Chapter 1921 A Visit
What happened between Nina and her? Baffled, the men watched as Maya glanced at the dessert in Stephen’s hand. “Don’t tell me you bought these for Nina.”
“I’m heading back to work later, so these are for her.” “No! She doesn’t get to eat the food I made!” Maya barked. Stephen was surprised and assumed Maya was being unreasonable.
“Why can’t she eat it?” he asked patiently. “I’m worried she’ll get a tummy ache and blame it on me!” came Maya’s answer. What kind of reason is that? I don’t get it. Stephen couldn’t wrap his mind around the matter.
“Finish the desserts right here or leave them here. I’ll give you a refund. Either way, you don’t get to leave the plaza with them,” Maya declared.
As she didn’t seem to be kidding, Stephen was stunned. He left the desserts behind and took his leave.
After leaving the food plaza, he gave Nina a call to find out what had happened. He was worried there was a misunderstanding between the sisters.
Nina had no idea Maya would do that. She told him, “Maya’s nuts. Ignore her.”
Stephen was astonished. “Did you offend her?”
“She was the one who offended me!”
After hanging up, Nina gave Maya a call.
Maya was telling the story of their fight to Wilbur when her phone rang.
She answered the call to hear Nina’s indignant voice, “Maya Seet, are you crazy? Why did you stop Stephen from leaving your plaza after he bought some food there?”
“I knew he had bought the food for you. You don’t get to eat my food. What if you get a tummy ache after eating my food? I can’t risk that!”
“What? Why can’t you get over that?”
“It might be insignificant to you, but it’s important to me. I hate it when people claim my food is dirty enough to cause food poisoning!” Maya roared.
Nina was speechless. “I… Fine. I won’t argue with you. What can I do for you to agree to a truce?”
“A truce?” Maya pondered over it. “All right. I’ll forgive you if you do one thing for me.”
Nina caved in. “What is it?”
“Come take a look at the food production in the kitchen. I want you to know how strict the quality control is!” Maya declared.
Glancing at her watch, Nina answered, “No need for that. I trust you to pick the best ingredients to produce the best taste. I know you only produce products of the best quality.”
“No! You must see it for yourself!” Maya insisted.
After giving it some thought, Nina agreed to do so.
She completed her work hastily and invited Stephen along to Maya’s food plaza.
When they arrived, Maya and Wilbur were sipping on tea while waiting for them.
“Maya, I’m here!”
Nina strode over to them and spotted the delicate desserts on the table. She was about to take a bite when Maya stopped her.
“No eating now. Follow me to the kitchen so you can take a look at the food production flow. I want you to see how strict the quality control is.”
“Fine. Let’s go.”
Stephen wanted to tag along, so the four of them ended up heading to the kitchen.
It was the first time Nina had visited Maya’s food plaza’s kitchen. She had never seen such a sparkly clean and strict kitchen in her lifetime.
The two employees who were in charge of picking the hazelnuts, cashew nuts, and almonds were scrupulous enough to discard the nuts with a minor flaw. Nina couldn’t help but ask, “Isn’t that a pity? They are still edible.”
“No,” came Maya’s answer. “The flawed nuts would affect the taste, but they can be ground into powder and made into something else.”
Everyone in the kitchen was dressed in their uniform and masks. The fruits would have to be washed a few times to ensure they were squeaky clean. After all, they would only use fresh fruits bought that day to make the fruit juices sold in the food plaza.
Maya was also particular about the quality of the dairy products like chocolate sauce, cake pops, and the like.
After visiting the production line, Nina couldn’t help but wonder if her sister was a clean freak. Does Maya suffer from OCD? Why is she this anal about food production?
