Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle
Chapter 121 - 102 Explosive Sales

Chapter 121: Chapter 102 Explosive Sales

The first sale of Dried Tangerine Peel Tea received unprecedented acclaim.

Qin Huai cooked a big pot, although he wasn’t quite sure how many servings it would yield, he knew it wasn’t 1314 servings.

Of course, he had no plans to make a second pot. After all, the restaurant mainly focused on cheap fast food and high-priced snacks. The previous sales of cold tea, hand-made lemon tea, and the soups delivered recently were just casual sales with limited quantities.

If it tasted good, it would sell; if not, they’d give it away. Selling out every day was thanks to the strong support of regular customers.

Today, Qin Huai was approaching the Dried Tangerine Peel Tea sale with the same casual attitude.

But soon, reality told him that some things can’t just be sold casually.

Because it sold way too well!

noon is the peak business time for Yunzhong Restaurant.

Unlike the morning when the flow of people is overwhelming but few dine-in, or the evening when nearby residents lazily haul their families for dinner and chats, noon at Yunzhong Restaurant is packed and a race against the clock.

The precious lunch break time makes the office workers around wish they could eat efficiently with a stopwatch in hand.

Combining tables, waiting for seats, and adding seats happens frequently in the restaurant. As long as the guests don’t mind, a small table for four can sometimes squeeze in seven, with competition fiercer than in a college cafeteria during military training.

At such a precious time for seating, the elderly will not hog the restaurant seats just to leisurely eat and chat.

They would considerately avoid peak times, coming in to chat after the one-hour dining peak has passed.

Many customers noticed that there was something new at the restaurant today.

A new drink, Dried Tangerine Peel Tea, was added, priced at 15 yuan per bowl, which seemed outrageous compared to the 25 yuan set meal with one meat and two vegetables.

But this Dried Tangerine Peel Tea was made by Master Qin.

Master Qin dared to set this price and put Dried Tangerine Peel Tea on the menu; it must have something special.

Several regulars hesitated but decided to trust Master Qin just this once.

The servers at the food serving window skillfully added a small bowl of Dried Tangerine Peel Tea to their trays, calmly explaining to the guests’ surprised eyes: "Yes, this is Dried Tangerine Peel Tea, made by our Master Qin!"

The regulars, briefly shocked, continued eating their usual meals.

For most regulars who consistently eat lunch at Yunzhong Restaurant, apart from ensuring freshness, health, safety, and affordability, the most important thing is to splurge a bit to sweeten their miserable working life.

Cheap fast food doesn’t affect their ability to indulge in expensive snacks.

After half a day’s hard work, can’t they at least treat themselves to something good?

Can’t grab the Crab Shell Cake, can’t afford the Five Fillings Bun, never seen the White Jade Cream Cake, still don’t know what the green bean ice cake looks like, but they have to eat a fried dough stick at least!

Cut it, cut it into big pieces! Don’t let outsiders see it, or they might think we can’t afford it.

Without Qin Huai knowing, Yunzhong Restaurant had already garnered a large group of loyal fried dough stick customers, and their dining philosophy was at least to have a fried dough stick.

Today, the followers of the fried dough stick cult chose to have fried dough sticks paired with Dried Tangerine Peel Tea.

The Dried Tangerine Peel Tea was warm and rich, making the followers’ hearts feel warm, as if all the grievances from a half-day’s work were healed by that small bowl of tea; earning a living didn’t feel so tough.

Even the messages in the work group seemed so...

Alright, the messages in the work group still made them want to quit.

Having devoured lunch at lightning speed, the followers of the fried dough stick cult unanimously decided to pack a cup of Dried Tangerine Peel Tea to bring back to the office for the afternoon, enthusiastically recommending it to colleagues.

"You may not love fried dough sticks, but you have to drink Dried Tangerine Peel Tea, right?"

"What? You say this Dried Tangerine Peel Tea is actually dried tangerine peel, white fungus, and lotus seed soup, never mind, just drink it."

After 1 pm, after a hard day’s work, Master Qin and his colleagues, who accidentally worked half an hour overtime, had lunch together.

Ouyang had his own little stove and wasn’t eating at the restaurant today, planning to go home and munch on snacks.

Chen An, Huang Xi, An Youyou, who wasn’t afraid to eat with the Boss, and Qin Huai sat together for lunch.

Chen An sat next to Qin Huai, distractedly poking at his food, seizing the moment to ask questions.

"Today, Grandma Ding mentioned again that the egg cake was a bit hard, a bit dry to chew. I also want to make the egg cake softer, but with the current method, it’s impossible to make it that soft." Chen An was quite troubled.

Chen An felt like he was changing.

When he worked at other restaurants, he never cared about customer feedback; as long as the boss didn’t dock his pay, he didn’t care.

But now...

He could only say the neighborhood grandpas and grandmas were too enthusiastic.

The pomelo Grandma Ding stuffed him two days ago was still uneaten. If he couldn’t make a soft, delicious egg cake suitable for the elderly, how could he live up to the pomelo?

"Then change the recipe." Qin Huai, experienced in this matter, said, "If you think it’s impossible to make it softer with the current method, it means there’s a problem with it. Change the method."

Chen An: ?

"You can refer to my osmanthus cake or fermented rice with steamed buns. If you think those methods are too hard, look online at how those soft little bread are made."

Chen An hesitated, "If I change in that direction... is it still an egg cake?"

Qin Huai pointed to the Dried Tangerine Peel Tea in front of Chen An, "What is this?"

"Dried Tangerine Peel Tea."

"What is it actually?"

"Hmm... dried tangerine peel, white fungus, and lotus seed soup?"

"You see, but when I asked you, your first response was still Dried Tangerine Peel Tea. What we sell is named by us, isn’t it?" Qin Huai glanced around; the sales of Dried Tangerine Peel Tea were quite impressive, with nearly seven out of ten customers ordering it, "Look, as long as you introduce this as Dried Tangerine Peel Tea to the customers, no one would object."

Chen An understood.

He realized his vision was too limited, no wonder at this age, he was still working in the restaurant, while the boss was already self-employed at a young age.

Well, he was also self-employed when he was young.

Nevermind, it doesn’t matter.

Chen An continued to eat his meal.

While eating, a server, with soup still at the corner of his mouth indicating he hadn’t even wiped it, jogged over to Qin Huai: "Sister Xi, Master Qin, we just got a combined order for 36 cups of Dried Tangerine Peel Tea."

As soon as he finished this sentence, another server ran over: "Another 19 cups just added!"

Seeing work coming in, Chen An put down his chopsticks: "I’ll go pack it."

An Youyou was shocked by his coworker’s spirit of abandoning lunch to work overtime, and she looked up blankly: "Then... should I go deliver it first?"

"Finish eating first," Qin Huai held Chen An back. "There’s no rush for now."

Indeed, no rush for now.

When Chen An and An Youyou finished their meals, the number of Dried Tangerine Peel Tea for external delivery through group orders had reached as high as 171 cups.

This startled Qin Huai into calling a halt, instructing Chen An to count how many were currently packed and went to make more.

Luckily, Zhao Rong had the foresight to soak plenty of ingredients beforehand; indeed, ginger gets spicier with age.

Two hours later, Qin Huai found out that even Zhao Rong didn’t have that much foresight.

Zhao Rong soaked enough for one pot of ingredients, but apparently, one more pot of Dried Tangerine Peel Tea still wasn’t enough.

Because not only was the group order channel constantly ringing with orders, but also some inexplicable customers who somehow found out about the Dried Tangerine Peel Tea from Yunzhong Market, far beyond the delivery range, placed orders through couriers.

At 3 pm, there were more couriers waiting for Dried Tangerine Peel Tea to be ready at Yunzhong Restaurant than there were elderly people sitting and chatting.

Qin Huai was bewildered.

No more high-quality broth today.

There was no pot available.

The restaurant wasn’t prepared with that many large pots.

All the pots were used to make Dried Tangerine Peel Tea.

Looks like it’s time to order a few bigger pots that can practically cook a child.

"Hey, can I ask you something?" Qin Huai, who paused his online teaching for a day, leaned on the window, asking a courier waiting for his Dried Tangerine Peel Tea at table 9, "Can you tell me where the courier order is from?"

The courier quickly answered, "Are you Master Qin? It’s from Dr. Qu."

"She remarked in the order saying she’s your friend and asked me to let you know if you asked."

"She said she brought a few cups of Dried Tangerine Peel Tea back for her colleagues this morning, and they liked the taste. Wanting to support your restaurant’s business, she ordered a batch through the courier; I already came here once this morning, you might not remember."

Upon finishing, the courier pointed to five or six others happily playing on their phones, "All these orders are from that hospital, some for in-patient patients, some for department doctors."

"That big guy over there, my buddy, took the orthopedic order."

"That blonde one, I chatted with him when we took the order together; he took the emergency department, I took neurology; once again, it’s Dr. Qu’s order."

After the courier spoke, he gave Qin Huai a grateful smile: "Thanks, man, it’s rare to get such big-paying orders all at once."

Qin Huai: ...

Got it. Time to order pots big enough to cook a child.

Tomorrow morning, start by making 1314 cups of Dried Tangerine Peel Tea.

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