Chapter 279 (1/2)

Chapter 279: Wu Hai and Ling Hong

“Burp. It’s definitely not because I eat a lot but because my craftsmanship is way too good,” Yuan Zhou looked at the clean plates and said solemnly.

The gravy inside of the plate was, naturally, eaten clean by Yuan Zhou together with a bowl of plain white rice.

“I’m too full and should do some exercises,” touching his belly dumbly, Yuan Zhou stood up and said.

“Ping Ling Pang Lang”. Having tidied up the used kitchenware, Yuan Zhou carried them to the dishwasher provided by the system to wash.

After that, he started to deal with the pork hock. He had prepared to serve this dish of Dongpo Pig Knuckle that evening.

As for publicity? Well, Yuan Zhou indicated that his superb craftsmanship was the best publicity.

He was now making the preliminary preparations first so that he could make it more quickly once someone ordered the dish. That way, the dish could be fresh, delicious and thoroughly cooked.

Su Dongpo, one of the greatest literator, painter-calligrapher and gourmet in the Northern Song Dynasty once made a poetic work of poetry Eating Pork, reading, “The superior pork in Huang Zhou region is as cheap as the soil. The rich don’t like eating it while the poor don’t know how to cook it properly. It should cooked with slow fire and less water. When the time is sufficient, it’ll naturally become delicious. Eating a bowl of the pork every morning prevents people from being hungry.”

Therefore, the heat control of the pig knuckle was quite important. Of course, there was also the particular time to eat the dish cooked by Yuan Zhou.

While Yuan Zhou was making preparations for the meal in the evening, Wu Hai just got off the plane.

The fastest way to go back was naturally to take a taxi, which was convenient and could save time and effort.

“Hi, Taoxi Road, please,” as soon as he got on the taxi, Wu Hai said straightforwardly.

“Alright. We’ll be there very soon,” the taxi-driver smiled and said happily.

This place was fairly far from here, which meant more fare, thus the taxi-driver was quite delighted.

At the other side, a person who had been attracted here by Yuan Zhou’s fame was also on the way to Yuan Zhou’s restaurant.

As a result, it seemed to be just the right time for Yuan Zhou to serve the dish of Dongpo Pig Knuckle. Wu Hai came back and besides, another person who admired Yuan Zhou’s craftsmanship was also on the way here.

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“Good evening, boss.” Zhou Jia greeted Yuan Zhou with a well-behaved manner.

“Humm. We’ll serve a new dish tonight,” Yuan Zhou said straightway.

This time, Yuan Zhou told her about the new dish directly. Due to the matter of Honey Tremella last time, he had been attacked for a long time by the continuous grudges of Zhou Jia and Shen Min. Therefore, Yuan Zhou told her about that beforehand.

“Ok, boss. Please tell me the price.” Zhou Jia was both happy and worried.

“Is it really good for the boss to be so capricious? Every time he serves new dishes, he neither gives notice nor publicizes. With his craftsmanship and popularity, the business will definitely boom after the publicity.” While waiting for Yuan Zhou to answer her, Zhou Jia ridiculed him helplessly in the heart.

“The price is on the menu.” Yuan Zhou signaled her to look at the menu.

Then, Zhou Jia turned to look at the wall behind her obediently.

As expected, there appeared another blank space on the price list, where the dish of Dongpo Pig Knuckle and its price were written.

“Hiss.. So expensive,” Zhou Jia couldn’t help saying in a low voice.

“However, the dish is a main course. The boss’s craftsmanship definitely deserves the price,” Thinking of Yuan Zhou’s craftsmanship, Zhou Jia said as if it were obvious.

Yuan Zhou, nevertheless, turned around and continued to busy working in the kitchen.

“Boss, can I go to do some advertising?” Zhou Jia looked at the crowd waiting in line outside and then asked after a short consideration.

Because Zhou Jia had never seen Yuan Zhou publicize for himself, she was a little hesitant when she asked that. It wouldn’t be good if her boss didn’t like her to do that.

“Humm,” Yuan Zhou answered vaguely.

Then he observed the system and saw nothing special happen.

As was expected, the publicity from others had nothing to do with Yuan Zhou himself.