Gourmet: From a Stall in Northern Europe-Chapter 66: Double Challenge—Breakfast and Late Night Snack Collide
[Meal content requirements are as follows]
[1. Ingredients must be fresh and in season, out-of-season ingredients are not allowed, and must include mushroom elements]
[2. Selling time ends before 9 a.m.]
[3. Obtaining more than 200 positive reviews and a positive rate exceeding 90% is deemed a successful challenge]
[Basic reward: one Food Truck Upgrade Card, one Recipe Exchange Voucher, the actual reward may change according to the stall settlement]
After carefully reviewing the task requirements, the difficulty wasn’t very high, the only challenge for him was the timing.
At the restaurant, he usually started work at 10, sometimes at 9:30, and most of the workers were usually around 8-9.
The problem is, if you want to prepare breakfast, you have to start early, at least one to two hours are necessary.
If he wants to sell more than two hundred portions in just one hour, making them on the spot would be too late, so you have to prepare in advance.
At the very least, it has to be some kind of breakfast that can have most of the steps prepared in advance.
In the catering industry, getting enough rest is more important than anything, and he hasn’t woken up early for more than four years.
Having gotten used to this routine, suddenly waking up early, would it affect his daytime work status?
The green light came on, and with one press of the gas pedal, he made up his mind.
Accept it!
The value of life is in the challenge, what’s the point of being timid about such small difficulties?
The system has clearly indicated that completing more challenge tasks can earn attribute Potions, be it the number of tasks or achievements; in any case, doing more is definitely not wrong.
Upon reaching the parking lot in front of the restaurant and parking the car, Lin Chen suddenly had a bold idea in mind.
You can only do ordinary tasks once a day, but challenge tasks...can they be done continuously?
Anyway, trying doesn’t cost anything.
"Another challenge task!"
[Ding, the host is initiating a challenge, task is generating...]
His eyes lit up, it really works!
[Challenge Task: Night Market Culture]
[Asian countries have rich and colorful night snack cultures, which is unimaginable for foreigners who might find nights unsafe. Please create a representative Great Xia night snack food to give foreigners a little cultural shock]
[Meal content requirements: Please open a search software, search for the four words "Great Xia Night Snack" and prepare the top-ranked food]
[Selling time ends at 2 a.m., obtaining over 200 positive reviews and a positive rate exceeding 90% is deemed a successful challenge]
[Basic reward: one Food Truck Upgrade Card, one Recipe Exchange Voucher, the actual reward may change according to the stall settlement]
"Huh?"
This generated task was something he didn’t expect, it was a night snack, and the content was completely a blind box, determined by search results.
"Accept it! I haven’t figured out what to make tonight, the workload for night snacks isn’t huge, it’s convenient to make, most importantly it’s delicious, it’s sure to sell well!"
Unable to use various domestic software and websites abroad, he could only open Google, type in the four words "Great Xia Night Snack," and press enter.
As the page refreshed, he held onto his phone tightly, closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and then opened them slowly.
[The god of Great Xia Night Snacks, what’s so charming about the street barbecue that swept the streets, follow the blogger to find out!]
"Nice!!!"
It turned out to be barbecue, this one’s a win!
Besides the classic burgers and pasta favored by white people, barbecue is definitely the number one favorite in the daily life of foreigners.
Just like American smoked barbecue, Southeast Asian spiced grilled meats, Brasil grilled meats, barbecue joints can be seen everywhere.
Even he often eats barbecue for a change, it may not be extremely delicious, but it’s certainly better than white people’s food.
Western foreigners usually use very simple seasonings for barbecue, those ready-mixed grindable barbecue seasoning jars available in supermarkets, including rose salt, black pepper, dried thyme, garlic powder, onion powder, and more than a dozen spices in total, are just sprinkled on the meat to taste mostly the meat’s original flavor.
As for marinating the meat, it’s mainly various masala grilled meats, which are deeply loved by foreign diners.
It’s not that foreigners don’t want to make marinated barbecues, it’s just that culinary skills are limited, plus being lazy, combined with low prices, it’s more practical to eat out.
In a flash, Lin Chen’s mind flashed with dozens of types of meat skewers, and there was no need to mention vegetables; in the perception of foreigners, there’s no such thing as grilled vegetable barbecue, only oven-roasted potatoes and carrots and the like.
"Knock knock knock"
While he was zoning out in the car, the car window was suddenly knocked on, it was the receptionist.
"Hey Lin, good morning, the chef said if you arrived to go directly to the back kitchen to see him, it seems there’s a tasting?"
"Ah, okay, thank you for the notice, I’ll go right away."
Suppressing his excitement, he quickly got out of the car and rushed towards the restaurant’s back entrance.
He hasn’t eaten barbecue with the same taste as back home for a long time, usually, he wouldn’t care not seeing it, but now thinking about making it himself tonight, his mouth couldn’t help but water.
Fragrant and juicy lamb skewers, soft and juicy tenderloin, crispy chicken cartilage, a grilled squid as big as a face, garlic oysters...
"Slurp"
He wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth, quickly adjusted his mindset, walked into the locker room, and changed into his uniform and black and red apron.
Just as he walked into the back kitchen, he was greeted by a faint aroma, distinctly different from any dish of the week.
On the shiny metal countertop were several new dishes, which seemed to be appetizers and soups; Chef Raphael was at the stove frying something, looking very focused.
"Lin, come over and taste the new dishes, this is the fourth version already, personally I feel it’s a satisfying combination, but something seems to lack in flavor clash, see if you can give any suggestions?"
Lin Chen was used to arriving here ten minutes early, Anderson and Jolian hadn’t arrived yet, only four assistant chefs were busy handling ingredients.
Seeing him come in, they nodded in enthusiasm to greet him.
"Good morning, Lin."
"Good morning everyone."
Lin Chen smiled and responded to each, giving fist bumps, and then went straight to stand behind the chef.
His eyes quickly locked onto a plate that was obviously an appetizer.
White seafood mushrooms paired with light brown crab-flavored mushrooms were wrapped with an unknown white ingredient, tied with blanched chives, which also added visual impact.
The portion was small, six thumb-sized rolls stacked in a pyramid shape, soaked in a tender green thick liquid, looking quite delicate.
With years of experience in the kitchen, he immediately figured out the ingredients of the green liquid with just a glance.
"Pea puree with mushroom rolls? And the rolls are oyster mushrooms, right?"
"That’s right, sharp eyes as always!" The chef praised with a smile without turning his head.
He picked up the plate and sniffed it, not needing to taste it, Lin Chen could already imagine the flavor.
Shaking his head: "Chef, the pea puree just contains vegetable broth? And there’s a drizzle of fruit vinegar on the mushrooms? The pairing and seasoning seem a bit ordinary, right?"
