"So, how are your dishes coming along? All the reservations for these seats have already been sold. If you can't present dishes that satisfy the customers within the scheduled time, your reputation will be ruined."
Erina Nakiri immediately became a little nervous and asked hurriedly.
"Hmm, the ingredients are ready. There shouldn't be any problems."
Satou nodded.
"Will you have enough time?"
Erina Nakiri was still a little worried and said, "If you're short-handed, I can help, and I can also call Hisako."
Seeing that Erina Nakiri seemed to care more about his restaurant than her own, Satou felt a little touched and said, "Don't worry. Go attend to your own matters. You also have many customers reserved at your restaurant today, right?"
"Hmm."
Erina Nakiri nodded. Although she was still very worried about Satou, she obediently went back.
As soon as she left, Satou turned around and suddenly found Tadokoro Megumi, Miyoko Hojo, and Sadatsuka Nao, the three girls, looking at Erina Nakiri's back.
Tadokoro Megumi was fine, but the expressions of Miyoko Hojo and Sadatsuka Nao were clearly a bit sour, obviously jealous.
Satou felt a headache and lightly coughed.
The three girls then turned their attention back to Satou.
Just then, a person walked in from outside the restaurant.
"Ah, everyone's here."
Eishi Tsukasa greeted with a smile.
"Tsukasa-senpai?"
Tadokoro Megumi and the others were surprised to see him.
"Are you already preparing for dinner?"
Eishi Tsukasa said with a smile.
"Yes. Is there anything, Tsukasa-senpai?"
Satou asked.
"Um, do you still remember our agreement from last time?"
Eishi Tsukasa hesitated for a while, blushing, and asked in a low voice.
Seeing his gentle and cute appearance, he must be very popular with middle-aged women.
"Eh? Agreement?"
Satou was stunned.
The gazes of Tadokoro Megumi, Miyoko Hojo, and the others also began to become strange.
Because Eishi Tsukasa's shy appearance really made it easy for people to misunderstand.
Could it be that the two of them really had some agreement?
An somewhat evil scene couldn't help but appear in their minds.
Satou was also speechless and said, "Tsukasa-senpai, what exactly is this agreement you're talking about?"
"Sure enough, Satou has forgotten, hasn't he?"
Eishi Tsukasa sighed, sounding a little sad.
Satou's forehead was full of black lines. After a long while, he finally remembered that it seemed Eishi Tsukasa had indeed said something about wanting to compete again when the Autumn Elections ended last time.
At that time, Satou thought Eishi Tsukasa was just saying it casually.
Sure enough, Eishi Tsukasa sighed and said, "Although as a chef, I should focus on cooking, I still really want to compete with Satou again at the School Festival. After all, Satou is the only chef I care about at Far Moon."
"So that's what it was?"
Tadokoro Megumi and the others immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Looking at the expressions of these girls, Satou was quite speechless and asked, "What did you think it was?"
"Uh, nothing."
Tadokoro Megumi said hurriedly.
"How about it? Satou, will you compete with me again?"
Eishi Tsukasa looked at him expectantly.
Satou was a little speechless, but he still nodded and said, "Alright then."
"Then it's settled."
Eishi Tsukasa smiled slightly.
As soon as he left.
"Um, Satou, what kind of dish are we making tonight?"
Tadokoro Megumi quickly walked up and asked.
Satou thought for a moment, then remembered the Dream Catfish he had drawn this morning, so he said, "Let's make steamed fish today?"
The theme of his restaurant was rare ingredients, and he believed that the Dream Catfish would definitely bring a surprise to the customers who came to taste it.
"So, what equipment do we need to prepare?"
Miyoko Hojo asked.
"Hmm, I'll write you a list."
Satou thought for a moment, then wrote down the required huge steamer and plates on a piece of paper and handed it to Miyoko Hojo, asking her to borrow them from the Chinese cuisine Department.
"What about us?"
Tadokoro Megumi and Sadatsuka Nao asked hurriedly.
"I'll go get the ingredients. You wait a moment."
Satou said, then returned to the Tsundere's mansion, took out the dried monster, and boiled it in clear water.
Not long after, the shriveled dried monster turned into a huge three-meter-long catfish.
Satou cleanly covered its head with a towel, then used a hammer to kill it. After that, he had the Far Moon staff transport it to his restaurant.
"Is this today's main ingredient?"
"Is it that kind of catfish from last time?"
Tadokoro Megumi and Sadatsuka Nao had already seen the Dream Catfish, but every time they saw its massive size, they couldn't help but be surprised.
"The customers will definitely be amazed!"
Tadokoro Megumi said happily, obviously full of confidence in this ingredient.
"Hmm."
Satou smiled and nodded.
At this time, Miyoko Hojo also returned with the things she needed to borrow.
Seeing the huge catfish, she was also surprised, but then a smile appeared on her face.
"This is great! With an ingredient like this, the customers will definitely be amazed. This way, we'll stand out among the Elite Ten shops."
She said confidently.
"Eh? Actually, just operating smoothly should be enough, right?"
Tadokoro Megumi couldn't help but smile.
"That won't do! Since we're opening, we have to trample all the other shops underfoot!"
Miyoko Hojo said domineeringly.
Satou couldn't help but laugh wryly. Sure enough, Miyoko was the most domineering.
Next, the four of them began to prepare the Dream Catfish.
Removing the internal organs and gills, cleaning the surface mucus with boiling water…
Half a catfish was enough to serve fifty people. Satou remembered that during the review research meeting, everyone ate desperately and only ate a small portion even when they were full. So, Satou cut the catfish in half, saving one half and placing the other half on the steamer.
After marinating it with butt salt, cooking wine, pepper, etc., Satou and everyone else placed half of the Dream Catfish on the steamer and began to steam it.
Soon, the time approached six o'clock.
At this time, the School Festival truly began to become lively, and the Far Moon campus was bustling with crowds.
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