Warrior's Kitchen

As he finished cutting all of the leeks he used the back of his knife to scrape them all into a large bowl. He was quick to move on however pulling up the next vegetables on his station. All in all it took him very little time to quickly dissect and cut down all of the vegetables he had to work with. Once he was finished at his station he turned and looked at the female chef once more. Seeing that she was having a very hard time trying to debone her fish Zhu simply couldn’t take it any longer.

He walked over to her with a soft smile on his face “First time trying to debone a fish?” She blushed brightly nodding her head ever so softly “Y-yeah…that obvious huh?” Zhu chuckled ever so slightly “There is no reason for you to be ashamed. It usually is hard for the first time. Here let me show you.” He gently took her hands in his as he began to direct her movements “See when you grip a bone with the tweezers you gently tug on it, but you give a soft curve to your wrist and it just simply slides out of the fish without any hassle.”

As he put the bone they had just removed to the side he leaned back and smiled at her “See? It is just that simple.” The girl smiled a bit wider nodding her head ever so slightly “Yes…Thank you very much. I shall keep this in mind.” Zhu nodded his head in approval and looked to the rest of the things on her station “Well…How about I give you a hand? I’ll just take your produce and cut it up. How’s that sound?” The sous chef nodded her head lightly in agreement “I would like that very much. Thank you.”

Zhu quickly turned his attention to the produce that he had gathered from the female sous chef and began to cut it all up. He was very quick to chop them all up and put them back on the sous chef’s station in order for her to receive the credit for the work. He didn’t want to make her look bad. She was weak right now sure, but she was going to get stronger of that he was certain. That was the good part; if she was hopeless he wouldn’t have even bothered to help her. Lucky for her that wasn’t the case.

As he returned to his station he looked around and was surprised to find that there wasn’t anything left for him to do. He rolled his eye and sighed heavily now that he was bored. He quickly looked around the kitchen and the head chef was already cooking. Zhu walked over to the head chef and looked at him with a soft smile “Well sir I finished everything that you asked of me. Is there anything more that I can do?” The chef thought a moment and then nodded his head “Indeed. It is almost time for the event to begin. Can you make donburi?”

Zhu thought a moment and then nodded his head once “I know how to make all kinds of Donburi. Very well, I will begin preparations for beef Donburi at once. How many am I to make?” The head chef thought a bit and then he nodded his head once “We have a guest list of fifty people. You can go ahead and make the servings.” Zhu nodded his head in agreement as he walked away and began to cook the donburi. Donburi wasn’t a hard dish for him to make. He cooked the rice, the tempura vegetables, and then added the meat in where it needed to be.

He put all of these things into individual bowls and then began to put the bowls to the side on the counter. This allowed for the others to come and take them away out to the dining room for the guests that were already starting to arrive for the party. Zhu didn’t really want to stay much longer so he made his moves as quickly as he possibly could, but also made the meals look as attractive as they possibly could. It didn’t take him very long to finish his task, and he wasn’t the only one who was working on it either. After a few minutes everything was done.

He went over to the head chef “Well anything else?” The head chef smiled and shook his head “No not at all. You have done enough. I know without you this party wouldn’t have been a success. Thank you.” Zhu smiled and bowed deeply “I am honored. Now then I bid you farewell.” He removed his chef coat and apron putting on his regular coat. He was ready to leave now, and he left the restaurant out the back door not wanting to be seen. He wasn’t exactly the type to fit in with that sort of crowd. With his jewels in hand and his renown going to spread he was going to go back to Lamia Scale.