"This guy. I hope he can get what he wants," Hang Tian murmured while looking at Hao Cheng's receding figure.
After Hao Cheng left, Hang Tian stood up from the chair, "No, I have to call the old man Zhang Yan."
As the saying goes, a mother worries about a child who travels a thousand miles. Hang Tian, as his master, was also worried. Although he said he wouldn't take care of him, he wouldn't really ignore him.
Therefore, Hang Tian went to call Zhang Yan.
After leaving, Hao Cheng didn't go home directly. Instead, he turned around and went to an old teahouse.
This teahouse had a quaint style and was quite famous locally. As soon as he entered the door, a receptionist wearing a cheongsam came up to him and asked.
"Hello, do you have a reservation?" the receptionist asked in a gentle voice.
"Yes, I do. I booked Xia Yun's private room. My surname is Hao," Hao Cheng said.
"Okay. Please follow me, Mr. Hao." The receptionist turned sideways and invited Hao Cheng in.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw a noisy hall. There was a stage in the middle and someone was performing on it. They were singing Pingtan and folk songs.
The receptionist led Hao Cheng up the wooden stairs and went straight to the private room by the window. The words "Xia Yun" were written on the pillar of the private room.
"This is Xia Yun's private room. Please come in, Mr. Hao." The receptionist made a gesture of invitation.
"Thank you." Hao Cheng nodded and then pushed open the door of the private room and entered.
At that time, there were already three people sitting in the private room.
One of them was Wang Qiang. He had a medium build, a bald head and wore glasses. He was the first one to greet, "Hey, Hao Cheng, you are finally here."
The other one was Liu Li. He was very fat and had a big belly. When he sat down, his belly touched the edge of the table. Hearing Wang Qiang's greeting, he nodded and said, "Yeah, we have been waiting for a while."
The other one was sitting with his back facing the door. His name was Huang Fei. He looked younger and had the most upright appearance. Hearing Huang Fei's words, he turned around and nodded calmly. "Chef Hao is here. Please take a seat."
"Sorry, I am late." Hao Cheng was quite calm. He apologized and then sat on the main seat.
Yes, these people were all invited by Hao Cheng himself to discuss the matter of going to Chengdu.
"It's not too late. It's fine as long as you can make the trip. Master Hang won't be easy to deal with," the fatty called Liu Li said with a smile.
"It's true that it's not easy for my master, but it's the same for you guys," Hao Cheng said.
"That's right, but we're too old, so we didn't get the special invitation. Otherwise, we could have gone there openly," Wang Qiang said helplessly.
"There's only one spot. It's normal to miss it," Hao Cheng said.
"That's true." Liu Li nodded.
"Let's get started." Huang Fei was not interested in complaining.
"Alright, we'll listen to Goldie," Hao Cheng was the first to respond.
The other two nodded and looked at Hao Cheng, who had just responded.
"Chef Hao, since you're the one who suggested it, you should start first," Huang Fei said.
"Okay, I'll tell you what I think." Hao Cheng said, "Our plan should be the same. We're going to taste Head Chef Yuan's Jiangsu Cuisine."
"But there are so many Jiangsu Cuisines. If we go there one by one without a plan, we'll waste too much time," Hao Cheng said in a clear and organized manner.
"It would be too much of a waste if we only tasted a few of the famous Jiangsu dishes. In the hands of Head Chef Yuan, he should be able to achieve the legendary quality of all dishes. Therefore, our goal is to try as much as possible and try to eat all of the Jiangsu dishes made by Head Chef Yuan," Hao Cheng said.
"Hao Cheng's conclusion is very appropriate. I've been wanting to try Head Chef Yuan's cooking for a long time, but I haven't had the chance," Liu Li lamented.
"Yeah. Although it's worth it to go there just to taste one dish made by Head Chef Yuan, we're not going there to eat," Wang Qiang emphasized solemnly, "We're going there to learn." "That's true.
If we can learn a little bit, we can also improve our own cooking skills, "Huang Fei said seriously.
"That's why I specifically studied the rules of Head Chef Yuan's restaurant and the various strategies on the internet," Hao Cheng continued. "Due to the long queue, we naturally have to stay closer to the restaurant. There are seven hotels within three kilometers of my restaurant, but I checked online and found that they're already booked for two months from now."
"Not even a single suite?" Wang Qiang found this hard to believe. Even when Shanghai Disneyland opened, the hotels weren't fully booked for two months from now.
Wang Qiang opened the hotel booking app. It wasn't that he didn't believe Hao Cheng, but that people would always try their luck.
He sorted the hotel by distance. The first one was called "Liu Big Guesthouse". [This hotel is located on Taoxi Road, the only guesthouse on Taoxi Road. It's only 300 meters away from Yuanzhou shop. If the guests can wake up in the morning, they'll be able to see Boss Yuan doing his morning exercise. [I hope the guests will be careful not to disturb Boss Yuan's morning exercise!]
There were a total of five rooms in the guesthouse. Wang Qiang didn't really care about the price. After all, they were all wealthy people. The most important problem was that there were no rooms available. Just like what Hao Cheng said, all the rooms that could be booked for two months from now were fully booked.
Wang Qiang didn't believe it and clicked on the rooms one by one. All of them were fully booked. He only found an empty room when he was ranked eleventh.
"There's a room in this Hilton Hotel. Hurry up and book it," Wang Qiang said hurriedly.
"Um. That's what I wanted to say. There's a room in this Hilton Hotel that's seven kilometers away from Yuanzhou shop. I've already booked it," Hao Cheng said.
"…" Wang Qiang kept his phone, not wanting to say anything.
However, Wang Qiang noticed a detail. When he clicked on the hotel information, there would always be a direct distance to the train station, airport, or scenic spot. Now, there was also a direct distance to Yuanzhou shop.
There was no other restaurant in the country that would have a direct distance to a restaurant.
Once again, no one spoke. Hao Cheng continued, "We can line up every day and order at least two dishes each time. We can skip the dim sum and rice and only eat the dishes."
"That way, we can exchange our food. Head Chef Yuan's restaurant never said that we can't exchange our food. But we must finish it. That's a must," Hao Cheng said.
"That's not a problem. I've never heard of anyone being able to leave a dish cooked by Head Chef Yuan untouched," Wang Qiang nodded.
"No. Someone in Head Chef Yuan's restaurant has been blacklisted," Huang Fei said.
"That's unbelievable. Even a chef like me can't help but drool when I watch Head Chef Yuan's dishes on TV. Someone is actually able to leave a dish like that untouched?" Liu Li was obviously unaware of Ling Hong's friend's quirk.
Actually, it wasn't that they didn't know Yuan Zhou well. It was because they knew Yuan Zhou's cooking that they found it unbelievable.
"I heard that when Head Chef Yuan first opened the restaurant, that person had a quirk. That's why that happened," Huang Fei said indifferently.
"Oh, what a pity," Liu Li shook his head.
"Indeed," Wang Qiang nodded in agreement.
"Back to the topic at hand. That's why we can't leave a dish untouched. Everyone, order according to your appetite. That way, we can eat at least eight dishes in a single meal. That way, we will be able to eat all of Jiangsu Cuisines within a year," Hao Cheng said.
"Two meals a day. That's over 5,000 dishes. I don't think our Jiangsu Cuisines have that many," Wang Qiang said hesitantly.
Although Jiangsu Cuisine was one of the eight major cuisines, it indeed didn't have more than 5,000 cuisines. More importantly, not everyone was as familiar with the cuisines as Yuan Zhou was with the back of his hand and was very familiar with them.
For example, Wang Qiang was an expert in Suxi Cuisines. He had only dabbled in other cuisines. Therefore, he really didn't know much about Jiangsu Cuisines.
"Of course not. I believe Chef Hao arranged it this way so that we have more time to absorb the food," Huang Fei said.
"Oh, right. I didn't think of that. We have to think about it carefully after eating it," Wang Qiang nodded repeatedly.
"That's right. One year should be enough," Liu Li nodded.
"I think so too," Huang Fei nodded in agreement.
"Alright. Since everyone agrees, why don't we set off for Chengdu as soon as possible?" Hao Cheng said.
"Of course. I told everyone before I came," Wang Qiang was the first to nod.
"No problem. I've checked the plane tickets. There are many flights to Chengdu. Today, tomorrow, or the day after. My wife has already packed my luggage for me," Liu Li said as he patted his fat belly.
"I can go anytime," Huang Fei nodded.
"Then let's book a flight at 10 am tomorrow," Hao Cheng said.
"I think we need a kitchen," Huang Fei said.
"Of course. I've already made an appointment with a good friend in Chengdu. He will specially reserve a kitchen for me," Hao Cheng said.
"That's not a problem," the others said in unison.
"Alright, let's go tomorrow," Hao Cheng made the final decision.
Just like that, the four of them formed a group and prepared to eat the Jiangsu Cuisines cooked by Yuan Zhou.
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