After coming out with Xia Xiaoling, it was already close to noon. Xia Xiaoling originally proposed to go home and cook something to eat, but since Lei Junfei was not willing to buy a BMW worth hundreds of thousands, he would not be willing to treat the beautiful woman to a meal.
Want to eat? Besides, Lei Junfei plans to go out with Xia Xiaoling in the afternoon to cultivate a relationship. After all, she finally has a holiday.【】
Randomly finding a small shop on the street that seemed to be doing quite well, Lei Junfei and Xia Xiaoling decided to just have lunch here.
The shop is indeed a small shop, very small and shabby, but since many diners will choose this shop, it proves that this shop does have a reason for its booming business. Lei Junfei firmly believes in this.
Although the sun is not at its most ferocious at twelve o'clock at noon, it is not far away from the most ferocious time. After entering the store, Lei Junfei was surprised to find that there was no air conditioning in the store.
Eating in such weather is indeed a very annoying thing. Just when Lei Junfei was about to switch to an air-conditioned restaurant to eat, he heard the cool sound of air-conditioning blowing out. Then he was surprised to find that there seemed to be something from the second floor.
Several diners walked downstairs.
From the satisfaction of the first fat man and the unwilling look on his face after walking down the first floor, Lei Junfei immediately judged that this fat man was definitely a diner coming to this restaurant, and there was definitely an air conditioner on the second floor, so
Only a fat man would have a satisfied expression on his face, but when he came down to the first floor, it turned into a reluctant expression, which made Lei Junfei believe in his own judgment. Just imagine, walking from an air-conditioned room to a hot and humid place
Outdoors, who doesn’t look unwilling?
"Hey, boss, why don't you have air conditioning here? It's hard to have an appetite in such a hot weather without air conditioning!" Although Lei Junfei knew that there was air conditioning on the second floor, he still went to the hotel owner specifically to tell him that
After all, it was his first time to come to this restaurant. Although he knew that there might be air conditioning on the second floor, he was not sure. What if the expression on the fat man's face on the second floor was just a wrong guess on his part?
The boss, who was greeting the waiter to serve the diners as soon as possible, first turned to look at Lei Junfei, and then asked the waiter on the side: "Is there any room on the second floor?"
Hearing the boss questioning the waiter, Lei Junfei thought to himself that the second floor was indeed air-conditioned, and in such a hot weather, the places without air conditioning on the first floor could already attract so many diners, so there must be more diners on the second floor.
!And the fat man has already checked out and left, so will there still be no seats on the second floor?
"A few customers have just left, so there should still be room." The waiter replied while ladling the stew in the earthen pot.
Then the hotel owner turned to Lei Junfei and said: "Brother, why don't you go to the second floor and have a look. There is air conditioning on the second floor, but I don't know if there are any seats."
Lei Junfei nodded to the hotel owner and walked upstairs from the small staircase with Xia Xiaoling.
There was an open door at the corner of the stairs. The door was separated by a translucent curtain. Through the curtain, you could vaguely see many people inside, and a faint fragrance wafted out from inside. Lei Junfei was immediately attracted by it.
Attracted to go inside.
The area and guest capacity on the second floor of the hotel are much larger than those on the first floor, but at this time, the second floor is also crowded with guests, and every table is full of diners. Finally, I found a restaurant from a corner on the second floor.
There was an empty table, and Lei Junfei immediately carefully pulled Xia Xiaoling towards it, fearing that someone else would take the seat.
It was not only Lei Junfei's first time to visit this restaurant, but Xia Xiaoling's first time as well, so she definitely didn't know that the second floor could accommodate diners. Naturally, she was also curious why Lei Junfei knew: "Junfei, you
How do you know that there will be space on the second floor of this hotel? Moreover, this hotel seems to be in the business of repeat customers. The second floor is not obvious. If you are not a regular customer, you will not know that there is a second floor."
Lei Junfei poured two cups of tea for him and Xia Xiaoling first, took a sip to quench their thirst, and then said: "Didn't you see how many people just walked down the second floor? You can tell from their looks that it should be
The expression on his face just after a meal, because the moment after a meal is also the laziest moment for a person, especially that fat man with a big head and big ears and a face full of reluctance!"
"Which fat man?" Xia Xiaoling asked.
"Oh, I'm afraid this position will be gone by the time you see it!"
"Humph!" Xia Xiaoling first sulked alone, and then said to Lei Junfei very playfully: "I don't see that your observation skills are quite strong. You might as well consider abandoning the dark side and joining the bright side to become a detective in our police station.
"
Lei Junfei first felt that Xia Xiaoling's words were making fun of him, but in the end he found that it was not only ridicule, but also obviously a run on him: "Hey, what does it mean to abandon the dark and turn to the bright? I am a good person, okay! Besides, what I am doing now
My career is quite promising, so I won’t bother you, Miss Xia, to worry about my work."
Just when Lei Junfei said this, the owner of the restaurant downstairs might have seen the two of them go up to the second floor for so long and still not come down. He guessed that he must have found a seat and came to the two of them at this time.
, asked: "What do you two want to eat? Although our store is small, the chef is definitely capable. Eighty percent of our customers here are repeat customers, and they all come for the chef!"
"Hey! So awesome?" Lei Junfei asked.
When it comes to cooking delicious food, Lei Junfei firmly believes that no one can compare with his mother. If he can make tofu taste like meat, can it be done with ordinary cooking skills?
The restaurant owner looked at the diners on the second floor and said to Lei Junfei: "Haha, maybe I have exaggerated a bit, but the chefs in our restaurant are really good. If you don't believe me, ask them all and they all know that they can come up to the second floor.
Most of them are repeat customers.”
"Okay, I won't order any more dishes. Just arrange for the chef to cook some of our specialty dishes."
"Okay, would you two have a drink?"
"I really want to drink, but I just bought a car today, and the beautiful woman next to me is a police officer. Do you think I still dare to drink and drive?" Lei Junfei said in a slide.
Hearing Lei Junfei's words, the restaurant owner had no choice but to walk downstairs in a reserved manner. As he walked, he was still thinking: I didn't see this person driving here, and such a beautiful girl was actually a policeman. What about that?
What is the profession of a man?
Hearing Lei Junfei playing tricks on the hotel owner, Xia Xiaoling immediately asked: "You didn't drive here, so why did you lie to him?"
Lei Junfei rolled his eyes at Xia Xiaoling and said, "It's not because of you! I think I'm a good man, but I don't bring any wine with me when I go out to dinner! I have no choice but to fool the boss like this."
Xia Xiaoling counterattacked: "I didn't forbid you to drink. Besides, I can't control you even if you want to drink!"
"Didn't you finally have a holiday today? Of course I want to accompany you well. Should I let you go home alone to read the documents again?"
Xia Xiaoling was of course very happy when she heard that Lei Junfei planned to take her out for fun in the afternoon, because every time she had a vacation, she would stay at home alone watching TV and reading documents. After all, she was Xia Baiwei's daughter.
She knew it, and the people in the conflict with Xia Baiwei also knew it, so who would dare to get too close to her?
"You mean if you don't go to work in the afternoon, aren't you afraid of being scolded by Zhang Zhonglong?" Xia Xiaoling asked.
"Just scold me, it's more important to accompany the beautiful woman! I think I am a man in my right temperament, so why don't I leave the beautiful woman and go to work?" Lei Junfei asked rhetorically.
Although Xia Xiaoling knew that Lei Junfei's call to her as a beauty was partly teasing and partly formal, she still inevitably blushed slightly and ignored Lei Junfei.
Another half hour passed, and the waiter brought out all the special dishes in the hotel, which were all very simple private dishes.
Pork belly with garlic sprouts, beef mixed with coriander, lotus root slices mixed with sugar, steamed fish with chives, stir-fried fungus, and a large pot of seaweed, egg drop and tofu soup that is said to be a secret recipe.
Lei Junfei looked at several of the hotel's special private dishes. At first he didn't think there was anything extraordinary about them, but the deliciousness can only be known after tasting them.
Lei Junfei first picked up a small piece of pork belly with garlic sprouts and put it into his mouth to taste, then said: "Pork belly with garlic sprouts. The pork belly is made from the finest pork belly. The garlic sprouts have been soaked for at least seven days. Mix it with other seasonings to complete this dish.
The salty and umami flavor is brought to the extreme, no wonder the boss dares to say that diners are repeat customers because of the chef!”
Xia Xiaoling looked at Lei Junfei's satisfied look and asked, "Is he really that amazing?"
Then she picked up a piece of pork belly and put it into her mouth. After swallowing the pork belly, she said in surprise: "It's so delicious! The chef here is really good!"
Lei Junfei picked up another piece of beef and put it in his mouth to taste it, and said: "The chefs here are really good, and all the ingredients they use are top-quality ingredients, and this beef with coriander not only removes the fishy smell of the beef with the coriander
, even the coriander has the richness of beef left on it!”
After Lei Junfei finished tasting the beef mixed with coriander, he went to mix the lotus root slices with sugar. At this time, Xia Xiaoling picked up the beef mixed with coriander and put it in her mouth to taste.
Although Xia Xiaoling does not have any high achievements in cooking, she can still taste what is delicious and the taste that the chef wants to express. This must be a woman's nature.
After Xia Xiaoling tasted the beef mixed with coriander, she found that what Lei Junfei said about the choice of fine ingredients and the perfect combination of coriander and beef was exactly the same. She immediately asked: "Junfei, what do you think about eating it?"
Do you know much about this?"
"It's not that I know too much about it. The main reason is that my mother's cooking skills are very good. She also taught me how to cook before, but I never learned it. But I want to taste what ingredients the chef uses to make the dishes.
Disaster!"
"I didn't expect you to be quite powerful!"
"Of course."
After Lei Junfei tasted all the dishes, he said with emotion: "These dishes are indeed delicious, but they lack a little more care and experience than my mother. If the chef can have my mother's care and experience,
My cooking skills must not be inferior to those of my mother!"
Xia Xiaoling, who was still tasting the lotus root slices mixed with sugar, heard Lei Junfei's sigh and asked in surprise: "Do the dishes your mother makes taste better than these?"
"Of course, the best thing about my mother is that she can make tofu taste like meat!" []