Chapter 484: Wild Thoughts
"Success and failure are both due to Xiao He. Her ultimate pursuit of ingredients is her advantage, but also her fatal weakness. But as I said, encountering setbacks too early is not a bad thing. How long can Lao Mao's restaurant last like this? It's no use maintaining the status quo. What the Tai Shi cuisine line needs is a breakthrough and progress. But these are easier said than done. How can we ask such a young girl to do something that Lao Mao can't do in his entire life?" Nan Rongquan sighed.
"If you are young and not lazy, there will be endless possibilities. Isn't that what teachers often say?" Dang Yongge asked back.
"Haha, that's right. I'm old now, and I'm afraid I won't be able to see that day, but there will always be someone to witness that day." Nan Rongquan spoke about his life and death, but he had a broad smile on his face.
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Xinfuquan Restaurant.
Although everyone had finished their work, the guests were still eating, so this stage was not over yet and no one dared to eat by themselves rashly.
Therefore, Nian Fusheng, Mo Feixiang and Lian Yulan stood guard at the door of the box so that they could provide services to the guests who called in the box at any time, while the fat man and his five companions stayed in the kitchen to clean up the mess and prepare lunch.
As for Gu Yanghui and the other two, they followed suit, with one staying at the door of Taoli Tianxia's box and the other staying in the kitchen to clean.
"It's a little cold. Would you like a bite?" The fat man quietly handed the plate of leftover scraps from the Jiangnan Hundred Flowers Chicken to Zhao Xiaojing.
Zhao Xiaojing's eyes lit up and she nodded quickly.
There were not many scraps on the plate, just four edges. Zhao Xiaojing picked up one of them and put it in her mouth.
The first bite is filled with the rich aroma of chicken, the chewy texture of shrimp, the delicate fragrance of flowers, and the crisp texture of the chicken skin, which remains crisp even after it has cooled. The overall feeling is fragrance, a rich and complex aroma that is hard to describe.
"How is it?" the fat man asked as he stuffed a piece into his mouth.
"Delicious! The best of chicken!" Zhao Xiaojing said as she handed over the remaining lychees on the plate on her stove. "Want to try some?"
"Try it!" The fat man took it with a smile and handed over the plate of Hundred Flower Chicken. "There are only two pieces of leftovers. You can eat them all. It's hard to share them. Oh, I have a few pieces of barbecued pork here. Try them."
"I have a few pieces of fried milk and two pieces of pork ribs."
The fat man passed the extra scraps on his side, and Zhao Xiaojing passed hers. The two of them were very secretive and exchanged the extra scraps under the camera, enjoying themselves very much.
Of course, all of this was seen by the judges in front of the screen. After shaking their heads and laughing for a while, it was captured by the dedicated program crew and quietly edited into the variety show.
At one o'clock in the afternoon, after everyone had cleaned up and prepared lunch, the guests finally left. Mo Feixiang and Nian Fusheng prepared small gifts for each of the three tables of guests, and as they accompanied them all the way, they poured out auspicious words like money, making the guests smile.
The customer didn't say it on his own initiative, and the chefs didn't know how to ask. They also didn't know when the customer gave the specific rating. They could only judge that the customer was generally satisfied with the dishes based on the fact that almost all the plates in the private room were empty.
"Brothers and sisters, it's time to eat!" As soon as the last table of guests left, the chefs still in the kitchen began to cook. By the time Nian Fusheng and the other two finished their eighteen-mile farewell, the meal was already ready on the fat man's side.
"Don't look at it. We have already finished it. We have done our best and left the rest to fate. There is no point in looking at it, right? Anyway, the production team hasn't notified us, so our task now is to eat well." The fat man saw Lian Yulan and others still in the box confirming the remaining food of the guests, and waved to them without asking.
"Captain Zhao is right! Let's drink while we can. Who cares?"
“Eat, eat!”
"Oh, I can smell the fragrance. What delicious food did you make?"
After the fat man's persuasion, the few people stopped insisting and turned to walk towards the kitchen and started serving the dishes.
The lunch was a hodgepodge, with leftovers from the chefs' lunch break. It wasn't much, but the variety was quite varied. Fatty's braised and vegetarian shark's fin, glazed pigeon, Lao Qi's black truffle and medley of flowers stuffed with morels, Hong Kong-style typhoon shelter chicken wings, Lu Pengyun's slow-roasted beef ribs, Lao Ma's shredded chicken, Lian Yulan's mustard pork tendon, and Zhao Xiaojing's braised dishes, which had been ordered yesterday. Fatty used the leftover broth from the medley of flowers chicken to make a thick sauce for the greens...
With what happened at lunch as a prelude, the group no longer cared about the meals of Gu Yanghui and the other two, and the eight of them had a hearty meal.
We chatted until 3pm, when the staff came to inform us to gather at Baitao at 5pm to announce the results. After discussing it, we decided not to rest at all, just eat in the restaurant, clean up, and then take the bus back. It would be almost time.
At nearly five o'clock, the Fatty Team arrived at the studio where they had played the last 1 V 1 match in an orderly manner.
This time everyone sat by team. The fat team arrived last and could only sit in the last row, while Wen Xinyuan and Guan Yingxia's team sat in the first row.
The fat man and Zhao Xiaojing greeted Wen Xinyuan and Guan Yingxia from a distance, then walked up the steps and sat down.
"Is there something wrong with Guan Yingxia's expression?" The fat man asked in a low voice as he sat down.
"Something seems wrong, but Wen Xinyuan looks fine, so it should be going well, right?" Zhao Xiaojing looked in the direction of the two of them.
"Ask her later." The fat man lowered his head and thought for a while, then told Zhao Xiaojing.
"Ask her later. She told me, and I'm telling you. I need to tell you one more time."
"What if she doesn't want to tell me? It's easy for you girls to talk to each other. If it's not convenient for you to tell me, then don't tell me. You should talk to her more. She doesn't talk much and keeps everything in her heart, but she still tells you a lot."
"You seem... particularly concerned about Sister Xia?" Zhao Xiaojing was about to agree when she suddenly realized that this was the first time the fat man was so serious about something other than cooking, and looked at him puzzled.
"I... I didn't!" The fat man blinked quickly to avoid Zhao Xiaojing's gaze. As he turned his face away, his cheeks turned red.
???
Why are you blushing? Could it be...
Zhao Xiaojing's eyes suddenly became meaningful when she looked at the fat man.
"Oh~ Sister Xia, you are quite outstanding, serious, a great cook, pretty, and have a good personality. No wonder you don't call me sister, it turns out you have a wild mind. You have to work harder." Zhao Xiaojing patted the fat man's shoulder.
The fat man's pupils were shaking, his face was red, and he was speechless, choking and wanting to say something but unable to, and he was as silent as a chicken.
Zhao Xiaojing was immediately overjoyed.
Just as he was about to make a few more jokes, the lights in the auditorium dimmed, the lights on the stage came on, and two judges appeared. He Xi also came on stage at the same time.
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