Chapter 924: 924

“Mulberry jam?” Yu Chu asked with puzzlement .

“Yeah . Yuan Zhou prepared some jam and it’s very delicious . Because I’m an old customer and also Yuan Zhou’s best friend, he gave me four bottles of that . ” Wu Hai showed his fingers complacently .

“Um?” Yu Chu was puzzled . Why hadn’t Yuan Zhou given it to him? He was also an old customer, though not so old as Wu Hai, he was also in favor of Yuan Zhou resolutely . So even if he couldn’t have four bottles, he at least should have two . Then, he became unhappy .

That’s right . Yuan Zhou hadn’t had time to send Yu Chu and many other people the jam . Wu Hai could get the jam ahead of all others because he hung around in front of Yuan Zhou every day .

“Hey, come on . Let’s talk about the jam later . We must go get some information now for the thing in the future . ” Wu Hai grabbed Yu Chu’s business suit .

“Okay . Let me ask him after I go back,” Yu Chu got rid of Wu Hai’s hand and said peacefully .

The kitchen was naturally not a place open to everyone . But generally speaking, the kitchen wasn’t really far from the bathroom . Was it for the sake of the chefs going to the bathroom conveniently?

Therefore, Wu Hai stopped a waiter very politely and asked, “Excuse me, how can I get to the bathroom?”

“Sir, the bathroom is at the back door of the main hall . Walk out of the arched door that is exquisitely carved and turn left . Then you can see it,” the waiter said gently .

Oh yes, there was something not mentioned . The decoration style of the Chengdu Cuisine Restaurant was Neo-Chinese style, namely, the combination of Chinese and Western .

The dining tables in the main hall were all Western-style and some knives and forks were placed on the tables for decorative use . Of course, the decoration on the chopsticks that people mostly used still had Chinese-style carve patterns, which seemed to give a kind of exotic aesthetic feeling . Really nice!

Judging from the atmosphere, Yu Chu could give the restaurant a high score .

The circular arched door of the main hall was a cutout pattern and functioned as a partition . And this was what the waiter referred to .

Once the waiter left, Wu Hai walked forward first and then said while walking .

“Come on, let’s go to the other side of the bathroom . It’s definitely the kitchen . ”

“How do you know?” Yu Chu couldn’t help wondering if that Wu Hai had made investigations in advance .

“Of course, I investigated in advance . ” Wu Hai said proudly .

“You rarely do that,” Yu Chu said, “You really racked your brains for Boss Yuan’s jam . ”

The main hall of the restaurant was very large . Though they could see the arched door exquisitely carved very easily from this side, they also took several minutes to cross it if while behaving as if nothing had happened .

“Turn right . ” Yu Chu reminded .

After all, Wu Hai had almost turned left and gone into the bathroom if Yu Chu didn’t remind him .

Out of the arched door exquisitely carved was a corridor and at both sides were many doors . Of course, the doors on the right were obviously different from those on the left . And the floor was covered in water-proofed fishbone-shaped floor tiles, which looked quite luxurious .

The walls were covered in ceramic tiles with light patterns . If there wasn’t an arrow indicating the direction, they wouldn’t believe it was a bathroom . After all, it was decorated very well and very fashionable .

“That should be the kitchen,” Wu Hai pointed to the open door on the right and said .

“I see it . ” Yu Chu nodded his head .

He could obviously tell it was the kitchen as he could see the hectic scene inside when he walked inward . The busiest time had passed at that moment, but the door was still open .

Presumably, they left it open to cope with the appraisal today so that those reviewers could come in to check the kitchen conveniently . Hence, they hadn’t closed the door yet .

But now, more people were cleaning inside compared to those who were cooking .

People inside were all dressed in white chef uniforms and neat hats . The height of their hats could indicate their positions in the kitchen .

Those who stayed near the door were supposed to be the kitchen helpers . They were tidying the ingredients that had just arrived and were chatting .

Therefore, Wu Hai and Yu Chu went to stand beside them quietly and prepared to listen to them publicly .

“The inspection has ended . Why don’t they let us have a rest?” A young man among them said and complained .

“God knows . We will probably have to work overtime in the coming days if the head chef doesn’t give the order,” another elderly man undid a button of the shirt and said .

“It won’t be so terrible . We can definitely win . Is it necessary?” The young man said discontentedly .

“That makes sense . We are the pioneers of the new-generation Sichuan Cuisine . Those conservative old guys are already out of fashion . The Exemplary Restaurant will definitely be ours . ” The elderly man also nodded his head confidently as if the title was in his pocket .

“Our head chef said there was a dark horse when he gave a speech last night . ” Another short man, that was carrying a stack of bowls and chopsticks, came over to them . He was supposed to come to clean the dinnerware .

“You aren’t talking about that tiny restaurant, are you?” The young man knitted his brows and said .

“Delicious food doesn’t necessarily come from large restaurants . In any case, that tiny restaurant has once conquered Tengyuan Jiayuan,” the short man expressed a different opinion, “Don’t you know that the authentically distinctive restaurants are always those who hide well in deep alleys . For example, the legendary gourmet street of Chengdu, Shuinian River . Do you think its appearance isn’t poor?”

“You are right . Whether or not the food is tasty has nothing to do with the size of the restaurant . However, we are now selecting the Exemplary Restaurant rather than a restaurant that serves the tastiest food . How can a tiny restaurant less than 20sqm be an Exemplary Restaurant of Sichuan Cuisine?” The elderly man said, “Just think . If Yuan Zhou really wins, how delicious can the food served in his restaurant be?”

“He has also been reported by many TV programs and gourmet magazines . He is fairly popular on the Internet . ” The short man shrugged, “Seriously, we are not 100% sure about that . ”

“Young man, you are way too naive . Besides, I have once been invited there for a meal by my friend,” the elderly chef said, “Frankly speaking, that young chef has really superb culinary skills . I think he cooks even better than our head chef does, but his dishes are all Jin’ling Regional Cuisines . ”

The short man thought for a while and also agreed with him, “You are right . Generally speaking, the dishes listed on the top of the menu are all what one is best at . So his Sichuan Cuisine is supposed to be a little inferior . ”

“You also agree with me, right? And I heard from our head chef that the tiny restaurant is recommended by the chairman of the China Chef’s Association . I guess that young chef wants to be nominated at least to have a try . ” The elderly man guessed .

Those people spoke one after another and discussed ceaselessly .

“Are they talking about Boss Yuan’s restaurant?” Wu Hai was slightly confused .

“I guess so . ” Even Yu Chu was a little uncertain about that especially when he heard the word “His Sichuan Cuisine is slightly inferior . ” Had he eaten something fake before?

After all, these people were talking as if Yuan Zhou’s restaurant was pretty inferior .

“Is there something wrong with these people’s brains?” Wu Hai stroked his own mustaches and revealed a puzzled look .

“I guess so . ” Yu Chu nodded his head .

“Let’s go quickly . Such kind of restaurant seems to be of little significance . Even the kitchen helpers talk like that . I think the head chef is definitely just ordinary . ” Wu Hai shook his head and lost interest in continuing to watch .

“Um . ” Yu Chu also walked away with a solemn expression .

“A waste of time,” Wu Hai said while he was leaving .

“Mulberry jam . ” Yu Chu reminded him in order to remind Wu Hai to explain where the jam came from .

Obviously, Wu Hai misheard that as something else .

“Yeah yeah yeah . Anyhow, we came here . Let’s go back quickly to ask for our remuneration . ” Wu Hai grabbed Yu Chu and ran toward his car .

Yu Chu became speechless . However, he also realized that he probably couldn’t get any answer from Wu Hai about the food . He prepared to ask Yuan Zhou directly and thus drove quickly back to the restaurant .

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