Chapter 164 (1/2)

Chapter 164: Sweet Rice Cracker

“Boss Yuan, I’m here again,” she walked into the restaurant, with a smile.

There were only a few customers, who were all earnestly savoring the delicacies, at that time.

“What would you like to eat?” Yuan Zhou asked politely as usual.

“Sigh. Boss Yuan, you are always so cold to me,” Jiang Changxi turned on her daily teasing mode.

“Humm,” Yuan Zhou nodded and waited for her to order the dishes.

“Boss Yuan, you’ll become more and more unlovable by treating me that way,” Jiang Changxi said, pretending to be serious.

This time, Yuan Zhou just kept silent. As a man, he only needed to be handsome rather than lovable. He was just a handsome single man.

“Sweet Rice Cracker of the 100 Styles of Rice Cuisine,” Jiang Changxi’s teasing was always to a moderate extent. After that, she said the dishes she wanted conveniently.

“Ok. Please come at the same time tomorrow,” Yuan Zhou agreed with a nod and said as usual.

“Then what shall I eat today?” Jiang Changxi didn’t expect she had to wait until tomorrow for this dish.

“Anything you please,” Yuan Zhou gestured that she could order whatever she liked to eat.

“I still want to eat the rice cuisine. What about Tiny Rice Balls?” Having considered for quite a while, Jiang Changxi still liked to eat the 100 Styles of Rice Cuisine. She liked to eat it and, meanwhile, could embarrass Yuan Zhou that way.

“Please read the rules behind you,” Yuan Zhou showed to her the rules on the wall.

Each customer could only order a dish once for each meal every day.

“But what I ordered just now is Sweet Rice Cracker. Now it’s Tiny Rice Balls,” Jiang Changxi said that.

“Both belong to 100 Styles of Rice Cuisine,” Yuan Zhou answered to the point.

“But the Baked Egg Cakes sold in the morning were also served with two different tastes. Doesn’t it violate your own rules?” Jiang Changxi said affirmatively with a cunning smile on her face.

“Beef mince and blueberry jam belong to special plate 22 and 13,” not being swayed by her words, Yuan Zhou just said with a calm look.

“Boss Yuan, your words make a lot of sense. I don’t even know what to answer,” Jiang Changxi was rather speechless. Then she chose to leave quietly.

Luckily, she had already gotten used to Yuan Zhou’s scams, hence came to Yuan Zhou’s restaurant again at noon the next day as usual, waiting to eat the Sweet Rice Cracker.

Sweet Rice Cracker was a rare snack when she was little. The Sweet Rice Cracker of that decade was quite different from the current one. The craftsman who made the puffed rice didn’t ask for money, but two kilos of rice for one kilo of the snack.

The Sweet Rice Cracker, of course, cost a little more. It required three kilos of rice for one kilo of the snack under the condition that the villagers provided the sugar. Only with that would the craftsman agree to make it. However, customers coming for the puffed rice were more than those that came for Sweet Rice Cracker. Every time the person came, the fragrance of sugar melting could be smelled by the villagers around.

Therefore, the dish of Sweet Rice Cracker ordered by Jiang Changxi was just made from rice.

After the opening hours of breakfast ended, Yuan Zhou started to prepare for the Sweet Rice Cracker.

Yuan Zhou naturally knew about the Sweet Rice Cracker. Coincidently, Yuan Zhou liked to eat puffed rice the most in his childhood, the kind which was also made from rice.

“System, do we have the Jing Rice?” Yuan Zhou thought for an instant and then asked.

The system displayed, “It has been placed in the cabinet.”

“That’s good.” With a nod, Yuan Zhou took out about 250 grams of the rice from inside the cabinet.

The planting of the Jing Rice had a very long history and could be traced back as early as 6900 years ago. The place of origin was basically in the northeast region, but the one that used by Yuan Zhou was from Suhang region, to the south of the Yangtze River, which was well known as the land of fish and rice.

The late-season round Jing Rice produced in this region was in translucent white color. It had small belly white and moreover the rigid particles took up the majority. The rice had a very good quality and carried a sort of particular rice fragrance of the land of fish and rice. Besides, both the viscosity and oiliness of the rice were high when cooked, bringing about a soft and delicious taste.