mtl008 Chapter 699 Imitation? It's not difficult. We can do it too.
Chapter 699 Imitation? It's not difficult. We can do it too.
"What are you doing, so flustered!"
"Boss, it's bad! All the guests have gone to Yunlai Restaurant."
"They just went there, what's so strange about that..." The shopkeeper of Qianweilou was about to scold him, but suddenly realized: "What did you say? All the guests?"
"Yes, their restaurant has launched some hot pot, and the whole street is filled with the aroma of hot pot. Their restaurant is now doing very well, and there are many people waiting to eat at the door! Now you can't even eat it if you want to!"
"Hotpot? How come I have never heard of it! Who are the chefs behind this Yunlai Restaurant? It makes me so angry. Why are there so many tricks? Just when I learned this, they came up with other ones. Are they going to let us live?" The shopkeeper had a headache. In the past, their Yunlai Restaurant was no match for them. If they had any new dishes, they would have learned them within two days. But since the year before last, they have been launching new products one after another, and they have started to come up with new dishes that he has never heard of.
"We haven't heard of it either. Boss, why don't you send someone to find out what it is that is so attractive." Chef Dong suggested. He was also anxious. When he was in Xunyuan County, he was kicked out of Jiang's Restaurant before he could gain a foothold. Now he came to Anding County. He finally made real tofu and gained the trust of the owner of Qianweilou. Unexpectedly, he directly disclosed the method of making tofu. He was so unlucky! Alas!
"You, go to Yunlai Restaurant and find out what they are doing!" The shopkeeper asked the waiter to find out.
"Boss, let me go!" Chef Dong wanted to go over and take a look himself. The boss did not object, but nodded and agreed.
Chef Dong led his men over, but they didn't expect that there were so many people outside Yunlai Restaurant that they couldn't get in. They queued in the crowd until dark, but they still didn't get in. However, he did get a glimpse of the food inside from afar. At this time, the waiter of Yunlai Restaurant came out and shouted, "Everyone, our restaurant is full today and there is no room left. It's almost closing time. Please go back! Don't be discouraged if you didn't get to eat hot pot, come back tomorrow!"
When the waiter said this, everyone was disappointed, but it was true. They saw the scene today. There were too many people. There was nothing they could do. Those who were still queuing had to disperse and go home.
Seeing the entrance slowly returning to its former appearance, Manager Wan breathed a sigh of relief after the last table of guests left. Today, everyone in Yunlai Restaurant was busy as hell. This Miss Yao was truly amazing. She could even think of such a way of eating. Manager Wan was truly in awe of her.
After Yunlai Restaurant closed, Chef Dong brought his people back to Qianweilou.
"How's the investigation going? Why did you take so long?" The shopkeeper of Qianweilou hurriedly stepped forward and asked.
"There are too many people. We queued for a long time but still couldn't eat. But, boss, don't worry. I saw it from a distance. The way of eating is quite novel, but it's not difficult. If they can do it, we can do it too."
"Did you really see it clearly? Can we do it too?" Manager Sun of Qianweilou was very surprised.
"Look carefully, they just divided a pot into two sides, found some ingredients, and cooked and ate at the same time. How difficult is that?" Chef Dong didn't take it seriously. He thought it was a difficult dish, but it turned out to be just a strange way of eating! He could make something as difficult as tofu, so hot pot was no problem for him.
As he spoke, he drew the hot pot that he saw.
After seeing this, Manager Sun asked someone to make the hotpot overnight. Not only them, but other restaurants also became eager to try it and followed the example of Yunlai Restaurant and started making hotpot.
For a time, there was a craze for hotpot in Anding County, especially Qianweilou. After the pot was ready, they spread the word that they could also eat hotpot. After hearing this, many people came to Qianweilou. There was no other way. There were too many people at Yunlai Restaurant. They might not be able to get a table even if they waited in line for a whole day. Qianweilou was also a time-honored brand in Anding County. Whatever Yunlai Restaurant did, they could follow suit within two days. Therefore, the people had no doubts and went to Qianweilou.
"Boss, this is bad. Qianweilou has also introduced hot pot and has taken away most of our customers."
"This old bastard is always like this, he's really going too far! Let's go find him!" Shopkeeper Wan was furious and wanted to go to the door with his men.
Seeing this, Yao Qingnian, who stayed at the restaurant to help, stopped the shopkeeper and said, "Shopkeeper, please be patient. Qianweilou's move is just imitating others. Although this hot pot looks simple, it is not so easy to imitate. The pot and ingredients are the same, but the soup base is my exclusive recipe. They can't learn it. Don't worry, it won't be long before those customers will come back."
Not to mention other things, they just don't have chili peppers. Even if they did, they would have to know how to use them. A pot without chili peppers in the base is not called hot pot, it's called malatang. So Yao Qingnian was not worried at all and let the shopkeeper stay calm.
Shopkeeper Sun was very happy to see so many customers coming back. His mouth was grinning from ear to ear, and he asked the waiters to serve him well. However, after a while, he could no longer smile.
Those who have never eaten hotpot, after coming to Qianweilou, thought that the one in Yunlai Restaurant was the same, so they did not doubt it and thought the way of eating was very novel. After the soup boils, they can put the ingredients in, cook them, and then scoop them out and eat them.
However, those who have eaten hotpot at Yunlai Restaurant were different. Seeing the watery soup in the pot, they realized something was wrong and called the waiter to ask, "Waiter, why don't you have any dipping sauce?"
"Sir, what is dipping sauce?" The waiter looked confused.
“You don’t even know the dipping sauce?” The customer was speechless. Is it possible that the hotpot at Qianweilou is different?
"I don't know, we don't have this thing here." The waiter said politely.
"Forget it, forget it, just eat it!" The guest waved his hand, put the food in the pot and started to cook. Seeing that there was nothing to do, the waiter went about his own business.
After a while, the customer started to make a fuss again: "What the hell is this? It has no taste at all. It's ok to not have any dipping sauce, but what is this soup base? It's not spicy at all, and it's not fragrant. This is not a hot pot! It's far inferior to the one in Yunlai Restaurant!"