Survival rules for restaurants: cooking and eating melons at the same time

Chapter 251 Sophora Flower Banquet

"Spring Feast?"

After hearing An Qiao's mumbling, everyone couldn't help but look up at An Qiao.

Kasuga Banquet is not something that everyone has not heard of, but apparently everyone is very interested in the Kasuga Banquet in this Kyoto restaurant.

"I wonder if there will be any delicious food at the young lady's spring party?" Zhao Huaiqing became interested. He liked to eat. Spring banquets in other places would mostly have some desserts, and the cakes and pastries in spring were also particularly refreshing.

Others couldn't help but become curious. They really thought that the food cooked by the young lady was delicious, and they were wondering if there would be any new ideas at this spring banquet.

"In spring, flowers and plants all sprout new buds, and most of the food we eat is also young buds. Fried eggs with money plant, cherry pancakes, cold-mixed Chinese toon, pickled olives, and even strawberry wine in early spring..."

An Qiao just mentioned a few things and everyone's appetite was aroused. Ordinary spring banquets mostly consist of venison, spring pancakes, spring rolls, etc., which are also delicious, but the things An Qiao mentioned made everyone very interested.

There were even dishes that I had never heard of. "What kind of flower is money plant? Is it related to winter jasmine?" Zhao Huaiqing asked again.

"They are two different flowers. Money flowers are small and yellow. They are sweet and delicious whether eaten or cooked. But it is out of season now. I wonder if we can eat them next year..."

An Qiao's thoughts were wandering. In her previous life, she loved tinkering with these things, but it was also for the sake of her own restaurant.

In my previous life, the environment was too competitive. No matter what it was, everything had to be included. If I fell behind once or twice, the consequences would be disastrous.

It is very likely that a restaurant that was once an Internet celebrity has suddenly become an outdated restaurant.

There were many diners tonight, so An Qiao did not wait for the maids outside to come back. She cooked almost half a table of locust flower feast and a few other dishes.

"As usual, try the vegetables carefully. If they are suitable, I can sell them." An Qiao smiled, but in fact, these locust flowers are prone to go out of season, and there are not many of them.

I guess if we were to prepare a Sophora japonica flower banquet, it would only take one day.

However, if tonight is suitable, let Dongzhi go out to the streets tomorrow to buy as many locust flowers as possible, and announce the news of tomorrow's locust flower banquet before dawn.

The reason why we didn’t plan ahead this time and didn’t work hard to warm up for a long time is because of the special nature of Sophora japonica flowers.

It's already pretty good to be able to work as a locust flower for a day.

Everyone nodded and looked at the table full of locust flowers with curiosity.

What's more, while some people were still struggling over whether to eat salty or sweet food, Zhao Huaiqing had already taken the lead in picking up some food.

"Oh my god, this Sophora japonica omelet is so fragrant. But the ones I usually eat always have a fishy smell, but adding Sophora japonica flowers actually offsets the smell, it's like it's dancing in my mouth."

Zhao Huaiqing was always exaggerating, so no one really took him seriously. But when they started eating, they found that it was not an exaggeration.

I don’t know how the young lady dealt with it, but many wild vegetables are inevitably bitter if used in cooking. That is why many wild vegetables are not the favorites on the tables of dignitaries.

What's more, everyone has eaten the bitter bamboo shoots in Kyoto restaurants some time ago. So although it is called bitter bamboo shoots, it is not that bitter. Instead, it has a faint fragrance, which has attracted a lot of praise.

"When will the locust blossom banquet be held?" Gu Qingyun couldn't help but ask.

Although he usually likes spicy food, it doesn't mean that he can't eat something else. He thinks locust flowers are quite to his taste.

It's not too astringent, nor too sweet, but it's quite to my taste.

An Qiao just mixed a bowl of rice for herself and sat down to eat. The state of the restaurant tonight seemed to make it difficult for them to dine together, so An Qiao simply prepared all the dishes and placed them in the kitchen, scooped up the rice herself, and took whatever she liked.

"I don't know if I can buy locust flowers tomorrow. The ones that everyone eats are the one in front of my store. The season of locust flowers is short. If it's over, we may not be able to eat them. We can only wait until tomorrow, the winter solstice, to see if they are available. If they are, we have to make them within two days." An Qiao took a bite of the locust flower rice and found it delicious. She also thought it was extremely fragrant. In that case, she would have to see if she could buy it tomorrow.

Everyone felt a little regretful, but at the same time, they felt lucky because their table might be the only one having locust flower rice this year.

"Luckily I came today." Shen Ran said silently. Sometimes he also liked to order takeout, or directly ask his servant to buy it, and he could just wait in the yard to eat.

I don’t know why, but I feel like going out for a walk again today.

As I walked, I arrived at Kyoto Restaurant. I smelled the aroma of food and walked in.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I arrived at the door, Qiufen took me in, and there were actually a lot of people waiting outside.

Everyone was eating and chatting, and there wasn't much food left on the table.

When the restaurant closed, everyone left one after another.

It was rare for the restaurant to be so silent. No one wanted to speak, and everyone looked exhausted. I wonder why there were so many people here tonight.

Gu Qingyun looked at everyone and didn't say anything mean. He took out a silver ingot as usual.

An Qiao's eyes darkened. "Are you okay? I told you... you can't finish all the money you saved for now."

Gu Qingyun was still stubborn, but he changed his approach today. He put the silver ingot down and quickly climbed onto the roof and left.

An Qiao was silent for a while, knowing that this was not something she could decide, so she wrote down another silver ingot in Gu Qingyun's extremely wealthy notebook.

"My dear, this Young Master Gu is really weird." Gu Yu had just arrived and had not seen Gu Qingyun many times. Every time he saw Gu Qingyun, he made some big jokes. Naturally, he thought Gu Qingyun was extremely weird.

An Qiao burst out laughing, and asked, trying not to laugh, "What do you think is strange about Mr. Gu?"

"I feel like everything is weird. I feel like he always makes the young lady angry, which is not good. But he is such a high-ranking official...why does he always like to get angry with the young lady? I really don't understand." Guyu thought about it carefully, and besides this, she had many other doubts, but she just couldn't remember them for the time being.

Chunfen next to him said, "And why does he always give silver ingots to the young lady? It's weird..."

An Qiao just kept laughing, yes, yes, that's what I mean about him, he's not normal.

Gu Qingyun came back and lay on the wall...

He just wanted to come back to get the purse he dropped, which was given to him by his mother. His mother has always been sensitive. If it was lost, or if it was left at someone's house, she would definitely suspect that he had something going on with that young lady.

Although... he didn't seem to object, this was pure hooliganism and he didn't want to do it.

Not until the noises of laughter from the people below died down did Gu Qingyun quietly turn over and go down to the inner courtyard and knock on the door.