"That's right."
Satou nodded and said, "For example, for this French Country Beef Stew, the timing for adding the red wine is a bit off. It should be added with thyme, tomatoes, and carrots, but here it says to add it last, which will make the beef not flavorful enough."
"And for this French Omelette, it should be rested for five minutes at the end, but it's only rested for two minutes, which is too little time."
Satou pointed out the suspicious parts of the menu one by one.
"These are clearly flaws in the recipe, and not possible improvements to the recipe, because the taste produced would definitely not be good enough."
Tadokoro Megumi thought about it and felt it made a lot of sense, but still found it hard to believe, "But, this was given to us by the Instructor, it can't be wrong, can it?"
"Hmm, it is indeed suspicious. But, what if he intentionally gave us the wrong recipes?"
Satou asked.
"This..."
Tadokoro Megumi was immediately shocked, "Are you saying that the Instructor's real purpose is actually to make us discover the errors in the recipes?"
"That's right. At least, that's what I think."
Satou nodded.
"The method for this French Creamed Mussels seems wrong. I remember it's not made this way."
"This is the recipe given to us by the Instructor, it shouldn't be wrong, right?"
"That's what they say, but I just feel something isn't right."
"Maybe it's a refined recipe by the Instructor. Anyway, we just follow it."
Many students around, after receiving the recipes, immediately began to timidly prepare the dishes according to the instructions.
Some thoughtful students quickly discovered problems with the recipes, but they were somewhat unsure.
After all, Far Moon graduates were like gods in their hearts. How could such figures make mistakes?
If they changed it on their own, they might be expelled.
"Then Satou, what should we do?"
Tadokoro Megumi asked. Time was pressing, and there was no possibility of first making the dishes according to the recipe and tasting them.
They had to decide now whether to follow the recipe or modify it.
Although it was highly probable that Donato Gotoda had intentionally given them incorrect recipes, what if the recipe was correct?
Unauthorized modification of a chef's recipe, if discovered, would result in expulsion. The cost of being wrong was too great!
Facing this situation, Tadokoro Megumi immediately lost her composure, her face pale.
"Megumi, do you trust me?"
Satou suddenly asked.
"Of course I trust Satou!"
Tadokoro Megumi said firmly. If it weren't for Satou, she might have already been expelled and wouldn't have made it to the Accommodation Training.
"Hmm, then let's modify the recipe."
Satou smiled slightly and said.
He was now certain that the true intent of this class was to make students discover and correct errors in the recipes.
"Mhm!"
Tadokoro Megumi saw Satou's smile, felt inexplicably calm, and nodded heavily.
Subsequently, the two of them immediately began to act.
At this moment, Miyoko Hojo walked over and said, "Satou, thank you for yesterday."
"No problem."
Satou smiled, thought for a moment, and asked, "By the way, about the recipe, did you notice anything?"
"What about it?"
Miyoko Hojo couldn't help but ask.
"Of course, it's that the Instructor intentionally distributed incorrect recipes to us."
Satou said.
"Are you saying? This recipe is actually wrong?"
Miyoko Hojo was immediately surprised.
In fact, she herself had a vague guess, but she just wasn't sure.
"That's right, if you trust me."
Satou smiled slightly.
"Hey, in my class, communication between different groups is not allowed. If caught again, you will all be expelled."
Donato Gotoda reminded them.
Miyoko Hojo returned to her position. After some hesitation, she finally chose to trust Satou!
"At most, it's just expulsion."
She murmured to herself.
Time passed quickly, and soon an hour and a half had gone by.
Students began to finish their dishes one after another, presenting them to the Instructor for tasting.
"You two, you're disqualified. You can go back."
After tasting a pair of students' dishes, Donato Gotoda said indifferently.
"What? Why are we disqualified? We strictly followed the recipe given by the Instructor!"
The two students cried out unwillingly.
"That's because the recipe I gave you was wrong."
Donato Gotoda smiled cunningly, raised a finger, and shook it.
"What? A wrong recipe? This is practically deceiving us!"
"Yeah, this isn't fair! We clearly followed your recipe!"
"It was you, Instructor, who arbitrarily gave us the wrong recipe, wasn't it?"
Hearing him say this, most of the students present immediately became agitated. They had all strictly followed the recipes!
Only a few students, such as Satou and Miyoko Hojo's group, remained calm.
"Some errors were very obvious; you couldn't possibly have missed them. It's just that you yourselves didn't dare to make changes."
Donato Gotoda smiled calmly and said, "A chef cannot always be right. If you don't even have the courage to discover and correct mistakes, and rigidly follow the recipe's requirements to make dishes, then you are destined to be assistants for life."
"Such people are not qualified to remain at Far Moon!"
Many students in the kitchen had extremely grim expressions. Even if they now understood the true nature of this assignment, there was simply no longer enough time.
"Are there any other students who wish for me to taste their dishes?"
Donato Gotoda asked.
At this moment, Miyoko Hojo's group came forward.
Donato Gotoda tasted Miyoko Hojo's dish, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "Very good, you two have passed."
Miyoko Hojo immediately breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Satou with gratitude.
Without Satou's reminder, she wouldn't have known if she would have had the courage to modify the recipe in the end.
Next, Satou and Tadokoro Megumi also brought their dishes up for the Instructor to taste.
PS: The text above has been changed from "invited guests to taste" to "invited the Instructor to taste."
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