20. The eighth tenant
With Igarashi's bright voice, a cat-like girl with orange hair sprang out like a sturdy leopard, holding a white porcelain plate in both hands, which was red and seductive, and the alluring fragrance instantly filled the hall.
"Chinese food?"
Miss Sakurai was taken aback, she had never heard of Igarashi having learned Chinese food.
There is a big difference between Japanese and Chinese cuisine, and Chinese cuisine is more about aroma and flavoring.
As soon as she smelled the spicy, layered fragrance in the air, Miss Sakurai felt that her mouth couldn't help but start secreting saliva.
"That's right! Speaking of food! That's Chinese food! Let's talk about the food that makes you feel up! Then it has to be Sichuan cuisine! Come! Feel the boiling food and refresh yourself Sakurai-san! ”
Although I don't know what she's worried about, Miss Sakurai always has a little sad look in her eyes, and even Igarashi can see it, and everyone else probably knows, right?
Everyone cared for her in their own way.
The dish presented to Ms. Sakurai is a plate of red, lava-like dishes, white tofu mixed with minced meat, soaked in red sauce, and a large handful of sesame peppers, chopped red peppers, and thick oil slicks to bring out the visual impact of the hot food.
When it comes to Sichuan cuisine, it is numb and spicy. However, unless you have really eaten Sichuan cuisine and compared it with other local cuisines, you will know that Sichuan cuisine also has a lot of oil.
This characteristic is because Sichuan, China is located in a basin, which is humid all year round, and the human body accumulates "moisture", which must be expelled with numb, spicy and a large amount of oil.
Igarashi's dishes clearly reveal these three characteristics, and just looking at them makes people feel numb on their tongues.
This is a dish called mapo tofu, and it is so spicy that it makes people feel the excitement and temptation of the deliciousness, and they can't help but continue to eat it, repeating how spicy it is! - Delicious! - It's spicy! process.
However, Miss Sakurai is not happy at all right now.
As a woman, it's one thing to be less inclined to eat foods that are too greasy...... On the other hand......
She had just finished her ice cream.
Ice cream is a very cold, very sweet thing.
Mapo tofu is a very hot, very spicy thing.
Hot and cold, sweet and spicy......
What the hell is this matching! It's like Yotsunomiya, with a down jacket on the upper body and a miniskirt on the lower half - what the hell is this!
"Come on, come on, eat it while it's hot, Miss Sakurai! Feel the breadth and depth of Chinese cuisine! Feel the heat of Sichuan cuisine! ”
"No...... It's hot or something, I already feel it......"
She smiled awkwardly, muttered quietly, and reluctantly ate it.
Sure enough, the hot and spicy taste went straight to her tongue and stimulated her taste buds, but the delicious taste tempted her to keep eating...... This tangled mood......
By now, she had eaten seven or eight minutes full.
I also want to save some stomach for Chiyuki Shimazaki in the back......
She thought so.
But......
She pressed her hand on her stomach, and although she couldn't see what was inside, she thought that her stomach should have already begun to fight, the war between ice cream and mapo tofu......
"So, the next Shimazaki!"
"Oooh! It's finally me! This is what I did with Hibiki and my brother! Barbecued pork! ”
Chiyuki Shimazaki came out of nowhere.
She is still wearing a ponytail today, wearing a red tracksuit, and an apron on the outside, giving people the feeling of a chef.
Kawajin nodded and stood beside her.
"I'm in charge of the heat, ingredients and seasoning."
Kawajin said.
"I'm in charge of tasting it!"
Shimazaki said.
"Didn't you do nothing!"
Kawajin exaggerated a slap in the face, but of course, it didn't hit, and Shimazaki cooperated to make a look as if he had been hit, and spun around.
"Hey, hey, hey! A small theater for two! ”
"Poof......
Seeing that these two people were dressed in similar styles and looked quite a good match, Miss Sakurai laughed, shook her head, and said with a wry smile: "What are you guys doing!" It's not that kind of thing! ”
It can be seen that this is a temporary idea between the two, but Shimazaki can actually cooperate with Kawajin without prior discussion, what is the tacit understanding? Or should I say it...... What about the greatness of love?
Miss Sakurai cut a piece of char siu and put it in her mouth.
"It's delicious."
Kawajin showed a proud look: "Of course! I did it, after all! ”
Shimazaki also showed a proud look: "Of course! After all, I personally checked it! ”
"Isn't that just stealing?!"
"Hey, hey~"
The two of them are like cross talk actors, making exaggerated language movements to amuse Miss Sakurai.
"You ...... It's really amazing...... I like you guys the most......"
I couldn't help it anymore, there were tears rolling in Miss Sakurai's eyes, and it was clear that I should just have an ordinary relationship with them that didn't have much to do with them. But...... But they care so much about their own affairs......
There is a deep sense of guilt.
"Well, because, Miss Sakurai takes good care of us on weekdays! Until then, though, who has the best cooking? Whose cuisine is Sakurai-sama's favorite?! ”
"Huh? Can't you say you like it all? ”
"Of course not, you have to say three, six, nine and so on!"
Kawajin shook his head so solemnly, interrupting Miss Sakurai's eight-sided exquisiteness.
"This ......"
"Hawkers, anyway, there's still time, Miss Sakurai, it's a rare holiday, let's make a decision while going out for a walk and digesting food! Rare everyone walks together! ”
Kawajin offered his own opinion.
"Hmm. Okay, okay. ”
Miss Sakurai could only shake her head and smile bitterly, and let the six capable people surround her, and they were taken out of the room.
The dishes left over from the previous cooking duel were placed on the table so casually.
How long has it been?
About half an hour? Maybe an hour?
It was so quiet outside.
Suddenly...... In the room on the first floor, there was a click and the doorknob was opened.
A small figure opened the door and ran silently to the table, because she was so short that she had to climb on the chair and step on it, so that she could lean out and try to eat the food on the plate.
I guess I was tempted by the smell of food in my room, right?
This is the [purpose] that Kawajin said at the beginning.
Under the guise of a cooking conference, on the one hand, Miss Sakurai is treated, and on the other hand, the person who steals food is caught. The milk incident before was probably what she secretly drank, right?
Then, as she slipped out and tried to steal food......
Crash!
In the water glass placed on the table, the clear water suddenly turned into a transparent shackle, passed through her ribs and arms, and tied her whole person to the chair!
"Hey?! What's going on?! ”