Well, it’s a baseless story but still, the actual problem is that it wasn’t until after world war one that they established the tech to distribute the insufficient vitamin B1 in large quantity as a drug. They couldn’t do anything with the problem until then Let’s put the rice stories aside. What about the bread?
Mariko said.
Well, that’s it, the Japanese people treat bread only as a snack before the war, and not as a staple food. It’s served in a cafe and other places but it’s not something an average person would eat every day. It wasn’t until after the war that bread was served in elementary school lunches due to the influence of America. Before the war, nobody eats bread at lunch. So, when you start a bread-eating lifestyle as a kid, you’ll start taking bread as meals more often But, bread is still not a staple food even now, is it? You can settle down with bread on mornings or evenings but it doesn’t seem like something that will fill you up during lunch
Kana-senpai said.
That’s true. Even the bakery just now serve mostly sweet bread, those you eat for snacks
Yomi said.
Oh, I see. I get it now
I.
It was hard to choose at the first bakery because everyone’s was a bit tight. They look like a staple food. That’s why when we sampled them earlier; it was hard to finish just one piece
But, for the third one.
Everyone ate the whole piece without problems.
This has enough size. This is indeed pastry suited for the Japanese people
I muttered while looking at the bread in my hand.
I.uhm.if Yoshida-kun and I.were to open a bakery with just the two of us.
Ai looks at the tiny bakery in the shopping district from earlier.
I want to do it like that
Yeah.
Inside the store has housewives with their children buying pastries.
It’s an ordinary bakery, loved by the people in this town.
But, Ai and Yoshida-kun.can’t make a store like that
Huh?
That shop.it’s a family business.there might be some helpers, but.the people making and baking the pastry.is just two to three people
Looking at the scale of the shop, that’s likely to be true.
Those people are skilled, so their pastries are delicious
Yeah, I think so too
But, they have a limit
Ai?
Yoshida-kuun.we’re learning a lot from Katsuko-san, don’t we?
That’s.
That shop. only uses normal ingredients. because of budget constraints.they make it the ordinary way.and sell it at a normal price
Yeah, I think so too
We.try out a lot of ingredients with Katsuko-san.including expensive.flours, and rare yeast.
Oh, you’re right
Katsuko-nee teaches us about various materials.
Then, she teaches us the methods of using it finely.
Thus.our bakery sells regular pastry and some special ones mixed in.and we know how people react when they eat it
Our bakery is still just our training in the end.
We don’t need to make a profit strictly.
Therefore, we can sell pastries made from expensive ingredients with prices that aren’t much different from the others.
Well, it’s students who buy it so we can’t do anything about that.
If we.if we’re to open a store like that.we won’t be. able to use such ingredients
If we’re opening a bakery that blends with the ordinary people in the street.
But, Ai and Yoshida-kun.we don’t want to use ordinary wheat flour in our pastry.right?
I.we.
We know how delicious pastries with expensive ingredients are.
So.if we were to be employed in the first bakery, the high-end one.we can learn how they make pastries in that bakery.but I don’t think that we’ll learn anything else.the manager decides everything in that place.and the staff only do what they’re told to do That’s likely.
They won’t let us do research and suggest a new product.
I mean, I would be busy filling up my quota of bread to place on the shelves.
This is why.I think it’s a good lesson.for us
Ai said.
I know.what kind of wheat this bread is made of.how long it takes to make it.how much it costs.all of it
Yeah, me too. Katsuko-nee did train us every day
The price of each ingredient we use and the efficient process we use.
She teaches us every day.
Yoshida-kuun.the bakery we’re making.isn’t like that one
Ai points at the small bakery in the shopping district.
It’s not like the high-class bakery we were in first, and it’s not a shop where one does everything alone like the second.
Yeah, that’s true
Then, Nobu and Ai, what kind of bakery do you want to create?
Kana-senpai asks.
That’s.we don’t know yet
What’s with that? You’ve gone and said that far but you don’t know yet?
Mariko blames Ai.
We don’t know for now.but, Katsuko-san told us.to not hold a concrete image of what kind.of the shop, we will create
Yeah, Katsuko-nee sent us to have a tour over the bakeries to study from them
I.
It’s not like we’re going to make the three bakeries our objective. We looked at the various formats of bakeries and use it as food for thought for what kind of store we want to build. That’s why she showed us three extreme examples It’s to teach Ai and my skills and knowledge.
It makes us think of the specifics of the bakery.
That’s why.
Right. If you look at it from a business standpoint, then the three of them are interesting
Mariko said.
But, it’s not enough
It’s not enough.
On the first shop, you call it a high-class bakery but for me, it’s just a mass-market bakery pretending to be high-class. The second one has an amazing baker but it won’t suffice as a business. And as for the third one, they’re cute for the common people but it lacks the taste for me That’s because Mariko’s a young lady.
Then, Kana-senpai;
As for me, I thought that the first bakery was lovely but you’re right, after hearing your opinion, I can only see it as a shop that put on airs. The second one is an amazing baker but it’s too expensive for me that I will never buy it. As for the third one, I like how cute it is and I think that it’s delicious. But, I don’t want Nobu and I to make that kind of shop You don’t want us to do it?
After all, I want you to be a bit more ambitious. A bakery in the neighborhood is loved by the locals but isn’t that a bit lacking?
Lacking. The two used the same line.
Should we visit another one?
Mariko, what another one?
I want Kou to try out some pastries
Mariko said, then faced Kudou-papa on the driver’s seat.
Let’s go to Hotel Astral Tokyo
Oh, the foreign company high-class hotel?
High-class hotel?
Yes. They do have pastries over there too
Mariko smiled at me.
Chapter 1060. Pastry Filled Adventure Hotel Pastry
Chapter 1060. Pastry Filled Adventure Hotel Pastry
After 20 minutes of driving, we arrived at the destination Mariko pointed to.
I mean, is this a hotel?
You know; this is a huge building, standing strong, but.
The 40th to 55th floors is the hotel in this building
Mariko said.
The other floors are offices, shopping centers, hospitals, and art galleries
Oh, I see.
So, the bakery is in the hotel, that’s where you want to bring Nobu?
Kana-senpai asks.
No. That’s not it
Mariko smiled.
I’m bringing you to the hotel’s tea lounge
Tea lounge?
In that place, you can eat the same pastries the restaurant and room-service in this hotel serves
Hotel pastry.
This is a foreign company’s first-class hotel. Their main office is in America and they are a business group that does trades around the world. Especially since this is close to the Japanese government offices and embassies. I heard that many political and business VIPs from the US and Europe stay here That means.
Meaning, this hotel group serves the highest grade pastries in any of their affiliated hotels around the globe. They make the best pastries for people in countries where bread is their staple food