Gourmet: Midnight Vending-Chapter 339 - 316: Someone Wants to Pick a Fight Before Setting Up the Stall

Chapter 339: Chapter 316: Someone Wants to Pick a Fight Before Setting Up the Stall

A big bite of fried rice went into Chen Mo’s mouth, and he chewed slowly, savoring it.

At his current level, as long as he’s cooking in the food truck, he won’t stop until all the progress bars that appear are perfect. So, the fried rice he was eating now was already the eighth attempt.

"Huh?"

After swallowing, Chen Mo stopped, looking at the bowl of fried rice with some curiosity.

The rice grains were shiny with oil, and they didn’t have the so-called golden wrapping, just the normal color of rice grains.

The other ingredients were also very simple, but for some reason, there was a very special feeling in the mouth.

"Delicious, let’s have two more bites."

Saying it was two bites, a large bowl of rice was finished by Chen Mo in no time, and he happily burped, made a cup of European hawthorn juice, and drank it. The taste was odd, somewhat like a mix of apples and red dates.

"Turns out foreigners don’t have any tasty fruit," Chen Mo concluded subjectively, driving the food truck slowly towards the North Gate, completely forgetting about Liu Xu asking him to call back after he was busy.

"If that’s the case, it seems I still need to make another trip to the supermarket."

"The price of fried rice can’t be imagined as a dozen yuan per serving, it must be at least..."

Chen Mo retrieved the menu, wrote the new dish name and price below the lion head meatball.

[Fried Rice: 188 Yuan/serving]

Then he took off the food truck hook and drove the motorhome to the supermarket to buy supplies.

Speaking of which, after returning to the office, Liu Xu repeatedly watched the videos on his phone. The headline was about last night’s North Gate incident, and the second was Gao Hao’s apology video.

He didn’t know Gao Hao, but had a vague impression, just remembering him as a colleague who had dinner with Director Zhang Huixiang last night.

The reason Liu Xu insisted Chen Mo call him back after finishing his tasks was because of these two videos.

The video of eating the lion head meatball had a ridiculous 80,000 likes and over 100,000 comments!

As for the apology video, it quickly garnered over 30,000 likes shortly after being posted, with the comment section exploding with heated arguments.

Liu Xu was anxious because many in the comments were arranging fights.

Some supported the food truck, arguing that people can sell whatever they want, and name their dishes however they like. Did the name "lion head" get monopolized by Huaiyang Cuisine?

These netizens were mostly from other places.

Another group, mostly locals, had a strong awareness of protecting local food culture and strongly condemned the words of outsiders!

So eventually, it turned into a situation where those who disagreed decided to meet at the Ecological Garden at night?

As the person in charge of the Ecological Garden, how could Liu Xu not be worried? And it was obvious these people were targeting Boss Xiao Chen, so he had to warn him beforehand to avoid any trouble.

Liu Xu waited and waited, but Chen Mo didn’t show up.

So he decided to get up and head out to look for him.

At this moment, Yu Hongtao, wearing a polo shirt, also sneaked into the Ecological Garden, wearing a baseball cap.

From a distance, pretending to be a passerby, he slowly walked past the North Gate.

’Hmm, the food truck has come out, but I don’t see Boss Xiao Chen.’

’Apart from the food truck, there’s no one else, it’s temporarily safe!’

’Wait a minute, I don’t believe it, fried rice sells for 188 yuan?!’

But thinking back to the 88 yuan lion head meatball he had yesterday, Yu Hongtao found it somewhat reasonable. But on second thought, the price was really unreasonable, even though in Yangzhou, some fried rice could sell for 300 yuan per serving!

But that’s specifically for tourists.

No local would eat that stuff.

Rather than saying it’s eating fried rice, it’s more about experiencing a culture.

But this roadside stand... Yu Hongtao looked around and saw no one else, so he flashed his annual pass to the security at the entrance and slipped into the Ecological Garden, planning to wander around and come out later to see the situation.

Meanwhile, under the shade of a tree at the North Gate, two young men had appeared at some point.

These two young men were Xue Ping and Xue An.

"Bro, do you think that guy in the white polo shirt is here?"

"Who knows, we just keep an eye on him. But it doesn’t matter if he comes or not; we’re here to clear the name of Huaiyang Cuisine! Our Huaiyang Cuisine isn’t something for just anyone to mess around with."

The younger brother Xue An nodded vigorously, "Bro, when should we start preparing?"

"Right now, making lion head meatballs takes time and effort, so let’s get ready early to avoid any trouble later."

The Xue brothers were not very educated, but they used to be kitchen assistants in a big restaurant, working under a famous chef, and considered themselves to have learned some skills.

When the big restaurant went bankrupt due to mismanagement, the brothers, being clever, thought of opening a viral restaurant, but never found the right opportunity.

Now, after seeing the two videos gain massive attention online, the brothers used the banner of clearing Huaiyang Cuisine’s name and went to weld a hand-pushed cart, equipped it with a gas tank and stove, and came running to the Ecological Garden.

"By the way, should we call our master again to confirm the procedure for making lion head meatballs?"

"I think so, I don’t have a problem mixing the stuffing, but I’m unsure about controlling the heat when simmering."

"Alright, let’s call the master again. Just as well, let’s tell him the good news. If our stall becomes a hit, our master could come back! Then the three of us could open a big restaurant again!"

The brothers spoke with excitement, as if their big plans were just around the corner.

Then, brother Xue Ping dialed a number.

...

Far away in Jingzhou.

Zhou Yu was sitting upright in the office set up for him by Fang Zhizhong, with his pen tip resting on his lips, pondering over the restaurant menu.

This is a big deal.

As the future Huaiyang Cuisine head chef, he had to make early arrangements for the menu, dishes, and all the raw materials and ingredients needed for the restaurant, which hadn’t even opened yet.

At this moment, Zhou Yu’s phone rang.

He glanced at the name on the phone, it was those two young guys from the kitchen of the restaurant he once ran in his hometown. Zhou Yu quite liked these two kids; they were diligent and worked efficiently.

But they were a bit extreme.

Having learned Huaiyang Cuisine themselves, they couldn’t bear to hear anyone speak ill of Huaiyang Cuisine and frequently got into online arguments with others.

Zhou Yu had told them several times that the internet is not a place without rules, and warned them to be careful not to offend the wrong people and get into trouble.

But the brothers didn’t care at all and did as they pleased.

After the restaurant went bankrupt, Zhou Yu left Yangzhou, barely able to fend for himself, so he didn’t think about bringing these two brothers along.

"Well, if I can get a foothold here, bringing them over isn’t out of the question."

Zhou Yu answered the call.

"Xue Ping, what’s going on?"