[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-a-stay-at-home-dad-s-restaurant-in-an-alternate-":3,"chapter-a-stay-at-home-dad-s-restaurant-in-an-alternate--a-stay-at-home-dad-s-restaurant-in-an-alternate--chapter-253":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","A Stay-at-home Dad’s Restaurant In An Alternate World",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1249299,1680,"Chapter 253 - I Just Want To Cook","a-stay-at-home-dad-s-restaurant-in-an-alternate--chapter-253",253,"\u003Cp>Translator:Henyee TranslationsEditor:Henyee Translations\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rood was taken by surprise. “2,000 ballots?”It’s too many for a newly opened restaurant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mag nodded. “Yes.”2,000 ballots can last only a few days.He was even more confident now that he had learned the prices were also a factor; he believed his dishes were the most expensive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A couple thousand copper coins for the Haagen-Dazs ice creams’ recipe. That’s a great deal. I like Haagen-Dazs ice creams too,Mag thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You cannot return them once you buy them, just so you know,” Rood said seriously. “And the anti-counterfeiting magic mark will only work for 15 days. You can buy more ballots at a polling station.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mag nodded. “Come on in. I’ll get the money for you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He may be wealthy, but he’s stupid,” Arvin said once he was sure Mag couldn’t hear them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not so loud. He might hear you. I’m just glad that today’s job is done,” Rood said in a low voice, excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they walked inside, they were amazed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything about this restaurant was just extraordinary—the crystal chandeliers, log tables and chairs, and paintings on the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many restaurants though they had been to, they had never seen one like this—fancy yet comfortable. They liked it more than those luxurious, large ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They believed it would become popular in no time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mag handed the money to Rood. “There you go. Two dragon coins.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you,” said Rood, and took the money. “I need you to give me the names of five of your dishes. Customers can rate the five dishes in one ballot.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Five?” Mag looked hesitant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah, only five. Your five best-selling dishes,” said Arvin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Add braised chicken and rice to the menu, system. 800 copper coins each. The rice is 50 copper coins each,” Mag said to the system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That will be 20 copper coins,” the system replied. “And it’s done.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mag picked up the menu on a table, opened it, and handed it to Rood. “You’ll find the names in this menu. The sweet tofu pudding and savory tofu pudding are two dishes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Only five dishes?!” Rood blurted out in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The prices are wrong, I think,” Arvin said, wide-eyed.Even Dukas Restaurant’s whole roast lamb—the first on the list—is only 2,500 copper coins each. These prices are ridiculous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, they thought the restaurant would never be popular.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No. They’re not,” Mag said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Okay,” Rood said, and started writing down the names and prices in his notebook. “The sweet tofu pudding and savory tofu pudding are one dish.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, I can assure you they’re two,” Mag replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As you say, sir.” When he was finished, Rood gave the ballots to Mag and left with his partner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After they walked out, Arvin glanced back at the restaurant. “He is either stupid or overconfident,” he said softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rood nodded. “Agreed. I think he only needs 10 ballots.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Sally working here, we should be able to serve several hundreds of customers each day,Mag thought.These ballots will only last three or four days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I will be more productive when I get stronger, and then I may need to enlarge the restaurant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“System, what’s the purpose of this mission?” Mag asked. “We’re already busy enough.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“For a man of the world, you’re strangely short-sighted. Get ambitious and conquer this continent!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mag rolled his eyes in disapproval. “Conquer this continent? Are you crazy? I just want to cook.”\u003C\u002Fp>",560,"2026-06-05T15:39:47.671Z",1,"novelbin.me","d9acbe901debf5ebac6250247eb60e2ea9054747cfe7b912d598eb582af4a104","a-stay-at-home-dad-s-restaurant-in-an-alternate--chapter-254","a-stay-at-home-dad-s-restaurant-in-an-alternate--chapter-252",2489,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fa-stay-at-home-dad-s-restaurant-in-an-alternate--cover.jpg"]