Chapter 253: Let You Open a Gourmet Shop, You Open for Business at 3 AM

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

The female manager stared at Lu Feng's busy figure in front of the stove, and the more she looked, the less she understood him.

She felt that this young man seemed to hide countless mysteries.

If not for fear of delaying Lu Feng's food service, she really wanted to rush over and ask him everything right now.

The line slowly moved forward, and the female manager followed the diners ahead forward a few steps, smelling the fragrance of fried noodles wafting over.

Whether to say it or not, this flavor indeed smelled fragrant, even more tempting than the flavors of other stalls in the restaurant.

The female manager looked at the middle-aged man who had just received fried noodles ahead.

That man held a plate and found an empty seat nearby, and before he could even sit down, he impatiently held chopsticks and stuffed fried noodles into his mouth, eating with a look of satisfaction.

"Concerns Concerns……"

The female manager's stomach suddenly growled, and she hurriedly covered her stomach with her hand, her face feeling somewhat hot.

To cope with the noon dining peak, her lunch always had to wait until two or three o'clock before she could eat.

Now smelling the fragrance of fried noodles in the air, the glutton in her stomach began to stir restlessly.

The female manager kept swallowing the saliva in her mouth, watching the line ahead shorten bit by bit, and her eyes also carried anticipation.

Finally, the diner ahead left with fried noodles and a satisfied look, and it was her turn.

The female manager took a deep breath, preparing to speak.

Lu Feng had just finished serving the last portion of beef fried noodles, and when he looked up and saw her, he was stunned for a moment.

"Manager, why are you also queuing here?"

The female manager felt somewhat embarrassed by his question.

She couldn't possibly say that she saw so many people gathered here and also wanted to eat a portion of the fried noodles he made, right?

"Uh... I see there are quite a lot of people queuing here, so I'm spot-checking the food quality to see if there are any problems."

Her words had just fallen when a burst of laughter came from behind.

"Spot-checking Boss Lu's food quality? I don't believe that even with punctuation marks!"

"Exactly, what level is Boss Lu? The things he makes are more delicious than all the seafood in this store combined, so why would there be a need to spot-check?"

"Isn't Boss Lu someone you hired to help? Don't you, as the manager, know his cooking level?"

"This manager probably hasn't eaten anything Boss Lu made, otherwise she couldn't say something so funny."

Hearing the discussion of those diners behind, the female manager's face turned somewhat red.

Lu Feng's culinary skill, she knew better than anyone!

Originally, she had hired him today just to substitute for the temporarily absent fried noodle chef, merely to make up the numbers.

She never expected that this chef who looked so young would actually be a master.

When Lu Feng came at noon, she had seen what he looked like when making fried noodles.

But at that time she hadn't thought so much; the fried noodle stall was originally an optional existence in the restaurant, so she hadn't thought about tasting the flavor.

Thinking back now, if she had known this fried noodle tasted so good, she really should have tried a bite back then.

Lu Feng's gaze swept over the diners queuing at the staple food area stalls, and he looked at the ingredients remaining on the ingredient rack.

There was still half a basin of river shrimp meat, a box of eggs, and several pieces of cut beef on the rack.

These were all basic ingredients commonly used in the restaurant's staple food area; although the quality couldn't be called bad.

But compared to the buffet pricing of 498 per person, they seemed somewhat ordinary.

The diners queuing before his eyes had all come for his culinary skill; they had spent so much money, yet were eating ordinary ingredients.

Thinking of this, Lu Feng always felt somewhat uncomfortable in his heart.

He thought of his small shop on Food Street; even the most ordinary bowl of Yangchun Noodles used flour and lard that were high-grade ingredients hard to find on the market.

After all, there was the System Mall, this all-purpose procurement place.

Therefore, although the things in his shop couldn't be called cheap, every item could be said to be worth far more than its price.

Now that these diners were so enthusiastic, he really didn't want these people to spend money unfairly.

When he came today, Lu Feng also noticed that there were quite a few high-grade ingredients in this restaurant.

It was just that the staple food area had never been the focus of the restaurant, so high-grade ingredients naturally weren't used there.

After all, the fried noodles here before were just to make up the numbers, and they hadn't expected to retain customers with staple food.

Right now the manager happened to be here; he felt he should talk to her about using high-grade ingredients to make the remaining fried noodles.

Only then could he be worthy of these diners who had come from afar specifically to taste his culinary skill.

"Manager, I have something I want to discuss with you."

Lu Feng put the wok down on the stove and said to the female manager who was still distracted.

"Master Chef Lu, please speak; do you need me to cooperate with anything?"

The female manager came back to her senses, and the look in her eyes when she looked at Lu Feng carried a few points of respect.

This person before her was a master who could make diners leave the restaurant's high-grade seafood uneaten and queue to buy fried noodles.

Ever since he came today, he had brought extremely high popularity to the restaurant.

For a request made by such a master, she, as the manager, must satisfy it.

Lu Feng didn't mind the subtle changes in her tone, and directly said: "I want to use the restaurant's high-grade ingredients to make the remaining fried noodles; these customers have spent quite a lot of money coming here, so we can't let them eat things made with ordinary shrimp meat and frozen beef, right?"

"You want to use the store's high-grade ingredients to make fried noodles?"

The female manager was stunned for a moment.

The high-end ingredients in the restaurant have always been supplied only to the Seafood Counter; the Main Food Area has never used them.

If it were the previous Chef Zhang making such a request to her, she would definitely think the other party was crazy.

But now the one making the request is Lu Feng, which makes her have to take it seriously.

It's just that she also doesn't know whether this matter is compliant, so she said to Lu Feng with a smile: "Master Chef Lu, I'll ask the Boss for instructions; I think he'll probably agree too, but it's still better to ask."

"Understood, trouble you, Manager."

Lu Feng nodded, saying with a smile.

The female manager didn't dare delay; she took out her mobile phone, walked to the side, and dialed the restaurant Boss's number.

The call had just connected when she hurriedly recounted today's situation in detail.

The other end was silent for a few seconds, then came the Boss's very surprised voice: "This temporarily hired chef is that amazing? Can we keep him at our shop? Whatever treatment he asks for, just give it!"

The restaurant Boss was out of town; after hearing the manager's description, he also developed a strong interest in Lu Feng.

In Jiang City, hiring a chef is a very easy thing.

But wanting to hire a High Hand like Lu Feng who possesses top-tier Skill and brings a large number of loyal Customers himself — that is a can't-be-sought-only-chanced-upon thing.

You must know, a chef of this level, no matter which High-end Restaurant he's placed in, is a treasure that anchors the establishment.

The Boss naturally also very much wants to keep Lu Feng.

But then the female manager also said that Lu Feng himself runs a Restaurant; today he only came over temporarily to help out, the possibility of him staying is minuscule.

Regarding this, the Boss also deeply regretted it.

"Boss, Master Chef Lu said he wants to use our high-end ingredients to make Fried Noodles, you see..."

The female manager stated the request Lu Feng had just raised.

"Let him use whatever he wants! The shop's high-end ingredients, let him freely dispose of them, don't feel distressed over the ingredients! As long as it can make the Customers satisfied, this bit of cost doesn't count as anything at all!"