After speaking, Kobayashi Rindo took another sip of soda and looked at Sosuke with watery eyes.
"I run an Izakaya because I want to be free."
"I open when I want to open, and I close when I want to close. Why do I have to work myself to death like a corporate slave?"
Hearing this, Sosuke, who was wiping his chef's knife, rolled his eyes at Kobayashi Rindo in annoyance.
"Your business is so good, how much money do you lose by resting for a day?"
"Besides, I just like the dishes you make. If I don't eat your food for a day, I feel very uncomfortable all over."
As she spoke, Kobayashi Rindo rested her chin on her hands, her eyes fixed on Sosuke, a meaningful smile inadvertently appearing on her face.
"Alright, the Izakaya is closed tonight, but you're an exception."
"Tell me, what dish do you want to eat?"
Sighing helplessly, Sosuke could only put away his chef's knife and then turned to the distracted Kobayashi Rindo, asking softly.
"Here, I came to the Izakaya tonight precisely because I wanted you to help me deal with this."
With that, Kobayashi Rindo directly took out a heavy bear paw from a burlap sack and placed it on the table with a thud.
Sosuke:???
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Unlike China, which protects wild animals, Japan issues hunting licenses.
Hunters are allowed to hunt black bears and brown bears to prevent bears from trampling farmlands and injuring people, and eating bear meat is also permitted.
From Sosuke's perspective, he actually somewhat opposes wild game, especially regarding shark fins, which he strongly discourages.
This can be seen from the fact that since he started operating the Izakaya, despite the rule of "diners can order whatever they want," he never tries to grab attention or please diners by excessively using wild game ingredients.
Therefore, he doesn't feel any regret about these wild game ingredients disappearing from the dining table.
After all, being able to cook chicken, duck, and goose well is already a boundless merit.
Of course, if the disappearance of wild game ingredients leads to the loss of those traditional cooking techniques, it would also be a pity.
"Where did you get it?" Sosuke asked indifferently, withdrawing his gaze.
"I bought it from the wild game market. How about it, with your cooking skills, can you prepare this bear paw?"
Kobayashi Rindo smiled, her eyes filled with anticipation.
At Totsuki Culinary Academy, she was already a master at handling rare wild game ingredients.
As a foodie, she could taste everything from crawling insects, centipedes, and ants on the ground, to fish, turtles, shrimp, and crabs in the water, and various birds in the sky.
Even when faced with an ingredient like bear paw, she wouldn't feel there was any problem.
"This is your strong suit, why don't you just do it yourself?" Sosuke was momentarily stunned, then asked again.
"Me?"
"There's definitely no problem if I prepare the bear paw myself."
"But I want to see how much better you can be than me in handling bear paw?"
Kobayashi Rindo pleaded, her eyes a little hazy.
Sosuke observed her expression and, seeing that she truly wanted to taste his cooking, couldn't help but hesitate.
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