The NO.1 Food Stall in the Wasteland novel Chapter 158

Chapter 158: Chapter 158: Wants to Be the Dad

It was obvious that Master Luo, who had spoken second, had a more arrogant attitude.

But the moment they opened their mouths, these two claimed to have at least twenty years of experience. Their years in the kitchen outnumbered Shen Lu’s years on earth, and they seemed intent on throwing their weight around with their seniority.

’I don’t get it,’ Shen Lu thought. ’Do people applying for jobs these days have such an attitude?’

’If you’re so high and mighty, why are you working for someone else? You could just open your own restaurant.’

’And don’t give me that "no money" excuse. After twenty years in the kitchen, you should’ve saved enough to open a small mom-and-pop shop, even if not a huge restaurant, right?’

Shen Lu’s lips curled. ’They probably aren’t here to apply in good faith.’

She activated the Good and Evil Judgment Device. Sure enough, the hearts above both their heads were gray, with Master Luo’s being the darkest.

Shen Lu’s eyes darted around as she exchanged a few perfunctory pleasantries.

’She definitely wasn’t going to hire them. No matter how good their skills were, she couldn’t hire someone with a crooked heart.’

But she still had to go through the motions. Shen Lu gestured for them to proceed. "Please, gentlemen, change into your aprons and come to the back kitchen."

Any applicant for the kitchen staff had to go through a cooking trial. Shen Lu wanted to test not only their skills on the stove but also, more importantly, their knife work.

The two men put on aprons and washed their hands. Shen Lu asked them each to cook a dish of shredded pork with green peppers.

"The ingredients are right in front of you. Please, begin."

Master Zhu and Master Luo glanced at the ingredients laid out before them: pork belly, long green peppers, and some other aromatics like green onions, ginger, and garlic.

Master Luo’s thick brows furrowed. "I have to cut it myself?"

Ever since he became a head chef, he hadn’t cut a single vegetable. He only worked the wok, handling the stove-top duties.

Shen Lu smiled. "Our restaurant is small, so everyone in the kitchen has to do a bit of everything. I have to chop and prep vegetables every day myself."

The implication was clear: if you wanted to work here, you couldn’t get away from cutting board duties.

Master Luo immediately wanted to untie his apron and walk out.

’What a bullshit little restaurant! A distinguished head chef like him being forced to chop and prep his own ingredients? This was a downright insult!’

He clenched and unclenched his fists, but in the end, he picked up the kitchen knife.

’If he didn’t owe Boss Jin money, he would never have put up with this humiliation!’

Master Luo got to work, and Master Zhu also began to focus on preparing the ingredients.

Shen Lu stood across the prep table watching them cut everything, and she was left speechless.

’They both introduced themselves as master chefs with twenty years of experience, so how could their knife skills be this bad?’

Since they had to make shredded pork, they both started by slicing the meat. The slices were uneven in thickness, and the resulting shreds varied wildly in size and length.

After cutting the meat, they moved on to the green peppers. Incredibly, both of them chose to cut the peppers into rings.

’Seriously? I asked them to make shredded pork with green peppers. Generally speaking, you should shred the green peppers too so they match and look good.’

At this point, Shen Lu really wanted to call a halt to the whole thing. With knife skills at this level, she figured their seasoning and cooking skills probably weren’t much better.

But on second thought, she held back.

They both went to the stove and started cooking at the same time. Compared to their knife skills, their technique at the wok was much better. They were very familiar with using the stove, showing they did have some real ability.

Ten minutes later, two plates of shredded pork with green peppers were placed in front of Shen Lu.

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