A Bite of Douluo Continent

Leading the group were naturally Tang Qianqiu and Qi Poxiao.

Although they hadn't tried all the new dishes that were introduced for lunch and dinner yesterday, they already had a new goal for today.

"Is that hot pot really that delicious?" As Qi Po-xiao followed Tang Qian-qiu toward the stairs leading to the second floor, he couldn't help but ask telepathically.

"You'll find out soon enough," Tang Qianqiu said with a mysterious expression.

I wonder what the second floor looks like.

It should still be decorated like Xingluo City, right?

The two hurried upstairs, and upon seeing the furnishings on the second floor, Tang Qianqiu's face immediately showed an expression of "I knew it."

A look of surprise flashed across Qi Po-xiao's eyes, and he quickly looked around at the surrounding walls. "This decoration is quite interesting."

After looking around for a while, the two found a table and sat down.

"Let me see what's in this hot pot broth first," Qi Po-xiao chuckled, picking up the menu and flipping through it.

He had already learned roughly how to eat the hot pot from Tang Qianqiu beforehand.

He quickly pointed to one of the hot pot bases and said, "I think the health-preserving hot pot is very good, especially suitable for an old man like me who is about to die."

Tang Qianqiu's face twitched slightly, ignoring Qi Poxiao's second half of the sentence, "I was originally going to order a health-preserving hot pot, but since you ordered it, I'll have a sukiyaki instead."

"Oh?" Qi Po-xiao blinked. "What's the explanation?"

"This hot pot allows you to combine different broths. One broth is a bit monotonous, but two broths are just right."

"It can actually be like that?" Qi Po-xiao chuckled. "Then let's try both!"

After choosing the broth, the two elderly people continued to discuss the selection of ingredients.

"How's this shrimp paste?"

"Smooth and delicious, worth a try."

"How about one of these snowflake beef?"

"Equally delicious."

"Then one of these will do."

"Shall we get some vegetarian dishes?"

"That makes sense. This baby bok choy looks quite fresh and tender. Let's have a serving and try it!"

"... "

"What would you two like to order?" Mo Ran walked over quickly, holding a menu and a pen in her hand. "Here is a list of all the dishes for the hot pot restaurant on the second floor. Please check the dishes and soup bases you need here."

"Huh?" Tang Qianqiu raised an eyebrow, looked at Mo Ran's unfamiliar face, and then glanced at the menu that he had never seen before in Xingluo City. "The way of ordering food is different now?"

As she spoke, Tang Qianqiu took the menu and pen, quickly marked the items and hot pot bases they had just discussed, and handed them to Qi Poxiao, asking, "Anything else?"

"That's fine." After glancing at it, Qi Po-xiao nodded. "That's all for now."

"Okay." Mo Ran reached out and took the menu, nodded, "Please wait a moment, the dishes will be delivered shortly."

He delivered the menu and breathed a slight sigh of relief.

It's simpler than I imagined; it seems I can handle this job.

Menus are not uncommon in various hot pot restaurants on Blue Star.

Because hot pot ingredients are more diverse, it would be too much of a task for waiters to keep track of the menu, so menus came into being.

Simply select the dishes you want and wait for them to be served; this dining process is quite convenient.

The reason it wasn't released in Star City before...

It's simply because Qi Han forgot.

However, it's not a big problem; he has already asked Ruyi to install the patch.

...

Hanshi Xingluocheng Store, half an hour ago…

A figure wearing a mask that covered his face and completely wrapped in a black uniform suddenly appeared in the store, causing the Qin sisters and Keke, who were sitting together eating hot pot, to stand up abruptly.

They were familiar with this figure, because ever since the owner left, the ingredients in the store had been delivered by this mysterious deliveryman.

"Have any new dishes been delivered?" Qin Yao asked, wiping her mouth.

The deliveryman didn't speak, but silently shook his head. With a flash of light, he appeared in his hand a large bag of brand-new printed menus and a letter explaining how to use the menus.

After placing both items on the ground, the deliveryman vanished from the spot in an instant.

The three exchanged a glance, and then began to examine the items left behind by the deliveryman.

The deliveryman never spoke a word, and the three of them didn't even know his gender.

But for some reason, they never had the thought of exploring it further.

...

"That's all I'll take." Yu Lianxin glanced at the female inner court students sitting beside her, a smile on her face. "Is there anything else you'd like to eat?"

"No need, no need." Yan hope shook her head and chuckled, "This should be enough."

Nodding, Yu Lianxin handed the menu to Mo Ran, who was standing next to her, and said, "Then let's go make the dipping sauce."

Having not had hot pot for a long time, Yu Lianxin naturally wouldn't miss the first-ever hot pot offering today.

Unlike other delicacies, the atmosphere of many people sitting around a pot when eating hot pot is very important. Therefore, Yu Lianxin invited several female students from the inner courtyard to come together, which made up a table.

Ignoring the admiring glances of others, Yu Lianxin slowly walked to the dipping sauce station, picked up a small dish from the side, and prepared a dipping sauce according to the recipe she had already memorized.

Although it had been almost two months since she had eaten hot pot, Yu Lianxin couldn't help but smile when she looked at the dipping sauce in her hand after preparing it.

Very good, you haven't forgotten the proportions for preparing the dipping sauce.

Today's hot pot base is super delicious again, and it's best served with an oil dipping sauce.

Just imagining the delicious array of ingredients being cooked in a spicy hot pot, their slightly numbing and rich spicy flavors then being tossed in an oil dipping sauce, made Yu Lianxin secretly swallow, a hint of desire appearing on her face.

By the way, Yan hope seems to have assembled a sukiyaki?

Yu Lianxin remembered that she had ordered three servings of snowflake beef on the menu, so she silently picked up another small plate and cracked a sterile egg into it.

The snowflake beef paired with pasteurized eggs, its tender and delicious flavor, with a hint of rich egg aroma, seemed to already be on her lips and teeth, making Yu Lianxin swallow again.

I'm hungry...

Chapter 387 Handmade Beef Balls

Among the three junior students that Yu Lianxin brought, two were students who had previously gone to Xingluo City to participate in the competition, namely Yan Xi and Yun Xi. The last one was a junior student named Su Qianyue who had always stayed in the inner academy and had a good relationship with Yu Lianxin.

Unlike the other three women who were very familiar with the process, Su Qianyue was still staring blankly at the recommended dipping sauce recipes on the last page of the menu, even after Yu Lianxin had finished preparing the dipping sauce and returned to her seat.

"Qianyue, what's wrong?" Seeing that Su Qianyue seemed to have encountered some problem, Yu Lianxin asked softly.

"Senior Sister..." Su Qianyue put down the menu in her hand, her beautiful face showing even more distress. "I don't know which dipping sauce to choose."

Sure enough.

Yu Lianxin was speechless.

This junior sister has a very good personality; her only problem is that she has a bit too much difficulty making choices.

She went through a lot of deliberation when choosing the soup base and ingredients.

"It's alright, Qian Yue." Yu Lianxin smiled slightly. "You can try the dipping sauces you didn't try today in the future. It's just a matter of order. Or... you can see which one you like best?"

“The most pleasing to the eye…” Su Qianyue blinked, looking at the dozen or so recommended dipping sauces on the menu, her gaze suddenly lingering on one particular sauce dish.

The light reddish-brown dipping dish, with its uniform color, looked bright and elegant, and this reddish-brown was exactly Su Qianyue's favorite color.

It's it!

This sauce looks amazing! It would be so beautiful to use as a dipping sauce for hot pot food!

Having made her choice, Su Qianyue grinned, revealing her adorable little tiger teeth. "Senior Sister, I've made my choice. I'll go prepare it now!"

"Go ahead." Yu Lianxin smiled slightly, looking at her lovely junior sister, and felt a surge of affection for her.

"Huh? Did Xiao Jiuji go to make the dipping sauce?" Not long after Su Qianyue left, Yan hope and Yun Xi returned together. Seeing the empty seat next to Yu Lianxin, Yan Xi looked a little surprised. "I thought she was going to hesitate for a while longer."

"Little Dilemma" was Su Qianyue's nickname in the inner academy, but this nickname was not malicious. On the contrary, most of the female students in the inner academy had a good impression of this silly and cute girl.

"Yes, Qian Yue just went there," Yu Lianxin replied, then glanced at Yan hope and Yun Xi's dipping dishes, a smile appearing on her face. "You two both got sterile eggs?"

"Of course!" Yan hope said with a grin. "Sukiyaki with snowflake beef is soulless without a pasteurized egg!"

Although Yunxi didn't speak, she nodded in deep agreement.

“Indeed, when you add snowflake beef to sukiyaki and then coat it in a sterile egg, the flavor becomes exceptionally smooth and delicious,” Yu Lianxin agreed.

"Your hot pot base is here, please move aside for a moment~" Mo Ran carried a large pot to the three women and gently interrupted their conversation, gesturing for them to move aside. She then placed the pot base in the recessed area of ​​the table and turned on the heating device. "The food will be here soon, please wait a moment."

After giving some instructions, Mo Ran turned and left to serve the hot pot base to the next table of diners.

Mo Ran was clearly inexperienced as a waitress, unlike Fu Ya and the others who were able to handle things with ease.

Fortunately, the hot pot restaurant on the second floor is easier to keep an eye on than the one on the first floor.

One pot is enough for one table.

Not long after Mo Ran left, Su Qianyue carefully returned carrying a dipping dish.

"I'm back... Huh?" She looked at the large pot that had appeared on the table, her face lighting up with surprise, revealing shallow dimples. "The pot bottom is here!"

"So this is what the hot pot base looks like." She quickened her pace, put down her dipping saucer, and then leaned closer to examine the hot pot. "It smells so good. It must be delicious to cook food in it."

She could already imagine the wonderful taste of those particularly appealing dishes on the menu added to these hot pot broths.

"Meow~"

A soft gurgling sound pulled Su Qianyue back to reality from her reverie.

Oh, it's Gulu!

Although she hadn't visited Hanshi Temple as many times as Yu Lianxin, Su Qianyue was quite familiar with Hanshi Temple's signature dish: Gulu.