0p0 Chapter 198 Business is booming
Chapter 198 Business is booming
The unique sweet and sour taste of tomatoes brought Zhou Kang a brand new taste experience. His mouth was still chewing, but his chopsticks had already reached towards the soup pot again. This time his target was the other half of the spicy soup base with red oil floating on it.
Zhang Yang, who was in a bad mood due to the failed exchange, had already forgotten the previous unhappiness. His mind and eyes were now filled with the bubbling soup pot in front of him.
After hearing the waiter say that there were different soup pots to choose from, he directly chose the four-square one that could accommodate the most flavors.
He did not listen to the waiter's advice, and the first bite he took was the meat slices cooked in the spicy hot pot. The spiciness made his face turn red and his eyes bleed. He drank two cups of sour plum soup before he felt the spiciness in his mouth gradually disappear.
Zhang Yang was grateful in his heart that the waiter had not lied to him. This spicy hotpot was indeed not something he could handle as he was having hotpot for the first time.
Thinking this in his mind, his chopsticks still unconsciously stayed above the bottom of the spicy hot pot. After hesitating, he still put the chopsticks into the three-fresh hot pot on the side and picked out a piece of cooked flower sausage from it.
He had never eaten Flowering Sausage before, and didn't understand why a cylindrical flowering sausage was called that. But after seeing it tossed in the soup pot several times and the part cut by the knife opening like petals, he suddenly understood the meaning of the name. The name of Flowering Sausage was indeed worthy of its name.
In addition to the flower sausage, there were also various meatballs and various soy products rolling in the pot. Zhang Yang watched them grow bigger and float up little by little. The waiter said that the meatballs can be eaten when they float up.
There were so many things cooking in his pot, and there were seven or eight plates of ingredients on the table that had not yet been put into the pot.
If you only eat spicy hotpot, not only will you eat slowly, but your tongue will also easily become numbed by the spiciness, and you won't be able to taste the other ingredients.
Moreover, in order to relieve the spiciness, he had to drink a lot of drinks, and his stomach would soon be filled with drinks. By then, even if he wanted to finish the food on the table, he would be unable to do so. He could not waste food.
As Zhang Yang was thinking this, his chopsticks had already brought the fried sausage dipped in oil to his mouth. He opened his mouth and bit off half of the sausage in one bite.
After chewing it twice and feeling the flavor of the sausage, Zhang Yang's eyes widened instantly.
This is so delicious! The taste of the flower sausage made him more determined than ever before. He began to concentrate on cooking the hot pot ingredients in the other three hot pot grids.
As the hot pot soup bases on the tables in the lobby began to boil, the aroma of hot pot of different flavors spread. The guests waiting in the waiting area were the first group to be affected by the aroma besides the diners and waiters. They all stopped talking and started looking for the source of the aroma.
When the guests realized that the aroma came from the hot pot that the diners were eating, the guests who had been waiting impatiently and were about to get up and leave sat back in their previous seats, clenched their number plates in their hands, and began to regret not coming in earlier, otherwise they would be one of the envied people now. Some people began to look forward to it, wishing they could rush into the hall immediately to feast on the food.
At this time, the diners in the lobby had different reactions. Some, like Zhou Kang and Zhang Yang, followed the waiter's instructions and cooked the hot pot themselves. Others felt that Yipintang's charges were not cheap, but they had to cook it themselves, which was not cost-effective, and wanted the waiter to cook for them.
Currently, all the trainees working as shop assistants at Yippin Guo have undergone special training by Qian Laiye. During the training, they learned how to deal with various emergencies and went through many drills.
This kind of reaction from the customers was within their expectations, so when the customers made this request, none of the waiters were at a loss. Instead, they approached the customers in a friendly manner, put the hot pot ingredients in, and carefully explained how to eat the different ingredients.
The shop assistants are friendly and attentive, which is very helpful to the customers. There is basically no deliberate harassment and two assistants even received extra tips from customers.
There are also some people who cannot accept the price of hot pot, but they feel embarrassed not to consume it, so they order some ready-made dishes on the menu to go with the rice.
The two chefs in the kitchen have improved their cooking skills after Lin Xiangxiang's guidance. Making stir-fried dishes is a piece of cake for them. Under the premise that the ingredients are prepared in advance, the guests who ordered stir-fried dishes can eat their dishes faster than those who eat hot pot.
The stir-fried dishes are served quickly, but the taste is not affected at all. While eating the steaming hot dishes, diners compare Yipin Guo's dishes with similar dishes they have eaten in other restaurants. They actually think that the dishes here are even more delicious than those in authentic stir-fried restaurants. It's really weird.
Even as they were thinking this, they ate their food quite quickly. This group of guests were also the first to finish their meal.
After they go to the cashier to pay and leave, the guy in charge of cleaning will take the tools to clean up the table where they have eaten. After cleaning up, the guy in charge of serving tea and water to the guests in the waiting area will arrange for the guests in the waiting area to sit down and eat.
Each waiter has his own division of labor, and with their mutual cooperation, the dining order at Yipin Guo is well maintained.
Compared to the hustle and bustle downstairs, the private room upstairs is much quieter.
People who can afford to spend more money to dine in a private room are either rich or powerful. Such people are usually more concerned about their reputation. Even if they have many questions about the cooking method of hot pot, they will choose to keep silent for the sake of their own image.
At this time, most of the diners eating on the second floor asked the waiter to leave the box after the waiter served them the dishes and explained to them various precautions about eating hot pot. They closed the door and figured out how to eat hot pot by themselves.
When leaving the private room, the shop assistant will turn over the sign at the door. One side of the sign is blue and the other side is yellow. Blue means there are no guests in the room, and yellow means there are guests in the room.
The shop assistant doesn't need to listen for noise at the door, he can know the situation of the private room by just looking at the color of the sign at the door.
Looking down the corridor on the second floor at this moment, one can see that the doors of the private rooms on both sides are all hung with yellow signs, which shows how booming Yipin Guo's business is at this moment.
When customers started to enter Yipin Guo, Qian Lai deliberately went around to Chen Shundong and his friends and invited Chen Shundong and his business friends to come into the restaurant for dinner.
Chen Shundong originally brought his friends here to show support for Qian Laiye, so he naturally agreed immediately. His friends agreed to come because they also wanted to make friends with Qian Laiye, so they naturally would not offend the two of them at this time.