Voyage: Prop Master on the Straw Hat

Sanji answered without thinking, “Only after the chef tastes it and confirms that the taste is okay, can it be served to the guests!!”

“That’s right!”

Link nodded, “Then if the chef’s skills are not up to par during the tasting session, does that mean the dish is not perfectly cooked?”

“That’s natural,” Sanji agreed.

“Well!”

Seeing Sanji following his train of thought, Link continued:

“In this way, if a chef can obviously do a good job in the tasting session, but he fails to do it, then do you think that such a chef lacks love for food?!”

“Of course!!” Sanji replied without hesitation.

But soon, he reacted:

“What do you mean? Are you saying that I was lacking in the tasting part?”

Sanji’s tone gradually became more serious, “This guest, I assure you that I strictly followed the requirements during the tasting, and I was several times stricter than an ordinary chef!!”

When he spoke, his body was straight and his tone was full of determination. He had indeed always followed this request.

However ~

“But as far as I know, any chef who is truly religious about cooking will never do anything that damages his or her sense of taste and smell.”

Link directly pointed out Sanji’s fault, “If I read correctly, Mr. Chef, you must be smoking, right?”

One hit kill! Direct K!!

After Link finished speaking, the determined expression on Sanji’s face suddenly froze.

Indeed, as Link said, he was indeed smoking, and had been for a long time.

The harmful substances contained in tobacco also have a certain impact on the sense of taste and smell.

Of course Sanji himself knew it, and he fell silent immediately.

Because in this regard, he really couldn’t refute it.

“That’s why, Mr. Chef, I feel it’s a pity.”

Seeing Sanji’s silent expression, Link also shook his head.

There is absolutely no doubt about Sanji’s very genuine attitude towards chefs, cooking skills, or food.

However, it is only true.

Sanji’s two biggest dreams are to find and go to Allblue and the women’s bathhouse.

One is ingredients and the other is a woman, it’s not about becoming the best chef in the world.

It can be seen from this aspect that his attitude towards cooking is still a little weak.

Otherwise, we would not come into contact with cigarettes, which damage the sense of taste and smell, and are the last things that a cook should come into contact with.

“It is true that I am lacking in this aspect…”

After a moment of silence, Sanji slowly spoke, “But please rest assured, guests, there is absolutely no problem with the taste of the food.”

“I believe that.”

Link forked another piece of crab cake, “The taste says it all.”

Then the other hand suddenly pressed down a rubber hand that ran into his plate.

“I said Luffy…”

Link looked over with a half-smile, “Isn’t your hand stretched a little too long?”

He said with a smile, “As a captain, you can’t even snatch the food from the crew’s plates, right?”

“I can’t help it, it’s so delicious!!”

Luffy didn’t hesitate to praise the food, and didn’t pay attention to Link’s dangerous smile and eyes.

And his eyes were shining as he looked at Sanji standing there.

“Your cooking skills are beyond praise. Your cooking is really great. Do you want to go out to sea with us and become our companion?!” This sudden invitation was very Luffy-like.

“I’m sorry, I’m the deputy chef here. It’s impossible for me to go out to sea and be a chef with you.”

Sanji refused without even thinking.

“No, the sea is very interesting. Come with us to be pirates and go on adventures along the Grand Line!!”

“If I say I won’t go, I won’t go. Are you pirates? I won’t go with you!!”

“Sanji!!”

Suddenly, a majestic voice sounded from the spiral staircase on the second floor.

4You want to have a cooking competition with us? [Thank you for April’s ideals and monthly votes! ! ]

“Did you have a conflict with the guest again?!”

A figure with two blond beards tied into braids and a very tall chef’s hat that looked like he could knock someone out, and with a distinctive wooden prosthetic leg on his right foot appeared there.

“What time of the week is this already?”

The owner of the restaurant on the sea, Sanji’s mentor in kicking and cooking skills. He once challenged the Grand Line and escaped unscathed. Zhepu said that his leg skills can leave marks on steel with a stern look on his face.

At first glance, he doesn’t look like a stern old man who is easy to get along with.

“I don’t have one, stinky old man.”

As he said this, Sanji subconsciously wanted to take out a cigarette and light it.

But when he thought of what Link had said to him before, he paused and silently put the cigarette back.

His behavior caught Zhepu’s eyes the whole time.

“You idiot will only cause trouble to others!!”

Squeak, squeak.

Zep’s wooden feet stepped on the stairs and he walked down step by step.

“I’m sorry, guests, this idiot is so out of tune sometimes, I hope you don’t mind.”

“It doesn’t matter, he didn’t do anything. He is the deputy head chef here. So, old man, are you his boss?

Luffy looked at Zepp, then at Sanji who took a step back, and blinked.

“Yes, what does this guest want to say?” Zhepu said.

“Is such that……”

Luffy rubbed his hands and said with a smile:

“I think he is very good, and I want to drag him onto our ship to become a pirate. I wonder, Mr. Cook, if you can let him go.”

Yao~

After hearing what Luffy said, Link looked at him in surprise.

It’s really rare to see Luffy who is so organized and knows who to target.

It probably has something to do with cooking. This guy can solve arithmetic problems very quickly as long as he encounters food-related problems.

After sleeping for three days, I realized in three seconds that I had missed fifteen meals, which was calculated as five meals a day…

“Do you want to take this incompetent junior like me away?”

Although Luffy opened his mouth, he wanted to remove the restaurant’s most important second-in-command besides the chef, such a forceful move.

But Zhepu didn’t get angry, he just looked at Luffy calmly with his eyes full of vicissitudes of life.

“Although I don’t want him to continue to stay here and ruin my restaurant, but you want to take him away with your empty talk, this guest.”

“I……”

Luffy was about to say something when he was pulled aside by Link behind him.

“Mr. Chef, chef, what do you think of this?”

Link walked forward with a smile, “Since this is a restaurant, let’s just let our cooking skills speak for itself.”

“Your restaurant sent one of the most powerful chefs to compete with us in cooking. If we win, how about taking him away?”

“What? Cooking competition??”.,:”:.'”;’!..”.?:!?”?:!:’,!’!”?;’:.!?:.! .’?’?..?’!?”

Whether it was Sanji who was about to do something in the back, or Paddy and the other chefs who were watching the excitement and gathered around, they were all stunned at this moment, looking at Link strangely as if they were overestimating their abilities.

“You want to compete with us in cooking?”

Even Zhepu was slightly startled.

When he confirmed that Link was not joking, his face slowly darkened:

“Don’t be ridiculous, kid, ours is the best restaurant on the sea in the entire East China Sea. You want to compete with us in cooking?!”

Zhepu laughed a little angrily, feeling that Link was too ignorant.

“You can give it a try and see the results.”

Link was not disturbed at all, he still chuckled and said:

“Anyway, this is your home court, Mr. Chef, and as a restaurant, if a challenger comes, I don’t think you can refuse, right?”

“Of course!”

Paddy behind him mentioned his cooking skills with his arms crossed and a look of confidence on his face.

“Bharati, who has the reputation of fighting, will not refuse any challenger, let alone a competition in cooking!!”

Although Zhepu didn’t say anything, he still meant it.

He looked at Link and said: “Boy, we accept all your challenges and bets!!”

His golden beard swung back and forth, revealing strong confidence.

“I said, consider other people’s feelings, don’t just treat me as a bet!!”

Sanji stopped when he heard this. He didn’t want to use it as a bet.

Zhepu seemed not to have heard: “Boy, if you win, we will pay Sanji, but what if you lose? You can’t make a promise in vain, right?”

Sanji was annoyed: “Hey, hey, hey!!”

“If you win, I will allow him the opportunity to have dinner with that lady.”

Link pointed at Nami and looked at Sanji.

Sanji: “??!!! [Love]!”

Nami, who was watching the show next to her, heard Link suddenly target her and immediately spoke out.

Just when she was about to refuse angrily, she saw Link coming over:

“If you lose, I will hand over the financial power of the ship to you.”

“…Have a good competition, come on!!”

Nami was quiet for a moment, and then gave Link a sweet smile in return.

Then she glanced at Sanji and said, “Let’s have a good competition, my assistant chef, I’m really looking forward to having dinner with you!!” She also heard the implication of Link’s words, it was just an opportunity, casually. You can fool it.

Sauron: “…”

Usopp: “…”

You are obviously looking forward to financial power…

The two looked at each other speechlessly, with speechless expressions on their faces.

4 You obviously just want to eat… [Thank you Kunai 4 for the tip! ! 】

Bang bang bang! !

His heart was pounding, and Sanji, who was “favoured” by Nami, felt like his bones were going numb.

“Yo Xi, I accept this competition!!”

A flame called “love” seemed to appear behind him, and his blood boiled all over his body, and his fighting spirit was ignited.