txolops Chapter 168 Disliking Chinese food for not being high-class enough?
Chapter 168 Disliking Chinese food for not being high-class enough?
Upon hearing Wang Hai's words,
Lin Chen nodded slightly.
"Hang up the sign, ready to open for business."
Lin Chen spoke up.
"Okay!"
Wang Hai responded and turned around to take out a small blackboard and a box of chalk from the tricycle.
He walked to the most conspicuous support in greenhouse number one and hung the blackboard on it.
Wang Hai picked up the chalk and wrote on the blackboard.
[Signature Fried Rice with Broken Gold: NT$99/serving]
【Secret Recipe Minced Meat Rice (New Item): NT$128/serving】
After finishing writing, Wang Hai took two steps back, looked at it, and grinned with satisfaction.
As soon as the blackboard was hung up, it immediately attracted the attention of several stall owners nearby.
At stall number two, the steak owner was idly holding tongs.
He subconsciously turned his head to look at greenhouse number one, and when he saw the price on the blackboard, he was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help but burst out laughing.
"Hey, Lao Li, look next door."
The steak vendor shouted to the vendor selling Japanese sushi at stall number three next to him, "A plate of fried rice is 99, and a plate of minced meat rice is 128."
Are street vendors really this audacious with their prices these days?
The Japanese restaurant owner stopped cutting the salmon and leaned over to take a look.
"128?"
The Japanese restaurant owner raised an eyebrow. "This salmon platter of mine only costs 168."
He dares to sell a bowl of minced pork rice for 128 yuan?
"Who among the young people attending this kind of high-end food festival would spend over a hundred yuan to eat a bowl of rice?"
The steak owner continued, "Exactly."
People come here for the ambiance and atmosphere.
Just you wait, they definitely won't sell a single bowl of this new dish tonight.
The two men spoke without any attempt to conceal their voices, and their conversation could be clearly heard between the adjacent stalls.
Wang Hai, with his sharp ears, heard every single word of their taunts.
"Hey, those two snobbish foreigners..."
Wang Hai frowned, threw the rag in his hand onto the table, rolled up his sleeves, and was about to go over and argue with them.
"Wang Hai, get to work."
Lin Chen spoke up.
Wang Hai stopped and turned to look at Lin Chen: "Brother Chen, didn't you hear those two guys making sarcastic remarks over there?"
They say our food is greasy and nobody eats it?
"My temper is so bad..."
"Why waste your breath on them?"
Lin Chen walked to the iron frame on the right side of the greenhouse and grasped the edge of the lid of the insulated bucket.
"Open the rice lid."
Lin Chen said, "Get ready to receive guests."
Seeing Lin Chen's expression, Wang Hai took a deep breath and suppressed his anger: "Brother Chen is right, we'll use the show of force to give them a good slap in the face later!"
Wang Hai turned around, lifted the lids of the two rice cookers, and the aroma of rice instantly wafted out.
at the same time.
"Click".
Lin Chen lifted the lid of the pot.
The instant the pot lid was lifted.
A delicious aroma of meat wafted out from greenhouse number one!
The aroma had just begun to waft out.
Just as the steak owner at the second stall next door was about to continue his sarcastic remarks, he involuntarily took a deep sniff before he could even utter a word.
"Gulp."
The steak owner swallowed loudly.
He froze, his gaze involuntarily drawn to the insulated container in greenhouse number one.
The owner of the Japanese restaurant at stall number three also slipped.
"What...what does this taste like?"
Why does it smell so good?
The Japanese restaurant owner took a deep breath, his mouth watering uncontrollably.
But he remained stubborn, gritting his teeth and muttering under his breath, "What's the use of fragrance... One hundred and twenty-eight a bowl, no one's going to be ripped off..."
Before he could finish speaking...
Footsteps could be heard outside greenhouse number one.
"Boss Lin! Brother Wang Hai!"
Security captain Zhang walked over, still clutching half a roll of unused caution tape.
"Captain Zhang, is the outer perimeter guide cable installation complete?"
Lin Chen nodded slightly.
"Just finished! I came right over!"
Brother Zhang wiped the sweat from his forehead haphazardly, his gaze passing over Lin Chen and landing on the large bucket with its lid open.
"Hello, Uncle!"
Tangtang, sitting on the small stool, called out obediently.
"Hey, sweetie!"
Brother Zhang responded, then immediately took out his phone and spoke.
"Brother Wang Hai, hurry, hurry, hurry!"
Hurry up and give me one of those "Secret Recipe Minced Pork Rice"!
I'm so hungry!
"Brother Zhang, are we eating already?"
Wang Hai chuckled as he took a takeout box. "You're pretty fast!"
"How could it not be fast!"
Brother Zhang swallowed hard, pointing exaggeratedly at the pot of meat, "I've been craving this for so long since you posted that message in the group!"
I didn't eat a single bite of food at noon, just to save room for this dinner!
"drop!"
As soon as Brother Zhang finished speaking, the payment speaker on the stall sounded a clear notification tone.
"WeChat payment received, 128 yuan!"
Upon hearing this sound, the steak owner at stall number two and the Japanese food owner at stall number three were completely dumbfounded.
They stared at Brother Zhang, who was wearing a security guard uniform, with disbelief on their faces.
One hundred and twenty-eight yuan for a bowl of minced meat rice, without even blinking an eye?!
You deliberately starved yourself for half a day just to get this meal?!
What shocked them even more was yet to come.
After paying, Brother Zhang looked at the price on the blackboard and, instead of thinking it was expensive, gave Lin Chen a thumbs up.
"Boss Lin, your pricing is incredibly reasonable!"
This morning, the guys in the group were guessing that, based on your minced meat rice, this new dish would cost at least 188 yuan.
Selling this for 128 yuan is practically a steal for us loyal customers!
"puff……"
Upon hearing the words "distributing benefits," the steakhouse owner nearly coughed up blood.
Inside greenhouse number one, Lin Chen ignored the shocked looks from his neighbors.
He took the takeout box from Wang Hai and filled it with a large spoonful of white rice.
Then, Lin Chen turned around, picked up a long-handled iron ladle, and gently stirred the meat sauce that had been simmering overnight.
The rich sauce coated the square cubes of meat, with alternating layers of fat and lean meat, as they were scooped up.
Lin Chen poured the tempting meat sauce over the snow-white rice.
"Splash!"
The rich, reddish-brown sauce instantly seeped into the gaps between the rice grains, turning the originally snow-white rice into an enticing shade of brown.
Lin Chen then picked up a few blanched, bright green Shanghai bok choy hearts from the insulated box next to him and placed them next to the minced meat sauce.
Finally, garnish with a small spoonful of crisp and refreshing pickled radish cubes.
The bright red meat, emerald green vegetables, and glistening rice instantly create a visually striking scene.
"Captain Zhang, here's your minced meat rice."
Lin Chen handed over the lunchbox.
"Uncle, here's a spoon for you!"
Tangtang quickly took a clean plastic spoon from the small basket and handed it to Brother Zhang.
"Thank you, Boss Lin! Thank you, Tangtang!"
Brother Zhang took the lunchbox and spoon with both hands, and couldn't wait to find a place to sit down.
He leaned against the counter in the first greenhouse, scooped up a large spoonful of rice and diced meat covered in sauce, and put it in his mouth.
Take a bite.
"My God..."
Zhang mumbled something indistinctly, then chewed much faster.
The fatty meat melted in the mouth, bursting with an extremely rich and mellow aroma, yet without the slightest hint of greasiness.
The lean meat underneath is tender and melts in your mouth, and the salty-sweet, savory-rich sauce has permeated every grain of rice.
Brother Zhang took another bite of the heart of the Shanghai bok choy next to him.
"Click."
The crisp, tender bok choy breaks apart between your teeth, and its sweet and juicy texture instantly neutralizes the rich meaty aroma in your mouth, bringing a refreshing aftertaste and perfectly elevating the entire flavor experience.
"Delicious! Absolutely amazing!"
Brother Zhang spoke, shoveling rice and diced meat into his mouth with the spoon in his hand.
"This stewed meat is absolutely divine!"
This sauce is absolutely unbeatable when used with rice!
Absolutely amazing!
While frantically eating, Brother Zhang nodded incoherently at Lin Chen.
The owners of stalls number two and three next to him, watching Zhang Ge eat and listening to his words, both had their Adam's apples bobbing wildly, saliva flowing uncontrollably, and their faces turning red.
The steak owner's tongs fell onto the table with a "thud".
A slap in the face can come so simply and brutally.