Divorced Dad's Gourmet Shop

Chapter 467: Chapter 366: This is Four-Joy Meatballs?

This was an idea he’d gotten after going home and consulting a friend.

Jiang Liu hadn’t refused yet.

The customers behind him were getting impatient.

"Hey, old man up front, are you buying or not? If not, hurry up and get out! Stop wasting Boss Jiang’s time!"

"That old guy’s acting all weird, just staring at his phone with his headphones on. He’s probably watching porn or something."

"Hahaha!"

Lei Mingyue maintained his smile, not the least bit bothered by the jabs from behind. At his level, there was nothing left in the world he cared about besides matters related to Lu cuisine.

Jiang Liu said, exasperated, "What do you want to eat? Today’s specials are Four-Joy Meatballs and Moo Shu Pork."

"Oh! Four-Joy Meatballs?"

Lei Mingyue was quite surprised.

"I didn’t expect my apprentice to know how to make Four-Joy Meatballs. Alright then, I, the master, shall check my apprentice’s homework."

Jiang Liu: "..."

He was reaching his limit.

But considering the man might not be mentally sound, Jiang Liu just sighed and decided not to argue.

’—One must respect people with disabilities.’

"Give me an order of Four-Joy Meatballs, a bottle of beer, and one of your Emperor’s Hams."

After ordering, Lei Mingyue found a random place to sit.

He was even wearing some sort of lady-killer cologne, which made the middle-aged women in the restaurant cover their mouths and gossip as they glanced his way.

Soon, his food was ready.

Lei Mingyue went and brought the food to his table.

Looking at the four meatballs in front of him, he raised an eyebrow.

"The presentation isn’t bad. My apprentice has some talent!"

He reluctantly put away the young lady on his phone.

He took a sniff and nodded in satisfaction.

"Excellent! Excellent! It smells wonderful already!"

Lei Mingyue’s craving was fully aroused. He quickly tore open his chopsticks and picked up a meatball.

He took a bite.

Hmm???

With just one bite, he froze, completely stunned.

This flavor...

The sauce was rich, the meat fragrant. The skin wasn’t broken, and it didn’t fall apart in his mouth. The firm, crisp, and tender meatball was satisfyingly springy to the bite.

Thirty percent fat, seventy percent lean—the ratio was absolutely perfect!

?!!!

’This... you’re telling me this is a Four-Joy Meatball?’

’Why is the texture so uniquely crisp and tender?’

’And why is the aroma so rich!?’

’Has he lost his mind? An apprentice’s meatballs are tastier than his master’s?’

In just a few bites, Lei Mingyue finished one meatball, his mouth filled with the savory flavor.

He licked his lips and ate another.

Delicious!

So good!

It’s addictive!

Compared to his own Four-Joy Meatballs, these were crispier and the pork flavor was richer—there were just too many points in its favor.

Thinking about it now, in comparison, his own meatballs seemed riddled with flaws. There wasn’t a single aspect where his could compete.

Lei Mingyue was secretly astonished.

This only strengthened his resolve to take Jiang Liu as his disciple.

This Boss Jiang’s talent was unlike anything he had ever seen in his life!

He was even a cut above himself!

’But it’s fine. I’m the one who has perfected over three hundred Lu cuisine dishes.’

’There can’t be anyone else in the world who has studied Lu cuisine more deeply than me!’

’A small failure on two dishes doesn’t matter now.’

’As long as Jiang Liu becomes my disciple, it won’t be embarrassing. It’ll bring me honor!’

Lei Mingyue finished eating quickly.

He couldn’t bring himself to finish the ham, so he saved half to take away.

"Jiang Liu, which Lu cuisine dishes do you know?"

Lei Mingyue asked, loitering at the counter.

"I know a billion little things, I guess," Jiang Liu answered, exasperated. "What about it?"

"Heh heh, a little bit? Excellent, a talent worth shaping! Do you know what you are? You’re a jade in the rough, an uncut gem with supreme talent in Lu cuisine!"

Lei Mingyue’s tone grew excited by the end.

"And?"

"Are you sure you won’t consider becoming my final disciple? I can teach you the most complete and authentic Lu cuisine!"

Worried he wasn’t being persuasive enough, Lei Mingyue took out his phone and pulled up a photo of himself with the top leader of Shanghai.

"Look, this is Shanghai’s top leader! He personally gave me an award!"

"Look, this is the superstar Yang Dada! We’re good friends. If you become my disciple, how about I introduce you so you can be friends with her?"

’Jeez.’

’Couldn’t tempt me with a sports car, now he’s moved on to beautiful women.’

Jiang Liu pretended not to hear or see a thing.

He felt a little pity in his heart.

’What on earth happened to this old man? Sigh.’

His attempts at temptation failed.

Lei Mingyue could only leave in resignation.

But he was more determined than ever to take Jiang Liu as his disciple. Such a rare talent! For him not to join his Lu Sect would be a colossal waste!

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Tongtong Restaurant, Third Branch.

This branch was on South Zhongyin Road.

At that moment, the restaurant was filled with over ten tables of customers, all of them employees and managers from Wanjiafu Mall.

These people were treating Tongtong Restaurant as their personal cafeteria!

Everyone was happily chatting while eating steamed buns.

"So what Sister Ya said was true. Tongtong Restaurant really opened a branch here, haha."

"I guess we have our own cafeteria now. No more takeout. This is great."

"Manager Qiu is off today. I told him Tongtong Restaurant opened a branch in our mall, and the guy didn’t even believe me."

Among them, a small portion were customers from the first Tongtong Restaurant branch.

The rest were all here for the first time.

Every employee who was tasting these delicious buns for the first time had a blissful expression on their face.

"I can’t believe there’s such a good restaurant here in South City. I never noticed it before. I’ve just been ordering takeout every day after work, and my body’s starting to have problems from it!"

"Takeout is no good, most of it is from small, sketchy kitchens. This place is genuinely amazing. Just take this pork, it has such a fresh flavor. I even asked the waiter, and they said their ingredients are all purchased daily based on customer volume. They basically sell out every day."

"I’ll take some back for my mom when I leave."

"I used to order buns from the first Tongtong Restaurant branch. The delivery fee was an extra eight yuan every time, and the most annoying part was that the buns were cold by the time they arrived, which ruined the texture."

Many office workers passing by on their lunch break saw how busy the restaurant was and came in to try it out of curiosity.

Unsurprisingly, after taking a bite, the workers were all dumbfounded.

Damn, a place this good actually opened up near the office. This is so fucking awesome!

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The first Tongtong Restaurant branch.

Business was booming. It was packed with nearby office workers and even some bosses.

Every table in the main dining area was full.

There was also a huge line of customers waiting at the order counter.

Sister Xu from the pharmacy, still in her white lab coat, arrived right on time.

She saw more than thirty people queuing inside.

Sister Xu sighed helplessly.

’It’s impossible to get a spot at The World’s Number Two Restaurant, and now there’s a huge line at Tongtong Restaurant too.’

’So exhausting.’

’Why is it so hard to get a healthy, delicious lunch?!’

Just then, some employees from the fruit shop came in and saw the crowd.

The chubby girl in the lead said, "Looks like the first branch is a lost cause. Let’s go to the second branch! It’s not far anyway."

"Let’s go. I don’t want to eat anywhere but Tongtong Restaurant now."

"Exactly. Once you’ve eaten fine grains, who wants to go back to eating chaff?"

Sister Xu’s interest was piqued. She asked, "Miss, did you say Tongtong Restaurant opened another branch?"

"That’s right," the chubby girl said enthusiastically. "It’s over on Zhongyin Road. Just go straight through this alley, and it’s on your left when you come out."

The customers still in line overheard that there was another branch.

They immediately abandoned the queue, hopped on their electric scooters, and rushed over.

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