch'd's Pokémon chef quests were triggered in a rather mysterious way. It's possible that Farfetch'd has different opinions on different foods, so sometimes Farfetch'd is very interested in certain dishes and that triggers the quest, while other times Farfetch'd will learn to cook dishes it's not interested in but that doesn't trigger the quest. This puzzled Heath.

"This is it. This guy actually sneaked here." A familiar voice made Heath pause for a moment, then look up and saw the red-haired, red-eyed beauty Ho-Oh, whom she had seen before, leading a girl with silver-white hair and blue eyes over.

Heath was somewhat surprised; he really hadn't expected to run into Ho-Oh again. And who was this girl beside Ho-Oh?

"Welcome! What would you like to eat?" Heath was still very happy to see Ho-Oh. As for the girl next to Ho-Oh, she must also be a legendary Pokémon. Although she didn't know what kind of legendary Pokémon it was, it was still a legendary Pokémon.

"Hmph, the dish you made last time wasn't meat, but it tasted pretty good. What I want to eat this time is also quite special." Ho-Oh touched its nose, its face clearly saying 'I have a problem with you,' which made Heath somewhat amused and exasperated. Ho-Oh really is a vengeful Pokémon.

"I want to eat food that tastes like fish but doesn't have any fish meat!" Ho-Oh said, expressing his request. Heath raised an eyebrow, then frowned after thinking about the ingredients he currently had.

"It's not that this food can't be made, but one of the ingredients I need isn't marinated yet, so I'll have to wait a while. Could you please change it?" Heath was a little troubled. As soon as Ho-Oh described the characteristics of the food, Heath already knew what dish to make.

There is a famous Sichuan dish that is known throughout the country: shredded pork with garlic sauce. Heath felt that this dish perfectly met Phoenix's current requirements. It does not use fish meat, but it can make fish meat taste like fish meat, which is a perfect match.

However, the problem is that authentic Yu Xiang Rou Si (shredded pork with garlic sauce) requires the use of pickled vegetables and pickled peppers, which are specialties of the Sichuan region.

Heath has only just started pickling peppers, since he was short of funds before, and now he has to start preparing all the pickled vegetables from scratch.

"Does it take time? What is it?" Ho-Oh asked Heath curiously, while the silver-haired girl beside her also cast a concerned glance.

Heath took out some of her homemade pickled peppers from the bottom of her food cart and placed them on the counter.

"This is it. Only after this is marinated can I make you a plate of shredded pork with garlic sauce." Heath said with a hint of helplessness. He really wanted to get the kimchi ready as soon as possible, but kimchi takes a lot of time, and it's not something Heath can rush.

"How long will it take?" Ho-Oh asked again. Heath stroked his chin, pondering the question.

“Generally, seven days is enough, but I require three weeks, or twenty-one days, for pickled peppers to meet my expectations.” Heath thought for a moment before giving his reply.

"I thought it would take much longer." Ho-Oh waved his hand dismissively. Immediately afterward, Heath felt the air around him distort. Heath turned around as if sensing something and saw that the pickled peppers, which had just been pickled, had already turned into the same color as those that had been pickled for a long time.

Heath blinked and then rubbed his eyes, wondering if there was something wrong with his eyes. Could it be that Ho-Oh had manipulated the pickling time just to eat a plate of shredded pork with garlic sauce?

Heath really didn't know that Ho-Oh had this ability, but for a legendary Pokémon, doing such a trivial thing didn't seem like a big deal.

“We are researchers at an experimental base. This is our latest research, which can effectively save pickling time.” The silver-haired girl noticed Heath’s confusion and explained with a smile, while Ho-Oh nodded in agreement, making Heath both amused and exasperated.

"Okay, thank you." Although it was clear that Ho-Oh had manipulated time with its own abilities, Heath didn't intend to expose it, but instead smiled and thanked Ho-Oh.

"Just give me the same dish, please," the silver-haired girl added. Heath nodded and then began preparing the shredded pork with garlic sauce that she was going to make.

Fish-fragrant shredded pork is a type of Sichuan cuisine, and it is quite simple to make. However, in areas outside of Sichuan, people often use other chili seasonings instead of pickled peppers, or they may use chili oil directly. Although the taste is still acceptable, it is not quite as good as the authentic fish-fragrant shredded pork.

So how do you tell if Yu Xiang Rou Si (shredded pork with garlic sauce) is authentic Sichuan cuisine? Just look at the pickled peppers. Don't expect Yu Xiang Rou Si to be authentic if it doesn't have pickled peppers. However, Sichuan cuisine has developed different ways of cooking in different regions. Ultimately, what matters most is that you like what you eat.

Heath is the type who can handle a little spice, but not too much. He might not be used to authentic Sichuan cuisine.

However, since this time the food was for Ho-Oh and another legendary Pokémon, Heath prepared it according to traditional Sichuan cuisine.

"Lord Ho, what have you been doing lately? Staying home all the time." Heath was cooking while listening to Ho-Oh chatting with that girl, but when she heard the name, Heath paused for a second, even stopping her chopping.

Luo Wang? What kind of weird name is that?

"Can't you change your name..." The tall, silver-haired girl covered her face helplessly. Hiss's lips twitched. He remembered that there was a legendary Pokémon that also lived in the Kanto and Johto regions, and its name was Lugia.

With her silver hair and azure eyes, Heath was convinced that the girl must be Lugia.