Chapter 201: Uproar From A Steak (1)
"Dongcheng welcomes all passengers to our proud Shuiyue City. For everyone who's returning, Welcome back. We hope that everyone enjoyed your stay here with us." the flight's automated message repeatedly played. At the same time, the plane landed at one of Shuiyue City's busiest airports.
After going through a few border checks, Alice Moon finally came out from the arrival's exit and saw Zhang Qin Feng holding the board with her name on it.
But she had the urge to pout because he was not alone. Beside him stands another girl that got caught in the scandal with him a while back when they're still in Han Country.
"You'll have to give me a proper reason for calling me over here while the company is so busy with our works. But thanks to you, or brand sales are going quite well because of your popularity." Alice Moon sarcastically speaks as she was filled with some jealousy.
Although she had no romantic feelings towards Zhang Qin Feng, she still feels a little awkward when she's by Zhang Qin Feng's side. Having Wang Yufei beside him only made it worst because she worried that she'll get something wrong.
The three of them got into the car after taking a walk to the nearest parking lot. Looking at where Wang Yufei is seated, it seems that Zhang Qin Feng would be the driver for her stay here in Shuiyue City.
Looks like during this one week of not showing his face in the Xiyang City and the media, Zhang Qin Feng had gotten his hand on a driving license. And using some of the money from his UN-Treasury's Account, Zhang Qin Feng got himself a luxury SUV to drive around the southern district.
During this period, he was the one on the wheel driving Wang Yufei to go and forth between her restaurant and home. The machine he brought back from the apocalypse was also assembled in the house. It was testing multiple high-quality products to see how much it managed to recreate the texture and flavor.
To make the research go smoother than usual, Zhang Qin Feng would secretly move some of the products to the Wind Base so Liam could provide him with some assistance.
The trio went straight to Wang Yufei's restaurant first. To celebrate her arrival safely to Dongcheng, Wang Yufei had prepared a table full of local cuisine to pleasure her tastebud.
"This restaurant's decoration and food are superb. Alice Moon seems to be reluctant to dine here because it seems pricey and expensive. But the honesty of her appetite betrayed her as she can't stop after taking a few bites. "I'm sure it's going to be very expensive to dine here," she added.
"If you haven't got enough, then feel free to order more. I'm the owner of this restaurant." Wang Yufei smiled while replying to Alice Moon.
"What? Really?" Alice Moon looks shocked as she turned her head left and right to check the restaurant out. From the staff's expression and the couple, it seems that there's no lie in her word.
"Gosh… Why would you go ahead and start an instant noodle factory if you can get all this delicious food at anytime you want?" Alice Moon chuckled at Zhang Qin Feng's childish act of opening his own food business.
With a good business of this size, the income would naturally flow into their pocket like the water current of a river.
"Well, this is all her own effort. As a man, I'll have to have a career on my own too, don't you think so?" Zhang Qin Feng replied.
"Anyway, the main attraction here was not the food you're eating, but the next dish we're going to bring out. I want to know what your opinion is about this." Zhang Qin Feng clapped his hand to get the waiter to prepare the next dish.
This was also why although plenty of dishes were brought out, they were made like a food-tasting menu. It was prepared this way to compensate for the latter surprise.
A piece of steak with beautiful, marble-like fat was brought out by a waitress on a movable cooking cart. It seems that the waitress would prepare the steak right in front of Zhang Qin Feng, Wang Yufei, and Alice Moon.
Because the vacuum package was removed before plating the raw meat on top of the plate, Alice Moon was curious about the background of this meat. As a local from Han Country, she had her suspicion that this piece of steak would be the famed A6 beef from her country.
'It's impossible… Even if Jun Minji used her connection to supply this meat to this restaurant, it would be impossible for them to bring this out generously like this.' Alice Moon thought.
From what she knew, her country's A6 beef production was between 500 to 700 tonnes. That figure was still considered low even to supply to the local's demand, not to mention overseas.
In terms of this kind of knowledge, she was on par with Wang Yufei, a professional business owner and restaurateur. Perhaps this was why her reaction was somewhat similar to Wang Yufei when she tasted the steak brought out by Zhang Qin Feng.
The open fire stove was ignited. A skillet is then left on top of the fire to get to a suitable cooking temperature. While waiting, the waitress beautifully prepared the piece of steak with a few dashes of sea salt, black pepper, and herb flakes.
When the skillet's temperature reaches the requirement to beautifully sear the steak, the waitress gently places the meat on top. Three minutes were allocated on each side before it was put aside to rest for another minute.
While the meat was resting, the waitress uses the same skillet to preheat the sauces. The juices from the searing added to the sauce brought out a different aroma. Some seasoning was then included to adjust the flavor.
After the preparation, the waitress professionally cut the steak into finger-thick sizes before plating the beef and pouring the sauces on top.
"Alice, why not you give this dish a taste and tell me what is in your mind?" Zhang Qin Feng said with a cheeky smile on his face. Was it not because it was prepared right before her, she would think that Zhang Qin Feng was playing a prank on her.
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