NOVEL NEXT Chapter 158 Food Party
After lunch, Zhang Xiucai announced the two dishes he had counted to everyone.
"Our store's current sales champion is shredded bamboo shoots and pickled cabbage pancakes, and the top sales value is hot dry noodles."
Hot dry noodles and snail noodles have always been the shop's signature dishes, and Mao Xi was not surprised.
But what worries her is that these two dishes are cooked and eaten fresh.
On the day of the food party, everyone brought the prepared food to Judinglou. Obviously hot dry noodles were not suitable.
Mao Xi asked for everyone's opinions: "I plan to replace the hot dry noodles with something else. This dish needs to be cooked on site to be delicious. If we had brought hot dry noodles to Judinglou that day, I'm afraid that when everyone came to see the noodles, the noodles would be different. It’s all lumpy.”
Everyone looked at each other and felt that what Shu Xi said was reasonable.
Lou Lan'er was the first to speak: "How about using beggar's chicken instead? This doesn't need to be cooked fresh."
Luda also suggested: "Spicy diced chicken can also be used, and fried chicken is also crispy."
"So let's vote first on the two dishes of beggar's chicken and spicy chicken?"
Zhang Xiucai gave everyone a piece of paper, which said beggar's chicken and spicy chicken: "Everyone, please check the dishes. The left is beggar's chicken and the right is spicy chicken."
Through voting, spicy chicken won in the end.
Mao Xi chose spicy chicken. She hopes to let everyone know about Liuxiang snacks through spicy snacks.
"Shredded bamboo shoots and pickled cabbage pancakes, spicy chicken, and then there's still one snack left." Mao Xi looked at Zhang Xiucai.
Zhang Xiucai flipped through the account book and said: "The most sold fruit is vegetarian cake, followed by egg yolk cake, and I recommend egg yolk cake."
Everyone agreed to choose the egg yolk puff pastry.
On the day of the food exchange meeting, Liuxiang Snacks was closed during the day, so everyone went to Judinglou with these three dishes.
Facts have proved that Wei Xi's decision was correct.
Most of the food brought by other restaurants and food shops is portable and ready to eat.
On the contrary, at Judinglou, two of the three dishes served are freshly made hot dishes, which makes people feel that it is unfair due to the convenience of the venue.
The food exchange meeting was hosted by Zhou Zhixian. He took the president of the Chamber of Commerce to stop and taste the food at each restaurant and food shop.
When it comes to Liuxiang Snacks, Mao Xi’s egg yolk cakes are already well-known in the county and town, but President Zhou of the Chamber of Commerce still took one to taste.
He had only heard from his daughter and wife that the egg yolk cake was delicious, but he had never tasted it himself.
I tried it today. The salty aroma of the egg yolk and the sweetness of the red bean paste were intertwined on the tip of my tongue, which was very memorable.
The crispiness of the puff pastry and the softness of the mochi add a two-level experience to the taste of the egg yolk puff pastry.
President Zhou nodded frequently after eating.
The county magistrate Zhou Rusheng took a piece of shredded bamboo shoots and pickled cabbage cake and ate it.
When Zhou Zhixian was young, he also took the scientific examination from a poor scholar to become a county magistrate.
Although this dish is not a delicacy, the sauerkraut and bamboo shoots in the shredded bamboo shoots and pickled cabbage cake taste very good, reminding Zhou Zhixian of the difficult years of his youth studying.
"This cake is delicious!" Zhou Zhixian praised it for the first time today after eating a lot of delicacies.
The shopkeepers of other shops regretted that they had brought the wrong dish when they saw that Zhou Zhixian had a special liking for pickled cabbage pancakes.
Some of the dishes they brought were too expensive. No wonder Zhou Zhixian didn't even want to take a bite.
When it came time to announce the dish awards, County Magistrate Zhou and Chairman Zhou of the Chamber of Commerce submitted many dish names.
It seems that any dish that has been eaten can be selected.
Liuxiang Snacks' shredded bamboo shoots pickled cabbage cake and egg yolk crisps won the titles of "Special Snacks" and "Delicious Desserts" respectively.
The lion's head at Qingxiang Restaurant was awarded the title of "Famous Lingnan Dishes", and the roast duck and sweet-scented osmanthus cake at Juding Restaurant were awarded the titles of "signature snack" and "delicious dim sum".
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The main thing is that everyone who comes to participate has a share.
President Zhou of the Chamber of Commerce also specifically stated that a plaque with the title will be produced and presented to the shopkeeper at that time.
In this way, there will be a gourmet sign in the shop in the future.
This is nothing unusual in the county and town, but if tourists from out of town come and see these plaques, they should order some to eat.
After the selection, Juding Tower was opened to the public, and everyone poured into the restaurant and hung out in front of different food stalls.
Fortunately, Liuxiang Snacks brought a lot of pancakes and egg yolk cakes, as well as a bucket of spicy chicken that had been fried in advance.
Mr. Sun and Miss Zhou found Liuxiang Snacks among many merchants.
They explained their purpose to Shu Xi: "Master Ah Shu, would you like to come to a restaurant in Kaitang County and work as a chef for me?"
Miss Zhou had previously sent an invitation to Mao Xi, asking her to open a coffee and fruit cake shop in Kaitang County.
Mao Xi remembered that she declined at that time, but now Miss Zhou is planning to open a restaurant again?
She still declined politely and said: "Thank you Miss Zhou and Mr. Sun for your appreciation. The current snack shop is enough for me to keep busy."
Miss Zhou still didn't give up: "Would you consider it again, or open a joint restaurant with me in Kaitang County?"
"I'll think about it again." Shu Xi did not refuse directly.
Instead, she was curious as to why Ms. Zhou and his wife were obsessed with opening a restaurant.
A familiar figure appeared in the crowd, Mr. Ma Polo.
He came to the Liuxiang snack stall and chatted with Mao Xi.
"Shopkeeper Ah Shu, we haven't seen each other for two months. How is the business of the shop?"
"Mr. Ma Boluo, didn't you go to Mr. Nalan's coffee shop in Beidou?"
Ma Boluo bought a piece of spicy chicken from the stall and chewed it carefully: "I only worked for a month and then left. I traveled around Beidu and still miss Lihua Town. I'm coming back now."
After staying in front of the Liuxiang snack stall for a while, Ma Boluo went to other restaurants to buy food.
Some people who had never been to Juding Tower came here for the first time. In addition to looking for delicious food at various food stalls, they also walked around the restaurant.
Some diners with deep pockets ate at Judinglou.
The food exchange meeting held by Shopkeeper Gao this time can be regarded as a wave of advertising for his restaurant. Even this money must have been spent a lot, and it is indeed very powerful.
By noon, the food at Maoxi's stall was almost sold out, and he was ready to retreat.
The shopkeepers of other stalls also began to close their stalls.
But shopkeeper Gao invited the shopkeeper of the restaurant to a private seat on the second floor of the restaurant.
"Every shopkeeper, you have worked hard today. If you don't mind, just sit in our shop, drink tea and eat some fruits. Later, there will be piano music and dancers to entertain everyone."
The center of the lobby on the first floor was restored into a small stage, and a group of musicians came on stage to play music.
Four dancers grabbed red silk from the four corners of the second floor and flew to the center of the stage to perform a court dance.
There was a free performance to watch, and people gathered around to watch, and the first floor was suddenly packed.
Shopkeeper Gao entered the tea room. A woman covered her face and said in a clear voice: "Shopkeeper Gao, are everything ready?"
"After the dancers perform two more songs, today's food exchange meeting will be over. We haven't seen Prince Mu yet."