The hot pot menu doesn't have many items yet, but the meat options include spicy beef, fatty beef, beef with bones, beef rolls, lamb skewers, lamb with bones, pork slices, pork belly, sausage, pork kidney slices, pig brains, various meatballs, and fish.
Vegetarian dishes include Chinese cabbage, bean sprouts, tofu, winter melon, potatoes, lotus root slices, wood ear fungus, bean curd sheets, and shiitake mushrooms.
We haven't started making sweet potato noodles yet, otherwise I'm sure many people would like them; anyway, a lot of people order potatoes.
Snacks include brown sugar glutinous rice cakes, pumpkin cakes, crispy pork, spring rolls, and scallion pancakes.
Beverages include soy milk, soy milk powder, milk tea, etc.
Soy milk doesn't taste as good as Grandpa Gu's, even though both of them use the method taught by Peng Yizhu.
They have no shortage of milk now. The Kingdom of Shashen and the Kingdom of Izumo have a stable supply of milk, and fresh milk is delivered every morning. However, the amount is not much. For the first day or two, they plan to do a promotional delivery before determining how many buckets they need each day.
This spicy hot pot was definitely a novel way of eating in Da Zhou, and it was fortunate that Cai Xiaolian had managed to keep the restaurant from opening for the previous two years.
Fortunately, the Cheng family's problems were short-lived. The hot pot was originally planned to be launched that winter, but something went wrong in the spring.
On the first day the hot pot was launched, the four Gu sisters, along with Huo Yanyu and Princess Jinghe, all came to watch the excitement.
Huo Yanyu and Princess Jinghe had both eaten at the Gu family's house, but neither of them mentioned wanting a table full of food.
Suddenly, Princess Jinghe summoned a waiter from the restaurant and ordered him to go to the yamen to fetch more money and grain.
The servant naturally knew who Princess Jinghe was, so he dared not disobey and ran over without even asking why she had been summoned.
The Gu sisters and Huo Yanyu looked at Princess Jinghe speechlessly; she probably wanted Qian Liang to come and paint it.
Sure enough, when the money and grain came in, Princess Jinghe made a request to have someone paint a picture.
Qian Liangduo: "...Princess, the government office has been quite busy lately."
Princess Jinghe clapped her hands, making the other person stumble slightly: "Second Uncle didn't make you work at night. You can draw again tonight! Little Pliers, I'm giving you a chance to earn some extra money! When will you ever save enough money to buy a house and get married on your salary? So, draw! Be good, listen to me. After you draw me ten or eight more paintings, I guarantee you'll have a house, money, a wife, and then a son. Isn't that wonderful? If you weren't so good at drawing, I wouldn't have given you this opportunity."
Qian Liangduo blushed. His wife and son were indeed a wonderful prospect. He bowed to Princess Jinghe and said, "This humble official thanks Your Highness for your kindness. This humble official will do his utmost!"
Princess Jinghe patted Qian Liangduo on the shoulder: "That's more like it! Work hard, and when I achieve some merit, I'll put in a good word for you with the Emperor, make sure he remembers you, and find you a beautiful wife, hehe..."
Qian Liang's face turned red to the roots of his ears.
Princess Jinghe stopped teasing him: "Go to the second floor quickly. That spot has a good angle and you can see the grand scene in the main hall."
Qianliang said, "Yes, Princess."
With the extra money and provisions gone, Princess Jinghe smacked her lips in satisfaction.
Gu Xin: "Sister Zhen, why do you like having people draw for you?"
Princess Jinghe: "He paints so well! Once he finishes, I'll give it to my great-grandfather and hang it in the main hall of the restaurant so everyone can see it! Besides, he's the second-place scholar in the imperial examinations, so his calligraphy and painting are both excellent. We don't have any scholars here now, but who knows what will happen in the future! If someone comes to challenge us, we can have the top three scholars from the government office come up with a couplet, which will attract another wave of scholar customers, won't it?"
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