"By the way, Ayumi-san, what do you like to eat?" Ren asked indifferently, holding Pochita and looking at Ayumi.
At that moment, there were three people and one dog. One looked like a relaxed young man at home, another was an elite office lady working in her workplace, and the other was a young and beautiful university student. Such a strange-looking group walked along the commercial street in the center of Tokyo.
They seemed... people from three different worlds.
"Me? As for me, I want to eat sukiyaki..." In fact, Ayumi could have said it politely, but suddenly, the image of sukiyaki appeared in her mind, and she almost drooled, and said subconsciously:
"Sukiyaki?" Sakura asked curiously.
In this world, because Japan has become a region, the culture has become a niche, not as terrible as the cultural invasion of Japan in his previous life.
Ren, familiar with Japanese culture thanks to Japanese manga, immediately explained: "Sakura, you might think it's a kind of hot pot, but it has a very mild taste, and the base is just light Japanese soy sauce." He added, "But the taste is more like ours; it's sweet."
Sakura suddenly realized: "I see, but it seems we don't have the so-called Sukiyaki pot here..."
"Yes, there isn't..." Ayumi has been in Tokyo for a while, so there are certainly no Japanese restaurants there.
Don't even think about Sukiyaki pot.
She couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
"That's all, we can make it ourselves." Ren patted his chest and asked:
"Make it yourself?" Ayumi and Sakura asked curiously in unison.
"Amamiya-san... I... I don't know how to make Sukiyaki pot..." Ayumi said a little awkwardly at that moment.
"You can't, but I can," Ren said, blinking.
"Ren-san... do you know this Sukiyaki pot?" Sakura looked at Ren confused.
Ren patted his chest again and gave a bright smile: "Don't worry, I can cook by myself, and I'm proficient in cooking from various countries... that is, from various regions!"
In his previous life, he rented a house alone. Being single, how could he not cook by himself?
Even if you don't know how to cook at first, when you live alone, how can you not feel tempted to try it yourself when you see all kinds of food videos on the internet?
Ren was like that in his previous life. He was a practical person who did what he said.
He tried cooking Thai dishes, Japanese dishes, Southeast Asian satay barbecue, Spanish seafood paella, Korean stew, Cantonese roasted chicken, Peking roasted duck, etc., at home.
As long as it was a popular dish, he would make it.
Sukiyaki pot is not that simple. The ingredients and preparation are normal. Ren has never failed.
"I didn't expect it... Amamiya-san is amazing..." Ayumi said with awe and little stars in her eyes.
"Hehe... Now we just need to find a self-service barbecue restaurant, and then we can buy a bottle of sweet soy sauce. It might not have the taste of sukiyaki sauce, but we can use other ingredients to extract flavor and freshness," Ren said with a chuckle.
At that moment, Ayumi thought of something, shrank her head, and said: "Amamiya-san... Don't you need to ask Sakura-san what she thinks?"
"Sakura..." Ren said. "Don't worry. Sakura prefers vegetable salad, and her favorite drink is orange soda."
Sakura was stunned for a moment, looked at Ren, and asked, "Ren-san, how do you know my preferences?"
"After eating so many of your meals, I must pay attention to your hobbies. Dogs also need to pay attention to their owners' hobbies, right? Right, Pochita!" Ren asked Pochita in his arms.
"Woof, woof, woof!" Pochita happily responded, wagging her tail.
"Woof, woof!" Ren raised his head and barked at Sakura twice: "Pochita told me, that's it, Ren-san!"
Sakura and Ayumi looked at him with strange faces.
Especially Sakura... 'How could Ren-san consider himself a dog raised by her?'
Upon arriving at a barbecue buffet in the city center, Ren spent 15,000 yen per person, a total of 45,000 yen, and invited Sakura and Ayumi to eat without remorse.
He didn't regret it.
After all, he had 68,000 yen in royalties for half a month, and he believed that as a traveler and system host, he would certainly earn more in the future.
In that case, why should he regret such little money?
And there's a reason it's expensive... No, this is Tokyo, there's no reason for things to be expensive!
But before entering the barbecue restaurant, he went to the mall next door to buy a bottle of "sweet soy sauce."
It was actually steamed fish soy sauce. Then he hid it in his arms, and with Pochita's help, he carried it into the restaurant.
'Damn it! He spent 45,000 yen and couldn't bring in more food.'
But Ren still enjoyed this 45,000 yen barbecue buffet.
"Alright, alright, watch how I show you!"
Ren took the ingredients and began to heat the oil in the stone pot, which was supposedly a small hot pot, and fried the meat.
Then he poured in the hidden steamed fish soy sauce and added some water.
Then came the other ingredients: spring onions, onions, tofu, konjac strips, enoki mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, carrots, chrysanthemums, baby cabbage, and other vegetarian dishes.
After that came the other fresh meat, and finally, he sprinkled sugar, chopped chives, and vinegar.
This not-so-authentic sukiyaki pot was fresh out of the oven.
"Oh, and here's this, sterilized raw eggs!" Ren whisked an egg in a bowl and handed it to Ayumi.
Although Japanese culture is not very popular, sterilized eggs are produced in Osaka.
'Is it because of... food safety issues?'
'Anyway, it's very strange.'
Ayumi looked at the sukiyaki pot in front of her, which was a little strange, but still had some vague shadows, and she suddenly missed her hometown.
It's probably the so-called homesickness of wanderers working far from home.
She immediately took a piece of meat with chopsticks, dipped it in the raw egg, stirred it a few times, and put it into her mouth...
"So... so delicious..."
Ayumi's eyes welled up with tears.
'Although the taste is not exactly the same as the sukiyaki my mother made in my memory, it's really delicious...'
"If it's delicious, eat more!" Ren waved his hand and said, "By the way, there's also your vegetable and fruit salad, Sakura. I picked a lot of lettuce and fairy fruit, and I saw that there was purple cabbage you hate, so I opened it in advance."
"..."
Sakura shook her head. Although it was good that Ren was so considerate, coupled with what Ren said on the way, she felt...
even stranger.