Isekai Izakaya "Nobu" - Vol. 13 Ch. 77 - Morning Mapo Tofu

[deadrabbits]

Hans isn't training to take over nobu, he wants to strike out on his own. How people are getting him succeeding taisho is beyond me.

 

[Kaiser92]

Why aren't you guys freak out about Shinobu in glasses??? I know I am

 

[IvanDFakkov]

Mapo tofu you said?
The priest smiles.

 

[damadicius]

Sire, did you just Deez Nut’d me in a manga?
Sire, did you seriously Deez nut’d me in a manga?

 

[fight2live]

Shinobu in glasses

i know they were talking about what if one day the back door no longer connect to Japan. but to me this feels more like when Hans managed to open his own store, Nobu's front door would no longer connect to the other world

 

[prospero021]

Thanks for the chapter and insightful translation notes!

 

[HaikenEdge]

As an Asian American who grew up with my mom giving me bentos that aren't the most artistic to eat at lunch in school, I'm in the "bentos are packed lunches" camp too.

Also Asian American.

Parents gave me sandwiches in a ziploc baggie.

 

[Aeerurf]

?? why are you all debating. That is not the point of the chapter.

GLASSES

Glasses are really versatile. First, you can have glasses-wearing girls take them off and suddenly become beautiful, or have girls wearing glasses flashing those cute grins, or have girls stealing the protagonist's glasses and putting them on like, "Haha, got your glasses!" That's just way too cute! Also, boys with glasses! I really like when their glasses have that suspicious looking gleam, and it's amazing how it can look really cool or just be a joke. I really like how it can fulfill all those abstract needs. Being able to switch up the styles and colors of glasses based on your mood is a lot of fun too! It's actually so much fun! You have those half rim glasses, or the thick frame glasses, everything! It's like you're enjoying all these kinds of glasses at a buffet. I really want Luna to try some on or Marine to try some on to replace her eyepatch. We really need glasses to become a thing in hololive and start selling them for HoloComi. Don't. You. Think. We. Really. Need. To. Officially. Give. Everyone. Glasses?

 

[residentFATBOY]

👻

 

[PanzerIVF]

Why aren't you guys freak out about Shinobu in glasses??? I know I am

WHA? HUH? WAI? HJUH? Oh. Okay, what is going on?
Shinobu wearing glasses
faint again

 

[Liar]

Also Asian American.

Parents gave me sandwiches in a ziploc baggie.

Asian American and no rice for lunch?

X to Doubt

 

[HaikenEdge]

Asian American and no rice for lunch?

X to Doubt

Generally speaking, there are two kinds of Asian-American families.

Mine was the type that tried desperately to assimilate into American culture because we were immigrants, not realizing that no matter how much we tried to fit in, we'd never be considered "real" Americans.

 

[Liar]

Generally speaking, there are two kinds of Asian-American families.

Mine was the type that tried desperately to assimilate into American culture because we were immigrants, not realizing that no matter how much we tried to fit in, we'd never be considered "real" Americans.

Oof, that sucks.

My family found that balance of assimilating but still finding pride in our culture, but, of course, that comes at the cost of not truly fitting in either cultures.

 

[sotokouya]

isn't starting out your own restaurant count as being a chef?

 

[HaikenEdge]

isn't starting out your own restaurant count as being a chef?

Not really. Cooks can also start restaurants (my uncle did this).

 

[IvanDFakkov]

Also Asian American.

Parents gave me sandwiches in a ziploc baggie.

You guys at least have lunch.
I have to settle with whatever 50000 VND (around 2 Bidens) can buy.

 

[DanYHKim]

Pretty sure that was never really a thing, and Hans x Leonore has more likelihood of happening.

Hans will need to go on the chef's equivalent of a "martial arts training trip" where he will visit dojo across the continent and overseas to learn new techniques. They might learn that there's an island nation with familiar soy-based ingredients like miso and shoyu, and he will go there to learn and also establish a channel of trade to secure a supply.

Re: Gas stoves. It turns out that China used bamboo to pipe natural gas for boilers in the Han Dynasty, around 200 BC. According to Mark Kurlansky's book "Salt", brine wells would encounter deposits of methane, which sometimes killed workers by asphyxiation (and maybe the occasional explosion). The gas was soon tapped to run burners to boil down the brine into salt without having to expend firewood.

 

[DanYHKim]

Not really. Cooks can also start restaurants (my uncle did this).

Thank you. I was unaware of the distinction (don't hit me. I'm just ignorant!)

 

[DanYHKim]

Why aren't you guys freak out about Shinobu in glasses??? I know I am

Megane-ko is very cute!

 

[HaikenEdge]

Thank you. I was unaware of the distinction (don't hit me. I'm just ignorant!)

Just to be clear, a chef has specialized training in serving, plating, flavor profiles, etc. Cooks just cook.