Chapter 43: Chapter 43: The First Bucket of Gold (1)_1 Chapter 43: Chapter 43: The First Bucket of Gold (1)_1 The Silver Ear Snow Pear Goji Berry Soup would still take some time to be ready, but since Lin Yuan was only making that dessert on a whim and hadn’t planned to make money off it, she didn’t wait.
When she opened the kitchen doors, to her surprise, she saw a crowd of curious and drooling faces, not just the fellows who had helped clean the frogs but also the chefs and Shopkeeper Liu, and even Lao Fan who had promised to wait patiently in his room was shamelessly squeezing at the door with a bunch of lads, unwilling to leave.
Lao Fan had been attracted to the kitchen by the aroma of her first dish, and the second dish had made him even hungrier.
For someone who loved spicy food, the spicy frog was simply a supreme delicacy.
Little girl, bring it out quickly.
Let this old man have a taste!” Lao Fan said while smacking his lips, completely ignoring the astonished gazes of the others.
Shopkeeper Liu, however, was well aware of his boss’s nature and didn’t remind him to return to his room to eat, but hurriedly urged Lin Yuan to bring out the dishes.
Lin Yuan smiled and stepped aside.
A clever young waiter had already dashed in to grab a plate and took some chopsticks out; although he knew that with the boss and the shopkeeper present, he wouldn’t get to taste the dish, being close enough to get a whiff was satisfying enough.
Seeing the dish, Lao Fan couldn’t wait and snatched the plate before the chopsticks were handed to him.
He picked up a piece of meat with his fingers, savored it carefully, and instructed Shopkeeper Liu to keep an eye on the other plate.
Although this old man was a foodie, he was indeed a top-tier foodie.
After only one bite, he identified the essence of the dish, “The meat is fat and tender, the flavor is well infused; it’s not just simply fried, this yellow wine, added so well, so ingenious!
I didn’t expect this frog, which looks disgusting, to taste so delicious!”
Lao Fan took a few more hearty bites before reluctantly setting down the plate and snatched the second dish from Shopkeeper Liu’s hand.
This dish was even spicier and crispier.
It had Lao Fan’s eyes lighting up as he smacked his lips in praise, “This meat, to be fried to this extent!
The foodie old man had no time to think of other words to describe the dish; all he wanted was to eat more, the more the better.
But when he thought of the first dish, he found that Shopkeeper Liu and the chefs had already cleaned it out!
This annoyed the old man, who doled out a rap on the head to each of them, and seeing the young waiters eyeing the plate in his hands with yearning, he didn’t even bother to speak and quickly hugged the plate and fled.
Shopkeeper Liu wiped his mouth and exchanged a meaningful look with Master Wang.
He then politely and enthusiastically invited Lin Yuan to an elegant room.
That stinky old man, Lao Fan, only cared about eating and forgot all about the serious matter at hand.
Fortunately, Shopkeeper Liu, the crafty one, was present.
Lin Yuan mentally calculated the price and inwardly sent a round of vehement greetings to Lao Fan, who only remembered food and nothing else!
“Miss Lin, please have some tea.” Shopkeeper Liu was even more polite now with a favor to ask.
Lin Yuan smiled and shook her head, “Shopkeeper Liu, we are both businesspeople, there’s no need for pleasantries, let’s get straight to the point.”
Shopkeeper Liu didn’t expect the girl to be so straightforward and also smiled, shaking his head, “Alright then, Miss Lin, please name your price.”
“Which dish are you referring to, Shopkeeper Liu?” Now that the money was at hand, Lin Yuan was in no rush.
She already knew that the two dishes she had made were quite popular among everyone.
Even if she couldn’t sell them to Fuman Building, she believed that just with these two dishes, she could snatch away most of Fuman Building’s business by selling them to another small tavern.
“Miss Lin, you know what’s going on, why put me in a difficult position?” Obviously, Shopkeeper Liu hadn’t expected this young girl to be so tough to deal with and was somewhat at a loss for words.
In any case, he had to obtain the recipes for these two dishes!