Rebirth 07: Starting with Saving a Bankrupt Restaurant

Customers who ordered pork tripe and chicken soup with rice no longer needed the soup served as a complimentary dish.

The first dish served was the pork tripe and chicken soup that the three of them had been looking forward to.

"The shredded pork with garlic sauce rice will take a little longer, please wait a moment."

None of them planned to wait for the food to be served before picking up their chopsticks; they ate together as is.

After being greeted by everyone, they began to enjoy the pork tripe and chicken soup.

"Li Liang, what do you think?"

Li Liang smacked his lips a few times and said, "I think the taste of the soup is not much different, but Zhouji Restaurant's soup is better in terms of both color and taste."

The other two shared similar views with Li Liang.

However, after tasting the pork belly and chicken, Li Liang immediately changed his attitude.

Pointing at the pig's stomach in the bowl, he remained silent for a long, long time.

Finally, he blurted out, "It's fucking delicious!"

However, a diner of similarly considerable size gave a different opinion: "As for the soup, I think Zhouji Restaurant's is tastier and more delicious. But as for the chicken, I think Ruyi Restaurant's is better; it feels like the chicken has less of a greasy taste."

Li Liang waved his hand, adopting a lecturing tone, and said, "You don't understand, do you? The chicken at Ruyi Restaurant is indeed more oily, but if you eat too much of it, it can get really greasy."

As he spoke, Li Liang shrank his neck, then adjusted his posture and said, "Every time I eat their chicken, I peel off the skin, but look, the few pieces of chicken I just ate all went into my stomach with the skin on."

After the three of them finished a bowl of soup, fried rice with shredded pork in fish-fragrant sauce was served.

After the pork tripe and chicken soup had been heated up, Li Liang looked at the steaming, fragrant rice bowl in front of him and knew that the meal was going to be good.

With one bite of rice, Li Liang had all the flavors he had been looking forward to.

Then came the second bite, as he shook his head as he ate.

In fact, the three of them had eaten at Ruyi Restaurant more often than Zhouji Restaurant before the incident. They had only been there a few times before the incident. They hadn't been there since the incident.

Two weeks ago, the three of them already knew that Zhou's Restaurant had reopened and that the food was supposedly good. However, after visiting the restaurant once, they found that there were only three or four dishes, all of which were staple foods, so they lost their appetite.

No matter how much hype it up, after eating for so many years, Li Liang still couldn't believe that a simple bowl of rice or noodles could be so delicious that so many people would praise it.

This time, the reason for ordering food was mainly due to the grudges between the two restaurants, plus the gimmick of pork tripe and chicken soup.

What I found was shocking.

Can just a bowl of rice really be made this delicious?

"I'm not bragging to you guys, but this shredded pork with garlic sauce rice bowl is so much tastier than the shredded pork with garlic sauce at Ruyi Restaurant," Li Liang exclaimed.

If the difference between pork tripe and chicken soup is only slight, then the difference between shredded pork with fish-fragrant sauce is quite significant.

"Boss."

Zhou Wen, who had just come out for some fresh air, saw a customer greeting him and thought something had happened.

As soon as he reached her side, he saw the somewhat overweight diner in front of him say with a sincere expression:

"Boss, your cooking is absolutely impeccable."

Zhou Wen was taken aback for a moment, but quickly recovered and said with a smile:

"Thank you for the compliment. If you like the taste, please come and support us when you have time."

Li Liang chatted with Zhou Wen for a few more minutes until more customers came into the restaurant, at which point he returned to the kitchen.

Stepping out of the store and looking at the bustling crowd, I don't know why, but I feel especially happy right now. Maybe it's the power of delicious food.

Li Liang has decided that starting tomorrow, he will try all the dishes at Zhouji Restaurant. If any new dishes are introduced in the future, he will come to taste them as soon as possible.

As for Ruyi Restaurant, Li Liang could only say that they should not contact them again, for fear that Zhouji Restaurant would misunderstand.

The next day at noon, Li Liang went to the restaurant alone.

Shi Ying had some recollection of this guest; it seemed he had chatted with her boss for quite a while last night.

"I want a bowl of fried rice and a bowl of fried noodles."

Shi Ying looked at Li Liang, who was alone, and asked, "How many of you are there?"

"One stomach, one stomach," Li Liang said with a smile.

"The portions of fried rice and fried noodles are quite generous, so I suggest you order one serving each," Shi Ying kindly advised.

Li Liang chuckled and patted his protruding belly, saying, "I can fit it all in here, so there won't be any waste. Don't worry."

"Then you can try a different combination. The store also has tomato and egg noodles, which come in small and large portions and you can get refills. Otherwise, just having fried noodles or fried rice might be a bit dry and greasy."

Upon hearing this, Li Liang couldn't help but start to think about it seriously.

"Then I'll have a bowl of fried rice and a small bowl of tomato and egg noodles."

Before long, Shi Ying came out with a tray and placed the food in front of Li Liang.

"This is your fried rice, this bowl of soup is complimentary with your fried rice, and this is your small portion of tomato and egg noodles. If you're not full, you can ask me for more."

"We also have soft drinks in the freezer, and the store offers unlimited hot water. Just let me know if you need anything."

For some reason, Li Liang felt a little embarrassed. He had only ordered less than 20 yuan worth of dishes. Was this the kind of service he was entitled to?

As for Ruyi Hotel, it would never offer such thoughtful service.

"Okay, thank you."

Li Liang rubbed his hands together, unsure whether to start with the fried rice or the tomato and egg noodles.

If we start with the fried rice, what if the noodles get soggy? And if we start with the noodles, what if the fried rice gets cold?

After some deliberation, I decided to start with tomato and egg noodles. Rice can still be eaten when it's cold, but noodles that are clumped together just don't taste good.

After a bite of tomato and egg noodles, the noodles soak up the sweet and sour broth, making them incredibly appetizing.

There were plenty of eggs, unlike other places that advertise "tomato and egg" but end up with mostly tomatoes and hardly any eggs.

Not bad, not bad.

After tasting the tomato and egg noodles, Li Liang then sampled the fried rice.

The fried rice surprised Li Liang far more than the tomato and egg noodles.

"Is there shredded meat inside?"

Who hasn't eaten fried rice? But this is the first time Li Liang has ever had fried rice with so many ingredients in it outside.

First of all, there's the taste. Other fried rice might only have eggs or some vegetables, but Zhouji Restaurant's fried rice also has shredded meat and green peppers.

This enriches the flavor and elevates the overall quality.

As for the taste, needless to say, every grain of rice was fried to a golden brown, and no part of it was particularly strong or weak in flavor.

Perhaps the only downside was that eating the tomato and egg noodles delayed the time for eating the fried rice, causing the fried rice to get a little cold; otherwise, the taste would definitely be even better.