Good afternoon, aegiiis! As promised yesterday, it's now well past the announced deadline, which means our recruitment has officially come to an end. ;_)

To everyone who completed both the portfolio and interview stages, thank you from the bottom of our hearts! We truly appreciate the time, care, and dedication you've put into every part of your application. It means so much to us that you chose to spend your efforts with us once again. No matter what the results may be, we hope you'll be proud of yourself for making it this far. Your sincerity and hard work never went unnoticed, and we're incredibly grateful for every submission we've received. ♥︎

We'll now be taking some time to carefully review each application. Please look forward to our final announcement, which will be shared within the next 1–2 days. Until then, thank you once again, and we hope you have a wonderful rest of your day! Gutes Gelingen! 🍀🕊

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With the recent weekened's service coming to an end, we've officially reached the final chapter of Dining Studio's latest chef-picked selection journey. After carefully reviewing every dish and conversation by all of the recruitees, we've finalized the newest Diners who will soon be joining our kitchen by the time this letter is sent, with total of 6 new names in the kitchen. Due to personal reasons, we are keeping everyone's identity anonymous until we can debut them properly, thus please check your personal inbox/DM to see if you've received a message from Mamaobei (@Meiyokk) within 5 minutes—if you do, congratulations that you will now start cooking with us through the rest of your journey!

To everyone who cooked for us, thank you for sharing your time, effort, and passion with us. Every dish was tasted with genuine interest, and we truly appreciate the trust you've placed in Dining Studio. Whether this time led you to our table or not, we sincerely hope this won't be our last meeting. Until our kitchen opens its doors again, please take good care of yourselves. Thank you once again, and we'll see you again very soon. Until then, remember to eat well, as by doing it means you're living to love well and loving to live well. 🍽️🤍
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Eventideeee, our aegideeeeul! It has been such a pleasure to make such a big decision for the house. Should this new message reminds you to check your DMs, as Mama has sent everyone their invitations. Meanwhile we are here too, please let us remind you that acceptance is never a matter of win or lose in this house. Everyone has been equally hardworking and impressive, and how we wish to have the bigger space to offer, at least enough for everyone to be accepted without any exceptions. And that is totally on us now that we fail to serve that chance... 🥹 Regardless, pleaaase never let this belittle what you've done. Promise that we know you have better chance and better shine elsewhere, one where they know to water you into a prettier growing-seedling! 🌱

Through this chance, too, we would love to refresh everyone's spirit by taking a sweeter chance with our dear neighbours; Stillmatter who has just opened the chance of taking a closer step into the angels' den, Murdoch who still reserves a space in their ship to sail through the ocean, and Hearterms who will make sure to wrap up their beach party & any fun plans within tomorrow night! We would also send our warmest congratulations to the newest additions of Nima Fain, which every name would be mentioned in our chant of silverware prayers & greenery stocks. Psst, they are gearing up for a free-charge event, make sure to grab as many freshly farm-picked supplies as you can! 👀 Everyone deserves their own bite of happiness, and we believe to help putting every chances to each plates around, so please devour them as effectively as possible. Keep your tummy and lucky chance full, everyone! 🍴🍀

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IF THEY MET US:
WOULD THEY KNOW US?


I sometimes think about the person I was twenty years ago. Not because I want to become them again, but because I wonder what they thought becoming an adult would feel like. Maybe I’d like to meet them again.

(Did they imagine me like this? Did they imagine the things I would love, the people I would meet, the things I would carry? Did they know that somewhere along the way, I would become too busy to play, too tired to wonder, too grown to admit that I still wanted the same little things?)

© DINING STUDIO, 2026.
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THE CHILD WE CARRY —
IS WHAT WE KEEP,
& WHAT WE OUTGROW FROM


There was a time when growing up sounded like a promise. We thought twenty years would be enough to become someone certain, someone accomplished, someone our younger selves would look at with wonder. And yet, here we are, still carrying the same small hungers. — To be curious. To be held. To make something for no reason. To laugh without checking the time. To find an afternoon worth remembering simply because it was ours.

Perhaps growing up was never meant to be an eviction. Perhaps the younger self does not disappear; they simply move to a quieter room within us, waiting for the door to be opened again. The table is still there. We only have to remember our way back.

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HOUSE ETIQUETTE
THE LUNCH WE SHARED
THE DINERS
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THE THINGS THAT REMAIN:
LITTLE PROOFS
OF WHO YOU WERE. 🌳
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The years leave their evidence everywhere. You think you have outgrown a person simply because you have grown around them. But memory is stubborn.

It leaves fingerprints on the life you build, crumbs beneath the table, handwriting in the margins. The child does not always ask to come back. And perhaps this is what growing older really means: less becoming someone new, more discovering how many old selves have been living inside you all along.
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THE HANDS UNDERNEATH,
🍀 THOSE WHO LOVE & GROW.
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Every table has its keepers. The hands that set the plates, pull out the chairs, remember your place. Not always to tell you what to do, but to make sure there is somewhere for you to return to. Perhaps care is simply knowing when to reach across, and when to let someone sit quietly beside you.

THE DREAM THEY TRIED TO BE:
Mamaobei alias Aisha Heidy
Papachan alias Nicholas Shahrzad