Chapter 41 (1/2)

Chapter 41: A Bowl of Clear Broth Noodle Soup (Part One)

The sound of hunger emitted from his stomach and woke Yuan Zhou up. He had been lost in thought, admiring the cooking methods of the Clear Broth Noodle Soup.

“Oh, yeah. I haven’t had my dinner for today. Why don’t I prepare a bowl of these noodles for my dinner?” Yuan Zhou muttered to himself solemnly. He had completely forgotten about the two bowls of Egg Fried Rice that he ate earlier.

“Dong Dong Dong”

He quickened his pace, hurrying downstairs.

“Pa”

He flipped the kitchen’s light switch. Instantly, the entire kitchen became as bright as it usually was during the day. It was as if there were shadowless lamps illuminating every corner of the kitchen. Of course, the lighting in the main hall was different. Its brightness was set to provide the maximum comfort for the customers. Therefore, one wouldn’t feel tired even while wearing glasses for a long time in Yuan Zhou’s restaurant.

Just as Yuan Zhou expected, he found something new after looking around the kitchen.

The characters “All Purpose Flour” had appeared on a new cabinet. It stood next to the one that contained the flour used to make the Steamed Pork Buns. Meanwhile, a new cooking pot for the noodles had emerged beside the frying pan. However, it was different from those that Yuan Zhou had seen before.

Usually, normal pots were used in other restaurants. Those were large, thus could prepare plenty of noodles in one go. Nevertheless, the one in Yuan Zhou’s kitchen was like a Kanto cooking-styled pot ①. The only difference was that each grid was big enough to cook approximately 100 grams of noodles.

There were 12 grids in total, with a total of 3 rows and 4 grids in each row. After looking carefully and touching them, he discovered that the grids were totally sealed from one another by the means of a partition.

“Peng Peng”

The clear and melodious sound of the handle told Yuan Zhou it was made of porcelain.

“System, isn’t this heat resistant porcelain?”

Yuan Zhou had once been to Jingdezhen, which was famous for its porcelain wares in China, during his university days. So he knew some rough categories of porcelain. He recalled that the skill level required was extremely high to create heat-resistant porcelain.

The system read, “This cooking pot is indeed created using heat resistant porcelain, after going through a sophisticated process. Therefore, the finished product can be said to be top graded.”

“Can I sell this pot and exchange it for another?” Yuan Zhou asked while holding his head.

The system read, “The taste and nutrition value of the noodles cooked in this pot will have the best effect, thus this tool is unavailable for sale.”

“Ho Ho”

As far as Yuan Zhou knew, the heat resistant porcelain could be used as materials in structures that were required to withstand high temperatures. It can be used in many fields including astronavigation, atomic energy, electronic technology, machinery, chemical industry and metallurgy. It was an indispensable heat resistant material for engineers, with wide varieties and extensive applications.

Yet, now the system had provided him such materials just for a mere cooking pot. He was in awe of the system.

Moreover, Yuan Zhou found that the frequency of which he used “Ho Ho” had increased exponentially ever since he bumped into the system. He suddenly longed for the previously days when he rarely cursed or gave sarcastic laughs.

As for the new water tap that appeared at the side, the words “For Kneading Dough Only” were too obvious to be missed.

Yuan Zhou grumbled for a little while in his mind, and then he opened the cabinet filled with the flour calmly.

The unique fragrance of the wheat spread out as soon as the cabinet was opened.

“Peng”

Yuan Zhou took up a 50 diameter terracotta pot and set it on the nearby azure stone countertop. Then he started to scoop up the flour with a clean wooden spoon free from any filth.

The current flour had different characteristics from the previous one used for the Steamed Pork Buns. First, the flour wasn’t the usual snowy white that was commonly seen. Instead, it was slightly yellow. With his sharp sense of smell, Yuan Zhou also captured a different fragrance from it.

He opened the cupboard and found a coarse porcelain bowl that had just appeared in it. It was light brown in color and had cloud patterns on the exterior surface. Although made of coarse porcelain, it was nevertheless fine and smooth, unlike ordinary ones. Furthermore, he could see that the bowl hadn’t been processed with ceramic glaze before.

“Hua Hua”