The day after he received a nomination request in the guild, Ray was in front of the dining room introduced to Kenny.
　The restaurant is one that Ray has visited several times before.
　A restaurant on the main street, unlike Ray's favorite restaurant, Manjotei.
　The taste of the food served is not bad at all, as long as it can be done on the main street.
　It's not always full of customers, but I know it's not a place where there are no customers.

"Then... Set, I'm sorry, but you'll be waiting here?"
"Gruly!"

　Seth, who grunts, lies right next to the store.
　Ray can't be too concerned with today's food.
　and that's why I was going to have him play in the snow with the children who came to the inn today so that he wouldn't get bored."For some reason, only today, Sett has indicated that he will go with Ray.
　The children...and Mileinu and Johanna sent them out, regretting that Sett would say so.
　...but in the case of Mileinu and Johanna, perhaps it was because they were competing with each other for the breadth of their hearts that Seto to do.
　Ray was able to predict why Seto came with him today.
　Hearing that it was a new dish, you must have remembered the time when you made udon.
　I've tasted it.
　Steamed bread this time...Even in meat buns, Ray expected Seto to be looking for a taste.

"Huh? ... Oh, Ray! Even Seto!"

　Perhaps I heard a voice talking to Seto outside, suddenly... this time the door of the Golden Pantei opens and a woman appears.
　Ray was naturally familiar to the man.
　I don't know his name, but he was a waitress at this restaurant.
　Are you in your early twenties?
　Though not particularly well-featured, Ray and Seto's bright smile is attractive enough and should be called the Golden Pantee's signature girl.

"Oh, thank you for your help to-day. It's Ray."

　Ray briefly introduces himself to such a waitress.

"Oh, I'm sorry. Come to think of it, I haven't introduced myself yet. I'm Sandrine. Come on in. We don't have much time."

　With a smile, Sandrine guides Ray into the shop.
　Given the size of the entrance to the store, the set is naturally barred.
　Originally Ray had no intention of putting Sett in the shop, but Sandrine still regrettably... heads down to the back of the kitchen and brings some boneless meat.
　a bone that must have been used for soup stock
　There was not much flesh on it, but it still seemed delicious to Seth, and his round eyes were staring at the bony meat... or rather what I might call fleshy bones.

"Yes, Seto," I can't put Seto in the shop, but can you eat this and wait?"
"Gruly!"

　Seth lies down beside the shop, happily purring and choking.

"Well, I'd like Mr. Ray to come up with a new dish with his father right away... OK?"
"Oh, any time over here,"

　As they say so, they go into the kitchen.

"Dad, Mr. Ray is here, isn't he?
"Oh, have you come yet?" Excuse me, Mr. Ray. I'm busy."
"... oh, oh,"

　The cook from the kitchen... Ray is somewhat surprised to see Sandrine's father.
　He was the cook of the dining-room facing the main street, and when a man of strong build appeared... he thought it was quite natural that a man like Pamidor should appear.
　But it was a thin, slightly feeble-looking man who came out.
　the exact opposite of what one had expected of a restaurant on the main street
　The man opens his mouth with a smile at Ray's surprise.

"It's amazing, isn't it? It's often said. "Well, my name is Rodrigo, the cook of this golden pavilion."

　Ray bows his head back to Rodrigo with a faint look on his face, he shakes his head.

"I'm sorry I was surprised. I'm Ray, who accepted this request, as you know."
"No, no. To be honest, I never expected him to accept the nomination for such a fee. What's more, a famous adventurer like Ray. --it was out of the ordinary way of thinking, "no good."
"I wouldn't normally have accepted it, but fortunately I didn't have anything particular to do in winter now."

　In fact, the fee for this nomination request is far from high.
　But... still Ray would have accepted the request if the commission had been cheaper.
　It's a welcome thing for Ray that his food situation will improve even a little as long as he's based in Guillum.
　Not too revealing, Ray immediately explains to Rodrigo what he's going to cook.

"There's a dish called meat bun."
"Meat bun? Based on its name, is it a dish made with meat bun?
"Yes, but what I know is just an outline. As was the case with udon noodles, in fact, the chefs who are going to cook it themselves need to do their best..."

　It's okay, right?
　As Ray asks, Rodrigo still nods back with a slightly unsure smile.

"Yes, I'm not very confident, but I'll try."
"Hey, Dad. Look more confident here, don't you? He's already losing money on his appearance... Ray, he's this kind of person, but he's good at cooking, so don't worry."

　Sandrine agrees that she will guarantee her father's arm, and Ray continues to explain again.

"By the way, do you buy bread from other shops or are you homemade?"
"It's homemade."
"Yes,"

　Despite asking himself, Ray is impressed to hear that the bread in this store is homemade.
　Most shops bought from bakeries, not from their own.
　This time, however, it was fortunate.

"Then it's just right," Meat buns are a kind of bread called steamed bread."
"... insect bread? Maybe insects."
"I already did it yesterday,"

　Interrupting Sandrine's words, which are similar to Kenny's, Ray explains as he turns his eyes to the kitchen.

"Steamed food... steamed meat, in that sense." Insects... certainly not insects."
"... are you going to steam the bread?"

　Rodrigo had experience steaming meat, vegetables and fish, but he probably couldn't imagine steaming bread."Yes, but is it easy to understand that instead of steaming baked bread, the dough... well, it's not baking, it's steaming to complete it?"
"... steaming. Well, I can't imagine it."
"Unlike bread baked normally, it has a crunchy texture. And when you steam the bread, you put the bean paste of meat in the dough and the mixture of meat and vegetables and steam it up together."

　Ray, who has told us that far, thinks that from the dough and the bean jam of the meat, we can also make a sale and dumplings.
　But now it's just steamed bread...I don't say that we should aim for the completion of the meat buns.

"Oh, that's a little interesting. I've never eaten bread before."

　Ray nods as Rodrigo asks interestingly.

"Well, I just don't know how you're going to make the dough compared to baking it normally. ...maybe I don't have to do anything about it, but I want you to try and make some mistakes about it."
"Leave it to me. I like that kind of thing."

　You must love cooking from the bottom of course.
　For a quiet Rodrigo, he glances at Ray with an interesting light in his eyes.
　Seeing Rodrigo like that, Ray probably decided this was promising. Next, let's move on to the explanation about the bean jam of meat filling.

"So, as far as I know, there are a lot of fillings in steamed bread."
"Meat? Wait a minute."

　Rodrigo says so and prepares the ingredients, including meat.
　Looking at it, Ray thinks about Chinese buns other than meat buns.
　Other than meat buns, there are pizza buns, curry buns, shark fin buns, bean buns, etc., but curry is a spice problem, shark fin doesn't know how to make shark fin in the first place, and bean buns don't know how to make bean jam either.
　The only thing I can make is pizza buns, but Ray, who loves meat buns, has never eaten pizza buns before, so I can't think of what ingredients.

(Pizza is a bit like that, so cheese and tomatoes seem to be in it... wouldn't it be watery if you put tomatoes in it?)

　Thinking so, I give up explaining about pizza buns for now.
　If you improve your skills with meat buns and become able to show your uniqueness, you can tell me that there is such a food.

"(...oh, but if you like pizza man, pizza would have been fine, but I think steaming would have a bigger impact than baking." See you later.)

　While Ray was thinking about pizza buns and pizzas, Rodrigo finished preparing meat and vegetables.

"Well, Mr. Ray," What should I do now?"
"Well, first of all, cut the meat into small pieces... or maybe a little bigger, but cut it. It's better to decide the size around here that you feel is just right when you actually eat it."
"I see, I see. Only meat?"
"Well... I need some vegetables, too." Some people put boiled meat in it, but it's better to make a basic one first."

　Stewed meat rather than making bean jam...I thought it would be easier to cook pork Kakuni-man, but Ray's perception was that it was meat buns.
　Rodrigo must have been convinced that the basics are important. nod with an air of no particular objection
　Then cut the prepared oak slightly larger than finely chopped.

"Next is vegetables. ... Well, this and this. and cut it into small pieces as well,

　When Rodrigo nods to Ray, who chooses mushrooms, vegetables similar to Chinese cabbage, and vegetables that only look like leeks.
　Looking at the scene, Ray asks Sandrine, who was looking up close at her father's cooking interestingly, about her concerns.

"It's too late, but you don't have any guests today."
"What? Oh, yes. That's right. I heard from the guild yesterday that Mr. Ray accepted my request, so I decided to have Mr. Ray teach me how to cook during the day and open the restaurant at night. --if possible, I'd like to serve this taught dish and see how it goes."
"Isn't that a bit impossible? If I remember how to cook everything, I'm only teaching you an outline, and you need to get the chef to make sure you make it?"
"I see," That's a shame. ... But isn't it a great idea to steam bread? What kind of food is this?"
"It's a lost country,"

　It's impossible to say that it's Japanese, and Ray makes a mistake by saying so.

(No, I'm not telling you a lie because Chinatoman was a Chinese food? ... Well, I'm sure it was already a lost country for me anyway.)

　Sandrine nods at Ray, who was watching him muttering.

"Is that so?"
"Oh, as far as I know, he likes to eat in this cold season."
"Well, it's warm because it's steamed."
"...there's steamed food, so I think it'd be nice to have steamed bread."

　Sandrine shakes her head when she asks if it's OK to steam bread because she was steaming meat, vegetables and fish.

"You must have changed your mind. I don't think anyone would have guessed it. Maybe there's steamed bread elsewhere, but... at least it's the first time in Gilm."
"Mr. Ray, I cut it into small pieces. What shall I do now?"

　As Rodrigo finishes processing the ingredients while talking to Sandrine, Ray sees a bowl-like object among the dishes nearby.

"Put it in there, season it a little darker, and knead it until it becomes sticky. Oh, do you have any dough?"
"Oh, I'll bring it right away. Wait a minute."

　Sandrine goes to get the dough, and Rodrigo kneads the bean paste with salt and other seasonings as Ray tells him.
　As he watched it, Ray twisted his head to remember the next process of making meat buns.