Gourmet: Midnight Vending
Chapter 526 - 419: Delicacies That Can Only Be Bought by Running
He’s so pretentious, really over the top!
When Huang Shurui saw the man in the suit on the food truck, his first thought was, this guy is really putting on a show, isn’t he? It’s forty degrees outside and he’s wearing a suit—isn’t he hot?
Seeing the guy making milk tea, Huang Shurui quickened his pace and ran over; he really wanted to see what such a pretentious person was up to!
"Milk tea pancake? What the heck is this dark cuisine?"
Apparently, when people unconsciously exercise, they don’t feel too tired. That’s how Huang Shurui was now; the phrase "milk tea pancake" popped up so suddenly that he forgot he was jogging, not feeling tired at all.
Instead, he felt quite confused.
But when he saw the price tag on the milk tea pancake, Huang Shurui hesitated for a moment. However, when he saw the tag below it, he was almost dumbfounded.
"Che Jai Gou Dao noodles? What’s Che Jai, and what’s Gou Dao noodles? Can these words even be put together?"
A dark cuisine, an inexplicable strange noodle, paired with a pretentious owner.
Suddenly, Huang Shurui felt he really had to see what the owner was up to—how dare he be so pretentious!
"Boss, give me a milk tea pancake!"
Huang Shurui said decisively.
He was even thinking that it wouldn’t matter if the milk tea pancake tasted bad; it would be like trying some unknown food. People, after all, have to pay the price for various "first experiences."
Even traveling, when you see snacks you haven’t tried, you have to give them a taste, right?
It’s inevitable to make a misstep during these attempts.
Yes, Huang Shurui had already considered all the worst outcomes of buying the milk tea pancake.
But, from his girlfriend Lin Yutong’s perspective, it looked a bit strange.
"Hey... You bought milk tea, why are you chasing after the truck?"
Unfortunately, although it wasn’t going fast, it had already run quite a distance by now. Lin Yutong, baffled, quickly stood up, folded the blanket laid out on the ground into her bag, and hurriedly increased her pace, running towards them.
Huang Shurui saw the very pretentious owner nod, elegantly placing the wine glass casually on the cabinet.
Then...
"Noodles, here!"
"Coming!"
The pancake vendor suddenly exerted more force and pedaled hard a few times, allowing his tricycle to advance parallel with Chen Mo’s food truck. Then, he reached back into the cargo hold, bringing out a small bucket, "Catch the noodles!"
Chen Mo didn’t even look up; he casually raised his right hand to grab, firmly catching the bucket in his hand.
Huang Shurui only felt his mind buzzing.
No... you’re selling milk tea pancakes, but you need to get batter from the pancake vendor when making them?
Could it be that your so-called milk tea still needs...
Before Huang Shurui finished this thought, he heard a voice from the truck again.
"Pearls!"
The milk tea guy lightly pressed down on his speed controller; the speed of this food truck was controlled by hand. The truck accelerated to the left, lining up with Chen Mo’s food truck.
"Here."
It was a packed box of ingredients; Chen Mo took it and placed it on the workbench.
Unlike the pancake vendor, there was no electric griddle on Chen Mo’s truck—that thing had to be specially purchased—but Chen Mo’s truck had an electric baking pan.
Pancakes could be made with this, albeit missing some of the fancy flair.
Seeing Chen Mo start making pancakes, running Huang Shurui finally felt a bit tired.
"Boss, can’t you stop the truck? I checked, no one’s chasing behind!"
He was slightly panting.
Chen Mo lifted his eyelids and shook his head gently, "Can’t stop. You get fined for parking here. Just run a bit, it’s less than a kilometer, are you really out of breath already?"
Huang Shurui was stunned, momentarily wondering if he’d heard wrong.
Isn’t it always the shopkeepers who woo customers? When do bosses talk to customers like this?
Besides, who can’t run? If it weren’t for last night with Yutong...
Huang Shurui suddenly perked up, "I can run, hurry up with it!"
Chen Mo smirked slightly, thinking to himself, young people really can’t resist provocation; if they can run, let them run a few more steps.
Skillfully grilling pancakes, then preparing the cheese egg, laying the brown sugar pearls and various milk tea ingredients over them, finally cutting the pancake and folding it up, "Here, 15 Yuan."
Huang Shurui pulled out some bills and handed over the money, asking as he took the pancake, "Boss, what exactly is Che Jai Gou Dao noodles?"
"It’s a type of delicious noodle."
"Whew..." Huang Shurui panted, "But even if a noodle is delicious, 40 Yuan, isn’t it a bit expensive?"
Chen Mo was still Chen Mo.
"Try it and you’ll know if it’s expensive or not."
Huang Shurui panted, feeling as if he was burning up; not only did they battle through the night yesterday, today he’s running so far for milk tea, vaguely seeing stars in front of his eyes.
Looking again at the crumpled bills in his hand, Huang Shurui felt like: after running this far, if I don’t try it, wouldn’t I suffer a loss?
The sunk cost is way too high!
Sweat rolled down his temple, and Huang Shurui gritted his teeth, "Fine, I’ll take Che Jai Gou Dao noodles too!"
"Shurui!" A breathless female voice called from behind.
Lin Yutong had finally caught up, her cheeks flushed from the run, the damp strands of hair stuck to her forehead, "What are you doing, didn’t you say you were getting me milk tea? Why’d you run this far? I almost couldn’t catch up."