Reborn in Japan as a Chef God
Chapter 491 - 490: I Want to Eat

Chapter 491: Chapter 490: I Want to Eat

Mountain Sichuan pepper?

In this world of gourmet food, the audience had various levels of culinary knowledge. With just a brief explanation from Xia Yu, many understood, flooding the screen with praises like "666." However, there were also some sarcastic comments.

"Is this all scripted by the director?"

"Definitely scripted. Finding two natural spices so easily just by stepping into the primitive forests of Hokkaido for a short while?"

Tang Yuqiong read these comments aloud and winked at him.

"Let those who talk about scripts talk."

Xia Yu couldn’t be bothered to explain and pointed behind the fire. "Sister Qiong, stand back a bit."

"Hmm?"

Tang Yuqiong took a step back.

"Not enough, take two more steps back."

"Oh."

She did as told, a puzzled expression on her face. "What are you going to do..."

She stopped short right there.

Next to the fire were bundles of dry plant fibers that Xia Yu had piled up. No one knew when he had turned the dry wood and grass into blocks, which he then threw into the fire, and with a loud boom, the flames that had been tame and peaceful suddenly roared skywards.

The growing brightness nearly lit up the entire camping site.

Right in the frame of the phone camera, the 3 squirrels on the grill were instantly engulfed by the flames.

"What’s going on here?"

Tang Yuqiong was bewildered, and the live-streaming audience, probably staring at their phone screens or computer monitors, shared her confusion.

"With such a big fire, they must be burnt to a crisp!" Tang Yuqiong muttered, her voice carrying into the live stream as the chat started mocking Xia Yu for his lack of culinary skills.

"Eh!"

But quickly the flames died down, and Xia Yu pulled out three skewers of grilled squirrel. To the surprise of the camera, there was no sign of charring; the meat glistened, the fat sizzling on its surface, and a rich aroma spread through the air.

Even more astonishing,

the branches skewering the squirrels showed no sign of burning. That the dry wood didn’t catch fire and get destroyed in those intense flames was nothing short of miraculous.

"Gurgle~"

The clear sound of swallowing was heard in the quiet wilderness of the campsite, and the live-streaming audience could hear it too.

Tang Yuqiong’s face turned red.

"What happened?"

"The skewers didn’t get destroyed in the big fire!"

"Oh my god, my eyes must be deceiving me! I want the truth!"

This time, Tang Yuqiong ignored the barrage of comments. She had eyes only for the three skewers of grilled squirrel in Xia Yu’s hands. The incredible aroma was too enticing; the natural mountain Sichuan pepper had been thoroughly activated by the grilling, blending with the meat’s fragrance, creating an almost sinfully attractive force. Tang Yuqiong, who hadn’t eaten lunch, touched her belly, feeling embarrassed.

But the grilling wasn’t finished yet; there was still one spice left untouched.

Xia Yu had one hand holding a skewer, while with the other hand, he kept pulling long leaves from a bundle of lemongrass, carefully shaking off the droplets of water before wrapping the fragrant grilled squirrels with them. It took several leaves to completely wrap one squirrel. However, that thin layer wasn’t enough, and Xia Yu continued, focused on his task.

In the end, he used his teeth to bite off the excess leaf after tying a knot.

Satisfied with the finished product that resembled a wrapped sticky rice dumpling, Xia Yu then placed the skewers back over the fire. Turning to the live audience, he began to explain:

"Lemongrass, also known as citronella grass, has a natural lemon scent to it. But I find it odd, lemongrass normally grows in tropical areas and is native to countries like India and Sri Lanka. Yet I indeed spotted it in Japan’s Hokkaido Forest, right by the stream where I encountered the bear..."

"Dried, it becomes the well-known lemongrass tea, a common digestive aid and fitness tea worldwide. If used in cooking, there are so many more methods—a variety of secret curry sauces include it. Hmm, my mind is filled with recipes right now: lemongrass grilled wings, lemongrass chicken, curry lemongrass shrimp, lemongrass beef stir-fry..."

As he talked, Xia Yu threw more dry grass and wood onto the fire.

Boom.

Tang Yuqiong’s mouth watered as she caught glimpses of the skewers faintly visible in the roaring flames.

Soon, the flames subsided, and with that, Xia Yu’s cooking was complete.

"Done!"

"Although we only used three seasonings: salt, mountain pepper, and lemongrass, I assure you, the taste is no less than that of any Special Grade Cuisine!" Xia Yu’s face, illuminated by the firelight, seemed slightly mysterious, immediately enticing the cravings in the audience’s stomachs.

The barrage of comments flew on the screen; Tang Yuqiong couldn’t keep up, so she simply stretched her phone out in front of him, with a playful look on her face.

"Random dude, stop teasing." "Special Grade Cuisine?" "Don’t joke, I could cook this kind of grilled game too, cough cough, excuse the display." "Cook it over a fierce fire and it’s Special Grade Cuisine? Am I stupid or are you stupid?"

Whoa.

A slew of skeptical remarks.

Xia Yu was at a loss for words, grabbed the camera pole from Tang Yuqiong, and then handed her a skewer of grilled squirrel, "You eat, I’ll film!"

As the camera focused on her, Xia Yu took out his own phone and turned on the flashlight function, so the star of the increasingly popular live broadcast finally appeared before the many new viewers, immediately eliciting a burst of exclamatory texts.

In the frame.

The female anchor grabbed the end of the skewer, and a wave of heat rushed at her face.

"Unwrap?"

She pointed at the layer of lemongrass wrapping the squirrel meat, which after the exposure to high heat, its outermost layer bore slight black marks.

"Unwrap!"

So, Tang Yuqiong stretched out her hand, then immediately retracted it, exclaiming, "It’s so hot—"

"Be careful!"

Tang Yuqiong sucked on her finger, waited a while, and then began to slowly unwrap the layer of lemongrass, just like peeling a sticky rice dumpling.

Whoosh—

The instant the herby outer shell fell away, the heat surged out like silk from the skewer.

A wispy cloud of white smoke lingered on the roasted meat, refusing to disperse.

"Roar—"

A dragon’s head suddenly emerged from the mist, baring its teeth and roaring. Tang Yuqiong took several steps back in shock, feeling as though she was swallowed by the dragon’s mouth, her body instantly heating up, her blood uncontrollably rushing to her head, her pretty face swelling and turning a deep red.

The phone screen seemed to freeze, not a single comment, completely cleared out.

After a while.

The comments exploded, dense and numerous, the whole screen filled with text.

"Damn!"

"Why am I hearing strange sounds?!"

"I can feel my appetite stirring even though I’m behind a screen! I want to complain about the host poisoning me through the air!"

"It’s blown up!"

Comments kept coming in, as did gifts.

Xia Yu glanced at the pile of gifts at the bottom left corner and casually read out, "...Thank you ’Tian Mingmingmingming’ Mr. Tian for the 10 rockets... Thank you ’Daidai ah Daidai’ for the 5 rockets... Thank you Number Bro for the 100 bundles of fish balls..."

After reading them all in one breath, it was a fresh feeling, the gifts, after all, it’s the thought that counts. Xia Yu and Tang Yuqiong weren’t short on money; what they enjoyed was fun, sharing delicious food with the audience in the wild, it was indeed exhilarating.

"Eat!"

He reminded the stunned Tang Yuqiong.

"Oh, oh!"

Like waking from a dream, the female anchor, in her Laura-like mannerism, stepped closer to the camera, showing off the skewer of roasted squirrel to the viewers.

Beautiful coloring!

Not only was there no charring, but the color was also odd, fiery red, which in the darkness of Japan’s Hokkaido Forest, looked as if it was ablaze!

Xia Yu held the camera pole, phone focusing on Tang Yuqiong’s face.

With one bite.

Her entire face tensed up sharply.

"My god!"

Silence spoke louder than words, her incredulous gaze captured in the camera, no telling how many people were swallowing hard in the live stream.

Wanting to eat so badly!