A Stay-at-home Dad’s Restaurant In An Alternate World

“5:0!!!”

“Boss Mag has won spectacularly!”

“Congratulations to ‘Buddha jumps over the wall’ for becoming the number one on the Soup Rankings!”

The regulars of Mamy Restaurant clapped enthusiastically to celebrate the spectacular win.

Even though they had expected Mag to win, they still felt relieved after the result was announced. They began to congratulate Mag.

The surrounding crowd began to clap too. Without any doubt, that was an exciting duel.

“Is that ‘Buddha jumps over the wall’ really so tasty? I want to try it after watching this duel. Why don’t we eat here tonight?”

“No problem. I took all my secret savings out today. I’ll treat you all to ‘Buddha jumps over the wall’,” a thin man said generously as his friends cheered.

“I guess your wife is going to chop you up when you get home later.” Harrison gazed at that man piteously. There was probably the misery of being a married man. It was still better to be a carefree single like him.

The surroundings were in an uproar, but Sith looked lost as he stared at the bowl of ‘Buddha jumps over the wall’ in his hands. He was absorbed in his own thoughts.

The bald guy and the staff of Sith Restaurant didn’t know what to do at all. They looked at Sith, but they didn’t dare to ask him. They had never expected the freshwater seafood soup would lose so horribly in the category of soup.

Mag smiled to acknowledge the congratulations as he looked at Sith. He had to be the most affected by the defeat. He wondered if he would go into a downward spiral from this point onward.

There were not many good chefs in Chaos City. Boss Sith who was focused on the freshwater seafood soup could be considered as one.

Robert and the gang were also looking at Sith with a hint of worry in their eyes.

When a person had gone to the extreme as a chef, they would usually have a strong sense of pride. How Sith could accept his failure would most likely affect how far he could go on the path as a chef.

Sith remained quiet for a long time, and just as Robert was about to stand up and speak, he fed himself a spoonful of the soup. Then, he closed his eyes.

The warm soup with the fragrance of wine, chicken, mushrooms, seafood… All the different tastes began to appear continuously. The tightly furrowed brows of Sith began to relax gradually.

After a long while, Sith opened his eyes and said to Mag, “Mr. Mag’s soup is indeed far better than the freshwater seafood soup. I admit my defeat wholeheartedly.”

“You are too kind,” Mag said, cupping his hand.

“I think I will be back to challenge Mr. Mag again. But, that would be many years later,” Sith said smilingly.

“Then, I will wait for Boss Sith to come patiently.” Mag smiled too. It seemed like this Boss Sith not only wasn’t depressed, but also had his fighting spirit spurred on instead.

Sith finished the soup and the meat together in a few gulps, and passed the bowl to Miya before saying to the bald guy, “Give 10,000 copper coins to Mr. Mag and keep our stuff. I am going back first.” Then, he bowed to the judges and turned to walk toward the horse-drawn carriage.

The bald guy took out his money bag and dug out 10 dragon coins. He gave them to Mag, and then instructed the staff to keep the kitchenware. They no longer looked arrogant, and were about to leave sheepishly.

“Wait a minute. Please help us put the tables back to their original positions,” Mag said smilingly as he kept money and stopped them from leaving.

This chap! He’s really too much! The bald guy stared at Mag with clenched teeth, but he still led his staff to put the tables back into their original positions.

The duel was over, and the crowd began to disperse slowly. However, there were also many spectators who were so impressed by Mag’s ‘Buddha jumps over the wall’ that they joined the line, hoping to taste the scrumptious dish that was heaped with praises.

“Thank you for working so hard, judges. I am sorry I cannot entertain you anymore, but the restaurant is about to open for service,” Mag said to the judges before walking up the steps to open the restaurant’s door wide. Then, he smiled and greeted the customers in the line. “Welcome to Mamy Restaurant.”

“Okay, let’s go and line up. I have to get in the restaurant in time for today’s ‘Buddha jumps over the wall’ quota. Otherwise, I won’t be able to sleep tonight.” Febid clapped his hands and walked toward the end of the line.

Randy quickly caught up with Febid and curiously asked, “Senior Febid, seems like you are Mamy Restaurant’s regular customer. Besides ‘Buddha jumps over the wall’, are there other meat dishes that are nice?”

“Kid, are you trying to steal my ideas?” Febid turned around and looked at Randy judgingly.

“Why would I? You and I have totally different styles.” Randy laughed. He was even more interested in this restaurant. It seemed like it was a treasure trove.

Febid nodded. After a moment of hesitation, he couldn’t help but say, “That’s true. Let me tell you, when it comes to meat, the first choice definitely has to be the red braised pork. Even though the meat in ‘Buddha jumps over the wall’ tastes good, there’s too little of it. You can’t eat to your heart’s content. The red braised pork is different. It comes in one big bowl, and with a bowl of rice, it is one of the world’s marvels…”

“Since we are already here, let’s have dinner before we leave,” Robert said to Avis and Candice with a smile as he proceeded to the end of the line too.

“We haven’t met for a while, Candice. Why don’t we have dinner together tonight?” Avis asked Candice with an awkward look.

“Ah, you are not worthy.” Candice sneered as she turned and left.

“Seems like she is still hung up on what happened in the past.” Avis sighed as he watched Candice’s carriage go away. He also turned and left.

The biggest impact this duel had on Mamy Restaurant was that it had promoted ‘Buddha jumps over the wall’, and made many people aware of its scrumptiousness.

“10,000 copper coins for a helping! This ‘Buddha jumps over the wall’ is too expensive!”

“10,000 copper coins… It’s equal to one month of my wages.”

“I can’t even save 10,000 copper coins in a year…”

However, the customers had noticed the price on the menu very soon, and started to exclaim and lament. Those who came for the first time simply stood up and left quietly after reading the menu. The prices were too unfriendly.

“Ahem, I think let’s change to another restaurant. I feel that freshwater seafood soup is not bad, either…” The skinny man who’d said he wanted to treat his friends ‘Buddha jumps over the wall’ cleared his throat awkwardly and walked out.

“Sure, let’s change a restaurant, or you would never be able to come out again if your wife finds out.” His friends were shocked too after they heard the price. They agreed with him smilingly and followed him out.

“Miss Miya, I would like to have a helping of ‘Buddha jumps over the wall’ and one helping of Yangzhou fried rice. I will add one more roujiamo,” Harrison ordered with a smile as soon as he sat down. He secretly lamented in his heart that being single still had its benefits.

“Dear, what do you want to have for dinner tonight? Do you want a bowl of ‘Buddha jumps over the wall’ too? Then, we will add another three roujiamos. You must eat to your heart’s content.” Right at this moment, a seductively sweet voice chimed as a beautiful young wife came in with a fumbling man. They sat across Harrison, behaving very lovingly.

Can’t we single people eat in peace? Harrison thought jealousy.