Teppanyaki is a cooking method that can cook basically any ingredient—if perfection is not required.
It ranges from grilled squid and fried rice on the street to high-end ones including lobster, high-quality beef, cod, foie gras, etc. As long as you are good at packaging, Teppanyaki can also sell for astronomical prices.
Of course, you can also euphemistically call it "the original flavor of grilling".
Moreover, neon-style Teppanyaki is also regarded as the highest level of dining and a symbol of wealth and status. Hina took the initiative to invite Qing Keisuke to eat Teppanyaki, which indeed shows the sincerity of a "rich woman".
"welcome!"
When Qing Keisuke and the others entered the store, there were many locations to choose from, so they chose a corner location where they could see the scenery outside the store.
"Senior, the waiter thought we were lovers just now~"
"Yeah?"
"Senior, do you have a problem with your eyes or ears?"
When she said there was something wrong with Aoi Keisuke's eyes, Hina put her hand in front of Keisuke Aoi and shook it. When she said there was something wrong with his ears, she raised her voice a few degrees.
"It's no problem, schoolgirl." Qing Keisuke hit her on the head.
"Ouch!"
The two of them sat in adjacent seats, with a special baking sheet in front of them. Hina handed the ordering tablet to Aoi Keisuke first, allowing him to choose freely.
Qing Keisuke looked through it and found that there were many dishes, so he directly chose a set meal, which included appetizers, seafood, beef and staple fried noodles.
"Then I'm just like the seniors."
Hina was straightforward and simple 1. While asking Qing Keisuke what else he liked to eat, he quickly ordered beef tongue and some other parts of beef.
The chef received the news, and soon the master in charge of baking came over to start the machine.
The chef was about forty or fifty years old, and he was an honest-looking uncle. Sheena was curious to watch him operate, so she naturally started chatting with him and asked him about the techniques of teppanyaki and his signature dishes.
Qing Keisuke listened on the sidelines without interrupting much.
In fact, he communicated with Hina through the Internet most of the time. It was his first time to go out for dinner with her, and he felt a strange feeling of strangeness - maybe it was like the first time a netizen met offline.
But he and Hina actually met and communicated occasionally in school, but for some reason, these memories gradually became hazy, and only the feelings and emotions remained in his mind, which in turn affected his reactions and words.
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When he was looking out the window, he suddenly saw the gray stray cat again. The cat was still staring at him. Although it was not spiritual at all, its face seemed to have human emotions.
Aoi Keisuke saw the cat's confusion.
"Meow~"
It noticed Aoi Keisuke's gaze and ran into the dark alley.
Qing Keisuke didn't understand the meaning of this cat's meow. It seemed to have a vague pronunciation of "青".
At this time, Hina suddenly patted his hand, Qing Keisuke turned back to look at her, the girl covered her face in shame and joy, and said: "Uncle said we look like a couple!"
"We are classmates, and she is my school girl." Qing Keisuke explained.
"Ah, ah, I'm really sorry, because the two of them look even better than the celebrities on TV, and they seem to be right for each other, so I subconsciously misunderstood."
Hina bared her teeth at Qing Keisuke, annoyed that he ignored her many hints, but she quickly smiled and said: "Senior, maybe you can really see me on TV in the future!"
"Hmm? Have you decided to have a real person appear in the film?" Qing Keisuke asked her.
"Yeah! I'm going to go on a talk show and confess my love to my seniors!" Hina's confident tone sounded like she was joking.
"Okay, okay." Qing Guisie said noncommittally: "I will personally accept the interview and refuse it when the time comes."
"Why???"
Qing Keisuke didn't know whether Hina's words were true or false, but Hina's scorching eyes at this moment suddenly made him think - maybe he should tell her first what kind of person he is.
And his rejection seemed to be a subconscious answer.
Looking at Hina's beautiful face, Qing Keisuke thought about why this was the case, and why did he have chaotic, complicated and contradictory thoughts in his heart?
After a while, the appetizer consisting of fruits and vegetables was served.
The chef lightly roasted the bananas, hawthorns, and apples and placed them on the plates of the two of them one by one.
"Please use it." The chef was unsure of Qing Keisuke's attitude, so he spoke more carefully.
Xina was very happy, and she said it was delicious as soon as she put the appetizer in her mouth.
There is a layer of icing sugar on the surface of the hawthorn, which tastes very appetizing. After the bananas and apples are roasted, they have a very unique aroma, which is very novel in the mouth.
Qing Keisuke nodded slightly and watched the middle-aged chef use an iron spatula to clean the baking pan slightly, then pour a small amount of oil, add squid rings and shrimps, add seasonings from time to time, and grill them until they become fragrant.
This is the second course.
Next is the steak, grill it with fragrant butter, add onions, wait until the skin of the steak is golden brown, then add pepper, sea salt and rosemary, and grill until it is cooked.
Teppanyaki pays attention to the heat. The higher-end the restaurant, the more skilled the chef is and the more delicious the ingredients are.
After that, there were foie gras, oysters, green beans, raw eggs, and cod fillets. All of them felt quite good to Aoi Keisuke. It can indeed be said to have a unique grilled flavor.
However, the Teppanyaki service was very slow. The two of them took a long time to finish the meal from four o'clock until about six o'clock. When they came out, there was a long queue outside the store, and the clerk specially took a piece of it.
The "Queue Ended" sign is at the end.
“It’s so filling, but so expensive!”
Although she was already a rich woman in the future, Hina still felt a little distressed when she looked at the bill in her hand. She invited Qing Keisuke to dinner in the evening, but she didn't save any money.
Qing Keisuke said: "Then you still won't let me pay."
"Hey, because I want senior to remember that all the delicious food in the evening was eaten with me."
Hina put her feet up, stretched her body, and then continued: "I heard that taste can affect human memory. Maybe seniors will think of it when they eat Teppanyaki in the future."
Qing Keisuke glanced at her beautiful side face and let out a soft "hum", making the girl unable to tell whether he agreed or casually agreed.
Hina then said: "Senior and I will eat all the delicious food in the world, so that senior will never forget me again."
"Even without this premise, why would I forget you?" Qing Keisuke asked.
"Well...there are many reasons."
"For example?"
"I won't tell you, senior!"
The girl ran in front of Qing Keisuke, turned her back, made a cute face at him, and started laughing again.
"Senior, let's have dinner together next time, I'll treat you!"
"Ah! I ate so much that my stomach hurts when I run!"
"Senior~~~"
So Hina hid the movie tickets she bought, and finally walked along a quiet river bank with Qing Keisuke to eat.
The rising moonlight fell on the river, creating beautiful ripples. Under the water, red, white, and black carp could be vaguely seen swimming in the water.
The girl said: "Senior, 'the moonlight is so beautiful'~"
Aoi Keisuke knocked her on the head and said, "Don't think that imitating Natsume Soseki at this time will be cool."