After walking for half a cup of tea, Chai Yan arrived in front of Wangyue Tower.
When I looked up at the signboard, the three gilded characters "Wangyue Tower" on it were particularly eye-catching. I knew it was the work of a calligrapher.
The restaurant has a total of three floors. The decoration outside the floor is very careful and eye-catching, and it is very high-end and elegant. It is absolutely impossible for anyone passing by this street not to notice Wangyue Tower.
It's just that the business at Wangyue Tower is not as good as Chai Yan imagined. After standing for a while, there were only three or two customers who came in. Some of them wanted to go in, but they all gave up after a brief hesitation.
Already.
Chai Yan was secretly confused. He clearly heard passers-by talking about Wangyue Tower with words such as "the food is good and the taste is good". Why were the customers passing by unwilling to enter the store?
Could it be that the decoration of Wangyue Building is too good, making people think that the prices inside are too high, so they dare not go in?
At the same time, Chai Yan also discovered a problem. Usually there is a waiter at the door of the restaurant to solicit customers, but there is no such thing as Wangyue Tower. The door is empty except for the open door, which means "whoever wishes to come in"
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Chai Yan couldn't help but shook his head and smiled, secretly saying Zhao Cong, Zhao Cong, how can you do this kind of business?
Just as Chai Yan was about to go in, three guests suddenly came out angrily.
One of the men with a dark face and a beard said angrily: "What the hell kind of restaurant is this? Even if he says the food is salty and refuses to acknowledge it, he is even quarreling with me. If I come here again next time, I will be his grandson!"
A thin, pale-faced man next to him was also very angry and said in support: "That's right, with the attitude of the shopkeeper, I won't come here next time even if I'm beaten to death!"
The man walking behind the two people immediately said: "Hey, you two, keep your voices down, don't you know? The owner of Wangyue Tower is the queen's eldest brother, where is Uncle Zhao! Aren't you going to get into trouble?"
When the bearded man and the thin man heard this, they didn't say much. They just shook their heads angrily and left the restaurant muttering softly.
Chai Yan didn't even need to go in, he already thought about what was going on...
The store is bullying customers!
Chai Yan took one more look at the backs of the three guests who were leaving with resentment, and then walked into Wangyue Tower.
Chai Yan went in and saw that there were only a few customers in the lobby on the first floor. The occupancy rate was less than 30%, and there were still a large number of empty tables.
Chai Yan glanced briefly, then frowned...
Because there are still leftovers on some tables where there are no guests, and the dishes and dishes left after the guests leave are just unsightly placed on them, and no one cares about them at all.
Looking at the few waiters in the hall, they were all chatting together, not thinking about their work at all. When a customer wanted to order, they only had to call many times before someone stepped forward and agreed.
He looked very reluctant and his attitude was very impatient.
Chai Yan shook his head secretly and thought to himself, where did these greasers come from? Are they supposed to be assistants or bosses?
As the saying goes, if the top beam is not straight, the bottom beam is crooked. Chai Yan looked at the waiter's condition and then turned his eyes to the counter. He suddenly became curious about the character of the shopkeeper here...
Chai Yan took a closer look and saw a man in his thirties sitting at the counter, with a square face and a standard shopkeeper's coat. He was sitting at the counter drinking wine and eating side dishes, looking very leisurely and comfortable.
appearance.
Wow! This big brother is amazing!
Chai Yan couldn't help but let out a sound of admiration in his heart.
At this time, the shopkeeper noticed Chai Yan walking over, looked up, and asked, "Does this guest have a meal or a banquet?"
This question was asked quite casually, and his expression was very cold. He was not at all polite or friendly like a restaurant businessman. To put it bluntly, he was just chasing away customers.
Chai Yan did not answer immediately, but looked down at the wine glass in the shopkeeper's hand and the dishes in front of him.
"Hey, what am I asking you? Should I have a meal or order a banquet? What do you think I'm doing?" the shopkeeper said impatiently.
Chai Yan was not angry, he smiled and said, "It depends on what you are eating. If it is good, I would like to have one too."
The shopkeeper lowered his head and looked at it, then said: "Oh, you are talking about this, haggis, do you want a portion?"
Chai Yan suddenly frowned and said in disgust: "Forget it about the haggis, I can't stand the smell..."
The shopkeeper immediately became unhappy and curled his lips and said, "Find a place to sit by yourself while you eat. Don't delay me from drinking."
After saying that, the shopkeeper continued eating and drinking, and stopped paying attention to Chai Yan beside him.
Chai Yan didn't say much, turned around and walked to a table to sit down. After waiting for a long time, a waiter came up to greet him.
"What would you like to eat, sir?" the waiter asked listlessly.
Chai Yan asked: "What is your signature dish?"
The waiter paused for a moment, thought for a while and then said: "Every one of our dishes is a signature dish, please feel free to order..."
As he said that, the clerk stretched out his hand and gestured to the wall directly in front of him.
Chai Yan turned around and saw that there were all menus on them, with about thirty or forty varieties of them.
"Here's some sweet and sour carp. I'll eat it alone. Just choose a smaller one," Chai Yan said.
The waiter shook his head and said: "I'm sorry, sir, the sweet and sour carp is gone..."
Chai Yan thought for a moment and said, "Then let's have some mushrooms and duck feet."
"Sorry sir, the mushrooms and duck paws are gone too." The waiter shook his head.
Chai Yan couldn't help but frown slightly, thinking that in such a big restaurant, why are there no dishes on the menu?
Next, Chai Yan ordered two more dishes according to the menu, but the waiter still answered no, which made Chai Yan very depressed, and his mood for eating was suddenly greatly reduced.
Chai Yan had no choice but to ask: "Brother, can you tell me which dishes are still available?"
The waiter pointed to the menu and said one by one: "There must be soy sauce noodles, grilled roe deer meat, red bean porridge and haggis, there should be eight-treasure soup, and there should be Ruyi rolls, but I'm not sure...
..."
"Okay, okay, stop talking, let's have a bowl of soybean noodles, I'm very hungry!" Chai Yan couldn't listen anymore.
"In addition to soybean noodles, what else would you like to order?" the waiter asked.
Chai Yan said: "No, just a bowl of soybean noodles."
When the waiter saw that Chai Yan only wanted a bowl of soybean noodles, his face suddenly turned uglier. He thought that he looked decent, but he turned out to be a poor scholar.
"Wait..." the guy replied angrily and walked away with a bad face.
Chai Yan shook his head silently and said to himself, Zhao Cong, Zhao Cong, your restaurant is really good...it's really great!
While waiting for the noodles to arrive, Chai Yan wanted to drink some tea, but there was no teapot on the table, and no waiter came to pour tea.
"Brother, please bring me a bowl of tea." Chai Yan greeted.
"Sir, we charge extra for the tea here. Are you sure you want it?" The guy who came over was the same guy from before.
Chai Yan was surprised when he heard this. He had been in Shengchao for such a long time and had eaten all over the north and south. He had never heard that tea with meals had to be charged separately.
"How much does the tea cost?" Chai Yan asked.
The waiter glanced at Chai Yan, deliberately raised the price and said: "Ten cents a bowl, sir, do you want it?"
Chai Yan couldn't help but laugh and asked: "Other restaurants offer tea for free, but here you charge ten cents for a bowl. What kind of good tea is it?"
"If you want to drink, I'll give you money. If you don't drink, I'll throw you away. Why are you asking so much? Oh, by the way, I also gave you the money for the bowl of soybean noodles I just asked for, so that I don't have to make another trip." The waiter was very impatient.
Stretched out his hand.
Chai Yan was not angry and said with a smile: "Your tea is too expensive, I won't drink it."
The waiter said: "Then I'll give you the money for Jiang Mian, three hundred Wen."
"Three hundred coins?" Chai Yan was immediately shocked: "A bowl of soybean noodles costs three hundred coins?"
In noodle shops outside, the cheapest soybean noodles cost ten cents a bowl, and the most expensive ones only cost thirty or forty wen. Unexpectedly, the soybean noodles in Wangyuelou were ten times more expensive than the most expensive ones.
The waiter looked at Chai Yan with disdain: "That's right! It's only three hundred coins. This is Wangyue Tower, not any of those casual places outside. If you think it's expensive, don't come in!"
Chai Yan's face gradually darkened. Originally, he wanted to meet his employer, but then he thought about it and gave it up.
So Chai Yan stood up and said, "I won't eat this bowl of noodles!"
After saying that, Chai Yan turned around and prepared to leave.
The waiter immediately shouted: "Stop! The noodles are all cooked in the kitchen. Why don't you eat them if you don't want to eat them? It's okay if you don't want to eat them, but you'll keep the noodles!"