Chapter 75: A Real Surprise
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After a minute of silence, Shen Tingyu called out in his mind: “Xiao Qi, are you still there?”
But his mind was as quiet as death, and Shen Tingyu fell into a brief period of uneasiness.
Suddenly she felt insecure, and even the delicious food she had been longing to taste lost some of its appeal.
Manhualou is the most famous restaurant in Yunzhou City.
They arrived relatively early, but the restaurant was already packed with people, with every seat taken. Fortunately, Shen Tingyu had booked a private room early on.
The waiter said with a smile: "My two guests, please follow me upstairs. This is your private room. Please take a seat."
As I walked through the lobby, I saw a group of people gathered in groups of three or four, holding a few red or blue strips of cloth in their hands and talking loudly about something.
It’s as lively and bustling as a festival.
Shen Tingyu noticed that even the private rooms upstairs were full of people, “I didn’t expect it to be so lively today.”
The waiter said, "We have an event at Manhualou. All food and drinks are half price for three days. Today is only the first day, and tomorrow will be even more lively."
"What would you like to order? I recommend two new dishes from our restaurant: a Swimming Dragon into the Sea and a Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Ice Cream."
"It's also the star of this event. After tasting, guests can vote for their favorite dish. The winning new dish will be added to our Manhualou's signature menu."
He placed emphasis on the four words "famous product menu".
“Of course, if guests are not interested in the new products but are interested in our activities, they can also participate in the voting.”
“Wait…” Shen Tingyu raised his hand, interrupting the waiter’s chattering, a little confused.
"You mean, regardless of whether or not you've tasted the two new dishes, you can vote? That's not fair!"
Shen Tingyu frowned, “People who haven’t tasted the new product like sweet things, so won’t they all vote for sweets! Maybe the other one will taste better?”
“This is to get more people involved in our activities at Manhualou.”
The waiter responded with ease: "For those who have tasted two new dishes, the votes are cloth flowers, and they are counted as ten votes; for those who have not tasted them or have only tasted one, the votes are cloth strips, and they are counted as one vote."
"Guests, please rest assured that this vote is absolutely fair."
The view from the box on the third floor was great, and Xin Hongying raised her lowered eyes.
He withdrew his observation and looked directly at the waiter, saying coldly, "People who haven't spent a single penny in your store can also vote. This is a bit too casual."
"Your observation skills are excellent. Everyone in Yunzhou City can vote, even children can participate and vote together." The waiter said with a smile, feeling inexplicably proud.
"Our boss is very optimistic about the new products in this event. It is absolutely fair and just."
"Will the guests attend?"
"certainly!"
Regardless of whether it was fair or not, Shen Tingyu ordered all the food she wanted to eat first, "Two new dishes, one for each, and this... this..., this and this!"
During this period, she was almost crying with greed.
Xin Hongying was not as greedy as her. In his eyes, all food was the same, so he ordered a few dishes casually.
The waiter wrote everything down and said, "Okay, please wait a moment."
The delicacies were served one after another.
"This is Swimming Dragon into the Sea, and this is Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Ice Cream. Please enjoy your meal, sir." After the waiter said this, he stood aside and waited quietly.
Shen Tingyu first picked up the "Dragon Entering the Sea" with chopsticks. The fish meat was delicate and tender, with a unique sour taste and aroma. It was sour with a hint of spiciness, and spicy with a hint of freshness. It was a very strong sour and spicy taste. Her eyes suddenly lit up: "Not bad."
Xin Hongying tasted it elegantly and nodded indifferently, "It's okay."
Another dish, the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain ice cream, had already won Shen Tingyu's heart with its crystal-clear appearance. She scooped it out with a thin spoon, and the syrup poured on it was just the right amount of sweetness.
She squinted her eyes in enjoyment: "It's so delicious."
Seeing that they had all tasted it, the waiter asked tentatively, "What do you think, gentlemen? Have you made up your mind?"
He was holding a tray and a large box in his hands. The box was covered with black cloth, and nothing could be seen.
There were four cloth flowers on the tray, two red and two blue.
He pointed at the cloth flowers and said patiently, "The red cloth flower represents a dragon entering the sea, and the blue cloth flower represents Jade Dragon Snow Mountain ice cream."
"I still prefer the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Ice Cream." Shen Tingyu pinched the red cloth flower with her fingers and put it into the big box. Xin Hongying quietly noted that she liked sweets more.
The waiter nodded.
Shen Tingyu looked at Xin Hongying curiously: "Which one do you prefer?"
"Neither of these two dishes brings me any sense of novelty." Xin Hongying chose not to vote.
Shen Tingyu stopped and asked the waiter: "Do you have a Miao chef here? We want to meet him."
The waiter hesitated: "This..."
Shen Tingyu blinked, took out a tael of silver from his arms, put it on the tray, and raised his tone: “I understand…”
The waiter covered his fingers with his sleeves and accepted it: "Sir, please wait a moment. I will call him over."
"So, this is your real surprise." Xin Hongying wiped the corner of her lips with a handkerchief elegantly, put down the chopsticks in her hand, and smiled.
"Do you think that Miao chef might know the whereabouts of the Golden Flame Resurrection Grass?"
"That's right." Shen Tingyu picked up a dumpling and took a bite. The juice inside the dumpling burst in her mouth, leaving a lingering fragrance on her lips and teeth. She half-closed her eyes, "But I'm just guessing. I still have to meet him to know."
Not long after, the waiter brought a man over. The Miao chef was handsome and had a fair face. He looked not much older than them.
The Miao chef glanced at the Youlong Ruhai on the table and asked nervously, "What do you want from me, sir?"
Shen Tingyu waved his hand, signaling the waiter to leave. The door of the private room was closed, and the Miao chef became even more uneasy.
Xin Hongying bent her fingers and tapped the table calmly, pointing at the dragon entering the sea: "Did you do this?"
"Yes, I made it." The Miao chef nodded honestly. "Any problem?"
Shen Tingyu was a little surprised that she got the person she wanted when she opened the blind box. "What a coincidence."
The Miao chef was stunned. "Guest, do you know me?"
Shen Tingyu: "I don't know you. You are a Miao. Do you know where in Yunzhou City there is the Golden Flame Resurrection Grass?"
The Miao chef glared, his face flushed with anger. "That's not the Golden Flame Resurrection Grass, that's our tribe's Wu Ni Xiang. You came here for the Wu Ni Xiang."
"I don't know. Please go back. I won't tell you."
He turned and was about to leave.
Watching his departing figure, Xin Hongying said, "Don't you want to know which dish we voted for?"
The Miao chef paused as he was leaving and said, "I don't want to know. Don't come to me again."
After saying that, he left with the steps of a shooting star.
He was so obvious that it was hard for Shen Tingyu not to notice: "He must know something, it's really a surprise!"
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