I opened a restaurant in the Pokémon world.

“A story born of despair… but… I don’t know how it will end.” Heath scratched his head. The man was indeed saved, but then what? What would the outcome be? Heath didn’t know. Housing prices here are very high, and one can imagine that mortgages are also very expensive. Without a suitable and stable job, this man would probably still take extreme measures. Nothing in the adult world is easy.

"Huh?" Zoroya seemed to understand, but Heath didn't explain much. It was too troublesome to make Zoroya understand these things. Heath could only wish this poor man a happy ending. Although tragedies are often the most memorable endings, Heath still hoped that there would be fewer such tragedies. He preferred happy endings.

Heath quickly left the place where a large crowd had gathered and went to the Quartz bookstore. The bookstore was bustling. Heath took Zoroya to buy some books related to vocal music, but Zoroya insisted that Heath go to the novel section. Heath thought that a new week was about to begin, so he went along with Zoroya and went to the novel section.

"Wow, has Teacher Mu Xia released a new work again?" As soon as they entered the novel section, Zoroia's eyes lit up instantly, and the whole fox became excited. Heath followed Zoroia with a bit of a wry smile, and then looked around at the novels. There were many kinds of novels here, but the genre leaned towards light novels, and the classic web novels that Heath had read in his previous life were not here.

But that's normal, after all, it's the world of Pokémon. If there were web novels here...

Heath paused for a moment. What kind of style would that be?

Since Arceus created the world, Arceus has been missing. An ordinary boy named Ash Ketchum once encountered nine Dragonite pulling a Coffin, thus embarking on the path of a trainer. People often divide such trainers into several levels: Treasure Warrior, Treasure Master, Treasure King, Treasure Emperor, then Treasure Horse, and finally the title of Treasure Crown.

Heath shuddered. The thought was quite terrifying. However, there were some fantasy novels in this world that depicted worlds without Pokémon. Heath thought that maybe he could write a novel called "The World I Live In Has No Pokémon" someday. But looking at the incredibly long titles of these novels, Heath's expression became somewhat complicated.

Heath even wondered if these authors wrote whatever came to mind, which was why they could come up with such long titles? Or was it true that any random sentence could be used as a title for a light novel?

Anyway, all the books here have really long titles, I don't know if it's to attract customers' attention.

Then Heath saw a novel with a ridiculously long title.

"About the story of how I was contemplating life during my post-coital period, got hit by a truck, and was transported to another world, where I discovered that my grandfather was the strongest magician of the era, and my grandmother was the strongest goddess of the era, but I was even stronger than them." Yeah, that's really long. I won't watch The Voice of China next time it's not sponsored by you.

However, Heath then discovered some strange books, such as one titled "One Hundred Positions My Arrogant Champion Girlfriend and I Tried." The so-called arrogant champion girlfriend in the book looked like a modified version of Karuni. However, Heath admitted that the book really made him want to open it and take a look. What does "one hundred positions" mean?

Is the pose you're describing proper or not? And the full-color illustrations mentioned above are making Heath's heart flutter.

However, considering his illustrious image in Zorua's eyes, Heath silently put the book down and followed Zorua, watching him carefully select the novels he wanted to buy.

Soon after, Zoroya finished buying the books he wanted, and then Heath took the books to the checkout counter. There were no cashiers here; everyone had to scan the codes manually. Heath thought this was good, at least he didn't have to worry about the tragic fate of running into someone he knew and getting into trouble.

"Heath?" A familiar voice. Heath froze, then mentally cursed himself for his jinx. He turned his head with a blank expression and saw Miss Saya.

"Miss Saya? Are you here to buy books too?" Heath looked at Miss Saya with a smile, but he held the bag in his hand even tighter. This guy Zorua bought five books, but the covers of some of them were really unbearable to look at. If others saw this, Heath felt that he could probably carry the food cart and leave the Quartz Federation overnight.

What's more, he'd run into Saya, a guest he'd met a few times before. Heath felt he'd be incredibly embarrassed if she saw him.

"Yes, I'm here to buy books too. I just realized that there's a lot to learn if I want to become a trainer. So, Hiss, are you here to buy cooking books?" Saya smiled happily, and Hiss chuckled in response. He figured Saya probably wouldn't say she wanted to see what cooking books he bought, since that was a matter of personal privacy.

"That's great! Mr. Heath's cooking skills are already so good, yet he's still so diligent and eager to learn! I really should work harder!" Saya clenched her little fist to encourage herself. Heath smiled awkwardly. He just wanted Saya to leave quickly and go to the empty machine next to them to buy a book. Heath was too embarrassed to take out the book in front of Saya.

"Zorua! Quickly set up a phantom for me to make these books look normal, like cookbooks." Heath hurriedly said to Zoroya in his mind. Zoroya was very serious about his books, and soon Heath received a positive reply in his mind.

Heath tentatively picked up a book, then breathed a sigh of relief. It was a book titled "Kanto Cookbook," or at least it looked like that. Heath chuckled as he scanned the code, then continued to take out other books. The titles of the books he bought wouldn't be displayed on the screen, which was good news.

Chapter 244 Everyone's Dreams Are Different

"Why does Miss Saya want to become a trainer?" Hiss asked Saya as he paid for the book. He thought of this question and looked at Saya to ask it.

Saya is from the Nurse Joy family. The girls in this family are generally very good Pokémon healers. In addition, according to the rumors that Sheath heard in Viridian City, Saya is a very outstanding genius in the Nurse Joy family. People thought that Saya could become a very good Pokémon healer. But unexpectedly, Saya ran away to become a trainer.

"Huh? The reason? Actually, there's no reason. I just want to become a trainer. I feel like traveling is a really interesting thing." Saya said with a smile. Hiss looked at Saya's smile, scratched his head, and said, "That's true."

Unlike his previous life, in this world, traveling is almost like compulsory education, becoming a path that many children choose. Only Heath, in order to pay off his debts, spent the first four years working hard.

"Hey, why don't you want to become a trainer? I see you have quite a few Pokémon." Saya asked curiously, looking at Hey. Saya had seen some of Hey's Pokémon, and even Charmander, one of the starter Pokémon from the Kanto region, which is a Pokémon that can't be obtained without a certain amount of wealth.

“I used to think about becoming a trainer, but then I realized that kind of life wasn’t really for me. My personality is what it is, and I’m more comfortable with this kind of life of entertaining guests.” Heath smiled, then took out his wallet to pay the bill; he had already bought all the books.

After saying goodbye to the cheerful Saya, Heath walked back to the dining car and headed towards Officer Jenny's dormitory area. Heath planned to get a good rest today and go to bed early so that she would have more time to make edible quartz the next day.

After all, edible quartz requires a very long boiling time and many times. If he started making it tonight, Heath felt he wouldn't be able to sleep. He also felt it wasn't a good idea to have Farfetch'd help him make it; he felt more at ease doing it himself.

After Heath returned to Officer Jenny's dormitory area, he glanced at his phone. It was only 9:10 p.m. Heath yawned, lay down on his bed, turned off the light, and soon fell into a deep sleep.

……

Heath didn't dream at all that night, neither nightmares nor pleasant dreams. So when the alarm clock woke him up, he yawned and immediately got out of bed, which was quite unusual, considering that Heath usually lingered in bed for a while after getting up.

"Yawn... It's already 4:30... It's about time to get up and cook." Heath yawned and slowly got out of bed. Zorua was still sleeping. Farfetch'd moved its head slightly when Heath got up, opened its eyes and glanced at Heath. After realizing it was Heath, it didn't move again.

Pokémon have their own biological clocks, and most Pokémon can tell the time even without looking at a clock, unlike humans.

Heath didn't pay any attention. After getting dressed, she opened the bedroom door and glanced into the living room. Charmeleon was lying on the floor sleeping, but there was a small dumbbell next to it, indicating that Charmeleon had exercised for a while before going to sleep.

Snorlax was already asleep, with a book titled "Basic Vocal Knowledge" on its big belly. It was a gift from Heath to Snorlax yesterday. This big guy seemed very interested in becoming a singer, and Heath was happy to support his Pokémon in having its own dreams.

"Wow, so early." Heath slowly walked out. Charmeleon woke up when Heath closed the bedroom door. It opened its eyes and looked at Heath with a hint of confusion in its big eyes, as if it didn't understand why Heath was up so early today.

"Good morning, Charmeleon. You can sleep a little longer. I got up today to cook." Heath chuckled and rubbed Charmeleon's head. It was warm. Charmeleon's body temperature rose rapidly after waking up. No wonder it was a Fire-type Pokémon. It was no wonder it kept its distance from Snorlax. Heath thought that Snorlax probably didn't like having a Fire-type Pokémon sleeping next to it either.

"Aww~" Charmeleon affectionately rubbed against Heath's hand, then closed its eyes. Just as Heath had said, it was still early, and Charmeleon was sleepy; it hadn't had enough sleep yet.

Heath chuckled as he watched Charizard sleep. Occasionally, the little guy would spit out a few sparks from its nose while it slept, making it look quite cute, like a big lizard.

Heath pushed open the bathroom door. Mew wasn't there, but Heath didn't mind. Mew had clearly figured out Heath and his friends' routine, and they usually only saw it around the time Heath woke up. Even if they didn't see it, it wasn't surprising, since Mew is a Pokémon with a very low sighting probability.

After a quick wash, Heath arrived at the dining car area, looking refreshed, and began processing the edible quartz she was making that day. This time, the amount of edible quartz given by Old Lady Salvation seemed quite large, so a lot of water would be needed. Heath estimated the preparation time and figured that if she wanted to make the edible quartz completely according to Mr. Oozora's instructions, it would probably take until tonight.

"What a huge project..." Heath scratched his head. Luckily, he got up early this morning, otherwise the production time would have been delayed.

Just as Heath was about to make his move, he noticed a figure standing outside the food truck, in the dim light of the parking lot, hiding behind a pillar and secretly observing him.

Heath paused for a moment, then looked up and saw Mimikyu. Upon realizing that Heath had noticed it, Mimikyu shuddered and quickly hid behind a pillar. However, the little guy probably forgot that its Pikachu ears were still sticking out, so Heath could see that the Pikachu ears were twitching. Heath couldn't help but laugh.

“This little guy…” Heath shook his head, both amused and exasperated. Was this Mimikyu just very curious about him? But Mimikyu is a Pokémon that is afraid of being alone and likes to be close to humans.

Heath looked into his kitchen, pondering whether to make breakfast for Mimikyu. Stray Pokémon often struggle to find food, and this Mimikyu was rather timid, probably often going hungry.

Chapter 245 The So-Called Best Before Period

Heath didn't immediately start making breakfast for Mimikyu, since his main purpose for getting up this morning wasn't to make breakfast for Mimikyu. So Heath started cooking the edible quartz first, and then rummaged through his ingredient cabinet and refrigerator, looking for things he could use to make breakfast.

However, after searching around, Heath found that there weren't many ingredients available for making breakfast. After all, Heath usually tried to use up all the ingredients before closing and going back to rest, so there really weren't many ingredients in Heath's food cart.

This is because the business hours were not very long yesterday. If Heath had sold out all the ingredients yesterday, she wouldn't have been able to make breakfast today.

Although Heath knew that as his food truck gradually expanded, he would definitely need to stock up on more ingredients, he would only buy enough for one day's business for now. Once he sold out, he would call it a day. After paying off his debts, Heath wasn't particularly anxious to make money.

Moreover, the freshness of the ingredients is also a very crucial factor. Sometimes, if certain ingredients are not cooked and eaten while they are fresh, the taste will be compromised.

"I remember in the island nation, this is called something like 'best before' date?" Heath yawned, then took out the eggs, lettuce, and other ingredients. Heath planned to make a jianbing guozi (Chinese crepe). Jianbing guozi tastes pretty good, and it's one of Heath's specialties. Plus, the remaining ingredients were just right, enough to make jianbing guozi, so Heath decided to make a jianbing guozi for Mimikyu.

Speaking of the habits of the island nation, Heath also doesn't understand them. When Heath used to watch anime, he would occasionally see something like "best before" or "best before". At that time, Heath thought that "best before" meant "expiration date". Later, he learned that "best before" refers to the time when the food tastes the best. After that time, it doesn't mean that the food is inedible, but that the taste is not as good as before. In addition to "best before", there is also an expiration date. Food that has passed its expiration date is considered expired. Eating it may cause stomach upset, or it may not be edible at all.

Therefore, in some supermarkets in island nations, you can occasionally see food with a "best before" label.

Heath found this interpretation very difficult, so he changed the "best before" date to "eat while it's fresh," and that solved the problem.

Heath skillfully spread out the pancake, added an egg, then placed washed and chopped lettuce on top, and drizzled some ketchup. A delicious pancake was ready. After finishing, Heath pushed open the door of the food cart and walked out. She then slowly walked to Mimikyu, who thought she was hiding well, but whose ears were actually sticking out. She gently placed the pancake next to Mimikyu before slowly leaving.

Mimikyu naturally smelled the aroma of the food. Heath had added some berries to this dish, since Pokémon eat berries more than human food. However, Heath didn't remember what kind of berries Mimikyu liked, so he just added some orange berry jam. He didn't know how it would turn out.

What Pokémon eat is a subject of study. When Hiss went to buy books for Zoroark yesterday, he saw some related books on display in the bookstore. For example, there was a book called "Pokémon Nutrition Guide", which introduced that although every Pokémon can eat human food, it is best to prepare nutritious food according to what Pokémon like to eat.

Heath stood in the food cart, chin in hand. Mimikyu cautiously peeked out, and seeing that Heath was still in the cart, it carefully picked up a jianbing (Chinese crepe) and then shrank back behind a pillar. Heath shook his head, both amused and exasperated, and ignored Mimikyu, turning to look at his edible quartz.

Heath had his own ideas about edible quartz, which was to make a dish based on the rice noodles from Yunnan Province in China in his previous life. After all, rice noodles themselves have almost no taste, and can even be described as very bland, to an unimaginable degree. Rice noodles rely on soup, seasonings, and condiments to enhance their flavor, so Heath thought that edible quartz could probably be made in the same way.

Furthermore, in Yunnan Province of China, there is a relatively famous rice noodle breakfast dish called Crossing-the-Bridge Rice Noodles. Heath believes that once this novel way of eating is introduced, it should also be popular with people. Therefore, Heath plans to make this edible quartz according to the method of Crossing-the-Bridge Rice Noodles after the edible quartz is made, and try to complete the task as soon as possible.

And for some reason, edible quartz becomes similar to rice noodles after being cooked. Heath only needs to use a machine to make these edible quartz into the shape of rice noodles.

Heath turned up the fire high, and the water boiled quickly, but it still took some time to boil the large pot of water completely dry. This was because Heath's food truck was equipped with its own electricity and natural gas, so Heath didn't need to replenish them. Otherwise, Heath felt that buying natural gas and electricity every month would be a very expensive thing.

After estimating the production time of the edible quartz, Heath went to the driver's seat of the food truck, set up the autopilot, and headed towards the market. Just as he was about to start, Heath noticed a prompt popping up on the food truck's screen.

[It's currently rest time. Do you want to enable silent mode?]

Heath was taken aback. This food cart was really smart. Heath immediately clicked "yes," and the next second the food cart started up silently. Although the speed was reduced, Heath really couldn't feel the food cart moving. This surprised Heath. This function was really good.

"As expected of a gift from the Golden Finger, this food cart is truly a chef's treasure." Heath was extremely satisfied with it.

After Heath's food truck left, the parking lot became quiet. More than an hour later, at six o'clock, a pink Pokémon appeared in the parking lot. It stared blankly at the spot where Heath's food truck had been parked, its big eyes filled with shock. Where is my food truck? Where is my big food truck?

As the food truck disappeared, Dreamy was lost in thought. After a while, Dreamy's eyes lit up, and then it flicked its tail, knocking over a nearby Officer Jenny motorcycle, and flew away angrily.

Chapter 246 Heath's Favorite Pickles

Heath had no idea what had happened in the parking lot, nor did he know that a resentful little guy had already followed his scent and come looking for him. Heath was still diligently buying groceries for the day. It has to be said that getting up early has many advantages, at least the ingredients are fresher, and the variety is so great that Heath was a little overwhelmed.

Heath yawned and then slowly began selecting crabs. However, Heath keenly noticed that the price of crabs had recently risen slightly. Although the increase was not large, it was indeed higher. For example, before, Heath might have needed 100 Alliance Coins to buy a pound of crabs, but now it would cost 105 Alliance Coins to buy the same pound of crabs.

Heath frowned. Heath had noticed crabs before. They were actually not a very common ingredient in the Quartz Federation. The people of this world were still in a rudimentary stage in their development of crabs and various aquatic products. The culmination of their efforts was similar to the Spanish seafood paella they had made in his previous life.

That's why Heath was able to save a lot of money when buying crabs, but now crab prices have actually gone up?

"Uncle Dali, why are the crabs more expensive today than yesterday?" Heath asked curiously, looking at the uncle in front of him. Heath had been buying crabs from the uncle's seafood stall for some time now, and they had become quite familiar with each other.

"Hey, isn't it because something called 'crab roe soup dumplings' has become popular in the Quartz Alliance lately? A lot of people want to make their own crab roe soup dumplings, and many hotels and restaurants have also started researching it, so the price of crabs with roe has gone up." Uncle Dali said with a smile. Heath was his regular customer, buying a lot of crabs every day, so Dali was naturally willing to talk to Heath.

Heath raised an eyebrow. It seemed that imitators had appeared. However, this was inevitable. After all, although there was such a thing as patent protection and intellectual property protection in this world, there was no protection for recipes. Moreover, the method of making crab roe soup dumplings was not difficult to deduce. This was why it was so difficult for chefs to keep secrets.

Unless it's a food like Lao Gan Ma from my previous life, which has become a large and powerful enterprise with its own unique recipe, most foods are actually easy to deduce. Heath can also do something similar. He only needs to take a bite of the food to be able to deduce the ingredients and seasonings of the food. And crab roe soup dumplings are really simple.

So being imitated is inevitable, but what Heath doesn't understand is how he became so popular?

This question was answered when Heath arrived at the food truck, because Heath discovered a new trending topic on her phone's hot search list: Cynthia, the champion of the Sinnoh League, said she really liked eating the Kanto Indigo League's crab roe soup dumplings.

Suddenly, the name "Crab Roe Soup Dumpling," which had never appeared in the Pokémon world before, attracted the attention of countless people. Those who had tried the Indigo League's Crab Roe Soup Dumpling knew it was from Heath, but what about those who hadn't? Naturally, they would rush over to try this thing that the champion liked, whenever they saw it being sold.

"Tsk tsk, I didn't expect Cynthia to give me a free advertisement." Heath curled his lips. Being imitated was unavoidable, but it was still a bit unpleasant. Fortunately, Heath wasn't someone who cared too much. Even if others imitated him, Heath could still launch more delicious products, thus constantly occupying the top of the trend.

Thinking of this, Heath looked at the refrigerator, where there was a jar of [Snow that could fill your stomach in my memory]. This stuff had a very magical effect, and Heath planned to take it out and use it later. However, for now, Heath felt it was more important to finish other things first, such as making breakfast for his Pokémon.

So after deciding on the final destination for the food truck, Heath began preparing breakfast for her Pokémon. Today, Heath planned to make very ordinary noodles, the only novelty being that the noodles would use Heath's homemade pickles.

The pickled vegetables were made by Heath when she left Evergreen City. After so many days of fermentation, they were finally ready to use. Heath was very moved by this, so she couldn't wait to take them out. The noodles that Heath planned to make were the pickled vegetable and meat noodles that Heath herself loved to eat in her previous life!

Pickled vegetables are a special type of pickled vegetable from several provinces including Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan. Although they look somewhat similar to a certain chef's pickled cabbage, they are not actually the same type. As far as Xi Si knows, there are several categories of pickled vegetables from Yunnan Province. Among them, Xi Si personally thinks that the best-tasting ones are dry-pickled vegetables, while the opposite are the water-pickled vegetables from remote areas like XSBN, which are full of ethnic characteristics.

Dry-pickled vegetables and water-pickled vegetables actually have two different textures. Water-pickled vegetables are generally greener and taste sour and crisp, but the sourness is not very strong. Dry-pickled vegetables, on the other hand, turn from green to red after being made, and they are very sour with little moisture, but they still taste very good. They are excellent whether eaten with rice noodles for breakfast or used alone as an ingredient in stir-fries with meat.

"Let me see, mine, Zorua Farfetch'd's, Snorlax and Charizard's, and Mew's, that makes a total of six... Hmm?" Heath glanced at the Pokémon behind him, counted them, and then felt completely bewildered.

Heath stiffly turned her head and saw that the "free food and drink quartet" in the lounge, which she used to have when she cooked, had now evolved into a quintet. In addition to Zorua, Farfetch'd, Snorlax, and Charizard, Mew had also been sitting there obediently at some point. When it saw that Heath had noticed it, it even wagged its tail happily as a greeting.

Heath's lips twitched, then he rubbed his face. He didn't know if he would get anything good after entertaining Dream like this, but Heath quickly adjusted his mindset and started preparing breakfast for the day.

Pickled vegetable and meat stir-fried noodles – just from the name, you can tell how this dish is made. First, you need pickled vegetables and meat stir-fried together, and the noodles also need to be prepared separately. Fortunately, this wasn't Heath's first time making it, so it wasn't particularly troublesome.

Pickled vegetable stir-fried with meat, as the name suggests, uses Heath's homemade pickled vegetables to stir-fry minced meat. During the cooking process, a little white sugar can be added as needed. This is Heath's secret, which he doesn't usually tell people.