Chapter 844: 834. How to Order Dishes [Lots of Bullet-screen Comnts]
At the front desk, there’s a middle-aged man standing there wiping the sweat off his forehead and then he says: “Hello, I’d like to order so dishes!”
The receptionist smiles, but for so reason, there’s a hint of helplessness in the smile: “Guest, our restaurant isn’t open for business yet…”
After all, it’s not even ten in the morning yet. Unless there’s a banquet, it’s unlikely for the restaurant to open this early.
The tea room upstairs is open, but it’s fully booked, so there’s no point in ntioning it again.
“I know, I know…” The other party also starts to laugh: “Look, we’re familiar with each other now, no need for formalities—serve
a dish of amaranth in red soup at one o’clock in the afternoon!”
Then he scans the QR code to pay adeptly: “Look, I’ve paid, I know it’s 288!”
The receptionist can’t help but retort: “You could have waited until one o’clock to order, this is far too early…” It’s almost like making a reservation, but the small tables in the lobby don’t offer reservations!
The middle-aged man has paid and is relieved, and now he retorts: “Can you bla ? I finished work and was afraid parking would delay , so I rode a shared bike here—look, I haven’t even returned it yet outside!”
“I’m just afraid I’ll be late and there won’t be any food left, clearly you guys are doing hunger marketing, forcing us regulars!”
Speaking of hunger marketing, the receptionist has had an earful in recent days, and says with grievance: “We’re really not doing marketing, it’s just that the supplier only provides so much…”
“I know, I know,” the middle-aged man waves his hand dismissively: “I’m just saying! To have such a special supply is already good, I’m content… Ay, no wonder running a business is not as good as being an official, the treatnt is different.”
He keeps mumbling, and with a face that says “I get it,” he says things that shock the receptionist: “What special supply? We don’t…”
This misunderstanding is blowing up! Boss Chang personally went to the farm, there are no such official orders!
“I know, I know.” But ‘knowledgeable brother’ gets it again:
“Did I let sothing slip? I understand, I won’t talk about it next ti—anyway, I will bring my wife to eat tomorrow, don’t you tell
to co later; the last ti I was half an hour late, the daylilies were already cold!”
“Right, and you were just saying, how many people ordered before ? Must be a hundred, right? I knew it!”
anwhile, over at Little Picky Eater’s live stream, the quarreling has quieted down.
It takes a while before soone sends a barrage of ssages again:
[Busy and bustling, all a blur]
[Holy crap, it’s actually a special supply, I knew it]
[This boss dares to openly sell to the public, he must have huge pull]
[I didn’t believe it at first, but now… I was too narrow-minded]
[What special supply, my family is part of the system, that’s not how it works]
[Sa here, provincial level, you guys are just talking nonsense]
[I know, I know]
[I know, I know]
[Okay okay, Little Picky Eater cos from an ordinary family, let’s change the topic for safety]
[Seriously, there is no such thing as a special supply!]
[I know, I know—ah, what Little Picky Eater said is actually true! Reserving dishes for one o’clock at ten o’clock?!]
[Isn’t that ridiculous, he could take the ti to just reserve for every day coming up!]
[Right, Little Picky Eater, what’s the deal?]
Little Picky Eater watches the barrage of comnts as they go off-topic and then back on. Don’t ntion it, the taste of the dish is so unique, the lab report is even available with one click in the ordering system…
He’s convinced too!
Because he believes, he’s more convinced of Boss Chang’s huge influence—yes, indeed, such a large area in the city’s CBD, instead of building apartnt complexes or shopping malls, they built a restaurant!
Although this restaurant has continuously expanded to the size of a shopping mall, on such pri real estate, if the boss didn’t have strong backing, where would he get the land?
Boss Chang, whose ancestors founded the country and who simply had the good fortune to acquire a large plot of land: …
“Achoo!”
Anyway, Little Picky Eater’s expression beca solemn at this mont—he even wondered whether he hadn’t been nitpicking this ti.
Then he continued to explain: “Because this restaurant has a rule that the main hall is only open for reservations made on the day, and for small tables like ours with two or three people, they don’t accept reservations.”
“You can reserve their banquet hall, but I’ve inquired that ever since the restaurant was renovated, the banquet nu now includes rare dishes, with the lowest set starting at 4000, and you need status and wealth just to be eligible to reserve. So people have sensitive identities and probably can’t afford to be so conspicuous…”
Boss Chang, who was so busy that he seed to have wheels of wind and fire under his feet, had heavyweight custors in his shop every day, none of whom he could afford to slight, and was so short on food supply that he simply had no energy left to fuss over banquets: …
“Achoo, achoo!”
Anyway, Little Picky Eater didn’t understand and simply relayed what he had heard, and the live comnts believed it.
[That’s true, it’s like the eight rules for wedding banquets, I get it.]
[Who understands, man, even us ordinary clerks get checked when we get married.]
[I think it’s good, no need to invite guests, the banquet is simple and there’s no need for the hassle of wedding celebrations.]
[I think it’s really cool, we do it even simpler, just a al with our own family.]
[About that reservation thing the host ntioned, many popular hotels do this, not accepting reservations for small tables.]
[Yes, I work in a restaurant, small tables make less profit, and it’s a hassle if custors with reservations aren’t tily, or whether to cancel or not, it’s troubleso.]
[Right, right, right, small tables have a high turnover rate, reservations waste ti and affect subsequent ones.]
[No wonder that person ca so early to make a reservation.]
[Speaking of which, if he reserved for one o’clock and the dishes are served at eleven, doesn’t that an he could be in for the third round?]
[I just want to know, that Amaranth Red Soup Rice he just ordered, is it delicious?]
[Is it delicious? Is it delicious? Is it delicious?]
[Host, order that!]
Instantly forgetting all other topics, Little Picky Eater was agonizingly conflicted: “Previously, in order to stuff myself with three bowls of rice for a single dish, I always ordered sothing that goes well with rice.”
Like chili rings with fernted black beans stir-fried with bean rolls, like braised eggplant (with waterlon sauce), or spicy (the extrely hot Erjingtiao peppers) stir-fried eggs …
In any case, his weekly al cycle, even though he hadn’t developed hemorrhoids, was starting to be too much for his stomach, and now wherever he went, he’s drinking herbal tea and chrysanthemum tea.
Today, for the last extravagant al planning to order two dishes, he wanted sothing light, while also extravagantly revisiting scallion oil noodles … But if he eats that Amaranth Red Soup rice, wouldn’t that be one portion containing both veggie and rice?
No way!
He firmly refused: “That what, amaranth contains high levels of oxalic acid, eating too much of it isn’t good.”
Live Chat: …
[Just order it!]
[High in oxalic acid? Are you going to eat it every al?]
[You make a good point, but discussing toxicity without dosage is just being irresponsible.]
[Order! I’ve been wanting to eat that for lunch!]
[Order it, Little Picky Eater, we’ll all have a taste with you.]
[Little Picky Eater, think about it, the fact that soone made a special trip to reserve this, doesn’t it an that it’s because it’s delicious?]
Little Picky Eater: …
“Isn’t it just because it has both soup and veggie along with rice, all for 288, making it the cheapest ‘set al’ amongst the rare dishes?”
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