Gourmet Emperor: Master Of Culinary World

I also ask the maids who walk with me about the soap and shampoo which I gave to them yesterday. Their response is good and they praise about how good the soap and shampoo to their bodies. They also praise the pushcart because make them easier to carry the dishes and also can carry more dishes with them. That"s mean they wouldn"t shuttle between the kitchen and dining hall many times just to deliver the dishes.

When I arrive in the dining hall, my family already there waiting for me to have breakfast. My father nodded when he saw the pushcart on the maids" hands. My sister Eliza gives me a sweet smile when she saw me entering the dining hall. She looks fresh and full of vitality this morning, maybe she had a good night sleep last night

"Good morning father, mother, sisters, and uncle Jason too"

"Good morning Henry…please have seat and start the breakfast. Is there any new dish again today?"

"Yes, father. One new dish, one modified dish and one dish from last night menu"

"The last night dish…is that steak?"

My father asks me about the last night dish which served for breakfast. Look at his question, it seems beef steak already caught his tongue.

"Haha…sorry father, it"s not the steak. To prepare steak, it would need hours of preparation. It can"t be served for breakfast unless the cooks already prepared the ingredients long before dawn is breaking"

"Oh…never mind then. It just the taste really delicious and hard to forget"

"Because today we will have important guests coming, today"s breakfast specially made to give us energy for whole day activities, father"

"Oh right, let start the breakfast then"

The dishes already arranged on the table with the eating utensils. The maids who carry the dishes also already leave the dining hall. My father makes a short prayer as usual before start breakfast. We start breakfast with the soup first as usual

"This is corn soup made from corn shipment from Lumon town yesterday, father"

I explained the soup we have now to my father when he opens the lid that covers the soup bowl.

"Hmm…the taste is good too"

My father commenting after takes a scoop with his spoon.

After finishing the soup, we continue with the spaghetti dish. The fresh tomato aroma from the spaghetti sauce is flowing into the air when the lid is open.

"That"s a modification of noodles, father, instead of using soup, it combined with sauce to bring flavor the noodle"

I take my fork and show the way to eat spaghetti to my families in the dining hall. After spreading the sauce into the noodle, I put my fork inside and twist it a couple of times before putting it on my mouth. the sourness from the tomato, juiciness of the meat, faint sweetness from sugar mixed well in the sauce and fill my mouth. Hmm….not bad, the taste is not much different from the real spaghetti from my previous world which sometimes I eat with my friends.

The last dish is the meat bun. For those who still not full yet, they can eat in the dining hall but for those who already full and keep it and eat the meat bun later. My younger sister seems the one who already full from eating corn soup and spaghetti.

After breakfast finished, my family still gathered in the dining table. It seems my father told them to stay and listen to my arrangement for the welcoming party

"Well, Henry….do you have something to say for your welcoming party today?"

"Ah yes, I intended to give my fiancé flower bouquet when she arrives here, but it"s not me who handed the flower bouquet to her"

"Who will do that task, Henry?"

"Hmm….Karen, would you become the one who gives your future sister in law the flower bouquet?"

I look at my younger sister, Karen. She looks excited when I ask her to do that task. I choose her because she already can speak clearly, my youngest sister, Christine although will look cuter, but her words when speaking sometimes is not clear. Besides giving the flower, I also want my sister to gives welcome greetings to my fiancé.

"Yes! I would love to, brother Henry"

"Alright, but you also must greet her with welcome greetings, like "Welcome to our Harvard Castle, sister Celes"…can you do that?"

"Yes! No problem!"

"Anything else, Henry?"

"Yes father, by advice from sister Eliza, the banquet will be held in tomorrow afternoon in the lunchtime"

My sister Eliza looks happy when I mention her name

"Huh? At noon? Didn"t usually banquet held at night?"

"Yes father, but if we held the banquet at night, that means we should provide accommodation for guests from far town. Not to mention we will need more candles and oil lamps for lighting. If we held the banquet at noon, there"re some benefits we can get like fewer expenses for lighting, more secure because it would easier people who come and out at noon that night, and the guest can return to their respective places after banquet over without spending a night in here. Our VIP also can have enough time to rest after a long journey here"

My father thought for a while before exclaimed with a joyful tone

"That"s really great! Good thinking for your two Henry and Eliza, I"m so proud of you two. Yes, the banquet should better be held at noon than held at night"

"And we should send the invitation for guests who will attend the banquet, father. if we send the invitation now, they will have enough time to prepare"

"Yes, leave the invitation to me. I already make list for those who will attend the banquet, just add the date and time of the event on the invitation then it ready to send"

We still discussing some aspect of welcoming party such as where the Earl"s guard will be stationed, renting the inn in town for those who decide to stay after the banquet and return the day after tomorrow, the preparation for the room where Earl"s party will sleep, etc. After all of the important aspects of the welcome party discussed, finally I can withdraw from the dining hall and have a chance to take a bath.