A Bite of Douluo Continent

What is this?

"Here, this is the ticket." Qi Han took out a ticket from a drawer and showed it to everyone. The paper used for the ticket looked quite special, and under the light, there was a faint watermark mark belonging to the Cold Food Festival.

In the center of the ticket, there is a red logo, the outline of which looks somewhat like…

A thumbs-up gesture?

“The sign above is a gesture that everyone in my hometown likes to use.” As he spoke, Qi Han made a thumbs-up gesture with his other hand. “This gesture means… ‘Great!’ It expresses appreciation for something.”

Is it the boss's hometown?

The group exchanged glances and nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.

"As you can see, we now have more than twenty dishes on the menu, but only twenty can be displayed on the wall. I've temporarily put down the price tags for the cheaper dishes, but what if we add new dishes later?"

Seeing the thoughtful expressions on everyone's faces, Qi Han smiled slightly, "So I've decided to let the diners decide the price list that will be displayed on the wall each week. The price list will be changed every week, and the basis for the change will be the number of recommendation votes each dish receives during that week."

After listening to Qi Han's explanation, everyone seemed to understand something.

"Boss, like at this food festival, diners voted for their dishes, right?" Fuya's eyes lit up slightly. "And we hung the top twenty dishes on the wall?"

"That's right, exactly." Qi Han smiled and couldn't help but give himself a thumbs up for his brilliant idea.

"Then... how do we obtain this ticket?" Qin Yao pondered for a moment before raising another crucial question.

"Each diner will receive one referral ticket for every meal they make at our restaurant."

Qi Han naturally had a plan for this question, and when Qin Yao asked it, he answered confidently.

"But if that's the case, won't customers who order takeout be unable to vote?" Ping Xinyan, a takeout delivery person, quickly thought of a new problem.

This…

This gave Qi Han some trouble.

When he was thinking about this issue before, he hadn't actually considered the votes of food delivery customers.

Since customers have already chosen to order takeout, they certainly wouldn't want to come in person to vote every time.

That's a new problem.

“How about…” Ji Yunruo pondered for a moment and slowly began, “From now on, for every takeout order, we’ll give the customer a recommendation vote and explain the voting rules. They don’t have to vote every time; as long as they use all the accumulated votes within the week, that should be fine, right?”

Ji Yunruo's suggestion made a lot of sense. After thinking for a moment, Qi Han had to admit that it was a good idea. "If they don't come, we can ask the delivery drivers to vote for them?"

“Yes, that will work!” Ji Yunruo nodded.

"Then... can we carry over this week's votes to next week?" Keke blinked, quickly thinking of a new question.

"Of course not." Qi Han shook his head violently.

If recommendation votes can be kept indefinitely, then this recommendation vote system seems ridiculous.

"Don't worry, I have a way to solve this."

He had considered this problem, and the solution was quite simple.

At the end of the voting week, simply turn all the unvoted recommendation votes into ashes.

It's a little difficult to operate, but it's not impossible for Ruyi.

Chapter 285 The Soul Impact Brought by the Squirrel Mandarin Fish

As for how to cast recommendation votes, that's a very simple question.

Ruyi had already customized small ballot boxes for Qi Han last night, one for each dish.

The entrance to this ballot box is just big enough to cast one recommendation vote, so the overall design is not large, much smaller than the price list for the dishes, and there is no restriction like the price list that can only display twenty dishes on one wall.

It can be hung on the other wall opposite the price list wall.

After everything was explained, everyone took their places, and as Fuya pushed open the door to the Cold Food Festival, the shop began its first day of business.

"Is this the Cold Food Festival's store in Shrek City?"

Among the queue outside the gate, Mu Liufeng carefully observed the surrounding situation.

"The shop seems to be much smaller than the one in Xingluo City..." He then glanced at the Tang Sect Shrek City branch across the street and the auction house and the Great Soul Arena on both sides, and nodded. "But the location is quite good."

As the editor-in-chief of the food tasting department, Mu Liufeng would naturally not miss such a grand event as the Shrek Food Festival.

After all, having seen more delicious food can help improve and develop food review magazines.

Of course, the main reason is that he simply loves food.

As a foodie, missing out on such a festival would be a huge regret.

He had already seen the list of dishes for the food festival that morning. This time, the dishes submitted for the Cold Food Festival were eight new dishes that he had never heard of before, which made him extremely curious.

As one of the many voters, he now has three votes to cast for the three dishes.

Because of his fondness for the Cold Food Festival, he chose this place as the first stop on his culinary journey.

There were more people queuing outside Hanshi Gate than usual, but Mu Liufeng was already a regular customer of Hanshi in Xingluo City, so he knew this. He arrived early to queue up and successfully became one of the first diners to enter Hanshi.

Upon entering Hanshi Restaurant and observing its interior decoration, Mu Liufeng nodded slightly.

Yes, it has the same decorating style as the first floor of Xingluo City's Hanshi area.

This style is also one that Mu Liufeng personally likes very much.

Not only Mu Liufeng, but many people in Xingluo City are now considering whether to decorate their homes in a style similar to Hanshi Festival, rather than with excessive luxury and embellishment.

After finding a seat, Mu Liufeng unsurprisingly saw Qin Yao and Keke.

Yesterday, when Xingluo City was closed for the Cold Food Festival, the sign posted at the entrance explained that the three of them were going to Shrek City, so seeing them here is perfectly reasonable.

At the moment, Fuya, who was in charge of taking orders, was still attending to other diners, so Mu Liufeng first observed his surroundings.

Soon, he found the price list for the eight new dishes on the wall.

Wensi Tofu - 1500 Gold Soul Coins/serving

Jade Dragon Tendon - 800 Gold Soul Coins/set.

Spicy Steamed Fish Head - 60 Gold Soul Coins/serving

Squirrel Mandarin Fish - 52 Gold Soul Coins/serving

Bodhi Jade Cuisine - 20 Gold Soul Coins/serving

Swallow Skin Wonton - 30 Gold Soul Coins/serving

Longjing Shrimp - 25 Gold Soul Coins/serving

Shredded pork with garlic sauce - 15 gold coins/serving.

Wensi Tofu and Jade Dragon Tendon are more expensive, but judging from the colors on the price tags, these two dishes must also be magical dishes that can produce special phenomena, so Mu Liufeng felt they were not expensive.

Especially the jade dragon tendon, which only costs eight hundred gold soul coins.

He then discovered that the price lists for several dishes, such as dragon beard noodles and xiaolongbao, were not on the wall.

Are you not selling it anymore?

Mu Liufeng noticed the menu on the table, flipped it open, and quickly dismissed the idea.

Xingluo City's hot pot restaurant does have a menu, but because there are too many ingredients on the menu, it is relatively concise, with only a small picture and a few words of description for each ingredient.

This place is different; there are only about twenty dishes in total.

Using two or three pages to describe each dish isn't excessive, is it?

Therefore, looking at those incredibly exquisite food descriptions, Mu Liufeng couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

He quickly looked through all eight new dishes.

Although he hadn't tasted the other delicacies of the Cold Food Festival for a long time and missed them quite a bit, his desire to try new dishes was even stronger.

After Mu Liufeng finished reading, Fuya quickly walked over and asked, "Hello, what would you like to order?"

"One serving of squirrel-shaped mandarin fish, and one serving of wontons."

Mu Liufeng nodded gracefully to Fuya, indicating that he had finished ordering.

Another benefit of the menu becomes apparent at this moment.

Looking at the pictures on the menu, you can easily tell whether each dish is a main course or a side dish, and you can also see how much it is in portion, so you don't have to worry about wasting food by ordering too much without knowing.

"Okay, please wait a moment." Nodding, Fuya turned and went into the kitchen.

...

In the kitchen, Qi Han took the order from Fu Ya and continued cooking, occasionally glancing at Qin Yue.

Under his arrangement, Qin Yue was preparing some simple ingredients, such as chopping scallions.

The more Qi Han looked, the more surprised he became.

This little girl's knife skills are almost at the proficient level?

Qi Han nodded with satisfaction.

Reaching the proficiency level in a skill is relatively easy, but achieving the mastery level is very difficult.

Qi Han's knife skills reached the proficient level after he had already deboned a whole fish and stuffed a sheep inside it. As for the perfect level of knife skills, he had to train hard for a long time before he successfully broke through to the level of Wensi Tofu.

With Qin Yue's comprehension, and with a few more days of guidance from me, breaking through to the proficient level shouldn't be a problem.

...

Mu Liufeng didn't have to wait long; soon his two dishes were served.

Compared to the seemingly unremarkable wontons, the squirrel-shaped mandarin fish immediately captured Mu Liufeng's attention upon its appearance.

The fish, fried to a golden brown, was evenly drizzled with a tomato-red sauce. The sauce was still bubbling when it was served, making a constant sizzling sound, and an extremely rich aroma slowly entered Mu Liufeng's nostrils.

In the world of Douluo Continent, deep-frying is a relatively uncommon cooking method.

On the one hand, deep-frying is a waste of oil, and most people are reluctant to use a whole pot of oil to cook a single dish. On the other hand, deep-frying is not yet a fully established practice in the Douluo Continent.

Things like starch, egg liquid, breadcrumbs, and fried three-piece sets are completely foreign concepts here.

Therefore, the fried food produced here is incomparable to the fried food on Earth, and naturally it has not become widely popular.