Baozi Xishi's Struggle

Chapter 191 Business is so hot that the store closes early

Shen Yu then remembered that although he had set the price and told Jiang and the others, he had forgotten to put the written menu sign in front of the long table.

Shen Yu immediately stopped what he was doing and introduced the meat skewers: "Meat skewers are 10 cents each, and each skewers has three skewers, including pork belly skewers, fish skewers, crispy bone skewers, and chicken skewers."

"We're opening today, and every customer will get a free skewer of meat, buy one and get one free."

The middle-aged guest was delighted and said, "I came at the right time. I got up early today and came to the market to buy things. I didn't even have time to eat breakfast."

"I'm hungry now, and I wanted to buy a cake to fill my stomach. In that case, give me two servings of meat skewers, a little of each color. The pork belly skewers look the most juicy and delicious, give me a few more."

Then he walked over to the steamer containing the vegetarian dishes and looked at the dishes. He said, "This garlic sprout looks good. Give me one portion, one portion of ginger and spicy radish, and two pancakes."

Jiang took a wooden tray, put two large pancakes on it, took out a small dish of stir-fried garlic shoots from the steamer, and put a small dish of spicy radish with ginger on the long table.

Shen Yu took six fried pork belly skewers and three chicken skewers, placed them on a flat plate, sprinkled some condiments on them, and then held the skewers in both hands and dipped them evenly.

I took a flat plate, put the skewers on it, and placed them on the wooden tray.

Jiang then brought a tray full of food and placed it on the table in front of the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged customer couldn't wait to pick up a skewer of pork belly, not caring that the skewers were still hot, and finished the whole skewer in just a few bites.

The pork belly skewers are fat and lean. When you bite into them, they are crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, with a fresh and fragrant taste.

Because it is pre-marinated, the fried meat skewers are not greasy at all. In addition, the meat skewers are dipped in fried condiments, which makes them full of meat fragrance, tender and juicy.

After the middle-aged guest finished eating one skewer, he didn't want to waste any energy on praising the food. He then started eating with one skewer in each hand and a look of ecstasy on his face.

Shen Yu smiled, pulled Jiang away from the table, and no longer disturbed the guests from enjoying their food.

After a while, the middle-aged guest stood up with satisfaction, took out a large handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped his hands.

Then he said, "Do you have any more pork belly skewers? Leave five for me. I'll come back to get them after I finish shopping. I want to take them back to eat."

Jiang agreed, and the middle-aged guest said, "The chicken skewers are also delicious, but you have to spit out the bones, which is a bit troublesome. It's not as good as the pork belly skewers, which is more enjoyable to eat."

After counting the bill, two pancakes cost five cents, a vegetarian dish cost five cents, and two meat skewers cost twenty cents, a total of thirty cents.

The middle-aged guest paid the money readily and said, "It's really good, affordable and delicious. If I had a meal like this at a nearby restaurant, I'm afraid it would cost me fifty or sixty cents."

When he reached the door, he stopped and reminded her, "Remember to save the five skewers for me. Don't sell them all."

After the guests left, Li said as she fried the skewers, "It looks like these pork belly skewers are going to be a big hit. Hurry up and make more."

Shen Yu said worriedly, "The chicken and duck shop I'm going to now sells live chickens and ducks, and they only pluck the feathers and cut them into pieces. It would be better if they could debone the chicken like in a butcher shop."

"I don't know where the chicken skewers on the street are bought from. They have much fewer bones than mine."

Jiang went to the backyard to get the price tag. When she heard what Shen Yu said, she smiled and said, "Don't worry. When you're not busy in the afternoon, go to the shops on East Street and ask a few shop owners. Maybe you can find it."

The prices at Fengnian Restaurant are: 5 cents for vegetarian dishes, 10 cents for meat dishes, 5 cents for two pancakes, 5 cents for a bowl of rice, 10 cents for three skewers of meat skewers, and pickles are given for free.

Looking at the appetite of the customer just now, I estimated that he could have a full meal with only twenty or thirty cents.

The main feature of the restaurant is its high quality and low price. If you want to eat something better, you can also just stir-fry it right away. You can choose how much or how little you want.

After Shen Yu put up the price tag, he started to cook the prepared meat dishes.

The ingredients were all pre-cut and Shen Yu stir-fried them in one go with skillful movements.

With the constant "sizzling" sound of the ingredients being put into the pot, Beijing-style shredded pork, sweet and sour pork tenderloin, stir-fried diced chicken, twice-cooked pork, stir-fried river shrimp, scrambled eggs with leeks, and scrambled eggs with green onions were all fried and served one by one.

The various fried skewers from Li's place were also coming out of the pot one after another, and were placed on the colander, smelling fragrant and greasy.

After Shen Yu finished this, he thought that the guests had never seen the dishes before, so he took a break from his busy schedule and took the rough paper cut by Yu Cheng, cut it into small rectangles, and wrote the names of the dishes on them to make it easier for the guests to order.

After the first guest left, several more guests came in one after another.

This time, because the store had price tags and dish names, customers were able to order smoothly, with most of them coming for the fried meat and deep-fried skewers, attracted by the aroma.

The guests were not very interested in the vegetarian dishes, and those who liked them only ordered a small plate. However, they were very interested in the meat dishes that were fried with freshness and fragrance.

Some customers felt unsatisfied after finishing one dish and shouted, "Another serving of twice-cooked pork."

Some people even ordered the pork skewers to take away. After eating the pork belly skewers, the customers all said, “I didn’t expect the fried pork skewers to be so delicious.”

The pork belly skewers were sold out first, and the twice-cooked pork was also gone quickly.

It was not yet past lunchtime, and apart from the abundantly prepared pickles that had not been served, there were only a few dishes of vegetarian dishes left on the long table in front of the kitchen of Fengnian Restaurant.

After Shen Yu finished cooking the dishes, he no longer cared about the sales in the store.

She and Zhou Dalang went to the big kitchen in the backyard to steam buns for lunch.

After returning from delivering the buns with Zhou Dalang and Yutao, he looked in through the small door leading to the backyard of the shop and found that there was no customer in the shop.

Shen Yu was shocked at first, thinking that the dishes he prepared were unpopular and no one wanted to eat them.

She walked over nervously and was about to ask Li and Jiang who were sitting next to her, but she found that the large plates containing the meat skewers were all empty.

Looking to the side, the large square plate containing several meat dishes such as twice-cooked pork and sweet and sour pork tenderloin was also empty.

Both Jiang and Li looked a little tired.

Seeing Shen Yu looking at her with an inquiring look, Jiang smiled tiredly: "All are sold out. The few customers who came later said that they came here because of its reputation."

"I heard from others that this restaurant has delicious pork belly skewers and twice-cooked pork, so I came here specially. I didn't expect that there were only vegetarian dishes. I didn't want to eat them, so I said I would come again tomorrow and asked them to prepare more."

Li pounded her leg and said, "I didn't expect there would be so many customers. They are all strangers, not the familiar shopkeepers and clerks in the market and shops."

"From what I heard from their conversation during the meal, they all came here to do some shopping. One of them even came from Ji'an Prefecture."

"He kept praising our twice-cooked pork, saying he didn't expect the dishes made in such a small restaurant to be as good as the most famous Linjianglou in Ji'an Prefecture."