Witch Special

After sending away all the waiters who were there to welcome the leaders, Zhou Meili personally led Lin Zhenxi and Yan Qing to a semi-open booth where there were no guests yet.

It's called a booth, but it's actually quite spacious, divided only by opaque screens. If you speak loudly, the neighbors can almost hear you. In the center of the booth sits a square eight-person table, with chairs placed on each side. Bonsai trees are placed around the table to make it feel less empty.

Honestly, this revolving restaurant is more suitable for a candlelight dinner, listening to melodious piano music while sipping red wine, and then smiling at the people across the table, saying everything. It's not about feasting on a large plate of fragrant Chinese food with your best friends.

But Liu Angxing was a Chinese chef after all. The entire Xinju Xialou restaurant revolved around him, so naturally, Chinese cuisine was the main focus. Furthermore, as a foreigner, Liu Angxing was a relatively new concept in his time, with no market in his country at all. He simply didn't understand the significance of the elaborate rituals of Western cuisine. Guests came to eat, so naturally, eating well and filling themselves up was paramount. Western food, with its tiny plates barely enough for a single bite, wasn't that a deliberate antagonism towards the guests?

Some people might enjoy eating this way, feeling classy and upper-class. But at Liu Angxing's place, all that pretentiousness is empty. I serve generous portions and delicious food. It's best if you all come in hungry and leave full. You can say I'm down-to-earth and not classy, ​​but you absolutely can't say I don't make sure you're full and satisfied.

Anyway, relying on this kind of business philosophy, Xin Ju Xia Lou has opened up the market in Xin Lan City, has a group of loyal users of its own, and has directly topped the rankings on the rating software, leaving behind those Western restaurants that claim to be high-end but only care about showing off their skills and making fun of their customers in seconds.

Sincerity always defeats gimmicks. Rather than dwelling on unnecessary details, it's better to focus on creating delicious meals to delight your guests. After all, most guests visit hotel restaurants to eat, not to see the chef show off or flaunt his wealth.

"Da Kuai Le" was once a Chinese restaurant, but its style is somewhat intermediate, offering not only Chinese pan-fried and stir-fried dishes but also Western steaks and coffee. The revolving restaurant, the highest-end restaurant, is also decorated in a Western style. Xin Ju Xia Lou, which took over the Burj Al Arab recently, hasn't had time to fully update all the decor to its style, so many areas of the hotel are now filled with a cluttered aesthetic that clashes with different concepts.

To put it bluntly, it's a bit of a mismatch. If it weren't for Liu Angxing, the chef at Xinju Xialou, the food was indeed delicious, and the decor would have been widely criticized online. But now, thanks to the loyal following, Xinju Xialou's online reviews are overwhelmingly positive. Anyone who dares to criticize Xinju Xialou will immediately be flooded with photos of delicious Chinese food, with the topic shifting to the sheer variety and deliciousness of Xinju Xialou's dishes.

To put it bluntly, it's hard to come up with a decent, respectable Chinese restaurant, and many people who don't like Western food are spontaneously supporting this unique banner. In this situation, as long as Liu Angxing doesn't do anything rash and damage his reputation, the huge success of Xinju Xialou is a foregone conclusion.

Zhou Meili had long since stopped working as a waitress. Back then, with no money and no people, she, the boss lady, had to do the work herself. Now, Xinju Xialou was full of capable people, and she was more responsible for management. So after settling Lin Zhenxi and Yan Qing, she didn't leave. Instead, she sat down and began to report to Lin Zhenxi on the development data of Xinju Xialou during this period.

The above arguments about Chinese food being superior to Western food are mostly based on Zhou Meili's subjective opinion. After all, Liu Angxing is a chef who only knows how to cook Chinese food, so she certainly hopes that Chinese food can surpass Western food.

Lin Zhenxi actually felt the same way, because when she went to a restaurant, she usually went to eat to fill her stomach. Quick delivery of the dishes and good taste were far more important than the atmosphere of the restaurant and the sense of ritual during the meal.

Including Yan Qing, they are all pragmatic people. Eating is just eating. Are all these fancy things just to cover up the fact that the food they cook does not suit the guests' taste?

Because of this common topic, they chatted so much that they even forgot their original purpose. After all, it was already past dinner time, and they felt hungry at first, but after getting used to it, they didn't feel much anymore.

However, Lin Zhenxi was still a little confused. Why was Zhou Meili the only one here? Where did Liu Angxing, who was also the host, go?

In response to this question, Zhou Meili just smiled mysteriously and told Lin Zhenxi to wait and see, as Liu Angxing was preparing a big gift for her.

Since Zhou Meili said so, Lin Zhenxi had no choice but to wait. Since she wasn't hungry anymore, she might as well drink some tea and chat to kill time.

It seems that she and Yan Qing will be considered absent from work in the afternoon 2333

Fortunately, she has more vacation time than she can use up, but she doesn’t know if Yan Qing has any more vacation time.

Just when the three of them were chatting happily, a gong suddenly sounded from the middle part of the revolving restaurant. The sound of "Duang～～～" attracted the attention of everyone around.

At the same time, Zhou Meili whispered, "It's finally started. Ah Xing was a little slow today."

"What?" Lin Zhenxi didn't hear clearly.

"Now, the hotel's daily routine is for Ah Xing to publicly cook a feast. Today's table was originally reserved by the guests next door, but when Ah Xing knew you were coming, she decided to upgrade today's meal to a feast. Don't be scared later, Ah Xing is going to show off her real skills."

"In fact, the first part of this feast has already begun. Four kinds of dried fruits, four kinds of candied fruits, and I, the beauty, will serve tea."

At this point, Zhou Meili smoothed her hair, put on a reserved look, smiled sideways and said, "How about me, am I still qualified as a beauty?"

"Pass, pass, Thai pass, spicy." x2

Lin Zhenxi and Yan Qing complimented together for the sake of the snacks on the table.

But then, Lin Zhenxi also raised his own questions.

"But if it's a big banquet, won't Liu Angxing have to prepare a lot of dishes? Can we finish all the food with just two tables of people? If not, won't it be wasted?"

Waste is not good. Although there are abundant resources now and you can buy anything as long as you have money, wasting food is still a shameful behavior.

Zhou Meili simply smiled mysteriously and said, "Don't worry, the real big eaters aren't you, but the table next to you. They said so themselves, just bring it in. They can finish any amount of food they serve."

"Huh? So awesome, what kind of people are they?"

Zhou Meili shrugged and said, "They look like a group of very young girls. You wouldn't know from their appearance that they can eat so much, but they showed me the video of their dinner together, and it's true..."

Zhou Meili pondered this for a moment, then said with a hint of fear on her face, "They really are all big eaters. It's hard to imagine how they can eat so much with such slim figures."

"Everyone is a big eater? And they are all women?" Lin Zhenxi raised her eyebrows. She now had a very strong sense of déjà vu. Could it be that she was about to meet an acquaintance?

However, Zhou Meili shook her head and said, "It's not all women. There are men and women, but the video that the girl who booked the whole place showed me was indeed all girls."

The possibility was halved, but still not low. Lin Zhenxi began to be interested in who was sitting in the booth next door.

At this time, the revolving restaurant began to play very ancient music, and at the same time, the stage in the middle began to separate to both sides, creating a gap, and then a lifting platform slowly rose from below.

Liu Angxing, wearing a red headscarf, a red waistcoat and a white chef's uniform embroidered with fire patterns, appeared in front of everyone with his arms folded as the lift platform rose. The badge of the top chef on his arm seemed to be glowing, and was very conspicuous.

After Liu Angxing appeared on the stage, the area around the stage continued to deform. Cooking utensils rose from under the floor and spliced ​​together to form a semicircular multi-functional stove.

Immediately afterwards, several beautiful waitresses in cheongsams appeared, pushing freezers full of food. These freezers were placed on the other side, also forming a semicircle, directly enclosing Liu Angxing inside.

Yan Qing looked at the pretty girls who didn't leave after pushing the freezer over, but stood in a line not far away. She couldn't help but poke Lin Zhenxi's waist and said to her, "Hey, Zhenxi, we don't have to help Chef Liu serve the dishes now."

"Your status has changed. We are guests now. Enjoy your meal." Lin Zhenxi picked up a piece of walnut sticky and blocked Yan Qing's mouth.

Only after the stove and ingredients were fully prepared did Liu Angxing finish posing. He then cupped his fists towards the guests at the table next to him and said, "Good afternoon, distinguished guests. Thank you for your kindness in visiting our Xinju Downstairs. I am the head chef here, special chef Liu Angxing."

"Next, I'll cook for you all. Today's full set of dishes consists of 9981 dishes. In addition to the four dry dishes and four honey dishes for the tea, there are also ten pastries, five pickled vegetables, seven appetizers, 36 main dishes, five barbecue dishes, three soups, three porridges, and two dishes of seasonal fruits and vegetables."

"VIPs, please taste it on site."