California's economy and agriculture were very developed at this time, and its population was also large.
Especially in the city where Hua Zhao is now, there are good universities and the economy is more prosperous.
The commercial street outside the school is not the economic center of the city, but it is not small in scale, with all kinds of supermarkets, shopping malls, and restaurants.
Hua Zhao even saw two Chinese restaurants.
There were many early immigrants from abroad at this time, and the earliest ones can be traced back to the last century.
Ye Shu was so excited when he saw familiar Chinese characters, even if they were in traditional Chinese.
"There is actually a Chinese-owned restaurant here?" She expressed surprise.
"Let's go try it?" She regretted a little after saying that. They didn't have much money...
"Let's go and have a taste." Hua Zhao pulled her in.
The restaurant is not big, with only 10 small square tables. Now it is dinner time, and they are all full.
The bosses are a middle-aged couple, and the waiter is also a yellow-skinned boy. I don't know if he is a relative or an employee.
Hua Zhao simply scanned it and went to see the dishes.
Fried rice mixed with salad dressing and ketchup, fried noodles, chicken nuggets thickened with soup, and a few other nondescript things that she couldn't even describe.
Ye Shu's mouth trembled as she looked at it, and when she smelled the faint sour and creamy smell in the air, she couldn't walk and wanted to turn around.
Hua Zhao had learned the lesson a long time ago. He smiled and asked the boss about the signature dishes and ordered two.
Ye Shu forced himself to finish eating.
"Is it delicious?" Hua Zhao asked after leaving the restaurant.
"It's not delicious." Ye Shu grinned.
For people who are used to eating authentic Chinese food and Hua Zhao's craftsmanship, if you let her eat this again, it will be great if she doesn't vomit.
"But it's actually not unpalatable, it's just that you're not used to it." Hua Zhao commented impartially.
Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many people in the store. Of course, almost all of them are foreigners. There are probably not many serious Chinese people who like to eat.
The two went to another restaurant, this one selling stir-fried vegetables.
When the food was served, it looked the same, but it tasted different and had a bit of a nondescript taste.
Moreover, this store has few customers, and only half of the 10 tables are occupied.
Ye Shu suddenly lost confidence: "If we want to open a store, should we open this kind of store? I can't do it! Can you?"
"No." Hua Zhao shook his head honestly.
She knows how to get a lot of things, but she really doesn't know how to do this.
"What should we do? Cook authentic Chinese food? Is that okay?" Ye Shu asked.
She couldn't help but chat with the boss just now. Knowing that he had just been in California for 10 years, she asked him why he made it this way.
She didn't believe that the boss, who was in his 40s, had never eaten serious Chinese food.
As a result, the boss told her that he was helpless. At first, he wanted to open an authentic Chinese restaurant, but the locals didn't approve of it. Only when he added sugar and ketchup to the food did the business improve.
Hearing this, Ye Shu began to doubt his life.
"Just try it. If others can't do it, it doesn't mean we can't do it," Hua Zhao said.
Hua Zhao firmly believes that real food knows no boundaries and will be recognized by everyone.
And she is best at cooking delicious food!
"Okay." Looking at Hua Zhao's confident look, and then thinking about her craftsmanship, Ye Shu also became confident.
The two walked around the main street and saw a grocery store being sold.
The location is not very good. It is at the end of the street. The shop is not very big, just tens of square meters. If you open a restaurant, you can put 5 tables in the room without the kitchen.
Ye Shu was a little confused.
Just 5 tables is too much of a waste of money!
Hua Zhao, however, settled on the rent with the boss, who was in his 50s, in just a few words.
Ye Shu couldn't understand English, but she saw that just after she had finished shopping around, Hua Zhao wrote a contract that she couldn't understand, and then paid the boss.
Ye Shu stayed on the spot, stunned.
"what's the situation?"
Ye Shu didn't even react until the boss happily moved things into the car.
"He has been running a grocery store here for 30 years, but not long ago a large supermarket opened next to it, and his business became difficult, so he planned to go on a trip to relax." Hua Zhao said: "And this house belongs to him
He can handle the private property."
"I'm not asking you this! I'm saying, why do we want to rent here? Is this place suitable for opening a restaurant if it is so small?" Ye Shu said speechlessly.