Gourmet: From a Stall in Northern Europe

Chapter 575: Chapter 487: Rumors and Athletes Dining Out

"No, those are for making lunch."

Speaking of this, Lin Chen also put down his knife and walked over to start inspecting the seafood in the boxes one by one.

Having cooperated for so long, from a personal standpoint, he is completely confident in the quality of the goods supplied by Magna.

But from a rigorous work perspective, it is still necessary to check each box.

If there is indeed a mistake with some of them, it would affect the whole subsequent meal preparation process.

As the head chef, he absolutely cannot let such things happen.

"See that row of large pots outside? Starting this week, we’ll often prepare Chinese buffet for lunch, completing the entire meal process right in front of the guests, allowing them to choose the dishes they want."

The ingredients were quickly inspected, and as expected, there were no issues; all were fresh and in stock.

Magna is not stupid; it’s impossible for him to supply faulty or substandard goods unless he no longer wants reputation and market.

"Oh, oh, is it like the fast food you’ve done before? That model is pretty good. Can I ask what dishes you’re planning to make with these ingredients?"

Magna rubbed his hands expectantly, unable to resist licking his lips.

As a seafood wholesale owner, in theory, he should have been indifferent to seafood long ago.

But every time he enters the Radisson Restaurant kitchen, he looks forward to it inexplicably.

"Garlic vermicelli prawns and stir-fried squid with garlic sprouts."

Magna can understand garlic vermicelli, anyway it’s not the first time he’s eaten it, and the taste is absolutely good.

But this garlic sprout... what is that?

"Look, it’s this."

Lin Chen casually grabbed a chopstick-thick green plant stalk from the nearby ingredient bin and handed it to Magna.

"This is actually the stem after garlic sprouts. When raw, it has a spicy flavor like garlic. After cooking, it becomes sweet, with a crunchy texture, great for use as a side dish."

"And because it’s part of the garlic, it can also add fragrance and remove the fishy smell, especially when paired with seafood, it can completely cover the seafood’s inherent odor."

Everyone in the industry knows garlic can suppress seafood’s fishy smell, plus items like chili, spices, and spirits also have similar effects.

But the garlic sprouts...

Magna scratched his head, took the garlic shoot and looked it over repeatedly.

"If you hadn’t told me, I’d never know garlic sprouts!"

"?"

Lin Chen twitched his mouth and rolled his eyes.

How could he forget this? Foreigners really have poor basic life knowledge!

Anything not seen in supermarkets is assumed non-existent.

He’s even met someone ridiculous who never grocery shops, only dines at restaurants or fast-food places, thinking a chicken only has legs, breasts, and wings.

That person once interned as a service staff at God’s Kiss, while he was still washing dishes, since both were about the same status and neither were locals, they would occasionally chat.

After discovering that fellow had no food life knowledge, he searched online for a chicken photo asking what’s this, that person laughed pointing at the phone screen, saying ’Of course it’s a chicken!’.

Then he pointed at the chicken’s head, butt, and claws and asked again.

That person answered correctly each time, completely unaware these are also chicken parts.

It wasn’t until two days later that they suddenly returned with a shocked face pulling him.

"Oh my God Lin, did you know I just discovered a huge secret? Chickens actually have heads like humans!"

Recalling this bizarre past event, Lin Chen’s gaze towards Magna softened considerably.

Not knowing garlic sprouts is nothing big, since supermarkets here don’t sell them, those who haven’t grown it really have no way of knowing.

Not just foreigners, even domestically, there must be many unaware of what garlic sprouts truly are.

"Why, not busy today? Are you planning to mooch two meals off me?"

Without dwelling on garlic sprouts, he skipped the topic, teasing Magna with a laugh.

Unexpectedly, Magna shook his head with a regretful expression.

"I wish!"

"Thanks to the Olympics, orders have inexplicably exploded, every place is very busy, my orders are already scheduled until next week, even have orders coming from Paris, it’s absurd."

"Olympics?"

Listening to this word every day recently, Lin Chen was almost numbed, hardly reacting.

Not knowing why, he asked thoughtlessly.

"By the way, when is the Olympics opening ceremony?"

"This Friday!" Magna gave him a curious glance, "Otherwise, how could orders explode, every restaurant starts stockpiling in advance to prepare for the incoming tourist surge."

"What?? It’s opening this Friday??"

Lin Chen’s mouth hung open slightly, the sudden news caught him off guard.

"I thought it was next Friday, I’m doomed. If I start stocking now, will it be too late?"

"Shouldn’t be, right?"

Magna said uncertainly, "Seafood might be quite difficult, but for meat and vegetables isn’t there John, and the Great Xia Supermarket you order from shouldn’t have issues, should it? After all, it’s a large chain, unlike us who are small fry."

"Plus, you have a buffet here, no fixed menu, so it doesn’t really affect anything."

"Even with just flour and spices, I feel you all can prepare a table of delicious dishes."

"That’s true."

With his words, Lin Chen’s previously rising concern fell back into his stomach.

Great Xia chefs’ biggest worry isn’t lacking enough ingredients but having none at all.

As long as there are things available, they can stir up a pot of delicious food.

"Oh yeah, yesterday when I was delivering to Paris, I overheard some gossip."

Magna covertly glanced around, leaned in, and whispered.

"Many athletes already arrived at the Olympic Village are saying the food there is bad, hardly anything to eat."

"Moreover, before competitions start, many athletes are rushing out to find restaurants, once matches officially begin, their diet will be strictly controlled, avoiding stomach issues."

"Of course, it’s not just any restaurant they can visit, it has to be verified safe by their team management."

"Oh right, Chef Marchello’s restaurant seems to be continuously serving athletes these days, he’s probably not here?"

"He’s been gone for a few days indeed."

Lin Chen nodded, this private information was unknown to him.

But speaking of poor meals, he can roughly guess what kind of food cafeterias in the Olympic Village are serving.

Foreigners don’t value national decorum as much as Great Xia, they eat what they usually eat, mostly pizza, pasta, bread and such things.

Things even foreign athletes get tired of and unwilling to eat, the Asian athletes who come here are probably struggling even more, right?