Chapter 1471 - 571: Proletarian Warrior—Lucy! Special Private Table Task? Interesting!

Chapter 1471: Chapter 571: Proletarian Warrior—Lucy! Special Private Table Task? Interesting!

But when he heard the explanation afterward, he immediately became interested.

Wow, this kind of local specialty banquet is rare, even if you go to the place itself, without a local guide or the right season, you can’t taste it at all.

Never thought the system would come up with such a task.

Then what are we waiting for, let’s get started.

Lin Xu currently knows quite a few dishes; he can easily whip up a table of Cantonese cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, and Jianghu cuisine from the Sichuan-Chongqing area. Additionally, with Huaiyang cuisine and some Yangtze River Delta dishes, he could easily put together a table.

But for other cuisines, he might have to find ways to piece things together.

For instance, for Hubei cuisine, Lin Xu knows dishes like lotus root stewed with large bones and fish cake. To create a full table, he’d have to mix in some Xiang cuisine as well.

As for Northeast cuisine, while he could piece it together somewhat, it still feels a bit shabby. Adding a few more dishes would definitely make it better.

That leaves Central Plains, Shandong, and Beijing cuisines.

He knows a few dishes from each, but to form a whole table of well-balanced and diverse banquet dishes is somewhat challenging.

It’s indeed a bit strenuous to complete the task.

Lin Xu sighed and then said to Shu Yun:

"This suggestion is not bad. Later I can discuss it with the kitchen staff, start by creating a few specialty banquets, and if possible, formally launch them."

Within this month, first put together a banquet table and complete the task before anything else.

If someone actually wants to try it, there’s no question, it has to be provided.

Shen Jiayue thought this idea was pretty good, she said with a smile:

"When the time comes, I’ll film the whole process. If the effect is good, I’ll release it. If it’s not so great, I’ll just edit it into single dish segments for future use."

The two of them, carrying Dundun and tomorrow’s ingredients, drove home.

On the way, Shen Jiayue continued to talk about Old Shen coming to the store to drink in the evening:

"My dad’s eyes lit up seeing the smoked egg, but mom wouldn’t let him drink because he has to go to the airport for a business trip in the morning, and he’s driving himself. She’s worried he wouldn’t sober up on time."

Lin Xu chuckled:

"I wondered why dad looked so unhappy at dinner, didn’t realize he was sulking. But drinking less isn’t bad either. Although alcohol is advertised with all sorts of benefits, if you want to be truly healthy, don’t touch a drop."

Returning home, the couple took Dundun upstairs.

Dundun had slept almost an entire day; Lin Xu had a feeling it would continue to watch TV or play on the tablet at night.

Not that this little guy is a habitual offender, but people who love staying up late always swear it’s their last time, yet after sleeping all day, they’re full of energy by night, forgetting their previous promises completely.

To prevent the little guy from straining its eyes, Lin Xu specifically searched online for a bunch of pictures of cats with eye injuries to show it.

Nothing beats raw, dire warnings when it comes to driving the point home.

"Meow~~"

After seeing a few pictures, Dundun immediately covered its eyes with its paws.

Too scary, don’t dare look!

Shen Jiayue coaxed it, saying:

"You’ve got to take care of your eyes, darling. Play when you should play, sleep when you should sleep. Make sure to protect your eyes. Otherwise, when we go to the beach, the desert, the snowy mountains, or the islands in the future, you won’t be able to see them, what would we do then?"

Dundun: ???

Are there really so many fun places?

The little guy was indeed tempted, scampering upstairs to its room to continue sleeping.

The next morning.

After Lin got up, he checked the tablet’s battery level and went downstairs to check the TV remote control, confirming that the little guy hadn’t been watching TV or playing on the computer in the middle of the night, he couldn’t help but praise it a little.

Dundun was very happy, and when it got downstairs, it kicked the TV remote on the coffee table with its paw.

"Want to watch TV? I’ll turn it on for you."

Lin Xu turned on the TV and tuned it to "Tom and Jerry", the little guy pushed over a cushion, leaned on it, and quietly started watching.

While making breakfast, Lin Xu thought about the snowy bean paste that his senior mentioned yesterday and considered learning to make it for Shen Baobao, plus a Northeast flavor banquet can’t be missing this dish.

"Looks like if I’m not busy these two days, I’ll need to make another trip to the Fishing Platform. Whether to ask the senior or Yuan Debiao, I should learn a few more dishes."

Also, local cuisines from Shaanxi, Northwest, Mongolia, Hubei, and others need to be learned when there’s time.

Only this way can the specialty banquet task be smoothly completed.

During college, I just lazed around for four years, never thought after graduating, I’d be learning all sorts of things, and on such a tight schedule too.

Indeed, life’s uphill road is tough to walk.

But the harvest is significant, most peers are still worrying about rent, whereas I not only have a spacious duplex in Beijing, but also a thriving large restaurant business.

But that’s still not enough, more hard work is needed.

In the next couple of days, Lin Xu was continuously switching between the restaurant and home.

Once the new dishes were fully mastered by the employees, he then drove to Yanjing Hotel’s kitchen for a visit, chatted with Qi Zhentao and Cheng JianShe.

Once the Lantern Festival had passed, the festive atmosphere visibly faded.

Although people still greeted each other with a happy new year, it was basically like saying "have you eaten?" just a simple greeting, without the mutual well-wishes of past new years.

After doing a round, Lin Xu declined the lunch invitation from Cheng JianShe, Qi Zhentao, Qi Siming, and others, and drove straight to the nearby Fishing Platform.

In high-end restaurants, the awesome chefs don’t work afternoons.

Senior Brother Old Dai and the others are mostly unavailable in the afternoons, either out filming restaurant reviews, shooting programs at the company, or just resting at home.

Going back in the evening, they’d check the quality of dishes and tally the sales—job done.

To learn cooking techniques, Lin Xu had to catch them in the morning at the Fishing Platform.

In the afternoon, hardly anyone would be around.

As he approached the gate of Fishing Platform in his car, Lin Xu saw Dai Jianli leisurely riding a shared bike coming from outside.

"Yo, Dai bro, why on a bike?"

Seeing it was Lin Xu, Dai Jianli directly parked the bike at the roadside parking zone, scanned to pay, then jogged over, opened the car door, and sat in the front passenger seat:

"My car’s in for maintenance. Let’s go, hurry to Building 8."

Why are we going to Building 8 again?

Lin Xu was a bit curious. Although he wanted to go to Building 8 to learn dishes, it wasn’t this straightforward, was it? Just hustling Yuan Debiao alone for all they’re worth, wouldn’t it be bad if he ended up like Ge You?

Dai Jianli laughed and said:

"You wouldn’t know, yesterday Old Yuan went to a Northeast restaurant for a review and ordered some egg sauce. It might have been a bit old, the sauce smelled rancid, nearly made him throw up, so today he wants to make a batch himself. It’s almost noon—how could us brothers not go to help him check?"

Mooching food and drink so righteously, Dai bro is impressive!

Still, egg sauce, which is perfect for mixed noodles and sandwich buns, is definitely worth learning.

With that thought, Lin Xu drove straight to Building 8...

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Today is the first day of the lunar new year, wishing everyone great luck in the new year. The TV watching plot is completely transplanted from my family’s cub, ever since young it’s loved watching TV, as a kid it even liked to help Tom against Jerry, a few times nearly knocking the TV over. But now, it’s completely in an "I’m tired, just let it all end" mood, doesn’t help anymore, yet still enjoys watching, as long as the TV is on, it keeps watching.

This Chapter is 5400 words long, please give me your monthly tickets, brothers!