The Coffee Shop in a Different World Station

And the next day, Sophia and Liberto appeared in a private room on the second floor of the coffee shop, "Tsubame".

Takumi, who knocked on the door of the private room that guided them to Concon, waits for a response from inside before entering.

In the room, two people with serious expressions had some heated arguments.

Takumi softly stands ears as she prepares her meal to look different from the usual serene atmosphere.

"So baked cake is the best way to feel the deep richness and sweetness of theses (cheese) all over your eyes. I'm not saying the refreshing rare cake is bad, but if you're going to match the cake with the tight coffee, you're going to have to go up to Baked."

"But Baked's richness can sometimes feel heavy together. Rare, which combines refreshing acidity and sweetness, will be more delicious in the coming hot weather, etc. Besides, coffee is not the only drink to be served with dessert. I still think Rare would be better suited to match the refreshing aroma of Tae."

"The most familiar person in this country is cinnamon coffee. If you're thinking about compatibility with a drink, it still doesn't mean baked?

"No, no, if you look at countries all over the world, including my country, there are more tae-loving countries than coffee. If that argument is based on the world, then Rae will prevail."

"That's too much talk. Besides, coffee and baked cake are just not yet known to the world, and if you get to know this flavor, you'll be able to repaint the force map."

"No, no, food culture is also deeply rooted in the history of that country. Yeah, that's not gonna be easy."

I thought we were letting the debate fight on the topic of work, which apparently wasn't the case.

Takumi greets both of them with a slight bitter laugh at the conversation.

"Sounds like you've been holding on to that hand topic since yesterday. But I know it would be auspicious if the topic of that hand were put aside so much. Now, may I explain one item of the day?

Two people snort at Takumi's words.

But the gaze that hits each other remains harsh.

In that subtle atmosphere, Takumi started explaining today's menu after adding one gophone and a cough.

"We are still offering mini-courses today as usual. The egg dish you requested yesterday is scheduled to be served before the main dish."

"In front of the main, right. Got it. I look forward to seeing what food comes out. Look, Lord Sophia would think the same thing, wouldn't you?

"Yeah, I'm so excited. Nice to meet you, Mr. Takumi, huh?

Liberto and Sophia gaze as they speak of their expectations to each of them.

Because of my mind, I also seemed to have sparks scattered where that gaze intersects.

I'm worried you two won't have a lump left in your company, but that doesn't mean you can do something.

Hopefully the debate would not get any hotter, Takumi gave a bowl of grace and left the room behind.

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Takumi came back to the room just after eating the first plate (hors d 'oeuvres).

It was a bowl-shaped white vessel that was transported from the kitchen.

The slightly larger vessel is completely covered with a lid.

I don't see much style around here.

I don't know what to do with this, but Sophia and Libert hang each other by the neck while overlapping their gaze.

Then Takumi lowered her head gently and then started talking to them.

"Thank you for waiting. I prepared it as an“ answer ”yesterday. It's an egg dish. Please remove the lid before serving."

"You should take this."

Sophia, prompted by Takumi, replies and takes the lid of the vessel.

Then something like a fluffy “bubble” appeared from inside.

"Is this... a meringue? No, the colour for that..."

A lid opens at the same time as Sophia's, and the Libert observes still trying to figure out who it is.

The "bubble" atmosphere is close to the meringue.

But what is decidedly different from the meringue is its color.

Looking at that “bubble” tinted in pale yellow, apparently the egg yolks as well as the egg whites were combined.

Under that bubble, I see something like soup.

Based on its white colour, perhaps milk is used.

After observing a strange dish for a while that I had never seen, I heard from Takumi again.

"We will explain the dishes later. Enjoy just a little bit of the bubble on the top first, then the soup below.

"Ugh, um..."

When the liberto takes the spoon, it snaps the foam in the vessel.

It feels refreshing because of the heat.

Riverto carries a light yellow “bubble” that stands slightly hot to the mouth.

After rolling it in my mouth for a while, its “bubbles” melted pale shortly after I built my teeth.

"... you do taste like eggs. I had a slightly softer image, but with a crisp texture besides my thoughts, I see, this is interesting. But......"

Libert raising his face with a crease between his eyebrows.

At the end of that gaze, Sophia lifted her mouth angle to give her a happy look.

"You can feel a little sweetness. I think I was right about that."

Sophia spoons in the vessel again as Nico.

Take the “bubble” with the soup below as Takumi told you, and carry it to your mouth.

"What!? This? What?

Sophia accidentally shouts out loud to the taste spread in her mouth.

Looking at the surprise, he rushed to include a “bubble” in his mouth that also matched the soup.

The “foam”, which should have felt slightly sweet earlier, contained solid salt gas.

"Holy shit! I didn't know it tasted different even though it was definitely in the same vessel..."

"Here it is. I'm sure there's a trick in this soup."

That's what Sophia says, avoid the bubbles and taste only the white soup.

From the mellow flavors and aromas, there seems to be no doubt that milk is used.

However, the taste of chicken and vegetables is more solid than that.

And salt and pepper were also made relatively strong.

"So you're saying that the bubbles on this surface change the taste by inhaling the soup? No, this is another strange thing. Lord Takumi, what kind of dish is this?

"If I could name this one, would it be" Fluffy Milk Soup ”? It will be the original dish based on the dishes I taught when I was traveling before."

"" Fluffy "... that's a strange dish to say the least. How did you make this?

"The way this dish is made is very simple. First, separate the yolks from the egg whites and foam only the egg whites thoroughly first. That's just the procedure for making meringue cookies. And don't crush the melange bubbles you can, mix the egg yolks, put them gently on top of the Atsuatsu soup and all you have to do is cover them and steam them"

"Hmm, is that why the lid was covered in the vessel? But what kind of trick is sweetness and salt gas?

"For sweetness, we add sugar together when foaming egg whites. This way it foams up better and provides a firm foam that won't crumble when placed on top of the soup. In addition, salt gas is applied to the soup as you can see. Today's soup is warmed with milk in a well boiled chicken soup to be about twice as thick as normal. I know that the salt in chicken soup serves to tighten the whole soup."

Sophia, who was listening with a nod to Takumi's explanation, mouths her thoughts.

"I guess it's hard to balance this sweetness with salt gas. The soup tastes good, so if the eggs don't come with sweetness, you're going to lose."

"Right. But if you include it in your mouth with the soup, it will be just the right salt plum. Sounds like this taste calculation isn't quite possible. But it's a little strange that this is the best for Lord Takumi. I thought if you were talking about Lord Takumi, I would choose a little more" egg-like dishes "..."

Takumi snorts cocklessly at Liberto's words.

And smiled gently at the two of them, saying the words.

"There may indeed have been other dishes that would have been appropriate in terms of egg dishes. But after seeing how you were yesterday, I managed to get“ sweetness ”and“ salt air ”to live together in one dish, and let me cook this one. If this is the case, I was wondering if you could both enjoy it as you please without a fight..."

To Takumi's words, both of them wrap their necks together.

After the two of us looked at each other for a while, it was Libert who raised the question first.

"Hmm, when were we in a fight? Hey, Lord Sophia?

"Yeah, we did have an argument, but we weren't fighting..."

"Er, then yesterday you two are..."

Takumi asks the two of them back with her eyes patchy.

Now we both nodded and then responded to Takumi's question.

"Oh, I'm sorry. Lately, when we're together, it's always that way. Lord Sophia and I always have a serious argument, so we can't help but have fun."

"Right. I often disagree with Mr. Libert, but that's a good thing, and above all, it's very exciting."

When they say so, they smile at each other looking at each other.

To that appearance, Takumi was unable to utter words for some time.

That's when I hear a concon and a knock through the door of the room.

When Takumi spoke, it was Nyarch who came there.

"Hey, Roland said I could do the main thing, but can I carry it now?

"Oh, yeah, you are. Yeah, please. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to help too."

"Oh, I'm sorry I held you back so long."

"I look forward to the rest of the dishes."

It was just a takumi with a bitter laugh at the way the two were being revealed.