"Didn't I tell you today that we were going out for dinner tonight?" Zhou Shuyan pinched his brow helplessly, "You weren't too busy to forget, were you?"

"I didn't forget." Lu Youxi said quickly, "I just wanted to ask where we should go to eat?"

"Let's go to Dongsheng." Zhou Shuyan explained under Lu Youxi's puzzled look, "Why did you go to Dongsheng?" "Didn't Shi Yusheng buy Hexing rice? I heard that the customer feedback is very good, and they even developed new dishes using Hexing rice."

"It's a good opportunity for us to give it a try." Zhou Shuyan said.

Lu Youxi suddenly became interested, "That's great, I'll just ask Shi Yusheng about the feedback from the customers on Hexingmi."

Zhou Shuyan laughed helplessly. Why didn't he realize that Lu Youxi was a workaholic before? As long as something related to work was mentioned, Lu Youxi's whole spirit became different.

Zhou Shuyan and Lu Youxi came to Dongsheng.

Zhou Shuyan booked a private room so that when Shi Yusheng came, Lu Youxi asked Shi Yusheng about the situation of Hexingmi.

Not long after the two of them entered the private room, Shi Yusheng came over.

"Brother Yan, sister-in-law." Shi Yusheng came in and sat down.

"I knew you were coming." Zhou Shuyan said to Shi Yusheng, "It just so happens that your sister-in-law wants to ask about He Xingmi's situation in your hotel."

"That's why I came here too." Shi Yusheng said, "I heard you guys were coming, so I hurried over to talk to my sister-in-law."

"As the staple food, many guests don't really care about rice when eating it, because both Hexing rice and Shilixiang rice are of good quality, so many guests don't taste any difference. But among the guests who come to our hotel, there is an old gentleman who is a very famous gourmet. It happened that he came for the first time after we switched to Hexing rice, and he immediately tasted the difference. He also gave Hexing rice a high evaluation."

"There were many customers at the time. Some recognized the old man and after hearing his evaluation of Hexing rice, those who had not ordered rice ordered some to try. Some who could not tell the difference at first also took the time to taste it carefully."

“While there are definitely customers who have successfully tasted the difference, there are definitely a large number of people who are just following the crowd.”

"But no matter what, He Xingmi's fame has come out."

“But I haven’t heard that He Xingmi’s fame has increased recently.” Lu Youxi said strangely.

"Because the old man's meal here was a private event, only the guests that night knew about the review. It will take some time for the guests to spread the word and make the Hexing rice famous."

"That's why there's no news of the old man praising and promoting rice in the market right now." Shi Yusheng explained, "But I estimate that it should be almost the same in a couple of days."

"And our hotel also plans to take advantage of the old man's word-of-mouth publicity and develop new dishes based on Hexing rice."

"Brother Yan and Sister-in-law, you are here today, why don't you help us try?" Shi Yusheng took the opportunity to say.

"Okay, okay." Lu Youxi nodded repeatedly.

Zhou Shuyan laughed, "You kid, now you are treating us as guinea pigs."

"How dare I?" Shi Yusheng said hurriedly, "Sister-in-law knows the taste of Hexing rice, so I asked her to taste it to see if it is suitable."

"I'm also curious about what dishes you use Hexing rice to make." Lu Youxi said.

With Lu Youxi's consent, Shi Yusheng asked the kitchen to prepare the new products recently developed with Hexing rice.

"These are not on the menu yet. They are in the trial stage now and are being improved little by little." Shi Yusheng explained when the dishes were served.

"Yes, Japanese food is becoming popular," Shi Yusheng said. "And now anyone who makes Japanese food is trying to move up the market, so Dongshenglai is also planning to keep up with the current trend and develop a Japanese food menu."

"We have now specially invited a local Japanese chef. At first, the chef kept recommending the rice there, saying it was delicious and great for making sushi. I bought a bag to try first, and found that it was slightly inferior to the Hexing rice. So I let the chef try the Hexing rice, and he was shocked. He never complained about how much more delicious the rice there was again."

Shi Yusheng slapped his thigh happily, "You don't know the expression on Master's face at that time. He looked incredulous."

"So we use Hexing rice to make sushi, it tastes first-rate, Brother Yan, sister-in-law, you guys should try it!"

Lu Youxi picked up a piece of prawn nigiri sushi.

A whole big shrimp is placed on the oval rice ball made by hand.

Almost half of the shrimp body and tail were hanging on the sushi plate.

Lu Youxi picked up some freshly ground wasabi and put it on the shrimp, then dipped it in some sushi soy sauce.

She always likes to eat them separately like this so that she can taste the fragrance of wasabi.

The sweetness and tenderness of the prawns are mixed with distinct and chewy rice grains. When you take a bite, the flavors of soy sauce and wasabi sauce burst in your mouth.

The layers are distinct yet integrated.

Moreover, the sweetness of the shrimp, the saltiness of the soy sauce, and the spiciness of the wasabi sauce were all unable to take away the aroma of the Hexing rice.

"When eaten this way, Hexing rice seems to taste even better." Zhou Shuyan chewed carefully.

"Yeah, it seems that it's not my own illusion." Shi Yusheng said, "I was originally worried that it was because of our relationship that I naturally had a subjective judgment on Hexing rice, so I felt that sushi made with Hexing rice was particularly different. I also asked the chef to use other rice, including Shilixiang, but it didn't taste as good as Hexing rice."

"Aren't you worried that I am also subjective?" Zhou Shuyan raised his eyebrows.

"So I decided to use the blind box method." Shi Yusheng smiled slyly and asked someone to bring another plate of sushi.

There are four pieces of nigiri on this plate.

And they are all tuna nigiri sushi.

"These four sushi are made with different rices, and the prices of the rices are almost the same. They are all first-tier rices." Shi Yusheng said, "But I won't tell you which brands of rice these four are. Brother Yan, if you can accurately tell which one is Hexing rice, I will trust your judgment and mine."

Zhou Shuyan raised an eyebrow and said, "We came here for dinner and a date, but in the end we have to accept your test."

Shi Yusheng smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, don't try it yet. I'm sure you know Hexing rice very well and will know the difference once you taste it."

So Zhou Shuyan tasted all four.

He actually pointed out the second one from the left without hesitation, "This is Hexingmi."

"Is it so obvious? You figured it out so quickly?" Shi Yusheng said in surprise.