Chapter 990: Chapter 413: The Hometown Series Adds a New Dish—Hometown Bump Soup! Dundun’s Labor Fee!

Hasn’t the matter already concluded?

Could there be a new twist?

Lin Xu was quite puzzled, but since his master asked, he’ll just go, and take the chance to enjoy a good feast.

As for anyone acting strangely or sarcastically, he’ll assess the situation when the time comes. After all, his senior brother and Chef Dai will definitely be there, so he won’t suffer any loss.

After ending the chat, he said to Geng Lele, who was still asking him to seek justice:

"Stop it, if you keep this up, you won’t get any Braised Pork Ribs over the weekend."

Mentioning food hit Little Mushroom Head’s weak spot:

"I love Braised Pork Ribs the most, especially the marrow inside the big bones. Xu, will you let me have a few more pieces then?"

"I’ve reserved a hundred pounds, feel free to eat as much as you want."

Lin Xu got up and went to the kitchen, where the staff were already busy.

He said to Guo Xinghai:

"Your grandpa is going to take on an apprentice the day after tomorrow, did you know that?"

"Yeah, it’s the former Head Chef Cheng from Building Two. My grandpa said in the group this afternoon that the old masters at the Yanjing Hotel aren’t satisfied with the newcomer, thinking he’s too inexperienced. So my grandpa decided to take him as an apprentice to back him up."

No matter how much internal strife or competition there is at the Fishing Platform, once outside, they are still family. What do you do when your family is wronged?

Of course, you stand up for them.

Unlike his master’s vague explanations, Lin Xu got a clearer picture from Guo Xinghai.

Similar to the Fishing Platform, the Yanjing Hotel also has a few retired old masters.

When Ye Lixin was transferred to be the general manager, these old masters, using their seniority, complained about a young guy in his thirties acting as general manager, thinking it was too reckless.

They wanted to push him out and create opportunities for their own relatives and apprentices.

This was the main reason Ye Lixin couldn’t implement reforms despite knowing the kitchen had issues.

Now, the kitchen crisis was unexpectedly resolved by Lin Xu, who also disrupted the schemes of an old chef named Meng, but the other old masters couldn’t accept this reality even though it was settled.

So they used Cheng JianShe’s experience to create trouble, clearly intending to disgust people.

The old masters from the Fishing Platform were originally just watching, but when it involved their own people, they couldn’t sit idly by.

The group of old folks discussed in the chat and felt that addressing seniority seemed difficult, but was easily solved by someone taking Cheng JianShe as an apprentice.

This solution not only countered the doubts about Cheng JianShe but also established a firm standing at the Yanjing Hotel.

Hearing this, Lin Xu curiously asked:

"Why is your grandpa the one taking an apprentice?"

Old Guo has been in Yangcheng for years, and he even had to specifically fly over this time. Wouldn’t it be more appropriate for one of the local Yanjing masters to take on the apprentice?

Guo Xinghai smiled and said:

"Because my grandpa won rock-paper-scissors against them..."

Lin Xu: ?????

Rock-paper-scissors?

"That afternoon, all those old masters wanted to take Head Chef Cheng as an apprentice. There was a dispute in the group, so your master suggested deciding it by rock-paper-scissors. After some rounds, my grandpa won..."

Your kind of behavior is indeed... quite in line with the unique style of the Fishing Platform.

Just wondering what expression Cheng JianShe would have when he hears about this.

As they were chatting, Wei Qian walked over:

"Lin Xu, the Bump Soup is new tonight; should we promote it? If we just add it to the menu, customers might not notice."

After trying the Bump Soup last time, everyone thought it was pretty good.

They’ve revised it a few times in between, and today, it’s finally flawless, with the system rating it as Superior.

Given the situation, Lin Xu decided to launch it anew.

See how customers accept this kind of traditional home-cooked dish. If it does well, they could consider it as a key winter best-seller.

As for why there’s no promotion now, it’s purely to surprise customers when ordering.

Also, see how many customers would order this soup without prior promotion.

The newly launched Bump Soup in the restaurant contained spinach and shrimp, making it look appealing and taste nutritionally balanced.

Lin Xu named the Bump Soup ’Hometown Bump Soup’, listing it alongside the previously existing Hometown Fried Noodles as part of the Hometown Series on the menu.

To make this series less sparse, Lin Xu also renamed the traditional Egg Soup that Chen Meijuan taught before as ’Hometown Egg Soup’ and included it in this series.

He had even thought about renaming the meat patty as ’Hometown Meat Patty’ and adding it to the series.

But then he thought that the meat patty couldn’t be sold at a high price, yet it had a strong sense of satiety, so he decided against it.

Running a restaurant, after all, profit comes first.

As for the Hometown Series dishes, they would be added gradually later; there was no rush.

After five in the afternoon, customers began to arrive one after another.

Little Dong, holding a tablet, welcomed the guests to order, and a few regulars waved their hands casually:

"No need to look, give us four orders of fried noodles, a large bowl of tripe soup, a serving of Alcoholic Peanuts, a serving of Pressed Pig Head Meat, and a bottle of Red Star Erguotou."

Frequent visitors have memorized the restaurant’s dishes. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

There’s no need to look at the menu.

But Little Dong still handed over the tablet, whispering:

"The boss has prepared a surprise for you."

A surprise?

The customers’ eyes lit up.

Isn’t this a new product launch?

Usually, new products would be announced online and in the group, but this time there wasn’t any notice at all.

This Lin, the boss, always seems to have something new up his sleeve.