I Became a Food Developer in Another World - Chapter 41



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The appearance of ‘it’, which has caused the most controversy in the empire, began in a certain alley restaurant in the Marquisate of Summonat.

【Mint Chocolate Ice Cream】

“Mixing mint with chocolate? That’s an interesting combination.”

“Mixing cleaning agent with chocolate? That’s unique.”

Customers were puzzled when they saw it hanging on the restaurant’s dessert menu.

That is understandable, as the imperial people had a perception that ‘mint’ was used for oral hygiene.

It was a light ingredient like mint tea or xylitol to freshen the mouth after a meal.

But mixing it with thick chocolate?

I had no idea what it would taste like.

Customers who were curious started ordering mint chocolate ice cream one by one.

“oh?!”

“omg?!”

Everyone who took a bite of this looked surprised. And.

“What, this is so horrible-”

“Wow, it’s delicious!”

“??”

Reactions were sharply divided.

“How can there be all these combinations?”

“… That, that’s right.”

The combination of mint and chocolate was a food that people either loved or hated, so when it first came out, it was a menu that only those who ate it liked.

That’s why Mint Choco didn’t receive much attention for the first few months after its release.

The opportunity for Mint Chocolate to become famous was through a gathering of gourmets.

“Gourmet” is a gathering of nobles known to be picky eaters even in the empire.

Gourmet, which started out as a small gathering of friendly nobles to share trivial culinary experiences, has now developed into a ‘gourmet society’ that leads the imperial food culture.

Food and restaurants that receive favorable reviews here are awarded ‘Gourmet’ stars, and can earn from one to a maximum of three stars.

And the restaurants and food that are awarded stars will receive the attention of the people of the empire for that year.

Gourmet, which had not been able to meet for a while due to the church’s asceticism, began to resume its activities with the advent of processed foods.

“I recently visited the Kingdom of Calunte. The royal cuisine there was so excellent… … ”

Today too, the members of Gourmet took turns sharing their culinary stories with each other.

It was a classy gourmet dinner, divided into those who spoke and those who listened quietly.

“Now it’s Owen’s turn. What has been your experience this year?”

The members looked at the middle-aged gentleman with expectant eyes.

He was a handsome middle-aged man with a nicely grown mustache who must have been considered quite handsome when he was young.

The middle-aged man was none other than Owen Summonat, Minister for Magic and Margrave of the Empire.

The members waited quietly for him, a full member of Gourmet and a renowned gourmet, to open his mouth.

“I had ‘three’ culinary experiences this year.”

Owen opened his mouth with a faint smile.

“The first one was the wyvern chicken of the Duchy of Gertz.”

“ah!”

“Wyvern…!”

The members let out a soft gasp.

They remembered the wyvern epidemic that had once dyed the empire like chicken.

“I heard that they are hard to catch these days. Did you come here after eating a wyvern?”

“Luckily, I was able to successfully hunt in the Leble Canyon.”

“Are their wings still intact?”

“It tastes even better.”

“Hmm!”

The members each swallowed their saliva as they reminisced about the crispy, chewy wings of Wyvern Chicken.

“As their flying ability has improved, the quality of their wings has also improved.”

“Ah, I want to try it.”

“I envy your experience, Marquis.”

“I heard from Duke Gertz that there will be good news soon, so I think you can look forward to it.”

“If it’s good news… … ”

“I can’t reveal it right now, but you’ll find out later.”

Owen changed the subject with a meaningful remark.

“The second delicacy I experienced was the well-known ‘caviar.’”

“Caviar…!”

“Oh!”

Caviar refers to the processed or salted roe of sturgeon.

Because the production volume is very small, even the nobles have difficulty tasting it, so it is considered a delicacy among delicacies.

“I was lucky enough to get the chance to eat there after being invited by an acquaintance in Benevento.”

The members were once again amazed by Owen’s experience of tasting caviar that is said to be difficult to obtain even with money.

“Really, Marquis Owen has wide feet.”

“You went all the way to Benevento.”

Owen, who had been talking about caviar for a while, moved on to the next topic.

“And the last food I experienced was… … ”

As Owen paused, the members all looked at his mouth.

Wyvern chicken and caviar.

After tasting all of the rare foods, I was curious to see what food he would choose as his last delicacy.

and.

“… … It was a dish I tasted at a small alley restaurant in my hometown, Summernut.”

“?”

“Are you talking about the alley restaurant?”

“Yes.”

Everyone tilted their heads in confusion at Owen’s words about tasting gourmet food at a small alley restaurant.

But Owen’s subsequent words couldn’t help but fill my expectations again.

“It was a taste I had never experienced before in my life.”

“ah!”

“What is that, a delicacy that even Mr. Owen has never experienced?”

Owen opened his mouth as everyone’s curious gaze grew.

“It’s ice cream mixed with mint and chocolate.”

“Mint and… …choco?”

“You mean mint chocolate instead of chocolate?”

Everyone blinked.

Even for those with a broad knowledge base, this was the first time they had heard of mixing mint into chocolate.

“Hmm, it’s hard to judge. But if Marquis Owen says so, it must have a mysterious taste.”

“Yes, that’s right. It was a truly mysterious harmony.”

Marquis Owen smiled softly, thinking of the mint chocolate. And declared.

“I recommend this Mint Chocolate for ‘Gourmet of the Year.’”

*

A week after the food festival, the Gourmet of the Year was announced.

The imperial citizens nodded their heads as they looked at the delicacies selected for the gourmet menu.

Most of the reactions were that what was meant to come up had come up.

First of all, the ‘Wyvern Chicken’ that was ranked first was a legendary food that had a history of causing a craze in the empire.

Because the chicken that is evaluated as the chicken of the chicken world is Wyvern Chicken.

The second delicacy, caviar, has also been considered a delicacy among the nobility since ancient times, although only a few people have tasted it.

So there was no disagreement about whether the two foods were included in the gourmet menu.

But everyone who saw the last selected food couldn’t help but tilt their heads.

【Gourmet of the Year: Mint Chocolate Ice Cream】

“Mint chocolate?”

“What is this?”

‘Mint chocolate ice cream’ was a food that most people were hearing about for the first time.

But beneath it was written an evaluation by the Minister for Magic, Marquis Owen Summernaut himself.

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[Mint chocolate, which starts sweetly and ends refreshingly, is an unprecedented combination and can be considered a high-quality dessert. That is why it is selected as the ‘Gourmet of the Year’.]

Mint chocolate ice cream

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It was only natural that people would become interested in Mint Choco, given the Minister of Magic’s generous evaluation, which could be considered rave reviews.

So, products combining mint and chocolate were released through each store, and the reactions of the people of the empire who tasted them were… … .

“Eww! What, what is this!”

“Is it edible?”

“Are you crazy? Is this edible?”

“Oh! Are you saying that you will not acknowledge the gourmet of the year that Your Majesty the Marquis has chosen?”

It started to split violently.

*

It was through our Lord Matap that I learned about Mint Choco.

“Ugh!”

Lanya’s day begins with a morning routine of stretching exercises that she never misses.

After stretching the limbs with closed growth plates one by one, I happily lift up the remodeled magic tower.

But something new was added to that routine that never changes.

Instead of a staff, Lanya was holding something unidentifiable, ‘green with brown patches here and there’.

‘No way.’

It was a shape that looked somehow familiar.

I asked, looking at Ranya blinking with a feeling of bewilderment.

“Your Majesty, what are you eating now?”

“Huh? Mint chocolate ice cream.”

“…yes?”

“Do you want to try some glass too?”

I was embarrassed when I absentmindedly took a bite of what Ranya offered me.

‘No, why is this here?’

The ice cream in Ranya’s hand was definitely ‘Mint Choco’.

I couldn’t forget the sweetness of chocolate and the refreshing taste of mint that followed.

I never made it, so that means someone else did it.

‘I never told you, but you developed it on your own?’

While I was in a state of absurdity, Ranya whispered something shocking into my ear.

“Huh? Mint Choco is the ‘Gourmet of the Year’?”

“Yeah, the three major future trends of the year.”

“Who the hell chooses that?”

“The Imperial Gourmets.”

‘No, what is this… … .’

Even the ‘First Princess’ is said to be an ardent supporter of Mint Choco.

What was even more absurd was that there was a rumor going around that I, who discovered the edibility of ‘mint’, helped develop mint chocolate.

My head felt slightly dizzy, but I couldn’t shake off what had already happened.

‘How can I deny this?’

I started thinking about how to deal with the dwarves when they came.

I didn’t want anyone to misunderstand that I had contributed to the development of Mint Choco.

If I made a mistake, an axe might grow on my head.

It was not long after I started such a dizzying day.

“It’s been a while.”

“Your Majesty the Crown Prince.”

The third prince, Leon, came to see me.

*

“As you know, this is a disgrace to the empire.”

“… … .”

“That’s one of the three great delicacies. I’m afraid that this fact will be known to other countries.”

Third Prince Leon trembled all over as if he was terrified just thinking about it.

He started a match just by saying the letter ‘Min’ in Mint Choco.

Of course, that doesn’t mean that mint chocolate was truly considered one of the ‘three great delicacies’.

Because this year’s gourmet did not mean the ‘three major delicacies’.

‘I also can’t agree that caviar is one of the three great delicacies.’

However, the problem was that when Princess Luciela expressed her support for the announcement of the gourmet food, mint chocolate and caviar were distorted into the three major delicacies.

The third prince felt very sorry about him.

“Unfortunately, ‘Luciela’ is a grotesque person.”

“… … .”

I remained silent for a moment as I watched the third prince proudly claiming that his bloodline was that of a gourmet.

It seemed clear that the First Princess had an unusual appetite, as she would not have said something like that just because of a single mint chocolate.

“So, why did you come here?”

“I came to you because I wanted you to introduce my sister to proper processed foods.”

“Is there any reason why it has to be like that?”

The princess’s eating habits had nothing to do with me.

There wasn’t anything wrong with mint chocolate.

Right now, our Lord Matap also seems to really like mint chocolate.

however.

“Considering the relationship with other races, Mint Choco will definitely have a negative impact on the Empire.”

“… … .”

Isn’t that too far-fetched an idea?

It was difficult to accept the Third Prince’s claim that a single food item would cause discord between races, but it was also difficult to reject it.

‘Elf hates to the death anyone who harms the purity of Mint… … .’

Contrary to dwarves’ terribly hated a thing called mint, the elf symbol was ‘mint’.

If you were to dip flowers symbolizing races in chocolate and call them the ‘three great delicacies’, it would be enough to cause conflict.

From the elves’ point of view, this was the same as shouting that ‘Kimchi Chocolate’ was a delicacy.

And, the ones pushing Mint Choco were none other than the First Princess and the Gourmet Club she supported.

The Third Prince wanted me to tell the First Princess that there were other delicious processed foods besides Mint Choco.

‘Looking at it this way, it seems like there is a problem with Mint Choco.’

Who would have thought that a single food could cause a rift between the two races, the dwarves and the elves…

“Um, is there an ingredient that your Highness the First Princess particularly likes?”

“It’s cheese.”

Cheese… .

“Okay, I’ll give it a try.”

Suddenly, a food came to mind, so I accepted the Third Prince’s offer.

*

“What is this?”

Princess Luciela tilted her head as she looked at the thick ‘plate’ placed in front of her.

“Isn’t this the kind of plate they use in ‘Lo Stivale’?”

In the ‘Lo Stivale’ region, there has been a culture of using bread as a plate since ancient times.

That was also the reason why the princess described the round, flat bread placed in front of her as a plate.

“Are you saying this dish is better than Mint Chocolate right now?”

“It depends on your taste, but if you like cheese, I think you’ll like it.”

“You’ll have to try it to know.”

Luciela took up a fork and knife and cut into thick slices of bread.

Okay then.

“!”

Luciela was startled when she saw the cheese pouring out like a waterfall from the cut bread.

She picked up the bread carefully, hiding her agitation.

The cheese came up, stretching out.

“ah…!”

After a while, Luciela swallowed the bread and asked with an ecstatic expression.

“What is the name of this food?”

“It’s pizza.”

To be exact, it was a ‘Chicago Pizza’ with lots of cheese that was transformed in Chicago, USA.

“pizza…….”

Yuri said to Luciela, who was finishing her Chicago pizza in admiration.

“I will call the three great delicacies of the empire ‘chicken, pizza, and hamburgers.’”

“Chi, chicken, pizza, hamburger… …!”

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