Manly Man Trait: Eats Spicy Noodles Well

I went downtown to check on One Bowl.

The restaurant was doing so well that it made me uneasy.

A restaurant has problems when business is bad, of course, but doing too well can also be a problem.

If customers suddenly flood in, the kitchen falls apart, and when the kitchen falls apart, the quality starts to waver.

If the quality starts to waver, customers may put up with it at first, but eventually they leave.

I had seen plenty of restaurants like that in my previous life too.

After a single television appearance, a long line would form; three months later, people would start saying the taste had changed, and six months later, the verdict would be that it wasn’t like it used to be.

So I often went to One Bowl to check on it.

Pretending to be a customer.

Marie had told me several times that I was the only one who thought I still hadn’t been found out, but regardless, keeping up the pretense was important...