Chapter 899: Chapter 383: An Amateur? That’s Xie Baomin from the Fishing Platform! The Video Airs, Manager Furious!

The manager hadn’t initially noticed what was going on and was just curious about what these two people, one holding a camera and the other with an earpiece clipped to his collar, were up to.

But when he saw Old Xie’s eyes light up, he followed his gaze.

Goodness gracious, there’s hair!

The manager reacted quickly enough. As the waiter was about to place the dish on the table, he hurriedly stopped him:

"Take this dish away and make it again!"

Xie Baomin, eager to create a sensational program, immediately stood up upon hearing this and said:

"Hold on, put that dish down."

The manager’s heart skipped a beat, then he accompanied it with a smile and said:

"How about... we offer you a discount?"

In high-end restaurants, foreign objects like hair are entirely considered accidents.

Because this isn’t a streetside stall, not a small fly restaurant—at such a high-end place, having hair in the dish, if exposed, would have a massive impact on the brand’s reputation.

While the two were talking, Xiao Jia, the naive young guy, unafraid of causing trouble, adjusted the camera lens angle and captured both of them.

Xie Baomin smiled and shook his head:

"Place the dish down, make a new one, and bring it over. Only then can you take this one away."

If the dish were taken away now, the kitchen staff might just pluck the hair out, swish it around in the pot a couple of times, and bring it back. So it’s better to have them replace it with a new dish.

Of course, this is only feasible in a big restaurant; if you tried this at a small streetside shop, the owner might get upset and might even spit in the food while preparing it.

That’s why restaurants with semi-open kitchens are popular now, as customers can see everything that’s happening inside.

The manager was getting anxious, with the camera right beside them. If the dish was placed down, it would definitely get caught on camera, and if it got posted online, it would indeed affect the restaurant’s reputation.

Furthermore, these two seemed to have come well-prepared. It was hard to tell if they were trying to extort, so it was better to be cautious.

He leaned close to Xie Baomin’s ear, speaking in a negotiating tone:

"How about this meal is on the house, what do you think..."

Xie Baomin took a piece of beef into his mouth: 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

"We’re just shooting a regular restaurant show, not trying to extort money. Don’t worry... and you don’t have to stand here either. Go prepare the dish quickly. If you don’t bring over the new Jade Shrimp, you can’t take this one away."

The manager’s expression was awkward, but he was helpless.

He initially thought of calling security, but then thought if this person dared to do this at a Yanjing restaurant, he must have some background.

The most important thing was that the young guy with the camera was recording the whole time, and if he caught something, it would be a big problem.

As he left, he signaled to a nearby waiter to see what the other party would say, then hurriedly contacted the kitchen, relaying the issue with the hair in the dish and asked them to send over a new one quickly.

"Mr. Xie, weren’t you afraid he’d call security just now?"

"What’s there to be afraid of? If he called security, our program would instantly become popular, and then we’d have to give this manager a big red envelope... You can have the sea cucumber, I’ll focus on this beef."

Xiao Jia, after listening to Xie Baomin’s comment, wasn’t too enthusiastic:

"I’m not a soccer player, so I won’t eat the sea cucumber. But this beef is indeed interesting to chew."

"If you like chewy beef, I suggest you go to Lin Ji. My junior makes the best pressed beef; the texture is even better, with the beef and Beef Tendon distributed very reasonably... Oh, and don’t forget to take a picture of this hair."

While the two were chewing on the beef and chatting, Qi Zhentao, the head chef of the Yanjing restaurant’s etiquette hall, hurried to the front desk:

"What’s going on? Why didn’t you take back the dish that the customer returned?"

"They wouldn’t let us take it, wanted us to exchange it for a newly made Jade Shrimp."

Not letting you take it?

Qi Zhentao thought for a moment and understood what was going on.

He looked at the manager and asked:

"Do you know who they are? A restaurant vlogger or someone else?"

"He’s a new face. He also said our braised sea cucumber was made wrong, that the sea cucumber wasn’t cleaned properly. He was quite rude, seemed like he was nitpicking."

"Did you ask his identity?"

"I asked, he said he’d worked in a kitchen, knows a little... Just seemed like all talk to me."

This made Qi Zhentao pause. He recalled a rumor circulating in the industry; supposedly, Gao Peisheng, the retired head chef of Fishing Platform, used to say something like this.

Could it be...

He took a couple of steps toward the restaurant and immediately recognized Xie Baomin’s slightly annoying face.

Indeed, it was that son of a gun.

The manager was still wondering:

"Chef Qi, this guy seems like an amateur. Are you sure he’s worth worrying about?"

"An amateur? Do you know who this guy is? The leader of the eighteen head chefs of Fishing Platform, the current chief head chef Xie Baomin. Why on earth has this guy suddenly started vlogging?"

Qi Zhentao muttered, then took out a walkie-talkie and told the people in the kitchen:

"Get the head chef on duty to personally make a serving of Jade Shrimp and send it to the restaurant. Also, prepare a new serving of braised sea cucumber, and don’t forget to check it first."

Yanjing restaurant has a strong heritage.

Previously, it was just a lack of diligence, which doesn’t mean their culinary skills were lacking.

Qi Zhentao straightened his clothes and then walked toward Xie Baomin:

"Old Xie, why didn’t you give me a heads-up when you came? Are you worried I can’t afford to feed you?"

Qi Zhentao had a smile on his face. Since they were acquaintances, things would go smoothly. At least he didn’t have to worry about being extorted.

"Oh, Old Qi, are you on duty? Come, come, try this delicious braised Liaoshen. Could it be that our national soccer team can’t break through Asia because they eat this kind of sea cucumber?"

Qi Zhentao chuckled bitterly. This guy’s tongue sure had no mercy.