Gourmet: Midnight Vending-Chapter 262 - 260: Men’s Refueling Station, Women’s Beauty Salon

Chapter 262: Chapter 260: Men’s Refueling Station, Women’s Beauty Salon

"I heard that Boss Cao seems to be up to something lately. My brother-in-law mentioned something about it yesterday."

"What’s he doing?" Liu Yuerong asked, puzzled.

"Maybe he’s trying to start some fitness barbecue room thing. I’m not sure, He Ziheng just overheard a few words."

A thirty-eight-year-old auntie joined the conversation Gu Fang and Liu Yuerong were having, "When is Boss Xiao Chen coming? Are you sure he’ll be here today?"

They were all customers, so Gu Fang immediately put on a smile, "He’ll definitely come. Don’t worry about it."

"It’s so hard to find something delicious that doesn’t make you gain weight these days. My family all love his Lantern Shadow Beef. I bought it several times from the supermarket, but it doesn’t compare to Boss Xiao Chen’s." The auntie took a canned jar out of her pocket, "Have a taste, it’s what I bought from the supermarket yesterday."

A few aunties and sisters reached out and pinched some beef slices to taste.

"Ugh, can this really be called Lantern Shadow Beef? Let me see where it’s from. We should avoid buying stuff from there in the future."

"Why does it have a meaty smell?"

"I don’t like this crunchy texture. Boss Xiao Chen’s is delicious, crunchy yet chewy."

Gu Fang was chatting with her sisters when she saw someone with a suspicious look on his face rushing over, "Xiao Hu, Xiao Hu! Why are you sneaking around?"

He Ziheng wasn’t actually sneaking around. He just didn’t want to greet his sister-in-law across the street. Now that Gu Fang spotted him, he came over with his phone out of awkwardness, "Nothing much, just doing some live streaming recently. I’m thinking about getting a membership card here to save some money."

"A membership card?" Gu Fang frowned slightly, "You can come to my place, I won’t charge you."

He Ziheng thought to himself that precisely because she wouldn’t charge him, he was too embarrassed to go.

Besides, eating barbecue in a gym is just ruining oneself, isn’t it? He Ziheng couldn’t bring himself to do that among family.

"We’ll talk about it later. My live streaming content is a bit strange." With that, He Ziheng was about to leave.

But Gu Fang firmly held him back, "Come on now, we have our own gym. If you go somewhere else for a card, Gu Jing will cry to me again. Stop hesitating and just come to mine."

He Ziheng always felt a bit inferior around his sister-in-law, and now surrounded by a group of women, he was blushing down to his neck, not knowing whether to stay or go.

Just then.

The thirty-eight-year-old auntie pointed to the corner of the street, "Ah, Boss Xiao Chen is here!"

"Whoa! You’re early today. Don’t you usually arrive at ten every day?"

"Early is good, early is good! The sooner we eat, the sooner we can digest, haha."

Chen Mo had just parked the car when he was immediately surrounded by a group of women. They talked incessantly, and Chen Mo felt like he had three thousand ducks quacking in his ears.

Quickly raising both hands, he shouted loudly, "Hold on, hold on! I get it, you’re all here to buy Lantern Shadow Beef?"

Gu Fang leaned on the display counter, stretching out her arms, "Of course, all our sisters say your beef is delicious, and our families love it. Once they found out you set up here, they insisted I bring them over to buy some beef."

Chen Mo smacked his lips, "Here’s the thing, if you want to buy beef, you’ll have to go to Hanyang Town. The people there all know how to make it now, and it tastes just like mine. I’m not selling beef anymore."

"I know, you’re selling barbecue now!" Gu Fang pointed at the menu, "Since we’re all here, I’m treating today! Everyone, eat to your heart’s content."

The thirty-eight-year-old auntie was a bit taken aback, "Barbecue? Won’t that make us..." She rubbed her belly, having recently lost some weight, and was worried eating would ruin her progress!

"It’s okay, just see what Boss Xiao Chen is selling first."

The auntie muttered to herself, "Lamb skewers, grilled oysters, beef noodles?"

Gu Fang covered the other two items, "Oysters, have you heard the saying? They’re fuel for men and a beauty secret for women. Eat up, there’s nothing to worry about, these things don’t make you gain weight."

Indeed.

Although it’s uncertain whether seafood is truly non-fattening, those who love to eat but can’t control their craving often say such things.

"The oysters will take a little longer, the seasoning isn’t ready yet."

"No rush, no rush, take your time, we’ll wait here."

At this point, He Ziheng pushed through the crowd with a mischievous look to the food truck, "Brother Xiao Chen, give me a hundred oysters and fifty meat skewers."

After saying that, he added reassuringly, "I’m the first to order!"

Chen Mo grunted, then started preparing the seasonings for tonight’s grilled oysters.

In this world, there’s a seemingly destined connection between certain ingredients and certain seasonings.

The best match for oysters is garlic paste; no other seasoning can disrupt their relationship.

Following the recipe, Chen Mo started preparing the first seasoning, the raw ingredients.

He took five pounds of peeled garlic and began chopping it directly on the cutting board.

"Chen, isn’t there a machine for grinding this?"

Seeing Chen Mo working so hard chopping, He Ziheng kindly suggested.

"That lacks soul."

He Ziheng scratched his head, not understanding why mincing garlic should have soul.

Of course, Chen Mo knew there were machines, but chopping with a knife and grinding with a machine are two completely different things.

Machines don’t know the depth, and the minced garlic might not be uniform, particularly if ground into a paste, that’s a failure. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Such paste tends to release water and quickly spoils.

The raw ingredient preparation is quite simple. After dicing the garlic into small granules, he mixed in oyster sauce and abalone juice, finishing off with some vegetable oil.

Next came the cooked ingredients.

Also consisting of chopped garlic, but this time with diced chili peppers. In Sichuan barbecue, if there’s no spice, you’re likely to get your stand overturned.

Chen Mo used a higher ratio of chili peppers, making it a bit spicier.

The two were mixed evenly.

Firing up the pot! Heating the oil!

This was Chen Mo’s favorite step; every time he heated the pot for oil, it marked the birth of a magnificent dish. The rapeseed oil heated to seventy percent was ladled directly onto the mixed chili and garlic paste.

"Can’t you just fry it directly?" The auntie, curious from the sizzling aromas of garlic and chili in the hot oil, asked.

The other wealthy ladies were also quite puzzled.

For these sisters, aside from daily yoga and fitness, their biggest passion was food!

Spending an hour cooking and three hours photographing is common, and sharing culinary tips is a regular part of their social interactions.

While stirring to ensure the hot oil fully contacted the garlic and chili, Chen Mo answered, "Garlic and chili chopped so finely tend to burn easily if directly fried. This method prevents that."

The auntie pondered momentarily, then her eyes lit up!

"I get it! It’s like foreplay, without it, things get too dry!"

Chen Mo’s ladle slipped into the bowl in shock as he quickly picked it up, stupefied at the auntie.

That’s what Chengdu women are like!

If this comment were thrown at Mu Mu, she’d probably take three days and nights to figure it out!

Afraid to respond, he poured the evenly mixed garlic chili into the seventy percent hot oil pan, beginning the actual stir-frying process.

Garlic, what a magical ingredient.

Once the garlic and chili hit the oil, their natural aroma quickly spread explosively around the food truck area.

Even more intense than the lamb skewers grilled yesterday.

Across the way, even Cao Tianrui, pondering business transformation outside his store, couldn’t help but sniff the air.

What on earth is going on?

Making it smell this good, how is anyone supposed to think clearly?