Daddy's Gourmet Shop-Chapter 396 - 386: The Uncrowded Old Street?

Time rewinds.

Lin Hongyi is driving, with two colleagues in tow, heading towards West City Old Street...

What they never expected was that today, West City Old Street was especially, particularly jammed.

You could completely describe it as wall-to-wall traffic!

As soon as they got there, the three of them were dumbfounded.

After all, this scene completely overturned their established impression of West City Old Street.

After not being around for a while, is this even the same desolate, shabby, sparsely populated Old Street they knew?

A hint of surprise unconsciously leapt onto the faces of all three of them.

They are usually too busy at work to find time to come here for meals.

Occasionally, when they crave it, they would ask someone to buy a meal from Delicious Restaurant and have it delivered to the office.

If they weren’t filming nearby this time, they might not have had the chance to come here!

Liu Qianqian asked in confusion: "What’s going on? Why is it so jammed? Did an accident happen inside the Old Street?"

"I have no idea! I can’t see the situation ahead from here!"

Lin Hongyi shook his head, indicating he didn’t know. Seeing how heavily congested it was, he suggested, "But by the looks of it, we definitely can’t drive in. How about we park outside and walk in?"

"Alright! Let’s walk over and take a look."

Ma Yong nodded in agreement with Lin Hongyi’s suggestion and then added after some thought, "Hongyi, why don’t you bring your camera just in case, if there’s an accident, we can also capture some footage for news."

Liu Qianqian praised: "You’re really thoughtful, Yong!"

After Lin Hongyi parked the car, the three of them got out with their equipment and walked towards Delicious Restaurant.

As they walked, they didn’t find an accident but instead saw two traffic police officers directing traffic.

Liu Qianqian asked out of curiosity: "Officer, is there a traffic accident here? Why is the traffic jam so severe?"

What?

A traffic accident?

Even a traffic accident wouldn’t be this jammed, come on!

Hearing this, Sun Linhai couldn’t help but complain a little inside. When he looked up at the other party, he instantly recognized Liu Qianqian.

Seeing the camera in Lin Hongyi’s hands, he thought the three of them had come to cover the traffic accident...

Damn~

Who the hell spread the false information?

This is just adding to his trouble!

Sun Linhai felt a bit of a headache.

Although Liu Qianqian was one of his favorite hosts, he had no desire to be a fan right now.

He just politely shook his head and said, "Have you been tricked? There’s no accident here at all!"

So that’s what they misunderstood!

"Officer, then why is it so jammed here?" Ma Yong asked in confusion.

Sun Linhai smiled wryly: "Isn’t it all because of Delicious Restaurant!"

Ma Yong and the others suddenly understood and murmured in slight surprise: "Officer, do you mean that all these car owners came for Delicious Restaurant?"

Sun Linhai nodded and said, "Yeah! They all came to eat at Delicious Restaurant. This congestion has been ongoing for quite a while now. We’ve been on duty here for quite some time."

Didn’t expect, after not being around for a while, Boss Huang’s business to be so good!

Turns out Boss Huang, single-handedly, revitalized the entire West City Old Street into a bustling, lively place!

Come to think of it, that’s reasonable!

With Boss Huang’s culinary skills, it’s only natural for customers to swarm over!

Sun Linhai added, "However, from Monday to Friday, there’s usually traffic, but not as severe as today. Mainly because there’s a new dish being launched at Boss Huang’s restaurant this afternoon. Everyone’s following the crowd, wanting to be the first to try it and check in to show off, which completely clogged the street."

"Ah? New dish? What new dish?"

Liu Qianqian and Lin Hongyi both instantly became interested.

Oh my, they happened to catch the restaurant launching a new dish!

They suddenly felt that leaving home this morning must have been under the blessing of Lady Luck. Otherwise, not only did their filming finish early, but the spontaneous decision to have lunch at Delicious Restaurant coincided with the launch of a new dish.

This is something unimaginable!

Sun Lin never thought that there would still be people who didn’t know about the new dish launch at Delicious Restaurant this afternoon, he raised an eyebrow in slight surprise: "You don’t know yet?"

Lin Hongyi gave an embarrassed smile: "We were busy filming this morning, didn’t have time to pay attention to Boss Huang’s restaurant news."

Liu Qianqian impatiently asked, "Officer, can you tell us what the new dish is?"

Sun Linhai originally didn’t want to tell them.

After all, the more people, the more competition.

Let alone three people!

But knowing the limited quantity of Shredded Eel in Garlic Sauce, he figured he wouldn’t get a chance anyway.

Let them compete instead...

He smiled and truthfully revealed: "It’s Shredded Eel in Garlic Sauce. I heard it’s a vegetarian dish made to taste like meat, but it seems there are only about a hundred portions. If you’re late, you won’t get any."

Ma Yong didn’t expect Boss Huang’s new dish to be a vegetarian-made "Shredded Eel in Garlic Sauce."

He wondered if Boss Huang’s Shredded Eel in Garlic Sauce would match the taste ingrained in his memory?

He hoped for another chance to savor that flavor!

Though he knew it wasn’t likely, since Boss Huang wasn’t her...

But he still held out hope.

"Thanks for the tip, we’re heading there now..."

Thinking of the scene with Delicious Restaurant’s food being highly sought after, they didn’t linger any longer.

They immediately quickened their pace towards Delicious Restaurant.

The further they walked, the more surprised they were!

"Wow... there are so many luxury cars parked by the road... wow... even sports cars!"

When Lin Hongyi saw so many dazzling luxury cars, his eyes lit up like light bulbs. He jogged forward, exclaiming to Ma Yong not far away, "Yong, look, that one seems like a Lamborghini!"

"Oh my gosh, this looks like a car exhibition!"

Car enthusiast Ma Yong also had his eyes drawn to the row of luxury cars in the parking area.

Speaking of which, maybe these wealthy people are also after Delicious Restaurant’s cuisine?

The answer is probably yes!

He saw Delicious Restaurant trending on Weibo hot searches for several days in a row, even celebrities came and checked in.

There’s even a rich second-generation streamer who bought a house in a new development near the Old Street just to be first in line for the restaurant’s food.

Unexpectedly, Boss Huang’s culinary skills conquered even the appetite of the wealthy!

While Liu Qianqian, who isn’t very keen on cars, wasn’t very interested. She was focused on getting to Delicious Restaurant as soon as possible to get in line, so she wouldn’t miss out on the Shredded Eel in Garlic Sauce.

Seeing this, Ma Yong and Lin Hongyi stopped looking at the luxury cars and quickly followed her.

As soon as they turned the corner, they saw a crowd lined up.

"It’s not even 10:30 yet, and look at this line!" Liu Qianqian said helplessly, looking at the queue of almost a hundred people, "How long will this take?"

Ma Yong laughed and asked, "Do you want to eat Shredded Eel in Garlic Sauce?"

Liu Qianqian and Lin Hongyi nodded earnestly in unison: "Yes!"

"Then the only option is to queue up!"

Ma Yong smiled and urged, "Don’t dawdle, or someone else will beat us to it."

"For the sake of Shredded Eel in Garlic Sauce, let’s do it!"

Filled with determination, they hurriedly joined the back of the line.

As they waited and occasionally glanced at the time anxiously.

In stark contrast to their anxiety were the other people in the queue.

The customers lined up were chatting and laughing, some even brought folding chairs and windshields, oddly not showing any discontent about the long queue.

There was no one cursing or losing their temper.

It must be said, Boss Huang’s customers truly have high character!

After a while.

More and more people came to join the queue behind them.

The queue got longer and longer, stretching out like a dragon...

After waiting for a long time, finally, it was time for the restaurant to open.

After waiting for a long time, it was finally their turn to enter and order.