Chapter 497 Not an ordinary person
"I want a bowl of shredded pork noodles." Shen Quan said.
Shi Bao thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll have a bowl of pork chop noodles. Shopkeeper Zhuang, what else do you want?"
"No, this bowl is enough for me." Zhuang Qingning declined.
The noodle portions at this noodle shop are quite large, and she even felt a little full after eating it all.
The fish soup in particular tastes very mellow, and the amount of fish slices is not small, it is hard to say whether you can finish it.
"Okay then, one bowl of shredded pork noodles and one bowl of pork ribs noodles, and hurry up." Shen Quan urged.
The taste of the noodles is still in my mouth, and I still feel a little unsatisfied. I really want to have another bowl as soon as possible.
"Okay." The waiter went to the backyard happily.
After a short while, the noodles were served again, and the two men began to clean up the new bowl of noodles.
Zhuang Qingning, on the other hand, continued to eat his fish soup noodles leisurely.
Delicious soup, rare good noodles.
When Zhuang Qingning was in modern society, he had traveled to many places on a budget and had eaten many special noodles from many places, including Shaanxi, Shanxi, Gansu, Chongqing and other places with very representative noodles with different flavors. But even so, Zhuang Qingning still felt that the bowl of noodles in front of him tasted very good.
Although it may seem a bit exaggerated to describe it as the best in the world, it is not completely inappropriate.
"Your restaurant..." Zhuang Qingning called the waiter to speak, "Are we the first table of customers since the restaurant opened?"
The waiter scratched his ear a little embarrassedly, but still nodded, "To be honest, our noodle shop was only opened three days ago, and you are indeed the first table of customers in our shop."
"On the opening day, the shopkeeper didn't allow us to set off firecrackers or anything. Just opening the door was considered the opening. Many people didn't know that there was a new store here. And the price of this noodle... the three of you all know it. This noodle is not cheap. Many people who came to eat noodles left after hearing the price."
"I advised the shopkeeper to lower the price, but he said that the noodles and the soup had a lot of ingredients, and the price was already the lowest and could not be lowered any further."
"I advised the shopkeeper that people who eat noodles are generally not very picky. It's fine as long as the noodles are better than those in ordinary noodle stalls. There's no need to put so many ingredients. But the shopkeeper said that if there's not enough, it won't taste right. He knows this and deliberately doesn't put enough ingredients. He can't do this job."
"I advised the shopkeeper again, saying that if that's the case, then we can just open a noodle shop in the county town or the prefectural capital. We can sell fish soup noodles for ten cents a bowl, but the shopkeeper said that only the water here is good, so we can make such good noodles. If we go to another place, the noodles won't be so good..."
"Anyway, no matter how hard you try, you won't be persuaded. The noodle shop is going to open here, and it has to be so good and so expensive."
The waiter realized that he had said too much and apologized with a smile, "I am a bit talkative, please don't find it annoying."
"Don't bother me." Zhuang Qingning said with a smile, "I think your shopkeeper is quite interesting. Everything is difficult at the beginning. Since we opened the shop today, this is the beginning."
"This is real gold that is not afraid of fire. Good things will definitely be recognized by everyone. Don't panic. Good wine needs no bush. This place is good so it's not afraid of no one coming."
Even though it is a little expensive, there are still greedy people in this town. To be exact, most of them are greedy. As long as the taste is good, even though the price is a little higher, they are still able to afford it. They just have to eat it less often.
Although it is a bit difficult for the town to become completely prosperous, it will not be as dry as it is now.
The waiter laughed even harder when he heard this, "What a coincidence, what the young lady said is exactly the same as what my shopkeeper said, so I will borrow your good words."
"I see you are just passing by here. If business is good in the future as you said, I will treat you to noodles when you and the two officers come again next time."
"It's a deal then. Next time you come, I want to eat chicken noodle soup." Shen Quan responded with a smile.
"No problem, just order when the time comes." The waiter smiled and saw Zhuang Qingning and the others out.
"Today's noodles are so delicious." Shi Bao had already finished two bowls of noodles, but he was still thinking about the taste of this noodles. He smacked his lips while going to lead the horse.
"Mm, it tastes really good." Shen Quan nodded and suddenly laughed, "This reminds me of the noodles that Shopkeeper Zhuang wants to make. These noodles are as chewy and smooth as these noodles when cooked. They don't have trouble selling these noodles, so Shopkeeper Zhuang's noodle workshop will surely do very well in the future."
“The noodles are good, but the soup is not something that ordinary people can make.” Zhuang Qingning said with emotion.
The quality of the noodles provided by a certain restaurant is definitely impeccable. The noodles are even better than those from this restaurant. The key lies in the soup used to top the noodles.
Take the bowl of fish noodle soup that Zhuang Qingning had just had, for example. The soup was fresh and thick, but without any fishy smell. It filled the mouth with a fresh and fragrant taste that is not something that an ordinary chef can make.
For a soup like this, Zhang Yongchang’s craftsmanship would probably be far inferior to that of others.
The shopkeeper of this No. 1 restaurant in the world might not be a simple person.
Zhuang Qingning looked at the noodle shop again and again before lowering the curtain of the carriage.
Shi Bao didn't think too much about it. He just thought that Zhuang Qingning, who was an excellent cook, was being modest, and joked, "Shopkeeper Zhuang is not an ordinary person."
"He is more than just an ordinary person." Shen Quan interrupted with great interest, "Let's not talk about cooking skills or opening a workshop. Let's just talk about what happened in the noodle shop just now. If it weren't for Miss Zhuang's persuasion, we would have filled our stomachs with buns at that time."
"But Shopkeeper Zhuang was able to predict everything accurately. From the fact that the shop was newly opened and the noodles were expensive to the fact that the noodles tasted delicious, this noodle shop owner was a bit stubborn and didn't give any bad answers. His skills are almost catching up with Lord Ding. It's a pity that there are very few female officials in this dynasty. If Shopkeeper Zhuang could become a county magistrate or something like that, he would definitely be a good investigator."
Zhuang Qingning, who was a little embarrassed by the flattery, waved his hands repeatedly and said, "You are getting more and more exaggerated. I am just a businessman. I care about business matters, so I can see clearly. If you really change to something else, I may not be able to see it."
Then he changed the subject and talked about other things.
They talked about noodles, sweet potato vermicelli, and preserved eggs. The three of them didn't feel bored or annoyed along the way, but were instead very interested.
Of course, it was a bit of a waste of mouth water, and my stomach seemed to be getting hungry quickly... - At this time, in the No. 1 Noodle Restaurant in the World, the waiter was cleaning up the remaining bowls of noodles after Zhuang Qingning and the other two had finished their noodles.
(End of this chapter)
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