Chapter 742 - Lucky Day (1/2)

The guy with the slickback felt that he was covering it well enough, but Tom had still seen through his resentment.

Tom looked at the unhappy guy with the slickback and started explaining thinking that he was probably confused, “You don’t know Li Li? Each year, a Western food exchange meeting would be held in Singapore. The scale of this exchange is quite large, and Li Li is the person who had obtained three gold medals from the exchange. More importantly, he is a person with a strict requirement when it comes to food ingredients. It’s your lucky day today.”

If the guy with the slickback wasn’t such a calm person, he would have started cursing by now. Although he had never eaten Yuan Zhou’s food before, based on his beast-like instincts, he could feel that Yuan Zhou’s food was definitely better than Li Li’s.

Of course, he was also aware that he would never be able to change Tom’s mind. Therefore, he merely had his head lowered as he gave one-word replies every now and then to what Tom said.

They entered the restaurant and sat down at a table near a window. Next, the waitress came and gave them their hand towels before giving them the menu. In a friendly manner, the waitress asked, “Sir, what would you like to have today?”

Tom closed the menu. As a person who had been eating Western food for many years, he had plenty of experience ordering Western food.

“Do you have any dish of the day or the chef’s recommendation today?” Tom asked.

There were definitely no problems with the environment and employees of Li Li’s restaurant. This was clear from their neat black uniform and the friendly smile on their face.

“Dish of the day,” Tom reiterated his question.

The waitress opened the menu and after locating the page she was looking for, she replied, “The chef’s recommendation for the day is Confit de Canard, a dish personally prepared by the chef.”

Tom replied, “Confit de Canard? It has indeed been quite a while since I last ate this dish. Ok, one Confit de Canard and two Sirloin steaks. And also…”

“Oh, right. Are you craving for anything in particular?” Tom finally remembered the guy with the slickback.

“Just order as you see fit, Mr. Tom. Don’t worry about me. I can eat anything,” replied the guy with the slickback.

“Ok. Two Bisques and one Baguette.” After completing the order, Tom gave some additional requests for his streak before asking the guy with the slickback if he had any requirements for his steak.

The guy with the slickback shook his head. He was not familiar with steaks and did not have any specific preferences on it. As far as he was concerned, eating one of those steak buffets where he could have four or five steaks in one sitting was still the best.

And thus, the sight of one person anxiously waiting while the other waited with an obvious lack of interest appeared in the restaurant.

After over 10 minutes, the dishes started arriving and they started eating.

“Don’t eat only the bread. Eat the steak first. When it comes to steaks, you have to eat while it’s hot. There are existing oil and blood in steaks and if you eat after it gets cold, the flavor and texture won’t feel as good,” Tom explained seriously while working with his knife and fork.

“This steak is medium done?” The guy with the slickback said when he saw that blood and oil flowing out after he sliced a piece off the steak.

“That’s right. Steaks will only taste better if it’s somewhat raw. With the blood and oil mixed within, the texture will feel excellent. Give it a try,” Tom explained.

The guy with the slickback was conflicted inwardly. After all, the beef looked raw and only the outer layer of it was actually cooked. Unfortunately, the person sitting opposite him was not his friend. Rather, this person was his superior. He had no choice but to start eating.

“Correct. Taking small bites like this is the correct way of eating steaks,” Tom looked at the guy with the slickback approvingly.

Yet, that person was cursing inwardly, “Shit, I nearly choked myself. This meat is quite springy.”

Although he was not happy at all, he still had a smile on his face, “Yes, it is indeed quite nice and chewy.”