I opened a restaurant in the Pokémon world.

However, Heath didn't care too much about the appearance. This kind of thing doesn't need to be concerned about appearance. Heath started to cook chicken soup. The best way to make authentic Crossing-the-Bridge Rice Noodles is to use chicken broth. This kind of Crossing-the-Bridge Rice Noodles tastes very good.

While Heath was busy making the bridge quartz, Farfetch'd collapsed weakly on the floor of the lounge. Leaning against Snorlax, who was resting, it felt its temperature drop a bit.

Big Green Onion Duck has been busy all day, rolling out dough and making crab roe soup dumplings. It's a very troublesome and tedious job. On top of that, it also has to help with sales, which makes Big Green Onion Duck even more tired. And for some reason, these humans especially like to touch its head, which makes Big Green Onion Duck confused. It thinks its head is just so-so, not so easy to touch.

"Farfly, I saw you on TV!" Zoroa exclaimed excitedly. Farfly Duck looked at him with curiosity and then saw that the TV was showing the latest episode of "Quartz Food Guide." The production speed of the shows here was frighteningly fast, but Farfly Duck naturally didn't care how quickly the interview was conducted in the morning and the show was broadcast in the afternoon. He only cared about himself, who was a little shy but also exuded confidence on camera.

"Quack~" Farfetch'd let out a triumphant cry, its smugness and pride drawing curious glances from Charmeleon, who then saw Farfetch'd on the TV.

With the airing of this food program and the reporter's narration, DaCongYa's crab roe soup dumplings once again attracted huge viewership.

While Heath wasn't paying attention, his progress was rapidly increasing, and he soon reached the popularity requirement for this mission.

[The story of the famous roast duck's growth is complete; you have obtained the recipe for the finest roast duck.]

"Huh? What happened?" Heath was a little confused. He had checked it in the afternoon and found that the Farfetch'd mission still needed more than 50,000 popularity votes. Moreover, the increase in popularity votes was very stable and slow at that time. Heath was thinking that he would have to wait a long time. He didn't expect it to be completed so quickly. Did the program play successfully?

However, Heath then looked at the piece of paper next to his cutting board with a strange expression. This piece of paper contained the recipe for the best roast duck.

"The story of how the famous 'Flying Duck' grows up is just a roast duck? I have a feeling you're implying something." Heath picked up the paper with a strange expression. The broth was still simmering, the chicken was still cooking, and the other ingredients could be left alone for the time being; Heath could take his time.

Heath had made roast duck before, after all, roast duck tastes pretty good, and Big Green Duck had also learned how to make roast duck, so Heath thought he knew a bit about roast duck. However, after seeing the recipe for this top-quality roast duck, Heath was completely stunned. The methods were basically the same, but some details of this roast duck were things that Heath hadn't noticed before.

Furthermore, Heath discovered a line of calligraphy written on the back of the paper.

One roast duck is worth several apartments.

His first reaction upon seeing this was that it was a joke or boasting, but then a small fragment of memory inexplicably appeared in his mind. In that memory, a middle-aged chef earned a reward of several dozen silver dollars for his exceptional roast duck, and in that era...

Heath swallowed hard. Was this for real? Given the purchasing power of that era, a few dozen silver dollars could indeed buy several houses, and depending on the location, the number of houses that could be bought might even increase.

"This recipe...it's amazing." Heath swallowed hard. He was a chef, and a rather good one at that. He memorized the recipe after reading it once, but he had to admit that the method was much better than his own, with a lot of attention to detail. Heath was very curious about what this delicious roast duck would taste like after it was made.

However, what Heath needed to do now was to perfect the recipe for edible quartz. So Heath carefully put the recipe in a small tin box and put it in his cabinet before turning around and starting to seriously make the edible quartz in front of him.

Crossing-the-bridge rice noodles is an anecdote. When eating crossing-the-bridge rice noodles in Yunnan Province, some shops will introduce the origin of the dish, but the most widely circulated story is the one that tells the story.

Legend has it that a scholar was studying diligently on one side of a river. His wife, wanting her husband to have hot food, invented a method of sealing the soup with oil. She would carry the soup across the river and then add rice noodles and other ingredients, thus creating a steaming bowl of rice noodles. Because she carried the soup across the bridge every day, the scholar eventually became the top scholar in the imperial examination, and the rice noodles became known as Crossing-the-Bridge Rice Noodles.

Chapter 251 Crossing-the-Bridge Rice Noodles!

However, whether this story is true or not is still a question, since it happened in ancient times. But as a well-known local dish in Yunnan Province, Crossing-the-Bridge Rice Noodles certainly tastes very good. However, in Xi Si's opinion, there aren't many authentic Crossing-the-Bridge Rice Noodles available now.

Heath later ate Crossing-the-Bridge Rice Noodles again in Yunnan Province. The Crossing-the-Bridge Rice Noodles there had completely changed. First of all, when you enter the store, you will see that there are many kinds of Crossing-the-Bridge Rice Noodles, such as Scholar Crossing-the-Bridge Rice Noodles, Juren Crossing-the-Bridge Rice Noodles, and Zhuangyuan Crossing-the-Bridge Rice Noodles. The prices also vary from low to high. Of course, the dishes are also different. The most expensive bowl of Zhuangyuan Crossing-the-Bridge Rice Noodles costs more than 100 yuan. This is still in a rice noodle shop on the street. If you go to a more upscale restaurant, the price may be even higher.

Later, Heath heard that they had launched a special kind of mountain delicacy rice noodle dish, which used all kinds of good ingredients and was priced very high. This made Heath feel that the rice noodle dish had actually lost its original meaning.

Crossing-the-bridge rice noodles are primarily about rice noodles, which are filling and best eaten hot. However, some Crossing-the-bridge rice noodle soups these days aren't even very hot. If you pour in a raw quail egg, the soup might be lukewarm before the egg is cooked. Moreover, the quality of each ingredient isn't simply about piling them together.

High-quality ingredients are indeed important, but that doesn't mean that the more expensive the ingredients, the better the taste.

Just like beef, even though Heath has never been abroad, he knows that top-grade Wagyu beef is the best. But that doesn’t mean that top-grade Wagyu beef is perfect for all beef dishes. Some dishes require old yellow cattle or water buffalo, otherwise the taste just won’t be right.

The same applies to Crossing-the-Bridge Rice Noodles. In Heath's view, a good Crossing-the-Bridge Rice Noodles does not need a lot of high-end ingredients. Focusing on the soup is enough, because the other side dishes cannot compete with the soup for the most important position.

After the broth was ready, Heath began to prepare to make this unique Crossing-the-Bridge Rice Noodles. However, before he started, Heath was caught in a question: if he did this, would he be able to gain the approval of the Golden Finger?

Heath discovered that the criteria for judging the "golden finger" were very strange. Sometimes, customers had to order food and pay the corresponding amount to Heath to complete the transaction before the task would be settled. So, if Heath ate all the food by himself but still didn't get the recognition, Heath thought he would probably have a breakdown.

"Never mind, I'll try it first." Heath didn't hesitate for too long. When a chef invents a new dish, he is the first person to taste it. If the chef himself can't eat it, the new dish won't taste very good either.

Thinking of this, Heath scooped out a small bowl of edible quartz and set it aside for later use. Then he scooped up a large spoonful of soup, the chicken fat sealing the surface of the soup and slowing down the rate at which the heat dissipated.

Heath nodded in satisfaction, then poured in a raw quail egg, followed by various sliced ​​meats. These meats were also raw, so they needed to be sliced ​​very thinly so that the ingredients could be cooked by the soup. However, this did not mean that every piece of meat was raw; some meats were pre-cooked and were only added to the soup to reheat them.

Then add the vegetables, and after waiting for a while, pour in the edible quartz. And that's how you make a Pokémon World version of Crossing-the-Bridge Rice Noodles.

Heath nervously picked up his chopsticks, then took a bite of edible quartz. The rich chicken broth flavor was delightful, though the edible quartz itself was rather bland. However, with the chicken broth and other ingredients, it became quite flavorful. Heath finished eating in no time and nodded in satisfaction. Although the edible quartz still didn't have much flavor, at least Heath had managed to prepare a serving of Crossing-the-Bridge Quartz.

“Then the next step is to find a guest…” Heath stroked his chin, lost in thought. Then Heath noticed Mimikyu hiding behind a pillar. The little guy was observing again. Heath almost laughed, but then he paused for a moment. Mimikyu was a very good guest after all.

Heath is now in Officer Jenny's parking lot, and at this point, instead of going to Officer Jenny for ingredients, Heath thinks going to Mimikyu is a good option. All she has to do is ask Mimikyu for something.

Thinking of this, Heath smiled and waved at Mimikyu. Mimikyu froze, the whole Pokémon shuddering, and it trembled as it shrank behind the pillar.

Heath wasn't in a hurry. Greeting stray Pokémon was like greeting stray cats. Even though Heath had fed them once or twice, gaining the approval of every stray cat was very difficult, since cats have different personalities.

The smarter Pokémon are even more individualistic. According to Sheath's observation, this Mimikyu is rather shy, or rather timid. For some reason, Mimikyu has become like this.

After a while, just as Heath was wondering if Mimikyu had run away, a pair of small yellow ears peeked out again. Mimikyu cautiously looked at Heath, and after noticing that Heath was not making any moves, it tentatively and slowly moved out.

Heath really did move it out. Heath thought that even a snail would probably crawl faster next to Mimikyu than Mimikyu. However, Heath wasn't in a hurry and patiently watched Mimikyu.

After a while, Mimikyu finally slowly moved out and appeared completely in front of Zhao Fang. However, Zhao Fang also noticed that Mimikyu kept trying to run behind the pillar next to it and hid, but forced itself to stand here.

“Don’t be afraid, Mimikyu…” Heath gently comforted the timid little creature.

"Here's the thing, I recently launched a really good dish and would like you to try it. Of course, you just need to give me something you have as payment. Would you like to try it?" Heath smiled at Mimikyu and spoke softly.

Heath swore he'd never been this gentle when talking to his girlfriend on the phone in his past life.

However, Mimikyu suddenly jolted and then quickly disappeared into the pipe. Heath was completely confused until she saw Lady Zanza walking down the pipe nonchalantly, at which point she understood why Mimikyu had run away.

"Hey Heath, is your cafeteria... um? What's with that expression?" Old Lady Heath looked at Heath blankly.

“…Phew, it’s nothing, I’m coming up now.” Heath took a deep breath.

Chapter 252 Rice Meat

"So, you've finished making that edible quartz and are planning to find a lab rat to test it?" Old Junsha asked Heath with a smile, resting her chin on her hand. Heath's lips twitched. Why did this make him sound like a perverted scientist? Heath had absolutely no such intention. In fact, Heath himself was the one who tested the food, so there was no question of finding a lab rat to test it.

“Aunt Jenny, you’re overthinking it. I tried it myself before and thought it tasted pretty good, so I thought I’d have a guest try it. If it’s good, we could try launching this dish officially.” Heath explained simply, but Old Jenny laughed. She was just teasing Heath. Old Jenny had seen Heath’s cooking skills recently, and she had to admit that Heath’s cooking was quite good. That was why Old Jenny entrusted the canteen work to Heath, since the canteen was a very lucrative department.

However, Heath did not interfere with food procurement at all, nor did she do anything to profit from it, which made Old Lady Sa very satisfied.

“Then I’ll try it. But how much does this Crossing-the-Bridge Rice Noodles cost?” Old Junsha asked Heath curiously. Heath scratched his head. Pricing was indeed a problem. Heath had already inquired about the price of edible quartz. It wasn’t very expensive, about the same price as ordinary quartz. So, it didn’t feel right to price it too high. However, the production process of edible quartz was really too complicated. Heath felt that this thing was like Sanbuzhan (a type of edible quartz), a waste of time.

With that in mind, Heath decided that the price of this edible quartz should be around one hundred Alliance Coins, so that it would be worth the cost to the chef.

“Then let’s make it 108 Alliance Coins per serving. After all, Aunt Officer Jenny, you should know how complicated the process of making this edible quartz is.” Heath explained, and Old Officer Jenny readily paid the money. Heath then busied himself making this unique food for Old Officer Jenny.

Soon, a bowl of Crossing-the-Bridge Rice Noodles was ready. Heath placed the noodles in front of Old Jun Sha and explained how to eat them. Old Jun Sha followed Heath's instructions.

"It looks quite interesting, but Heath, are you planning to leave the Quartz Federation?" Old Lady Salvation waited patiently. Now she needed to wait for the hot soup to cook the raw meat in it. No matter how good the meat was, she should try not to eat it raw. This was a very important matter.

During Lord Elaine's long life, she once arrested a criminal who had a peculiar hobby: eating raw meat with wasabi and soy sauce, followed by a sip of alcohol, supposedly to kill parasites with the alcohol.

During the pre-prison medical examination, a horrifying scene was discovered: the man's legs were filled with countless worm eggs. These were parasite eggs that could not survive and develop in muscle and other tissues, so they died and calcified, forming dense shadows in those areas. The sight sent chills down Lao Junsha's spine.

However, Nurse Joy, who was in charge of the physical examination, remained very calm and told Jenny that the prisoner might not live much longer unless he could get help from a top-tier Psychic Pokémon, otherwise he was doomed.

The reason was that the prisoner had a lot of parasites in his brain, which was also the reason why the prisoner was irritable and easily angered. As a result, the prisoner died before the procedure was completed. When the autopsy was performed, Lao Jun Sha couldn't resist her curiosity and watched from the side. As a result, she saw a scene that made her not want to eat meat for two or three days.

When they cut into the prisoner's leg, the muscle tissue was covered with tiny white dots, looking like countless white grains of rice stuck to the muscle. According to Miss Joey, this was called "rice flesh," caused by a parasitic infection. After saying that, she cut a piece of calcified tissue with a knife to show Old Jun Sha, who almost vomited in the autopsy room.

From that day on, Old Lady Salvation completely gave up the habit of eating raw meat. Even if the raw meat was very clean, she would not eat a single bite.

"Huh? How did you know?" Heath was a little surprised. He did indeed plan to leave the Indigo League. After all, if he could complete the city missions of the Indigo League, then there was no need for Heath to stay here. Heath was also very curious about other towns, such as Pallet Town, where Ash lived. As the place where Pallet Town's psychic was born, Heath was very interested in it.

Fortunately, this is the world of Pokémon, not the world of Marvel or the world of The Boys, otherwise Ash might have become Homelander and then used Getter Robo.

“Of course I can see it; your expression completely reveals your feelings.” Old Lady Junsha smiled at Heath, who gave an awkward laugh. He really hadn’t expected his expression to be so obvious.

“You can pour in the edible quartz now, Aunt Officer Jenny,” Heath reminded her. Old Officer Jenny poured in the edible quartz and then continued to wait.

"Speaking of which, how did you come up with this dish? I've never seen it prepared this way before," Old Lady asked curiously.

"It just came to mind on a whim. After all, I feel that this thing itself doesn't have much flavor, so if we want to make it taste better, we can only find a way from the outside." Heath explained simply, and Old Lady Salvation nodded. She thought what Heath said made a lot of sense, since she had also eaten edible quartz before, and it really didn't have much flavor.

“It’s ready to eat, Aunt Officer Jenny.” Heath checked the time; it was about time. Old Officer Jenny readily picked up her chopsticks and began to enjoy this unique edible quartz.

[You have completed the Quartz League's special ingredient quest and obtained Dialga's Pressure Cooker.]

Dialga's Pressure Cooker: As a Pokémon that once studied cooking, Dialga has its own insights into culinary arts. To save cooking time, Dialga modified this pressure cooker using the power of time. When cooking food in a pressure cooker, the time flow inside is one to five times that outside, and this can be freely adjusted.

Heath paused for a moment, then his eyes widened in surprise. This thing was truly a marvel, a marvel for chefs. The only drawback was that it could only be used in a pressure cooker. If Heath's entire stove could be transformed to have this effect, that would be absolutely fantastic.

Chapter 253 Dialga's Pressure Cooker

"How does it taste?" Heath asked with a smile, looking at Old Lady Salvation. Old Lady Salvation looked at Heath with a puzzled expression. She felt that Heath's mood seemed to have improved a lot, which made Old Lady Salvation a little curious, but she did not intend to ask.

"The taste is not bad. Speaking of which, everyone has been eating a bit more while you were the chef." Old Jun Sha smiled at Heath. Just as Heath had said, the rice noodles themselves didn't have much flavor, but the other flavors blended in, making the edible quartz delicious. However, if it weren't for the difficulty of making it, Old Jun Sha felt that this Crossing-the-Bridge Rice Noodles was not worth the price of one hundred.

Heath smiled. He had noticed that the cafeteria was buying more ingredients than usual when he went to cook. As someone who had been in the Indigo League for a while, Heath was able to detect this change.

"Where are you planning to go next?" Old Lady Salvation wiped her mouth and watched as Heath put away the dishes and began washing them diligently. Farfetch'd was standing next to Heath washing the second batch of dishes, a task Heath had assigned to Farfetch'd. After all, if a chef runs his own restaurant, he sometimes has to do the work of a waiter or kitchen helper.

For example, in some small street restaurants in my previous life, the chefs often also served as owners and even waiters. In such cases, the chefs would need to entertain guests, take cash, wash dishes, and serve food.

After all, small restaurants don't have that much money to hire people. Doing everything yourself is tiring, but the advantage is that it saves money. Heath did it this way when he was cooking at a small stall, and he got used to this kind of life.

"As for me, I'll probably go to Pallet Town," Heath said with certainty. Pallet Town was definitely on his mind, since he was curious about both Ash and Professor Oak, and he was also curious whether the Crimson Ash mentioned earlier was just a coincidence or the real Crimson.

It's possible to have the same name in this world. Back in Viridian City, Hiss met another Ash, also named Ash, but he was a middle-aged man who worked as a guide at the Viridian City Gym, explaining the rules and challenge requirements to every trainer who came to challenge him. And that Ash's wife was named Dawn, which made Hiss both amused and exasperated.

Therefore, Heath felt that even if several beings named Crimson appeared in this world, it wouldn't be strange, and Heath could accept it.

“Pallet Town? Speaking of Pallet Town, we have to mention Professor Oak. Professor Oak used to be an incredibly powerful trainer, but unfortunately he later became a researcher.” Old Lady Sylvanas smiled, and Heath nodded. He naturally knew about this; Professor Oak theoretically possessed Champion-level strength.

"Then I won't bother you any longer. But if you're planning to leave, remember to come and let me know so I can arrange the cafeteria's work." Old Lady Junsa left with a smile, but before leaving, she reminded Heath. Heath nodded seriously. Of course, she had to say it. Otherwise, if Heath drove off without Old Lady Junsa noticing, the Junsas would go hungry.

After Old Lady Salvation left, Heath couldn't wait to open the cabinet and take out the brand-new pressure cooker. This pressure cooker was no different from an ordinary pressure cooker, except that there were five buttons on the pot, numbered from one to five. It seemed that this was the pressure cooker's way of speeding up the passage of time.

"But why is this thing a little hot?" Heath was a bit confused; he could feel that the pressure cooker was warm on the outside.

……

"Let me see, these are the ingredients I need to make a delicious radish and pork rib soup..." On Mt. Coronet in Sinnoh, a man with long silver-blue hair was standing on the snow wearing leather shoes, carefully cutting a radish. He was in a good mood, humming a strange little tune that revealed an ancient flavor.

"Then I put these into my beloved pressure cooker." The man proudly put the chopped radish and ribs into the pressure cooker, added water, pressed the five button, and then waited patiently for the delicious food to be ready.

Dialga had no hobbies and had always been a very boring person throughout the long history of time. Until one day, when Dialga went to the human world to see what humans were doing, he accidentally ate a snack and then developed a strong interest in cooking.

However, after studying for a while, Dialga found cooking very interesting, but some dishes required a long preparation time. So Dialga came up with a brand new method, which was to use his power of time to speed things up.

However, Dialga later found that this was too troublesome, as he had to carefully speed things up every time. So he simply made a pressure cooker and two other kitchen utensils to make it easier for him to cook quickly. Today, Dialga plans to use the pressure cooker to make a radish and pork rib soup, which he will then eat with rice. Finally, he will stir-fry some side dishes, and that will make a delicious dinner.

Just as Dialga was singing and humming a tune as it began chopping vegetables, it noticed out of the corner of its eye that something seemed to be missing.

Dialga turned around blankly, and then saw that the pressure cooker that had been on the stove had suddenly disappeared for some reason. Dialga's eyes widened suddenly, "Where's my cooker?!"

……