A Collection Of Dark Stories

"What Is The Secret Ingredient?"

it was a restaurant where you would be served a mystery. of course you gotta cook it yourself, but just what makes the food taste so good is always left in the minds of customers after eating at that specific restaurant. one such lady stayed in the restaurant to observe as her curiosity was so peaked at the fact that the food was so delicious that she decided maybe she should stay till everybody's gone.

the soup was the most delicious of them all, however they still couldn't make out of the taste inside the cheapest soup in the menu. cheapest because it is abundant and they simply never ran out of ingredients.

she called the waiter to her table and tried to initiate an interview about their special soup. the following conversation transpired that night as the remaining guests left to call it a night. she stayed behind, because she loved the soup so much more than anything else on the menu.

"uhm excuse me!"
"yes mam?"
"this soup of yours is delicious!"
"well i only serve the food, but you're welcome"
"may i have a word with your chef?"
"right now he's busy, but i'll ask"
"thank you!"
"now is there anything else you want mam?"
"yes actually can i have some water?"
"sure thing mam and the chef would be available later as we promised"
"oh thank you for the hospitality"

with business going on as usual the waiter went back to his usual business, serving food and drinks to the remaining customers and she waited till everyone else left for the night. it was some hour later when the restaurant was at closing hours already and then she got her chance as she saw most of the waiters and waitresses changing into their casual attires ready to go home for the night. she caught a quick glance at the chef and was a bit shocked at his appearance. it is a fancy restaurant after all and yet she feels uneasy talking to him. then he remembered that a customer wanted to talk to him about the soup.

"well, so you are the customer who admired my soup."
"well yes i am that customer and i wanted to ask about what ingredients you have used in your soup so i could do one myself at home too"
*laughs "so you want to know the dirty little secret of that soup eh? on one condition..."
"what is it?"
"come to my restaurant tomorrow night and wait for all the customers to leave and i will show you my ingredients... why not"
"so i will have to wait this long again tomorrow?"
"well unless you want my soup to remain a mystery to you forever...i'm not going to offer another chance the next time you ask"
"okay sir chef, you have a deal, i'll come by tomorrow"

the next night she was at the same restaurant waiting for the chef and waiting for everyone to leave. although she didn't just come for that as she ordered the same soup she had the previous day.

it was already around half past ten o'clock when customers started to leave the restaurant. the chef made an announcement that same night before all the guests left saying that the next day would have a special menu. the lady doing selfies overheard the announcement and was indifferent. all she came for was the ingredients for the soup. minutes later... finally the last remaining guest left the restaurant leaving only her and a few employees readying themselves to go home.

the chef invited her over to his kitchen to show her all the ingredients he used, but before that. the chef asked to take a picture of her while she was eating his soup. she was quite surprised to see that all of it was obtainable through grocery means, but one ingredient stood out among the rest. the moment she realized the last most important one in the list was the moment one of the waitress blocked the exits. the last ingredient was revealed to be of human meat. she had heard stories of it before but she never believed in those stories and had taken it as a means to scare people away and ruin businesses of restaurants. however this one is real and the chef simply was sharpening his knife to restock... the following conversation transpired last night

"uhm what are you doing?"
"sharpening my knife"
"can't you do that tomorrow?"
"well its better to be ready isn't it"
"you have a point, tomorrow will be a busy day for you huh?"
"yes indeed, now let me show you all the ingredients for the soup as promised"
"yes please i want to know"
*chef shows her the ingredients "here it is"
"that's all? i could obtain everything on the list in the market..."
*shows her a secret ingredient "that's not all... it gets better..."
"what is that?"
*CLICK waitress locks the door "uhm...what's going on?"
*chef sharpening his knife "well as you can see i don't want people exposing my crimes and i promised a lot of my best customers about tomorrow's new menu didn't I. unfortunately that meal would be you"
"WHAT! you use human meat! you cannibal! I can't believe I just ate human meat!"
"but you did loved my soup didn't you, so that makes you one yourself..."
"Urgh! Ew! Ew! Ew! I just ate human meat!"
"tell you what, you let me continue my business and i'll give you a quick and painless death. its the least i could do"
"Urgh kill me now! i can't forgive myself for such an act!"
"then let me make an offer of how you want to die...i'll be letting you choose your own death by yours truly of course"
"fine, i hope you rot in hell! you disgusting pig!"
"not a very good answer, but i'll keep to my word and let you pick your death"
"fine, don't remove my top even when i'm dead and decapitate me now!"
"an excellent choice, please lie down here on the chopping table"

finally she made a decision on how she wants to die. wearing her plunging v-neck top she wet herself and pulled her shirt downwards revealing more of her chest and cleavage area as she closed her eyes and the chef chopped her neck with the first strike just reaching the middle of her neck and the 2nd truly decapitating her head and then he proceeded with the other parts of her limbs but he kept true to his word and left her body intact in the upper torso area still wearing her plunging v-neck without its head. an opening in her neck is seen with blood spilling out of that area.

then... she woke up. not realizing what she just encountered in her nightmare...she checked around the restaurant and tries to look at the time. it was already past midnight. nobody was there except the chef. he was sitting opposite of her waiting for her to wake up.

"here are the ingredients all written in this paper, as promised"
"uhm thanks..."
"you look scared... is there something i can do?"
"uhm no i just had a really bad dream"
"you shouldn't have consumed all that soup, dear customer"
"i'm sorry if i overslept in your restaurant"
"no worries dear, you can come back anytime you want"
"i better get going then"
"come back tomorrow if you want"

as she arrived home. she checked the list, it was all the usual ingredients and not a trace of...human flesh... no sign of cannibalism involved. what did the chef meant by "dirty little secret" just wonders her mind...