Manhattan's Chinatown, Li Jie's grandfather Li Rong's restaurant is located here. Ω 81
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This Chinatown is different from other Chinatowns in the United States.
Most of the people in other Chinatowns are Chinese, and most of the customers are Chinese. Although I don't want to say it, most of the Chinatowns in the United States are not very good in terms of location and security.
But this place in Manhattan is different.
This Chinatown is adjacent to Wall Street and is close to the New York City Hall. It is only a stone's throw away from the famous Broadway.
This is one of the most prime locations in New York City. Even Manhattan's Chinatown has become a recommended attraction in New York travel magazines.
The shops here are not completely for Chinese people. At the same time, many people of different ethnicities come here to shop or eat.
M R · LI Restaurant is located in the best section of this street. This is the result of Li Jie's grandfather's lifelong efforts.
This is a large restaurant with fifty tables, and there are also twelve private rooms that are available in Chinese restaurants.
Today is a day worth celebrating because Li Jie's grandfather, Mr. Li Rong, officially bought this property. From today on, this restaurant will completely belong to him.
As a celebration, Li Rong invited a lot of Chinatown neighbors and friends from the Overseas Chinese Association to eat. As a Chinese, no matter where they go, the tradition of liking lively has never changed.
As Li Jie's friends, Peter and Harry also came to congratulate his grandfather. This is to respect the tradition of the elderly, and they also brought their girlfriends.
"This is your restaurant?" The weather in New York in October has turned cold. Mary Jane, wearing a light yellow coat, rubbed her cold little hands and asked Li Jie.
"Yes, welcome." Li Jie accompanied Harry and Peter. "To be precise, this is my grandfather's restaurant."
"My parents have little interest in inheriting this restaurant."
"But I believe you will become a good boss. You can make the business of this restaurant more prosperous and even be featured in world-class gourmet magazines." Gwen held Peter's arm and said smilingly.
"Yes, come on in, students." Li Jie pushed open the door of the cafeteria and invited everyone in. "Welcome to mR · LI."
This was a large restaurant with an area of nearly 400 square meters. The 50 tables placed in the spacious hall were not crowded at all.
Every table was kept at a suitable distance so that the diners wouldn't feel like they were sitting on an island, and the table wouldn't be so close that they could hear the conversation next door.
On the second floor, there were 12 private rooms.
Wooden partitions and traditional Chinese carved wooden doors were the main decorative style of the restaurant. The unpainted elm doors and elm window decorations were placed on the walls of the restaurant.
This brought a Chinese style to the restaurant without being too eye-catching.
Many foreign Chinese restaurants would use a lot of China red as the main color during the decoration. Of course, this didn't mean that this color was bad, but it was a warning color. Looking at a strong red for too long would give some people a feeling of uneasiness.
The decoration style of mR · LI was more natural, and the furniture and decoration style were closer to the simple Ming style.
This was unique among the Chinese restaurants in the United States that mainly decorated in the Qing style.
"Wow, this Chinese restaurant looks different from the ones I've been to before." Gwen looked up and down at the restaurant. "I feel more relaxed here, not as restrained as ordinary Chinese restaurants."
"Yes, Jason's restaurant is my favorite Chinese restaurant." Peter shook Gwen's little hand and said.
"Well, Jason, where is our host today? I brought the best champagne as a gift. "Harry was looking for Li Rong with champagne in his hand as a congratulatory gift.
"Come on, guys. Upstairs." Li Jie took everyone to a private room on the second floor and opened the door. His parents, Li En, Jasley, and Grandpa Li Rong were all in the room.
The fellow villagers and neighbors invited by his grandfather Li Rong were in other private rooms.
"Hello, Uncle Engel, Aunt Jasley, and Grandpa Li Rong." Peter and Harry greeted Li Jie's elders with two beautiful girls.
"This is my gift, a bottle of good champagne. My father chose it for me." Harry said and handed the gift he brought to Li Rong.
"Oh, and mine. This is a brownie that Gwen and I made together. Although it's not very good, I still hope you like it." Peter said and took out his gift.
"Thank you, thank you Harry, and thank you Peter." Li Rong smiled and took the gift from the two children.
Li Rong was sixty-five years old this year, but his body was still very strong. His lifestyle was very healthy. He went to bed and ate on time every day, and kept the right amount of aerobic exercise and muscle exercise.
This made Li Rong look like a middle-aged man in his early fifties, and he didn't look old at all.
As an old man who had experienced many hardships, Li Rong's mentality had always been very calm. He was a master chef in China in the United States.
After many years of struggle, it was his dream to finally have a restaurant that completely belonged to him, and the scale of MR.LI was not a roadside restaurant.
Although his son and daughter-in-law were obviously not interested in inheriting the restaurant, they preferred to wear suits and go to work in the bank from nine to five.
But at least his grandson Li Jie was willing to inherit his business, especially Li Jie had made it clear that he didn't want to go to college. Li Rong hoped that he would officially take over the restaurant after he graduated from high school.
But today, Li Jie was late on this important day, which made the old man unhappy. "Little Jie, you are late today. We are all waiting for you." Li Rong's voice was a little serious.
"Oh ~ Grandpa, you know, I don't really like to toast with people from Chinatown." Li Jie was late on purpose.
He didn't like the habit of toasting each other in his previous life or this life, but many China people liked to do this, which made him speechless.
And some people completely ignored the law that minors couldn't drink, and pulled him and said that it was nothing for a big man like him to drink a few glasses of wine, and some nonsense like beer wasn't wine.
For these kinds of people, Li Jie had no desire to deal with them at all.
"Well, I know Old Wang and those guys are a bit of a bastard, but we are all neighbors. Don't take it too seriously." Li Rong said.
Li Jie shook his head and didn't want to argue with his grandfather on this kind of thing. If he really wanted to take over this restaurant in the future, the restaurant's style would be overturned according to his ideas.
He couldn't tell his grandfather about this. He was afraid that the old man's heart would be bad.
"Jie, you should also find a girlfriend. Look at how good Harry and Peter have found." Li Jie's father, Li En, once again talked about this topic.
"Yeah, Gwen and Mary are the two most beautiful girls I have ever seen." Mrs. Jasley also said.
"Well, can we eat first?" Li Jie immediately wanted to end this topic.
"Don't be shy, Jason. I can introduce girls to you to date. There are many girls on Broadway who like your type." Mary Jane said with a gentle smile.
"Yes, Jason. There are many beautiful girls in my Midtown Middle School. Maybe one day we will have an outdoor barbecue party. I can invite a few to come over." Gwen also blinked her beautiful big blue eyes and said.
"Well, thank you." Li Jie touched his neck uncomfortably. "Grandpa, there are no other customers in the restaurant today. What's going on?"
"Today is a family dinner, so I declined all the reservations and individual customers and took a day off." Li Rong opened the champagne given by Harry and poured himself a glass.
"And these days, I don't know why there are suddenly more Japanese in the market these days."
"Is it because the tourist season is coming?"
"I don't know. But a few days ago, the gift shop opened by Old Chen's family quarreled with a Japanese and was beaten by the Japanese. That Japanese was so cruel that he broke both of Old Chen's hands."
"Today is a good day. I don't want to provoke this kind of bad luck. So, I simply don't open the shop."
When did the Japanese become so arrogant? They also fight on the streets in the United States? Well, today is a good day. Let's not think about this for the time being.
Li Jie was thinking about other more important things in his mind, Harry Osborne and Norman Osborn.
He didn't know whether the Green Goblin would appear according to the original plot. He also didn't know whether this Green Goblin appeared because of the virus or because of chemical pollution.
But looking at Harry who was chatting happily with his family and laughing happily, Li Jie felt that it might be necessary for him to check the situation of the Osborne Group.
Well, that "intern" should be able to help a lot.
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