Chapter 15 Two Steaks(1/2)
Nemo was very happy, "Brother Chong, sister-in-law, you are right, and sister-in-law, Mr. Shen and Annie are very good. You haven't met them yet, right?"
I was afraid that Nemo would talk too much, so I hurriedly said to him: "Nemo, what are you doing in the city?"
"Oh, I want to buy some needlework and thread for Dashu, and I also want to buy another knife. This time I want to buy a pure steel one."
"Hmm, probably. Your old iron knife has been sharpened to the point where it has no steel edge. It should have been replaced a long time ago. Wife, give Nemo some money. He needs a steel knife so much."
Luna glared at me, took out her wallet, took out five pounds and handed it to Nemo, who happily took it and said, "Thank you, sister-in-law."
Then he turned around and ran away. The crowd of onlookers also dispersed.
Luna glared at me, "Should you let go now?"
I reluctantly let go of my hands holding her arms, Luna looked at me playfully, which made me feel scared.
Luna nodded, "You even gave up your face to get this bracelet."
I smiled at Luna and said, "To each other, you can turn your hands into clouds and turn your hands into rain. I admire you!"
"Aren't you hungry? What do you want to eat?"
"Whatever, I'm not picky about food."
"Then come with me!" After saying that, Luna took the lead and walked away, and I followed her.
"Actually, I don't really want to compete with you for this bracelet. You kicked me out of my house yesterday, and today you gathered so many people to deal with me. No one can swallow this breath, so if you invite me to a meal, just treat it as "Sorry, I have a lot of money, so I will not pursue it. I will return this bracelet to you by the way." I said as I walked, but Luna didn't seem to hear me and took me directly to a magnificent hotel.
When I saw the Crowne Plaza Hotel, I secretly complained. In the morning, I heard Qian Yan say that he would entertain Tanaka and Tomoko at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.
Unexpectedly, I ran outside and walked around, and I was about to meet him here again. Thinking of this, I stopped.
Luna glanced at me doubtfully, "Why don't you leave?"
"Actually, just eat something simple. There is no need to spend so much money. Let's find a small restaurant."
"If I don't entertain you here, how can I represent my sincerity?" Luna said playfully, "Are you afraid? I can be sincere."
I said harshly: "What am I afraid of? I'm just worried that the food won't taste good."
Luna said coldly, "I guess you are the first one to go to the Crowne Plaza Hotel to eat and worry about it not being delicious."
"Tch, whether the restaurant's food is delicious or not has nothing to do with the hotel's decoration."
This time Luna expressed her acquaintance, "It's true that Wood told me about you. You used to hunt and have picnics together. When he came back, he told me how delicious the game you cooked was, and he even asked me to eat it. Let’s go hunting together.”
I suddenly felt confident, "Well, next time we will go hunting together and we will have another meal of game. Ha, it makes me happy just thinking about it."
While talking, we walked into the hotel and went to the restaurant together.
The Crowne Plaza Hotel is decorated with magnificent splendor and grandeur, and the marble floor seems to reflect a person's face.
The restaurant is on the second floor, and we chose a seat by the window in the lobby to sit down.
Through the glass, you can see the Australian Museum, Parliament Buildings, and Library.
The Glow River is a river that flows through Bladen. The water is clear and the scenery is beautiful. So Australia took advantage of the opportunity to build a new capital in Bladen and blocked the Glow River with a dam. Soon, a piece of water appeared in front of the Crowne Plaza Hotel. When you step into the hotel, you can see the vast expanse of blue lake, but the water and the sky are the same color. People enjoy the scenery while enjoying the delicious food. This has become the most attractive local feature of the Crowne Plaza Hotel.
For example, in a restaurant in a small town, the diners are all poor people. It's good to have a full stomach, but how can you take the surrounding environment into consideration?
I regret a little. If I had known that Luna would bring me to a hotel like this for dinner, I should have asked Nemo to come with her.
Looking around the restaurant again, tables of mahogany tables filled the hall. Men in suits and leather shoes were chatting and laughing, while the ladies were even more well-dressed and eating their meals elegantly. Sometimes they were amused by the men, and their faces were full of joy.
Fortunately, I am now wearing a brand new set of clothes that Piyou bought for me, which is very suitable for the environment here. If I were still wearing the common clothes that I used to hunt in the wilderness every day, I would probably be regarded as a little beggar.
The waiter brought the menu and Luna only ordered a dessert. She asked me what I wanted to eat. I ordered two steaks and a glass of wine. I peeked at the menu and said, "Oh my God, a steak costs five pounds."
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Luna smiled and said, "Since I'm asking you, I have to be sincere."
Suddenly, a voice shouted, "Oh my God, what kind of steak is this? It's just garbage. It tastes like chewing wood. It's a good steak. Look, it's about to turn into charcoal."
You don't even have to look at the person, you can tell it's Piyu just by hearing the voice.
Sure enough, I followed the sound and found Piyou. She was sitting at Qianyan, Tanaka, and Tomoko were sitting at a big table.
The table was filled with food, and Piyu was complaining about the taste of the food.
Looking at her exaggerated expression, I couldn't help but laugh.
Luna looked at me puzzled, "Why are you laughing?"
"Haha, did you hear that? I'm not the only one who said that the food at Crowne Plaza Hotel is not delicious."
Luna's face seemed to be covered with a layer of frost, "It doesn't taste good, you can make it yourself."
I suddenly felt that this joke was sarcastic, so I chose to keep my mouth shut.
It's just that I just ordered a steak. Piyou said that the steak was not delicious, so I was really worried. Wouldn't it be a big waste if a good steak was grilled over charcoal?
I said hello to Luna, "I'll be back as soon as I go."
Luna thought I was going to the bathroom and ignored me. After I got up, I looked around for the kitchen.
I heard the restaurant manager communicating with Piyou, "Miss, I'm really sorry for affecting your meal. I'll ask the chef to grill a new steak for you right away."
At this time Qianyan also complained and said: "Onie, your food is getting more and more outrageous. Is it possible that Da Jinya has lost money's eye like me? Can't bear to hire a good chef?"
Ernie, the restaurant manager, apologized repeatedly: "Mr. Stantil, I'm really sorry for affecting your dining mood. I will rearrange it immediately."
After that, Ernie walked towards the kitchen carrying the plate of steak.
Ernie passed by me and smiled politely at me. I smiled back at him. When he passed by, I quietly followed him and entered the kitchen one after another.
The head chef is a fat man, chubby, and seems to be fatter than Ah Mao.
He saw Ernie walking into the kitchen and putting work in his hands. Ernie held the steak and said to him: "Fat Chef, the customer is very dissatisfied with this steak. Please make another one. Be sure to pay attention to the color.
Control the heat well, that customer is very picky."
The fat chef lowered his head and looked at the steak, "I made this steak myself, there's nothing wrong with it! Ernie, did you come to our kitchen on purpose?"
I laughed secretly in my heart, it seems that the front office and kitchen of this hotel are not good at dealing with it, otherwise the fat chef would not have said such a thing.
I suddenly interjected: "Mr. Ernie, how come the kitchen in our hotel is in such a mess? No wonder you want to invite me. These chefs really need to be replaced."
After saying that, he walked into the kitchen, picked up the condiments one by one, smelled, tasted, looked at or pinched them, and quickly became familiar with these condiments.
The fat chef cried out like a cat whose tail had been stepped on: "Onie, I have known for a long time that you have bad ideas, and now you have reached into the kitchen."
Ernie was confused by the sudden situation, but the fat chef refused: ""Onie, you don't want to ask about it. In the whole city of Braden, my name is the fat chef. I came to the hotel earlier than you.
If it’s too much, there’s no way you kid can cheat on me.”
I put a few pieces of steak and pork chops on the charcoal fire and roasted them. The quarrel between the fat chef and Ernie continued. Ernie realized that my uninvited guest came unexpectedly, pointed at me and said to the fat chef: "He...
He... was not invited by me."
When I saw that the peepshow was about to be torn down, I said loudly: "Onie, what are you afraid of? Haven't you wanted to tidy up the kitchen for a long time? Today is the right time."
The fat chef suddenly understood and said to Ernie fiercely: "Onie, people in the dark don't do secret things. Now, do you dare to do it or not? You kid, don't pretend to be confused with me. Who doesn't know that you are so focused on climbing up?
You’ve only been the front desk manager for a few days and you want to take charge of the kitchen again? Do you think I should call you the restaurant manager in advance?”
Ernie couldn't hold back his anger anymore, "Fat man, don't show off your seniority in front of me. The quality of this steak is not up to par. Customers will complain. Can you afford it?"
While the two people were arguing, I had already grilled several steaks.
Suddenly, the fat chef sniffed hard, "This smell..." and then looked at me.
Ernie also came over with Fat Chef.
I smiled and said, "Fat Chef, I'm kidding you. I don't know Ernie, and I'm not a chef. It's just that today a customer said that the steak was not delicious, and I ordered the same steak, and it was a double portion. I'm worried about myself."
The taste of my steak was also spoiled by your disciples, so I had no choice but to do it myself."
Ernie repeatedly praised, "Oh, I didn't expect you, sir, to be so knowledgeable about making barbecue."
Ernie's unintelligible words damaged the fat chef's cooking skills. The fat chef's face almost turned into a pig's liver.
I don’t want to be Ernie’s gunman, “Actually, it’s not the fat chef’s craftsmanship that’s wrong at all, the problem lies in the ingredients. The steaks in your hotel are all wrapped in ice cubes. Unfortunately, after the ice cubes melted, the ingredients came into contact with the water.
Not only has the color changed, but it has also lost its freshness.”
The fat chef finally found a reason to fight back, "Did you hear that, this little brother is right, I have long said that fresh ingredients should be used. The meat delivered by the freezer truck cannot make delicious meals at all.
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Ernie also nodded repeatedly, "It seems we still have to find a solution from the source."
The fat chef regained his face and stopped confronting Ernie. "Little brother, do you mean to reserve more fresh meat?"
"Of course, it's best to have game that has been hunted in the past day or two." After hearing this, the fat chef nodded repeatedly.
Ernie said in shock: "But where can we find so much game?"
I continued: "Your hotel now purchases meat from butchers. In fact, many of them go outside the city to buy meat from hunters. It's just that they pass it on, which has already delayed the time. Furthermore, the game in the hands of hunters is actually
I don’t know how long it has been there.”
Ernie and the fat chef nodded in approval. "The best way is for you to contact the hunters directly and ask them to deliver the game to the hotel as soon as possible. It doesn't matter if the price is higher. Originally, a steak of yours cost five pounds. Five pounds.
But it’s a month’s salary for an ordinary worker. With such a high price, not to mention beef, I guess even human flesh can be eaten.”
To be continued...