
The alarm rang, making Eve frown. He got up while still half asleep.
‘’Morning, yes?’’ ask her with her eyes closed.
Yes, because it is too focused on learning Japanese in the Duolingo application, making him not aware that the clock has shown at 4am.
Eve grumbled because she only had 1 hour of sleep. But, if he does not wake up so early, he is afraid he does not get a job.
The woman snorted while tidying up her bed, then headed to the bathroom.
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The first day, Eve lives her life in Japan. The atmosphere of the festival yesterday was still felt. He could see a shadow of himself selling Ikebana flowers on the sidewalk.
Having a talent for cooking, Eve visits the nearest fast food restaurant from her apartment.
‘’Iraasshaimase(Welcome)!’’
‘’Ano, sumimasen(Um, excuse me),’’ says Eve to restaurant workers.
‘’Hai, nan-desuka(Yes, what's up)?’’ reply to one of the restaurant workers.
Eve asked them to see the restaurant owner, with the intention of applying for a job. Incidentally, the restaurant owner had just come, making one of the restaurant workers lead him into the room of the restaurant owner.
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Owner Room Restaurant
‘’Shitsurei shimasu(Excuse me).’’
*Shitsurei shimasu is spoken when entering/exiting the room.
The figure of an adult woman sitting in her chair while typing something on a laptop. Seeing one of the restaurant workers bring a woman, made him stop his activities.
‘’Honda Sensei, anyone want to meet you,’’ report restaurant workers.
*Sensei is used by Japanese people as a call to people who are respected for their position.
Eve bowed when she saw a mature woman approaching her.
‘’Ya, what business do you have?’’ ask Miss Honda.
‘’Says, he wants to apply for a job vacancy.’’
Honda's mom looked at Eve with a friendly smile.
‘’True? In that case, please sit down first,’’ said Miss Honda.
The restaurant worker came out after the task was completed.
‘’Hajimemashite, watashi no name wa Eve desu. Ni juu - san sai desu. Indonesia shussin desu(Include me, my name is Eve. I am 23 years old. I am from Indonesia).’’
Bu Honda was a little surprised, because this is the first time there are Indonesians who apply for work at his restaurant.
Looking at Eve, it seemed like this woman had skills, let alone her beautiful face could attract the customers.
‘’Then Eve-san, before I receive you, does Eve-san not mind if I give one a test? This is so that I can see how far you can cook dishes in my restaurant,’’ said bu Honda.
‘’No problem, I don't mind. Honda Sensei can give me an exam,’’ Eve said.
After that, Honda's mom led Eve to the restaurant's kitchen test room. Eve is devastated, because she accidentally applied for a job vacancy at a sushi restaurant.
Miss Honda had one of the chefs give Eve a special uniform. The chefs were wide-eyed at the beauty Eve had, making the woman just smile kindly.
Eve wore a chef-specific uniform while tying her long hair back. This made her recall the time she and Adam cooked together for the first time. The same dish Adam taught him. At that time Eve's eyes were a little teary.
Why should I remember it at a time like this? Nope, no! I have to focus now, he said in his heart.
He began making sushi he had made with Adam at Raymond's residence.
Adam once said that in Japan, sushi has more than 50 variants with different shapes and side dishes. But, he only taught me 10 kinds of sushi. Then I will make that one alone, Eve said inwardly.
Eve drips a tray of her sushi dishes. Bu Honda who saw it was a little impressed because Eve was able to make 10 types of sushi according to its appearance.
Bu Honda stared at the ten types of sushi in front of him, and the ten types of sushi include:
1. Norimaki Sushi's
In Japanese, nori means seaweed because norimaki does use seaweed paper as the outermost dressing on sushi. Norimaki is sushi made from Japanese vinegar rice, then placed on seaweed paper. On it are given various side dishes for filling such as salmon, tuna, and octopus. Then, the sushi is rolled using makisu (a sushi roller from bamboo).
2. Oshizushi
Almost the same as norimaki sushi, the only difference is the shape. If norimaki is circular, oshizushi has a square shape.
3. Futomaki Sushi
Sushi rolls like norimaki, but futomaki is larger with more stuffing than norimaki. If norimaki usually has 3 types of fillings, futomaki can have up to 7 types of fillings.
4. Nigiri Sushi
Is a type of sushi that is relatively simple, because it is only made from vinegar rice on top of which is given quality raw seafood pieces such as salmon, tuna, squid, octopus or shellfish.
5. Sashimi
Similar to nagiri, sashimi is also a type of sushi that serves raw seafood meat to eat. The difference is, sashimi does not serve rice at all, only thin slices for one bribe served with sauce.
6. Uramaki Sushi
It is the opposite of Norimaki sushi. Nori is placed on the inside, while the rice is the wrapping layer on the outside.
7. Inarizushi
Is sushi in the form of rice that is inserted into the abara-age (a bag of Japanese tofu). This tofu bag is made from thinly sliced tofu, then fried and soaked in a mixture of soy sauce, dashi and rice vinegar.
8. Take Sushi
In Japanese, gunkan means warship. The mention of the gunkan for this type of sushi is not excessive, because this sushi is formed like a warship. It has an outer layer of thinly sliced nori and the top is laid with fish eggs, octopus or shrimp.
9. Sushi Temaki
It has a conical shape and resembles a cone(funnel). The cones are made from nori, which can be filled with vinegar rice, seafood, omelet, vegetables and fish eggs.
10. Chirashi Sushi's
This type of sushi chirashi is different because it is served in the form of a rice bowl. Even so, in it remains the same as sushi in general, namely vinegar rice, seafood or chicken, vegetable slices, ginger, fish eggs, and nori sprinkles.
Miss Honda grabbed the chopsticks and ate the sushi one by one. It took a few minutes for the adult woman to speak up.
‘’I was really amazed, it was not a good appearance, it also did not taste as good as sushi in general, even this is the first time I feel sushi as good as this, you like using a secret spice.’’
Hearing the words of Bu Honda, made Eve just smile to feel happy. It was not a secret spice she used, but rather made it lovingly for her husband. But Eve could not tell the fact that she was part of Raymond's family.