"Manager, what are you looking at?" Betty asked curiously as she moved closer to Chen Ze.
Chen Ze did not mind Betty's approach. He was checking Baidu Maps. After all, he still had to buy that new ingredient tomorrow. Chen Ze did not think that the market would have it. At least, he did not see anyone selling that ingredient when he went there last time.
"No customers?" Chen Ze looked at the address of the mutton wholesale market and wrote it down on a piece of paper.
"Not yet. At least, I did not see any customers in the restaurant." Betty shook her head. She had been waiting outside, but she did not see anyone.
Chen Ze looked at his phone. It was already 22: 45. It seemed that the King in Yellow would not be coming today.
"Okay, it's time to get off work. Come back to work tomorrow at the same time." Chen Ze yawned. He felt a little sleepy and was eager to go back to his room and have a good sleep.
"Goodbye, manager." Betty's mood seemed to improve at the mention of getting off work.
Chen Ze watched silently as Betty skipped out of the restaurant. She then locked the door and went to sleep on the second floor.
The next morning, Chen Ze woke up very early. Before dawn, Chen Ze had already taken a taxi to the mutton wholesale market. After all, he did not know if he could still buy the ingredient if he was late.
The mutton wholesale market opened very early. Chen Ze saw a few vendors putting freshly slaughtered mutton on the chopping board, waiting to be sold.
"Yo, Xiao Chen." Chen Ze rolled his eyes and turned to look at the person who spoke.
"Good morning, Master Li." Chen Ze looked at the middle-aged man in front of him and felt a little annoyed. He did not want to communicate with this Li Shufu.
"Not bad, Xiao Chen. You can wake up so early in the morning. Are you out to buy groceries?" The person who spoke was Li Shufu, Chen Ze's classmate at the culinary school.
"Yes, I want to buy some mutton today. I want to try cooking it." Although Chen Ze really didn't want to talk to him, he couldn't just ignore him. He could only suppress his inner emotions and reluctantly deal with him.
"Young man, you're still so young. Don't think about inventing some kind of cuisine every day. When I was your age …" Looking at Li Shufu who was rambling on, Chen Ze clenched his fists.
Here we go again. This uncle didn't have much ability, but he was very talkative and was very friendly. His classmates in the same class were not very patient with him.
Chen Ze hummed in response as he scanned the mutton vendor's chopping board. He still had to look for the ingredient he was looking for.
"Let me tell you, we chefs have to wake up early. You young people only know how to sleep in and play with your mobile phone every day. You can't do anything at all. You're really a bunch of good-for-nothings …" Chen Ze took a deep breath. He could now understand Sun Wukong's feelings in Journey to the West.
Chen Ze had never seen a man who talked so much. Moreover, this man was taking advantage of his seniority. Chen Ze could not help but want to retort.
"Of course, Xiao Chen, you're not bad. You even know to come to the culinary school for classes. At least you have some self-awareness …" Chen Ze took out his mobile phone and glanced at it. Li Shufu had been standing there nagging him for five minutes.
Chen Ze really wanted to ask Li Shufu how he could talk for such a long time. Was his mouth not dry?
"Wait for me to drink some water …" Seeing Li Shufu take out the cup, Chen Ze hurriedly ran away with an excuse of buying ingredients, leaving Li Shufu stunned on the spot.
"Tsk tsk. Young people nowadays are really impatient." Li Shufu closed the lid and shook his head. Then, he slowly followed behind Chen Ze.
Of course, Chen Ze also noticed the movement behind him. However, he couldn't get rid of it for the time being because he had found the ingredient he wanted.
"How much is this?" Chen Ze pointed at a long strip of ingredient on the chopping board and asked.
"Young master, you have a good eye. This thing is 35 kg." The man gave a thumbs up to Chen Ze.
"Okay, I'll take all of them." Chen Ze didn't bargain. After all, he couldn't be the only one in the whole city who knew about the delicious taste and magical effect of this thing. Therefore, he planned to get it as soon as possible.
At this time, Li Shufu also stood behind Chen Ze. He stuck his head out and looked at the thing Chen Ze bought. Then, he looked at Chen Ze with a surprised expression. "Little Chen, you need to buy this supplement at such a young age?"
"Do you have any misunderstanding about the ingredients I bought?" Chen Ze felt that he couldn't control the primitive power in his body anymore.
"Young man, you don't need to be shy. I can understand. I just didn't expect that you …" Li Shufu looked at Chen Ze from head to toe and then clicked his tongue twice.
"Young master, do you need to cut off your sheep's tail?" The mutton seller couldn't stand it anymore and asked loudly.
"Yes." Chen Ze nodded and then glanced at Li Shufu.
Li Shufu's stunned expression made Chen Ze feel much better. However, Chen Ze planned to continue.
"Master Li, I really don't know what a chef like you is thinking about every day. Mo Fei is already … Tsk tsk." Seeing Li Shufu run away with a red face, Chen Ze showed a look of disdain.
Carrying his newly bought sheep's tail, Chen Ze looked at his phone and then went back to the restaurant.
Sheep's tail was a relatively unique ingredient. It looked like a lump of fat, which made people not want to eat it at first sight. Even looking at it would make people feel sick of it.
However, when one really ate it, one could feel the delicious taste that melted in one's mouth. Moreover, it was fat but not greasy. Just based on the ingredient itself, the sheep's tail had expressed the word "tender" to the extreme.
Chen Ze touched his chin. He was thinking about how to cook the sheep's tail.
Generally speaking, the sheep's tail could be simply stewed in clear water and then sliced into slices and dipped in salt. That way, the delicious taste of the sheep's tail could be brought out.
The sheep's tail could also be used to make a hotpot. When a plate of cut sheep's tail was placed in a steaming hotpot, not only would the sheep's tail taste fresh and fragrant, even the following ingredients would naturally carry the same fresh fragrance. It could be said to be quite miraculous.
Chen Ze planned to keep half of it for hotpot and stew while Chen Ze planned to roast the other half.
"There's still some time. Let me try roasting it first." Chen Ze swallowed his saliva and then washed the sheep's tail. After cutting it into small pieces, he put it on the grill.
After sprinkling the cumin and chili, a fresh skewer of sheep's tail was cooked in a short while. Chen Ze picked it up and smelled the fresh fragrance in his memory. He felt his saliva secreting even more.
After taking a bite, Chen Ze could feel the unique texture of the lamb's tail. It didn't taste like meat, but it also didn't taste like oil. Together with the cumin and chili, this skewer of lamb's tail was already a delicacy.
However, Chen Ze didn't get the system prompt that he was looking forward to the most. He reckoned that the roasted sheep's tail wasn't classified as a dish by the system.
"I should learn how to make the Thin Skin Steamed Buns in the next few days. Then I can sell breakfast." Chen Ze thought while gnawing on the skewer of sheep's tail.
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