“Boss, does the crayfish really cost 100 copper coins each?” Jane asked in disbelief as she carried a condiment box and followed after Mag. She had just eaten a crayfish that was worth 100 copper coins.
“You also think it’s very cheap, right?” Mag turned to look at Jane as he gave it a serious thought. If the regular customers of Mamy Restaurant knew about this, they would feel so touched that they would cry.
The crayfish’s cost was 50 copper coins, and the ingredients’ cost was another 10 copper coins. Excluding his master chef level’s manpower cost, he only earned 40 copper coins for every crayfish.
Compared to his usual pricing that was four, five times the cost of the ingredients, this price was already more than fair.
Perhaps he had grown a conscience?
Nope. He just wanted to complete his mission as soon as possible.
Even if Mag priced the crayfish at 500 copper coins, given its flavor, Mag didn’t have to worry that he would starve.
However, such crayfish would only be the delicacy of the few, and the majority of the customers would be kept out of the restaurant.
The Mamy Restaurant positioned itself as a high-class restaurant, and its exorbitant pricing had already made sure that its customer base was the minority. It wasn’t discrimination, but it was the value of the dishes that were made from the very best ingredients + the very best culinary skills.
However, for Ayi Crayfish Restaurant, Mag decided to go with the cheap food stall’s style. 100 copper coins wasn’t cheap for the majority of the demons, but at least the portion weighed 1 kg each, and normal demons could still afford it if they tried hard enough. Hence, it could have a huge customer base.
Mag didn’t come to Carapace Island to earn money. His focus was to complete the mission of catching the system’s 300,000 crayfish.
And, his plan was… eat them up.
Using Carapace Island as the center point and radiate outward over the whole Demon Islands Archipelago, he wanted to cultivate a bunch of chowhounds who loved crayfish with the delicious crayfish dishes.
As long as he cultivated their love for it, the demons would be the crayfish’s number one natural enemy.
Why could edible species never conduct a large-scale foreign species invasion in China?
The answer is very simple: they don’t have the time to grow.
The crayfish was initially an example of an invasive species, and it was eaten to the point that it became a rare species. If it weren’t for all the rearing farms, it would have already gone extinct. This was an example that had been successfully proven.
Mag wasn’t very confident that he could complete the mission of catching 100 crayfish in the vast ocean, but as long as he could solve the problem of species invasion and overrun, and create a natural enemy that the crayfish couldn’t defend against, this mission was no different from being completed.
Promoting by concession was only one of Mag’s plans to popularize the crayfish. The cheap and good crayfish would soon become the favorite supper on Carapace Island.
“Is… it ch-cheap…” Jane was rather speechless. To her, 100 copper coins was already a lot of money. She could only earn 10 copper coins after selling the seashells that she picked for the whole day, and one crayfish would have cost her 10 working days of picking seashells at the beach. It was awfully expensive.
However, this crayfish was so incredibly delicious. She still felt as if she was in a dream when she thought about it now. Perhaps it was so expensive because it was so divine.
Mag nodded his head, and lamented, “If we had been in another place now, they would have gone crazy.”
He walked out and put the wooden rack down before placing all the spices and condiments on it accordingly. Then, Mag’s gaze became razor sharp and calm after he fastened his apron and buttoned his cuffs.
Jane—who was standing at a side—watched Mag who was standing in front of the wok in an amazement. She felt that he seemed to have transformed into another person at that instant.
He lit up the fire, and then grasped the big iron wok two meters wide with a towel as he swirled it around on the stove to ensure the wok was heated up evenly.
He poured the oil into the wok, and heated the oil until it was 70% hot before adding in the preprepared ginger and garlic to stir-fry. Then, he continued to add in a big bunch of dried chili and spices into the wok to stir-fry.
The spices’ fragrance was released immediately, and the rock troll family and Jane couldn’t help but stretch out their neck to look at him curiously.
Does he have to be so over the top when it’s just cooking? Does he have to use such a big pot for three crayfish? And what’s all that funny stuff? Although this aroma is nice, it’s also very pungent. Gemina frowned. Anyway, she couldn’t recognize any of the spices that he was using. However, the spices’ aroma after they were stir-fried made her even more curious.
After stir-frying the spices, Mag poured the entire basin of preprepared crayfish into the wok, and turned the fire all the way up as he grabbed the huge spatula with one hand while holding the handle of the wok with the other, and stir-fried the crayfish.
The greenish-black crayfish became red gradually. Its aroma began to merge with the spices, and then spread everywhere.
“That smells great.” Justin gulped as he stared at the red crayfish in the wok. He already couldn’t wait to have one.
“This aroma… is completely different from the grilled crayfish yesterday. But why are they equally enticing and irresistible?” Gemina looked at the crayfish being tossed around in the giant wok by Mag. Although she didn’t want to admit, this mala spicy’s aroma was indeed unbelievably enticing.
“Ah, I’ve died…”
Ivan placed his head on the table and glared at the crayfish in the wok. He only got to eat one pincer yesterday, so he was going to have a whole crayfish to himself no matter what today.
The aroma of the stir-fried spicy crayfish rose up in the yard before slowly drifting out of the yard and onto the streets.
“Smells so good!”
“What’s that smell?”
“It seems to come from there.”
In a short while, dozens of demons were already standing outside the yard and staring at Mag who was frying the crayfish curiously. They saw the crayfish in the wok, and realized that the aroma had come from them as they swallowed their saliva unconsciously.
“This seems like a restaurant?” A minotaur demon looked up at the signboard. This was the first time that he had seen a crayfish restaurant, but this aroma was simply too tempting.
“I didn’t see it when I passed by previously. Seems like it’s newly opened. It’s a pity that it has a protective amulet,” a demon that had two leopard’s heads said regrettably as he swept his cold gaze across the huge protective amulet hanging in an obvious position at the door.
“This method of cooking is so special. This is the first time I’ve seen something like this. Although it smells great, I wonder what it tastes like.” A voluptuous succubus looked at Mag with a smile. “Moreover, this chef looks rather handsome.”
“Really? But his technique isn’t as good as mine.” A bulky demon got close to her from behind, and extended his hands toward her waist.
“Oh, really?” That succubus turned around and smiled at him seductively. A gleam flashed through her green and blue eyes.
The demon was stunned, and halted his actions.
And right then, that succubus suddenly lifted her leg and kicked his crotch.
Together with an “eggs shattering” sound, that bulky demon flew backwards and crash-landed on the street 10-odd meters away. He covered his groin and screamed in pain.
“How dare you touch me without paying. You’re asking for death.” That succubus put down her foot and swept her gaze across all the demons around her.
All the male demons put their legs together instinctively. Those demons who had wanted to take advantage of her began to back up. This was a tough character.