Gourmet: Midnight Vending
Chapter 538 - 425: When I Bring Out the Large Intestine Burger
After eating the noodles, Chen Mo pondered back and forth in the room, but still couldn’t find a suitable answer.
Actually, this was an inevitable issue, as Chen Mo was a monk who had come to cooking halfway, always taking the wild path in culinary and rarely touching traditional culinary knowledge.
And Huaxia is such a vast country, even if a person dedicates their entire life, they might not be able to taste all the great foods in the lands of Huaxia.
In fact, many people’s impressions of the local food flavors are mostly from a single meal they had while traveling, probably without even understanding a tenth of the local food.
And for Chen Mo, this was his first time visiting Taiwan.
Previously, he had never engaged with the food here, his understanding was indeed limited, making it somewhat challenging to create cuisine that blends Taiwan flavors with other regional tastes.
"Building a car behind closed doors doesn’t work, I still need to find inspiration through eating!"
"Hmm, it’s only eleven late at night now, it’s the perfect time to visit the night market."
After a busy day and only having danzai noodles and cart noodles in the morning, and cart noodles at night, Chen Mo still felt hungry.
For a genuine foodie, going to bed with a hungry stomach is simply unforgivable!
So, Chen Mo donned black clothes again, left the room, and took a taxi to the nearest night market.
"Shilin Night Market? Let’s look up some information online first."
Going online, in truth, was Chen Mo communicating with the system in his mind.
"The largest night market in Taipei? That’s pretty impressive."
"And also a place where Taiwan’s culinary delights are gathered?"
Seeing the information provided by the system, Chen Mo was very satisfied. Previously when he visited Jilong Temple, there was a feeling that the night market there was a bit homogenized with the mainland, although the variety of food was vast, the number of exclusively local delicacies was not that many.
Getting off the taxi and entering Shilin Night Market, Chen Mo’s mood instantly brightened.
"This is the vibe! This is it, this feels like a proper night market."
Truly no wonder it’s the oldest night market, the first feeling here was slightly chaotic, unlike the last place which was exceptionally tidy.
Yet, precisely this messy vibe contributed to a bustling atmosphere, with various foods emitting diverse aromas lined up, passing by these stalls prompted an involuntary secretion of saliva.
Chen Mo wandered around casually, at a glance this night market mainly featured grilled and fried snacks, which made sense, these two preparation methods are the most swift and convenient.
Key point is, they’re delicious!
As he walked toward the center of the night market, Chen Mo increasingly felt like a monkey picking corn.
Every time he saw a type of snack he wanted to eat, he thought perhaps this snack wasn’t the best tasting, and what if he got full and later found something tastier that he couldn’t eat?
Crucially, many snacks in Taiwan are made from marine ingredients, which Chen Mo, a northern inland person, had never tasted, let alone known the flavor.
So while some things looked good, he couldn’t completely imagine the taste.
With these thoughts, he had browsed through half of the night market without tasting a bite, making him quite tired.
Just as Chen Mo was resting by the roadside, someone suddenly patted his shoulder.
"Hey? Chen Mo? How come you’re here! Didn’t you open your stall today?"
As she finished speaking, the speaker seemed to realize her words were off, "Ah! See, my brain, you must have closed up already, right? How’s business today?"
Chen Mo turned and looked.
Oh, an old acquaintance.
"Is it you? What are you doing here?"
Chen Kexin stood with a girl beside her, presumably her colleague.
"Of course, I came for a late-night snack! Granny has a stall here, want a bowl of danzai noodles? My treat."
Chen Mo twitched his mouth.
What a character, Chen Kexin was treating Granny like she wasn’t an outsider. Inviting everyone, how will Granny do business?
"I’ll skip the noodles, already had some. Just seeing what’s delicious around here."
Chen Kexin chuckled foolishly, "Then let me take you, I’m most familiar here, grew up here."
After Mr. Chen passed away, Granny started setting up her stall here, Chen Kexin has been helping out since she was small, extremely familiar with the place.
"Kexin, maybe I should head back first?"
Having eaten noodles and seeing her colleague encounter a handsome guy, Li Xinyu felt awkward being a third wheel.
"No worries." Chen Kexin held Li Xinyu’s arm, turned, "Don’t rush home! He’s the Boss Xiao Chen we’ll be live streaming tomorrow, make friends now, you’ll find him first thing tomorrow."
Upon hearing this, Li Xinyu curiously tilted her head to look.
Hmm, a summer day, wearing a suit. Very handsome, but quite odd.
Such a person, driving a runaway food truck started a marathon on Wenzhou Road?
After a night’s effort, Li Xinyu gained over a hundred fans on Wenzhou Road, although still far from the ten thousand fans her boss demanded, it was much quicker than her growth rate days ago.
"Then... let’s see what Boss Xiao Chen would like to eat, I can treat afterward."
Chen Kexin patted Li Xinyu’s shoulder, reassuring her.
"Come on, Chen Mo, I’ll take you to eat something delicious, guaranteed something you’ve never had!"
Spared from the courtesy, Chen Mo nodded with a slight smile, "Alright, thanks."