Chapter 415: Chapter 327: Eating Is More Important Than Working, Braised Pork Wraps

Saturday morning.

Before dawn, Lin Chen had already arrived in the back kitchen to start preparing the three types of dumpling fillings to be sold today.

The thick cuttlefish and black tiger shrimp were sent over by Boss Magna’s people in the middle of the night. The meat filling wasn’t urgent; he just let John mix it up using a machine according to the fat-to-lean ratio, and it could be processed after picking it up from the farm later.

After spending a full two hours dealing with all the seafood, he was surprised to find he didn’t feel even a bit tired, almost as if he hadn’t done any work at all.

If it were before, continuously doing two hours of prepping work alone, and all of it requiring bending over, he would have been exhausted.

"This Stamina Potion is something, huh? I originally thought it didn’t do much, turns out it works on stamina recovery?"

Not getting tired from working, that’s great!

No wonder waking up at four in the morning today wasn’t difficult at all; it seems the Potion has to do with it as well.

Six thirty.

Dais, Elsa, and Helena Lucinda arrived at the restaurant simultaneously.

"Hey, hey, it’s Saturday today, isn’t your Little Lisa coming over?"

"What what, is Lisa coming?"

At this, the women’s eyes simultaneously shone with maternal brilliance.

That little girl is just too cute, just thinking about her angelic little face makes you want to pinch it!

"Yes, coming."

Helena nodded proudly: "If there were any vacant hotel rooms, she would have come last night, but finding a place to stay tonight is a problem too."

"She can sleep with us!"

Elsa immediately responded: "After all, we’re all women, and she knows us; sleeping together is just fine, just push two beds together."

"I agree!" Even the usually quiet Lucinda couldn’t help but raise her hand in agreement.

"Uh, and what about my husband?"

"Let your man sleep in the car, give him a blanket, after all, it’s not cold by the seaside in summer, it’s quite cool, and he can look at the stars."

"...I’ll thank you on his behalf for this awful idea."

Helena held her forehead, for a moment.

"But I have to say, this seems like the only way, as long as Lisa has a place to stay, men can rough it out."

"Achoo!!"

The man driving sneezed violently, and Lisa, sitting in the back seat, tilted her head in confusion.

"Daddy, are you catching a cold?"

"No, no, just my nose tickled all of a sudden, don’t worry, it won’t infect you."

The man showed a charming smile to the slightly concerned little face in the rearview mirror: "We’re about to see Mommy, are you excited?"

"Excited!!! I want to see Mommy every day, I’ve waited five whole days!"

"And what about that little boy in your class who’s been chasing you, how’s that going?"

"Who?"

"Huh?? The one who came last week with his family."

"Oh, oh, Richard, right, I’m not interested in dealing with him."

"Oh? Did you guys fight? Weren’t you always talking about him at home before."

"No, it was because he used to bring a lot of yummy food and pictures of Dreya, I thought his mom knew Dreya and Chef Lin."

"So you’re saying now that you know those two, you’re no longer interested in him, right?"

"Yeah! Isn’t that quite normal?"

The man shook his head, his eyes full of sympathy for Richard.

Even though he didn’t want his daughter to be in a relationship early, it is human nature to gossip, and missing out is a bit uncomfortable.

Thinking back to his own time...

Well, forget it, comparing oneself with others only widens the gap.

Meanwhile.

Dreya and Anna were sighing.

"How unlucky, why did they have to work on Saturday? Couldn’t they have done it a day earlier?"

The manager, Leo, immediately glared at Anna.

"Shut up, you. It’s already great that they let you join the shoot. Stop complaining. Didn’t you weigh yourself this morning?"

As soon as it was about weight, Anna quickly zipped her mouth, making a zipping motion with her right hand.

"You shouldn’t always blame her, though. Anna might have a sweet tooth, but her skills are still solid, just not very lucky."

Dreya patted her friend’s shoulder in comfort, "I bet, as long as she gets a few more chances to perform, or takes some atmospheric posters, she’ll definitely get famous."

"Boo hoo hoo, Dreya, I want to marry you!!"

"No way, I don’t like women, you’re better off looking for your Joe..."

"!!!"

"Joe?"

Leo sharpened his ears: "George what?"

Dreya’s eyes flashed with a moment of panic, her mind raced quickly, and she immediately replied: "George, you know, the boss who sold shawarma yesterday. She ate two whole ones in one go!"

Leo rolled his eyes dramatically: "Two whole ones? Footlong? Damn it, you got a wild boar’s appetite right? You knew we had a photoshoot today and you still dared to eat so much?"

"It’s fine, it’s fine. She ordered roast beef, no sauce, it’s still a healthy salad wrap, you can eat vegetables without worrying."

"Hmph! That’s better, pay attention next time, remember? If the organizers don’t fancy you last minute, there’s nothing I can do."

"Okay, okay, I got it. You nag like an old witch every day. So when can we finish the shoot? I want to go to Dieppe."

"Eating again?!!!"

Leo felt like he was going crazy, he buried his fingers deeply into his hair, then pointed at the five rings on the building behind them.

"No, seriously, just open your eyes and look at this? This is the damn Olympic Hall! Shooting promotional posters for the Olympics isn’t more important than a few meals??"

Anna blinked: "Do you want to hear the truth?"

"No! Thanks!"

Dreya couldn’t hold back her laughter and turned her head away, her shoulders shaking, clearly struggling to hold it in.

Being with Anna is fun!

It’s not just Anna, even she was thinking about the delicious food Lin Chen made.

Especially the dish purely made with king crab uploaded by Lucas yesterday night almost drove her mad with craving.

In her profession, she usually has to control her diet, never full, only proteins and vegetables can be indulged a little.

Seafood, without a doubt, is recognized as quality protein.

Usually, she doesn’t eat king crab much, partly because it’s troublesome to eat, having to shell it herself, and also because there aren’t many restaurants making it, mostly boiled, which she’s long tired of.

Suddenly seeing the crab meat from Great Xia, where she can get a whole bowl of pure crab meat without doing anything, is simply a boon for lazy people!

The key thing is that the video mentioned this dish was an invention in high-end restaurants to entertain national leaders, and the version regular people eat would be simpler.

But none of these matter, she just really wants to experience the joy of being a national leader.

Seeing Leo rolling his eyes as if they’re about to fly to the sky because of Anna, she suddenly had the urge to prank him, and asked.

"So when does the shoot end?"

"???????"

Leo’s mouth dropped open, disbelief written all over his face.

"Dreya! You weren’t like this before, don’t learn from Anna, I beg you!!!!"

...

On Saturday morning, the sky was just getting light, and the streets were deserted.

Except near this subway entrance, already surrounded by a crowd.

The air was thick with the aroma of meat.

"Damn it, Old Lunard, you finally have new offerings!"

"What’s the flavor this time? Could it be another reciPe from Lin?"

"Never thought boiled meat could be this aromatic, it’s too aromatic, oh save me, it’s so aromatic my stomach is cramping!"

In front of the street food cart, many old foodies were tiptoeing to peek inside the cart, wanting to see what the old guy was cooking.

Neo was stir-frying onions on the griddle, with Mexican peppers frying all around, but his gaze kept drifting to the stove beside him.

Even outside, the rich aroma of meat could be smelled, let alone inside the cart, all his thoughts now consumed with that pot, wanting to taste which meat could smell this good.

Lunard smiled mysteriously, with no intention of lifting the lid, and waved at the crowd.

"Why rush, why rush, it’s not done yet, what are you greedy folks doing here so early, didn’t I tell you to come after 7:00?"

"Hungry!!"

"We’re just here supporting your business, as soon as you mentioned new offerings, we woke up without even sleeping."

"We’ve known each other for years, don’t be secretive, just tell us!"

"Alright, alright, I’ll say it."

Urged by the crowd, Lunard finally contentedly lifted the lid, pulling out a whole large brown piece of meat.

"This method was indeed taught by Lin, said to be a unique cooking style from Great Xia, called braising, or stewing. I don’t really know the exact distinction, but it sure is, the main ingredient always is soy sauce."

"Simply put, it’s cooking meat in a broth made from soy sauce, sugar, water, and many spices, such cooked meat is full of aroma, and the concentrated broth is super delicious, can be used directly as sauce."

"The key is, this broth can cook many types of meat and can be cooked together in one pot, the more kinds of meat cooked, the tastier the final product, and the leftover broth can be reused, getting richer each time." 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

Hearing him praise this method so highly, the old customers couldn’t help but swallow their saliva.

The smell is indeed excessively aromatic, without this aroma, they might still harbor some doubt.

"You old guy, having such good stuff and not bringing it out earlier, you dragged it a whole week!"

"For all your talk, you still haven’t said what kind of meat it is!"

"I don’t care about anything else, I just want to know when we can eat?"

"The price? Since it’s Lin’s recipe, the price shouldn’t be too high, right?"

"Don’t rush, don’t rush, you’ll be able to eat soon."

Lunard was quite satisfied with their reaction, these are long-time customers, as long as he gains their approval, he won’t worry about sales.