Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 305 Hot Pot
"Is that so..."

At this time, Chen Nian still hesitated, because he knew that he would be very busy in the middle of next month.

"Mr. Cheng, it's like this. I may not have time when the time comes. I will definitely be very busy after the new store is renovated..." Chen Nian said this because he wanted to decline politely, but the other party still refused to give up.

"Mr. Chen, why don't you do this? I'll help you arrange it. You can go back in the afternoon when you come in the morning."

Chen Nian heard that the other party said so, and it was not easy to refuse for a while. He thought that if he couldn't do it by then, he would ask for another day off. After all, this kind of exchange game is still beneficial to him. Get in touch with the way some other chefs handle the dishes.

But Chen Nian thought about it for a few seconds, and the other party thought that Chen Nian was still hesitating, so he continued to add: "Well, Mr. Chen, where do you live now, is it convenient for me to go over? I'll give you the information, as for whether to go or not, I'll ask you three days in advance, it's best if you can come, but it doesn't matter if you can't, we can wait for the next time when everyone has time."

"Okay." The other party had already said this to this extent, and Chen Nian had no choice but to nod in agreement. Sometimes it is not so easy to refuse others. Most of the time when people refuse to plead cleanly are when they give advice to others.

So Chen Nian told the other party the hotel where he was staying.

It turned out in less than half an hour.

Chen Nian's phone rang again: "Mr. Chen, I'm Cheng Lin. I'm already downstairs in the hotel. Why don't you tell me the room number, and I'll go up and give you the information?"

"It's okay, I'll come down."

"Well, I'm wearing black short sleeves, black pants, and glasses. You should be able to see me when you come out."

"OK, wait."

After finishing speaking, Chen Nian hung up the phone, sighed, looked at some things he had just bought in the house, took a bottle of Sanhe Simei pickles and went downstairs.

When I came to the lobby of the hotel and took a look, there was a fat man wearing glasses and dressed in black standing at the door.

Then the four eyes met, and the other party obviously knew Chen Nian, so he walked over.

"Hello, Mr. Cheng." Chen Nian greeted first.

"Teacher Chen has admired him for a long time."

"Where is it?" Chen Nian waved his hand modestly.

"You are polite, Mr. Chen is too polite."

After a while of unnutritive handshakes and pleasantries, they finally got to the point. Cheng Lin held a document bag in his left hand and handed it to Chen Nian.

"Mr. Chen, here are some materials about our exchange competition. You can take a look at it first. It doesn't matter whether you participate or not. Although you are mainly in Sichuan, our association is not limited to these. As long as it is Anyone who cooks Huaiyang cuisine well will be within the scope of the invitation, so we used to invite some famous chefs online.”

As soon as Chen Nian heard this, he couldn't help but think of a question: "But why did you choose me this time? It's my first time here in Jiangsu, and the Huaiyang cuisine I cook is only learned by myself."

Cheng Lin stretched out his hand and pushed the rimless glasses on the bridge of his nose with a smile, and said honestly: "To tell you the truth, because you have become more famous on the Internet recently, your video is not in my attention if I don't pay attention to it. I have seen it many times, and I have watched those videos. Cai’s cooking is very authentic. It is hard to imagine that you can make the essence of Huaiyang cuisine without being here. This shows that you must have studied it seriously. "

"So it is." Chen Nian thought to himself.

It turned out to be because I had traffic.

But this is also normal. If you have traffic, you will naturally get more attention.

In fact, this kind of competition is not a bad thing for me. Although I have brought more attention to this competition, I will also be promoted by the organizers. Now I can be regarded as having a personal brand effect. More publicity means that more people know about themselves, and it is mutually beneficial to come to Honghong Restaurant for dinner.

After listening to it, Chen Nian handed over the pickles he brought down to the other party: "Mr. Cheng has worked so hard for you to make this trip, I will give you a small gift, which is not expensive, mainly because I don't have anything else on hand, so I can only wait When you go to Sichuan in the future, come to my restaurant and I will treat you to dinner."

"Why is this so embarrassing? I took the liberty to bother you, but in the end I wanted to accept a gift. This is really..."

"What are you talking about? I can't be the one who bribed you just because of this bottle of pickles, right? It's fate to meet you."

"Hahaha, Mr. Chen is quite humorous. Okay, then I will accept this gift. Thank you, Mr. Chen. Then I will add your Wechat later. Your Wechat is the mobile phone number I called before?"

"Yeah, that's it."

"Okay, I'll add it later, then I won't bother Mr. Chen today."

"Okay, goodbye, Mr. Cheng."

"Goodbye, Teacher Chen."

After watching the other party leave, Chen Nian returned to his room with the documents, opened them and roughly looked at the relevant regulations.

In addition to the competition this time, there is also a one-day course and a half-day communication salon.

But those are in the past.

Moreover, this competition was also organized by the Provincial Chefs Association, and all young chefs under the age of 30 were invited.

The judges are also the president and vice president of the association, so they are relatively authoritative.

And the ranking of the competition was judged on the spot after the match.

Seeing this, Chen Nian is relieved, as long as it is not sent to the official account for everyone to vote after the live game, whoever has the most votes will be No.1.

Because then the nature of the competition will change, it is not a cooking competition at all, but a popularity competition.

If that was the case, Chen Nian would have to buy tens of thousands of votes for the people in front of him.

Although Chen Nian has never done this kind of thing, he used to know classmates from the School of Computer Science when he was in school. They said that after this kind of system is built, it usually costs about two cents per vote, and the speed and number of votes are both Can be adjusted in the background.

1 votes is just 200 yuan.

But it would be much better if the judges made on-site selections based on the dishes. Although it is inevitable that there will be favors, at least they will not be too blatant.

And not to mention it's an invitation-only competition.

Many of you are from other provinces. You are too shady, and others can speak ill of you when they turn around.

In this way, the only thing that needs to be considered on my side is time. Anyway, the other party will contact me in advance when the time comes, so Chen Nian plans to wait until then.

While watching and thinking, the time gradually came to noon.

Look at Chen Nian, who is about the same time, just about to pick up his mobile phone and send a message to An Hongdou to tell him to start dressing up and go out to eat hot pot. As a result, An Hongdou sent a message saying that everything has been washed and packed, and now he is preparing to come here by himself side.

When Chen Nian saw the news, he immediately became nervous, although the quilt, pillow and table were not messed up.

But Chen Nian still ran to the bathroom to see that there was nothing unusual on his face and his hair was not messed up.

Very handsome.

Just then the doorbell rang.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Nian installed his room card and put his mobile phone on to go out to eat hot pot with An Hongdou.

An Hongdou chose a time-honored hot pot restaurant here.

The reason why I chose this place is because An Hongdou said that the price of this store is not expensive, and the taste is also very good, and many locals recommend it.

The two wore masks when they went out. Although it was a bit hot, it was a special period after all.

There were quite a few people wearing masks on the street, so An Hongdou didn't worry much about being recognized.

Although An Hongdou belongs to the kind of singer who is not popular now, it is inevitable that someone will have seen what An Hongdou looks like.

Now it's time for personal life, and she doesn't want to live in such trouble.

The distance to this restaurant is not too remote, and there are many restaurants around, but today is the last few days of the holiday, so there are many people at the door.

However, An Hongdou had reserved a number online before going out, and they just waited for about 10 minutes at the door before going in.

"This restaurant is quite famous for its duck feet. Let's order some duck feet first." An Hongdou said after sitting down. Since most restaurants now order by scanning codes, there is no need to look at the menu.

"Okay, you choose the place, you can choose what to eat.".
Chen Nian doesn't care about what to eat, as long as he can eat spicy food.

Seeing this, the red beans were not polite. They first ordered a few of their favorites, and then asked about some old favorites, and then submitted the order.

Just as they were waiting for the bottom of the pot, they suddenly heard a familiar melody.

"Isn't this your song?" Chen Nian asked curiously.

"Yeah, speaking of which, I wrote this song after I ate it in your restaurant." An Hongdou's face was a little flushed, and she didn't know whether it was hot or excited, after all, she belonged to that class not long ago. An unknown singer, although he is a little famous now, but he can still hear his own songs when he goes out to eat, so he will inevitably feel a little excited.

"It seems that you are indeed a star."

"What big star? Are you scolding me? I am now thanks to you, if it weren't for the inspiration I found in your store, and Miao Miaowu later put my song in her video Propaganda, now I don’t know which city’s bar I will continue to be a resident singer, it’s precarious, and I don’t know what to eat.”

He even looked like weeping.

"Wherever it is, it's all about your strength, and gold will shine sooner or later." Chen Nian waved his hand quickly.

"Will it shine sooner or later? That means it won't shine at noon?"

"Hahaha, your joke is really old enough. I heard it when I was in elementary school." Chen Nian laughed loudly, "But is playing your song in a restaurant an infringement? After all, without your consent."

An Hongdou shook her head: "It's not an infringement. I checked it on the Internet before. Although songs are copyrighted and protected by copyright law, as long as they are used within a reasonable range, they will not infringe." , also without consent.

For example, broadcasting in a restaurant belongs to personal appreciation, and this kind of mechanical use itself is legal, as long as it is not used to promote the hotel's own brand, there is no problem. "

"I see." Chen Nian nodded, "I was worried that playing your songs in my store would be an infringement."

"You'll be out of your league if you say that." An Hongdou pretended to be angry, "We are also friends, even if you really want to use it for business, just tell me, at worst, I will write you a letter of authorization later. It’s all about writing a few words.”

"Just kidding, just kidding." Chen Nian quickly apologized.

Soon the bottom of the pot was served, and the dishes were placed on the table.

They ordered the spicy pot bottom, and the two of them didn't need any light soup pot.

After the fire boiled, the glowing red pot kept tumbling.

The red oil floats and keeps rolling with the boiling soup.

The strong spicy aroma emanates from the pot, just smelling it makes Chen Nian a little unbearable.

The long drought meets the nectar, and I can't stand it anymore after not eating such spicy food for nearly a month.

All kinds of ingredients were put into the pot, and gradually changed their color under the action of high temperature, and then they were picked up and dipped in the dipping sauce.

The mutton, which was already hung with red oil, was now attached with the carefully prepared dipping sauce, and the saliva began to secrete crazily before it was put into the mouth.

Dopamine in the brain also stimulates the nerves like a spring.

As the mutton slices full of seasoning entered the mouth, the spicy taste galloped wantonly in the mouth, rampaging.

The unique taste of mutton instantly conquered the taste buds.

In summer, spicy hot pot is the only way to enjoy it, and it doesn’t taste too good when paired with iced cola.

"Cool!"

Chen Nian couldn't help sighing, and looking at Hongdou opposite, his face was full of satisfaction.

"I'm so hungry during this time." An Hongdou said while sucking lightly.

"Who says it's not? After I go back this time, no matter what, I have to cook Sichuan cuisine in the store for a week."

"Necessary, then I have to go to your place to eat for a few days to change my appetite." An Hong echoed, "It's just old. Now that your store has been renovated, the store has doubled in size. There are more customers every day, is the store busy enough?"

Hearing the other party's question, Chen Nian swallowed his hairy belly that was simmering in the pot, and after a long sigh of relief, he replied: "You can come over here, Xiao Xie is the chef I hired to expand the store, and He has a certain amount of experience, I have taught him a lot of dishes before coming here, and he will be able to cook many dishes by then, and Aunt Wen is also specially recruited by me."

"That's good." An Hongdou nodded.

At this time, Chen Nian looked at An Hongdou, who was eating hot pot and was sweating a little, and said a little teasingly: "Hongdou, do you plan to come to help when the store is too busy?"

"That's not impossible. If you're really too busy, just tell me. I'll serve the Honghong Restaurant. When the time comes, I'll pay you whatever you want, as long as you have three meals a day."

"Hahaha, let's forget it. The Honghong Hotel has a lot of customers. If you come to serve as a waiter again, I'm afraid that all your fans will come to my place to eat, and it will be really overwhelmed."

It took about 40 minutes in total, and the two of them ate with round stomachs.

Satisfied, he leaned back on the chair.

An Hongdou touched her stomach and said with emotion: "It would be great if I could eat hot pot every day in the future. This hot pot is really the greatest invention of mankind!"

"Isn't that simple?" Chen Nian was also eating a little bit at this time, and he didn't dare to let himself make too much movement, so he could only sit there with his hands on the table and said, "Now you can eat well with just one song. There are hundreds of tons of hot pot, and one song a year is enough for a year's hot pot money."

"That's impossible." An Hongdou shook her head, "I still want to save money to buy a house, and the housing prices in Chengdu are not cheap now."

"You also want to buy a house? That's a bit of a coincidence. I also want to buy a house. Before the conditions were not allowed, I dare not even think about such a thing, but now that the conditions are available, it is better to have a house of my own."

"yes……"

After exchanging their ideas of wanting to buy a house, they found that they had agreed with each other in a certain aspect.

　Thank you Yu Litan for the 10000 starting point reward.

　　Thank you Xuan Qingzi for the 100 starting point reward.

　　Thanks to Junjun for the reward of 1666 book coins~

　　Thank you, boss, for spending~
　　It will be updated in two days, and I will be in my hometown these days.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)