Gourmet: Midnight Vending-Chapter 253 - 251: No Wonder the Members Eat Two Servings

Chapter 253: Chapter 251: No Wonder the Members Eat Two Servings

Seeing that it wasn’t early anymore and the sanitation workers had finished eating and left, Ma Juntao and the fitness instructors had no choice but to get up and return to the gym.

Their plates were already empty.

Before leaving, Ma Juntao deliberately stayed behind. When the other instructors had walked far away, he approached the food cart, "Hey, boss, what time do you pack up?"

Chen Mo was tidying up the food cart and replied without looking up, "1 AM."

Ma Juntao nodded without speaking, stretched his arm to make a crackling sound, and also returned to the gym.

"Old Pan, Old Pan." In the gym, Ma Juntao called over Pan Siyu, glanced over to see Cao Tianrui at the bar counter at the door looking all down, and said, "I asked, the boss packs up at 1 AM, we’re about done with work around that time. How about we go grab a big steak? I just saw someone take away a tomahawk and thought it looked incredible, such a big piece of meat!"

Pan Siyu thought for a moment, "Sounds good! Normally, the boss leaves with us, so we have to wait until the boss leaves first."

"Alright, it’s settled then!"

The two agreed and returned to their respective posts.

Ma Juntao, responsible for the night shift’s weight-loss camp, gathered the six trainees around.

"Well, due to unexpected circumstances, we started a bit late today, so we’ll just do a simple workout for everyone..."

"Coach!" Song Ya interrupted Ma Juntao, rubbing her stomach, "While you were outside, we discussed it among ourselves."

Ma Juntao looked at Song Ya, puzzled.

"First off, it’s already so late, we won’t achieve much. Plus, we all ate... two late-night snacks today. How about we call it off today and start from tomorrow?"

Ma Juntao was in a bit of a bind, but then Cao Tianrui came over, "Let’s just go with what they say. Today we hosted a charity event, made the store a mess, and the trainees did pay to enjoy services, we can’t just half-ass it."

Though saying this, Cao Tianrui was grinding his teeth in frustration.

He glared towards where He Ziheng sat, "Tomorrow at 10 PM, start the formal training!"

With the boss giving the word, Ma Juntao had nothing to worry about.

He sent the six trainees off, and Cao Tianrui sat in the shop, fuming and brooding over things.

What the heck happened today, I originally planned for our trainers to go mess with the charity stall, and now our store turned into a charity event itself?

All of them sitting on my gym equipment having midnight snacks.

As a big boss, losing money is one thing, but I even had to serve them hot water, damn!

Cao Tianrui unhappily looked at the little yellow bike by the roadside, "I’ll meet this little boss myself!"

As it approached 1 AM, Chen Mo saw business waning and prepared to pack up early.

He brewed a cup of herbal tea, waiting for it to cool a bit before drinking.

"Boss, what do you have here?"

Chen Mo glanced at the suddenly appearing customer and pointed to the menu, "Three different prices of beef noodles."

Cao Tianrui just took a glance at the prices, and said, "I’ll take the most expensive one."

"Coming right up!" Chen Mo set the herbal tea aside, took out a tomahawk steak, and prepared it over the grill.

Cao Tianrui looked at the gigantic tomahawk steak and thought no wonder the trainees couldn’t resist today, this guy serves such huge cuts of beef?

Yet, feeling annoyed, Cao Tianrui purposefully made things difficult by asking, "What do you have to drink here?"

"We have various juices, just let me know what you like."

Chen Mo decided to try selling things from the juice dispenser, which was purely a no-cost affair.

Also, in Chen Mo’s opinion, the juices from this dispenser might not be too popular. They were just freshly squeezed without any processing - straight-up healthy taste, not really much else to say.

Cao Tianrui didn’t think much, "A glass of grape juice."

The juice dispenser was located at the far left of the counter, hidden by the side of the food cart and not visible from outside.

Chen Mo tossed a cup over, "Grape juice!"

Glug, glug, glug...

The juice machine started bubbling, and purple juice flowed into the cup below.

Chen Mo returned to grilling the steak.

Before long, a sizzling tomahawk steak was sliced into strips with a black blade, plated up with mixed noodles, and served.

Cao Tianrui took a whiff, picked up the tray, and sat down at the little yellow table.

"It’s just steak and spaghetti... not much cheaper than restaurant prices, why do so many people insist on eating it?"

Cao Tianrui was puzzled.

Passing by and grabbing a bite when hungry made some sense, but the point was those trainees who, after having one serving, actually came back for another, which was harder to understand.

That portion of steak and noodles was quite large, could they really eat all that so late?

Cao Tianrui casually picked a strip of steak and put it in his mouth.

"What’s so special about this, it’s just grilled steak with a bit of black pep... wait, what?"

He just chewed a little.

The crispy outer layer brought a slight crunch, followed by the rich juices bursting instantly in his mouth, the meat tender and soft, requiring almost no effort to chew.

The fragrance of beef was intense, with a hint of smoky and charcoal flavors, something unheard of in usual steak houses!

Because typical Western or steak restaurants generally pan-fry or oven-cook steaks, but Chen Mo used direct charcoal grilling, giving the steak a [Chinese barbecue] flavor.

The sweetness of the fat perfectly fused with the savory beef, every bite a delightful sensation of absorbing fats and high-quality proteins.

"Geez, it’s actually delicious!"

Cao Tianrui decisively picked a chopstick of beef noodles, "Spaghetti is spaghetti, why call it beef noodles, isn’t that like taking off your pants to... whoa?"

Biting into the noodles, Cao Tianrui was once again left in awe.

He knew very well the texture of regular spaghetti, not exactly chewy, similar to the [wire noodles] often seen in Chinese hotpots.

But these noodles?

Chewy, smooth, with an intense wheat flavor, each chew filling his mouth with a delightful wheat aroma!

The seemingly ordinary beef sauce coating the noodles was surprisingly rich in tomato flavor. The subtle sweetness of the tomato perfectly resolved any greasy sensation from the beef and oil on the noodle surface, making it more and more appetizing with each bite.

"There is indeed something special here!" Cao Tianrui, incredulous, looked down, "Let’s eat first, talk later."

At this moment, with laughter and conversation, Ma Juntao and Pan Siyu, pretending to leave work, doubled back from the road behind the food cart.

"I’m getting the tomahawk, what about you?"

"It’s gotta be the tomahawk! Sneak-eating earlier was killing me."

"Boss, two portions of tomahawk beef noodles!"

The eating Cao Tianrui slightly turned his head.

The voices sounded somewhat familiar?