Chapter 107: Fine Wine

Amid a chorus of flattery from the head chefs, Jason Sowden finished cooking eighteen dishes. Faced with their hungry, expectant eyes, he couldn't just carry the platters out. He fetched several small saucers and spooned a little of each dish into them, inviting the chefs to "offer guidance" while they tasted. The chefs' eyes lit up; they had been itching to dig in, chopsticks at the ready. The scrum looked less like a tasting and more like refugees scrambling for porridge. "Hey." Ben coughed...