Chapter 68
The next day, Yueting's self-service buns were served with two new fillings: corn and shrimp and vermicelli and tofu...
The next day, Yueting Buffet served two new fillings for its steamed buns: corn and shrimp and vermicelli and tofu.
One meat and one vegetable, both taste very good and were highly praised by customers as soon as they were launched.
Maybe everyone is used to having breakfast in the original courtyard, so even though there is a more spacious first floor, there are more people here in the morning.
Of course, this does not mean that there are fewer people on the first floor, because people can sit indoors for a long time, and it has become a place to eat steaming rice noodles.
In just a few days, one side became a place where customers sat and left quickly to eat soy milk, buns and egg custard, while the other side became a place where people only ate rice noodles.
Xiao Yue noticed this change and after thinking about it, he decided to move the rice noodles to the first floor. This would not only be convenient for customers but also for his own people.
However, it was not the right time to move today. After preparing lunch, Xiao Yue asked everyone to put the dishes on the table together.
Fang Sanhong was still in charge of collecting debts in the front yard, while the first floor was handed over to Lu Ran.
Xiao Yue, Su Xiaoxiao, Sun Wen and the sisters are responsible for adding more food and collecting dishes, as well as handling the inevitable inquiries from customers.
A moment later, the first customers came into the store.
After these few days, the new customers have become accustomed to doing it themselves and eating as much as they want.
Today was no different. Two new customers came to the cold drink area after getting their filling lunches, chatting as they walked.
"How can the braised pork be so delicious? I feel like I can eat it for another half a month!"
"The braised food is the best, but it has to be paired with yogurt and lychee jelly to relieve the spiciness..."
Because they were the first group to enter the store, there was no one in front of them when they arrived at the cold drinks area, so they noticed at a glance that there was a large cabinet in the cold drinks area.
The cabinet was very special, dark wood in color, with no lid on top. Inside were rows of box-like objects with flat sticks stuck in the middle. There was a faint fragrance coming from it, but it was not detectable unless you smelled it carefully.
What's this?
This doubt arose in the minds of both of them at the same time, and they walked over.
Hua Cancan, who was standing by, saw the two of them and, remembering Xiao Yue's instructions, she immediately came over to introduce them.
"You two, this is the new cold drink that Yueting Buffet has today, ice cream!"
Upon hearing this, the two were dumbfounded. Their first reaction was not what ice cream was, but rather - Yueting has a new product? !
At noon, there were many customers in the store. Someone followed the two to the cold drink area and heard what Hua Cancan said.
Not to mention new customers, even old customers were surprised by the speed!
After a commotion, Hua Cancan, who was still smiling, heard someone asking what ice cream was. She immediately demonstrated and answered with a smile.
"Ice cream is a kind of cold drink. It is more convenient than shaved ice and lychee jelly. You can take it out with a bamboo stick and apply a little force. There are currently three flavors..."
Hua Cancan spoke slowly and carefully introduced three different flavors of ice cream. After she was done, she took one of the light pink ones and moved it to the side.
Everyone then noticed that there was not only a large cabinet for ice cream in the cold drink area, but also a small low table next to it.
The low table was flush with the freezer and had two small buckets built into it, so few people noticed it.
But now it’s different. As soon as Hua Cancan went over, everyone looked over and found that there were two liquids inside, one black and one white.
The liquid is not thin, but rather thick, and a rich aroma is slowly emanating from it.
Hua Cancan: "The ice cream itself has three flavors, and you can choose to eat it directly. But Madam Xiao also made two kinds of chocolate crisp shells last night, which can create different tastes. It's up to you to decide whether to wrap it with this layer of crisp shell..."
Hua Cancan operated while speaking.
Everyone saw the light pink ice cream sinking into the black liquid. As she turned it around, even the light wooden bamboo stick was stained with a little bit of the color.
The next second, the ice cream was picked up, and Hua Cancan turned her wrist to cut off the chocolate liquid.
An ice cream that looked different from the previous one appeared in her hand.
"After coating the chocolate, you can wait for it to solidify and become crispy. This way it will taste better and richer! My ice cream is ready. Does anyone want to taste it first?"
Someone in the crowd swallowed their saliva. Ever since the emergence of wild mushrooms that looked moldy before being fried but were actually so fresh that they would make your eyebrows drop, no one would judge whether something was delicious based on its appearance anymore.
Besides, this is Yueting Buffet, and I heard from old customers that there has never been any bad food since it opened!
So, the new customer who had just said he wanted to get lychee jelly immediately stepped forward and took the ice cream.
"Let me try it!"
The other one also moved quickly. He took out a few sticks from the freezer and put them on a tray. Then he took another one and went to the coffee table and began to try to coat it with chocolate liquid.
The bustle in the cold drink area attracted other customers who were walking by. Upon asking, I found out that there were new products today!
Everyone immediately ignored everything else and lined up in a lively manner.
In front of the freezer, Hua Cancan looked at the customers in the front row who were doing their own thing and left with a smile.
Madam Xiao’s instructions were very good. We only needed to demonstrate it once and everyone would know how to eat it.
Furthermore, the steps are drawn on a whiteboard on the wall directly above the freezer. It is a tutorial on how to coat with chocolate liquid. Even children can learn it just by looking at it.
Thus, Yueting’s new self-service ice cream is officially on sale!
Half an hour later, in the kitchen.
Xiao Yue had finished preparing the last round of dishes and should have taken a break, but she turned around and took out a large basin beside her.
There is white glutinous rice in the big basin. It has been soaked in clean water overnight and has absorbed all the moisture. Each grain looks plump.
This was the scene Fang Sanhong saw when she came in. She raised her eyebrows and asked, "What are you busy with? Why don't you take a break?"
"Make some sweet rice wine." Xiao Yue looked up at her, smiled, and carried the glutinous rice to the steamer.
Fang Sanhong understood and remembered that Xiao Yue had indeed soaked a pot of glutinous rice last night.
Fang Sanhong knew about sweet rice wine, but she didn't understand why she suddenly brewed such a big pot of it. The store clearly already had beer with a unique taste that many people were addicted to.
Shouldn't it be made just to drink?
Xiao Yue spread the glutinous rice on a plate and put it into the steamer. Then he wiped his hands on his apron. Seeing Fang Sanhong's guessing expression, the corners of his mouth raised.
"Brew it and make something to eat!"
Fang Sanhong understood immediately.
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Two days later, when Yueting’s self-service ice cream became the biggest item in the cold drink section, Xiao in the kitchen came up with something new.
——Rose.
These are not the small flowers in rose milk, but large, bright red, very fresh roses.
Xiao Yue picked up the rose and plucked the petals one by one.
A few people on the side didn't understand what was going on, but after finishing the work in the store, Fang Sanhong took the lead and started helping to pick the petals.
Rose-red petals fell one after another, finally filling two large dustpans, filled with the lingering fragrance of flowers.
A butterfly came from nowhere and flew into the yard, but was pounced on by an orange and white furry paw and fled in panic.
A quarter of an hour later, Xiao Yue came to the stove in the yard with rose petals, started adding water, boiled it and poured in the petals.
Roses have a very strong scent. The temperature in the pot slowly rises, the water gradually boils, and the fluffy petals begin to fall down.
During the process, the petals faded to light pink, but the rich scent did not dissipate. Instead, it became more fragrant as wisps of white smoke floated up.
Soon, all the petals in the pot were boiled and faded, and the water seemed to have concentrated all the essence of the roses, turning purple and shiny red.
Xiao Yue scooped out the rose petals with a colander, and with her other hand, she held a spoon and squeezed the colander hard to let all the water in the petals drip out.
After repeating this process several times, all the rose petals in the pot were scooped out and the water looked even redder and clearer.
Xiao Yue left some of the boiled rose petals aside to cool, then took out a large bowl of old rock sugar.
Su Xiaoxiao and others in the yard thought that they had put enough sugar in the ice cream before, but this comparison is nothing!
Xiao Yue poured all the rock sugar into the rose water and simply stirred it before leaving it alone, simmering it over low heat throughout the process.
The next step required lemon juice. Xiao Yue found a few in the refrigerator. When he turned around and was about to squeeze the juice, he saw the dazed looks of several people in the yard.
Xiao Yue: “?”
Glancing at their gaze, Xiao Yue saw a large pot of syrup beginning to melt, and suddenly realized something.
"What are you thinking? This is not meant to be eaten directly. I'm making rose syrup. I'll just add one or two spoonfuls each time."
Wouldn't that be a lethal dose if eaten directly?
The people in the yard were relieved. Seeing Xiao Yue making the lemon juice quickly, Su Xiaoxiao asked her with a sigh of relief.
"Sister Xiao, do you need our help?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Yue took out the glutinous rice flour, glanced at them, and a knowing smile appeared on his face.
Several people were confused.
After a while, a few more tables appeared in the yard.
The first one is filled with countless small white doughs, which are the dough for making glutinous rice balls with glutinous rice and sugar; the second one is the small doughs rolled into long strips, which are then cut into small squares.
In the third photo, Su Xiaoxiao, Lu Ran and others gathered around the table. Each of them had powder on their hands in varying degrees. With determined expressions, they began to... roll small glutinous rice balls!
By the stove, Fang Sanhong was helping Xiao Yue and couldn't help but laugh.
"Enough to keep them busy all afternoon."
One afternoon?
More than that.
Xiao Yue poured sugar into boiling water and stirred it to dissolve. While making the jelly, she prayed to Su Xiaoxiao and her sisters to work harder.
After all, in addition to eating the dumplings for ourselves at night, we also have to prepare some for the store tomorrow.
Fortunately, Su Xiaoxiao, Lu Ran and the other four worked very hard. Although they were quite serious at the beginning, they started talking and laughing afterwards and actually went much faster.
During the process, Xiao Yue and Fang Sanhong prepared some sugar jelly and joined the team in making the glutinous rice balls.
This scene was a bit like when we were kneading the pearls in the milk tea before, with a group of people together.
However, we still have plenty of pearls in stock, so there is no rush to add more today.
There are still some frozen yogurt and lychee in the freezer, and there are also a lot of Bobo chicken skewers, but ice cream is a must-have later...
While thinking of Xiao Yue, she kneaded the glutinous rice balls until the syrup became thick. She stood up and scooped it out, and started making a new round of ice cream at the same time.
Two hours later, the sky was dark, and the faces of several people in the huge backyard were all white - the glutinous rice flour that was used to make the dumplings.
Su Xiaoxiao and the others seemed unaware and looked at the stove with shining eyes.
In front of the stove, Xiao Yue packed the cooled rose syrup and put the excess into the refrigerator. The rest was just right for sharing tonight - rose ice dumplings!
The dumplings are all thumb-sized. Just add them into the pot when the water boils. After about half a quarter of an hour, the round dumplings will float up and you can take them out and put them in the ice water.
While the cooling process was going on, Xiao Yue returned to the kitchen and brought out the sweet rice wine that had been brewed for two days in a cool place.
The moment you open it, the aroma of glutinous rice and wine hits your nose, not pungent at all.
Xiao Yue prepared seven large bowls and scooped a spoonful of sweet rice wine and water into them one by one.
Then there are two spoonfuls of rich rose syrup, light-flavored white sugar jelly, icy cool transparent ice cubes, and finally a large spoonful of small glutinous rice balls.
Xiao Yue stirred it with a spoon, and the rose syrup and sweet rice wine at the bottom dissolved, the color of the water turned dark brown, and rose petals and rice grains floated up.
"The rose ice dumplings are ready. Come quickly, have a big bowl each!"
Xiao Yue called over the hard-working people in the yard, and went back to the kitchen to bring out the meals that had been prepared in advance.
The backyard of Yueting Self-service Restaurant soon became bustling with activity.
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