Fu Yu was sowhat delighted to earn more goodwill points from Dai Jinghe.
He now vaguely understood the importance of goodwill points.
As the goodwill points increased, he clearly felt the kindness and care from others.
And all of these benefits definitely ca from the goodwill points.
Besides that, he also received two skill points as a reward.
Fu Yu was thrilled and didn’t expect that a long-term task issued by Yao Shi could yield two skill points in one go.
And the task completion ssage said he had successfully entered the mainstream circle.
Does this sentence an that he has successfully joined the social circle of Dai Jinghe and Liu Yunong?
Being able to make friends with famous chefs, that network was officially expanding.
Before parting, Liu Yunong suddenly instructed Fu Yu: "I’ve asked soone to handle things here, and I need to go back for a bit tomorrow. It might take at least a week to get everything done. If there’s anything, feel free to call."
Fu Yu nodded, watching Liu Yunong drive away into the distance.
When everyone else had left, Fu Yu bade farewell to Liu Changqing, who ca out to see them off, and then took a cab ho.
Back at Qianlima, it was just past eight o’clock.
Fu Yu imdiately changed clothes and went to work in the kitchen.
During dinner ti, business at the restaurant was quite good.
Once Fu Yu finished plating, Zhang Jinyu promptly brought the plates to the serving station with great understanding.
Just as he set it down, there was a sudden commotion at the corridor entrance leading to the dining area.
Soon, a middle-aged woman, visibly agitated, walked into the kitchen, followed by two wait staff.
The wait staff were trying hard to persuade her: "This is the kitchen; custors are not allowed inside!"
The middle-aged woman angrily retorted: "Why, do you have sothing to hide in your kitchen? Why can’t I co in?"
The wait staff, feeling a bit irritable too, couldn’t help but argue back: "The kitchen is a cooking area. If everyone could just walk in, how could we ensure hygiene and order?"
The other wait staff spoke softly: "Please cooperate with our restaurant’s rules. The kitchen is off-limits to outsiders. It’s a matter of hygiene and also that the chefs are working. If you co in, it will affect them, and it’s dangerous with all the open flas, hot oil or soup around."
The middle-aged woman widened her eyes: "Ah! If I don’t co in, how will I know if you’ve swapped my seafood? That hairy crab I picked was alive, but once cooked and served, who could tell if it’s the sa one?"
Seeing the custor barging into the kitchen, Fu Yu hurriedly went to help but was stopped by Zhao ng: "You keep busy, I’ll go check it out!"
After saying that, Zhao ng rushed over.
Fu Yu couldn’t just stand by, so he asked Zhang Jinyu to prepare the ingredients and followed Zhao ng.
The wait staff were about to defend themselves but were interrupted by Zhao ng.
Zhao ng looked at the female custor and introduced himself: "Hello, I’m the head chef here. If there’s an issue, you can talk to ."
The female custor glared at Zhao ng: "You’re the head chef? Fine. I’ll watch you cook my seafood, then I’ll leave!"
The wait staff hurriedly said: "That won’t do, it’s just not..."
Zhao ng raised his hand to stop the wait staff from saying more and asked the female custor: "You insisted on coming into the kitchen because you’re worried we might substitute the seafood you ordered, right?"
The female custor nodded: "Obviously! I paid a high price for live seafood, and if you serve dead or smaller seafood on the plate, what’s the point of spending all that money?"
Zhao ng said: "I understand your concern, but I can assure you that our restaurant has been in business for over a hundred years, and we’ve always operated under the principle of honesty. Otherwise, we wouldn’t still be thriving today. We will certainly not substitute or downgrade your order, you can be sure of that!"
The middle-aged woman’s expression changed as she questioned: "You speak nicely, but how can you guarantee it’ll actually happen? Once you swap my seafood, how am I supposed to find out? It all depends on what you say!"
Zhao ng saw the middle-aged woman was getting angry, so he took a deep breath and patiently explained: "All the ingredients we use are freshly sourced daily, and the seafood is guaranteed live and fresh. If you’re a frequent seafood eater, you’ll instantly know by taste if it’s fresh! Also, our cooking thods focus on retaining the original flavors, so we wouldn’t dare use inferior substitutes."
After listening, the middle-aged woman glared at Zhao ng for a while, then said: "Alright, I want you to cook my order! I’ll tell you, if it’s not what I ordered, I won’t let you off easily!"
Once she finished, she turned around and left.
Everyone else was left looking at each other in confusion.
A server blinked: "Is it over just like that?"
Zhao ng reminded helplessly: "Hurry up and follow her, make sure she doesn’t cause any more trouble in front!"
The server snapped out of it and quickly ran after her.
Zhao ng then took a look at the order slip, which was a small banquet table with six dishes and a soup, including the restaurant’s signature seafood porridge.
But the most expensive dish on the list was the golden curry crab, four per plate.
Zhao ng handed the slip to Fu Yu: "Just make it as usual."
Fu Yu took the order slip, smiling: "I thought you might let her watch us cook in the kitchen."
Zhao ng said seriously: "We absolutely cannot set such a precedent. Rules are rules. The fact that she barged into the kitchen shows she’s a bit extre. If while we’re cooking, she suddenly causes a scene, it would be a greater loss!"
Fu Yu nodded, fully agreeing with Zhao ng’s words.
He’s often seen on trending topics those incidents where patients harm doctors or parents harm teachers; who’s to say custors wouldn’t harm chefs?
If they really encounter soone hot-headed and unreasonable, and if they cause trouble here, the kitchen full of utensils could easily be turned into weapons, and it would be even harder to deal with!
Looking at that middle-aged woman, Fu Yu thought she didn’t seem easy to handle, so he was extra cautious while cooking.
He finished cooking all six dishes and the soup, watched the servers take them away, still feeling a bit uneasy.
He couldn’t help worrying about how to deal with it if that middle-aged woman found faults.
But once he got busy, he quickly forgot about it.
When clocking out, Fu Yu suddenly recalled the incident and couldn’t help but ntion it to Zhao ng.
Zhao ng chuckled: "There’s nothing to worry about. As long as we ensure the freshness of the ingredients and cook properly, there shouldn’t be any problems! If she really wants to make trouble, we’re not afraid. After all, we have surveillance here. If needed, we’ll just pull it out for evidence!"
Fu Yu thought about it and agreed. Besides having a lot of people, the restaurant’s full of caras—all indoors except for the restrooms and changing rooms are covered without any blind spots.
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