Food: The super chef just wants to set up a stall leisurely

Chapter 319 Small and Beautiful Private Restaurant

"Haha, Xiao Su guessed it right!" Jiang Zhengchun closed the car door and led the others inside. "This restaurant is run by a relative of my friend. The environment is nice and the food is delicious. Your Aunt Wen has said she would bring you two here for dinner, but she just couldn't make it with you guys."

The four of them entered the hall and went straight to the box. Zhao Xiaojing observed them all the way and found that the whole way was designed with scenery. It was the classical Chinese style, which looked very elegant and comfortable. It was obvious that a lot of money had been spent on the decoration.

"Come on! Just in time, come on, Xiao Jing and Xiao Su, I ordered eight dishes, take a look at what you want to eat." Wen Jin waved at the two of them, motioning them to sit over.

"Isn't Aunt Yuan here today? If there are only five of us, eight dishes will be enough." Zhao Xiaojing said.

"The portions are very small! Your aunt and I have to order eight dishes each!" Wen Jin pushed the order pad in front of the two of them, frowned and smiled, "She's on duty today, so you guys can order whatever you want!"

Zhao Xiaojing and Su Yuchen took the pad and looked at it together for a long time.

"Why don't we let Aunt Wen do it? We are confused by this menu." Zhao Xiaojing and Su Yuchen looked at each other and silently handed the pad to Wen Yulan.

It’s not that we’re embarrassed to order, but we both recognize the ingredients listed in the first half of the menu, but we have no idea what the suffixes in the second half mean, and there are no prices listed at all, so we don’t know where to start ordering.

"Okay, then I'll watch. I remember Xiao Su likes spicy food, and Xiao Jing likes to try new things." Wen Yulan smiled, scrolled a few pages, clicked a few times on the screen, and then put the pad aside.

"Auntie Wen, what is this Tomato Amber Song?" Zhao Xiaojing asked curiously as she looked at the dishes ordered by Wen Yulan.

"It's cherry tomatoes filled with a sauce made from walnuts and beef cubes. It's a creative dish here. You should like it." Wen Yulan smiled.

"I see there are no prices written on the menu. How are the prices calculated?" Zhao Xiaojing continued to ask with interest.

“The dishes on the menu change frequently, as they are sold out of season. Some are hard to buy out of season, or are not fresh, so the prices will go up or down.

Moreover, the boss will develop different flavors for the same dish at different times. Although the dish name is the same, the cooking method is different, the seasonings and side dishes are different, and the price is also different. "

Zhao Xiaojing nodded. This pricing model is very flexible.

"This is to fool rich people like you. Maybe they are trying to treat you differently based on your situation. The price they give you is different from the price they give others, but they don't let you know." Wen Jin smiled.

"Who would like you if you keep talking like this? And you asked why Yunyun didn't want to talk to you when you went home this time. Yunyun and Qiuqiu are both grown up and have their own ideas, which are different from our time. It's okay if you keep talking like this to tease us, but it's strange that they would want to pay attention to you after they hear you teasing them." Wen Yulan didn't argue after hearing what Wen Jin said, but instead complained.

"That was just a joke to them! Our Qiuqiu is not angry." Wen Jin said nonchalantly.

"Qiuqiu, you've been teasing me since I was a kid and I don't bother to pay attention to you. If you make a joke that sounds like cold water to others, is that a joke?"

"Oh, that's enough! You asked Xiao Jing and Xiao Su to have dinner, why are you talking about me again?" Wen Jin waved his hand to interrupt Wen Yulan's mumbling and began to change the subject. "Brother got off work early today and said he would wait for you for a while."

"We finished our work early today, let's have some tea!" Seeing that the siblings' internal fight was over, Jiang Zhengchun quickly interrupted and pointed at the tea that the waiter had just poured in front of the two of them. "Xiao Jing and Xiao Su, this tea is good for your skin and very sweet. I ordered it especially for you."

"It's delicious." Zhao Xiaojing nodded. She had already taken several sips. The tea was brewed beautifully, with various flowers and fruits in it, and it tasted lightly fragrant.

"Hey Xiao Su! You sing very well! Have you learned it?" Wen Jin suddenly remembered and said to Su Yuchen.

"I haven't learned it, I just always loved to sing." Su Yuchen was drinking tea very comfortably, and when she saw the topic shifted to her, she quickly put down the cup. "Uncle Wen, do you watch variety shows too?"

"We don't have time to look at these. It was Yunyun who saw it and posted it to the family group. Yunyun posted the clip of Wu Lesheng going to your restaurant to eat, and also posted the clip of you singing. She kept saying it was beautiful and asked us who this was. I didn't even know you could sing so well." Wen Yulan smiled gently.

"That guitar is a good choice, you have good taste!" Wen Jin praised, "I think you have a lot of talent, would you consider developing in this area?"

"Your Uncle Wen was in a rock band when he was young, and now he runs his own media company." Jiang Zhengchun and Su Yuchen explained.

"Shuzi also formed a band and wrote songs," said Zhao Xiaojing.

"Really?! Is there a demo? Let me hear it!" Wen Jin sat up.

"Let me look for it." Su Yuchen took out his phone a little embarrassedly and selected one of the many band videos. "This one."

As they were talking, the door of the private room was pushed open and the dishes began to be served. Zhao Xiaojing saw Jin become quiet and continued with the topic she had not finished asking.

"Aunt Wen, are all these rooms private? I don't see a hall. I guess they can only accommodate a few guests at a time, right?"

"Not many, all are private rooms, with about seven tables. Reservations have to be made in advance, and most of the people who come are acquaintances. It's Chinese New Year and we haven't officially opened yet, so the boss is only opening the restaurant to entertain very close friends. Your Uncle Jiang is shameless enough to get to know the boss well, so he was able to ask him to come over at noon and in the evening." Wen Yulan explained.

"What do you mean by shameless? Xiaojing, don't listen to her slandering me. My childhood friend is the boss's nephew." Jiang Zhengchun pouted in dissatisfaction. "Their private dishes are small and beautiful. Usually the chef is the boss, and the dishes have a strong personal style. There was not even a menu before. The boss just created it based on the fresh ingredients he bought at the market in the morning."

"Then why did we have a menu later?"

"It's hard to please everyone. At the beginning, they were all familiar with each other and were used to the boss's cooking style. The boss also had a general understanding of the customers' tastes, so of course the food he cooked was good. But over time, we have to expand our customer base. We don't know the new customers, and the boss can cook whatever he wants, which is always easy to go wrong. Later, we simply came up with a general menu based on the season."

Zhao Xiaojing nodded. In fact, this store model is quite ideal. The chef has a lot of room to perform, and the number of customers is not large, so he can focus more on cooking.

As they were talking, two more dishes were served. Zhao Xiaojing looked at them one by one. The dishes were indeed small and beautiful, few but fine, and the presentation was quite artistic.

"Let's eat first and chat while we eat." Wen Yulan raised her hand to refill the tea for the others, "Wen Jin, Wen Jin! Xiao Su, Xiao Su!"

Wen Jin and Su Yuchen, who were chatting animatedly, raised their heads and said, "Ah?"