The Jubilife Pokémon Restaurant.
"Why does the same dish have different prices?"
"Hello, that's because our chefs have different levels of cooking skill. Higher quality comes with a higher price."
"In addition, we adjust our prices each quarter to ensure consistent quality."
The trained servers patiently answered the customers' various questions.
When the time came, the servers brought out the dishes for the invited guests.
Besides the table for Professor Oak and Professor Rowan and the two tables for Champions and Elite Four members such as Green and Red,
Li Wei had also invited two tables of reporters and food critics. Their dishes had all been decided in advance.
Red thought it was a real shame. He had been having a wonderful time playing with the ordering system; it would have been even better if he could order for himself.
The first dish was a cold platter showcasing knife skills, an elaborate arrangement Li Wei had prepared himself.
An elaborate cold platter tested not only a chef's knife skills, but also their aesthetic sense.
Li Wei had a good eye for beauty, and he also had his Elder Uncle, a designer, to help assess the presentation.
He had prepared it beforehand.
Li Wei had carved cute Pokémon such as Pikachu, Togepi, Eevee, and Jigglypuff from radishes and placed them in the center of the platter.
Pikachu and Eevee stood with their tails touching, their carvings remarkably lifelike.
Nothing like this had ever been seen at any Pokémon restaurant in the Sinnoh Region before.
Yellow's eyes widened. "It's so pretty!"
Red was excited too. "It's Pikachu and Eevee!"
After all, he owned both of those Pokémon.
A child spotted the elaborate cold platter a server was carrying.
The young Bug Catcher looked pleadingly at his mother.
"Mom, I want to eat