Hai Dai's Chinese Restaurant stood right beside the Porto Marinada Gym. It was also a club where many enthusiasts of Chinese cuisine gathered.
The Chinese Restaurant's overall architecture used blue as its main tone, hinting at Hai Dai's skill as a chef in preparing seafood dishes, as well as his side job as the Water-type Gym leader of the Porto Marinada Gym.
After challenging Hai Dai, Luo Mu had once been invited to taste dishes personally prepared by him. Even the recipe for the Braised Fish Luo Mu had made before had come from Hai Dai.
Luo Mu brought Poliwag to the restaurant, where Hai Dai, dressed in a wave-patterned apron, had already been waiting for quite some time.
Though Hai Dai was broad and stout, with a gleaming bald head, he was actually a forthright and generous man. The dishes he made were beloved by the citizens of Porto Marinada.
"Hey! Have you eaten?" Hai Dai, his arms folded across his chest, quickly spotted the approaching Luo Mu with a chef's sharp eyes. He warmly greeted Luo Mu before looking over Poliwag at his side. "Isn't this a Poliwag, quite rare in Paldea? Is it a new Pokémon you've caught, young Luo Mu?"
"Wasn't I just coming here to taste your new dishes?" Luo Mu lightly shook Hai Dai's right hand with his own before lowering his gaze to Poliwag and smiling. "I caught it for the farm. I'm planning to raise it and evolve it into a Politoed."
"Politoed? Not a bad idea. I recall it being very skilled at controlling the weather, but the King's Rock it needs to evolve is rather rare and difficult to obtain."
As a Water-type expert, Hai Dai knew a little about Water-type Pokémon from other Regions. He had also paid attention