Universe Infinite Canteen.

Chapter 344: Red Ridge
After seeing off the last guest, Malu looked at the time. It was exactly seven forty.

He Xiaoqian and another female student who worked part-time cleaned up and went home after get off work.

Malu also began to prepare to welcome the special guests in the evening and draw up the menu.

Among the 6-star ingredients he used was the Toon Dancer that he brought back with the Burdock Ninja this time.

Combined with 8 other activated plants and 7 types of meat, this unity is strength dish is made up.

For the next 11 dishes, he took a lazy approach and slapped together some leftover ingredients from the restaurant, hoping to get by.

Lao Wang took a look at the menu and asked, "Why did you choose unity is strength?"

"Ah, because we just brought back some Chinese toon, so we can make this dish."

"But among the recipes I gave you, there are 27 that include Toon Dancers, and 4 of them have all the ingredients available at this stage. Why don't you choose the other 3?"

"Well, I didn't really think about it. My first reaction after looking at the menu was to choose this."

Malu scratched his head and said, "If I have to say the reason, it's probably because tonight's guests are from the department's team building, and unity is strength, which can enhance friendship and bonds, making the connection between department members closer, so it feels quite suitable for them."

Lao Wang nodded. "Your intuition is very sharp. You have already mastered the principles of menu formulation. Next, you should try to customize the set meal around the same theme."

"theme?"

"Yes, just like the menu you made for Chen Zhengyi last time. The first three dishes contain the meanings of spring, summer, and autumn respectively. Putting them together, they form a simple four-season theme."

“Cooking is ultimately a form of creation, just like writing an article. Writers use pen and paper to express themselves, while chefs use the dishes they create.

“An article needs to revolve around a theme, and a banquet also needs to have a theme. Otherwise, no matter how delicious the dishes are, if they are disorganized, they will only remain at the level of deliciousness and will not bring a deeper touch.

“Before, we couldn’t gather all the ingredients, so there was no way to talk about the theme. But now that you have brought back a lot of ingredients, you can try to build a theme in the future.

“It’s not easy, but it’s a necessary skill to become a top chef.”

"But the problem is that I'm not the chef." Malu said, "Why don't you come up with the recipes, and I'll just focus on collecting the ingredients."

Lao Wang shook his head, “I said my sectors were badly damaged, strictly speaking, I can no longer be considered a cosmic chef.

“And even if my sector can be restored, as a silicon-based life form, I am naturally not as good as you carbon-based life forms in understanding emotions. It is difficult for me to make dishes that can impress every diner by my own strength.

"But you are different. From your answer to Yanwu's test, I can tell that you are very talented in cooking."

"Who? Me?" Malu's eyes widened. "Are you sure? All I know how to do is eat instant noodles."

"That's because you haven't received any professional training. I don't know if you've noticed that you've learned a lot during this period of time. If you're willing, I can teach you systematically..."

"Forget it, I don't want to do that," Malu waved his hand to interrupt Lao Wang, "Cooking in the kitchen is too hard, and there's no limelight. I still prefer to be the boss. Besides..."

He hooked his arm around Lao Wang's shoulder and said, "Don't I still have you? You're right, we are the best partners. From now on, we will follow the old rules. I will collect the ingredients and you will cook. I will also prepare the menu according to your requirements."

"Okay." Lao Wang didn't force it.

Malu then made some adjustments to the menu at hand, trying to stick to a theme as Lao Wang said.

8点25分，一辆水星银GL8停靠在了宇宙无限食堂的店门外。从上面一口气下来9个人，其中6男3女，年龄从20岁到30岁不等，清一色全部身着黑色西装。

There were two bald men among them, both over 1 meters tall, with muscular bodies and tattoos on the back of their necks, making them look fierce.

The other people also had unfriendly expressions. Even the three women had murderous looks on their faces, and there was even a strong smell of blood on their bodies.

Everyone looks like a murderer.

Is this... a gang society or a killer organization?
When Malu saw the group of people coming in, his eyelids couldn't help but twitch. He stopped Ma Youyou who was about to go over to greet them and walked over himself.

"good evening."

"Good evening." The bald man in the lead was very polite. He returned the greeting, then glared at his colleagues behind him with his big eyes like copper bells and shouted.

"Why are you all standing there? Hurry up and say hello to the boss. Do you want me to teach you this?"

The next moment, a chorus of "Hello, Boss" rang out in the hall.

The bald leader turned his gaze to Malu again and said softly, "We are from Chiling and have booked dinner here."

"Oh, welcome, welcome, please sit down." Malu pointed to the table in the middle of the living room.

However, the bald man did not move when he heard this. Instead, he put his hand in his pocket and frowned.

Malu almost thought that he was going to pull out a switchblade or a pistol or something.

But the bald man fumbled twice, and finally took out a business card, and handed it over with both hands according to business etiquette.

Malu took it and the first thing that caught his eye was the big man’s name, or nickname - Baldy.

Next is the position - producer of the Chiling project team of Hakimi Network Technology Co., Ltd.

Then there is a website link and a slogan: If you are a man, come to Chiling! Women are also welcome.

There is also a picture printed on the back of the business card, which shows a large number of skeletons fighting passionately.

Malu was stunned for about two seconds, then asked tentatively, "Are you a... a game company?"

"That's right." Baldy nodded and smoked a cigarette. "Boss Ma, you can come play our game when you have time. It's very realistic and has a high degree of freedom. It's definitely better than other competing products on the market."

"Oh, okay." Malu indicated that he didn't smoke, and then took out his business card and exchanged it with Baldy.

Baldy then enthusiastically introduced the other members of the group to Malu. He pointed at another bald man and said, "This is our art teacher, Beigong Meng.

Then he pointed to a woman with a scar on her face and said, "This is the numerical planner, today's cute teacher.

"And the copywriter, Xiao Xiao Wei Ge. This is a level, kindergarten is my worst."

Give the cutest names and fight the fiercest fights, right?

Malu suppressed the urge to complain and calmly shook hands with the employees of the Chiling project team one by one.

(End of this chapter)