"What are you looking at? Come eat. Only a full breakfast will give you the strength to work. Today's task is going to be tough." Lin Yuan waved with a smile.
Lee Soo-man had already become quite familiar with the routine and charged toward the steamed bun station. Jessica was now standing at the very front of the line.
"Good morning, Mr. Lin!" She bowed to greet Lin Yuan, and the girls behind her followed suit.
"No need for so much formality. Go get whatever you want to eat." Lin Yuan smiled and pointed at Lee Soo-man in the distance.
Seeing that even their boss was being so casual, the girls laughed and scattered.
Jessica had grown up in America and was now living in Korea. She had never encountered a Chinese breakfast before, so she instinctively picked up a sandwich.
But when she carried her sandwich and milk to the only empty seat at Lin Yuan's table, the food spread before her immediately captured her attention.
It looked so delicious!
She stared at the golden fried dough sticks on the table, then looked at the sandwich in her hand. Suddenly, her food seemed utterly unappetizing.
"Fried dough sticks go best with sweet soy milk. Of course, if you're watching your sugar intake, this savory tofu pudding is good too." Lin Yuan pushed a celadon bowl to the center of the table.
"In northern China, people eat savory tofu pudding, while in the south, they prefer it sweet..."
Before he could finish, a chorus of surprised exclamations interrupted him. At the next table, Seohyun carefully pierced the thin skin of a lava bun with a silver spoon, and its golden salted egg yolk filling slowly flowed out.
Across from Seohyun, Lee Soo-man cleared his throat and picked up a large