Chapter 102 (1/2)

Chapter 102: Comments

He continued to eat.

It was not until 4:00 PM did Yuan Zhou finally finish the taste testing in the five restaurants recorded in the notebook. Every restaurant had its unique characteristics and also some inevitable shortcomings. Yuan Zhou tried to give his comments to the delicacies swallowed into his mouth as objectively as possible.

Having put away the small notebook, half of which had been filled with notes, Yuan Zhou hailed a cab and prepared to go back to his restaurant.

“14 Taoxi Road, thanks,” Seated in the cab, he began to think about the combination of different dishes and the heat control during cooking with his eyes closed for rest, after telling the destination to the driver.

“Ok,” the driver agreed. Afterwards, he turned the steering wheel and stepped on the accelerator. Then the cab rushed out immediately.

The time was neither long nor short. It was barely 4:00 PM when Yuan Zhou returned to the restaurant. He had a little rest and straightway opened the door with the sound of “Hua La” for business after cleaning himself again and changing clothes.

In a moment, Mu Xiaoyun also arrived. She then started to do the odd jobs of wiping tables and related work.

“Xiaoyun, you can go back at 8:00 as usual,” sitting in his chair, Yuan Zhou said to her.

“But boss, who’ll do the work after I leave?” Mu Xiaoyun asked habitually.

“I can do it myself,” Yuan Zhou said frankly.

“I can help, boss,” she said earnestly while holding a fist up.

“No need,” Yuan Zhou refused her squarely.

“Alright,” as far as Mu Xiaoyun knew, he basically wouldn’t change any decision he’d already made, therefore she had no choice but to agree.

While they were talking, the grandpa was leading Wang Shuyuan approaching the restaurant.

“What a coincidence today. Boss Yuan opens the door early,” upon entering, the grandpa greeted Yuan Zhou.

Following behind, Wang Shuyuan nevertheless kept silent and observed the surroundings quietly.

The open kitchen was a fault. If any oil smoke came out from the kitchen, it would affect customers’ sense of taste while eating. At this point, Wang Shuyuan slightly frowned.

For other aspects, it was yet free from any misgiving. The tables and chairs were all clean enough.

Originally, Wang Shuyuan had wanted to sit at the small table beside the door. However, as the grandpa had already gotten used to sitting at the long curved table, he was seated there and waiting for him.

“The menu is on the wall behind you. Read it and order your dish, only one serving of each per visit,” the grandpa introduced expertly.

“You seem to come here frequently, huh?” taking a look at the grandpa, Wang Shuyuan then turned his head and looked at the wall with the menu.

What came into his sights first were the rules. There were quite a few rules written on the wall, each of which appeared to be very unique.

Then it was the glistening Herbal Tea Eggs costing 1888 RMB, the most expensive dish in the menu. Next were the meat dishes, which were Wang Shuyuan’s favorites.

That’s right. Despite his age, Wang Shuyuan liked to eat meat over vegetables. However, the price made Wang Shuyuan feel that it was truly not an ordinary small restaurant.

“Ok. Jin’ling Grass, Melt-In-The-Mouth Chicken Feet and Phoenix-Tail Prawns, and Egg Fried Rice, one serving of each, please,” having already known the expensive dishes in this restaurant, he prepared much money with him to specially eat.

“This old man doesn’t have so much money. I will order only one serving of Egg Fried Rice Set and eat some of your dishes,” the grandpa said delightedly.

“No problem. Otherwise, I can’t finish them by myself either,” Wang Shuyuan had originally ordered these dishes for the two of them, thus naturally agreed readily.

“Wait a moment, please,” Yuan Zhou didn’t really know anything about the new customer. He merely agreed as usual and began to prepare the ingredients as per his strict requirements.

“The hand technique is nevertheless pretty good,” when Wang Shuyuan saw how carefully Yuan Zhou washed the Jin’ling Grass, he said that.

“Of course. Also, I heard the young master also had equal technique in cutting, especially sculpting,” the grandpa said as if he were enumerating his family valuables, appearing to be quite familiar with the restaurant.

“I can tell that simply from the manner he prepares the ingredients. But how does he handle the smoke from the oil?” after nodding, Wang Shuyuan looked around and then asked.