But when Ed returned to the restaurant, he saw a lot of people gathered at the door of the brightly lit restaurant.

He thought it was because he had obtained the selection qualification, and the people who came to line up for dinner, but he didn't expect that these people were just gathering, and they didn't mean to line up at all.

"What's the situation?"

He was a little strange, and ordered his men to go down to the front to inquire about the situation, and he quietly walked into the dining room through the door of the back kitchen.

Then, Ed found that the huge restaurant was empty, and business was not even as good as it used to be during what should have been the busiest dinner time.

"Why is there only one table serving? Why don't the other guests come in? Who is the lobby foreman today?"

Three questions in a row left the worried chefs in the kitchen scrambled and struggled, and it took a long time to explain them clearly.

It turned out that the table sitting in the lobby was none other than Houston, the owner of Houston, a restaurant that had been rated three stars in the Rainbow Tower's Daily Mage and was recognized as the head restaurant in the Rainbow Tower's range, and their head chef Marlos.

Ed also met Marlos in the Tower of Orange Light today, this chef is very young, but he is also very proud, of course, what can support his capital is naturally the title of the youngest three-star restaurant chef in the past hundred years.

And more importantly, the investor behind the restaurant in Houston is a seat in the High Council, a mid-level mage, and in this Rainbow Tower, almost no one dares to criticize this restaurant that has risen rapidly in the past two decades.

Speaking of today's selection, Ed is also in a cold sweat.

They don't get to see what other people are cooking, so they have to prepare their own dishes and send them to the judges for judging, and then get the news of whether they have been promoted or lost.

And Ed, although he successfully advanced, but when he chatted with many people afterwards, he found that this time it was very strict, and the elimination rate of the primary selection alone reached ninety percent, and less than ten restaurants were promoted.

This scared him a little.

And Marlos, naturally one of the qualifiers, will join Ed in the re-examination in three days.

It's just that at this point in time, the other party came to his restaurant, and no matter how he thought about it, there was no good result.

"Waiter. ”

Just as Ed was hesitating to come forward, Houston, the dark-skinned, bald man raised his hand and summoned the trembling young waiter to the side.

"Guest, I don't know what to order?"

"Where is the salt you use for your grilled beef short ribs?"

Houston asked in a cold tone as he gently poked the cut steak with his fork.

"Uh, it's Sea Salt from the Northern Orlinsis Alliance, guest. ”

The waiter was a little panicked and said with all his strength to keep his composure.

"Do you know that this sea salt must be ground into particles of the same size by a special method in order to allow the flavor to completely penetrate into the meat, so that the whole piece of meat is integrated and has a sense of wholeness?"

Houston wiped the corners of his mouth and continued.

"This, I ......"

The waiter looked at the kitchen with a grimace, and the chef saw the waiter's gaze through the glass on the door, and he also broke out in a cold sweat.

"And this sweet shrimp is eaten twice, what kind of oil is used for the salt and pepper shrimp head?"

Houston asked, poking another dish.

It was a beautifully served dish with neatly arranged white shrimp on one side and shiny fried shrimp heads on the other.

“...... This oil is refined rapeseed oil. ”

The waiter said truthfully, the embarrassment on his face became more and more obvious.

"Canola oil? This is a good endless ocean of sweet shrimp, you have to use coarsely pressed olive oil to fully induce the umami flavor of the shrimp, if you use ordinary canola oil, it will only make the dish superficial. ”

Houston shook his head, and then pointed out the shortcomings of the remaining dishes, which were heard not only by the waiters and chefs, but also by Ed, and even more by the many onlookers who were watching nearby.

"I didn't expect there to be so much attention to it, and when I look at it this way, what I usually eat is simply too bad. ”

"Houston came here to smash the field, right?"

But he has a point, and it seems that this restaurant does have a lot of problems with the details. ”

"I'm still here once a week, and it seems like that's all there is to it. ”

"They have been sitting for so long, why hasn't the boss come over yet, is it possible that they are afraid to come out?"

"It seems that this restaurant has also entered the second election of the high-level council caterer, so it seems that the level is really average. ”

"Hey, it looks like the boss is out. ”

There was a lot of talk in the crowd, but Ed was seen coming out of the back kitchen and coming to the table.

"Houston, long time no see. ”

Ed stretched out his hand to shake hands, but Houston ignored them, making the scene very embarrassing for a while.

"Ed, you have to discipline your chef well, this level is not worthy of the name of a three-star restaurant. ”

Houston said, not looking at Eddard.

"It's just that the chefs have been a bit lazy lately and haven't noticed some details. ”

Silently withdrawing his hand, Ed said, he didn't dare to clash head-on with Houston, the other party has a strong force behind it, but it is not something that a small shop like him can contend with, to say something ugly, even if the lord behind the other party demolishes this restaurant tomorrow, Ed has no choice.

"Today's competition, I heard that you cooked it yourself?"

It was only then that the young chef Malos opened his mouth and asked Ed.

"That's right, don't worry about the juniors, so I'll go into battle in person. ”

Ed didn't know what they were trying to do this time, so he could only answer truthfully.

"Although luck is also part of strength, luck alone can't continue to be lucky in the next competition. ”

However, Marlos's next sentence made Ed's face a little uncomfortable.

This is obviously mocking Ed for his shit luck to be able to enter the second election.

"This ......"

Ed didn't know how to answer for a while, and the atmosphere was extremely awkward.

"Houston, I thought you had some special reason for coming to this house in the first place, but I didn't expect to find the weakest opponent, and I don't need to find confidence in this kind of opponent. ”

Marlos spoke suddenly, as if complaining about Houston.

"Hehe, it was my mistake, I thought this restaurant would be a little bit of a level, it seems that I was blind. ”

Listening to the conversation between the two of them, Ed's face turned blue and clenched his fists, but he didn't dare to say anything, so he could only face the two with a stiff smile.

And the clerks, seeing their boss being humiliated like this, were also indignant, but they dared not speak out.

Until, the crowd blocking the door inexplicably gave way to a way, and then a group of people walked into the restaurant.

"Ed, how did it turn out today?"

Liliana asked as soon as she stepped through the door of the restaurant.