Chapter 113: Chapter 113: Extreme Sports

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At that moment, Han Cai was stunned, unable to react. Before, whatever guests wanted, the restaurant would serve. But now, someone suddenly wanted to order rice with toppings, and she felt a bit at a loss.

Moreover, when Chen Yu had participated in the culinary competition, he was indeed known for his Sichuan cuisine. If the restaurant didn't offer rice with toppings, it would be rather awkward.

"Of course, we have it! What would you like to have?" Chen Yu hurried out of the kitchen.

The restaurant was only operating at about half its capacity, with a small part of the kitchen always idle.

Even though they had set up an area specifically for delivery riders, the two-story dining hall was often empty.

Therefore, Chen Yu had to think about expanding the business within the restaurant.

Rice with toppings might be a good option.

Furthermore, this tour group didn't seem to take much interest in the braised dishes, even though the fragrance had filled the entire restaurant; they remained indifferent.

"I'll have a Kung Pao chicken over rice!"

"Can you make a 'Three Earthly Bounties' over rice?"

"Is Squirrel-Shaped Mandarin Fish possible?"

"How about sea cucumber sautéed with scallions?"

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The members of this tour group appeared to be from different places, each speaking with a distinct accent, continuously calling out dish names.

Normally, when traveling, people look to try the local specialties, yet these people were ordering dishes from their own home regions. find more stories on mv|lempyr

Squirrel-Shaped Mandarin Fish is a Huaiyang cuisine dish, while 'Three Earthly Bounties' and sea cucumber sautéed with scallions are representative of Shandong cuisine.

Besides these, the group also ordered several Sichuan and Hunan dishes.

Such a complex assortment severely tested the skills of a chef.

After all, only a top-level chef could manage to switch between the major cuisines.

Even Li Gang and Ning Kai were somewhat troubled.

But Chen Yu didn't say much; after taking note of the dishes requested, he went back to the kitchen.

He quickly wrote out a list and sent Tong Ya off to the market.

Then he fired up the wok and started cooking with the ingredients set aside for the staff meals.

It took less than ten minutes for Tong Ya to return to the restaurant.

Han Cai and Liu Tong quickly went out to help bring the ingredients back to the kitchen.

This time, Chen Yu showed off his cooking skills in front of Ning Kai and Li Gang once again.

Six stoves and six big pots were in action at once, with cooking techniques changing constantly between them.

Before long, more than a dozen dishes were served on the tour group's table.

"I didn't expect this restaurant's chef to actually be able to cook authentic dishes from our hometowns."

"Too impressive, worthy of being a master who has challenged an international culinary god."

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From their words, one could tell that they seemed to have come here to test Chen Yu specifically.

Afterward, they were completely conquered by Chen Yu's dishes.

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Fang Yuan's face was gloomy as she took the call.

"Yuan Sister, my brothers were caught trying to help you, and now he has taken all the blame upon himself. You've got to spend some money, break some cash to get him out, right?"

Grinding her teeth, Fang Yuan didn't know what to say.

If the two on the other end of the phone turned against her and ratted her out, that would undoubtedly become a blemish in her acting career.

"Speak up! How much money do you want?"

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"Two million!" the person on the other end of the line declared a flat rate, "That price shouldn't be too high for you, right?"

Fang Yuan's pupils dilated. The money was indeed not a lot, but this guy's brazenness in threatening her really got under her skin.

"Fine, give me an account! However, I expect that once the money is transferred, you'll keep this matter to yourselves."

"Sister Yuan, you can count on us! We do business with a reputation for discretion! Since you're so straightforward, I'll throw in a piece of information for free."

With that, the person on the phone hung up abruptly, and soon after, a message was sent over.

"The shop owner once cooked medicinal cuisine for someone, and our investigation found that he doesn't have a medical practice certificate."

Fang Yuan was immediately excited; this news was incredibly important to her and might be the key to ruining Chen Yu.

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By four o'clock in the afternoon, the flow of customers in the shop had thinned out.

Chen Yu also called over Li Gang, Ning Kai, and Wang Qingshan to draft a menu together.

Even though the menu was diverse, it consisted of common household dishes, which Ning Kai and Li Gang could easily handle cooking.

Even Wang Qingshan could manage some of the dishes.

However, the more challenging dishes still required Chen Yu's personal touch.

"Alright, let's stick to the dishes listed here for tonight and order a batch of ingredients to prepare for a trial run tomorrow."

No sooner had Chen Yu finished speaking than Ning Kai and Li Gang became excited.

Although they had been working in the shop for this period, they were essentially freeloading.

There was nothing much to do usually, just helping with the prep work on the second floor or minding the marinated dishes in the kitchen on the first floor.

Now, they finally had a chance to show off their skills.

Just after the menu was finalized, one of Tong Ming's assistants hurried into the shop.

"Boss Chen! Our president is tied up with something and asked me to deliver this invitation to you."

Chen Yu frowned instinctively, his mind flashing back to the last cooking competition.

"Your boss doesn't want me to participate in some sort of competition again, does he?"

The assistant smiled awkwardly, "Not this time! He wants to invite you to cook for the company's professional racing team."

"Racing team?" Chen Yu frowned again.

"It's the company's Extreme Formula racing team! The thing is, the team has been underperforming these past few years and hasn't scored well. President Tong would like to hire you to cook for the team so that they can..."

By this time, Chen Yu had already read the invitation and raised his hand to interrupt the assistant.

"I'll take the job!"

The assistant became instantly excited; he was really worried that Chen Yu would refuse, which would have been difficult to report back.

"Then thank you very much!"

As soon as those words were said, the assistant rushed out of the shop as fast as he could, fearing that Chen Yu might change his mind.

Li Gang, who was nearby, also leaned in eagerly.

"Extreme Formula racing! That's a world-class competition, only the top-tier A-class drivers can participate. I heard there's even going to be a live broadcast the day after tomorrow." S~eaʀᴄh the NôvelFire(.)net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Chen Yu raised an eyebrow, "Mr. Li, do you like watching these races?"

Li Gang scratched his head in slight embarrassment, "Who hasn't been passionate in their youth? I once thought about signing up for car racing myself, but I didn't pass because I lacked the physical fitness."

Chen Yu refrained from asking further, just looking at the invitation in his hand.

He had already acquired various extreme sports skills in the past, and formula racing was among them.

The reason he had so readily agreed was due to an indescribable excitement.

During university, he had participated in motorcycle racing, but unfortunately, he hadn't achieved any noteworthy results.

Now with his extreme sports abilities, he was eager to go wild on the track.

After all, as a chef in attendance at the race, he was entitled to be a reserve member of the team.