A mid-level (middle-aged) office worker's laid-back industrial revolution in another world - Chapter 190

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Takeo and Hilda came to the kitchen after leaving Frederick.

“Sorry to disturb you all.”

Takeo said as he entered.

“Welcome back, Kitamizato-sama.”

The butler, maid, and cook all stood up to greet him.

“Wow…”

Hilda was overwhelmed by the scene.

“Huh? What’s going on, everyone?”

Takeo asked with a curious look on his face.

“Oh, Takeo, welcome back, Hilda. I’m glad you’re here.”

The head chef and his staff came up to them.

“Well, was it called caramel? From this morning?

That’s the reason. I’m sure that’s what made everyone appreciate Takeo even more.”

“It’s nice of you all that you liked my gift.”

Takeo chuckled.

“Well, everyone is happy.”

“Well, what are you doing now?

“Preparing the chicken and the tomato sauce.”

“I see… Maybe I’ll ask someone other than the head chef about the dinner process.”

Takeo put a small smile on his face but the head chef nodded his head as if he was saying  ‘No problem’. 

“…You are in charge of salad, what’s on the menu for this evening’s dinner?”

“Yes, sir.

There are two main dishes today.

First, sautéed chicken with butter. The flavor will be tomato sauce and lemon, which will be served in small portions in separate containers for each person to add.

The other main dish will be the lasagna designed by Kitamizato-sama.

For the salad, I plan to cut up leafy greens and radish into strips, and dress them with a light dressing.

The soup will be a slightly lightly salted egg soup with shiitake mushroom broth.”

“Okay.

You chef, in charge of main, what is the general process for today and what is the current situation?”

“Yes, sir.

First, I will prepare the chicken, tomato sauce, and meat sauce.

Next, I’ll prepare the salad, cut up the lemons, and make the dressing.

As soon as it’s ready, I’ll make the chicken sautéed in butter all at once.

The chicken is then placed on an iron tray over a pan of simmering water to keep it cool.

After making the sauté, we’ll make the soup and salad.

Then we’ll start making the lasagna.

When the lasagna is ready, I will prepare the sauteed chicken and serve it to the guests.

Currently, I’m preparing the chicken and making two sauces.”

“Okay, thank you.

Now, I’ll show you how to make the lasagna, and then you can modify the process.”

“Okay.”

“Let’s start with the ingredients.

Take this plate-shaped pasta…”

Takeo began to explain how to cook the lasagna.

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Right now, Takeo is back in his room and changing his clothes.[Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the “Novel Multiverse dot com” website @ novelmultiverse.com]

He said that it would be a little while before he could make the lasagna itself.

Hilda watched from the side as she worked on the sweets.

Right now, she was making the white sauce under Takeo’s direction.

She melted the milk-scented solids over low heat, mixed in a small amount of flour, and continued to stir while adding more milk.

White sauce… Hilda was staring at a dish she had never heard of before being made in front of her.

She couldn’t imagine what it would taste like… she didn’t know, but she was looking forward to it.

One thing that surprised her was that the person in charge of sweets had made this sauce with Takeo’s rough instructions.

She was amazed at the skill and quick thinking of this chef, who could make a white sauce, something she had never heard of, with a little advice.

It also made her realize that there were many things she lacked.

Then Hilda’s father came up to me.

“Hilda, what’s wrong? you’re staring.”

“Hmmm, I was looking at a dish I didn’t know existed. What is father doing here?”

“Me? I’m watching everyone’s progress. That’s my job.

So, how’s the white sauce coming along?”

“Yes, it’s coming along just as Kitamizato-sama instructed.

It never occurred to me to put flour in butter and melt it with milk.”

“Yes, that’s true. Oh, you might want to make it a little thicker.”

“You’re right. He said he was going to bake it in the oven, so I guess the key is to make it thicker.

I’ll check the thickness while letting off a little more water.

…How much shall I make?”

“We’ll have to make more for everyone.”

“Yes, of course.

Well, let’s make more and more.”

The person in charge of sweets went back to work.

And Takeo came back.

“How’s it going?”

Takeo used a spoon he had lying around to scoop some of the white sauce and ate it.

“Oh wow, impressive.

It’s just as I imagined.

How about the pasta and the baking oven?”

“It’s ready.”

“Well…

Let’s try it out. Hilda, I need your help.”

“…Yes.”

Takeo put white sauce, meat sauce, and pasta on a ceramic plate for making gratin, then put white sauce, meat sauce, and pasta again.

“You layer it up like this. Hilda, please make about four more layers.”

Takeo swapped positions with Hilda and let her work.

“Hmm, I see.

But does adding white sauce make that much of a difference?”

“Well, to put it another way, it adds oil. The taste would be thicker.

Well, you’ll understand when you try it.”

The chef and Takeo were chatting and laughing as they watched Hilda work.

The sweets and the main course chefs were watching.

“Takeo-sama, it’s ready.”

“Yes, thank you for your hard work.

Now, I’m going to put some cheese on this… Do you have anything that melts when heated?”

“Use this, then.”

The main chef brought the mozzarella cheese forward.

Takeo crumbled it into small pieces and put it on top.

And then he brings the leftover bread from last night and grates it.

“…Takeo, what are you doing?”

“Making bread crumbs, sir?”

He sprinkled the coarsely ground bread crumbs on top and finished.

“Yes, it’s done.

Now let’s bake.”

Without listening to anyone’s opinion, he starts the oven.

“Well, what do you think it will be?”

Everyone in the kitchen waited with anticipation for the baking to begin.[Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the “Novel Multiverse dot com” website @ novelmultiverse.com]