Chapter 45 (1/2)

Chapter 45: How to Activate the Special Method for Ordering Food

“Boss Yuan, can you at least give us a rough idea?” Wu Hai still didn’t give up his questioning.

“You’ll know if you order. What would you like to eat today?” Yuan Zhou didn’t answer him, instead asked another question.

“Boss Yuan, a man must be honest and kind. You see, this specialty plate is not cheap. At least you tell us what it is or how big it is,” the man seated beside Wu Hai interrupted.

Price list: Specialty plate 22, ￥108 /plate

Specialty plate 13, ￥108 /plate

“The specialty plate is as big as a plate of pickled radish.” After thinking for a while, Yuan Zhou decided to tell them.

“Since the price is the same, why did you mark them with different numbers? Is the smaller number tastier?”

“It just indicates different flavors. The numbers don’t mean anything.” Yuan Zhou was too lazy to explain and besides, he was reluctant to say too much.

“Boss Yuan, you treat us so badly.”

The man that interrupted Wu Hai gave a thumbs-up to Yuan Zhou, expressing his admiration. This Yuan Zhou dared to charge ￥100 for such a small plate, without even telling what it was. His money did not grow on trees, hence he decided to give up on it.

“Give me a bowl of Clear Broth Noodle Soup.” The man ordered the new noodle dish right away.

“Thank you for trying it. The price is ￥268,” Yuan Zhou nodded his head and said.

“Boss Yuan’s heart is still as evil as before. If they are on the same plates, would the quantity for one be more than the other?” Wu Hai asked hesitatingly.

To eat or not to eat, this had always been a problem.

After comparing them carefully in his heart, Yuan Zhou said, “One is slightly less than the other.”

“Fine, I have made up my mind. Give me with a bowl of Clear Broth Noodle Soup and one Specialty Plate 13. I will order something else later.” Wu Hai decisively chose a dish that could fill his stomach and an extra plate. It is human nature to be curious, furthermore, Wu Hai was rather well-off.

“Ok, wait a moment.” Yuan Zhou returned to the kitchen to prepare the noodles first.

Ma Wei felt that he needed to reconstruct his view of the world. “Egg Fried Rice can actually be so delicious. I never had any interest in it before.”

Meanwhile, Wu Anlu was eating carefully by the side. He kept thinking in his heart, “Eat slowly, eat even more slowly. After all, one can only enjoy one serving.”

Ma Wei turned his head away from the Egg Fried Rice with great difficulties and looked at his colleagues, whom he found were all obsessed over the delicacy as well. All of them revealed an expression he had never seen them show before.

The Chinese have an interesting culture, that is, while eating, they would love to chat. There were rarely any exceptions.

For a celebration dinner like this one, it would usually be a circle of friends drinking and talking around the table. Who could have guessed that now, no one would say anything at all?” Besides the conversation between Yuan Zhou and Wu Hai, there were only sounds of food being chewed and the ‘so delicious’ praises that were muttered without their notice.

“Boss, how could you be so mean. Having eaten this Egg Fried Rice, how could we eat the ones we fry ourselves?”

“I actually feel that the price is too cheap. Sh*t, am I stupid?”

Even Ma Wei, the one who disliked Egg Fried Rice the most, finished his meal and shouted immediately without further ado, “Boss, give me another serving.”

Wu Anlu, who was the second to finish his meal, stopped and said, “Everyone can only order one serving per meal for each dish in Boss Yuan’s restaurant. Don’t waste your time thinking about having another.”

“Huh? No way!” The first screech was from the slightly plump Xiao Liu rather than Ma Wei. In fact, Xiao Liu was famous for having a good appetite on the sales team. For such delicious Egg Fried Rice, he could eat more than 10 bowls, not to mention only 1 bowl.

“Ah, it’s you, Xiao Liu. I almost forget you were here. I will treat you to more dishes at other restaurants later. Don’t worry, you won’t starve,” Wu Anlu smiled as he turned his head and said to Xiao Liu.