First Bowl [Ship Planning Video]

[ricebird]

[Kotori planned on this being a text post. Keyword being planned, because the tortoiseshell cat on her shoulder decided to bat at the light box and press the "live video" button.]

Ah! Slowburn-chan, no--!

[Oh. They're live. Lovely. Not how she wanted this to go, and her face is RED on camera, but no choice but to roll with it.]

Ahaha, um... hi, everyone. So um... I meant to text this, but... I guess I have a few questions?

So someone brought up the idea of a restaurant ship, one that'd be open to both sides and serve food from our worlds as well as recipes from this one, and... I kind of like that?

B-but I'm not that good a cook yet, let alone able to run a restaurant! So... anyone interested in being a head chef? And ideas for names? And any recipes you'd like included? Sorry I know this is a lot... and thank you...

[And this is why she wanted this to be a text.]

Comments

un: unshod // Voice

[unshod]

Might I suggest not offering purely seafood options.

[He should answer her actual questions too.]

As for names... Coral Cafe? Wharf Wanderer?

Video | un; Enterprise

[lucky_e]

That sounds like a fun idea! Especially for anyone feeling homesick or anxious.

As for recipes... the only ones I can think of are hamburgers, sandwiches, and steaks.

yuezun || voice

[yuezun]

[The voice that speaks is very even, level, and almost bored even as it clearly enunciates each character in the names of some dishes that he felt should be simple enough for someone who claimed to be a chef.]

Chā sīu
Zha jiang mian
Liáng bàn gié zi
Liáng pí
Huí guō ròu
Shāo bǐng
Yóu tiáo
Hǎi táng sū
Shēng bào shàn piàn
Yóu bào xiā

[...This will continue until he's interrupted.]

Accidental Video

[standingonmyneck]

[Daria was making one of her pizzas when she grabbed her shellphone to check her messages. Her hands were still a little oily, so it slid from her fingers and landed right on the table. Turning her feed right on.]

Agh, dammit…

video; un: maria

[summonbeasts]

[Maria very deliberately uses video. Text is easier now after some practice but it still wears her out to some degree.]

I did help my mother quite a bit in the kitchen but I'm afraid I'm nowhere near good enough to be a head chef. If you need helpers though I would love to assist.

I have plenty of French and Russian recipes to recommend as well.

un: heartstealer, audio

[doctorheartstealer]

A restaurant ship would be really good.

[He knows the strawhat cook was a cook in a restaurant ship before.]

But I don't know how to cook good enough for a restaurant. Maybe name it something from your world, and have bread replacement recipes.

Text; un: chatterbox

[cursedwords]

A head chef needs someone quick in the kitchen, probably quicker than me.

I have quite a few suggestions of what would be good.

un: fullgauntlet

[fullgauntlet]

Ah, I didn't know you had a cat...!

I think a restaurant ship is a great idea... I don't know how to cook that well either. But if you need any help, I'd be happy to help you out?

[He can like, lift real big BIG bags of food and stuff??]

[ricebird]

[Ah, there's Fenris. Honestly, Astarion's text mourning him left out details, and she thinks she saw Fenris at the Ghoul's Moon festivities, so she doesn't know about his brief sojourn home. So instead she just chuckles a bit to herself before replying.]

No, of course we'd serve other things. Apparently there are a lot of driftfarers here that feel the same. We will be serving some seafood, though, so hopefully that'd be okay to be around?

Those are good names, though. Coral Cafe is cute!

[ricebird]

Ooh, definitely! Maybe hamburger or loco moco too! Apparently beef is rarer here than back home, so the beef dishes might be a bit more expensive. But we can use other kinds of meat for the burger patties, like fish for sangayaki, and sandwiches can have anything on them. Do you have any favorites?

[ricebird]

[You say that like she'd interrupt him. She scrambles a bit to keep up with jotting the flow of suggestions down in the notebook she had at the ready, but thankfully translation magic and the fact that some of these dishes have Japanese versions makes sure she doesn't fall too far behind.]

These are all great suggestions, thank you~! The eel and shrimp would be great to make, although we might need to substitute them with the saltwater species. And flower cakes sound amazing~! And the cold-skin noodles too, of course!

[ricebird]

Oh, are you okay--is... that a pizza?

[PRIORITIES, KOTORI.]

[ricebird]

[Kotori nods; getting a head chef is the biggest snag so far, but having more line cooks is important too.]

Thank you, that would be a big help. French and Russian, though? That's really cool, what kinds of recipes do you have in mind?

[ricebird]

That's okay, even the suggestions are a big help. And bread replacements... do you mean for gluten allergies, or...?

[At least Kotori plans on having lots of rice, anyway.]

[ricebird]

Yeah, definitely quicker than I am right now too. [A soft sigh.] Hopefully we can find someone.

[But gotta stay positive in the mean time.]

And what kinds of suggestions?

[standingonmyneck]

Uh, yeah. Yes it is.

[God she didn't want this today. She didn't want this right now. Great, forced interaction. She fumbled with her shellphone and just looked at the screen. Her resting bitch face was there but.]

[ricebird]

[Hello, light box human, Slowburn will bat at you.]

Ah, yeah... I was just walking by the booth the sanctuary set up and Slowburn just... plopped herself into my lap.

[She's been glued to Kotori's side for a few days now, at least when the girl isn't working.]

That'd be great, thanks, Midoriya-kun. There are plenty of things a restaurant needs help with besides the cooking. There's also serving, sanitation, maintenance, making sure the books stay balanced...

[ricebird]

[Ah. Kotori dials it down a bit in the face of RBF. She's a bit shy and awkward herself, and conflict-avoidant.]

A-ah it... the dough looks really good?

[standingonmyneck]

[The conflict avoidant meets the social avoidant. Still...she looked nervous so she can just kind of try to dial it back on her end too.]

Thanks. I made it myself.

Didn't mean to intrude on whatever is happening here.

[ricebird]

Oh! No, you're fine, really, just... brainstorming restaurant ideas, actually.

[Slowburn gives the light box human a quick blink. Good, human friend is good and deserves people being nice to her.]

So... can I ask what kind of pizza are you making?

[standingonmyneck]

It's...mushrooms and cheese.

[God this is awkward, but she's genuinely trying to be nice here.]

Well, if you believed in coincidences I guess this all happened.

[ricebird]

Oh, that sounds delicious! A pizza with a lot of toppings is great too, but letting the mushrooms shine on their own when they're in peak season like this is perfect~!

[Thankfully(?), it's hard for Kotori to be nervous when she's in the middle of a food squee.]

[yuezun]

You are familiar with them, then? Good. This venerable one expects to be notified when you have found a suitable kitchen and staff that you may prepare them for him.

[Is he going to treat her like his personal chef? Yes. Absolutely.]

There is a mortal named Zhao who has proven to be a skilled chef. Seek him out.

[Is he also going to volunteer his current favorite cook? Also yes.]

[ricebird]

[That way currently lies disappointment, your lordship, she can't even use a knife yet.]

Ah... sure thing, sir? [A general polite sir, she does not know that she's in the presence of an immortal yet.] Oh! Right, I remember Zhao-san from the Ghoul's Moon attacks. He seemed... [.... "scary" and "slightly unhinged" sound impolite to say] energetic!

[yuezun]

[He'll accept general politeness and just assume it means she recognizes him as her superior because of it. He's magnanimous like that.]

He has prepared a meal for this venerable one before. It was very good.

[Because Dongfang's attempt at creating a simple soup was in Zhao's opinion, and I'm quoting here, 'a war crime'.]

His enthusiasm should only be encouraged.