Chapter 149
It rained lightly in Qingyun City for several days in a row, and it finally turned cloudy on the third day. …
It rained lightly in Qingyun City for several days in a row, and it finally turned cloudy on the third day.
Such weather still makes people feel unmotivated, but on such a dull day, a sensational news swept Qingyun City like a wave.
——Yueting Buffet will open tomorrow, and food will be free all day long.
How can this be? !
The people of Qingyun City rushed to Tidal Bay to find out what was going on, only to find that the beach was already crowded with people.
This was just the side door, and the avenue where the main entrance was located was also blocked by traffic!
Fortunately, there are notices posted at the two doors of Yueting Self-service Restaurant, with yellow characters on a red background that are particularly eye-catching:
[Congratulations on the grand opening of Yueting Buffet. To thank everyone for their anticipation, food will be provided free of charge from Chenshi to Youshi on October 19th. This is only for one day, so don’t miss it if you pass by. 】
[The food will be available in sequence according to time periods, including breakfast, lunch, local snacks, cold drinks and fruits, rotating self-service hot pot and self-selected soup base hot pot, etc. Please come into the store to taste. 】
The voices all around were extremely loud, and everyone was discussing lively.
There was a person who went to Liuyun City at least four times a month just to have a bite of Yueting Buffet. Seeing this consistent style, he was deeply moved.
What kind of style do you want to ask?
First, it’s a clear announcement, and second,…after looking at it, the names of the dishes in the first half of the announcement are not even written.
Aren't they afraid that people will be confused, not knowing what is being sold and not thinking of entering the store?
Can--
Who said this is Yueting Self-service?
Everyone already knew about the name of the Huaihuai Festival two months ago. It has the capital to be so proud!
Furthermore, even if a small number of people have forgotten what "Yueting Self-service" means, the seats will definitely be full on that day because of the people who go there for the word "free".
Everyone is looking forward to tomorrow. The people of Qingyun City can finally have a good meal!
When half of the people at the door had left and were running to tell each other, Xiao Yue was pulled out by Xu Qingwu to see what was going on, and he heard -
"Why does time go by so slowly!"
"My God, are you trying to starve me to death?"
"Brothers and sisters, I'm going to skip dinner today and eat up all the Yueting buffet tomorrow!"
"Me too!"
Xiao Yue: “…”
ah?
Xiao Yue and Fu Xunzhou, who came later, looked at each other and saw thoughtfulness in each other's eyes.
With so much anticipation, the sun set and the moon rose, the light rose from the sea level of the tidal bay, and the dark clouds dispersed early, it was a rare good weather.
There were still two quarters of an hour left before noon, and Xiao Yue was busy making arrangements in the kitchen.
Because the dishes are served according to time periods, the first batch is naturally related to breakfast at the beginning of the day.
After everything was ready, Xiao Yue looked at the women lined up in front of him.
They were dressed neatly, with neat hair, and wore aprons that Fang Sanhong had customized a week ago. They looked serious and solemn.
Xiao Yue wanted to say something, but thought for a moment before opening his mouth and turned to look at Fang Sanhong beside him.
Fang Sanhong caught her gaze and immediately understood what she meant. She stepped forward and said, "Don't be too nervous. Since you have passed the assessment, you will be a member of Yueting Self-service from now on. If you need any help during the official opening period, you can come to me..."
She took Xiao Yue's place and gave a brief talk before opening the store.
Xiao Yue raised the corner of his mouth, and nodded when Fang Sanhong looked over after finishing speaking, and the two went to two doors respectively.
The customers had been waiting for a long time, and the woman in charge of the front desk had already added some buffet rules, such as how to queue and how to pay for leftover food.
After all, more than half of the people in Qingyun City have only heard about it and have never been there in person.
Fortunately, everyone understood and followed the rules, and soon formed two lines, so many people that they extended onto the beach.
Xiao Yue saw this scene when she came out. When she heard someone in the team calling her name, she did not delay and directly tore off the red cloth on the plaque that was delivered yesterday.
"The Yueting Self-service Qingyun City branch is officially open, welcome everyone!"
The crowd filed in, and their enthusiastic voices were like the sea water on the beach, which rose in an instant and submerged Yueting Self-service Hotel.
The turbaned strong man and several brothers who were questioned by Xiao Yue at the dock that day were also there. They gasped as soon as they entered.
I heard people say that this place was magnificent and a bit tacky, but now it feels spacious and bright, elegant and quiet, and has a beauty that echoes the exterior decoration.
Each table is very neatly arranged, and the distance between them also ensures a sense of space.
If you walk further in, you can see the breakfast items in the store, from the common steamed buns and soy milk to dumplings, corn and egg custard, as well as rice noodles, toast, cakes and thick soup noodles...
They are all placed around the first floor of the hall, with food on the table and tableware under the table, making it very convenient to take.
But this is not the most shocking thing. The most shocking thing is that in the middle of the hall, surrounded by food, there is a circle of stoves!
Several women were making food inside, such as making dumplings, boiling corn, steaming rice noodles, etc.
Not only that, there is a road leading directly to the kitchen in the front, where women carry washed ingredients in their hands and even the cutting is visible to customers.
Everything is visibly clean!
Everyone couldn't help but stop and look for a while, but the fragrance at the tip of their noses brought them back to their senses suddenly, and they began to feel uneasy belatedly.
This is a buffet. I heard that you have to do everything yourself from the moment you enter the store. If you encounter something you don’t know how to do…
Several turbaned men had this idea, but soon, this uneasiness was resolved.
Because when you get close to the place where you get food, you can see stickers everywhere. Some difficult ones, such as how to operate a soymilk machine, and some simple ones, such as where to put chopsticks, with arrows.
The turbaned man and several other strong men breathed a sigh of relief and took a while to get the breakfast they wanted.
But after a moment, they couldn't help feeling embarrassed when they saw so many things in their hands.
And because the movement was slow, all the seats around were full.
There were five or six of them in total. It would be hard to find a table to sit with all the food in hand. It would also be inconvenient to carry it upstairs. What if it spilled...
"Is it you?"
When Xiao Yue came over with the cart, he saw the entangled people. He took a quick look and understood. He chuckled and said, "I'm afraid the first floor is full. There are still seats on the second floor. You can use this to deliver the food up."
This refers to the things Xiao Yue is pushing on the cart, which she is about to send to the stairs.
There were people there to demonstrate and help, but these people had taken care of Xiao Yue when she first arrived, so she took them there personally.
On the cart is an object that looks like a "tray", but it is actually a foldable food rack, and its use is the same as the conveyor belt on the stairs of the Liuyun City Hot Pot Restaurant.
The plates were simply replaced with racks that could hold at least three people's worth of food.
Xiao Yue took the food from the turbaned man's tray and put it on the tray one by one, saying, "Thank you for sharing the news of the transfer. The new branch is opening today, so feel free to eat as much as you want. Try the Yueting buffet to see if it suits your taste."
"That was just a casual chat!" The turbaned man was a little embarrassed: "We brothers have a rare break today, so we thought of trying this. But you don't even need to eat it to know it must be delicious!"
Just the smell makes your stomach growl, how could it not be appetizing?
Xiao Yue smiled and said, "There are also home-cooked dishes and hot pot for lunch. Since you brothers are on break, you should try them."
"Okay!"
"no problem!"
"We'll definitely eat a lot!"
As he spoke, Xiao Yue placed the food rack at the joint of the stairs. He raised his head and glanced at the fence on the second floor. There happened to be a private room clearly marked "No. 157", which was an empty seat.
Xiao Yue clicked the corresponding empty number on the button at the stairs.
With a slight sound, the conveyor belt started up, slowly carrying the food rack up the stairs. Even when it tilted, the food rack would tilt with it to ensure that the food would not spill.
Xiao Yue said, "If you have too much food to carry and it's inconvenient to walk up the stairs, you can use this. This way the food will automatically be carried to the location and stop, and you brothers can slowly go up."
The store adopts a number-based system, ensuring that everyone who comes in has a table and there is no need to worry about it being occupied by someone else.
Of course, you can even just transport the food rack directly to the stairs on the second floor and then find another location.
After Xiao Yue finished speaking, he continued to do his work, leaving the strong men in a daze.
They had heard that Tidal Bay Beach was open, so they came to see it. When they saw Xiao Yue from afar, the turbaned man realized something.
It turned out that she was going to open Yueting Buffet, the gourmet food restaurant they had been talking about for a long time!
But before, everyone only had an imagination about Yueting Buffet. No one knew what it tasted like without trying it themselves, let alone the interior decoration that was convenient for customers.
Until I stepped into this place today...
"I said Yueting had no choice but to come to Qingyun City to open a branch, otherwise how could we see this?"
"That's too awesome..."
"Stop talking, I'll go get some food!"
"There's hot pot at noon!"
But a group of strong men have big appetites when carrying goods every day. What are they afraid of not being able to eat?
They sent the previous breakfast upstairs first, and then the subsequent ones were easily brought upstairs.
When they put the smooth rice noodles in their mouths, drank the mellow soy milk, and chewed the crispy fried dumplings in their mouths... they will know why so many people are obsessed with Yueting Buffet.
They had just finished their meal and were already missing tomorrow's breakfast!
——
The deliciousness and novelty of Yueting Buffet simply amazed the customers from Qingyun City who stepped into this place, and they all asked why the branch was only opened today.
Do you know how they have been getting through these past two months?
Well, of course Xiao Yue didn’t know about these thoughts. When it was almost time, she went to the kitchen to prepare lunch and hot pot.
There were no additional home-cooked dishes or local snacks; the menu was still from Liuyun City and was handed over to Fang Sanhong and Fang Fang.
Two new types of hot pot have been added.
One is the sour soup pork trotter hotpot, which is sweet and sour, meaty and has a thick and delicious soup. The pig's trotters are blanched, fried, boiled, and finally cut into thin slices and put into the sour soup. It can be said that one bite of it will make your soul ascend to heaven.
The sour taste of the sour soup comes from the combination of sauerkraut, tomatoes and shredded pickled radish. It sounds sour, but it doesn’t taste unacceptable. Instead, it is very memorable and unforgettable.
Xiao Yue likes this hot pot base very much, so he had the idea of making it before the new branch opened.
As for the second soup base, she made a hot pot that suits the taste of Qingyun City, but it is also relatively special, it is a seafood porridge base hot pot.
The soup base is made with simple rice milk and rice. When eating, first rinse the seafood to let its essence blend into the soup base. Finally, when you have almost finished eating, add the pre-cooked porridge into it and boil it slightly. It will be a bowl of self-made seafood porridge.
Xiao Yue closed the lid and looked forward to the arrival of noon.
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