Chapter 250: Aftermath of Becoming Famous (1) (2/2)
The thirty lucky customers who had drawn the winning lots had already been ushered in and given seats.
The servers were shouting in a lively manner as they passed back and forth between the tables and served up food. Four cold dishes and eight hot ones, together with one soup, were all placed on the tables in just a few moments.
There were thirteen dishes representing the Thirteen Great Guardians for an auspicious opening.
This was the first time most of the common folk had seen such a luxurious spread for a banquet.
There were all sorts of methods of cooking represented by at least one dish on the table: steaming, boiling, frying and even grilling. Two dishes drew everyone’s attention; a large plate of poached fish swimming in chilli oil and a plate of golden brown, crispy fried chicken.
The spicy fish dish was extremely new to the commoners, so the servers gave a short introduction for the dish when it was served.
De’an Restaurant’s Mr Wang loved hunting for and trying out new dishes. As he listened to the server introducing this strange-looking dish, his eyes almost popped out of his head.
On the way here to Guilin Restaurant, he had already gotten one of his servers to investigate the owner of this restaurant.
It was one of House Jing’an’s businesses, but it wasn’t clear who the real owner was. However, his server had mentioned spotting House Ying’s carriage outside just now, so Mr Wang had a good guess as to who the owner of Guiling Restaurant was.
Looking again at this table of novel dishes, Mr Wang was ninety percent certain that it was that person.
He had heard about the incident with the longevity peach buns at the Dingyuan Estate. Since he had been the one to make those longevity peach buns, it wasn’t weird at all that he knew about what happened then.
He had always wanted to meet this Third Young Madam of House Jing’an- that is, the current Honoured Lady Jinyi. If all these brand new dishes had come from that Honoured Lady, then there was nothing unjust about this whole situation. He would willingly admit his loss.
Mr Wang reached out and grabbed a piece of poached fish with his chopsticks. Chu Lian had been afraid that the people in this era wouldn’t be accustomed to eating spicy flavours, so she had prepared the chillis accordingly. After drying the chillis, they wouldn’t be as spicy when used in cooking. There was only a mild spicy taste to the fish, but that was already enough to shock all the foodies present.
The snow white fish slices were smooth and tender. They practically melted in the mouth without any chewing required and carried a faint fragrance of chilli. It was very appetising.
Mr Wang’s eyes widened as he savoured this new sensation. He couldn’t wait to try all the other dishes. As he tried each and every one, the pleasant surprise in his eyes only grew heavier. By the time he had tasted all the dishes on the table once, he had already lost all traces of his previous calm.
Amazing! Amazing! Who could have known that such normal ingredients could bring out such an addictive taste? He was starting to believe that Guilin Restaurant could really live up to its reputation.
The boasts that Manager Qin had made earlier to attract the attention of the crowd weren’t too exaggerated at all. He believed that the name of this old restaurant that had been hidden for more than ten years in this old west market would be spread all across the capital by tomorrow.
TL Note: You’ve already seen the poached fish slices just a few chapters back~
The fried chicken in the story is most likely this famous Taiwanese street food~