Chapter 465: Let You Open a Food Shop, You Open for Business at Three in the Morning

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

Zhu Chang looked reluctantly at the three new dishes added to the wall, wanting to eat every one of them today.

But unfortunately, his wallet was a bit tight and didn't allow it.

He could only silently calculate in his mind: why not eat one of them today, and save the other two for tomorrow and the day after.

At this moment, he couldn't help but think of Ma Wenliang, who often bickered with him.

Although that guy often argued with him verbally, whenever they shared a table, he could always take the opportunity to eat a few bites of the dishes Ma Wenliang ordered.

Unfortunately, Ma Wenliang had already gone on a business trip to Mo Du today, otherwise he could still taste the flavors of the other two dishes today.

"What I've been eating at Lu Boss's place lately is all greasy stuff; having something light once in a while to control the oil in my stomach doesn't seem bad."

Zhu Chang stared at "Stir-fried Asparagus Lettuce" for a while, and muttered softly to comfort himself.

Actually, the main reason was still that this dish was the cheapest among the three new dishes today.

After comforting himself, he finally made up his mind and said loudly to Hu Xiaoyun: "Then give me a portion of Stir-fried Asparagus Lettuce, and another bowl of rice."

"Okay, please wait a moment."

Hu Xiaoyun responded, operated quickly on the ordering machine a few times, picked up the slip, turned around, and walked into the kitchen.

After paying, Zhu Chang stood by the counter, suddenly remembered something, and loudly asked Lu Feng in the kitchen: "Lu Boss, is your Stir-fried Asparagus Lettuce really just a vegetable dish?"

After all, this Stir-fried Asparagus Lettuce costs 108 per portion, more expensive than many meat dishes in other shops.

Zhu Chang felt this price was a bit high for a vegetable dish, and thought there might be some minced meat or dried shrimp mixed in.

As a seasoned meat lover, he still hoped there would be some meat in this Stir-fried Asparagus Lettuce.

Lu Feng was just preparing to go to the Storage Room to get ingredients; hearing Zhu Chang's voice, he smiled and replied: "That's right, this is a pure vegetable dish."

"No meat... fine."

Zhu Chang muttered softly in his mouth, and the expectation in his eyes dimmed.

Forget it, a vegetable dish is a vegetable dish.

Anyway, even if it's a vegetable dish, as long as it's made by Lu Boss, it definitely won't be bad.

Lu Feng didn't say anything more, turned around and walked to the Storage Room at the innermost part of the kitchen, and began to prepare the main ingredient for this Stir-fried Asparagus Lettuce, which was the asparagus lettuce growing in the Glass Wall Cabinet in the Storage Room.

Lu Feng came to the Glass Wall Cabinet, opened the cabinet door, and began to pick the asparagus lettuce inside.

This batch of fresh asparagus lettuce specially supplied by the System Mall, cultivated under the constant temperature water tank in the glass, always maintained the freshest state.

Lu Feng directly reached out, pulled out a whole row of asparagus lettuce from the water tank, held it in his hand, and returned to the kitchen.

"Lu Boss, is this asparagus lettuce?"

Zhu Chang, waiting for food by the counter, saw the large bundle of limited green in Lu Feng's hand, and his eyes lit up immediately.

The asparagus lettuce Lu Feng held in his hand looked like a lot; if all stir-fried, it was estimated to be enough for a big plate.

No wonder this dish was so expensive; it turned out to be two big tubes full.

Lu Feng just nodded and made an "en" sound, without saying anything more.

During the cooking process, he had always disliked talking too much, maintaining absolute focus.

Lu Feng's hands had already started moving; he first picked up a stalk of asparagus lettuce, and his gaze slowly swept over the whole body of the asparagus lettuce.

The stalk of the asparagus lettuce was gradually distinguished from bottom to top; the roots at the bottom were light brown, the middle stalk had subtle features, and the small section at the top was a very tender light green color.

Actually, speaking of asparagus lettuce, the whole stalk is edible.

But the truly delicious part is only the small tender tip at the very top.

When locals in Jinling eat asparagus lettuce, they often snap off eight taels from one jin of asparagus lettuce, leaving only the small section at the very top, dry and clean, crisp and refreshing stalk tips.

But in Lu Feng's hands, it was even more exaggerated.

He raised his hand, pinched precisely at the position of two centimeters from the top of the asparagus lettuce with his thumb and forefinger, decisively snapped off that small section of tender light green stalk tip, quickly removed the leaves on it, and placed it in the ceramic basin to the side.

For a whole stalk of asparagus lettuce, Lu Feng only took one-tenth of it, one jin minus nine taels.

The remaining long asparagus lettuce stalks were casually thrown by him to the side.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Chang opened his mouth wide: "I say? Such a long stalk, only this much is left? Lu Boss, isn't this a bit too wasteful?"

Lu Feng did not look up to answer, and the movement in his hands did not stop.

Stalks of asparagus lettuce flew between his fingertips, and tender light green stalk tips continuously fell into the ceramic basin.

He pinched extremely precisely; every stalk tip in the basin was about the same length, and the tender light green color gradually increased more and more in the white ceramic basin.

Zhu Chang looked at the asparagus lettuce stalks discarded by Lu Feng to the side, and couldn't help but be slightly speechless.

Just now seeing Lu Feng take out so much asparagus lettuce, he thought these were all used for stir-frying.

But now the stalk tips in the ceramic basin added up, estimated to be only a bit more than three taels.

Zhu Chang then understood why this Stir-fried Asparagus Lettuce, as a vegetable dish, could sell for 108 yuan.

This level of strictness in ingredient selection was much more refined than many high-end restaurants.

After finishing the last stalk of asparagus lettuce in his hand, he picked up the ceramic basin and walked to the sink, slowly filling the basin with clear water.

When the water just covered the asparagus lettuce tips in the basin, he took out a white ceramic rod as thick as a finger from the cabinet.

Lu Feng held the ceramic rod in his hand, gently probed into the water, slightly turned his wrist, driving the water flow to rotate slowly.

The asparagus lettuce tips swayed gently in the water, being gently rinsed by the water flow.

Lu Feng's movements were extremely gentle, his gaze focused on the asparagus lettuce tips in the basin.

Because the asparagus lettuce tips were very tender, they would easily break if washed with force.

Although this doesn't affect the texture much, the appearance of the final product would be affected.

For Lu Feng, the appearance of food is just as important as the texture.

Lu Feng, who has extremely high requirements for cooking, naturally would not allow such a thing to happen.

Washing the reed shoots this way minimizes bruising as much as possible.

"Boss Lu, those... are the parts that aren't needed?"

Zhu Chang pointed at the reed stalks casually discarded in the corner of the operation counter and asked carefully.

"Mm."

Lu Feng still didn't look up, merely giving a faint "mm."

Zhu Chang looked at that pile of discarded reed stalks, then looked at the fresh tender reed shoots Lu Feng was washing, and suddenly felt this plate of vegetarian dish for 108 yuan didn't seem expensive at all.

No wonder this reed shoot dish, though a vegetarian dish, can sell for more than meat dishes in other restaurants.

At the same time, Zhu Chang also felt it was only natural.

Boss Lu has always been extremely strict with ingredient requirements for cooking; if it weren't like this, how could every dish he makes be so delicious?