Food Intelligence King

Chapter 133: Information Before the Celebration, New Braised Pork Rice Available (Chapter 3k, Part 1)
Ms. Lin receives a stable median monthly salary.

Before the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, I would naturally bring back the most common corporate gifts on the market—five-nut mooncakes containing candied fruit peel, which are extremely sweet and chewy.

"It was provided by the company, two boxes. About the same as last year."

Ms. Lin said calmly.

Looking at the red cardboard packaging, Chen Zhou suddenly felt a headache coming on.

He really doesn't like this five-nut mooncake.

Although it might seem like he was projecting his own feelings onto others, Chen Zhou felt really bad about giving away whole boxes of food that he himself didn't like to eat to relatives and friends.

We can only rely on the help of relatives and friends, each person tries one, and we have to finish them off before they expire.

"Let's open it and try it," Chen Zhou said, taking charge.

Ms. Lin hummed in agreement; the couple clearly shared a mutual appreciation for five-nut mooncakes.

The two of them only shared one.

Its taste was pretty much what Chen Zhou had expected; it was still that cloyingly sweet flavor.

Ms. Lin also thought it was just so-so.

Chen Taotao does like to join in the fun, but she really has eaten it before.

Therefore, the choice this time is:

"Dad, I'll only have a small bite."

Chen Zhou broke off a small piece and said with a smile, "Okay, you can try it. If you don't like it, give it back to me."

Chen Taotao very carefully pinched off a small piece of the pastry and a small red coin, tasted it briefly, and then returned the rest to her father.

She was quite polite to her own father.

In conclusion, after tasting the five-nut mooncake, the family of three refused to give it a positive review.

Of course, this wasn't done by Chen Zhou either.

He invited the mother and daughter to eat dinner:

"Just try it, save some room for the braised pork rice. Teacher Wei taught me how to make it."

Everyone has a few signature dishes. Ms. Lin was already used to her husband frequently receiving recipes.

Chen Taotao, the person involved, revealed, "My master said she herself had never done it."

Chen Zhou laughed and said, "Then you can ask her to come over and try it."

"Good~"

The braised pork rice was indeed very delicious.

The mother and daughter gave a 1.5 rating, which became Chen Zhou's daily fixed income from points.

After finishing her meal, Ms. Lin said with a hint of regret:

"I was thinking of making another video, this braised pork rice looks pretty good, but unfortunately I haven't had time to go to the shop lately."

Chen Zhou smiled and said, "You can come over this Sunday." His wife also has her own little side business.

"I'll be working as usual this Sunday because I have to take a day off in lieu of a holiday," Ms. Lin said.

She looked at Chen Taotao again: "You have to go to school too, Taotao."

Upon hearing this devastating news, the little girl quickly covered her ears.

Chen Zhou looked at the mother and daughter with a smile.

After opening my own shop, I don't have to worry about working shifts anymore.

Just as he enjoys cooking, he strongly supports his wife in doing things she enjoys as well.

So he suggested, "If you don't get tired of it, I'll make braised pork rice again at home tomorrow night, and we can film a video about it."

Ms. Lin smiled faintly:
"will not."

After dinner, the family chatted.

Besides these two boxes of mooncakes today.

Ms. Lin also brought back news about Aunt Tao Tao.

As expected, Lin Yiling sent her sister's family the detailed travel arrangements before setting off.

She probably knew that her sister sometimes didn't take her words seriously.

On Thursday, the intelligence was updated.

While Chen Zhou was distracted by checking, Aunt Zheng had already taken the lead.

First of all——

[Local Secret (Rare)]: The unique components in ginkgo wood have a certain function of inhibiting bacterial growth. Its wood is dense and of moderate hardness, can heal knife marks, and is suitable for making chopping blocks. Forest Wood Industry, No. 256, Haibin City Building Materials Market, has just received a batch of whole-cut ginkgo wood, about waist-thick.

Having seen so many old items, it's nice to get something new this time.

However, considering the age of this ginkgo tree, it probably isn't considered new.

The cutting board for the white-faced dishes is easy to find. Most of the time, the shop is now used for making steamed buns, so there is a whole work surface.

Considering that the ingredients are cut and chopped separately, and raw and cooked ingredients are kept separate, the store does need to buy a few pieces.

The bamboo cutting board used at home is a bit small.

To-do list +1.

As for the mold problem on the cutting board,
In addition to what Chen Zhou learned in the business tips, he also does daily skincare and hair care.

The community canteen also purchased a kitchenware sterilizer.

There's a place to insert kitchen knives, and also a spot to disinfect the cutting board.

Certain wavelengths of ultraviolet light can cause lethal damage to the genetic material of microorganisms, so there's no need to worry about food safety.

Every day after closing, or when the kitchen utensils are not in use, they are put in the sterilizer for disinfection.

Most of them were put in after the store closed.

Wangdefu kitchen knives are not included in this list.

This is one of Chen Zhou's personal belongings. It's a single-person, single-use item.

Then, the second piece of intelligence—

[Food News Flash - Flavors of the Four Seasons]: Five-Nut Mooncakes – No matter how vast the world is, everything ultimately comes together in a circle. By viewing this information, you will obtain the recipe for Five-Nut Mooncakes.

As usual, let's first look at the delicious mooncakes, and then get a recipe.

Chen Zhou glanced at the Five-Nut Mooncake section of the food information page.

The ingredients include peanuts, walnuts, sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds, cashews, and dried fruit.
It doesn't seem like it would taste too bad.

A combination of various nuts should be oily, sweet, and fragrant, even tempting to eat.

Chen Zhou sighed, "I knew the five-nut mooncake I ate yesterday was wrong."

However, it is certainly not possible to achieve such a long shelf life through factory processing at present.

Chen Zhou plans to make a small batch by hand during the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays to sell. Unlike making steamed buns every day.

I only eat mooncakes once a year.

This can really be booked online; just send a message in the owners' group (customer group) to place an order.

I'll make it for a day or two before the Mid-Autumn Festival.

As for the price

From setting up a stall to opening a shop, my business has always been supported by my neighbors, and I can just set a price close to cost.

You can also give some to relatives, friends, and acquaintances.

I'll visit my parents during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

And there's Old Zhang who sells meat, and Teacher Meng Wei next door—those definitely need to be big ones.

Next is Chen Zhou's targeted intelligence—

[Customer Activity (Targeted)]: During this reporting period, 72 delivery riders will visit your shop to enjoy your braised pork rice. Here is a brief profile of them: Zhang Jian, male, 28 years old, with four years of local work experience, very familiar with the area. Li Hong, female.
Chen Zhou:
Those 500 points were well spent; they directly created a roster.

He couldn't help but recall the time when his child had just been born.
I had just brought Chen Taotao out of the hospital when I received calls from postpartum care centers, maternity and baby product companies, and children's photography studios.

This roster would probably be worth a few dollars if it were on the market.

Targeted intelligence is worth the price.

Of course, Chen Zhou wouldn't do that.

He just wanted to find a reliable person to help deliver steamed buns to Mai Xiang Ji.

Zhang Jian, who's ranked first, seems pretty good.

Register the information of interested riders, then compare the information to find suitable candidates.

It eliminates the opportunity cost of mutual understanding and trial and error.

However, looking at the large number of delivery drivers who would soon be arriving at the store, Chen Zhou felt:

Teacher Wei still provides himself with a "rules-based" recipe.

[Braised pork rice so delicious that delivery drivers might steal some]

You don't usually see this many riders.

finally--

[Market News]: With the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays approaching, Fangda Plaza will hold a food festival.

Aunt Taotao is coming over these days, so Ms. Lin can show them around.

We can't visit the same few attractions every time.

But I estimate that food festivals and food streets in different places are pretty much the same.

Extra-long meat skewers, stinky tofu, fried squid, milk tea, and all sorts of other things.

Chen Zhou suspected that if this world was fictional, then the food festival could simply be copied and pasted and then rearranged.

This intelligence report was shrouded in a strong festive atmosphere.

Chen Zhou gave a brief summary.

In terms of business operations, it involves the delivery of steamed buns from Maixiangji, the upgrading of kitchen equipment in stores, and the production of limited-edition mooncakes for holidays.

The next few days will likely be another busy one.

Of course, life still needs to be lived one day at a time, so that it can become a fulfilling and interesting few days.

The lunch snacks at the shop have now been officially changed to braised pork rice.

However, since he hadn't seen the information when he was preparing the materials, Chen Zhou didn't expect to be so popular with the riders.

Therefore, we are still preparing according to the quantity of the trial rollout.

Of course, it's unreasonable to braise only one pound of meat in a large-diameter clay pot.

Chen Zhou has done quite a bit of this.

As agreed, he still asked his junior sister to call the taster next door.

"Call Brother Meng over and tell him there's braised pork rice today."

"OK!"

The junior sister walked briskly, almost jogging, towards the next room.

The shop paid out wages again, and both Aunt Zheng and the junior apprentice were very enthusiastic about their work.

The two of them listened attentively to every work arrangement Chen Zhou made at the store.

That day, it happened to be the shift of Liu Jinyan's sister-in-law at the tobacco and liquor store next door. Old Meng wasn't there.

When Liu Jinyan saw Zhao Yilin enter, she greeted her warmly:
"Oh, Xiao Zhao is here!"

The junior sister was indeed slightly taken aback when she saw the other person.

Because Chen Zhou told her that he was calling Lao Meng over.

But the junior sister wasn't dazed at all. Seeing Liu Jinyan in the shop, she smiled and invited her:

"Come on, Sister Liu, try the braised pork rice my senior brother makes!"

After hearing this, Sister Liu couldn't help but complain about how her husband was causing trouble for Chen Zhou.

The junior sister then quoted Chen Zhou's old saying: "A close neighbor is worse than a distant relative."

Liu Jinyan smiled and then asked her:
"Hey, Xiao Zhao, you asked me about the grape picking farm last time, were you going there on Saturday?"

"Yes, I've been there."

The junior sister answered in a low voice, no longer babbling on and on.

The two left the tobacco and liquor store and turned right into the community canteen.

After tasting the store's new products, Liu Jinyan gave them a warm review.

She wasn't as professional as Lao Meng, who watched the breakfast news on China's TV program every day.

They can only show even greater enthusiasm.

“I’ll buy one for Lao Meng too, he’ll definitely love it.”

Chen Zhou had already packed a small portion of braised meat for Lao Meng, so he couldn't just take a box of grapes from the couple for free.

"This is for tasting new products only," he laughed.

"Take this, Sister Liu. Put it in the refrigerator when you get home, heat it up when you get home, and then cook some rice. It's the same thing."

Liu Jinyan looked at the rice in Chen Zhou's shop.

Although I felt bad, I still spoke up for Lao Meng:
"Brother Chen, could you please give me some more rice? I'll put it in the fridge so I don't have to cook it again."

Liu Jinyan still cared about her husband, but she really wouldn't give him a hot meal.

(End of this chapter)