The Bread Zeppelin

So you've arrived at your hotel, excited to start your vacation. The weather couldn't be better, and you want to take your significant other to a good place tonight. But you call all the restaurants around that you know of, and with little success. You walk on to the deck over-looking the water, and you see an odd building about a half mile away. It has two stories and what appears to be a hellicopter-style landing pad on the roof. On this landing pad, there are large letters that spell out "The Bread Zeppelin". "Well" you think to your elf "I suppose it's worth calling". You ask the receptionist "Do you have any reservations available from 5 to 6:30?" and she responds "I'm sorry sir, there's a private function at our facility this evening, but if you'd like to order to go we do have a 5:00 available". A little let down, you reluctantly accept, thinking that bringing food back to the hotel wouldn't be so bad. The receptionist gives you a link, and tells you to order your meals at least a half hour before 5. As you and your significant other order online, you realize the peculiarity of having to make a reservation to order to go. But that thought soon fades.

It's now almost 5, and you head over to the restaurant. You walk in to the lounge on the first floor, and the receptionist tells you your meal should be ready shortly. You look around a little upstairs, and notice that all of the chairs and tables were designed around old baskets that look like they came from hot-air balloons. The receptionist comes up to tell you your meal is ready, and leads you to a spiral stair-case on the second floor. You say "Odd, I didn't think this place had a third floor" and the receptionist grins and says "It doesn't". She opens the door at the landing, and when you step out you don't believe your eyes.

Waiting for you is a hot air balloon. Inside there are two men, both well dressed. One is the operator while the other is a waiter/chef. You step in to the fairly large basket, and on a small table in the center you see your meals, already cooked. The operator pulls a few levers and in seconds you're airborne, hovering close above the ocean. While you eat the waiter/chef sits in the rear of the basket next to a small stove, a small shelf with baskets of bread, butter, and spices, a small refrigerator/freezer, and a mini-bar. The balloon is not equipped to actually make the meals, since that would take too much space and weight. However it is perfectly capable of warming or spicing food. In the refrigerator are 3 re-fills of both of your drinks if you need them. If you decide you'd rather a nice glass of wine, there are always a few bottles in the mini-bar.

After you've both finished eating, the waiter/chef pulls a desert tray out of the freezer, displaying more than 10 custard treats. You each pick one, thank the waiter/chef, and then you ask him "By the way, how much fuel does one of these things use?" and he replies "I'm not sure sir, but it doesn't cost the restaurant a thing since the fuel it uses is waste grease from the friolators in the restaurant's kitchen."

In about 15 minutes the balloon returns to the restaurant, and you land on the landing pad. As you and your significant other exit the balloon, you exclaim to operator and waiter/chef "This has been really mind blowing!". They both smirk and reply "Yeah, wait until you see the bill".