Lunch was sent up to the second floor with a dumbwaiter lift, and Tessa set all the dishes out on the table for examination before they started to eat.
This was the employment test for their new team of four chefs, and none of them had been to the restaurant where they formerly worked.
Sure, they had experience. But what if the food there was terrible?
It actually smelled wonderful, and Lotus surely would have stopped them if they were making mistakes, so Karl wasn't too concerned as he took his seat and waited for everyone.
"What is the order?" Wendy whispered as she noticed there were no assigned seats.
"Everyone just sits wherever they want. If you're speaking with someone when a meal starts, it makes sense to sit together. Or if you want to spend more time around someone, move to be near them." Karl replied with a shrug.