Chapter 337 Special Snacks
Chen Qingqing, who was sitting in the corner, had been silent all the time. Seeing Chen Feng suddenly enlightened, she was very happy.
Her eyes were full of encouragement. "Brother, don't be discouraged. As the saying goes, 'Everything is difficult at the beginning.' Business will definitely get better."
Chen Feng shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Little sister, I'm sorry. I failed to make the business work, and instead lost everything."
"Brother, don't be so impatient. Let me finish my words. Our Ruyi Restaurant is one of the most high-end restaurants in Qingshui Town. We want to attract wealthy customers with exquisite dishes and attentive service, but this is not enough. As the saying goes, 'If you want to gather wealth, you must first gather people.' With popularity, wealth will naturally follow. If we want to make our business famous, we must attract every customer. Otherwise, the business will be sparsely populated and difficult to thrive."
"Miss Chen, you are right. I thought so just now. If you want to build up your business, you must first gather popularity." Wang Guotou nodded in agreement.
Liu Dashao disagreed. "That's true, but a simple meal here is enough to cost an average family half a year's worth of living expenses. Ordinary people are very frugal. Even if they want to improve their food, they won't come to a high-end restaurant like ours."
Chen Feng frowned, his face full of helplessness. "Yeah, Brother Liu is right. Ordinary people simply won't come to a place like ours to eat, unless we can offer a dish that's both good quality and affordable and popular."
"Why don't we sell large bowls of noodles? They're affordable and will definitely be popular."
Hearing Wang Guotou say this, Liang Caidun waved his hands repeatedly.
"No, no, there are so many places in our town that sell all kinds of noodles. They are not attractive at all. In my opinion, we should just sell steamed meat buns."
"Your idea is even worse. The steamed buns from Qingshui Restaurant are our specialty. Can you outsell them?"
"That's right, then what special snacks should we introduce?"
Seeing that everyone had almost finished their discussion, Chen Qingqing took over the conversation, "Don't worry, everyone. I can make a snack. We can try it."
Hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up, "What kind of snack is this?"
Chen Qingqing just found a lot of sweet potato noodles in the kitchen, and couldn't help but think of her favorite hot and sour noodles.
"Hot and sour noodles."
Chen Feng was stunned. "Hot and sour noodles, what is that?"
Liu Dashao couldn't help but frown, "I've been studying cooking for decades, and I've never heard of such food."
"Yeah, how can it be delicious if it's sour and spicy?" Wang Guotou also had a face full of doubts.
Chen Qingqing was delighted. The fact that she had never heard of it proved that no one in the Daning Dynasty knew how to make it. The sour, refreshing and spicy taste was popular in the streets and alleys of her previous life, and it would definitely save Ruyi Tower from danger.
She pretended to be mysterious and said, "You will know in a moment."
After that, she went to the kitchen and gave orders.
First, ask Liu Dashao to prepare the sweet potato flour, and then soak it in warm water until softened.
Then he asked Liang Caidun to cut the green onion and ginger into thin strips and mince the garlic.
Then she personally began to prepare the soul base of the hot and sour noodles.
Put salt, soy sauce, vinegar, pepper powder, sesame oil, white sesame seeds and crushed peanuts into a bowl, add a large spoonful of broth,
At this time, the softened sweet potato noodles can be put into the pot. Chen Qingqing reminded Liu Dashao to control the heat well and not to cook it for too long, otherwise the noodles will lose their chewiness.
After the vermicelli is cooked, put it into the bowl of base sauce prepared earlier.
Place the cooked side dishes on the vermicelli noodles. Finally, sprinkle with green onions, ginger, minced garlic, chili oil, etc. and mix well with chopsticks.
The aroma hits you immediately.
"It smells so good, what's that smell?" Chen Feng moved closer and sniffed deeply.
Liu Dashao smelled the fragrance in the air and couldn't help but feel excited, "What a nice smell."
Chen Qingqing closed her eyes slightly, took a deep breath, and nodded with satisfaction.
"Okay, how about everyone try it first?"
Chen Feng couldn't wait to pick up the bowl of delicious food in front of him, blew on it gently, picked up a vermicelli and put it in his mouth.
A taste he had never tasted before, a sour and spicy taste lingering in his mouth, his tongue numb and spicy.
"It's delicious, spicy, fresh and fragrant. It's simply delicious."
Liang Caidun was already attracted by the unique aroma of sour and spicy. He took a bite with chopsticks and shuddered. The spicy taste rushed straight to his head.
I couldn't help but nod repeatedly, "The sourness hits the taste buds directly, and the spiciness spreads into pleasure. This taste is really unique!"
Everyone swallowed their saliva and picked up their bowls to taste.
"The vermicelli is crystal clear, soft and chewy, tender but strong. It tastes sour, spicy, fresh and fragrant, and it is oily but not greasy. It is really delicious." Wang Guotou said after taking a bite.
"Yes, yes, it's numb but not bitter, spicy but not dry, fresh and pure, sour but not spasmodic, fragrant and rich with endless aftertaste. It's really a famous dish." Liu Dashao also nodded in praise.
Chen Feng finished the whole bowl without even leaving any soup. "Little sister, I didn't expect you to have such a skill. Is this called hot and sour noodles?"
Seeing everyone's reaction, Chen Qingqing nodded and smiled, "Yes, this is hot and sour noodles. What do you think if our store launches this special snack?"
"Okay, this hot and sour noodle is great, it's sure to be popular." Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Okay, then we will officially launch Ruyilou's special snack, hot and sour noodles tomorrow." Chen Qingqing made the final decision.
Chen Feng hurriedly asked, "Little sister, how much is a suitable price for this?"
"I've just calculated that the cost of a bowl is less than one cent. Let's sell it for three cents a bowl. This price is neither expensive nor cheap, and most people can afford it. What do you think?"
Everyone nodded in agreement.
The next morning, a big red banner was hung in front of Ruyi Tower, which read: Our store’s exclusive specialty snack - hot and sour noodles, only three cents per bowl. Any customer who comes into the store and spends five hundred cents or more will receive a bowl of hot and sour noodles for free, and so on and so forth, with no upper limit.
Qingfeng Restaurant.
After the discount sign at Ruyi Building was removed, the news quickly reached Wu Shiren's ears.
He was complacent and believed in his heart that Chen Feng could not afford to waste time any more. What kind of hot and sour noodles did he make? It was just a scam and would not cause much trouble.
"Zhao Tian, see? You're a young man who hasn't even fully grown his hair yet and you want to fight me. You're too naive."
"Who says it's not true? Just because you learned a few dishes, you think you're so arrogant." Zhao Tian and the others also noticed that Wu Shiren was in a good mood and hurriedly flattered him. "Boss, since Ruyilou has removed the discount sign, should we still continue?"
Wu Shiren glared at him and said unhappily, "If you continue like this, you'll be out of luck. Tell them to take down the discount sign immediately and put up a new one that says: Anyone who spends 500 coins or more in this store will receive a free meat bun. The more you eat, the more you get. There's no upper limit."
"Yes, yes, I'll go change it right away."
Zhao Tian rushed into the house.
Wu Shiren narrowed his eyes towards Ruyi Tower. He could finally rest easy and wait for Ruyi Tower to close down...
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