On the day of the opening, everyone in the restaurant was rubbing their hands in eagerness. Around eleven o’clock in the morning, they pushed the cart outside and then waited for the aroma to spread.
With the New Year approaching, hurried pedestrians passed by on the cold and biting streets, where a uniquely spicy scent continuously wafted into their nostrils.
Following their noses, people found the newly opened restaurant, now renad Huiben Building, and read the large characters on the signboard at the entrance: "Grilled Skewers!"
Then they saw a pot full of red oil boiling various interesting and appetizing things, and the crowd stopped to watch.
"What’s this? Why does it sll so good?"
The waiter’s eyes lit up with joy as he approached to greet them, "Honored guests, this is a warm-up activity for our restaurant before the New Year. See that, spicy and numbing grilled skewers, do you want to try a few? Whether it’s tasty or not, try it first and then you’ll know."
Perhaps the scent was too tempting, but everyone who gathered around couldn’t help but salivate.
"See, over here we have the at skewers, all five cents each, and over here are the vegetarian ones, three cents each."
"Oh boy, that’s not exactly cheap!"
"Honored Guest, our at is all solid at, and just preparing it is both ti-consuming and laborious, quite a hassle. Besides, when we usually eat fish, we have to kill it ourselves, then prepare it, and then remove the bones when we eat it, which is so troubleso. But look here, smooth and tender Fish Balls, so big, fresh and juicy, really delicious!"
"Alright, enough talk, just give two skewers to try first. If they’re good, I’ll buy more."
"Alright, what would you like to eat? Choose for yourself. This white one is Fish Balls, the red and white one is Crab Stick, this is Shrimp Balls, over here is snail at in Snail Balls, and we also have shellfish balls made from shellfish, and this one is Octopus Balls, we have everything, choose whatever you want!"
"Heh, this is quite interesting, looks pretty rare. Okay, then I’ll pick two skewers."
After choosing two skewers, one assud they could be eaten right away, but instead, they were directly placed into a bowl and a dollop of well-mixed sesa sauce was squeezed on, then looked up and asked.
"Do you want scallions and coriander? What about chili, are you adding that too?"
"Hold on, um, don’t add anything for now. Let taste its purest flavor first. If it tastes good, I’ll try the others afterwards."
The waiter nodded towards the back, "Alright, honored guest, please co this way. It’s too cold to stand outside, please co in."
With the first custor served, second ones followed. Initially, everyone’s attention was on the atballs, so the vegetarian options were less noticed.
However, the waiters were not rushed, ticulously collecting money, serve food after paynt, especially with a crowd to avoid chaos.
The taste of the Fish Balls had been repeatedly adjusted by Xiao Yu and Li Wei until they got it right. So even had broth added inside; one bite and the mouth filled with rich flavors, incredibly delicious. And if you add sesa sauce, scallions, and chili, it becos a fantastic mix, oh my, just perfect!
So they were not worried about custors finding the food unpalatable; they feared once the custors started eating, they wouldn’t be able to stop.
Indeed, the first custor who ca in had already picked up ten skewers of at one after the other. After calculating the cost, he decided not to indulge in atballs anymore and then picked up another ten skewers of vegetarian ones, which included tofu, kelp, cabbage, potato chips, soybean sprouts, and more. After cooking, the flavors were incredibly delicious as well. The spicy and savory taste was different from the sweet and spicy flavor they were used to, a novel taste. In the end, the verdict was simple, in two words, delicious!
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