"Delicious!" Yu Ge'er jumped for joy. "Brother, is this the kind of noodles the shop is selling?"
"I have this plan. I have thought of several kinds of noodles. Can you help me take a look?" Lin Yan told them several kinds of mixed noodles that he thought of in the shop today and asked them to help him with reference.
"Noodles with scallion oil are fine, and we can also sell scallion oil. If we have noodles with scrambled eggs with tomatoes, won't noodles with egg sauce be redundant?" Li Yuemei first put forward her opinion.
Lin Yan continued, "Here's what I'm thinking: let's make a few first to test the waters and see which ones customers like the most, and then keep them."
Zhao Shiyun frowned. "Isn't it really necessary to test the waters? Why not just make all the noodles I mentioned and remove the ones that don't sell well?"
Lin Yan felt that what he said was right. "It's not impossible. Eating mixed noodles can make your mouth dry. Would you like a bowl of hot soup?"
"What kind of soup is best? One that's filling but doesn't require too many ingredients?"
"Chicken soup? Bone soup?" Yu Ge'er offered his suggestion.
"Bone soup is fine. Buying a large bone is enough to make a pot of soup."
"Or tomato and egg soup."
The family discussed for a long time and decided to serve the new noodles with scallion oil, noodles with egg sauce, noodles with scrambled eggs with tomatoes, as well as the chopped pepper noodles we ate today, the store’s spicy and sour chicken offal, and stir-fried bean curd with pork. If any customers want to use them to mix with noodles, that’s fine too.
As for soup, don’t stick to the same recipe. Start with bone soup and then switch to tomato and egg soup after a few days.
After the decision was made, the family dispersed. Yu Ge'er went to wash the dishes, Zhao Shiyun and Zhao Qiming fetched water to prepare the drink, Li Yuemei lit the fire, and Lin Yan prepared the ingredients for the drink. Although they were busy, they felt fulfilled.
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There are many ingredients for chopped pepper noodles, and the big bowl in the shop is not enough, so Lin Yan went to the grocery store to buy a few more.
As soon as he arrived at the store today, Lin Yan told Widow Liu that he would serve mixed noodles today, and asked her to focus on cooking while he would take care of the noodles.
Widow Liu nodded and went about her work. She would help Lin Yan wherever he needed her.
Lin Yan began to prepare the dishes for the noodles. The leeks, tofu, and chopped peppers needed for the chopped pepper noodles were all processed, put into bowls, and placed on the kitchen counter. The eggs were cooked, cut in half, and placed on a plate. The vegetables would be boiled together with the noodles. A bottle of hot sauce was opened and placed next to it, so those who don't like spicy food would not put it in.
Then he started scrambling eggs with sauce and frying shallots with oil.
Lin Yan informed all the guests who were having breakfast that mixed noodles would be served today, but he kept the details of the dish a secret, saying that they would find out when they arrived at noon.
Customers still recognized Lin Yan's cooking skills. As soon as they heard that there was mixed noodles, they remembered it and customers came before noon.
Lin Yan had just finished cooking a pot of bone soup. He turned off the fire and left it on the stove to cool.
"Young boss, I'm here. Tell me what noodles you have." Wu Liuhai and Li Sixi are also regular customers. They feel anxious if they don't eat Douxiangzhai's food for a day.
"Here I am. I'll give you a bowl of bone soup first." He then served two bowls of bone soup. "I'm serving noodles here. If you're worried about a dry mouth after eating them, this soup is perfect with it."
"That's a good feeling, so tell me about it."
Lin Yan smiled and introduced to them several kinds of noodles served today. Li Si happily ordered a bowl of chopped pepper noodles, and Wu Liuhai thought for a long time and ordered noodles with egg sauce.
Lin Yan quickly mixed the chopped pepper noodles and served them. This chopped pepper noodles had a lot of ingredients, so they needed to be mixed before serving. The guests could mix their own egg sauce, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, scallion oil, etc. Lin Yan asked Wu Liuhai if he wanted to mix it himself, so Lin Yan just cooked the noodles, scooped a spoonful of egg sauce on it, and served it out.
Wu Liuhai couldn't wait to mix the noodles, picked them up and took a big sip. The egg sauce was mixed with some hot sauce, and the noodles were well coated with the sauce. The egg was also generous, so every bite was delicious. It was salty, fragrant, spicy, and full of flavor.
Li Sixi also liked the chopped pepper noodles he ordered. The chopped pepper was sour and spicy, and paired with the refreshing taste of leeks and green vegetables. After taking a bite of the egg, he felt he could eat another bowl.
The two of them were halfway through their meal when they remembered to exchange some noodles with each other and continued eating.
"Wow, your egg sauce noodles are delicious too."
"Well, chopped pepper noodles are not bad either."
Uncle Qian came in a step late. Seeing that both of them had started eating, he immediately shouted to Lin Yan, "Brother Yan, give me a bowl. You can take care of it." He thought they should all be delicious. Anyway, he came here every day in the past few days and tried all the new noodles.
Lin Yan served Uncle Qian a bowl of chopped pepper noodles. Uncle Qian enjoyed it very much and packed two bowls of scallion oil noodles to take back to his family before leaving.
Knowing that there were new customers, those who wanted to eat came one after another. Lin Yan was so busy that he didn’t even have time to eat lunch. Fortunately, today’s noodles received rave reviews, so it was worth it.
Lin Yan charges ten wen for chopped pepper noodles, noodles with egg sauce, and noodles with scrambled eggs and tomatoes. The scallion oil noodles, being simpler, cost seven wen, and each came with a bowl of bone broth. Among the chopped pepper noodles, only the egg is expensive; the chives are just a chopstickful, and the tofu is also a small spoonful. The chopped peppers are homemade, and the vegetables are also grown at home. Each bowl only has four or five stalks, plus a little chili sauce, so he can make three or four wen per bowl.
The egg sauce is similar. One spoonful of egg sauce is probably one and a half eggs, with chili sauce and seasonings added to it.
He bought a lot of noodles at one time, and the boss gave him a preferential price, so he would not lose money at all.
If you sell it too expensively, no one will buy it. It is better to sell it at a low price and make a large volume. First, make your name known, and then you will naturally make money when more people eat it.
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The noodles that sold better today were the chopped pepper noodles and the egg sauce noodles, probably because they were fresher. Not many people ate the tomato scrambled egg noodles, probably because they ate too much rice bowls before and wanted a change of taste.
Lin Yan stretched, feeling a sense of accomplishment. Zhao Shiyun walked behind him and massaged his shoulders. "Are you tired?"
"A little." Lin Yan's tone was a little coquettish. Zhao Shiyun lowered his head and smiled, "I'll help you soak your feet tonight."
"Okay, I won't be polite with you." He was indeed tired. "Will you give me a massage tonight?"
"Okay, you can press it for as long as you want." Zhao Shiyun said lovingly.
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