When I entered Kantaltica, Paula, who was depressed, was crouching on the floor.
Maybe it was because of the bug problem... Cantaltica was temporarily closed.
"Hey, Paula... are you all right?"
"………………………… Ah, Jillo……"
Paula, who was holding her knees, looks up.
......that's a terrible look. The eyelids are red and swollen, and there is a distinct bear under the eyes.
Aren't you sleeping on top of crying too much? It's easy to understand. have flat ears and tails
"I've heard of it. It's been a long time."
`...I'm going to quit now,'
"Hey, hey, hey! Wait a minute.
You didn't hear the owner's opinion right now!?
What's more, that remark is a very powerful one, isn'
"There may have been mistakes! But everyone makes mistakes! The important thing is never to repeat the same mistake again!"
"...but... insects... ...and so on... ...me... ...disqualifying the restaurant."
"First of all, 'you're like a restaurant, so calm down."
Crouch down next to Paula and stroke her head.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . You must be careful not to hear.
"...your trust...lost it."
"Then we can get it back,"
".........can you do that?"
"Of course..."
Wow, it's hard, though.
Look at the Yodamari-tei. "After the old man disappeared, everything went wrong, and until recently there had been no guests at all, hasn'took a turnaround. " Effort can be conveyed to others properly."
I can't believe I'm going to preach the value of hard work...
It's only natural to make an effort. The result that follows is everything! There's no value in your efforts!
I really want to say that… But it's terrible for Paula now. If you don't let them look at what they can do now and make them feel confident that it's not a waste... this guy might really be out of business.
Hard work is precious. Hard work pays off. Hard work is cool, isn't it?
"Anyway, let's start working from this moment on!"Effort is precious!
...or I'm trying really hard now? Give me a compliment, somebody.
`...I...what shall I do?'
"For the time being, it's to prevent a recurrence. It must be painful, but face the facts that have happened and find out why it happened."
"Cause... I don't know."
"Check it out! We're going to review everything in the kitchen, every facility, everything we cook, and pick up any small possibility of contamination. and when we find out the cause, we will make it public."
"Publish it!"
Paula stands up unconsciously.
"Well, if you do that, you'll lose more and more credibility, and you'll lose your customers!"
"Why are you discrediting me?"
"Because... you might wonder if he was doing it that way..."
"Are you doing it in such a perfunctory way?"
"I didn't! I'm making it carefully and with all my might! ...but I can't believe insects get in it... ...so I'm scared..."
"I'm afraid because I don't know,"
"...what?"
People are afraid of the unknown.
"I'm scared because I don't know why it happened. I don't know why it happened, so I'm afraid it's going to happen again."
"That's... yes, but..."
"And it's the same for the guests,"
"You, too?"
If there's a shop that's causing trouble, what customers hate most is their insincere response.
For example, if there is a restaurant that has food poisoning, who is going to go to a restaurant that says, "I looked it up, but there was no problem, so it's all right!"
In the first place, when you investigate and say, "I didn't understand," or "I didn't find a problem," you're either incompetent or trying to hide something.
There was a problem with food poisoning... It's a betrayal of our customers to do the investigation roughly.
A store that doesn't take any measures is advertising itself as "No more coming."
"By publicly announcing the cause and what measures have been taken to prevent it from happening again, I declare proudly that I will never make the same mistake again. Otherwise, the guests will not be able to eat without worry."
"...if you do that... ...you won't lose it, will you?"
"It's going to decrease. I'm sure."
"...!?"
"But it must be gone." So, if you continue to work hard, you will surely get back the customers you've lost. If you show sincerity, you'll be able to convey your feelings. All we can do is do our best and trust our customers."
"...I believe in you."
There will be more malicious attacks.
But there are quite a few people who support us properly.
"If you really want to keep your shop, don't run away! Now is the time to hold on!"
"I.........I will! I will never give up until I show my sincerity and my customers believe me!"
"Good! Well said!"
...whoa.
It's not bad aftertaste that the hamburger I taught you caused the shop to collapse.
"Well... I know it's not a duty to tell Jiro about this."
Paula gazes at me in a faint, candle-like atmosphere on the verge of disappearing.
He was so weak that he almost disappeared... but deep in his eyes he had a strong glow of the core.
with a rather sly look up, as if he knew which angle he should look the cutest. . . . .
"... help me, will you?"
"...a coward,"
"That's a compliment saying, "Paula is cute," right?"
Let's see...
"If you can talk like that, you'll be all right." Why, then, do you have a good heart to look into it?'
"Yes!"
Restaurant kitchens are, so to speak, a treasure trove of trade secrets.
Paula wouldn't have let me in.
However, it seems that my vigilance towards me is gradually diminishing by having a relationship with tacos at Yodamari-tei No.7 restaurant, such as teaching me cakes, occasionally getting help from Yodamari-tei, and collaborating with Tacos at Yodamari-tei No.7 restaurant.
However, this time we have a big goal of investigating the cause.
That's how serious Paula is trying to revive this store.
"This is my first time in the kitchen."
"Yasilo is the first one to include an outsider."
"It's very strict, isn't it?"
"Well, it's the number one restaurant in 42 wards."
`Why... don't you talk so loud before me?'
"I'm not going to lose to Yodamari-tei cried.
a one‐way restaurant
I can't compare them in general because they have different customer base and concept of food...
"Oh, is this the smoker who makes that sausage?"
It's a big box for smoking and looks like a wooden locker. There is a large hinged door at the top and a large drawer at the bottom. Dangle meat at the top, burn smoke chips at the bottom, and send the smoke up.
In Japan, cherry blossom chips, which are cut into small pieces, are not popular.
"Oh, you're using a hickory tip,"
"You know very well," I guess it was a mistake to put Jiro in the kitchen..."
"Don't steal technology. I already know."
Hickory is a companion of walnuts, a common wood used in North America. A baseball boy may have seen a bat made of hickory.
So this hickory, like walnuts, is very good for smoking meat. have a good choice As expected, sausage is a great store.
"Next time try smoking with a different tree." If the flavor changes, the taste will be completely different."
"Is that so?"
"Why, have you never tried it? Apples and beech trees are pretty good."
"Oh... I'll give it a try next time. The Woodman's Guild has come, too."
I see. Is a piece of wood for smoking in the territory of the Woodman Guild?If I ask Milly, she'll accommodate me.
The flower arrangement guild to which Milly belongs manages the forest in the 42 wards, and sometimes asks the Woodman guild to cut the wood.
The chief job of the Woodman Guild is to cut wood outside the exterior walls. They must be able to separate themselves from each other there. Or maybe I'm the only one who asks the flower guild for wood.
"... I'm ready,"
Paula was getting ready to make a hamburger while I was intrigued by the special smokers of Cantaltica. It seems that they are going to test it while reproducing it in personally.
"Well, ideally, another person should be in charge of the inside and the outside..."
There's Genette going back and forth in that kind of Yodomari-tei, too."
"Well, not now," Anyway, try to make it as usual."
"Well, yes..."
With a slightly strained look, Paula begins to make hamburgers.
put a chunk of meat in a meatmincer and grind it into minced meat
If there was a bug in that meatmincer... you might not notice it.
"Do you use meat for sausages?"
"What? Uh... Can't I?"
"No, it's just a question. Don't worry too much. You'll get hurt."
"Well... I'm kind of nervous..."
"It's all right as usual,"
I know how you feel.
It makes me uneasy to think that I'm being watched even when I'm doing my daily work.
Especially if you're looking for a problem like this.
Place the minced meat in a bowl, season and knead quickly.
Yes, you're good. Paula must be a hard worker. I've only just taught you, but I'm already stuck with my stuff. Well, I don't think Genet is a good match yet.
Then, the highlight of hamburger making is the process of beating it against the palm of the hand to let the air out.
There's a snapping, snapping, snappy sound.
"Now all I have to do is bake it... but,"
"Then shall we bake it?"
"But ... insects came out of the hamburger, so it would be strange if they didn't get in at this stage."
"I'll try to finish it, just in case." Leaving out work by assumption is the least likely act in validation. There may be an answer to that omission."
"Well, I see," Well, I see. Then I'll bake it."
Paula hurriedly puts the frying pan on the fire and begins to heat it up.
If insects had stuck to the hamburger just before baking... they might have gone inside the hamburger to escape the heat... well, it's very unlikely.
A sweet scent spreads out in the kitchen.
"Come to think of it, what's the matter with your father?"
"I'm going to the Meat Guild." I was eager to see if there was any possibility that insects might have infiltrated the meat."
"Don't be so loud and antagonistic."
The act is like blaming yourself, saying, "It's not me, it's you."
Even if insects adhere during transportation, you cannot escape the responsibility of failing to check before using it. I think we're just going to make enemies badly.
"It's done, Hamburg."
Arranged hamburgers are placed in front of you.
Yeah. It looks delicious.
"...thank you for the meal."
"Yasilo, don't you think you just wanted to eat?"
"I've examined it thoroughly. but it looks so delicious."
"Well... well... If you want to eat that much, you can eat it especially."
"Give me chopsticks."
"A knife and fork?"
"You put on airsaid he.
Hamburg would be easier to eat with chopsticks.
try cutting a hamburger with a handed knife
The gravy oozes out from the cut.
This is absolutely delicious.
"...Is there no bug?"
"I don't care!"
"No, mind!"
"You won't know if you eat it with a hamburger."
"...how strong are you, Jiro?"
Even if it's a bug, it's a small one like a fruit fly, isn't it?
That's what I'm going to say, if you're a charinco rower at the beginning of autumn, you'll jump into your mouth.
...I really want you to forgive my eyes and mouth.
"Well, thank you for the food."
fill one's mouth with a large cut of hamburger
The reason I made it bigger is to enjoy the gravy. If you cut it into small pieces, the gravy will run away.
Yeah! It's delicious! I want to put it on top of the rice. So I'd like to stir up the rice soaked in gravy.
"What do you think? Is it good?"
Paula peeks at me and asks me as I chew my overstretched hamburger.
His eyes are a mixture of expectation and anxiety.
"Delicious! This is crazy!"
"Really!? I did it!"
a clenched paula"If you like, you can come and eat every day."
What a great service! Did you feel so happy when you got compliments?
Well, I don't have to worry because I eat at the Yodamari-tei.
"But... it didn't seem to me that there was any problem.
"If there was no problem with the work, it would have been mixed in the ingredients... tools..."Do you want to check the ventilation windows and gaps in the walls? . . . .
"Well, now...."
Paula calls me in a squeezing voice.
"I... ...lied, I didn't throw up..."
"...You're lying?"
What's this all of a sudden?
"I never misrepresented myself or lied to hide my faults!"
Oh... I see.
Did you misunderstand that I was suspected of lying because the path of the insects was unclear? ...you're cornered, too, too.
"I'm not such a man as to doubt you,"
Paula is one of the most trustworthy of all the 42 wards.
"I can tell you that you are an honest hard worker, always trying straight forward."
"... Jillo,"
I don't think this guy will lie for self‐defense.
I understand that more than enough of my time here.
Look, Paula's tail after I said I believed. That's amazing, isn't it?
That's not the feeling of "shame, you tricked me well." It's a reaction when you say, "Hey! I'm glad you believe me!"
"There is no problem with the work process. That would be the environment. It will take some time, but I'll go over the kitchen thoroughly. There may be gaps in which insects can enter, or even nests in the shade of some other place."
"Well... I don't want to look for it..."
"It's for the sake of the guests."
"Oh, yes! I'll do my best!"
Paula and I split up and searched the kitchen thoroughly.
I thought there was a wood chip in there, but... the result was white. No problem. It was a clean kitchen that was so clean and tidy.
...Ummm. I'm at a loss.
I don't know what to do...
"I looked it up, but there was no problem." So I'm all right now!" I think I'll announce it'll be announced.
I'm glad I've worked so hard. Don't think that efforts should be appreciated more.
"…d*mn it! This store is too perfect." I wish I'd run a more unhygienic business."
"No, that's not it!? We're very hospitable to our guests!"
But if you're so beautiful, you can't get a clue......Oh, I see.
"Well, what kind of insects were they?"
"...why?"
He looked very displeased.
You don't like insects? Memories?
"No, you might be able to narrow it down to some extent by the species of course.
Featherworms can come in anywhere, but if they're earthworms, the path of entry will be infinitely narrowed.
"... in fact, it's reserved for warning."
"Really!"
Throw it away right away, like that... well, thank you this time.
"Can you show me?"
"...yes. Wait a minute."
Say so, Paula heads deep into the kitchen.
This building seems to be residential on the second floor. He must have made his way through the kitchen into the living space.
Paula returned without much waiting.
He holds a small palm-sized box in his hand. I don't like bags, I think I'll run away... even if I'm dead.
"Well, can you show me?"
"Well, yes..."
If you give me a small box, Paula takes a little distance.
They don't want to see insects. You're kind of girlish in this kind of place.
I gently open the lid of a small box.
"...what?"
I couldn't help but let out my voice.
I can't help it... No, I can't help it.
The box contained grasshopper-like insects about eight centimeters long.
"...Paula,"
"What?"
"Now I know... what's wrong with you?"
"What!? What!?"
I'll tell Paula straight away when she's leaning forward.
"It's your head!"
How could such a big bug accidentally get into the hamburger?
This is a worm that was maliciously put in!
"I'll come to a conclusion," Nothing wrong with Cantaltica!"
"Oh,.........really?"
Breathe out and Paula sinks into the ground.
Relief must have weakened his legs.
"...I'm glad."
Oh, that's good.
I'm glad to hear that.........another problem has emerged.
"Do you remember the face of the customer who brought it?""Well, yes," This is what happened to me... as I expected."
"What kind of men were they?"
"They were a good pair, and they stood out very much." But I've never seen him before."
"Are you an adventurer?"
"I don't think so, do I?" I didn't have much baggage. And the things I was wearing didn't look like adventurers..."
"Well, and did they claim financial compensation?"
"No, no. I just paid for the rice for free..."
That means it's a kind of shakedown."
If so, there is only one possibility.
"Somebody is trying to discredit this store,"
"What!"
He's a negative campaigner.
Are you trying to take away the customers from this shop with a bad reputation, or are you planning to destroy them?"
at any rate
`I've got to do it... that kind of idiot said.
I'll never be able to walk around this city again.