Midareta Futari no Mitasare Gohan ch10
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The usual cross-examination + friend.
Hm?
Coming...
Hikami-san!
Please make us dinner!
What!?
Miss Landlady and...
who!?
Pardon the intrusion.
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U-Um...
Who is this, Miss Landlady?
She's my childhood friend Yuki-chan!
She's the girl with the caviar I told you about the other day.
Ah!!
We tried it on potato chips and chocolate, but it didn't pair well at all.
A-And what brings you here...!?
I don't really know either~
Ichika-san said that you were 100 stars, Hikami-san.
What are you talking about!?
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Please explain everything from the very beginning, Miss Landlady!
Hrm~
It's all Yuki-chan's fault!
She went and said something like that...
Eh?
Mochi and mayonnaise?
It was crunchy and sticky and delicious.
Really now.
Did you come up with that, Ichika-chan?
No.
Hikami-san made it for us.
Everything Hikami-san makes is delicious.
She's like a magician.
Eh?
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Aha
A magician, you say!
You're such a kid, Ichika-chan!
Wha-!
It's true!
She's as amazing as a magician!
My housekeeper's pretty amazing too, y'know?
Eh~
She's a pro with a lot of cooking qualifications.
She even worked at a three star restaurant from what I've heard!
Well Hikami-san
is 100 stars!!
Eh? A hundred?
I've never heard of a hundred-star restaurant before.
You'd know too if you tried it, Yuki-chan!
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Where are we going?
Come with me!!
...And that's the gist of it.
Eh...
That's too tall of a hurdle...
There's no way I could surpass a pro.
That's not true!
You make the best meals in the world, Hikami-san!
Please believe in yourself!
E-Easier said that done!
As for the menu... what should we have?
Erm, erm.
Hm~ I wonder~
In that case,
omurice!!
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Eh? You too, Yuki-chan?
Wah~
Jinx!
O-Omurice...?
Hikami-san's omurice is sure to be delicious!
Wah~
Make it already!
Wah~
No, hold on a second!
Even if you ask me for that,
I don't have any ingredients besides eggs and rice.
Eh?
That so?
Ah! In that case,
I guess I'll bring "that" from my house!
Eh?
Just sit tight! My house is close by!
Eh?
No, wait!?
Good for you, Hikami-san!
This has been happening a lot lately...!
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Sorry for the wait!
Fufun♪
What's that?
Papa got a bunch of these from his business trip~
Tada~!!
Hm?
Namakumo...?Hokkaido, Rishiri Island - Fresh Sea Urchin [ts note: best noted on the side so it doesn't ruin the wordplay]
It's read as "uni" or "sea urchin"♪
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Wh-Wh-Why sea urchin on omurice...!?
Because there was a whole bunch at my house.
A whole bunch!?
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I see. It's sea urchin, huh?
This is sea urchin we're talking about, Miss Landlady! Sea urchin!
Not to mention it's high class ezo-bafun sea urchin.
Even a single box is nothing to sniff at...!
Eh!?Name - Ezo Bafun Sea Urchin - How to store - Keep below 10°C
Horse... poop...? [tn: "Bafun" translates to "horse dung".]
So the "shiri" here means...
Hey!
I know that's where the name came from, but it's proper sea urchin!
And that's "Rishiri"!! [tn: Rishiri is an island in Hokkaido whereas "shiri" on its own means "butt".]
Thank goodness~
Okay, use this to make some tasty omurice!
No, no, no!
There's no way I can make omurice with sea urchin!
Did you even get permission from your family?
Don't worry about that.
Y'see, the expiration date's tomorrow,
so Mama was worried we wouldn't be able to finish it all by then!
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S-So if I mess this up, this sea urchin will be...
How about it, Ichika-chan?
Hikami-san says it's impossible.
It's not impossible!
But sea urchin's the only ingredient we have.
Th-That's...
Hikami-san can pull it off, right!?
Eh!?
No, like I said, I can't...
U-
Uuh~...!
Alright, fine!
I just gotta do it, right!?
Don't cry!
!!
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Thank you very much, Hikami-san!
Yay~ Omurice~!
Just wait a moment...
That being said,
Hmm...
how the heck do you make sea urchin omurice...?
For now, I'll make a test batch for myself.
The problem is the seasoning...
I'd like to see if sea urchin and tomato go well together,
but I don't want to waste such high class sea urchin.
But you can't have omurice without ketchup.
What to do~
It's been a while since I've eaten sea urchin~
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Last time I had it, it was served on top of chawanmushi! [tn: a savory steamed egg custard with chicken and mushroom]
Heh~
!!
That's it.
I just need to give it a Japanese twist!
I'll saute onions and mushroom with butter...
add in the rice
and use soy sauce in place of ketchup!
Now to add this...
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Ngh!
Am I really gonna throw this in!?
But if I don't use it here...
The expiration date's tomorrow~
~
I-
It's just this once, so...
forgive me!
There!
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Hah... Hah...
I threw it in all at once....
But...
This
Hah... Hah...
actually feels kinda nice...?
I likely won't get the chance
to experience something like this ever again, so...
I'll add it to the egg
and the sauce made from white dashi and potato starch too!
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There it is.
Sea urchin-style
golden omurice!!
I-I've made something crazy!
You finished, Hikami-san!?
Let me eat it already.
Wait a minute!
I need to taste it first.
Three boxes used on one plate.
I don't even wanna think about how much this would cost...
T-
Time to dig in...
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!?
This is...!
The sweetness of the onions, the umami from the mushrooms...
and the savory scent of soy sauce.
All gently wrapped up in the egg...!
It matches great with the white dashi too!
Mmm~
...But
where is
the sea urchin...?
Even though sea urchin is plenty rich,
it has a weak aroma, so the subtle flavor is lost in the process.
Guess I shouldn't have cooked it through...
Hikami-san!
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I'm sorry, Miss Landlady.
I think I've met my match this time...
Uuh...
If only I could bring out more of the ocean...
Hikami-san...
I'm sorry.
If only I knew more about sea urchin...
No, it's fine...
I've only eaten it as sushi, after all...
Hah
That's it!
!?
If I do this with that, then...
Please wait a moment! I'll make it quickly!
O-Okay?
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Thank you for waiting...!
The sea urchin omurice is ready!
Wah!
So this is the world's greatest omurice...!?
There's no ketchup on it,
and it's brown on the inside...
Yep!!
It's plainer than usual!
Urk.
Th-The taste is sure to be good!
Putting whether it's the world's greatest or not aside, that is.
But it looks the same as it did just now?
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Here!
Please eat this omurice
wrapped up in nori sheets!
Eh!?
Omurice on nori!?
That's weird!
Wah
Urk!
But everything Hikami-san makes is delicious...
I think.
Please trust me on this one!
Hmm...
Alright.
Let's dig in...
Ah...
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!?
Hah
Hahihohe...
Delicious!
Aah
Really!?
I'm never had something this rich before!
Yeah.
It has such a relieving flavor...
It tastes like a golden temple in the middle of the ocean, Ichika-chan!
Yeah!
I don't really get what that means, but I'm glad to hear it...
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Hopefully this has cheered up Miss Landlady a little.
Ichika-chan, Ichika-chan.
Won't it taste even better if we piled on even more?
You're right!
Doweeeh!?
Y-Yuki-san, that's...!?
Where did those come from!?
Hm?
I forgot I had put some in my bag too!
Eeh!?
We should add everything while we're at it, Yuki-chan.
This'll make it taste even richer!
Wawah
Don't put it all on!
Ah, did you want some too, Hikami-san?
Eh?
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Here you go!
~!?
The fully loaded with sea urchin version!
Fu
Mm...!
It's so rich,
I could suffocate...!
The sea urchin's scent
is endlessly penetrating through my nose...!
I'm gonna make a big one~
If I eat something like this,
I'll be...
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taking the one-way eggs-press
to sea urchin heaven~<3
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Thanks for the food!
That was like a dream...
We ate all of this...
Hah~
That was delicious, right, Ichika-chan!?
Yeah!
It's just like you said.
Hikami-san is a magician.
Right!?
Hikami-san is amazing.
Yeah! Amazing!
All's well that ends well... I guess?
I know!
I should get my housekeeper to make sea urchin omurice next time.
No, no, no!
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Getting a pro to make that for you is kinda...
I'd feel bad for her...
That so?
Then you should become my housekeeper, Hikami-san!
Eh!?
No!
Hikami-san is my housekeeper.
Since when!?
Eh~ Is that so?
Then let's both have her as our housekeeper!
Heh!?
Yeah. I can get behind that.
Huh!?
Please take care of us, Hikami-san!
Geez~
I'm not becoming one, y'hear!?
A delicious result to an impossible task☆ That's a magician for you!