Chapter 100 (2/2)

“Baisheng Road, please.” Yuan Zhou brought out the address directly.

“Alright.” the taxi driver turned a corner after agreeing, and headed for Baisheng Road.

The place he was heading for now was the restaurant that was well-known for its porridge. The current sole function of Yuan Zhou’s new computer was to search various delicacies for Yuan Zhou to go and taste.

Sitting in the taxi, Yuan Zhou drew out a small notebook with a light blue cover from his trousers pocket silently. In the notebook were recorded five places, each of which Yuan Zhou would go and taste the dishes from today.

There wasn’t much traffic in the morning when he headed for the gourmet street. In just a little while, Yuan Zhou arrived at the street. He paid the fare and got off the taxi immediately.

He took out the notebook again and checked.

“Go straight 200 meters.” Yuan Zhou read in silence.

He began to walk straight down the street.

After walking for 200 meters, Yuan Zhou raised his head but what he found was actually a KTV instead of the Baisheng Porridge Restaurant.

Having looked backwards, upwards and then again at the notebook, Yuan Zhou found he didn’t do anything wrong. He was puzzled. After staying put and thinking for a second, he decided to ask someone nearby.

“Excuse me, do you know where the Baisheng Porridge Restaurant is?” with a step forward, Yuan Zhou politely asked a cleaner who was mopping the ground.

“It’s on the second floor in the front.” the cleaner answered kind-heartedly while pointing at the place where Yuan Zhou had gotten off the taxi just now.

“Thank you.” Yuan Zhou first gave his gratitude and then covered his forehead speechlessly.

While walking back, Yuan Zhou grumbled, “What a rubbish map. Ruining my age and wasting my time, just deceiving me to steal my money.”

He walked back to the first place where he’d originally stopped and gotten off the taxi just now. There, Yuan Zhou saw on the second floor the 4 big red characters and also a conspicuous door on the first floor. This made Yuan Zhou even more depressed.

It was the greeters at the entrance that helped Yuan Zhou out from his embarrassment.

A clear and melodious voice sounded, “Sir, how many of you are there?”

“Only one. Give me a seat at the window. Thanks.” Yuan Zhou raised his head and said politely.

“Sure, follow me, please.” a doorman with a tall figure and clear and melodious voice showed Yuan Zhou to the second floor in the elevator.

After guiding Yuan Zhou to a table for two by the window and letting him sit, the greeter summoned a waiter to order dishes for Yuan Zhou.

With his dishes planned long ago, Yuan Zhou immediately ordered, “Soup dumplings, rice porridge, vegetable porridge, and Golden Filamentous Pancake, one serving each.”

“Ok, please wait one moment.” the waiter carefully wrote them down.

All these dishes were pre-checked by Yuan Zhou to be the specialties. They were said to be quite appetizing.

This Baisheng Porridge Restaurant served dishes a bit similar to Guangdong foods and was opened for business all day long from the morning till the night. The most well-known dishes were just the cocktail snacks and porridge. It was barely 9:00 AM now, however, all the seats in the main hall were basically occupied. One can imagine how good the business was.

“Sir, here are your rice porridge and side dishes. You’ll have to wait a little longer for the other dishes.”

The waiter said politely after setting down a small black earthenware pot and a plate of side dishes.

“Thank you.” Yuan Zhou nodded. Not until the waiter left did he draw out a pen and a notebook on which the 5 places were recorded, and then begin to eat while setting the notebook aside.

He picked up the spoon with his left hand. A clear sound of “Peng” came from the slight collision of the spoon and the earthenware pot. The rice porridge was cooked exquisitely and thickened, and emitted the fragrance of the rice grains when stirred. It looked very appetizing.

Having scooped a spoonful of porridge out and slightly blown on it, Yuan Zhou stuffed the porridge into his mouth. At that time, he picked up a piece of the side dish and then put it in his mouth together with the porridge.

The four words of the saying “chew carefully, swallow slowly” were well reflected in Yuan Zhou’s dining. After the first bite, Yuan Zhou didn’t stop, but continued with three more deliberate bites before stopping again.

He then set down the spoon and chopsticks before picking up the pen and starting to write something on the notebook with great speed……