Chapter 340 - Mag, Your Restaurant Exploded!
Mag didn’t look any different from before, but only he was aware of the transformation his body had undertaken. After practicing for 70 sleepless days in the test field for the God of Cookery, he had already mastered all of the sword forms that he was capable of using, and completely perfected them.
Those sword forms were deeply ingrained in his memory in the first place, so his body held a certain degree of muscle memory. All he did was to awaken that muscle memory, and achieve true mastery.
Now, he had done it.
Mag clenched his fist, and repressed the urge to grab his sword, and examine the fruits of his labor. If he were to encounter that 3rd-tier bronze wild boar again, even if he couldn’t defeat it outright, he was confident that he would be able to evade its attacks with ease, and be better equipped to harm it.
He looked at his bedside alarm clock, which told him that it was 5am on the dot. Amy and Ugly Duckling were still sleeping, and she wore a sweet smile on her little face as if she were having a good dream.
Spicy grilled fish is a little too oily for breakfast. I’ll wait until noon to cook it. After that, I’ll release the dish at night. A smile also appeared on Mag’s face at the sight of Amy’s adorable little face. He was looking forward to her reaction when she ate the fish. It would be very interesting to see.
After brushing his teeth and washing his face, Mag made his way into the kitchen. There was a new large oven in the corner, within which eight fish could be grilled at the same time. The tank for the shrimp had been divided into two, and one of the sections housed iridescent scale grass carp, which were swimming around joyfully.
Looks like the system hasn’t enforced some sort of ingredient-gathering mission. Otherwise, I wouldn’t even know where to find carp that’s being bred in the sea. Mag then checked through the condiments to ascertain that all of the required spicy grilled fish condiments were there, upon which he heaved a sigh of relief.
After two days, the food competition mission will also be complete. Amy would really like Haagen-Dazs ice cream, right? Icy and sweet foods are usually irresistible to children, Mag thought to himself as he massaged a ball of dough. After increasing the supply of braised chicken and rice, it enjoyed a steady climb up the rankings board. On the day prior, it had already reached 21, while roujiamo also re-entered the top 30, settling at number 29.
As such, Mag wasn’t concerned in the slightest about the food competition mission. Furthermore, his next rest day coincided with the final day that the rankings were released, so it wouldn’t negatively affect his rankings.
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“I bet Mamy Restaurant will break into the top 20 today!”
“Of course it will! Even though that’s already a great ranking, I feel like Mamy Restaurant’s five dishes should dominate the top five.”
“I’m so angry about the savory tofu pudding. After Mag discouraged us from giving one another five-star ratings, it’s been stuck at 66 to 67 for ages. It’s all Mag’s fault for supplying so little every day. One portion isn’t anywhere near enough.”
There were already many people gathered in front of the magic screens, waiting for the rankings boards to be broadcast. Quite a few of them were Mamy Restaurant customers, and they grouped together to chat. Checking out the rankings before going to Mamy Restaurant for breakfast had already become a ritual of sorts for many of them.
Hehe, you won’t see him on the rankings board today. My rotisserie can finally return to the 29th spot! Ricky stood off to the side with a sinister smile on his face. He had already received insider information that Mamy Restaurant would be removed from the rankings, and everything would fall into place as it should.
The ranking boards were updated at 7am sharp, and as the red text appeared, everyone began to scour the screens with their eyes.
Even after eight days, the rankings hadn’t really changed all that much, so most of the restaurant owners weren’t expecting anything spectacular.
“Ricky’s Rotisserie is number 29!” Ricky yelled with excitement. Even though he had already received news beforehand, he was still unable to repress his joy when the ranking was truly disclosed.
“Our restaurant advanced five ranks!”
“My restaurant also went up four ranks. Could it be because business was really good yesterday?”
“Our restaurant made it into the top 100! Yes! We’ll definitely get bonuses this month!”
Many restaurant owners’ eyes lit up. In particular, those who were just outside the top 100 shot up five places, and squeezed their way into the top 100, making them feel as if they had won the lottery.
“Why can’t I see the braised chicken and rice? It’s not even in the top 30.”
“Not just the braised chicken and rice, the roujiamo, tofu puddings, and Yangzhou fried rice have all disappeared from the rankings board!”
“How could this be? All five dishes were still on the rankings board yesterday. Have they been removed?”
“It looks like they really have been removed! How could they do that? It’s already really infuriating that such delicious dishes haven’t dominated the top five; now, they’ve disappeared from the rankings board altogether!”
All of the Mamy Restaurant customers erupted into an enraged frenzy. They had invested a lot of time and emotions into the five Mamy Restaurant dishes, and they found it simply unacceptable that the five dishes had been removed from the rankings.
“Oi, what’s wrong with your rankings board!! Where did Mamy Restaurant go? The braised chicken and rice was still at number 21 yesterday!”
“Even if you’re going to remove it from the rankings board, your Catering Association should provide an explanation.”
“You pride yourselves on fairness, but you’ve just removed the best restaurant in the entire Aden Square from your rankings board for no reason! Have you no shame?”
The Catering Association employees were immediately surrounded by furious customers, who were interrogating them with a vengeance. There were even people from the Gray Temple and city lord’s castle among them, and the Catering Association workers were sweating profusely as they tried to answer the barbed questions aimed at them.
How is this restaurant so powerful? That was the first question that appeared in their minds.
During the past few days, they were actually quite excited to see Mamy restaurant gallop up the rankings board as a black horse. Whenever they heard customers insult the Aden Square food competition for being fixed, they would feel quite ashamed. As employees of the Catering Association, they had naturally all heard about the shady dealings that were going on. However, even Vice President Robert couldn’t do anything, so what could they do about it?
“I’m sorry for your distress; a detailed report will be delivered soon. Thank you for your understanding.” The employees could only put on professional smiles and repeat that same sentence over and over again, but in their hearts, they were also quite disgruntled by the removal of Mamy Restaurant from the rankings.
Rood looked at all of the infuriated customers, and he turned to Arvin as he said, “I’ve worked at the Catering Association for over two decades, and I’ve never seen any customers that are so loyal and fervent toward a restaurant. To think that even such a restaurant was removed from the rankings board; it looks like the Aden Square food competition is going to lose all credibility soon.”
Arvin nodded, and replied, “Indeed; the savory tofu pudding is so delicious.”
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Amy pushed her little bike out from behind the counter, and turned to Mag with an expectant look as she asked, “Father, will I really be able to eat the rainbow fish when I come back at noon?”
“Of course. When have I ever lied to you?” Mag nodded with a smile. He pushed open the door with one hand while guiding the bike out the door with his other hand.
“Mag, your restaurant has exploded!” Mag was immediately greeted by a frantic voice when he walked out the door.