Sha Zhu slowly pursed his lips, closed his eyes and savored the feeling he had just tasted, then turned and said to Liu Xiaojun.
"Look at the knife skills. The chef in the kitchen who made this dish does have some knife skills, but not much. If I were to make this dish, I would definitely cut it finer than them."
After saying that, Sha Zhu picked up one of them and showed it to Liu Xiaojun.
"Look at how thick it is. It's almost as thick as ten of my hairs. Also, the flavor of this dish isn't quite right. It's not fresh enough."
As Sha Zhu was speaking, the second dish was immediately served.
I saw a dish of Kung Pao Chicken being served, along with the non-spicy Sichuan dish, boiled cabbage.
The moment he saw the two dishes, Sha Zhu did not rush to eat them, but carefully observed the ingredients of their dishes.
I saw Sha Zhu picking and choosing among the Kung Pao Chicken, and then picked up the cabbage from the boiled cabbage to look at.
After looking carefully for a while, he continued to speak to Liu Xiaojun.
"Xiaojun, these chefs are so amateur. I can tell without even tasting it. Just look at their dish. The size of the cubes in the Kung Pao Chicken are all different. How can it taste good? It's like a dish where some are undercooked and some are overcooked."
"And the boiled cabbage dish. Look at the cabbage they used. They only plucked the outermost layer, leaving this much. I also looked at the price of this dish. If I used that to buy cabbage, it would be enough to buy a whole basket of cabbage."
"The essence of this dish is to use the tender innermost part of the cabbage and pair it with chicken broth that's been simmered all day. Now they're cooking the older leaves as well. Who are they serving this to?"
Having said that, Liu Xiaojun still tasted a few dishes.
He felt pretty good after eating, but the taste was almost the same as what he had at home, and it was not at all as delicious as the meal that Sha Zhu had just made.
Sha Zhu finally concluded.
"That's why they don't have many customers here. I saw it when I just came in, and there weren't many people sitting in the scattered seats in the hall. It's so busy at dinner time, it's a wonder they can still do business."
At this time, Liu Xiaojun once again praised Sha Zhu's cooking and tasting skills.
"I've tried all of this food, and it feels pretty much like what people cook at home. If you were eating it at home, it would be pretty good, but this is a restaurant, and a high-end one at that, so I can't really say anything about it."
At this moment, the last main course was served. A Peking duck was served on the table. The sliced duck meat was placed on the side, and shredded cucumbers and green onions, as well as sweet noodle sauce and dough were also prepared.
When the duck was served, Sha Zhu did not follow the correct way to eat Beijing roast duck. He wrapped the sliced duck meat in dough and ate it with chopped green onions, cucumbers and sweet bean sauce.
Instead, he picked up a piece of duck meat with chopsticks and put it into his mouth to savor it carefully.
He did this to test the quality of the duck meat and see if the store was using inferior ducks to fool customers.
After Sha Zhu finished eating, he spoke to Liu Xiaojun again.
"Xiaojun, this duck is good. It's an authentic Beijing duck. The ingredients are good, but the roaster was really lazy. The duck is a little undercooked."
Liu Xiaojun himself ate it the correct way in old Beijing: he rolled the duck meat into dough, wrapped it with shredded green onions and cucumber strips, dipped it in sweet bean sauce, and ate it in one bite. He felt that it was similar to what he had eaten on the roadside before.
Although he couldn't tell whether the food was good or bad, with Sha Zhu, a top-level chef, around, he felt that there would be no problem bargaining for the price later.
After saying that, he called the waiter in from outside the private room.
As soon as the waiter came in, he said to the two of them.
"Gentlemen, do you have any requests? Or is there anything in our restaurant that you don't like?"
Liu Xiaojun said bluntly.
"Let's not talk about this dish for now. Go call your boss over and tell him that the boss who contacted her about the acquisition is here. See, the guy sitting next to her is our boss. The last time I contacted him was just to test the price."
"Now our boss is here in person, and he wants your boss to come out and speak."
Sha Zhu also quickly got into the role and immediately pretended to be a big boss and spoke to the waiter.
"Why bother saying so much to her? Just tell her to call the boss. I don't even want to buy this crappy restaurant."
Seeing Sha Zhu get into the role in one second, Liu Xiaojun immediately cooperated with him.
"Boss, now that you're here, you should at least talk to someone."
Then he immediately said to the waiter.
"How can you be so tactless? Go call the boss over! If you delay the acquisition, your boss will be in trouble."
The waiter was stunned by their words.
The restaurant has no business and the owner has wanted to sell it for a long time, but no one is willing to take it over.
It stands to reason that with this location and the amount of customer traffic, there would definitely be a lot of people wanting to rent the property, but the owner refused to budge, resulting in the failure of several acquisition attempts.
The waiter knew the importance of this matter and immediately went out to find the boss to come to this private room.
As soon as the waiter left, Liu Xiaojun started to get angry at Sha Zhu.
"Zhu Zi, your acting is pretty good. You've wasted your time as a chef. If you go to Hollywood, you'll definitely be a big star."
Knowing that Liu Xiaojun was joking with him, Sha Zhu also responded jokingly.
"Of course not. With my acting skills, before the liberation, I would have been an undercover agent. Unfortunately, there is no place for me to use them now."
While the two were joking around, the door of the private room was pushed open again.
This time, the person who came in was not a waiter, but the proprietress in formal attire.
The visitor spoke straight to the point.
"You're the ones who want to buy my shop. I still say the same thing. I'm going to give you the same price. The chefs and waiters will be yours."
Seeing this, Sha Zhu immediately interrupted her.
"Boss, right? My last name is He, so you can just call me Mr. He. As for what you just said about not lowering the price, I think you set it too high."
"I think it should be reduced by at least 20%."
When the lady boss across the street heard this, she immediately became unhappy and said.
"Twenty percent? You're kidding! I've left everything to you. You can start the business right away. And you're still bargaining with me? The price I'm offering is already 30% off my investment."
And Sha Zhu explained calmly.
"Boss, let me do the math with you right now. Once I do the math, you'll understand why I want to reduce my 20%."
Seeing that Sha Zhu looked confident, the proprietress also said.
"Then I'll give you a chance and see what you can say. As long as what you say is okay, then I'll have no problem with the price reduction."
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