My frequent visitor is actually Liyue Qixing!

Opening the window a little, the sounds from downstairs reached Lu Qingci's ears more clearly.

After only listening to Lu Qingci for two or three minutes, I realized that these colleagues probably saw his flyer and thought that he was driving up prices and were dissatisfied that his food was more expensive than theirs.

But Lu Qingci is a little confused about this. I have heard people complain about other restaurants being too cheap to attract customers, but I have never heard people complain about restaurants that are more expensive than their own.

If they sell it more expensively, wouldn't it be easier for ordinary customers to visit their store?

It seemed that they had been downstairs for a long time, and they were just woken up because they slept too hard.

Based on the idea that these people would not leave easily if he didn't go down, Lu Qingci had no choice but to endure his sleepiness, get up, tidy up, and then walked downstairs and opened the door of the restaurant.

Opening the door of the restaurant, the noise in my ears suddenly quieted down.

The leading man took two steps forward and said to Lu Qingci: "Are you the owner of this restaurant? You can keep your composure."

Lu Qingci could tell at a glance that the man in charge among these people was the man in front of him. He said, "This gentleman wants to see me if he wants to come in and sit down. Don't disturb the normal opening of other shops."

The man was originally arrogant. After listening to Lu Qingci's words, he turned around and realized that because he had shouted so loudly, there were too many people around to watch the excitement, and many shops were full of people. It has indeed delayed the business of many stores.

And because he had been inciting people's emotions just now, he didn't notice the resentful looks of those store owners at all. At this time, he felt a little guilty.

But he still shouted loudly to give himself courage: "Don't even think about bringing me in and bribing me.

You are disrupting the market price!

These are just ordinary restaurants, why are you more noble than others? "

Is this really the reason?

Lu Qingci sighed. He didn't want to cause any conflict with the other party, so he tried to speak in a nice tone and said, "The quality of the food will naturally be sold at a certain price."

The man originally thought that Lu Qingci's tone and words were polite, but after hearing what Lu Qingci said, he immediately blew his beard and glared.

"What quality of your food can be more expensive than Wanmintang?"

"I have never been to Wan Min Tang, which this gentleman mentioned, but I only know that my dishes are worth the price. The food itself is not high or low, but my craftsmanship is worth it."

"you you!"

"well said!"

Before the man could tell you the result, he heard a clear and loud voice from the crowd,

Everyone turned their gazes over, and the man also looked unkindly at the little yellow-haired girl who interrupted him. When he put out the fire.

"Who is that?"

"Are you a foreigner? That's Xiang Ling from Wan Min Tang."

"What? She is the chef of Wanmintang, Liyue

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The most outstanding chef of the younger generation, Miss Xiangling? "

"I heard that when "Lica" and "Yucai" each controlled half of the gourmet food industry, Miss Xiangling did not shy away from being divided into gangs, but made all the dishes more perfect. "

"Not only that, even the original dishes created by Miss Xiangling have attracted the favor of Liyue and surrounding countries. When passing by Liyue, you must go to Wanmin Hall to have a seat!

If you can meet Miss Xiangling on duty, it will be the best of luck! "

Lu Qingci naturally heard the discussion. He focused his eyes on the face of the young lady named Xiang Ling.

The other party is a girl with short blue hair. Her hair is braided into two braids and fixed with clips. She is wearing a black and gold cheongsam with a bear-like ornament tied around her waist.

The even and slender legs were exposed to the air, and a pair of golden almond eyes were looking at him with a smile.

Although the other party looks very young and has round almond eyes, he is not as soft as Gan Yu. Instead, he is full of heroism.

Is she the famous Miss Xiangling?

It seems that he is very young, but he has already become popular throughout Liyue and even his reputation has spread to foreign countries. It is really amazing.

But...is it Golden Eyes again?

It seems that Mr. Zhongli yesterday is really not an immortal.

"The boss is right. Food itself is not noble or cheap, but if the craftsmanship is really worth it, then it doesn't hurt to be more expensive."

Xiang Ling said this, and walked out from the crowd in full view. She looked at Lu Qingci with clear eyes, smiled and stretched out her hand:

"Hello boss, my name is Xiang Ling."

Seeing the bright smile of the other party, Lu Qingci's annoyance at being woken up dissipated a little. He stretched out his hand to shake the other party's hand and said, "Hello, Miss Xiangling, my name is Lu Qingci."

"Since Mr. Lu Qingci is very confident in his craftsmanship, but the restaurant owners are doubtful, how about we have an open and fair competition?" Xiang Ling suggested.

She originally didn't want to come here. After all, it doesn't matter if other restaurants sell them more expensively or cheaper. If you open your own store and set your own prices, no one else can control it.

But it was said that more and more people were gathering here, and almost all the owners of the surrounding restaurants were joining in the fun. Xiangling also wanted to come and see what this 'extremely arrogant' boss looked like.

I expected to see a tall, thick-looking old chef with an impatient face, but I didn’t expect that the tall, handsome man with a bookish air in front of me was the boss.

While she was shocked, she was also thinking about how to end this farce, although this was not something she should consider.

But when she was just watching the excitement in the crowd, she heard many people whispering that they needed to come over and compete with Mr. Lu Qingci in order to convince the crowd.

Instead of hiding until everyone pushes him out for a competition, he might as well stand up and challenge himself.

"Competition?" Lu Qingci asked.

"Yes, a competition." Xiangling nodded with her hands on her hips, looked at everyone and said, "Bosses, I want to compete with Mr. Lu Qingci in terms of cooking skills.

If any other restaurant owners think that Mr. Lu Qingci’s craftsmanship is not as good as his own, they can also join the competition.

If Mr. Lu Qingci wins, it means that he is qualified to sell at a higher price than the normal price. Then all the bosses who came to make trouble must apologize to Mr. Lu Qingci.

If Mr. Lu Qingci loses, how about he lower the price of vegetables to the public price? "

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021-Your food is nothing more than that

Xiang Ling's eyes wandered on the faces of Lu Qingci and other onlookers.

In fact, the competition proposed by Xiang Ling can be said to be very fair. Without increasing the stakes, there will be no excessive behavior.

Either an apology or a price reduction are harmless bets provided that both parties are willing to settle the matter.

"I agree."

Lu Qingci, who was standing next to Xiangling, said,

This competition can be said to be harmless to him, but if the bosses who gathered to make trouble proposed the competition, I'm afraid he would not agree easily.

But the Miss Xiangling in front of her was obviously not one of the people who gathered to make trouble. Instead, she seemed to have taken the initiative to come to her rescue.

So facing such a beautiful girl, Lu Qingci was willing to compete.

What's more, the competition is not harmful to you. Instead, you can take this opportunity to let others know that your craftsmanship is worth the price. It may be a blessing in disguise that you will have more customers.

Now that the parties involved have agreed, a few of the troublemaking bosses below have also accepted the competition and are discussing something below.

But everyone knew that from the moment the competition was established, everyone except Xiang Ling and Lu Qingci were destined to become foils.

contest

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The rules are very simple. The location is Qingyunzhai. Everyone can borrow the kitchen utensils from Qingyunzhai. If you are not used to using them, you can also get them yourself.

When cooking the same dish, you need to prepare your own ingredients. After all, everyone adheres to the saying that 'food is of no distinction between high and low', so you can participate if you use ordinary ingredients, and you can also participate if you use more expensive ingredients.

Find a few impartial customers from the crowd of onlookers to serve as judges, and the one with the highest votes wins.

In the end, when the restaurant waiters went back to move their things, the bosses jointly selected six people from those who volunteered to be judges.

They are the storyteller Tian Tiezui, the owner of Rongfa Shop Dongsheng, Tiantian from the Adventurers Association, Ying'er from Chunxiang Kiln, gourmet Fletcher, and Qianyan Junyicheng who stayed behind voluntarily because he was afraid of gathering in groups to cause trouble.

When everyone was still hesitating whether there would be a tie if the number of judges was an even number, a familiar figure appeared in their eyes.

"Mr. Zhongli?" Xiangling shouted first, "Are you coming out to eat?"

"Miss Xiangling." Zhong Li nodded towards her and said, "I'm out to eat. If I see the excitement here, I'll come over and take a look."

"It just so happens that we have a cooking test here and we are short of a judge." Xiang Ling invited with a smile: "Mr. Zhongli is so well-informed, I guess a small test of dishes is not a problem?"

"Then it's better to be respectful than to obey." Zhongli walked to the last seat on the long table and sat down very naturally.

At this time, some of the tables and chairs in Qingyunzhai have been removed, leaving space for the restaurant owners to place their kitchen utensils.

The seven judges sat on a long table, and the empty seats were filled with onlookers.

The final food chosen for the competition was molasses meat and satisfying salad.

It is a very common dish that is available in every restaurant.

In Xiangling's words, since cooking skills are more important than cooking skills, one has to use the simplest dishes to be able to tell whether one's cooking skills are good or bad.

The other two participating bosses didn't want to borrow Lu Qingci's kitchen utensils, so they asked the restaurant waiters to bring the ones from their own restaurants over.

As for Xiangling, although she was very curious about Lu Qingci’s kitchen utensils, she had never used many of them, so she chose to use her own kitchen utensils.

At this time, the four people were ready, standing in front of their kitchen utensils, waiting for the judge's order.

Following Tian Tiezui's words, everyone began to take action.

Lu Qingci took out the pork belly and cut it into evenly sized pieces, blanched it in a pot, took it out, and put in water, soy sauce, sugar and his own secret seasoning packet.

While the meat was simmering, Lu Qingci took out the ingredients needed for the salad.

Peel the potatoes, cut into cubes and place in the steamer.

Cut the cabbage into even thin strips, add a little salt and massage it with your hands until the pickling water comes out and the cabbage becomes soft, then set it aside.

Take out the salad dressing, yogurt, chopped parsley, and black pepper, and stir them together to make a sauce.

After preparing the sauce, rinse the cabbage with water.

Take out a porcelain white plate and place it on the table, place the cabbage and cabbage shreds at the bottom, and then place the freshly steamed potatoes on top.

Cut the apples into crescent shapes and place them in a half circle around the edge of the plate.

The fist-sized bird egg slices were also very large, so Lu Qingci had to adjust them twice before getting a good-looking shape.

Place the sauce in a small bowl aside, and finally sprinkle some black pepper on top of the salad to complete.

After getting everything ready and waiting for another quarter of an hour, the meat stewed in the pot was almost done.

Take the meat out and chop it on the cutting board. The aroma will immediately fill the air.

From the exclamations around him and the gurgling of the stomachs of some of the judges, it can be judged that Lu Qingci's meat was cooked very successfully.

But he did not move his eyes forward, but continued to work on his own.

At this time, two bosses had already prepared their own dishes, and only Lu Qingci and Xiang Ling were still busy.

Lu Qingci took out the prepared dough and stamped it with a beautiful lamb's head pattern. Suddenly, a light brown lamb's head pattern appeared on the wheat-yellow dough.

This branding seal was just made yesterday. I didn't expect it to come in handy today.

Put the chopped pork belly into the cut bread, and the last step of the mola meat is completed.

Because Lu Qingci had excellent time control, Xiangling also ended her work the moment he arranged the dishes.

"Judges, please taste the first dish first, Mora Pork." Tian Tiezui stood in the center and said loudly. The next second he hurriedly sat back at the long table, waiting to taste the food.

Not only Tian Tiezui, but also several other judges were also looking forward to the tasting session at this time.

After all, they had already smelled the exciting aroma just now, but they just didn't know which plate in front of them the aroma belonged to?

The four chefs stepped forward and cut their Mora meat into seven equal portions and distributed them to the seven judges.

When the seven judges tasted the Mora meat made by the first chef, the comments they gave were as follows:

Tian Tiezui: "It's quite satisfactory. Although I'm a layman, this mola meat is indeed a bit greasy."

Dongsheng: "This ingredient doesn't seem fresh enough. It shouldn't be sold at my house."