Chapter 53 Visitors to the Chinese Restaurant Club

Haidai's Chinese restaurant is located next to the Boping Dojo in Boping City. It is also a club that gathers many Chinese cuisine enthusiasts.

The overall architectural style of the Chinese restaurant is based on blue, suggesting that Haidai, as a chef, is good at cooking seafood-related dishes, as well as his side job as the water-attributed gym leader of the Glass Bottle Gym.

After challenging Haidai, Luo Mu was invited by the other party to taste the food he cooked himself. Even the recipe of the braised fish that Luo Mu had made before came from Haidai.

Luo Mu brought the mosquito coil tadpole to the outside of the restaurant, and Hai Dai, wearing a wave apron, had been waiting there for a long time.

Although Haidai is big and strong with a shiny bald head, he is actually a generous and magnanimous person. The dishes he makes are very popular among the citizens of Glass Bottle.

"Hey! Have you eaten?" Haidai, with his arms crossed, quickly noticed Luo Mu approaching with his sharp eyesight as a cook. He first greeted Luo Mu enthusiastically, and then looked at the mosquito coil tadpole beside him with a scrutinizing gaze: "Isn't this a mosquito coil tadpole that is quite rare in Padia? Is it the new Pokémon you captured, brother Luo Mu?"

"I was just about to come here to taste your new food." Luo Mu stretched out his right hand and shook Hai Dai's right hand lightly before separating. He then lowered his gaze to the mosquito coil tadpole and said with a smile, "It's a Pokémon I captured for the farm. I plan to train it to evolve into a mosquito coil frog king."

"Mosquito-repellent frog king? Not a bad idea. I remember it was very good at controlling the weather. However, the item needed for its evolution, the King's Certificate, is a bit rare and difficult to obtain."

As a water attribute expert, Haidai knows a thing or two about water attribute Pokémon from other regions. He has also paid attention to Pokémon, which has the rare rainfall attribute.

"Woo-woo-woo!"

The tadpole waved its tail and greeted Haidai.

Seeing this, Haidai showed a kind smile, squatted down, gently touched the head of the mosquito coil tadpole and said: "You are also good, you must work hard to grow."

After greeting the mosquito coil tadpole, Hai Dai stood up and looked at Luo Mu. He pointed to the crowded restaurant behind him at lunchtime and said generously, "Enough of the pleasantries. Now, let me show you the freshest sea bass after the explosion, and the dreamy wakame from the Hoenn region that I procured with great difficulty. These supreme delicacies are intertwined with each other!"

"Supreme delicacy? As a chef, I can't ignore this."

Before Luo Mu could respond, a strange male voice suddenly came from behind him.

The two looked towards the direction where the voice came from, and saw a man with meticulous golden hair, wearing a white chef's uniform, a blue scarf on his chest and a large box in his hands, standing there.

The man looked directly at Haidai with sharp eyes, which seemed to contain some unspeakable emotions.

"You are..." Haidai's cheerful smile froze, and he looked straight at the man. He smelled the same scent on the man.

Two sharp gazes collided and intertwined in the air, igniting sparks, and an inexplicable atmosphere began to spread between the two.

Luo Mu & Mosquito Repellent Tadpole: “?”

So, what's the situation now?
Luo Mu had some impression of this blond man. He remembered that he was the one queuing at the elevator. He stopped for a while because of his pure blond hair, which was rare in the Padia area.

But no matter how hard he searched his memory, he could not remember who this familiar-looking man was.

After a long silence, Hai Dai suddenly spoke up: "Hey! Boy, which profession are you from?"

The man glanced at the Chinese restaurant behind Haidai, carefully put down the heavy suitcase in his hand, and said calmly: "A chef who travels abroad in search of the ultimate cuisine, Shimi."

Luo Mu: "!!!!" Hai Dai frowned, as if he remembered something, his eyes widened slightly, and he said in shock: "You are the chef of the famous three-star restaurant in the Carlos area!"

"It's nothing but a false reputation. Now I'm just an ordinary chef traveling outside." Shimi shook his head. Compared with the various reputations bestowed on him, he paid more attention to deeper things.

"I heard your conversation with the young man just now. The reason I came to the Glass Bottle City in the Padya region was to find new inspiration for food. This city of delicious food is really an eye-opener for me."

"So, I'm very interested in the supreme delicacy you mentioned. Do you want to have a cooking competition with me, Mr. Haidai?"

Zhimi's words without hesitation went straight to Haidai's heart. He was stunned for a moment, then said proudly: "That's what I want. Let's bet on our pride as chefs and have a victory without regrets!"

The two of them reached a consensus and both looked ready to do a big job.

Before turning to enter the restaurant, Hai Dai turned around and said, "How about letting Brother Luo Mu be one of the judges?"

"No problem for me. Even if it's someone you know, I will cook something that he will praise."

Zhimi shifted his gaze from Haidai and glanced at Luo Mu. Originally, he had no interest in Luo Mu and only had eyes for Haidai, the cook.

However, Shimi only glanced at the other person and his expression froze for a moment.

Was it his illusion? He saw some shadow of Miss Caroline in this young man.

Zhimi looked at Luo Mu with a meaningful look.

From Luo Mu's perspective, the chef who called himself Zhimi had a conversation with Mr. Haidai and then they started to have a culinary showdown for no apparent reason.

Luo Mu has so much to complain about that he has nowhere to rant. This is the set of Pokémon, why are you starting a food war competition?

The mosquito coil tadpole, on the other hand, was very interested in this novel scene. It jumped and followed Luo Mu's footsteps and walked into the restaurant.

After they sat down, a woman wearing a pastry chef's uniform and with beautiful green hair smiled and said to Luo Mu: "Ah, long time no see, Brother Luo Mu~"

"Has Miss Afeng also been invited by Mr. Haidai?"

Luo Mu felt a little surprised, but it was reasonable.

The woman who spoke to her was A Feng, the owner of Yuanmo Gym in Yuanmo Town. She was a pastry chef by profession and owned a shop called Paisley Mousse. She was also Haidai's cooking student.

"Yes, I arrived earlier than you." Feng spoke slowly with a faint smile, looking very quiet and natural. "By the way, this is a belated blessing. Congratulations on becoming a champion trainer~"

"Hehe, I didn't expect that you would surpass all of us in just one year~"

Luo Mu said modestly: "Thanks to my partners, I couldn't have done it alone."

(End of this chapter)