Ono Kenro was greatly surprised. He quickly looked towards Satou's cooking station and indeed saw that the rice was already cooked, and the seaweed was neatly arranged in a bowl.
This meant that even under such busy circumstances, he not only didn't panic but easily completed his tasks. What was even more terrifying was that in such a situation, he still had the leisure to pay attention to other things and prepare them in advance?
"What's wrong, Head Chef? Is there a problem with the shredded egg?" Satou asked, frowning.
"No, nothing," Ono Kenro forced a smile, then gave Satou a deep look.
What kind of monster was this guy?
He probably wasn't an ordinary character at Far Moon either, right?
"Head Chef, don't zone out. The customers will get impatient," Satou urged.
"I understand." Seeing himself being lectured by an intern, Ono Kenro gave a wry smile and nodded.
Originally, he had expected Satou to make a mistake in this situation and had prepared to intervene. But he never expected that it would be he himself who was derelict, and this intern, whom he hadn't paid much attention to, had actually helped him make up for his oversight.
This left him feeling quite complex.
Time passed quickly, and the busy lunch rush was finally coming to an end.
Ono Kenro also breathed a sigh of relief. Today's business was much better than usual, and even he had become a bit flustered.
Thinking of this, he looked at Satou with a complex expression. If this intern hadn't helped him twice at critical moments today, he would have made two mistakes.
"In any case, I need to thank you today," he said to Satou, taking a deep breath.
"Hehe, it's nothing," Satou replied with an indifferent smile.
"I'm going to the restroom first," Ono Kenro said. The current orders were finished, and he could finally relax a bit.
"Okay, I'll take charge during this time," Satou nodded.
"Then I'll leave it to you." Ono Kenro nodded; he was already very trusting of Satou.
As soon as Ono Kenro left, the waiter came in and asked, "Is the fugu sashimi for Table Twelve ready?"
"Fugu sashimi?" Satou raised his eyebrows slightly. "Is there such a dish?"
"What? Didn't the Sous Chef tell you?" The waiter was startled. "That table has been waiting for twenty minutes."
Satou also frowned. Perhaps Ono Kenro hadn't heard that order because he had been too busy earlier.
"What do we do? We're doomed now." The female waiter was so anxious that tears were about to stream down her face.
"It's alright. Go tell that table that it will be ready soon," Satou said after a moment's thought.
Five minutes later, Ono Kenro emerged from the restroom.
"By the way, Mr. Ono, the customer at Table Twelve is a food blogger. I hear he's very picky about food, so please be extra careful when preparing his dish," Hinako Inui said to Ono Kenro as soon as he reached the kitchen entrance.
"Table Twelve customer?" Ono Kenro was taken aback. It seemed he hadn't received an order from that table.
Wait a minute!
A flash of lightning went through Ono Kenro's mind, and cold sweat immediately broke out.
He vaguely remembered that a waiter had indeed mentioned an order for Table Twelve, but he had been too busy at the time to pay attention.
"Eh? Could it be that Mr. Ono, you forgot?" Hinako Inui asked in surprise. "That table arrived twenty minutes ago, didn't they?"
"What's wrong?"
"Did something happen?" At this moment, Kiyomi Kobayashi and Hoshino Miyuki also heard the commotion and walked over.
"I'm sorry, I was too busy earlier and forgot about that table," Ono Kenro said, his face extremely pale, and quickly bowed in apology.
"What? No way?" Everyone was startled. Forgetting a table of customers was a fatal mistake!
And that table even had a famous food blogger.
No need to wait until tomorrow; negative news about Kirinoya would appear online by the afternoon.
"I'm sorry!" Ono Kenro apologized again.
Hinako Inui didn't blame him, as it was indeed busier than usual today. "I'll go see if that customer is still there and try to appease them."
"Then I'll leave it to the Head Chef," Ono Kenro quickly said, then prepared to immediately make the fugu sashimi.
"I'll help too," Hoshino Miyuki said. Fugu sashimi is very difficult to prepare.
"Oh. Are you talking about that sashimi? I've already made it," Satou walked over and said calmly.
"What? You've already made it?" Ono Kenro was greatly surprised, but there was no joy in his heart, only terror.
Kiyomi Kobayashi and Hoshino Miyuki were also startled.
Because fugu contains potent toxins, if one is not familiar with it, it is very easy to leave toxins behind.
Moreover, unlike other sashimi cut into strips or blocks, fugu sashimi needs to be sliced as thin as paper, which is a great test of knife skills.
Customer dissatisfaction was secondary; if someone accidentally got poisoned, Kirinoya would likely go out of business.
At that moment, Ono Kenro and the others were all scared white.
"This is my fault, it has nothing to do with this intern. If anything happens, I will take responsibility!" Ono Kenro said, gritting his teeth.
It was he who forgot the order, and it was he who left Satou in charge of the kitchen before leaving, so he decided to take full responsibility.
"It's just a dish, do you need to be so serious?" Satou asked, a bit speechless.
"Fugu sashimi is not an ordinary dish. As an intern, you probably can't master it," Hoshino Miyuki said.
Just then, Hinako Inui walked over, but her expression was very peculiar.
"What's wrong? Did something happen?" Seeing her expression, everyone's hearts instantly tightened.
However, Hinako Inui didn't say much, but instead asked with a peculiar expression, "Who made this dish?"
Everyone quickly looked at Satou.
"Eh? Did you make it?" Hinako Inui couldn't help but be surprised.
"That's right. I was afraid there wouldn't be enough time, so I made it first," Satou nodded. "Is the customer not satisfied?"
Hinako Inui looked at him strangely, shook her head, and said, "No, not only was there no dissatisfaction, but he even praised the dish greatly."
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