Early the next morning, Zhao Kai was woken up by a phone call.
"Who is it?"
Zhao Kai's tone was not particularly good. He had been thinking about how to run the villa all night last night. The more he thought about it, the more active his brain became. As a result, he didn't fall asleep until 5 o'clock in the morning.
The person on the other side paused for 5 seconds, and soon his excited voice came over.
"Xiao Kai, it's me, Lin Zhichao! Tell me, who provided the mushrooms for our villa?"
When Zhao Kai heard Lin Zhichao's voice, his sleepiness disappeared completely.
"Uncle Lin, what's wrong?"
"Let me ask you, where do you buy the mushrooms for our villa?"
Lin Zhichao's voice was a little anxious, and Zhao Kai was puzzled. "Ms. Shen is in charge of purchasing, and I don't know where she purchased it from. What's wrong?"
"These mushrooms, I tell you, these mushrooms are the same as Xingguang and Huahui's! They are exactly the same!"
Lin Zhichao's speech was a bit incoherent, he was very excited, "These are all very, very good mushrooms! Really, Xiaokai, our villa can also make mushrooms that are as delicious as Xingguang and Huahui, no, even more delicious! Our villa business will definitely pick up!"
Zhao Kai suddenly stood up from the bed, "Really? Are those mushrooms really that good?"
"Can I lie to you? If you don't believe me, come here now."
"Okay, I'll be right there."
Zhao Kai immediately put on his clothes, brushed his teeth casually, wiped his face with a towel a few times, and went out.
When he arrived at the villa, Lin Zhichao was busy in the kitchen.
"Uncle Lin."
Hearing Zhao Kai's voice, Lin Zhichao immediately stopped what he was doing and pointed to the fresh mushrooms piled on the ground, including red mushrooms, chicken mushrooms, milk mushrooms, green mushrooms, etc.
"Look at these mushrooms."
Zhao Kai stepped forward and checked all the mushrooms. They were indeed of good quality, but he couldn't tell how they tasted.
Lin Zhichao knew that Zhao Kai couldn't see anything, and if he hadn't been dealing with mushrooms for many years, he wouldn't be able to see it either.
"I'll make you some chicken mushroom and chicken noodles, try it."
"Okay, I'll try Uncle Lin's cooking. I haven't had breakfast yet."
A bowl of chicken noodles is ready quickly.
Floating on top of the noodles were shredded chicken mushrooms and chicken, as well as a handful of green chopped green onions. It looked ordinary and no different from ordinary chicken noodles.
Zhao Kai was already hungry, so he picked up a spoon, scooped a spoonful of soup, blew on it with his mouth, and when the soup cooled down a little, he put it into his mouth.
With just one bite, his eyes lit up.
This soup is sweet and fresh!
This kind of freshness is not the kind of freshness that comes from MSG, nor is it the kind of freshness that comes from seafood. It is a freshness that is unique to chicken mushrooms, and it has a very unique taste.
I picked up a piece of noodles with chopsticks. The noodles were very chewy. They absorbed the soup base made of chicken mushrooms and chicken, and were fresh, sweet and chewy.
“It’s so delicious!”
Zhao Kai praised it, then started eating hard without saying another word.
He used to eat very fast, but now he slowed down, wanting to savor the food slowly and not swallow it whole without tasting it.
It took him 15 minutes to finish a bowl of hot noodle soup.
"How is it? Is it delicious?" Lin Zhichao sat opposite him and asked with a smile.
Zhao Kai gave a thumbs up, "Uncle Lin, your cooking skills are amazing!"
"What do you mean by my cooking skills? It's because these chicken mushrooms are of good quality. Even if I don't cook them, anyone else with decent cooking skills can cook them to the same effect."
Yue Kai looked at Lin Zhichao in surprise, "Uncle Lin, why have you become so humble?"
"You, haven't you figured it out yet? This noodle dish is so ordinary."
Lin Zhichao pointed to the empty bowl in front of Zhao Kai and said, "I just put noodles, chicken mushrooms, chicken, and chopped green onions in it. The only seasonings are oil and salt. I didn't even add any MSG. With my cooking skills, I can make delicious noodles. However, if the chicken mushrooms are of average quality, they won't be as fresh and sweet."
Zhao Kai straightened his face, "Uncle Lin, are you saying that the key to the deliciousness of these noodles lies in the chicken mushrooms?"
"yes."
Lin Zhichao sighed, "People always say the key to whether a meal is delicious lies in the chef. But after all these years as a chef myself, I've come to understand that the quality of a dish is 50-50 between the chef and the ingredients. In fact, most of the time, the ingredients account for 80% and the chef only 20%."
“If the ingredients are good, as long as the chef is competent, he can make the dish look good, smell good, and whet the appetite. If the ingredients are not good, even the best chef will be at a loss.”
“These mushrooms that Mr. Shen sent this morning are of good quality and can rival those of Huahui and Xingguang.”
Zhao Kai was even more surprised. "Can it compare with Hua Hui and Xing Guang? Are you sure?"
Huahui and Xingguang are famous for their delicious mushrooms. When people in Xingning County talk about eating mushrooms, they think of Huahui and Xingguang restaurants.
If you have a little money in your pocket, you must take your family to Huahui or Xingguang for a meal.
"Don't you think it's possible?" Lin Zhichao asked back.
Zhao Kai pondered for a moment and said, "Absolutely."
It’s not that he hasn’t eaten the mushrooms from Huahui and Xingguang. On the contrary, he has eaten them several times.
Those times are really fresh in his memory. He can't forget them after eating them once, and he wants to eat them a second and third time... For example, now, when he thinks of eating mushrooms, he can't help drooling.
Comparing Huahui's and Xingguang's mushrooms, Zhao Kai nodded vigorously, "Ours is no worse than theirs."
Lin Zhichao smiled proudly, "So, the mushrooms we make at Tianfu Villa are no worse than theirs, and may even be better."
It’s not that he is arrogant, but his cooking skills are far better than those of the chefs of Huahui and Xingguang.
"Of course! With a chef like you, how can the dishes we make be any worse than others?"
At this moment, Zhao Kai regained his confidence.
Yesterday he was worried that Tianfu Villa's business would not be good, but now he is not worried at all. With Lin Zhichao and mushrooms of such good quality, it is hard for the villa's business to be bad.
He even developed an ambition to surpass Huahui and Xingguang, so that when people think of high-end restaurants, they will think of Tianfu Villa.
On this day, Zhao Kai held his head high and called all the employees of the villa to a meeting. He told them that the owner of the villa had changed, but he would remain in the villa as the general manager, and asked everyone to work hard.
After the meeting, Zhao Kai went to various places to check, including the kitchen, dining area, leisure area, etc.
After the inspection, Zhao Kai came to the lake to see how many fishermen were fishing today.
"Mr. Zhao, long time no see!"
A familiar fisherman greeted Zhao Kai.
Zhao Kai immediately smiled and took out a cigarette and handed it over. "Mr. Wang, are you free to come fishing today? It seems like you haven't been here for a while."
The man called Mr. Wang took the cigarette and said with a smile, "I just came last Friday, but I didn't see you last Friday. By the way, where did Mr. Zhao make his fortune?"
Everyone knew that Zhao Kai sold the villa, so Mr. Wang thought that Zhao Kai had left the villa.
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