Chapter 24
Li Zhaogao and Gu Huaicong knew that Chen Kangle would come out to set up a stall today, Monday. It happened that both of them were not on duty today, so they made an appointment to come together for lunch. Gu Huaicong had been thinking about the curry chicken, so he was naturally very happy to come along.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard Li Zhaogao and the others say they were only here to buy lunch boxes today.
"We are scared to death. I hope you are not here to chase us away. We finally have lunch boxes today. If you are here to chase us away, we will probably chase you away. If you are here to buy lunch boxes, we welcome you."
"So you're here to buy lunch boxes, too. Mr. Chen's lunch boxes are so attractive."
"Brother Urban Management, for the sake of our beautiful boss's delicious lunch box, please come to our area less often for inspections in the future."
Everyone was bored standing in line, so they started chatting with Li Zhaogao and the others, and asked them not to come to patrol the suburbs.
Knowing that they were here to buy lunch boxes, the customers now looked at them in a normal way. Gu Huaicong also relaxed and started chatting with the customers.
Gu Huaicong: "We also followed the arrangements of our superiors. We didn't have to come here to inspect. It's really not our fault. We had no choice."
At this time, a customer came out and said, "Brother, it doesn't matter when you want to come for inspection. Our beautiful boss is about to open the store."
As soon as Chen Kangle mentioned that he was going to open a store, the atmosphere around him was filled with joy.
"That's right! Our boss Chen is going to have his own store. From now on, we will buy lunch boxes from the store."
“It feels like the beautiful boss hasn’t been running her stall for long, but now she has her own store. I can only say that people with good cooking skills will always be able to make it in life.”
"Brother Urban Management, when Boss Chen's lunch box restaurant opens, would you like to come and show your support?"
Li Zhaogao and his colleagues were very happy about Chen Kangle's plan to open a box lunch restaurant. This way, they would not have to worry about running into Chen Kangle when they came to patrol the suburbs in the future. Otherwise, it would be quite embarrassing to eat his box lunch today and drive him away tomorrow.
"Come on, come over if you have time."
Li Zhaogao certainly wanted to come and have a meal at this delicious boxed rice restaurant.
Gu Huaicong: "Old Li, take me with you when the time comes."
Li Zhaogao: "Okay, let's come together then."
Soon it was Li Zhaogao's turn. Li Zhaogao ordered today's new dishes, tiger skin chicken feet and braised pork trotters, as well as spicy and sour shredded potatoes. Gu Huaicong ordered the curry chicken he had been craving for, and also ordered the new dish, tiger skin chicken feet.
The two of them took their lunch boxes to the car and opened them impatiently. When they smelled the curry, Gu Huaicong was greedy, "This curry smells really good!"
As he said this, he started eating with big mouthfuls.
Li Zhaogao was more interested in the new dish, tiger skin chicken feet. The chicken feet were fried until golden brown, and the tiger skin on the outside looked crispy and sticky, which was particularly tempting.
"This chicken foot looks really good!" Li Zhaogao picked up one and put it in his mouth. The chicken foot was soft, glutinous and smooth. With a light bite, the bone fell off perfectly. The chicken skin was soft and crispy, and the elastic and crispy gelatin was full of collagen. It was very enjoyable to eat.
The fried chicken feet have been cooked for a long time and have absorbed the rich sauce like crazy. The chicken feet full of sauce are very rich and delicious, and even the bones are fresh and salty.
The more you chew, the more enjoyable it is. The tiger skin is crispy but not mushy. Li Zhao likes this crispy and glutinous texture very much. The more he eats, the more he likes it.
Gu Huaicong, who is addicted to curry chicken, was also attracted by tiger skin chicken feet. He liked to eat chicken feet since he was a child, but when he was a child, adults always told him not to eat too many chicken feet, because eating too many chicken feet would make his handwriting look like chicken feet. Gu Huaicong's handwriting has always been ugly, which made him wonder if it was because he ate too many chicken feet when he was a child.
It is more enjoyable to eat chicken feet if you grab them with your hands. Gu Huaicong grabbed a chicken foot with his hands and started eating it without any image.
"Damn, the skin of this chicken foot is so crispy and soft, and it's also so juicy. I love it!"
“The outer layer is soft and crispy, and the inner layer is chewy and crunchy. The taste is really amazing!”
Gu Huaicong ate more and more excitedly, and soon he finished the tiger skin chicken feet in the lunch box, not satisfied at all. He had already made up his mind that next time he would just buy a whole box of tiger skin chicken feet and sit down to eat them slowly until he was satisfied.
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After selling lunch boxes for a few days, Chen Kangle made some money and bought two sets of dining tables for the lunch box restaurant. The tables he bought last time were for six and four people, but this time he bought two large round tables that can seat more than ten people. If there are many people having a meal together, they can sit at these large round tables.
Chen Kangle is already preparing for the opening of the Heya Food Box Restaurant. All the certificates for opening the store have been processed. She originally planned to open it on the 8th, but her grandmother consulted a fortune teller, who said that the 10th was the best date for opening the new store.
Although Chen Kangle didn't believe it, he agreed to open the store on the 10th to reassure his grandmother.
My grandmother has believed in these things since my grandfather passed away. No matter what happens, she likes to ask a fortune teller to tell her fortune. Last time, my grandmother even got her a talisman and asked her to put it under her pillow when she sleeps, saying that it can ward off evil spirits.
As long as it is not harmful to the body, Chen Kangle will usually do it as long as his grandmother is happy.
After the opening date was set, Chen Kangle added the opening time and the business hours of the box restaurant on the promotional leaflet. The opening time was the 10th, and the business hours were from 11:00 to 1:30 pm and from 5:00 pm to 8:30 pm.
Then he printed several hundred flyers and took them to the stall, handing one to every customer who bought a box lunch, and also to other workers on the construction site. When Chen Kangle was ready to take a break, he took some to other construction sites to hand them out, making sure the promotion was done properly.
Soon, netizens were also discussing the opening of the Kangle Box Restaurant under the Weibo post of “Haishi Meishijun”.
One-hour documentary: [Friends, Mr. Chen’s box lunch restaurant will open on the 10th, do you want to go eat together? ]
Leisurely Holiday: [Congratulations to Mr. Chen. I will definitely go to the grand opening. I wish you a prosperous business and a lot of money. ]
The kite string is broken: [The 10th is coming soon. Do you think there will be new dishes when the new store opens? I want to try new dishes.]
Cheng Yaojin's Axe: [There will definitely be new dishes on the first day of opening. I feel like there will be several new dishes. ]
Recently, Chen Kangle’s boxed lunches have been the most discussed food on the Weibo of “Hai Shi Mei Shi Jun”, and someone mentions it in almost every Weibo post.
Seeing that everyone was discussing the opening of the Heyan Restaurant in the comments today, "Hai Shi Mei Shi Jun" specially sent a Weibo post to promote the opening of the Heyan Restaurant.
Haishi Food: [The fan-favorite box restaurant, Kangle Box Restaurant, is about to open on the 10th of this month. Interested friends can go and taste it. ]
And bring a picture of the Kangle Box Hotel flyer, which clearly shows the specific location of the Kangle Box Hotel.
Purple Qi Bei Lai: [Wow! I didn’t expect that Meishi Jun Hui would help promote it. I love Meishi Jun! I love Hedian Restaurant! ]
Good luck every day: [Foodie is really kindhearted and even helped promote Heyan Restaurant for free. Many food bloggers I follow only help with advertising when they are paid, but only our Foodie does it for love. ]
Winter Health Season: [We have millions of fans on Food King. If we charge money, our boss Chen may not be able to afford the advertising fee at the moment.]
Among the fans of "Hai Shi Mei Shi Jun" there are some who have eaten Chen Kangle's boxed lunches, there are also many who have not eaten Chen Kangle's boxed lunches. When they saw the news of the opening of the boxed lunch restaurant, everyone's first reaction was to congratulate him.
Saturday's Sun: [Congratulations on the opening of Kangle Box Food Restaurant. I remember that not long ago you were still arguing for a long time about whether the boxed lunches sold at construction sites were delicious. I didn't expect that you have opened a store now. You are really amazing.]
I'll start again tomorrow: [To be honest, although you guys praise the lunch boxes at the construction site every day, I've never been there to eat. I didn't expect that this time, Foodie would directly post on Weibo to help promote the opening of the lunch box restaurant. It seems that our Foodie really likes this lunch box restaurant, and it makes me want to go there to try it. ]
Giant Giant: [I also think that Meishijun really likes this box lunch restaurant. He has posted several Weibo posts about it. ]
Han Lingmeng is the blogger of the Weibo account "Hai Shi Mei Shi Jun". She opened this Weibo account when she was in college and has been operating it for three years, with the number of fans growing from 0 to millions.
When she was in college, Han Lingmeng was a real foodie. She thought about what delicious food to eat almost every day, and her friends around her also liked to ask her where to find delicious food.
At first, she just liked to share delicious food on Weibo. When netizens asked her in the comments or private messages where she bought them, she would answer patiently.
Later, she simply opened a special food account to share the various foods she ate. Unexpectedly, her food account became bigger and bigger, and her fans increased.
Food is just her hobby, and being a food blogger is not her main job. After graduating from university, Han Lingmeng became a designer. Although her main job is very busy, she still continues to run her own food account. There are many fans who have followed her for many years. She is reluctant to leave these fans and hopes to share food and happiness with them all the time.
Recently, her fans have been eating boxed lunches sold at a stall in front of a construction site. Because her fans like this boxed lunch stall, she often posts on Weibo about this boxed lunch stall.
But Han Lingmeng herself has never eaten the lunch boxes from this lunch box stall. She has been on a business trip recently and just returned to Hai City today. As soon as she came back, she saw the news that the lunch box restaurant was going to open.
Han Lingmeng decided to take some time to go to the box lunch restaurant tomorrow. She wanted to try this box lunch restaurant which had become very popular on her Weibo.
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Two days before the Heyu Restaurant opened, Chen Kangle no longer set up a stall in front of the construction site, but made final preparations for the opening at the Heyu Restaurant.
At this time, Chen Kangle was planning the dishes for the first day of the new store's opening. She planned to make 18 different dishes. In the selection of dishes, Chen Kangle thought carefully for a while. In addition to some of the original dishes, she planned to add a few new dishes.
When thinking about what new dishes to make, Chen Kangle thought of Guo Shujie. If Guo Shujie hadn't lent her money to open a box lunch restaurant, she would not have been able to own her own box lunch restaurant so quickly.
Chen Kangle took out his cell phone and sent a message to Guo Shujie, asking him if there was any dish he particularly wanted to eat.
Guo Shujie, who was lying on the bed, sat up instantly after receiving Chen Kangle's message, "Dish, dish, what dish do I want to eat?"
Guo Shujie couldn't think of what he wanted to eat for a while, so he quickly replied to Chen Kangle: [Can you wait for me? I'll message you when I think about it.]
He finally has a chance to decide on new dishes, so he must think about it carefully.
Chen Kangle: [It’s okay, tell me when you’ve made up your mind.]
Guo Shujie sat on the bed and thought very seriously. Various delicacies popped up in his mind, such as spicy chicken, stir-fried squid with green onions, braised chicken, shredded pork with fish flavor, spicy chicken cubes, crispy small yellow croaker, and salt and pepper shrimps…
There are so many delicious dishes in this world that Guo Shujie wishes Chen Kangle could cook every one of them.
After thinking for about half an hour, Guo Shujie sent a message to Chen Kangle: [Boss Chen, I want to eat sweet and sour pork! ]
When Guo Shujie traveled to the north before, he had some delicious sweet and sour pork in a restaurant in a small alley. After returning to Haishi, he never had such delicious sweet and sour pork again.
Later, the greedy Guo Shujie made a special trip to the north again, only to find that the restaurant in the alley had closed down. He heard that the proprietress had made enough money and went to the south to buy a house for her retirement.
Guo Shujie wanted to try the sweet and sour pork made by Chen Kangle. He felt that with Chen Kangle's craftsmanship, the sweet and sour pork would definitely be delicious, and he was very much looking forward to it.
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The day before the opening, Chen Kangle finalized all the dishes.
Braised pork trotter, steamed egg custard, stir-fried pork with sour bamboo shoots, water spinach with garlic, braised eggplant, curry chicken, crispy pork, sweet and sour hairtail, cold kelp salad, mapo tofu, chicken stewed with potatoes, stir-fried pork intestines, tiger skin chicken feet, spicy and sour shredded potatoes, sweet and sour pork, stir-fried sweet potato leaves, shredded pork with fish flavor, and pan-fried saury.
On the opening day, Chen Kangle got up early and started working, and Lin Huiling also started washing the ingredients early.
There were a total of 18 dishes on the first day of opening, and there were a lot of ingredients that needed to be cleaned and processed, so both of them were very busy. Chen Kangle had already thought about hiring another employee after a while, otherwise Lin Huiling might not be able to handle it when the Hezi Restaurant was busy.
Lin Huiling is mainly responsible for cleaning the ingredients, while Chen Kangle is mainly responsible for processing the ingredients himself, because the processing of some ingredients requires a certain level of professionalism, such as the meat slices needed to make sweet and sour pork this time.
When making sweet and sour pork, you should use pure lean tenderloin. The tenderloin should be cut into slices of appropriate size. The thickness of the slices should not be too thin or too thick. A thickness of about 0.3 cm is the most suitable.
Add a small amount of salt to the cut meat slices and mix well. Put the meat slices into the starch paste so that each piece of meat is coated with the paste.
Heat oil in a pan until it is 70% hot, put in the meat slices wrapped in paste, and remove them when they float up. When the oil temperature reaches 80% hot, put the meat slices in and fry them for the second time. When the meat slices are fried for the third time until the surface is golden and crispy, remove them.
Pour a small amount of oil into the pot, add onion, ginger, garlic and shredded carrots, add the fried meat slices, pour in the prepared sweet and sour sauce in small amounts several times, stir quickly and evenly and serve.
Chen Kangle put the prepared dishes on plates, and Lin Huiling was responsible for taking the plates to the food warming display cabinet and putting them away. Eighteen kinds of dishes were neatly placed in the food warming display cabinet.
"There are so many dishes. Today's guests are in luck!" Looking at the delicious and rich dishes in front of her, Lin Huiling couldn't help swallowing her saliva.
"Kangle, is it almost time for business?" Lin Huiling asked towards the kitchen.
Chen Kangle looked at the time. It was 10:55, and there were only five minutes left before her scheduled business hours. "Aunt Huiling, it's almost time. You can go open the store first."
"Okay!" Lin Huiling walked to the door and was about to open it, but was stopped by Grandma Chen.
"We can't open the door now." Grandma Chen stood in front of the door and stopped Lin Huiling.
Although Chen Kangle didn't let her come to help, Grandma Chen couldn't help but come to help clean the table. Seeing Lin Huiling about to open the door, Grandma Chen hurriedly stopped Lin Huiling and stopped her from opening the door.
Lin Huiling asked: "Grandma Chen, why can't it be opened?"
"The time has not come yet. If you open the door before the time, money will be lost. When it is eleven o'clock, let Lele come personally to open the door and welcome the God of Wealth." Grandma Chen said seriously.
This was what the fortune teller from the neighboring village told her, and she must do as she is told, otherwise she would lose money and it would be bad for her business.
Lin Huiling chuckled, "Grandma Chen, why do you still believe this? Kang Le's food is so delicious. The God of Wealth will come no matter what time you open the door."
Chen Kangle did not stop his grandmother, but did as she said obediently.
When it was almost eleven o'clock, Chen Kangle followed his grandmother's instructions and stood in front of the door.
"Le Le, it's almost eleven o'clock, be ready." Grandma Chen looked at the time nervously.
As soon as eleven o'clock arrived, Chen Kangle pushed open the door with both hands as his grandmother requested, and then shouted at the door: "The God of Wealth is here!"
After the ceremony was completed, Grandma Chen instantly became happy, "The God of Wealth has arrived, our Lele will definitely make a lot of money."
Lin Huiling also happily shouted: "God of Wealth, please come in. We are open to welcome you."
The atmosphere was particularly joyful. When Yang Chunxia came over, she saw them calling out to the God of Wealth and said with a smile, "Yes, yes, the God of Wealth has indeed come. Kang Le, I'm here to buy a lunch box."
Yang Chunxia was the first customer of Kangle Box Restaurant. She was close to the food and got the moon first. She waited for the opening hours at her own convenience store and came here.
Ever since Chen Kangle started selling boxed lunches, Yang Chunxia and her husband have eaten Chen Kangle's boxed lunches almost every meal. They are delicious, convenient and hygienic, and they don't have to cook for themselves, which is simply great.
Yang Chunxia walked to the food display cabinet and looked through the glass at the dazzling array of dishes inside. "Oh my god, there are so many dishes!"
"There are so many dishes that I don't know what to order." Yang Chunxia quickly scanned the dishes in the display cabinet.
Lin Huiling: "Don't worry, there are no customers yet, you can take your time."
Most people are still at work at this time, so there are no customers in the Heya lunch box.
When Yang Chunxia saw the new dishes, she ordered them without hesitation, "I want pot-fried pork, stir-fried sweet potato leaves and shredded pork with fish flavor to take away."
Yang Chunxia walked back to her convenience store with her lunch box. As soon as she got back, a customer came to buy water.
"Madam, how much is a bottle of mineral water?"
Yang Chunxia put the lunch box aside and began to greet the customers, "Two yuan a bottle."
Tian Xiaotian scanned the code to pay two yuan, and then continued to ask: "Boss, do you know where there is a good restaurant nearby?"
Tian Xiaotian came to the suburbs to pick up something today. They had originally agreed to meet at 11 o'clock for the delivery, but when she arrived in the suburbs, the other party said that he might not be free until 11:30 and asked her to wait a little longer.
By half past eleven, she might have been very hungry. Tian Xiaotian was not familiar with the area and didn't know where there were any good restaurants.
When buying water, she asked the convenience store owner.
Hearing Tian Xiaotian's question, Yang Chunxia suddenly became excited, "Little girl, you've asked the right person. I'll recommend you a delicious lunch box restaurant."
Yang Chunxia walked to the door of the convenience store, pointed at the Kangle Boxed Rice Restaurant next door and said, "Little girl, do you see this? It's the boxed rice restaurant next door to me. The owner of this boxed rice restaurant is a great cook."
Tian Xiaotian glanced at the box-eating rice meal restaurant next door. She had noticed this box-eating rice meal restaurant when she passed by just now, but the interior of this box-eating rice meal restaurant looked ordinary and there were no customers inside, so she thought that this box-eating rice meal restaurant should not be very good.
The most important thing is that she doesn't want to eat boxed lunches. Tian Xiaotian said politely: "Boss, is there a restaurant that sells stir-fried dishes? I don't want to eat boxed lunches."
"Little girl, I tell you that those restaurants are not better than this box-eating rice restaurant. I'm not lying to you. You'll know when you go there." Yang Chunxia tried hard to promote the box-eating rice restaurant.
Seeing how hard the convenience store owner tried, Tian Xiaotian guessed that it was possible that the convenience store owner knew the owner of the box lunch restaurant next door, so she tried so hard to recommend the box lunch restaurant to her, not because the box lunches were really delicious.
Tian Xiaotian really had no interest in that box lunch restaurant. She declined politely, "Thank you, Madam Boss, but I really don't want to eat box lunches."
After saying that, he turned around and left the convenience store, preparing to find a good restaurant.
"This little girl is missing out on this delicious lunch. She will definitely regret it later." Yang Chunxia said as she watched the girl's back as she walked away, then went back to the convenience store, picked up the lunch and happily started eating.
At the Kangle Box Restaurant, some workers who finished work early came one after another. Many of them bought lunch boxes to take away. There were only two people sitting in the restaurant to eat, and it looked a little deserted.
On the first day of opening, facing the deserted lunch box restaurant, Chen Kangle was not panicked at all, because she knew that more and more customers would come after midnight.
Lin Huiling was not in a hurry. She sat on a stool and took a rest while there were still few customers, so that she would not have no time to rest when things got busy later.
Chen Kangle continued to prepare new dishes in the kitchen. The customers liked the new dishes, and they would definitely be very popular today, so he had to prepare more, otherwise they would not be enough to sell in a while.
Tian Xiaotian rode her bike around the area and found that the restaurants around her looked very ordinary, so she went back to the Heya Restaurant.
She was very hungry as she didn't have breakfast today, so she decided to eat something at a box restaurant to fill her stomach. The advantage of a box restaurant is that you don't have to wait, you can just go in and order and eat.
All Tian Xiaotian wanted now was to eat quickly. Tian Xiaotian walked into the lunch box restaurant. There were only four customers eating in the restaurant. She walked directly to the food display cabinet and said, "Auntie, I want to buy a lunch box."
Lin Huiling quickly stood up and greeted the guest, "Beauty, what do you want to eat?"
Tian Xiaotian looked down at the dishes in the food display cabinet: braised pork trotters, curry chicken, sweet and sour pork...
Every dish looked good, which made her feel a little more favorable towards this lunch box restaurant.
Tian Xiaotian looked at it for a long time and didn't know what to order. The braised pork trotters looked good, the sweet and sour hairtail fish looked good, and the stewed chicken with potatoes looked good...
"Beauty, is this your first time eating our lunch box?" Lin Huiling asked.
If it was an old customer, he would definitely order new dishes first, and then slowly choose other dishes. Tian Xiaotian watched for so long, but he didn't order a single dish, so she knew it was a new customer.
Tian Xiaotian: "Well, I just passed by and didn't know what to eat, so I came in."
Lin Huiling said enthusiastically: "Don't worry, beauty, every dish in our box restaurant is delicious, you can order whatever you want."
Tian Xiaotian still carefully selected it herself, "I want braised pork trotters and cold seaweed salad."
Because she didn’t know whether the food in this lunch box restaurant was good or not, and just because it didn’t look good didn’t mean it would be delicious, Tian Xiaotian didn’t dare to order too many dishes.
Lin Huiling: "Do you want these two?"
"Yes, just these two." Tian Xiaotian nodded.
"That's nine dollars."
"Ah? Only nine dollars?" Tian Xiaotian opened her mouth in surprise. This was the first time she bought such a cheap lunch box.
Lin Huiling: "Well, one meat and one vegetable is nine dollars."
It was then that Tian Xiaotian noticed the price list on the food display cabinet: meat dishes were five yuan, vegetarian dishes were three yuan, and rice was one yuan.
I had a slight favorable impression of this lunch box restaurant because the dishes looked good, but now that I see the prices are so cheap, that slight favorable impression has disappeared.
In Tian Xiaotian's worldview, cheap goods are not good, and good goods are not cheap.
Tian Xiaotian didn't expect such a cheap lunch box to be very delicious. She was very glad that she only ordered one meat dish and one vegetable dish. Even if it didn't taste very good, she could still finish it.
But when Tian Xiaotian took the food from Lin Huiling, the rich aroma hit her face, and she was instantly full of anticipation for the meal.
"It smells so good!" Tian Xiaotian took the food and sat down at the nearest table.
The red sauce pig's trotter exudes a rich and fresh aroma. Tian Xiaotian licked her lips, picked up a piece of pig's trotter with chopsticks and put it in her mouth. She took a bite and found it was full of collagen. The trotter was glutinous but not mushy, and had a chewy texture. The rich aroma of the sauce and the fresh aroma of the pig's trotter itself were perfectly combined together, and it did not taste greasy at all.
"It's delicious. Pig's trotters are delicious." Tian Xiaotian picked up another piece and started eating.
After eating the braised pork trotters, Tian Xiaotian started to pick up a piece of kelp and put it in her mouth. The kelp was crispy, sour with a little spicy taste, very refreshing.
“The kelp is delicious too!”
After eating a few pieces of cold seaweed, Tian Xiaotian's appetite was whetted. One meat and one vegetable were not enough, so she went to the food display cabinet and said, "Auntie, I want to order another serving of curry chicken and mapo tofu."
While Tian Xiaotian was ordering food, Xia Lanzhen arrived at the door of Kanglehe Restaurant.
Knowing that Chen Kangle’s box lunch restaurant opened today, Xia Lanzhen specially brought her family to support it.
Just as they reached the entrance of the box lunch restaurant, Xia Lanzhen's husband Wang Yajiang looked inside. There were only a few customers in the restaurant. He smiled, turned to Xia Lanzhen and said, "Didn't you say that Chen Kangle's box lunches are delicious and popular? There were only a few customers on the first day of opening. How can you call this popular?"
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