Chapter 31

Chen Kangle is also a very proactive person. He placed an order for a food insulation display cabinet that evening and then posted a job information on a recruitment website.

The recruitment information was written in great detail. Chen Kangle wanted to find a kitchen helper with certain cooking skills who could handle some complex ingredients and cook some simple dishes, and could help her share some of the work.

The next day, the food warmer display cabinet was delivered. Chen Kangle placed the second food warmer display cabinet to the left of the first one, which would be much more convenient when packing lunch boxes.

Chen Kangle has already planned to hire a waiter after a while to help with lunch boxes and cleaning. From then on, she can focus on kitchen work and no longer have to worry about things outside.

Because no kitchen helpers have been hired yet and the kitchen is too busy, Chen Kangle does not plan to add too many dishes right away.

But she was going to prepare a seafood dish first. Today Chen Kangle went to the seafood market early in the morning. This was her first time to such a large seafood market. As soon as she approached, she smelled a strong fishy smell.

Chen Kangle has never been afraid of fishy smell since he was a child. When he was a child, his grandfather would often go to the river to fish. Every time he came back, Chen Kangle liked to play with the fish his grandfather caught.

As soon as I walked into the seafood market, I saw a lot of seafood, including shrimps, swimming crabs, clams, snails, clams, etc.

There are also various kinds of fish, many of which Chen Kangle does not recognize.

Chen Kangle looked at the fish in the white foam box in front of him. The fish's mouth was long and pointed, which looked a little scary.

"Beauty, this is called needlefish. Don't be fooled by its ugly appearance, but it is very delicious. Its meat is not as fishy as other marine fish and tastes very fragrant. Its fish bones are green and very beautiful." The seafood owner is a middle-aged uncle who speaks in a very rough voice. "Beauty, do you want to buy one to try? This fish is not expensive, only 35 yuan per catty."

Chen Kangle shook her head. She was just curious and had no intention of buying the fish. Then Chen Kangle saw some shrimps nearby and asked casually, "Boss, how much are these shrimps?"

"The shrimps are 80 yuan a pound. They are very fat. Look how thick the meat is." The seafood owner fished the shrimps out of the water and showed them to Chen Kangle. "Let me tell you, our shrimps are the fattest in the market. If you don't believe me, go look somewhere else. They are definitely not as fat as ours."

Because he rarely buys seafood, Chen Kangle is not very familiar with the market price of seafood. Before coming to the seafood market, Chen Kangle specifically went online to learn about the current approximate price of seafood. After seeing many tips on bargaining in the seafood market, netizens complained that seafood merchants offer too high prices, and they should try to bargain harder. If the boss offers 70, you can bargain it down to 50-60, and if it offers 50, you can bargain it down to 30-40.

Although he was mentally prepared, Chen Kangle was still shocked when he heard the seafood boss say that shrimps were 80 yuan per pound.

"Beauty, 80 yuan a pound is already very cheap. Do you want to buy a pound?" Seeing Chen Kangle hesitated, the seafood owner quickly added: "Those cheaper than mine are definitely not as fat as mine. You get what you pay for. Look at our shrimps, they are so lively and jumping around."

As he said that, the seafood boss handed the food in his hand to Chen Kangle.

Chen Kangle grabbed the shrimp from the seafood boss's hand. As soon as he held it in his hand, he could feel that the shrimp was not very fat and felt a little light.

"Thank you, boss. Let me take a look first." Chen Kangle put down the shrimp and declined directly.

The seafood owner immediately said, "Beauty, how about I give you another 10 yuan discount? 70 yuan a pound, it really can't be any cheaper."

"No need, I'll look somewhere else." Chen Kangle waved his hand, turned around and left.

It's not just that the price is high, but Chen Kangle doesn't think highly of these shrimps.

Chen Kangle walked around the seafood market and found that most of the seafood owners offered very high prices, so high that it scared her a little.

She originally planned to buy shrimps, but after shopping around, she found that the shrimps were not only expensive but also of poor quality. It might be due to the season, the shrimps in the seafood market were not plump enough.

Because of the poor quality and high price, Chen Kangle gave up the idea of ​​buying shrimps.

Chen Kangle walked around the seafood market again and finally found what she wanted to buy. The seafood market sold shredded oysters, which were very small oysters, packed in bags and soaked in water.

"Boss, can I open it and take a look at the oyster meat?" Chen Kangle wanted to see if the oyster meat inside was fresh enough. She was worried that the peeled oyster meat would not be fresh.

The seafood owner was very straightforward and opened the bag directly. "Our oysters are very fresh. Take a look. I guarantee you will be satisfied after seeing them."

Chen Kangle took out a piece of oyster meat from the bag and squeezed it with his hands. Although the oyster meat was very small, the meat was thick and firm, and it could be seen that it was fresh oyster meat.

Chen Kangle was very satisfied with the oyster meat, mainly because the price was not very high.

After buying raw oyster meat, Chen Kangle planned to make an oyster omelette.

Oyster meat is only the size of a coin and has a lot of mucus on it, so it is a little troublesome to clean. Add some sugar to the oyster meat and rinse it repeatedly. When washing, use a water-tight basket to wash it, so that the dirt can be easily washed away.

Be gentle when cleaning to avoid damaging the integrity of the oyster meat.

Wash the oyster meat, drain the water and set aside. Heat the pan, add appropriate amount of oil, add the scallion and ginger to stir-fry, then add the oyster meat, pour in a little cooking wine, stir-fry on low heat for five minutes, then remove and rinse.

Pour the processed oyster meat into the egg liquid and stir evenly so that each piece of oyster meat is coated with egg liquid.

Turn on the heat again and add oil to the pan. When the oil temperature rises high enough, pour in the mixed oyster meat and egg liquid. Turn it over after it is shaped, continue frying on low heat for 2 minutes before serving.

After preparing the dishes, Chen Kangle posted a recruitment notice at the door of the Heyan Restaurant: recruiting a kitchen helper, and then opened for business.

When guests come in, they will see the recruitment notice at the door and they will start discussing it.

"Boss Chen's business is really growing. He has even started to recruit kitchen assistants. It looks like the menu at Hedian Restaurant will definitely increase in the future."

"It's a pity that I'm not a good cook, otherwise I would also like to apply for the job. It would definitely be very happy to work in a box restaurant. I would be surrounded by all kinds of delicious food every day. I feel happy just thinking about it."

"It's not too late to learn cooking now. I also want to work in a box lunch shop so that I can have free and delicious box lunches every day."

After discussing recruitment, everyone started discussing new dishes.

The new dish, oyster omelette, is priced at six yuan, which is one yuan more expensive than the previous meat dish.

Although the price is higher than other meat dishes, many customers can accept it as they all want to try new dishes.

"Six dollars is not that expensive. I ordered oyster omelette, pan-fried saury and spicy potato shreds. The total cost was only 15 dollars, which is still very cheap."

"Not to mention that it's one dollar more expensive, even if it's a few dollars more expensive, I can accept it. Now I'm looking forward to Boss Chen making more new dishes. No matter the price is high or low, I want to eat new dishes."

As expected, the new dish, oyster omelette, was very popular and almost every customer who came in ordered it.

Yesterday, Yao Chu suggested that Chen Kangle cook shrimps. When he came today and saw that the new dish was oyster omelette, he felt a little disappointed.

"Boss Chen, why don't you make oysters instead of shrimp? Is it because shrimp are too expensive? If shrimp is expensive, you can set the price a little higher and we can all accept it." Yao Chu went straight to ask Chen Kangle. He really wanted to eat the shrimp made by Chen Kangle.

Chen Kangle answered him very patiently: "It's not a matter of price. The quality of shrimps in the seafood market is just average recently. I will wait until good quality shrimps are available in a while."

After eating boxed lunches for so long, Yao Chu knew that Chen Kangle paid great attention to the quality of ingredients. Even though the ingredients used in the dishes in the boxed lunch restaurant were not very expensive, their quality was definitely good.

Yao Chu was very happy to hear Chen Kangle say that he would cook shrimps in the future. "Boss Chen, we have agreed that we must cook shrimps when we have good quality shrimps!"

"Yeah!" Chen Kangle nodded.

After getting Chen Kangle's assurance, Yao Chu went to buy a lunch box happily. Although what he wanted to eat most was shrimp, he wanted to eat any new dish made by Chen Kangle. Yao Chu ordered the new dish, oyster omelette, without hesitation.

The new dish, oyster omelette, has received unanimous praise from customers.

The oyster omelette became the fastest-selling dish of the day. Later, Chen Kangle went to the kitchen to make some, which were also sold out quickly.

Xiao Rong and Luo Baiying came to the Kangle Box Restaurant at 5pm. Guo Shujie told them that the restaurant has the fewest customers around 5pm, but there will be a lot of customers after 6pm. They don't like crowded environment, so they choose to come at 5pm.

As soon as they arrived at the entrance of Kanglehe Restaurant, they were stunned.

"This lunch box restaurant is too simple. Are you sure our meal yesterday was made by this restaurant?"

"Sister Rong, we haven't come to the wrong place, have we? Go ask Xiaojie if this is the place."

Before they came, they all knew that it was an ordinary box lunch restaurant, but they didn't expect it to be so ordinary. There was no decoration in the restaurant. It was just an ordinary house with some wooden tables and chairs.

Not to mention compared with high-end restaurants, it is also very simple even compared with some ordinary restaurants in the city.

This was also Xiao Rong’s first time at a box-type meal restaurant. It was even more shabby than she had imagined, and she began to wonder if she had come to the wrong place.

But the address was indeed correct. To be on the safe side, Xiao Rong took a photo of the entrance of the Box Food Restaurant and sent it to her son.

Xiao Rong: [Xiao Jie, is the lunch box you bought from this restaurant? ]

Guo Shujie replies to messages very quickly.

Kuo Shu-jie: [Yes, it is this Kang Le He Restaurant. ]

After getting a definite reply, Xiao Rong put away her phone and said to the other three people, "This is the lunch box restaurant. Let's go in."

Although Xiao Rong also disliked the simple design of this box lunch restaurant, she was not so pretentious. When she thought that such delicious box lunches came from this box lunch restaurant, she had a thick filter for this box lunch restaurant.

"We are here to eat boxed lunches, not to eat decoration. I heard that today's new dish is oyster omelette, I really want to try it."

The other three people were a little bit surprised and still couldn't believe that such delicious dishes came from such an ordinary boxed lunch restaurant. But they had to say that deliciousness was king. If other restaurants were so simple, they would never go in. But when they thought of the delicious dishes yesterday and looked at the boxed lunch restaurant again, it didn't seem so bad. At least it looked clean and tidy, with white walls, neatly arranged tables and chairs, and a smooth floor without stains.

"Yes, although the box lunch here looks ordinary, the taste is not ordinary at all." Zhang Sumei strode into the box lunch restaurant. This was the first time in her life that she had eaten in such a simple restaurant.

As soon as I walked into the box lunch restaurant, there were already some customers queuing up to buy boxed meals.

"Sister Rong, we have to queue too. Is there a private room here? Let's go eat in a private room." Zhang Sumei was hesitating whether to join the queue.

Just after she finished speaking, Zhang Sumei turned around and looked around, then said, "It looks like this box restaurant doesn't have any private rooms, so do we have to sit outside?"

Normally, when they go to a restaurant, waiters will come to greet them as soon as they enter the store. As VIP customers of major restaurants, they can always enjoy the highest level of treatment.

They had been standing in the lunch box restaurant for a minute, but no waiter came to serve them. They were standing at the door of the lunch box restaurant, not knowing whether to queue up or find a seat.

Grandma Chen was sitting in the corner of the lunch box restaurant. Seeing a few customers standing at the door, she stood up and walked over to ask, "Customers, you can line up here first."

Usually, Grandma Chen would sit in the lunch box restaurant when she had nothing to do, and help collect the dishes and wipe the table when Lin Huiling and the others were too busy.

"Thank you, Auntie." Xiao Rong responded to Grandma Chen with a smile.

Then he turned to Zhang Sumei and the others and said, "Why don't we go and queue up first?"

Seeing more and more customers lining up, Luo Baiying quickly walked to the end of the line and stood there, "Come over here quickly, or there will be more and more people."

Zhang Sumei and the others also hurried over to line up to avoid getting too crowded.

There weren't many customers when the restaurant first opened, so it was their turn soon. The four of them all ordered the new dish - oyster omelette.

Tang Siyan said with a smile while holding the food: "Hehehe, this is quite fun. Usually when we go out to eat, the waiters help us serve the food. This is the first time I serve the food myself."

"Sisters, where should we sit?" Luo Baiying could already smell the fragrance of the food while holding it. The fresh aroma of the oyster meat was so delicious that it made her salivate. Luo Baiying couldn't wait to eat it.

Xiao Rong looked around and pointed to the left corner and said, "There are fewer people over there. Let's sit over there."

Walking to the dining table, Zhang Sumei stood there hesitating for a while. She was worried that the tables and chairs in the restaurant might not be clean, so she took out a tissue from her bag, wiped it carefully, and found that the tissue was not dirty at all. She did not expect that the hygiene of this small restaurant was quite clean.

When she saw Zhang Sumei wiping the chair, Luo Baiying remembered that she had forgotten to wipe it. She was so intoxicated by the aroma of the food that she sat down without thinking.

"Oh, it's over. I had already sat down and forgot to wipe it. Is this chair very dirty?" Luo Baiying quickly stood up again.

Zhang Sumei calmly picked up the paper towel she had used to wipe the chair and showed it to Luo Baiying, "No, this chair is quite clean, there is no dust at all."

Luo Baiying breathed a sigh of relief and sat down again. "This box lunch restaurant is pretty good. Not only is the food delicious, but it's also clean."

"Why are you still talking? This oyster omelette is super delicious." Tang Siyan was already eating the oyster omelette, her mouth full of delicious flavor.

"I also want to try this oyster omelette. I know it's delicious just by smelling it." Luo Baiying also picked up the chopsticks and started eating the oyster omelette.

Zhang Sumei looked at the oyster omelette in front of her. It looked golden and tempting. You could see with the naked eye that there was a lot of raw oyster meat, but the oysters were very small.

"The oyster meat inside is so small that you can't tell it's oyster meat unless you tell me." It was the first time that Zhang Sumei had seen such small oyster meat, only the size of a coin. The smallest oysters they usually ate were the size of half a palm.

Xiao Rong was eating the oyster meat with gusto. She looked up and said, "Sister Mei, don't be fooled by the small size of the oyster meat. It has a plump texture and is super smooth and tender."

Luo Baiying also said: "It's really delicious, you will know when you eat it."

Although the oyster meat was very small, Zhang Sumei could smell the fresh fragrance of the oyster. She picked it up with chopsticks and saw the white and tender oysters inside, which were small but plump.

As soon as you put it in your mouth, your mouth is filled with the rich aroma of egg. The egg is fried very golden and crispy. Take a light bite, the plump oyster meat spurts out rich juice, and the taste of seafood fills the entire mouth, which makes people feel refreshed.

If you taste it carefully, you will find that the oyster meat is plump and tender, without any strong fishy smell, and is full of freshness and fragrance.

The slightly crispy fried egg paired with the tender and delicious oyster meat has a layered taste that is irresistible.

Zhang Sumei ate several mouthfuls in succession. The delicious oyster meat made her feel intoxicated. She had never imagined that such small oysters could be so plump and tender.

After eating the oyster omelette, Zhang Sumei ate the stir-fried pork intestines, which were fragrant and crispy, and so delicious that she couldn't stop eating them.

After finishing the box lunch, an idea popped into Zhang Sumei's mind. If the owner of the box lunch shop was her personal chef, then she could eat all kinds of delicious dishes at home every day.

Zhang Sumei's husband owns a hotel chain and her family is wealthy. She used to hire a private chef, but later she felt that the food cooked by the private chef was not as delicious as that cooked in restaurants, so she fired the private chef.

Zhang Sumei stood up, walked over and said to Chen Kangle, "Boss, do you have time now? I want to discuss something with you."

Chen Kangle, who was serving lunch boxes to the guests, looked up and saw a lady in gorgeous clothes. Chen Kangle politely replied, "Sorry, I'm a little busy now. Can you wait a moment?"

There were many customers waiting to buy lunch boxes in front of him, and Chen Kangle had no time to stop.

Zhang Sumei was an impatient person. She simply said, "Why don't I tell you right now that I want you to be my personal chef. If you are willing, you can set the salary."

Chen Kangle listened while packing her lunch box. She only thought for a second before refusing, "Ma'am, I'm sorry, but I don't have any intention of becoming a private chef at the moment."

"Ah?" Zhang Sumei didn't expect Chen Kangle to reject her so quickly. She thought that the conditions she offered were what many people dreamed of.

Zhang Sumei continued, "Are you sure you want to refuse? Being a private chef not only pays well, but the job is also very easy. You only need to cook two meals a day, which is ten thousand times easier than running a box restaurant. Are you sure you want to refuse such an easy and high-paying job?"

"Thank you for your kindness, but I really don't have the idea of ​​being a private chef." Chen Kangle refused again.

Chen Kangle is very satisfied with his current life. He has his own box lunch restaurant. He can cook various delicacies for different guests every day and enjoy the compliments from his guests.

Being a private chef is not her favorite job. Compared to cooking for the same person every day, she prefers to cook for many guests every day so that more people can taste the delicious food she cooks.

Zhang Sumei looked incredulous. She continued, "Boss, I hope you can seriously consider this. You might as well make more money as a private chef by working so hard every day selling lunch boxes. Anyone with a little bit of brains would choose to be a private chef instead of staying in this small lunch box restaurant."

Zhang Sumei kept talking, and the customer in front of her who was queuing to buy lunch boxes was a little impatient. "Dear customer, our boss Chen has already rejected you, so please stop talking. It's a waste of words to talk so much. Our boss Chen will not agree."

The customers of the box lunch restaurant don’t want Chen Kangle to be a private chef. If Chen Kangle becomes a private chef, they won’t be able to eat delicious boxed meals.

"Boss Chen's lunch box restaurant business will get better and better, and he will make more and more money in the future. It will definitely be much more than what he makes as a private chef."

"Boss Chen, don't become a private chef. Being a private chef is also working for others. Working for others is not as comfortable as being your own boss."

The customers in the queue all opposed Chen Kangle becoming a private chef. They hoped that Chen Kangle would continue to run the box meal restaurant so that they could eat delicious box meals every day.

Amidst the noisy opposition, Zhang Sumei asked again seriously: "Boss, I'll ask you one last time, are you really unwilling to be a private chef?"

"Dear guest, no matter how many times you ask, my answer is the same. If you have nothing else to do, I will be busy now." Chen Kangle tried his best to be polite.

After that, he began to greet the guests, "Brother, what would you like to order?"

Zhang Sumei was a little upset after being rejected three times. She didn't say anything else, but turned around and left.

As soon as she walked out of the lunch box restaurant, Zhang Sumei angrily said, "This lunch box restaurant owner is really stupid. He doesn't want an easy and profitable job. He works so hard in this small lunch box restaurant and can only earn a few dollars."

Zhang Sumei became angrier and angrier as she spoke. "In fact, the lunch boxes she makes are not that delicious. They are just a little better than those in ordinary restaurants, but they are still far from being as good as those in high-end restaurants. As long as you have money, you can find a private chef who is better than her. I don't need her."

Although the aroma of pig intestines was still lingering in her mouth, angry Zhang Sumei couldn't help but say these words against her will.

Xiao Rong and the others could see that Zhang Sumei was really angry. Zhang Sumei was usually a proud person, and being rejected three times on the spot would make her unhappy given her personality.

Although they disagreed with what Zhang Sumei said, they did not deny it for fear of offending Zhang Sumei who was already angry.

The next day, they asked Zhang Sumei to go to Kanglehe Restaurant, but Zhang Sumei directly refused.

"I don't like the food from box restaurants. If you want to eat it, go by yourselves. I'm going to Haishi Restaurant to eat delicious seafood later." Zhang Sumei was still sulking.

Xiao Rong and the others did not force her, and the three of them went to the Heya restaurant happily.

After Xiao Rong and the others left, Zhang Sumei invited the other sisters to go to Haishi Restaurant to eat seafood.

A sister ordered garlic oysters from Haishi Restaurant. The oysters were very big, about the size of a palm.

"It's worthy of being a big restaurant. These oysters look so grand. Unlike some small shops, ten oysters are not bigger than one." Zhang Sumei couldn't help but say something sarcastically.

But when she took a bite of the oysters from Haishi Restaurant, she began to miss the oyster omelette from Kangle Box Restaurant. Although the oysters from Haishi Restaurant were big and plump, they didn't taste as delicious as the small oysters from Box Restaurant.

In the afternoon, Zhang Sumei saw on WeChat Moments that Xiao Rong and her friends had gone to the box lunch restaurant to eat box lunches again. The photo showed golden curry chicken, and it seemed as if she could smell the rich aroma of curry through the screen.

The more she looked at it, the more greedy she became. However, Zhang Sumei had to save her reputation. Yesterday, she told Xiao Rong and the others that the box lunch tasted average. Now she was too embarrassed to go to a box lunch restaurant again.

After thinking it over again and again, Zhang Sumei came up with a way to save her face and still get the boxed lunch. She found someone online to buy the boxed lunch for her, so that no one would know that she had eaten the boxed lunch from the restaurant.

Zhang Sumei asked the errand boy to help her buy a box lunch. She also bought some curry chicken, and then sat at home enjoying the delicious curry chicken. She had to admit that the owner of the box lunch shop was really good at cooking.

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The recruitment notice had been sent out for several days. Because the Heya Restaurant was located in a remote area, Chen Kangle did not receive many resumes. She simply screened out three resumes. She picked out applicants who had work experience in the catering industry.

Chen Kangle found a Saturday afternoon and invited three candidates to come for an interview. The interview content Chen Kangle made was very simple, asking each candidate to cook a dish. She wanted to recruit a kitchen helper with a certain level of cooking skills, someone who could help make dishes.

There were three applicants. One made stir-fried pork with green peppers, one made scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and one made fried spare ribs.

Chen Kangle tasted each dish one by one, but none of them satisfied her. The lean meat in the stir-fried pork with green pepper was too dry, the scrambled eggs with tomatoes were too sweet, and the fried spareribs were over-fried and tasted a bit bitter.

After investigation, Chen Kangle found that none of the three applicants were the candidates he was satisfied with. It was not easy to find a satisfactory kitchen helper, so Chen Kangle decided to continue looking until he found a satisfactory one.

Xiang Yunting is a food blogger with more than 10 million followers. He is a very influential food blogger.

Today he planned to visit the Kangle Box Restaurant. As soon as he walked to the door of the restaurant, he saw a recruitment notice posted on the door. He couldn't help but complain: "This is a remote place. People with a little cooking skills wouldn't want to come here to work."