Daddy's Gourmet Shop-Chapter 358 - 348: Secretly Holding a Promotion
Huang Tao drove Xuanxuan to the kindergarten entrance, where they encountered Ye Wen on duty nearby.
Ye Wen came over, offering a gentle smile at Huang Tao, who had just gotten off the car, "Mr. Xuan, you’re here quite early today..."
"Teacher Ye, it’s such a cold day, yet you have to be outside on duty, it must be hard for you."
Huang Tao returned a polite smile while opening the backseat door to pick up Xuanxuan, placing her on the ground.
"Not at all."
Ye Wen smiled and reached out to hold Xuanxuan’s little hand, "I’ll take care of Xuanxuan!"
"Then I’ll have to trouble you, Teacher Ye."
As Huang Tao took out a backpack, he suddenly remembered, unzipped it and took out a take-out box, smiling, "Oh, by the way, these are fried glutinous rice balls I made in the morning, you can take them and let the kids try them!"
What a coincidence, fried glutinous rice balls are her favorite! 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺
Ye Wen felt secretly delighted.
She had seen on Weibo this morning that Delicious Restaurant had delivered fried glutinous rice balls, and many customers were lamenting in the comments section about not being able to get them!
Little did she expect Huang Tao to have brought a portion specifically for her and the children to taste.
Hmm, could it be?
Maybe Huang Tao actually wanted to let her taste them, but felt embarrassed, so he found an excuse for her and the kids to taste them together?!
Could it be... he really cares about her?
It’s said that the way to a woman’s heart is through her stomach.
Right, she suddenly remembered those things.
Every time Huang Tao came to pick up Xuanxuan after school, he would always invite her to the restaurant to eat.
And he would specifically save her a seat and food.
Thinking of this, Ye Wen’s heart beat faster, and a blush crept over her cheeks, making her feel a bit embarrassed to look Huang Tao in the eye.
She lowered her head, shyly whispering, "Thank you, Mr. Xuan."
"You’re welcome."
Huang Tao found it odd, was Teacher Ye feeling unwell this morning?
His gaze shifted slightly downwards, and suddenly he understood.
Hmm, maybe, perhaps it’s that time of the month?
"Xuanxuan, be a good girl and listen to Teacher Ye, Daddy will come to pick you up this afternoon."
"Okay, okay~"
Xuanxuan nodded obediently, waving goodbye to him, "Bye-bye, Daddy."
"Teacher Ye, I’ll be off then,"
Huang Tao waved at his daughter, bade goodbye to Ye Wen, then drove back to the restaurant.
He wandered around the kitchen for a bit.
Checking the honeyed ham that had been steaming early, he saw Xu Hao had followed his instructions and at the right time, drained the broth off the ham and put it back in the steam cupboard to continue steaming.
He prepared the marinade packets in advance, tied them in several muslin bags, and placed them into three pots to simmer the marinade.
This was to prevent there being too much water in the pot, making it difficult to get the fragrance.
After doing all that, as the rest of the ingredients needed for lunch hadn’t been delivered by the vendors yet.
This left him quite idle!
He leisurely found a window-side table, sat down, and took a rest while enjoying the sun.
Of course, he also took care of urgent matters.
He picked up his phone.
Contacting Old Gen from the village who sold him black sesame last time, inquiring if they still had their homegrown black sesame.
Of the same quality.
If so, he wanted to purchase 600 pounds.
He also required the sugar osmanthus of the same quality from last time, 200 pounds.
Upon reading Huang Tao’s message and confirming the quantity, Old Gen’s wrinkled face relaxed.
There was no doubt he was happy.
The market was bad for selling black sesame this year.
Selling half a pound at a time at the market wasted time and was arduous.
Huang Tao’s last purchase of 200 pounds of black sesame and 30 pounds of sugar osmanthus was indeed an unexpected delight.
A wise man would surely seize the opportunity, not to mention a rare big client like Huang Tao.
Old Gen naturally had to treat him well.
He quickly replied he had some and could deliver them today.
Huang Tao ordered a larger quantity this time, so he lowered the price by 20 cents.
Giving a bargain price.
After agreeing on the price, Huang Tao readily transferred the payment.
The other party promised to deliver before 2 p.m.
Having sorted the procurement, he didn’t immediately put the phone down; he planned to browse a bit to pass the time.
Of course, Weibo was the first choice.
Not only were customers used to checking the Delicious Restaurant’s official Weibo account around meal times, looking for new dishes or events.
Huang Tao had also gotten used to browsing Weibo during his free time after closing to check the new comments from customers.
Back when he just registered, when there weren’t many comments, he’d read them one by one carefully.
Now, with more people following the Delicious Restaurant’s Weibo account, the comments had increased greatly.
He couldn’t read them all, so he’d look at the latest or most interesting comment threads.
As he opened the comments, he saw many customer netizens wailing under the latest Weibo post:
Ink Painting Neapolitan Dress: Wuwuwu, I’m crying... I ate breakfast from Delicious Restaurant every day recently and saw no events. Just went on a business trip yesterday, and this morning in the hotel restaurant I saw fried glutinous rice balls, the hotel’s exclusive breakfast suddenly lost its flavor orz ah...
Little Naughty: Tap tap on the big bowl with chopsticks, heard that Boss Huang is launching new fried glutinous rice balls tomorrow morning? Eagerly awaiting Boss Huang’s fried glutinous rice balls.
Storms Among Towering Buildings: Boss Huang, you’re not being fair! You secretly held an event this morning, giving out free fried glutinous rice balls.
Time Flies, Youth is Tainted with Dust: Wuwuwu, I’ll be craving all day, unable to eat or sleep, whose fault is this!!! Boss Huang, you have to compensate! Ensure that I can successfully buy fried glutinous rice balls tomorrow, wuwuwu...
Wind and Code Hiss: Boss Huang, can you serve fried glutinous rice balls at noon? Pity us working folks, can’t get energized this morning without eating those fried glutinous rice balls!
This Little Fairy: One person writes a blood-letter plea for Boss Huang to sell fried glutinous rice balls at noon, with ample quantities so everyone can satisfy their cravings early.
Huang Tao couldn’t help but laugh aloud reading these comments.
This day and age!
Customers urging for new items seem to go to any lengths!
But after reading them, he was unmoved, planning to stick to his own schedule.
Honestly, he hadn’t intended to introduce the fried glutinous rice balls at noon for a reason.
First off!
The raw materials in the shop weren’t enough!
Secondly!
He felt these crispy, sweet, and glutinous fried rice balls were a better fit for breakfast sales.
Alright, alright, he won’t pretend anymore.
He admits, he just didn’t feel like dealing with it.
The preparation for lunch and dinner dishes was already cumbersome enough.
Plus, the variety and quantities for each meal had increased substantially.
He and the three assistant cooks were already busy enough!
Therefore, after weighing it, he decided to only sell the fried glutinous rice balls during breakfast.
As for not announcing it on Weibo in advance this morning, it’s because the fried glutinous rice balls were initially just something he randomly experimented with, the taste might not be great, and the quantity was small, so they simply weren’t for sale.
If those enthusiastic customers on Weibo saw it, they would surely come from all directions to line up and buy it.
The quantity was too little for such a long trip, it wasn’t worth it.
He feared using up the customers’ enthusiasm, so this morning he cooked extra batches of fried glutinous rice balls as a benefit for those who came early to buy sesame rice balls.
Little did he expect that the customers who tasted the fried rice balls would start sharing on Weibo uncontrollably.
This spread and sparked a hot debate...
