--- scripts/core/quests_check.gd
+++ scripts/core/quests_check.gd
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@
 	hero.clear_held_dish(second)
 	second.queue_free()
 
+	await _cooked_dish_questions(room)
+
 	# Le journal de la console.
 	var menu: RecipeMenu = room.recipe_menu
 	menu.process_mode = Node.PROCESS_MODE_ALWAYS
@@ -190,6 +192,100 @@
 		"the end of a dive does not reset only the quests that last one dive")
 	await _finish()
 
+# Finish through the real stove update while the player tends the station.
+func _cook_question_meal(room: Node, recipe_id: String = MEAL) -> Dish:
+	for ingredient_id: String in DataCatalog.RECIPES[recipe_id].ingredients:
+		GameState.add_ingredient(ingredient_id, int(DataCatalog.RECIPES[recipe_id].ingredients[ingredient_id]))
+	room.start_cooking(recipe_id, 0)
+	check(room.station_is_busy(0), "the question's meal did not start cooking")
+	room.stations[0].remaining = 0.01
+	room.player.controls_enabled = true
+	room.player.global_position = room.cooking_station.default_stand_position()
+	room.player.refresh_target()
+	Input.action_press("action")
+	room._process(0.1)
+	Input.action_release("action")
+	await _frames(2)
+	check(not room.station_is_busy(0), "tending the stove did not finish the meal")
+	for node: Node in GameState.scoped_nodes(room, "dish"):
+		if node is Dish and node.recipe_id == recipe_id and node.state == Dish.State.FILLED and not node.is_queued_for_deletion():
+			return node as Dish
+	check(false, "the finished meal is missing")
+	return null
+
+func _cooked_dish_questions(room: Node) -> void:
+	GameState.set_key_item_amount(TOKEN, 0)
+	var dish := await _cook_question_meal(room, OTHER)
+	check(room.get_node_or_null("ConfirmPrompt") == null and not get_tree().paused, "an unrelated meal opens a quest question")
+	if is_instance_valid(dish):
+		dish.free()
+	GameState.set_quest_value(QUEST, "state", 2)
+	dish = await _cook_question_meal(room)
+	check(room.get_node_or_null("ConfirmPrompt") == null, "a completed quest opens a meal question")
+	if is_instance_valid(dish):
+		dish.free()
+	GameState.set_quest_value(QUEST, "state", 1)
+	GameState.set_key_item_amount(TOKEN, 1)
+	dish = await _cook_question_meal(room)
+	check(room.get_node_or_null("ConfirmPrompt") == null, "a full quest bag opens a meal question")
+	if is_instance_valid(dish):
+		dish.free()
+	GameState.set_key_item_amount(TOKEN, 0)
+	# No giver configured: name the quest, and let the player decline.
+	dish = await _cook_question_meal(room)
+	var prompt := room.get_node_or_null("ConfirmPrompt")
+	check(prompt != null and get_tree().paused, "finishing a wanted dish opens no question")
+	if prompt == null:
+		if is_instance_valid(dish):
+			dish.free()
+		return
+	check(prompt.question == Loc.ui("ui.prompt.set_aside") % "Probe errand", "the meal question does not name its quest")
+	prompt.cancel_button.pressed.emit()
+	await _frames(3)
+	check(not get_tree().paused and is_instance_valid(dish) and dish.state == Dish.State.FILLED and GameState.key_item_amount(TOKEN) == 0,
+		"declining consumes the plate, gives an item, or leaves the game paused")
+	check(room.get_node_or_null("ConfirmPrompt") == null, "a declined portion immediately asks again")
+	dish.free()
+	# A different giver's presence blocks the prompt, including while leaving.
+	DataCatalog.QUESTS[QUEST].giver = VIP_CHARACTER
+	var giver: Customer = CustomerScene.instantiate()
+	room.add_child(giver)
+	giver.setup(VIP, room, -1, -1, Vector2.ZERO, room.entrance_point())
+	room.customers.append(giver)
+	giver.state = Customer.State.LEAVING
+	dish = await _cook_question_meal(room)
+	check(room.get_node_or_null("ConfirmPrompt") == null and not get_tree().paused,
+		"a giver still at the restaurant opens a take-away question")
+	if is_instance_valid(dish):
+		dish.free()
+	room.customers.erase(giver)
+	giver.free()
+	dish = await _cook_question_meal(room)
+	prompt = room.get_node_or_null("ConfirmPrompt")
+	check(prompt != null and get_tree().paused, "an absent giver opens no meal question")
+	if prompt != null:
+		check(prompt.question == Loc.ui("ui.prompt.set_aside") % "Madame Probe", "the meal question does not name its giver")
+		prompt.confirm_button.pressed.emit()
+		prompt.confirm_button.pressed.emit()
+		await _frames(2)
+		check(GameState.key_item_amount(TOKEN) == 1 and not is_instance_valid(dish) and not get_tree().paused,
+			"confirming does not put exactly one meal in the bag and release the plate")
+	# Cooking offstage must not interrupt the current scene; offer on return.
+	GameState.set_key_item_amount(TOKEN, 0)
+	GameState.park_restaurant(room)
+	dish = await _cook_question_meal(room)
+	check(room.get_node_or_null("ConfirmPrompt") == null and not get_tree().paused, "offstage cooking pauses the active scene")
+	GameState.restore_offstage_restaurant()
+	room._process(0.0)
+	await _frames(2)
+	prompt = room.get_node_or_null("ConfirmPrompt")
+	check(prompt != null, "a still-ready quest portion is not offered on return")
+	if prompt != null:
+		prompt.confirm_button.pressed.emit()
+		await _frames(2)
+	check(GameState.key_item_amount(TOKEN) == 1 and not get_tree().paused, "the returned meal did not enter the quest bag")
+	DataCatalog.QUESTS[QUEST].giver = ""
+
 func _finish() -> void:
 	GameState.key_items.clear()
 	GameState.release_offstage_restaurant()