The small restaurant officially opened. Lin Momo followed the example of other small shops and found a piece of cardboard, wrote the three big words "Open" on it, and hung it on the door.
Afterwards, Lin Cheng continued to be busy in the dining area and the kitchen, while Lin Momo sat upright behind the cashier counter at the door, staring blankly in the direction of the store entrance with an excited and serious expression.
"Why are you so nervous?" Lin Cheng walked over, glanced at Lin Momo, and said.
"Well, I'm not nervous." Lin Momo retorted subconsciously.
Hearing this, Lin Cheng glanced at Lin Momo who was hiding behind the cash register, tightly twisting her hands around the edge of her clothes. He smiled secretly and decided to give this girl some face and not expose her words.
…
As lunch time approached, more and more people came to Liuli Street to eat.
Staring at the diners coming and going on the street, Lin Momo became more and more nervous: people were coming and going, but no one was walking towards their shop.
At this time, a long line had formed in front of the small noodle shop next door.
Then I went to their small restaurant... It was deserted, with no one there.
Lin Momo couldn't help but ran to the front to take a look - the words "One-day Restaurant" were neatly hung on the door after the renovation. Passersby should be able to see at a glance that there is a restaurant here, and the "Open" sign at the door was also eye-catching.
"Why is there no one..." Lin Momo muttered softly.
Seeing Lin Momo standing at the door of the store with her neck stretched out, looking eagerly expectant, Lin Cheng came over and stuffed a piece of steamed cake into Lin Momo's hand.
"What are you doing standing here?" Lin Cheng asked.
"I'm waiting for the guests to arrive."
"Go inside and sit down and wait."
"But… "
"If you stand here, be careful not to scare the guests and make them afraid to come." Holding back a smile, Lin Cheng said seriously.
Hearing this, Lin Momo was stunned and wanted to refute, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed to be true.
“Then I’ll go in.” Lin Momo, who was worried about scaring away the customers, ran back to her cashier counter and sat down, but her eyes were still staring straight at the store entrance.
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At this time, five young men and women finally came to their shop.
"Hey, is there a new restaurant opened here?" One of the girls, Lin Momo, said to the people traveling with her about the new restaurant.
"It seems so. I came here last week and it was closed."
"What do you want to eat? Stir-fry?"
"One-day restaurant? What a weird name."
"But the store is quite clean and tidy."
"How about we try this restaurant for lunch today?" one of the people suggested.
Hearing that someone was going to come to their restaurant to eat, Lin Momo's eyes suddenly lit up, and she subconsciously sat up straight behind the cashier.
At this time, another person in the group was a little hesitant: "I don't think it's very raw, will it taste bad?"
"After all, it's a new restaurant. There's no publicity or activities. It's normal that no one has noticed it. It's just a meal anyway, so let's give it a try. Maybe it works."
"Okay, let's go in first." The others nodded.
—
Here, listening to the conversation between the two people, Lin Momo felt like she was riding a roller coaster, going up and down. Finally, when she heard Jiren say that they were going to come, the big stone in Lin Momo's heart finally fell.
Seeing someone walk into the store, Lin Momo greeted him warmly.
"Hello, brothers and sisters. Our restaurant is newly opened today. The dishes are delicious. You can try them."
Hearing the child in front of him calling him "brother and sister", the young man's mood immediately improved.
“Do you buy stir-fry dishes in your store?”
"right!"
"Is there a menu? ." said a young man.
"Hmm... it's not on the menu." Lin Momo looked embarrassed, afraid that the guests would leave because of this, and quickly said, "You can order whatever you want to eat. I can help you find out if there is any."
Hearing this, the young man thought for a moment and said, "Do you have fish-flavored shredded pork?"
"Fish-flavored shredded pork? Wait a moment."
After saying that, Lin Momo quickly ran to the kitchen and asked Lin Cheng: "Dad, can we make fish-flavored pork shreds?"
Hearing Lin Momo's question, Lin Cheng thought about it and nodded: "Yes."
Lin Momo then ran back to the man and said, "We have this at home."
"I don't feel like eating meat recently, let's change something else." said one person.
The person standing in the front asked Lin Momo again: "Do you have fish-flavored eggplant?"
Fish-flavored eggplant is just fish-flavored shredded pork with eggplant instead
Lin Momo thought to herself, then nodded.
"What about you? What do you want to eat?"
"Do you have pine nut corn?"
"Well... wait a moment." Lin Momo ran to the kitchen again to ask Lin Cheng.
Another person ordered another dish. Lin Momo ran back and forth several times to make sure that they had it.
"We can make these at home. What do you want to eat?" Lin Momo asked again.
"What do you think?"
The three young men glanced at each other, and some seemed a little confused.
"I just want to eat hot pot."
"Then let's go to the hotpot restaurant we had earlier."
…
As the group of people left, Lin Momo's expression instantly collapsed: The first batch of customers of their small restaurant were gone just like that? !
The restaurant became quiet again.
…
When Lin Cheng finished his work and came out, he saw Lin Momo sitting quietly behind the cashier counter, huddled up with her head buried, and no one knew what she was doing.
Lin Cheng thought that Lin Momo was depressed because of what happened just now. He walked over and was about to touch her head to comfort her, but he heard Lin Momo mumbling something.
"What are you doing?" Lin Cheng asked puzzledly.
"I'm memorizing the menu." Lin Momo said seriously.
In Lin Momo's opinion, the guests left just now must have been because she was not familiar with the business and did not entertain them well.
Learning from the first experience, Lin Momo found a piece of paper and wrote down the dishes that their family could cook on a menu. At the moment, she was trying to memorize them.
After Lin Momo finished speaking, she continued to memorize the menu with her head down, as if she didn't want to be disturbed, and her waist twisted to the side.
On the side, Lin Cheng, who was selectively ignored by his daughter, said: "..."
After a while, another wave of customers came into the store.
The man looked like a young man dressed in plain clothes and should be a young man working in a nearby company.
“Are you guys cooking?”
"Yes," Lin Momo nodded. After the last 'Waterloo', she seemed a little timid this time. She subconsciously lowered her voice and said, "Our dishes are delicious, the portions are large and they are hygienic. Do you want to try it?"
"What dishes do you have?" The customer looked around the store and didn't seem to see a menu on the wall.
"A lot. Vegetables include stir-fried Chinese cabbage and stir-fried greens... Meat dishes include shredded pork with fish-flavor sauce and diced pork with Kung Pao sauce... Soups and other dishes include..." Lin Momo read out the names of the dishes without taking a breath, leaving all the diners stunned.
"Here is the menu, you can order." Lin Momo ran to the cashier, took the homemade menu and handed it to the customer.
“This menu is quite special.” The diner chuckled as he looked at the menu in his hand.
Although this handwritten menu is not exquisite, Lin Momo carefully drew small flowers on the menu as decoration, which makes it look quite cute.
"Besides the above, are there any other dishes?"
"Yes... We have sliced meat soup, shredded pork with green peppers... We have noodle dumpling soup. Our noodle dumpling soup is delicious. We can make it for you if you want." Lin Momo tried hard to recall what dishes their family could cook and what they had.
Finally, Lin Momo had an idea and took the guest to the freezer where the ingredients were stored. She pointed at the freezer and said to the guest, "Here are our dishes for today. You can order whatever you want to eat."
Although it was a helpless move, the way of ordering dishes that Lin Momo suggested was novel to the diners.
"This way of ordering food is quite novel." said one person.
The person next to him also nodded: "Haha, yes, ordering dishes based on the ingredients is quite creative."
"This eggplant is quite fresh. Let's have some fried eggplant with sauce."
"We have spare ribs, so let's have some salt and pepper spare ribs."
"I'll do it again..."
While choosing the ingredients in the refrigerator, everyone said what dishes they wanted to eat.
Lin Momo took a small notebook next to her and carefully wrote down the dishes ordered by the guests.
"Okay, that's all."
The five people on the other side ordered five dishes and one soup in total.
"Okay, please wait a moment." Lin Momo brought the man to his seat, and ran into the kitchen with a small notebook in her arms, looking excited.
"Dad, these are the dishes the customer ordered!" Lin Momo handed the written down names of the dishes to Lin Cheng, feeling very excited about having completed her first order.
Suddenly, thinking of something, Lin Momo looked at Lin Cheng uncertainly and said, "Dad, can you make salt and pepper spareribs and sweet and sour pork?"
Lin Cheng glanced at the note and said very frankly: "No."
Lin Momo:!!!
At the same time, the audience in the live broadcast room also began to become active.
I am most afraid of the air suddenly becoming quiet...
Sorry, forgive my insincere smile.
When the guests were ordering food just now, I was wondering if Lin Cheng could make dishes like salt and pepper spareribs. Sure enough...
I won’t do it anyway.
I checked it out, and it seems to be quite complicated.
What should I do then
…
At the same time, Lin Momo also wanted to ask, what should she do.
I was so excited about receiving the customer just now that I forgot whether Lin Cheng would do it or not.
The girl looked stiff, but Lin Cheng smiled, patted her head and said, "I can try."
"All right… "
Lin Momo walked to the dining area and poured tea for a customer. She felt a little guilty in front of everyone.
"Um... Brother and sister, the salt and pepper spareribs you ordered come with sweet and sour pork. My dad said you can try making it. If it doesn't taste good, we won't charge you."
After a pause, Lin Momo whispered again: "Is it okay?"
Lin Momo felt a little nervous because she was afraid that this guest would leave.
Seeing the child's nervous look, the man waved his hand nonchalantly and said, "It's okay, just fry it first and let's try it."
"Okay." Lin Momo thought about it and gave the man another plate of peanuts.
—
Here, the audience in the live broadcast room were wondering how Lin Cheng would deal with these two dishes:
What should Lin Cheng do
Just stir-fry
Just try to cook it casually, what if you fail
The first sale after opening will not be a success.
…
While everyone was talking, Lin Cheng took out his mobile phone and started searching for "how to cook salt and pepper spare ribs" on the Internet.
wc? Learn and do it now? Awesome!
Is this ok
Are you sure you can learn it
Lin Cheng couldn't see the audience's discussion.
Lin Cheng took out his mobile phone and searched for the recipes of two dishes on the Internet. He selected the simplest and seemingly feasible method from the recipes, read it carefully and memorized the steps and key points, then washed his hands and started to cook.
Most of the ingredients are already prepared, so you don’t need to spend too much time preparing them.
Soon, the sound of cooking could be heard in the kitchen.
About twenty minutes later, five dishes and a soup were ready.
Lin Cheng and Lin Momo served the dishes to the guests together.
The live broadcast showed five dishes and one soup in great shape, especially the two dishes, salt and pepper spareribs and sweet and sour pork, which Lin Cheng made on the spot. Many viewers exclaimed in amazement.
Holy shit, is this really possible?!
It's okay if you get up.
Dad Lin is awesome!
I feel that Lin Cheng doesn’t want to be a celebrity, so he can further his studies and become a chef.
…
The diners here added a piece of salt and pepper pork ribs to try, and a happy expression appeared on their faces.
"It tastes good."
Since Lin Cheng made this dish exactly according to the recipe, the taste was not amazing, but it was not bad either.
The person said it was delicious, and put another piece of sweet and sour pork into his mouth. It tasted good too.
Not wanting to disturb the diners' meals any longer, the father and daughter came to the side of the store.
Lin Momo and Lin Cheng's eyes were full of surprise and admiration.
Facing his daughter's eyes, Lin Cheng couldn't help but put on a smile, and then pretended to be calm and said: "The basic principles of cooking are the same. It's not difficult to apply what you have learned to other situations."
Lin Momo nodded when she heard this, but she still thought her father was very powerful.
—
With the "warm-up" of the first table of customers, the second group of customers soon came to the store.
Lin Momo did the same thing as before. While introducing the food, she took the customer directly to the food cabinet and asked him to order.
Different from her previous nervousness, this time, Lin Momo's expression seemed much more confident.
"The dishes in here are the freshest. You can order whatever you want. My father can cook anything!" Lin Momo pointed at the freezer and said to the crowd. In addition to confidence in her tone, if you listened carefully, you could also hear a hint of boasting in her voice.
Lin Momo's attitude of asking the guests to "be more open, more casual, and more bold" caused a burst of laughter in the live broadcast room.
Hahaha, did you notice that when Momo said this, the expression on Lin Cheng's face froze for a moment
Lin Momo’s ability is really disappointing.
Lin Cheng: Although I am very happy about my daughter’s affirmation, this pit is a bit deep.
What if the customer orders a super difficult dish
The only thing to be thankful for is that the ingredients they purchase are regular ingredients, so customers don't have to order a full banquet or Buddha Jumps Over the Wall.
Their second table of guests also ordered a home-cooked dish.
…
After the second table of guests, another table of guests arrived one after another.
After noon, there were a total of seven tables of guests in Lin Cheng and Lin Momo's small restaurant.
Since this street is not located in a busy area, there are not many diners here at night, and there are only two tables of guests in their restaurant.
There were still quite a few ingredients left in the freezer, so Lin Cheng simply packed them all and made them into a take-away lunch box.
The lunch boxes cost 10 yuan each, and quite a few were sold.
After dinner, Lin Momo held her small account book, with mobile phone payments on the left and cash on the right, and was excitedly calculating the bills.
Before Lin Momo could calculate how much money they had earned today, Lin Cheng came over and interrupted her.
"Don't count it, I'll do it later."
Lin Momo looked very unhappy, and Lin Cheng could not bear to tell her the truth: Although Lin Cheng had never opened a similar shop, based on his experience in income and expenditure, they probably did not make any money today, and it was good enough if they could barely break even.
"Go change your clothes, we're going out." Lin Cheng said again.
With the experience of the first day of opening the store, the two of them just made a shopping list, including the seasonings that needed to be replenished and some consumables needed in the store. At the same time, Lin Cheng planned to take Lin Momo out to buy.
"Okay." Hearing that she was going out, Lin Momo became excited and decisively locked the money in the cabinet.
The father and daughter closed the shop and left.
When they reached the door, Lin Momo grabbed Lin Cheng.
"Dad, aren't we going to drive there?" Lin Momo asked: She always remembered that their family now had a car.
Hearing this, Lin Cheng glanced at the van over there and flatly rejected Lin Momo's proposal.
"It's not far, let's walk over." Lin Cheng said.
If he guessed correctly, this car was a trap: if the car was parked here, it would not incur any additional expenses, but once it was moved, it would most likely incur more expenses, such as repair fees, towing fees for a car that broke down on the road...
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With the 'survival' experience from the previous two episodes, the father and daughter came to the largest wholesale market in City C with ease.
In the market, the two quickly bought all the items listed on the list.
After buying these things, Lin Momo thought they would go home immediately, but Lin Cheng temporarily left the things he bought in one of the stores.
"Dad, aren't we going home?" Lin Momo asked doubtfully.
"Don't worry, let's go somewhere."