Green vegetables have always been synonymous with health, but the green block-like food in the photo made Ye Chu feel very unfamiliar. It looked like some kind of vegetable, but Ye Chu was not sure what it was. Considering the special customs and culture of Mexican cuisine, this might be a unique delicacy of theirs.
Of course, if Ye Chu were asked to taste it, it would not necessarily be difficult for him. After all, he was the God of Food in his previous life and had tasted most of the food in the world that could be called delicacies.
"Master?" Han Yuyan saw Ye Chui thinking, so he asked.
Ye Chui shook his head and said to Han Yuyan: "Just looking at the appearance of this thing, I can't be sure what it is, but if you taste it, you should be able to figure it out."
"Then Master, let's go in and try it." Han Yuyan suggested immediately. She looked at the people standing ready to move at the door of the Mexican restaurant and felt a little worried. Anyone could see that this was a promotion organized by the Mexican restaurant. The minimum consumption was three hundred yuan, and a meal would probably cost more than five hundred yuan. As long as you could taste what kind of food it was, you could get the bill for free. This would definitely attract many people to dine there.
After all, no one would give up such a good thing.
Ye Chui also had a similar plan. He was very concerned about the showdown between the Anran Xiaohun Rice and the Mexican restaurant and did not want to see the Mexican restaurant's business booming because of this promotion.
However, before Ye Chui could move, Han Yuyan suddenly exclaimed, and said in annoyance, "Oh no, it seems that they have already thought that we would try to taste their dishes, so they blocked the road early. Master, look, they wrote the rules of the tasting on the sign. People with chef certificates are not allowed to participate in the free tasting."
"Hmm?" Ye Chui also saw the rule. Naturally, the chef has the best ability to distinguish food. It seems that the Mexican restaurant made this rule to prevent chefs from other restaurants in the food city from ruining their promotions. As a result, almost all the staff on Ye Chu's side could not go in to taste the dishes.
At this moment, a customer came out of the Mexican restaurant.
He had obviously just tasted the mysterious green ingredient, but seeing the dejected look on his face, one could tell that he had not successfully tasted what it was.
"Can you tell what that thing is?" someone immediately rushed up and asked.
"No... I've never eaten anything like that. It's a little bitter, but it tastes pretty good. It must be some kind of plant. But I know a lot about green vegetables, and I've never tasted anything like that." The diner shook his head helplessly and said, "I'm sure that's not our Chinese food!"
"Don't be so sure. China has a wide variety of vegetables and plants. Are you so sure that you have eaten all of them?" A man said unconvincedly, standing out from the crowd. "My family runs a vegetable market. I grew up in the vegetable market. I have eaten all kinds of vegetables. Watch me taste this green ingredient!"
Having said this, he walked into the restaurant with full confidence.
There were also other people who were confident in their taste buds and, after considering it, followed suit.
Ye Chui shook his head and took Han Yuyan to face the Anran Xiaohun meal opposite.
"That kind of food must be a unique delicacy of Mexico. Unless you are familiar with Mexican food, it would be difficult for others to taste what it is." Ye Chui said thoughtfully, "But unfortunately, not many people in China know about Mexican food."
"Master, the Mexican restaurant's business will definitely get better and better. Do you want us to learn from them and do some promotion?" Han Yuyan suggested to Ye Chui, "Master, you should know how to make a lot of strange delicacies, right? For example, the pig blood tofu you made at the beginning. If you hadn't told me, I would never have known that it was actually made of pig blood..."
"This method doesn't apply to us." Ye Chui shook his head. "Look, the Anran Xiaohun Feast is already packed with people. Our business has already reached its peak, and it can't get any better. There's no point in promoting it."
"Are we just going to watch the Mexican restaurant's promotional methods succeed?" Han Yuyan said a little worriedly.
"Don't worry." Ye Chui turned his head and glanced at the opposite side, "Someone will taste what it is..."
But in fact, Ye Cui was wrong.
The Mexican restaurant's approach had a huge effect. Because the restaurant was opened by Manny Pritchett, it was already very well-known. After the promotional methods they were using were spread, countless people became interested in the restaurant's dishes in an instant. In the following days, the popularity continued. However, no one could taste what it was.
At the same time, some other restaurants followed suit and achieved good results. The most eye-catching one was a Japanese restaurant.
This restaurant called Yamato Cuisine serves a wonderful thick soup with a mellow taste and a unique texture. It is very curious as to how it is made. Unlike the green dishes in Mexican restaurants, the thick soup at Yamato Cuisine is made in front of the guests. Many people have seen how they make the soup, but still cannot recognize what ingredients are used.
The price of Ohga cuisine is also very expensive, with the average minimum consumption reaching 200 yuan. This allowed the Yamato cuisine restaurant to jump from the 30th place in the daily profit ranking to the top ten in a short period of time.
Even a week later, that is, ten days after Hua Xia Food City opened, the customer flow and total sales of An Ran Xiao Hun Fan still remained in first place, but in terms of daily profit, Hua Xia Food City had dropped to third place, and the second place was Yamato Cuisine.
The first place on the daily profit list is still firmly held by Mexican restaurants.
There were almost no changes in other places on the list, but the daily profit ranking made Ye Chui feel very unhappy. Although in terms of total profit, Anran Xiaohun Rice was still in second place, if Yamato Cuisine continued on its way, then the second place would probably be taken away by Yamato Cuisine.
Fortunately, Yamato cuisine has inherited the unique pride of the Japanese, and their tasting is not limited to chefs.
On the eleventh day, Ye Chui brought Lin Wei, who had just finished the college entrance examination, to the Yamato restaurant.
The Ohkawa Cuisine restaurant is a large shop with two floors. The upstairs is a unique Japanese private room, and the downstairs is several dining tables and special counter seats. Diners can sit next to the counter and watch the chef prepare Japanese food: sashimi, sushi, etc.
The whole restaurant was filled with unique Japanese classical music. Waiters in kimonos were cordially entertaining the guests. As soon as Ye Chui and Lin Wei approached the restaurant, a beautiful woman in kimono came up to greet them with a smile.
Seeing the waitress approaching in her kimono and wooden clogs, Lin Wei subconsciously became a little nervous. She began to think about the simple Japanese she had learned for fun. Just as she was about to speak, she heard the kimono woman say with a smile, "What would you like to eat?"
This mouthful of the eastern and northern flavor tone...
Ye Chui and Lin Wei were both speechless. Just as Ye Chui was about to speak, a Japanese man in a chef's uniform suddenly walked over quickly. He looked very happy. When he arrived in front of Ye Chui, he bent down and bowed, greeting him in rather stiff Japanese: "Hello, Mr. Ye Chui. I have heard of your great name for a long time and I finally get to meet you today!"
"Hello." Ye Chui replied politely. Looking at the man in front of him, he suddenly felt that he looked familiar.
Lin Wei leaned close to Ye Chui's ear and whispered, "Ye Chui, he looks a bit like the Japanese chef we met in Hainan last time."
"Hmm?" After Lin Wei said this, Ye Chui did feel something.
The Japanese man seemed to have guessed something, and introduced himself with a smile: "My name is Masaki Iijima, and Yanhao Iijima is my brother."
The Japanese chef I met in Hainan was named Yanhao Iijima.
"When my brother returned to Japan, he mentioned Mr. Ye Chui's name to me and expressed his great respect for him. Today, when I saw you, I realized that he was indeed the same." Iijima Masahiro continued to speak in Chinese. He made an inviting gesture, "Please take a seat, Mr. Ye Chui. I will personally cook for you today. I believe you two came here for the mysterious cuisine that our restaurant has launched?"
"Yes, I want to taste what this mysterious cuisine is like." Ye Chui said with a smile. He felt that although Iijima Masaki had a polite expression, he was actually quite hostile to him. It was obvious that Hainan had failed his brother in the past, so he came to China to open a store this time with a bit of provocation.
Ye Chui and Han Yuyan sat down at the counter, while Iijima Shingo went behind the counter and began to prepare the food.
When other diners in the restaurant learned that Ye Chui was going to try this secret Japanese cuisine, they all gathered around him.
It has been three days since Yamato Cuisine launched the mysterious dish. During this period, people have been trying to taste it but have not had any clue. Now that the God of Food Ye Chui has been attracted, it will definitely be something interesting.
Iijima Masaki, who was standing at the chopping board on the other side of the counter, had already taken out a box. After opening it, he took out a strange object from inside - the object looked like wood at first glance, but the cut surface exuded a texture that looked like jade.
"This is the mysterious dish of this restaurant. I really don't understand what it is."
"Yeah, I've seen it many times and eaten it many times, but I just can't taste what it is."
The diners chatted quietly.
Ye Chui looked at the thing that Iijima Masaki took out, and after a moment of stunned silence, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.
So the so-called mysterious cuisine is that kind of thing... (~^~)
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