Gourmet: Midnight Vending

Chapter 64: Love-Burial Mo


Chen Mo felt for the first time that even the system could be serious.

Since even the system said it's doable, what couldn't he do himself? Didn't he survive the unfinished building as well?

Chen Mo washed his hands and returned to the kitchen, where he saw the former restaurant owner meticulously working on something at the counter that Chen Mo did not recognize.

Seeing Chen Mo return to the kitchen, Mu Xin was a bit surprised. Before he could ask, he heard Chen Mo say to the assistant cook, "Get me a small piece of tofu, some minced beef, and two Erjingtiao peppers."

The young man glanced at Mu Xin, and after receiving an affirmative nod from the boss, he quickly prepared the ingredients.

Chen Mo took a large bowl and left the kitchen again.

"Go see what he's up to," Mu Xin said curiously, "Forget it, I'll go myself!"

He washed his hands, took off his apron, and followed closely behind Chen Mo out of the restaurant, only to see Boss Xiao Chen carrying ingredients into his food truck. Mu Xin was momentarily stunned, then kindly reminded him, "Boss Xiao Chen... well, our restaurant can't serve the dishes you make outside to other customers."

This was a well-meaning reminder. Although Mu Xin was somewhat eager to outshine Chen Mo, it was only because he wanted to impress his daughter. Moreover, he had no substantial grudge against Chen Mo, who happened to be Mu Mu's colleague. So he offered a friendly reminder to save the young man from working in vain.

Chen Mo grinned and said, "Of course, I know that. I'm just practicing in the food truck first, you can go about your business."

Mu Xin was a bit puzzled but said nothing, glancing at his phone's time, "Alright then."

Mu Mu should be arriving at the restaurant soon!

Mu Xin's timing to act was partly due to this—today, he had prepared a dim sum that Mu Mu loved as a child. The dim sum required five semi-finished products of different colors during preparation, thus earning the name: Five-Colored Preserved Egg Pastry.

The finished dim sum was not only delicious but also visually appealing.

Mu Xin was confident that no little girl could resist such a delight.

The pastry was complex to make, requiring dough to make a water pastry and using flour and lard to form an oil pastry.

Then, the water pastry and oil pastry were combined into a water-oil pastry. Finally, preserved eggs, lotus seed paste, and olive kernels were used to make the preserved egg lotus seed filling, ultimately wrapped into preserved egg pastries.

The wrapped pastries must be baked first and then roasted, with a brush occasionally used to apply glaze during cooking, involving such intricate steps to achieve a perfect Five-Colored Preserved Egg Pastry.

Mu Xin checked the time again, thinking that they agreed yesterday for his daughter to come around one o'clock to pick up her ingredients. It was almost one, yet she had not arrived.

But everything was nearly ready, so Mu Xin stopped waiting.

After all, Mu Mu would surely love it, and he had prepared plenty this time.

Mu Xin began to busy himself.

Meanwhile, back in the food truck, Chen Mo tossed in some tofu, minced beef, and red peppers into the food truck's inlet, quickly conjuring up the analyzed recipe in his mind.

[Based on your current cooking skills, the best recipe for you is: Mapo Tofu!]

The recipe's preparation method and production images were played simultaneously in Chen Mo's mind, right to the end!

"Damn!"

Chen Mo's throat bobbed continuously as his mind showcased the finished image of the Mapo Tofu.

The tofu was wrapped in a rich, bright red sauce, with browned minced beef perched quietly on the surface, and green garlic sprouts scattered around, adding a touch of freshness.

The red, white, and green colors seemed to be a perfect combination, and just looking at it, his taste buds could already feel the spicy, numbing, and savory flavor of the dish.

"If I can make it look like that, how could she resist?"

Chen Mo was full of confidence; his only worry was that without the progress bar after leaving the food truck, could he handle each step precisely?

Not daring to delay any longer, Chen Mo immediately began his first attempt at making the dish.

The extra tofu was diced, and the other seasonings prepared completely. Just as Chen Mo was about to start heating oil in the pan, a crisp voice interrupted his actions.

"Brother Mo Chen? What are you doing here?"

"Mu Mu? Why are you here?"

The two stared wide-eyed at each other, neither knowing why the other was there.

Mu Mu scratched the back of her head, "This is my family's restaurant, I'm here to get something."

Chen Mo almost lost grip on his knife and nearly chopped the tofu too finely, "What on earth?"

Mu Mu didn't want to dwell on this matter, "You still haven't answered me!"

"Oh... I took on a private job, some boss asked me to make a dish to see if it could make his daughter open up and eat. I'm just about to try."

Upon hearing this, Mu Mu immediately became interested and jumped onto the food truck to stand next to Chen Mo, "Let me help you!"

Chen Mo quietly pushed Xiao Mu a little further back, "If you really want to help, play some music for me."

"Why?"

Mu Mu grew even more puzzled, why was music needed in cooking?

Chen Mo couldn't explain, "I'm in a good mood today and want to listen to songs."

In fact, it was a sudden idea Chen Mo had; since he loses the progress bar's ability upon leaving the food truck, could the music's rhythm help him reinforce the location of the highlights?

After all, back in the day, the name [Burial of Love Mo] was a big name in the dance world!

Chen Mo continued to prepare seasonings, getting all the ingredients ready, everything was in place, just missing the music!

He thought to himself how frustrating it was to play a song on a phone?

Looking up.

"Brother Mo Chen, what song do you want to hear?"

Chen Mo was suddenly stunned, his pupils trembled, and his facial muscles began to twitch uncontrollably.

For crying out loud... who told you to carry out the sound system?

Can you really play around like this with your family's restaurant?

But there was no time, so Chen Mo braced himself and said, "Play the Rose's Funeral."

He originally intended to ask for "Spark", but considering he needed the lyrics to reinforce his memory, although he had heard "Spark" countless times, he didn't understand the lyrics!

"Okay!"

Mu Mu happily tapped on the phone, connected it to Bluetooth, searched, and played "Rose's Funeral."

She carried out... yes, a sound system about a meter high, carried it out, this is something used for events at Yueyun Pavilion!

"Away from you by a hundred..."

Upon hearing the word "hundred," Chen Mo lit the oil in the pan!

"Searching for the traces of our love..."

Pixian bean paste was added to the oil!

At this moment, Chen Mo felt as if what he held was not a cooking spatula, but a spacebar!

He even had an inexplicable urge, almost wanting to shout to the sky: The key, come!

Whenever the flashballs reached the cursor, he'd shake and perform related operations while deeply remembering the beat and the lyrics of each word in his mind.

Chen Mo was highly focused, with sweat beading on his forehead.

Mu Mu never expected it; Brother Mo Chen was already handsome while cooking, but with the BGM...

He was even more damn handsome!

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