Chapter 3: I Need Fresh Pork!!!

Macken realized that Katherine was having a headache over the matter. He gently suggested to her: "Why don't you go find pork and I will stay here to prepare it with everyone?"

Katherine was delighted to be freed by Macken. She is always easily stuck when she is in a passive position. It's like a form of her psychological resistance, although her father once took her to psychological treatment, the results did not change overnight. Katherine thanked Macken with a smile, then told everyone: "That's fine… everyone prepare the menu, I'll go to the market to find pork."

Kenny squealed, "It's going to be hard to get fresh pork today."

"If you haven't gone to the market, how do you know it's difficult?" Katherine grabbed him by the collar and dragged him out of the kitchen. Kenny was dragged around but still managed to tell Macken in some rather sensitive words right now to Chef Katherine, something no one would dare say: “Uncle Macken, Chef seems to have changed. Change your mind about the Michelin gold star."

Macken laughs after Kenny: "She just needs a little push."

And so the air of the kitchen returned to its stillness as it had never been before, only the sound of grease and pots clattering together with the horrible sweet aroma of spices. The rest of the kitchen knew well that with the exception of Katherine and Kenny, it was difficult for anyone to strike up a conversation with Macken easily. His strange stillness was nonetheless far more tolerable than Katherine's intensity.

At that moment, Katherine and Kenny climbed into the bulky car with the promotional images of the restaurant her father had equipped for everyone in case they needed a car on 'duty'. Kenny drove straight to the market, but there weren't any butchers left to satisfy Katherine. The meat wasn't fresh, it was frozen, too much fat… so many things prevented Katherine from making the special dish on the special menu for Home Sweet Home's special guest tonight. Kenny can't wait for the fire to burn, but he doesn't know that Katherine is hotter than him. Kenny asked her as innocently as possible: “Chef, where should we go?”

Katherine frowned and looked around and suddenly answered Kenny. She said in an annoyed voice: “It's Baby Pop, of course. Right now, we can only look forward to that place.”

Kenny told Katherine indignantly that he didn't have any happy memories of him. Kenny was once played quite painfully by the owner of Baby Pop when he intentionally swapped out local sirloin for foreign loin when delivering his order. This resulted in him being scolded by Katherine for two hours for not meeting the strict ingredient requirements: “Who would name a butcher shop Baby Pop?”

"Don't question other people's business." Katherine reminded Kenny, she knew he wasn't happy with Baby Pop, neither was she, but the most important thing right now was that she had to have a whole fresh pig in order to make the dish. Soon after, the two began to stop at a rather large butcher shop located in the Flusing area. Katherine and Kenny had just stepped inside the store when they were met with a rather satisfied smile by John Devoilt - the owner of the butcher shop. Katherine thought that he seemed to have guessed her presence here, she saw on the meat counter a pig that had been prepared, cleaned, and most of all, it met her own standards. Miss. Katherine said, "Hi John, I need fresh, whole pork today."

“It would be difficult…” John replied weakly to Katherine. She glanced at the pig without paying any attention to his words. She pointed at the pig and said to Kenny, "About twenty pounds?"

Kenny nodded, deliberately avoiding John's gaze. He then said to Katherine: "Today is Thursday so it's hard to..."

Katherine suddenly rushed over to John's side as if to grab him. She was as angry and strong as a leopard, growling ready to bite anyone's skull: “Get it here! I have to make a special menu for some old lady at Michelin today.”

John rolled his eyes at Katherine. He laughed, "Oh my God! I am very honored to be the supplier of ingredients for a three-Michelin-star restaurant.”

True to his word, if Katherine's Home Sweet Home gets three Michelin stars, Baby Pop itself could become a prestigious ingredient supplier in Queens. John thought: “Whose pork did Home Sweet Home get three Michelin gold stars? Thanks to Baby Pop!!!”

Katherine waved her hand, pretending to be familiar with John, but her pompous demeanor made him feel alienated. She said, “Thanks, but could you hurry up a bit?”

The smile on John's lips had not yet bloomed when a guest outside appeared with a very elegant appearance and he made that smile quickly disappear. John looked at Katherine with pitying eyes: "Oh my god... I forgot someone preordered this pig."

“What restaurant is that? I will negotiate with them.” Katherine was a little disappointed, but she tried to stay as calm as possible right now. John growled and spoke quickly to Katherine, he tried to explain as easily as possible: "Not a restaurant, that customer seems to have bought it to cook for the family."

As soon as Katherine heard that, she became extremely annoyed, she said to him in a disparaging voice: "What? What family has to eat a whole pig? Did they live in the Middle Ages?”

"It's my family's business, please step aside so I can bring the pig home." A voice rang out, the guest had just entered with golden hair, a handsome face that was so infatuated with others. He silenced Katherine for a moment. From her deep blue eyes, high nose, sharp jawline to her well-proportioned figure, Katherine immediately recognized this as the man of her dreams. The guy she thought only appeared in movies or Men's Health magazine. Katherine was gentle in a bit, her voice was also softer because of that, she smiled at the guy: "Can we negotiate?"

However, in response to Katherine's kindness and kindness, the young man was as cold as possible: "Of course not. My family is having a party tonight. Is it a pity?"

“This bastard!” Katherine lowered her voice, she glanced at Kenny and whispered a curse at the other boy. Still, he motioned for John to pack up the pig so he could take it home. Kenny looked at Katherine's red face and interrupted: "Chef, we can't be aggressive here."

Katherine thought for a moment, and as soon as the other man touched the pig, she grabbed his sleeve and said in a surprisingly low voice: "Your family can have a party at Home Sweet Home. How do you feel? As long as you give this pig to me, your family will have a table of ten in the VIP area at Home Sweet Home.”