Bai Xiaoou glanced at Jennifer from time to time, and saw her walking towards Chen Mo laughing and chatting with several girls, and grabbed Chen Mo's neck...
"Hey, we are all quite old now. For example, Luo Chen has given birth to a second child. The eldest should be in elementary school, right?"
"It seems that I won't be able to enter elementary school until September. Why are you suddenly feeling sentimental? Are you planning to get married to Jennifer?"
"Not so fast." Bai Xiaoou chuckled and winked: "Look at the girl on Jennifer's right, the pure-looking one. She is single and has no boyfriend. Why don't you consider pursuing her?"
"I still like girls with Chinese faces..." Chen Mo looked over. The girl Bai Xiaoou mentioned was eye-catching. She had long hair and a delicate face. Compared with most European and American women, she was petite and tall.
Not short at all...
Bai Xiaoou pursed his lips and smiled: "Her name is Hill, sky blue, which means blue sky... used in the name, it means 'sunny day'. Her personality is the same as her name, she has a cheerful personality, which is a good match for you, a dull gourd.
"
"You are indeed beautiful." Men are all visual animals, especially when faced with a good-looking girl, it is difficult to say that they are not attracted by it and have no ideas.
"Introducing you." Bai Xiaoou put his arm on Chen Mo's shoulder, and the two of them walked over: "What are we talking about? We are so happy."
Jennifer and her friends all knew Bai Xiaoou and looked at Chen Mo curiously...
"Let's talk about some women's topics." Jennifer held Bai Xiaoou's hand: "This is Chen Mo, Xiaobai's friend."
"Hello."
"Hello."
Jennifer introduced her friends one by one: "Jenny, Demi, Hill, we are good friends who grew up together."
"Hey, Hill, didn't you say you wanted to find a traditional Chinese boyfriend before? Chen Mo is a standard traditional Chinese good man...think about it?" Bai Xiaoou said with a grin.
Hill stared and said with a smile: "I have to observe carefully."
Hill looked at Chen Mo with a pair of rare amber eyes, which made Chen Mo feel uncomfortable: "He is joking, don't take it seriously."
"I did say before that I want to find a Chinese boyfriend...but he can't be like your good friend Zhang Kun." Hill is almost 170cm tall, which is considered tall among European and American women. However, his frame is small, so that his whole body
She looks a bit petite...at first glance, I thought she had a girl-next-door personality.
Seeing that Chen Mo was silent, Hill pursed his lips and smiled: "Are you being shy?"
Chen Mo's forehead was covered with black lines.
Jennifer and the others laughed...
"Don't tease Chen Mo, he is a very traditional Chinese man." Jennifer said, "He has just lived in the United States not long ago."
Bai Xiaoou looked at the time: "I'll treat you all to dinner tonight and try our restaurant's signature dishes. Don't leave in a hurry."
"Of course we have to stay if someone invites us to dinner."
“What’s the signature dish?”
"Ginseng chicken soup." Bai Xiaoou made an invitation and the group walked towards the parking lot.
Bai Xiaoou called the kitchen in advance and asked them to prepare a pot of ginseng chicken soup and ordered some other dishes...
It was almost evening when we arrived at the restaurant.
There are many guests in the restaurant, and the hall of more than 100 square meters is almost full.
The restaurant is divided into halls and private rooms. Chen Mo observed it and found that the food ordered were all ordinary Chinese food, most of which were American-style. Broccoli and beef risotto, beef and broccoli noodles? It was neither good nor western... It can be seen that the diners were all confused.
The expression on the face enjoying the delicious food, what the hell.
Chen Mo smiled and looked at each other with Bai Xiaoou... and the group entered the box.
"The business of the restaurant is pretty good. During the holidays, you have to queue up to eat in the restaurant. However, the sales of the restaurant's signature dishes are not very good..." Bai Xiaoou took the teapot handed by the waiter and poured tea for everyone, and then said: "
Ginseng culture is popular in Asia. Here in the United States, not many people accept ginseng... You must have complained before about why I hold free tasting events every three days, mainly to revitalize the market."
"Eating ginseng regularly is good for the body. I have a deep feeling about this. But most of the people here are not interested in ginseng, so I let them taste ginseng a few times for free... I clearly experienced the benefits.
, we will naturally have repeat customers in the future.”
"Tangxia Yipin should be opened in a city with a relatively large number of Chinese people, so that it can be successful." Chen Mo said.
"This is my next plan. If I want to run this restaurant again, I have to wait for the chicks from the Snow Mountain Ranch to grow up. By the way, where did you get the chicks like silk-bone chicken and reed chicken?"
“Bought online.”
Jennifer couldn't quite understand the native dialect used by Chen Mo and Bai Xiaoou. These women sat together and chatted...
Bai Xiaoou took a sip of tea and said: "The ginseng chicken soup is not selling well, mainly because the price is too expensive. We have calculated the cost here. A pot of ginseng chicken soup and half a chicken, including the cost of production, sell for 30 yuan and there is no profit. Now
The price is 40 yuan per pot, and the reed chicken and black-bone chicken are the same price. In this way, I don’t make much money, so it’s better to sell ordinary meals. The price of ginseng chicken soup is expensive, and the per capita consumption level in Billings is relatively low. I plan to make it in the future.
Restaurants have opened in cities such as Seattle, California, and New York.”
"The ambition is not small."
"That's right, people without ambition are no different than salted fish. This restaurant in Billings is just a test of the water. I want to see what proportion of ginseng chicken soup can retain repeat customers. Then we need to learn from experience and train employees."
"I saw on the Internet that Chinese hot pot is very popular here?"
"There used to be several hot pot restaurants in Seattle, but they all closed down. The business was good when they first opened, but gradually the business declined. As for the business of hot pot restaurants in other places, I don't know."
After chatting in the private room for more than ten minutes, the food finally started to be served. A few vegetables were served first, then beef buns with celery, then steamed pork ribs with rice flour... and finally, ginseng chicken soup.
Not to mention, the ginseng chicken soup made by the chef is really like that. There are only a few drops of oil on the surface of the soup, and the soup is clear, bringing out the original color of ginseng. Then there are wolfberry, red dates, and some other traditional Chinese medicine... the soup
The taste of ginseng in it is obvious, but the taste of unknown Chinese medicine is very weak, which is suppressed by the fragrance of chicken soup.
Chen Mo stood up and served everyone a bowl. When he handed it to Hill, Hill raised his head and smiled at Chen Mo.
"Well, it's very good, a very special chicken soup." Hill took a small sip and gave Chen Mo a thumbs up: "Especially... it should have the taste of Chinese herbal medicine. I have never tasted it before."
"This is the taste of ginseng. It doesn't taste bad."
The taste of ginseng is unique, and you will be deeply impressed by it once you taste it.
Europeans and Americans have a sharper sense of taste, which is related to their food culture. Europeans and Americans like sweets and lighter-flavored foods. Ginseng soup just contains more ginseng, astragalus, red dates and wolfberry.
The traditional Chinese medicinal flavor is left over from astragalus, with some ginseng flavor added, but the main flavor is still that of chicken soup.
Few people will find chicken soup that is cooked normally unpalatable.
“Very good ginseng chicken soup...”
Demi also gave a thumbs up: "This is the most unique soup I have ever tasted, bar none. Compared with the soup made by my mother, it can probably be called a staple food." Demi means that her mother can only make it.
Thick soup...
"What is this? It tastes very good." Hill asked while eating steamed pork.
"Steamed pork with rice flour, should it be?" Chen Mo said.
"Yeah, steamed pork with rice noodles."
"Traditional Chinese food tastes very good. But there is a very bad thing. It is too greasy. I feel tired after not eating much and can't eat it anymore." Hill looked at Chen Mo again and expressed his opinion.
"Chinese meals are divided into staple food and vegetable food. For example, in southern China, we are southern Chinese, and the staple food is rice. These are vegetables. If you eat the vegetables with rice, you will not feel greasy... The relationship between rice and vegetables is like two slices of beef burger
Bread, and beef and vegetables sandwiched in the middle." Good-quality Chinese restaurants will provide rice, while small Chinese restaurants mostly serve rice with vegetables...
Cultural surprise is difficult to explain.
As well as different ways of eating, it is impossible for Americans to accept complete Chinese food. Unless Americans are allowed to live in China for a period of time, they are forced to accept and change...
Foreigners think Chinese food is too greasy, mainly because they regard vegetables as their staple food, and they are not used to rice and Chinese noodles. But if you are used to Chinese food, it will be difficult to quit. This is the charm of Chinese food.