Chapter 349
As I emphasized earlier, the scale of this content surpasses all the content we've had so far.
If we just cook for the members to eat, it's okay to make them laugh by focusing on entertainment.
However, if it's content for fans and the general public, we really have to put in a lot of effort.
As if they knew the heavy responsibility of
"Eun-gyu hyung and Hyung-bin hyung will be in charge of green onions, Karis and Yoon-chul will cut pumpkin, carrots, and radish. Yu-bin and Min-ha will organize the bowls and ingredients."
"Okay!"
"Rice is the most important, so let's prepare the rice and other things first. Okay! Each of you, take your places!"
I continued to do image training in my head nonstop just for this day.
I neatly tied up my bangs with a hair band and went to my seat with a solemn attitude.
Kang Si-yoon, who had placed a pumpkin and a bowl of carrots in front of me, spoke in a motherly tone.
"Karis, you shouldn't play with the knife today, okay? If you do, we'll be in big trouble."
"I'll try my best."
"In times like this, it's better to just say 'yes!' neatly~."
"That's a little hard."
"I told you not to play with the knife, so now you're playing with words."
After subduing Kang Si-yoon with just a few words, I hummed a tune and carefully took out the knife.
Although my mind always wanted to hold the knife in a normal way, my instincts didn't follow suit.
I had always stuck to the killing grip that I used when slaughtering goblins or other small monsters.
For this content, I had to break away from that grip.
When I started chopping the carrots in a state of extreme concentration, Ji Yoon-chul, who was quietly cutting the radish next to me, was surprised.
"...Hyung."
"Hmm?"
"You're holding the knife properly?"
"It really takes a lot of effort and concentration."
I forgot to blink and focused my gaze solely on the tip of the knife and the carrot.
You have to cut the carrot to a certain thickness to make it good for kimbap and bibimbap.
It's quite uncomfortable to hold the knife like this, but there are so many eyes and cameras watching, so I have to try.
I can't come all the way to my hometown of Estonia and create a cruel image, right?
The kitchen was filled with the members' chatter and the sound of the knife gently falling on the cutting board.
Kang Si-yoon walked around while cooking rice to check if the preparation process was going smoothly.
Kang Si-yoon seemed worried in his own way, but everyone seemed to have been busy preparing the ingredients with good momentum, perhaps because the intense practice we had done in Korea had worked.
About an hour passed like that, and the primary care was all done.
Now it's time for a practical preview.
"We're going to divide up the responsibilities by area starting tomorrow. But just in case, I think it would be good to have the member in charge of serving the hall be able to cook at least one dish."
"That won't happen, but customers might suddenly come all at once."
"That's right. If that happens, we'll have to gather all our hands and use them."
Kang Si-yoon said that everyone should be able to cook at least one dish perfectly in case the store gets extremely busy.
"The easiest ones are bibimbap and egg rolls, so let's all practice one of them perfectly."
As Kang Si-yoon said, bibimbap and egg rolls are on the easy side among all the menus we brought.
If I had to pick the easiest of the two, it would be bibimbap, but we had to give up the least difficult dish to Chae Eun-gyu, who is a true cooking idiot.
So I focused and focused even more on perfecting the scrambled eggs.
But the most difficult part is to gather the egg water into a circle and make it into a pretty shape.
'I can do this because I did it during cooking practice.'
I carefully poured the egg water into the pan with a determined determination.
Then, when the outside and the top were about to cook slightly, I rolled it up with a spoon and a spatula.
At first, the egg rolls were rolled up nicely, but at some point, they became mushy and looked like strange dumplings.
"..."
"Wow, Karis's dexterity is really going nowhere."
"Hahahahaha!"
"Hyung, can I take a picture of this? Can I take a picture?"
"How about we make this into a new menu? As egg dumplings."
The members naturally held their stomachs and laughed out loud when they saw the miserable results that my hands had created.
Yoo Minha, who always records my humiliating moments, took a picture while laughing.
The sun setting between the quaint buildings in Tallinn's Old Town was like a painting.
Kang Si-yoon blew on both hands and said his wish to the sun.
"Please let tomorrow pass safely without any problems!"
"Please come with a lot of customers, not too few!"
"What do you mean by not too few but not too many?"
"Hehe!"
We all laughed at Yoo Min-ha's ridiculous words.
He hoped that the restaurant would be filled with people enough to not be empty, but not too crazy.
If that happens, we will be able to continue filming as we had prepared without any major incidents.
Even after returning to the dorms, the members continued talking about the first day of
First, we had definitely finished the role distribution that we had discussed in Korea.
"Okay, then let's have Hyung-bin hyung and Karis take charge of the hall and serving. Let's have Min-ha report on the situation and move back and forth between the hall and the kitchen flexibly."
As we discussed beforehand, Song Hyung-bin and I decided to take charge of the hall.
Everyone said that the Estonian special was my special, so it was natural for me to become the face of Seleste Restaurant.
Song Hyung-bin was also calm and quick to judge situations, so he was enough to be chosen as my partner.
So, in preparation for tomorrow, I decided to go over various lines and predict situations with Song Hyung-bin.
"When greeting customers, we have to speak in Estonian or English.......... Can you tell me how to say it?"
"I'll teach you a few basic sentences."
I slowly taught Song Hyung-bin a few basic sentences in Estonian, such as simple greetings and menu recommendations.
Song Hyung-bin, who became a passionate student, wrote down the pronunciation in detail in Korean on his cell phone's notepad and then repeated it to himself over and over again.
At first, he tilted his head as if it was a little difficult, but he didn't give up.
"I can speak English, but Estonian is a bit difficult."
"European languages are hard to pronounce."
"Looking at it this way, I realize that you're really amazing."
Song Hyung-bin put down his phone and looked at me with admiration.
"Korean is completely different in format from European languages, but you're so good at it."
"Haha.......... It's just the result of practice."
"If I read a lot of books in foreign languages like you, I think I can improve."
Song Hyung-bin, who mentioned my web novel and webtoon study method, suddenly gave me a playful look.
"I still remember clearly how you introduced yourself. A foreigner who looks classy suddenly says he likes comics and novels, and it's so natural-."
"You don't have to mention my dark history again, hyung-nim."
"It was really a sensation back then. It wasn't for nothing that the production team added special effects with roses."
"Ahem! Hyung-nim, please try the greeting I taught earlier again. I remember your pronunciation being really inaccurate."
"Hey, why are you suddenly hitting people's bones?"
I think he had gotten used to the lines now.
The only thing left is to practice for the actual match.
Just then, Yoo Min-ha and Chae Eun-gyu, who were talking in the next room, came in, saying they would play the role of the guests.
"Hello, this is Seleste Restaurant. Please sit down wherever you want."
"Please, please!"
As I smiled and skillfully guided them to their seat, Song Hyung-bin, who momentarily missed his line, hurriedly said only the last words.
Chae Eun-gyu, who was watching from the bedside, looked like he was about to burst out laughing, but he was barely able to hold it back.
Yoo Min-ha went to the chair I had shown and pretended to look at the menu.
"What's the best here?"
I immediately poked Song Hyung-bin in the side.
This was the perfect opportunity to say the menu-related lines we had practiced.
Song Hyung-bin, who usually didn't look that nervous, swallowed hard and opened his mouth.
"If you don't like spicy food, kimbap is good! If you want to eat it with rice, scrambled eggs.......... Scrambled eggs.........!"
Song Hyung-bin stuttered like a robot, which was unusual for him.
Yoo Min-ha, who was acting as a guest, also started to twitch the corners of his mouth as he watched the leader.
When I glanced behind him, Chae Eun-gyu was already lying face down on the bed, covering his mouth.
Since I couldn't let Song Hyung-bin break down any further, I told him the words almost like ventriloquism.
"See on okei (like)."
"See, see, okay!"
Song Hyung-bin barely managed to finish the sentence, but he couldn't help but crumble before Yoo Min-ha's harsh words.
"I feel like Karis hyung-nim will really have to use the clone technique tomorrow?"
"...I haven't learned that skill yet."
"I'm sorry. I'll try harder."
"No. You only practiced once, so there's no need to get discouraged-."
"I was really embarrassed just now."
"I told you it's okay, hyung-nim."
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The next morning.
Breathing in the refreshing air, we walked down the streets of Tallinn's Old Town with solemn steps.
"How many hours are left until opening time?"
"4 hours!"
"Then what should we do when we get in?"
"Set up the ingredients and check the cutlery!"
"Okay, everyone is very disciplined."
Kang Si-yoon, who was absorbed in his role as the head chef, started his mission briefing before entering the restaurant.
I checked the {Closed) sign hanging in front of the door as I entered the restaurant.
It will soon change from {Closed} to {Open).
The inside of the restaurant was very clean thanks to the cleaning done yesterday.
Ji Yoon-chul and Heo Yu-bin went around each table to check if the tissues and dishes were properly placed, and the rest of the members went to the kitchen and organized the fresh vegetables by type.
"I guess this kimbap is going to be quite difficult."
"Why are you telling me scary things before we even start?"
Chae Eun-gyu trembled when he heard Kang Si-yoon's words.
"You know because you practiced. It takes a lot of time to do other than kimbap, so it might be hard when all the orders come in at once."
"I'll find you then."
"I'll help you as much as I can, but.........."
At that time, he didn't know.
What kind of situation would Kang Si-yoon's words cause later.
It was 11 AM, and the streets of the old town were already crowded with people.
Song Hyung-bin, who was in charge of the first day of the Seleste Restaurant opening, went outside with a nervous expression and flipped out the sign.
{Open)
With the refreshing sound of the wind chime hanging above the sign, the official business finally began.
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