Chapter 1744 - The Dark Cuisine That Breaks the Taboo (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

To the nobles, the restaurant in Void City was a taboo, so they all kept a distance from it. Many even thought of destroying it. These people had unwavering faith in their Queen.

Bu Fang needed to think of a way to increase the restaurant’s popularity. To make the residents of Void City accept the restaurant, he would need a delicacy that could move them. As for what this delicacy was, he had no idea for the time being.

However, he was not in a hurry. At his level, time had lost its traditional meaning. He had plenty of time to think of a solution.

In the restaurant, Bu Fang pulled over a chair, reclined in it, and closed his eyes. Before long, he was breathing slowly and calmly.

The restaurant was very quiet. There was not a single customer, and this had been going on for days. In these few days, Bu Fang had come up with a lot of ideas. He had cooked many aromatic delicacies, hoping he could arouse the primal desire for food in these people.

However, none of the nobles in the city was attracted, even when the rich aroma had filled the entire District A. They did not waver. However, some of the nobles did have their appetite whetted. They kept smacking their mouths and wished they could taste the food, but as soon as they thought of the Queen’s taboo, they suppressed their inner cravings.

That surprised Bu Fang. He had tried all kinds of delicacies that emitted strong fragrance, including barbecue, Teppanyaki food, and Chinese scallion pancake. The nobles were at most tempted by the aroma, but they would not fall for it, much less get carried away by the food.

The Queen’s taboo had deeply affected these nobles.

However, ever since Marquis Lang Gu broke the taboo, he had given up everything and devoted himself to eating. He enjoyed delicacies every day, and his lips were always stained with grease. He even planned to make the restaurant his home. Of course, he was kicked out by Bu Fang.

He even gave up being a soul drummer and planned to settle down to be a qualified foodie. Since he tasted the monkey brain, he could not stop eating. He had tried all the other delicacies in Bu Fang’s restaurant, including Egg-Fried Rice, braised meat, and Sweet ‘n’ Sour Ribs.

The food made him so happy that he shivered every time he ate them. However, he alone was not enough to influence the other nobles. Many of them still watched warily.

“It won’t work… Owner Bu, you can’t make the nobles of District A accept food,” Xiao Ai said seriously. She was sitting at a table eating braised meat.

Sipping a cup of wine, Bu Fang reclined in his chair and glanced at her.

“The charm of food depends on the attraction to the palate and the control of the taste buds. However, all the experts here are strong, and their self-control is not weak. You can’t attract them with just the aroma of food.”

Xiao Ai was quite content lately. Although she had no idea where Nethery went, she was happy to be a waitress, for she could eat the dishes cooked by Bu Fang every day. The delicacies he cooked had not attracted any customers, so they could only be consumed internally.

She had tasted many dishes—including barbecue, hotpot, crispy pancake, and Teppanyaki—and all of them made her soul shiver. She could still remember her guilt the first time she ate Bu Fang’s noodles, but now… her guilt was nowhere to be found. The only thing left in her now was her faith in food, just like Marquis Lang Gu.

Waving her spoon, Xiao Ai said to Bu Fang, “Owner Bu, the first thing you need to consider now is how to get them to eat… They will never step into the restaurant unless they have experienced the primal shock brought by food.”

Her words left Bu Fang in silence. She got a point. To put it simply, he had to force them to eat his dishes. He nodded thoughtfully, then brought the cup to his lips and downed the wine in one gulp.

“But they will not try the normal dishes so easily…”

“You can always cook abnormal delicacies, Owner Bu. You are such an amazing chef, so surely you know how to cook those, right?” Xiao Ai said.

She scooped up a piece of braised meat that looked like jelly with the spoon, shoved it into her mouth, and chewed. The grease spilled, while a rich fragrance of meat filled her mouth. The tender texture made her shiver and turned her face red. She felt a little shy.

‘An abnormal delicacy? Maybe I can open up a new prospect with dark cuisine?’ Bu Fang froze. He filled his cup with wine again, but he did not drink it this time. Instead, he squinted at Xiao Ai, whose lips looked greasy.

Her words seemed to open his mind and widen the horizon in front of him. ‘Since normal delicacies couldn’t change their mind, then I will use dark cuisine…’

The corners of Bu Fang’s mouth lifted slightly as an idea came to him. Stinky Tofu would not work because many people had seen it. He had used it in the fighting pit. Therefore, he planned to use another dark cuisine this time. Stinky Tofu was not the only dark cuisine he knew.

Suddenly, Bu Fang jumped from the chair and stood in the restaurant. Foxy, lying under the Path-Understanding Tree, perked up. Her figure flickered and disappeared in a flash. The next moment, she was sitting on Bu Fang’s shoulder. Shrimpy came flying over as well, perching on his shoulder and spitting bubbles.

Bu Fang narrowed his eyes, lifted his hand, and rubbed the heads of the two little ones. “Come, let’s go and create some scene,” he said lightly.

Yes, Bu Fang was going to create a scene. Since food with a rich aroma could not arouse the nobles’ desire for delicacies, he had no choice but to resort to some extreme means. Only when one had experienced the extreme dark cuisine could one understand the value of delicious food.

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Of course, dark cuisines did not always taste bad.