Daddy's Gourmet Shop-Chapter 275 - 266: Steaming White Rice Technique
After dropping Xuanxuan off at school in the morning, Huang Tao drove straight back to the restaurant as usual.
There were still a few customers dining in the restaurant.
The dining customers greeted Huang Tao with a smile: "Boss Huang, you’re back from dropping your kid at school~"
"Yeah, I’m back."
Huang Tao nodded politely in response, then chatted warmly, "You’re eating right now! How’s the taste? Does it suit your palate?"
"It suits, it suits."
The other dining customers all nodded in agreement and said with a smile, "Boss Huang, the pan-fried buns you make taste great. You use good flour, good meat, good shrimp, and the mushrooms are also very fresh. They’re way better than the takeout we usually order, and the key is it’s not expensive."
Lin Zhibo agreed wholeheartedly and said, "I dare say that the food at Boss Huang’s restaurant is the best in Wenling City."
"Not just in Wenling City!"
Zhou Hong disagreed with Lin Zhibo’s statement, expressing his own opinion: "I think that looking across the whole Zhejiang Province, it’s unlikely you’ll find a second restaurant as delicious as the Delicious Restaurant."
Faced with waves of praise from the dining customers, Huang Tao said humbly, "You’re too kind, they’re just ordinary dishes, cooked in a simple way."
"Ordinary..."
How is that ordinary!
Anyway, in the customers’ minds, there’s nothing ordinary about the food Huang Tao makes.
Of course.
After praising how delicious the food at the Delicious Restaurant was, Lin Zhibo kindly offered a suggestion: "Boss Huang, if the breakfast porridge could have multiple flavor options like the pan-fried buns, it would be even better. Drinking century egg and lean meat porridge every day is fine, but it does get a bit bland over time."
"Yeah, if there were more options for breakfast, that would be even better."
Seeing his colleague speak up, Zhou Hong also smiled and offered a suggestion: "It would be nice if we could order plain rice separately at lunch and dinner. Sometimes we just want a bowl of plain rice to go with dishes at night, but there’s no plain rice to order in the restaurant, which is a bit of a pity."
Huang Tao instantly understood what these customers meant.
It’s true that century egg and lean meat porridge is delicious, rich, thick, smooth porridge, tender meat, and bouncy eggs. One sip and the intense blend of meaty aroma and rice fragrance are unforgettable.
But drinking it every morning can indeed become bland.
If there were more choices to rotate through, it’d certainly be better.
Plain rice, as in other restaurants, can be ordered separately.
For example, how much does a separate bowl cost?
Multiple people can also choose a big bucket or a large plate.
Honestly, he had noticed these issues a long time ago.
Initially, he was helpless because the system didn’t offer corresponding rewards.
But now!
At least he has some points to use.
He can spend money to exchange for corresponding dishes now.
Originally thinking of saving up for a big skill exchange, it seems now he can only exchange for some everyday skills.
It’s not that he can’t steam plain rice himself.
But what he steams will definitely be different from what the system offers in terms of texture.
Eating it himself is fine.
But selling it would decrease the customer experience.
So, to be reliable, exchanging is better.
Thinking of this, Huang Tao responded with a slight smile, "Your suggestions are great, I’ll see how to adjust, try to satisfy everyone, and thank you for the reminders."
The other customers in the restaurant, seeing how Huang Tao responded to the suggestions, thought to themselves, no wonder Boss Huang’s business is good!
Lin Zhibo and Zhou Hong were just trying to make a suggestion, but they didn’t expect Boss Huang to actually accept their opinions.
They smiled and said, "Oh, no need to be polite. Mainly because your stuff is really so delicious, we love it."
After seeing off the dining customers, Huang Tao sat at Xuanxuan’s exclusive small table and checked his points.
The mall points have increased a lot recently!
More than 1.5 million.
Let’s see if Huang Tao can exchange them.
Not seeing, not knowing, but actually can...
[Steamed White Rice Skill (Max Level): 200,000 points.]
[All Kinds of Porridge (Max Level): 1,000,000 points.]
Huang Tao saw that the "All Kinds of Porridge" package includes 100 types of porridge.
Century egg and lean meat porridge is also included.
It feels a bit like a loss.
But to exchange for a single porridge would be an even bigger loss.
For example, tofu porridge costs 100,000 points, and other porridge has different prices too.
The minimum exchange rate is 100,000 points, with the highest at 200,000 points.
"Well, better go for the complete set, it’s the most cost-effective one."
After weighing the options, he chose the most beneficial to himself.
With his mind, he spent 1.2 million points to exchange for both the Steamed White Rice Skill (Max Level) and All Kinds of Porridge (Max Level).
In an instant.
His mind was filled with countless experiences and knowledge on cooking porridge.
And in another instant.
His mind had one more experience and knowledge of steaming white rice!
He took a deep breath, somewhat surprised.
Unexpectedly, there’s so much know-how for just steaming white rice.
To make the rice steamed with distinct grains, soft and tasty, and full of aroma.
There are many tricks.
When washing rice, do not exceed three times.
Exceeding three times will destroy the nutrients in the rice.
After washing, don’t rush to add water to steam the rice.
Let the rice soak in water for 20-30 minutes, only then will the steamed rice be softer and sweeter.
The water ratio is 1:1.
Adding some salt can make the steamed rice look shinier.
Adding a bit of white vinegar can make the steamed rice non-sticky and very tender, and also increase the fragrance of the rice.
Adding some lard can make each grain of steamed rice full, crystal clear, and translucent.
What intricacy!
"Turns out there’s quite a bit of knowledge just in steaming white rice!"
Huang Tao had a knowledgeable look on his face, then a slightly pained expression followed.
After all, the abundant points suddenly dropped again.
Only over 300,000 left!
Fortunately, daily revenue is steadily increasing now, he is confident that before long he will hold a million points again.
However, the urgent matter is not to test the white rice steaming skills right now.
But rather...
After logging onto the relevant department’s website.
He suddenly discovered that the application for the house renovation he submitted a few days ago had been approved.
At the moment.
He then booked the renovation team with which he had negotiated price and plans.
Ready to start construction.
But since the restaurant still needs to do business, the renovation team will start with Mrs. Lin’s side next door.
Once everything on Mrs. Lin’s side is properly renovated.
They’ll break through this wall and build the connection.
In addition, the kitchen expansion.
This matter needs to be done last.
He had already discussed this with the renovation team in advance.
In summary.
Once the renovation team arrives in the afternoon, the Delicious Restaurant’s expansion renovation will officially begin.
