Baozi Xishi's Struggle

Chapter 194 From now on, if I invite you, I will come to your restaurant

After a round, Shen Yu was so thirsty that his mouth was dry. The result was that the pork belly skewers were more attractive than the juicy meat buns.

All the stores said that the food delivery service would be temporarily suspended. They wanted to eat in the store because it was cold and they wanted to eat meat.

Just like that, on the second day after Shen Yu’s Fengnian Restaurant opened, Shen Yu’s lunch delivery business came to an end in an unexpected way.

When Shen Yu returned to the store, it was already the usual time for delivering meals. Zhou Dalang was standing at the door of the store, looking around anxiously.

Seeing Shen Yu coming over, Zhou Dalang hurried over and said, "Miss Shen, the buns have been steamed and put on the cart. There are still many stores that need to deliver food, let's go and deliver them now."

Shen Yu waved his hand and said, "Take down the steamer and porridge pot. There's no need to deliver the food."

Li had been frying meat skewers in the small kitchen. She was surprised to see Shen Yu and Zhou Dalang putting the steamer on the long table in front of the shop's small kitchen. She put down the colander in her hand, walked over quickly and asked what was going on.

Shen Yu was afraid that she would be anxious, so he simply whispered that there was no need to deliver the food.

After hearing this, Li heaved a sigh of relief and went back to the kitchen to continue frying the meat skewers.

Because there were customers eating in the store, the few people stopped talking and continued with what they were doing.

Shen Yu was afraid that the buns would not taste good if they got cold, so he and Zhou Dalang moved a few small stoves over, put some burning coal in with tongs, put the iron pot in place, and put the steamer on top.

In this way, the buns in the steamer are always hot.

Just as I finished all this, I saw some familiar shop owners coming over to eat, most of them ordered pork belly skewers and pizza.

The porridge and soup that were originally ordered were also placed in the store in the same way.

Shen Yu took the price tag used when setting up the steamed bun stall and hung it in front of the long table. If anyone wanted to buy steamed buns, porridge or soup, they could just look at the price tag and order directly.

One of the shopkeepers was not in a hurry to leave after finishing his meal, but chatted with Shen Yu with a satisfied look on his face: "Miss Shen, you have such a good cooking skill, you should tell us about it when you deliver the food these days."

"We will have a treat in the future. We can eat in your shop. The price is not expensive and the taste is good."

"Order one or two dishes, a serving of meat skewers, a bowl of red bean porridge, and two pancakes. Not only is it a comfortable meal, but you can also have hot meals and dishes anytime without having to wait."

"Except for the big restaurants in the west of the county, no other restaurant around here can do what yours does." From now on, people will take turns coming to my store for lunch, so you won't have to deliver anymore."

Another shopkeeper said, "I heard that you can also make small stir-fried dishes. If I have guests to entertain, I can come to your place to treat them to a meal and order dishes?"

Shen Yu nodded with a smile: "As long as there are ingredients, you can order some stir-fry or soup, but it will be slow, so either come over early or you'll have to wait."

The shopkeeper clapped his hands excitedly, "That's great. We often have merchants from other places coming to deliver goods. They come from far away and we have a good relationship on weekdays. Our boss always lets me keep them for dinner before they leave."

"But if you want to eat something good, you have to walk a few blocks to the restaurants over there, which is not only time-consuming, but also extremely expensive."

"Sometimes I work too late, and the guests find it troublesome and leave after completing the transaction. Then the host complains that I don't keep them."

"If I want to treat guests in the future, I will ask the waiter to come and order the dishes half an hour in advance. I will invite the guests to eat half an hour later. Can Miss Shen prepare it for me?"

Shen Yu thought about it and asked, "I wonder what standards the shopkeeper has for entertaining guests. If it's mainly mutton, I'm afraid it won't work for me."

The shopkeeper waved his hands repeatedly: "Don't charge so much. The twice-cooked pork I ordered today is very good. A banquet with four meat dishes and a few meat skewers is very good. About a hundred coins. If it's more, our boss will complain about spending too much money."

Shen Yu and the shopkeeper who had been listening nearby both laughed.

After the shopkeeper finished speaking, he also laughed and complained, "There's nothing we can do. Our boss is just such a person. He wants to look respectable, but he doesn't want to spend money."

"Forget it, I won't say any more. I'm still busy in my shop. Miss Shen, I'll rely on your restaurant to treat me to dinner from now on."

After saying this, the shopkeeper bowed and left.

The shopkeeper who had been listening nearby did not leave in a hurry. He asked with great interest: "Miss Shen, did you make all these dishes by yourself?"

Shen Yu didn't know what he meant by asking this question. He just looked at him with a smile on his face and was not in a hurry to answer.

The shopkeeper said, "I don't mean anything else. I just think it's a pity that Miss Shen, with such good cooking skills, only has a small snack shop like this."

"I heard that there are chefs who specialize in cooking for wealthy families. For example, if a wealthy family wants to host a banquet at home and the chef at home is not skilled enough, they will have to invite a chef from outside to cook for the banquet."

"The chef who is invited to cook can bring his own kitchen utensils and cook a meal at a rich family's house, and he can get a reward of 10 to 20 taels of silver."

Shen Yu's heart was moved when he heard this.

But after weighing his own hobby-based cooking skills, he quickly put away that little thought and humbly waved his hand, saying, "Boss, you are too kind. I don't have that ability. I'd rather just open a small snack shop and earn some hard-earned money."

The shopkeeper said disapprovingly: "I've been to the big restaurants in the county and they were just so-so. Let's not talk about anything else. As for your pork belly skewers, I dare say it's the only one of its kind in the whole county."

As he said this, he gave a thumbs up in appreciation.

Shen Yu saw that the dishes he cooked were praised. Although he appeared calm on the surface, he was very happy in his heart.

The shopkeeper finished praising and said, "I won't say anything more. My shop assistants are waiting for me to go back. They are coming to try the new food."

After saying this, the shopkeeper walked away contentedly with his square steps.

Throughout the whole afternoon, the shop owners and waiters from the shops where the food orders were originally placed came to visit Fengnian Restaurant one after another like a revolving lantern.

Some people ate the meat skewers rolls and said they were very satisfied, while others still wanted to eat meat buns and drink porridge, but they also ordered a portion of stir-fried garlic moss to go with the rice.

Some people who like to eat chicken skewers and duck skewers said after eating them that they are completely different from the meat skewers sold on the street. The meat skewers in Fengnian Food Store are delicious, crispy on the outside, tender on the inside, and chewy and tasty.

It was noisy and busy until three quarters past noon, when the number of customers finally decreased. The next people who came in were those who came to the market to do business, and came in looking for food because they were hungry.

Shen Yu and the others took turns to eat lunch. They were busy serving dishes and porridge to the customers, and bringing out buns, pancakes, and rice. They were very busy in the store.

Fortunately, Shen Yucai found the porcelain cheap when he bought it, so he bought a lot at one time, otherwise, there would not be enough bowls and plates.