If taiyaki can really be a staple food for normal people, then at this moment, the people of the country that is the birthplace of taiyaki at Lévy's feet should have eaten taiyaki for every meal. But in fact, even if Lévy doesn't have to investigate, he knows that the whole country probably can't find a family with a diet like Eve. It can be seen how strange Eve's taste is.

However, except for taiyaki, Eve's preferences for other meals seem to be not much different from ordinary people. Especially since Sharon arrived at McDowell's house, I don't know what means the powerful head maid used to make Eve give up the habit of using taiyaki as the only staple food. Now every morning, noon and evening, Eve eats basically the same as everyone else. At most, the dessert is still the same as the taiyaki after the meal, but the taiyaki is no longer eaten with the meal when it is eaten at the main meal.

However, from today, Eve was in such a hurry that she didn't want to waste even a second, so she rushed to this taiyaki specialty store. The blonde girl's passion for taiyaki doesn't seem to have diminished in the slightest. So how did Sharon convince Eve, this secret makes people even more curious.

"Is there anything else you'd like to buy besides taiyaki?"

The place where the two are located is also near the pedestrian street, which is a favorite place for tourists. A short pedestrian street further north is a series of large shopping malls connected together. There are all kinds of goods in those malls, and you can buy most of them there, no matter what you want. However, Eve just shook her head as Levi guessed, and then stared at Levi again, which probably meant that she was not interested in taiyaki and that she was not interested in anything else, and the time before the taiyaki restaurant opened was all up to Levi decided.

"In that case, let's just hang out, as I said. ”

Levi didn't come here today to take Eve to buy taiyaki. Yesterday afternoon, he reminded him of the Kaguya he had agreed with Eve, and he also wanted Levi to come here and buy something for her. And the place where you can buy what Kaguya wants is called Nihonbashi, and it is also an electric street not far from the taiyaki specialty store where the two of them are standing at the moment. However, even this shop that sells taiyaki has not yet opened, and if you think that the place called Electric Street is actually occupied by two-dimensional goods like Akihabara, I am afraid that the shops that specialize in entertaining otaku and otaku have not yet opened. After all, otaku and otaku are basically not healthy creatures who don't have to go to school and go to work early every morning. Aren't those stores that target their wallets too early just a waste of electricity?

The streets are not overcrowded with pedestrians in the morning. At this time, most people are probably sitting in the office or working somewhere else. Although Osaka is also the third largest city in the country, it is not like the fast-paced and civilized movement, and even the streets are full of commuters who are in a hurry during working hours. Levi and Eve walked around a little bit, and when they came back, the taiyaki restaurant was already open. Behind a wooden plaque that reads 'Natural Taiyaki' is a large promotional poster with pictures of taiyaki and red beans, the traditional stuffing of taiyaki, which looks like even people like Levi, who are not very interested in taiyaki or even most sweets, want to try it.

Underneath the plaque is a bunch of small posters that tell you everything from the ingredients to the traditional history of the shop. However, some time ago, the introduction of this shop on the TV program was quite detailed, and even Levi still remembered that this store had a special feature that was different from most other stores, called 'Ichitakiyaki' and something like that. It seems to be to the effect that in other shops, the flour paste is poured directly on an iron plate with a stamp, and the filling is added until it is cooked, and then the taiyaki is separated from the excess flour paste with a mold. However, this shop makes it one by one, so there is no need to remove the excess part of taiyaki after it is done.

But to be honest, this so-called feature, Levy thinks that in addition to being more beautiful in appearance, it is estimated that it will not have any effect on the texture and taste. If you don't want to modify the so-called new products, but want to continue the tradition, then in addition to working the ingredients, heat and details, you can only find some features that can be advertised from the appearance.

Moreover, in addition to the difference in appearance, perhaps this store adopts a relatively troublesome production method, but also hopes to convey a concept of 'rigorous tradition and seriousness' to customers?

Not to mention that the final product is actually not much different. But in today's age of extreme material abundance, most people who live a stable life are well-informed and lack novelty in many things. On the contrary, this kind of product that makes people feel 'attentive' can often stand out among homogeneous goods. Even though consumers may spend a little more money on 'intentions' that don't have a more positive impact on the actual experience, the reality is that some consumers are willing to incur these extra costs.

Maybe there is also a reason why consumers can experience the feeling of being 'valued' even if they feel hard work and seriousness in the product?

As far as Levy's own perception is concerned, even a person like him who is very arrogant and doesn't care about many things. It is true that they will choose those products that are more attentive when there is little difference, even if some of them just seem to feel more attentive. Take, for example, these street food fast-foods. Compared with the whole process, the industrial assembly line is quite obvious, and even the production has been mechanized, and the customer simply makes the finished snack by looking at various tools and machines throughout the whole process, and Lévy is also more willing to buy and patronize the kind of snack that a 'veteran' who looks old and a few energetic and hard-working young people slowly make in a way that is not fast or convenient. This is probably just a psychological satisfaction, but hasn't someone said that food should actually be a satisfying 'process' from the preparation of the ingredients to the cooking process to the final presentation in front of the diner, not just the moment when you eat the last bite in your mouth?

It may be based on this concept that more and more restaurants are adopting transparent open kitchens, so that customers can see the chefs busy in the kitchen while eating. This design is more about reassuring customers about their food safety and hygiene in some approachable restaurants. But those high-end restaurants with Michelin stars also choose to do so, undoubtedly seeing the cooking process as a kind of psychological satisfaction for customers.