Gourmet: From a Stall in Northern Europe-Chapter 208 - 153: Wasn’t There Supposed to Be a Big Bowl? Am I Seeing Things? (2)

It's like tomato scrambled eggs, fish-flavored pork, minced meat tofu, dry-pot cabbage, and so on, both stewed and stir-fried, there's no difficulty in making them, and the cooperation with Lucas is like a fish in water.

Whenever materials need to be prepared, whatever is needed can be provided in time.

Dais and Elsa are also quite nimble, clearly the type who can cook at home, incredibly skilled and quick at handling various ingredients.

"Just look at them, that's what teamwork is. We over here are purely each busy with our own stuff, there's no team spirit at all!"

"Oh come on, don't be mad Helena, our cuisines are different, weren't we quite happy with our cooperation last night~"

"Happy my ass! Other than endlessly rolling balls, rolling balls, and rolling balls again! Rolling meatballs, rolling chocolate balls, rolling for at least four hours! No technical content at all!"

"Indeed~ I also think rolling balls is quite boring, don't worry, next week I'll tweak the menu, add some more freshly made dishes~"

"Better be so!"

Lucinda in this team is like the role of Elsa, usually quiet in personality, yet very serious in her work, and she's been in the workforce for quite a while, a typical head-down worker.

While the two beside her intensely discussed how to improve the direction of next week's dishes, she silently went over to help Dais and Elsa peel and dice the vegetables, taking the chance to quietly strike up a conversation and make friends.

As time slowly passed, the kitchen was again filled with a charming fragrance.

The variety of flavors, ingredient combinations, and cooking methods of Chinese cuisine completely opened the eyes of the three.

Even though they'd just eaten recently, they couldn't resist trying a bite of every dish, and ended up getting more and more interested, wishing they could scoop up a bowl of rice and go for another round, but alas, their stomachs were limited, and they couldn't eat anymore.

The only one who could still eat was Jonathan, but he didn't have the time, as he had to start preparing the lunch provided by his team.

Cream bacon pasta, tomato meatballs, corn clam cream soup, red curry pumpkin soup, spinach meat sauce lasagna, sauce-grilled ribs...

Compared to breakfast, the lunch dishes seemed to have taken the quality up several notches, finally giving a formal restaurant vibe.

The lunchtime guests were the same group from breakfast, rushing straight to the food area as soon as they came in.

Learning from the morning's lesson, most people didn't even bring their bags, came empty-handed directly, didn't bother to secure a seat, grabbing a plate was more important.

"Huh? Why are all the dishes full? Aren't there any freshly made dishes in the afternoon?"

"Chef, what are you making now? Are there any hidden dishes?"

Upon learning there were no hidden dishes, only replenishing the dishes, the diners weren't disappointed, and cheerfully went to pick out their food.

The lunch looked much more sumptuous than breakfast, even the Western dishes were all their beloved main courses, over twenty choices, too many to pick from, they wanted to try each one.

Jade and Amber came quite early, part of the first group of guests, Marian's family followed them, looking like they came as a team, chatting and laughing while picking out dishes, seemingly having become good companions for a meal.

The guests' order was restored, and the four servers finally had work to do, starting to wander around.

Lucas was busy transporting ingredients for Lin Chen when suddenly a familiar shadow appeared in his line of sight, furtively glancing around while scooping tomato scrambled eggs onto a plate.

"Huh? Haven't we met somewhere before?"

Joel blinked, showing a mouthful of white teeth.

"What's up, it's me, old buddy!"

"Oh my god?! You're that Northeastern buddy!! No wonder you look so familiar."

He suddenly remembered that back in Amiens, there indeed was an Old Hei with a thick Northeastern accent who would come to eat every few days, constantly cozying up to Anna and Dreya.

Oh right, the two of them came here as well!

No wonder!

"Why didn't those two beauties come?"

"Shhh!!!"

Joel raised a finger: "Lower your voice, I'm being watched, I can't be seen with those two, they said they have filming tasks and couldn't make it, so they gave their lunch spots to me."

"Oh~~ no wonder you weren't seen in the morning, turns out you can do that, alright then, take your time eating, shout if you need me."

Afterwards, nothing particularly special happened, much like when setting up a stall before, just needed to constantly check for and fix any missing spots.

It's 1 PM.

After finishing the lunch service and cleaning up the aftermath, Lin Chen and Jonathan started counting inventory and placing orders with suppliers.

Besides the fixed materials needed for breakfast and lunch, they still had to consider dinner.

Dinner is the core promotional point of this restaurant.

There's no fixed ingredients, no fixed menu, what kind of materials will be available depends entirely on the harvest of the booked guests on the day.

As the two main chefs, they had to prepare various ingredients in advance according to their estimates to respond to possible requests from dinner guests.

Once the order was placed, their work could temporarily be considered done.

This level of busyness is nothing to them, at most a warm-up; back in their original restaurant's kitchen, the intensity was much greater, handling ten orders simultaneously was quite normal.

"Before the dinner guests arrive, everyone can move freely, just don't go far, those who want to return to the hotel for a nap should do so quickly."

It's only 1:30 PM now, plenty of time.

Lin Chen doesn't need to prepare anything in advance, while Jonathan definitely does, but it's not Lin Chen's concern.

What he's considering now is whether he'll have time to set up a stall tonight.

Under the current situation, it's impossible during the day.

Dinner wraps up at 9 PM, with a requirement for guests to arrive at the restaurant by 6 PM at the latest, meaning that if they're quick, they could finish by around 8 PM, and possibly even earlier.

The guests here are mainly foreigners, foreigners don't understand Chinese cuisine, no need to make anything too complex, home-cooked dishes are sufficient, saving plenty of time.

However, today looks challenging.

The fellow general manager yet to be seen is sure to throw him a curveball.

Fortunately, he still has ten Recipe Exchange Vouchers as a backup in his pocket, only used two on breakfast, so no matter what kind of requests the guy makes, he's confident he can fulfill them smoothly.

Moreover, Dreya might also be a dinner guest, bringing Anna along.

As for the third person... he has no clues as of now.

It's the first day of opening, surely they won't be ordinary guests, right?

Every guest's ability to bring people is limited, usually just one, if it's family-oriented, having small kids can be accommodated, with couples bringing parents or friends being a special case, otherwise, without a valid reason, it's not allowed.

The decision on whether more can be accommodated is ultimately up to the two main chefs. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Jonathan's team of three went for a nap, Dais and Elsa also returned to the hotel for a nap, possibly freshening up a bit, while Lucas took out his laptop and sat in the hall editing videos.

"Hey, Old Lin, what do you think? Can I film the content of working at the restaurant?"

"Once it gets busy, will you have the leisure to care about the camera? Fixed position shots, what's there to see? Watching others eat? Watching me cook? I don't think it's necessary."

"Indeed, you make a very valid point."

The channel's content is centered on his perspective as the main character, once that's lost, the video loses appeal, turning into a documentary, defying the core tips taught by the beautiful teacher.

"Still, I think I'll go out to explore some stores, see if there's anywhere worth shooting on the street here, haven't done a shoot on afternoon tea yet, call me if someone comes."

Saying that, the guy slung his computer bag and headed out.

Leaving the whole restaurant to himself.

"Guess it's time to think about what to put up at the stall."

The specified Recipe Exchange Voucher is temporarily locked for use, but he still has a Blind Box Voucher!

[Randomly selecting a recipe...]

[Ding, you have obtained the recipe: Buddha Jumps Over the Wall]

"Huh???"

The golden recipe floated in the air, the image showing a small bowl filled with various expensive ingredients, golden thick soup dripping from the white porcelain spoon, just looking at it makes one's mouth water.

"This is quite a main course, just casually picked?"