There is indeed a problem with my summoning spirit system

Chapter 116 114. Moon Festival

"Fresh fried chicken nuggets, welcome to taste."

"Produced by the Hamburg Institute, the Super Big Mac burger is absolutely worth the money..."

“Special crepes…”

On the first day of the Yueyue Festival, the main entrance of Yuanyue Academy was crowded with people. The students seemed to be street vendors. The temporary tents and dining cars were connected together, and the noise of selling came and went.

During the Moon Festival, the areas in Totsuki Academy where students are authorized to open stores are divided into three areas, namely:
The first area: Entering from the main entrance of the school, the main road extending all the way.In this area, the stores opened by the students mainly sell snacks. The overall atmosphere is similar to a pedestrian street in society, where tourists can walk and eat with the food they bought.

The rent and construction costs of the stores here are not high, and the food is mostly snacks and the prices are not expensive. Opening a store here is mainly based on the path of small profits but quick turnover.Because the price is close to the people, this is the most concentrated and lively area of ​​tourists in the entire school festival.

The second area: the central area, where teaching buildings, sports fields and other facilities were originally concentrated.During the Moon Festival, the school contracted the buildings here to the students.

There are mainly cheap restaurants in this area, and the charges are much more expensive than the main entrance.However, the average area of ​​each store is relatively large, and there are also indoor dining areas.Since there are many cooking teaching buildings, the logistics support is better and there are professional kitchens.Highly specialized dishes that are difficult to provide in temporary tents or stores that require special equipment to make dishes will be concentrated here, and the central area can freely set the size of the store.Suitable for large team partnership.

The third area is the mountain area. Totsuki Academy covers a large area as a whole, and there is even a mountain in the school.There are scattered buildings on the mountain that look like secluded houses. The Jokusei Ryo, where Yukihira Soma and the others live, is located on the mountain.During the school festival, part of the building on the mountain is used as a restaurant.

The dining environment in the Linshan area is better, but the average consumption is extremely high.In addition, the location is deep into Yuanyue Academy, which is relatively remote. If you don't have enough reputation, you can't attract customers at all.Generally, only Yuanyue Shijie will set up shop in this area.

Although Li Xiang is already one of the ten elites of Yuanyue, he won the fame bonus from WGO some time ago, even if he opens a store in the Linshan area, he will not worry about the source of customers.However, considering the dense trees in the Linshan District and accidents in fire protection, Li Xiang opened his store in the Central District.

The store opened by Li Xiang is small in size, and the interior decoration of the store was completed by workers, which was just completed a few days before the start of the Moon Festival.The main thing is to add some decorations, tables and chairs, etc.It wasn't repainted to avoid the paint smell, it was just carefully cleaned on one side.

Except for a few employees who were invited to serve food and clean up the store, Li Xiang was the only one in the kitchen.If it wasn't for Li Xiang's preparations, he had thoroughly exercised his speed before opening the store, it would have been too late.

However, there is no way to do this. If there are outsiders in the kitchen, then Li will have to restrain himself if he wants to use projection magic, and the efficiency will be reduced instead.Simply leaving him alone in the kitchen would be simpler and more straightforward.

Such an approach almost made Si Yingshi, who was the first among the top ten heroes and always worried about other people's actions, mistook Li Xiang for his fellow man.

"Dessert for table one, main course for table three, starter for table nine."

After pressing the serving bell, Li wanted to put the dishes he had already prepared on the dish delivery port and ask the waiter to pick them up.

"Ah, is this dessert? It looks so delicate!"

When the two young female guests at table one saw the desserts presented, they were almost reluctant to eat them, so they took out their mobile phones and started shooting frantically.

What Li wanted to present to them was the dessert "Chocolate Coffee Cup".

The reason why it is called a chocolate coffee cup is because the cup, spoon and saucer that hold the "coffee" are all made of dark chocolate.The surface of the chocolate saucer and cup is also exquisitely painted with white chocolate.

In an exquisite chocolate cup, filled with espresso iced coffee parfait, which is "coffee"; Fragrant), which is the "milk froth" on top of the coffee; on the plate, two square truffle chocolates wrapped in golden yellow crumbs are placed, which is the "custard".

What looks like coffee is actually a delicious dessert.

This dessert is all made in advance, because the production process is too cumbersome.And it needs to be cooled in advance.If it weren't for Li Xiang's fluid control and temperature control abilities derived from projection magic, it would take Li Xiang half an hour to make a dessert. Even if he used "cheating" to speed up the production process, Li Xiang would only make Ordered about 100 copies.

The chocolate used to make the "cups" and "saucers" is first heated and melted at 55 degrees Celsius, then a small amount of crushed chocolate is added to cool down, and then reheated to about 32 degrees Celsius and tempered.Melts unstable fat crystals, making chocolate smoother, moldable and lustrous.

The melted chocolate is molded into cylinders, disks and elegantly curved handles, and after cooling and hardening, they are "welded" together to form the complete shape of the cup and saucer.

Two pieces of "cube sugar" are made by mixing boiled high-fat fresh cream with 70% dark chocolate. After the two are mixed and then frozen, they will form a soft, pudding-like crystal ganache chocolate sauce. Cut into square cubes and topped with a golden layer of crumbled sweet bread crumbs or caramel, they become sugar-coated chocolate fondants.

At the bottom of the coffee cup, a round biscuit soaked with espresso (that is, Espresso) is added to prevent the contents from overflowing. The "coffee" in the cup is mixed with espresso, egg yolk and cream until foamy, and then Frozen.

Finally, pour the rich sabayon foam into the glass and add a small amount of dark red cherry liqueur.Make "milk froth".

This dessert is very popular with girls.After just one morning, it has become the signature dessert in Li Xiang's store.

In addition to the "chocolate coffee cup", Li Xiang's chocolate lava cake, special chocolate egg tart, mousse cake, etc. are also very popular. Suddenly, Li Xiang even became the dream lover of many girls.

And Li Xiang's exquisite cuisine has also conquered many gourmets who come here to eat.

In addition to relatively simple dishes, Li Xiang also prepared a batch of high-end ingredients to deal with these gourmets who are willing to pay high prices.All these dishes need to be reserved in advance to taste, and the reservation price is not cheap, almost reaching the level of the Linshan area.It can be said that most of the turnover in Li Xiang's store is brought by these "noble customers".

In order to satisfy these picky customers, there is only one VIP table, and the dishes provided in the single room on the second floor are more exquisite.

There are only ten tables in Li Xiang's store, and the main offerings are French set meals.The price is the highest in the Central District. At this time, Li Xiang finally understood how terrifying the gross profit of the restaurant is.

If you don’t count the rent, water, electricity and loss of the store, the selling price of each dish after completion is at least twice the price of the raw materials, and if the restaurant has a skilled chef in charge, the price will increase by 2 times, 5 times, or 10 times. Strange.

But this is a good thing for Li Xiang, at least he doesn't have to worry about losing money for the store.

“This Curry Steak Wellington is really delicious!”

In the lobby, a customer couldn't help admiring after tasting Li Xiang's dishes.

The dish he was tasting was a curry-flavored Beef Wellington that Li wanted to improve on the classic Beef Wellington.

The classic Wellington steak is made of steak wrapped in meringue and mushroom sauce and baked in the oven for 10-15 minutes. Li wanted to add more spices to the mushroom sauce and turned the mushroom sauce into a special curry sauce.

Curry is indeed Japan’s national food, and the curry-flavored Beef Wellington is widely praised.

"This 'Magic Mapo Tofu', which seems to have no special features at first glance, is also very good. It tastes even better than the Mapo Tofu I tasted in the Huaxia Cuisine Research Association."

Another customer chimed in.

"Are you sure you haven't been tricked by the shop owner? The mapo tofu here is much more expensive than the Jiuwo restaurant opened by the Huaxia Cuisine Research Association?"

Hearing his words, another customer took a sip of sake and swallowed the salty and fresh liquor in his mouth.laughed and joked.

Maybe it's because of the alcohol, or maybe it's the hustle and bustle that is unique to the Central District. The customers in the store are chatting loudly. It's not just a harmless joke. The dining atmosphere is very lively.Everyone enjoyed the food made by Li Xiang very much.Under this common ground, it seems that all the contradictions between people are no longer important.

Seeing such a scene, Li Xiang in the kitchen smiled knowingly.

This is also one of the reasons why he wants to open the store in the Central District instead of the Linshan District.

He somewhat understood why Xingping Chuangzhen's father, a legendary chef of a generation, wanted to open a small restaurant.The undisguised enthusiasm and love from customers is the inexhaustible motivation for the chef.Seeing my carefully prepared dishes being eaten by diners, as a chef is definitely full of satisfaction.

"Chef Emiya, there is a new guest at table two. I put the menu here."

"Understood, I'll make it right away." Li Xiang took the menu handed over by the waiter, glanced at it and stopped him, "By the way, remember to tell the customers that there is a special program tonight, and they are welcome to come watch."

"Got it. I'll remember to tell them when they're gone."

Li Xiang's restaurant is only open until six in the afternoon, and he will not stay in the restaurant when it gets dark at night.

The hot cooking scene of "Tianxiong Blazing Herring" will definitely ignite another climax of the Moon Festival.

In front of the store that Li Xiang rented, there was a large open space with an artificial pool beside it. The above two geographical conditions were the most important reasons for renting the store in this location.

It's still noon now, and it's still a long time before seven o'clock in the evening.Leaving aside the redundant thoughts in his mind, Li Xiang continued to immerse himself in cooking.With the pinnacle of flame control, solid basic skills, and the improved seasoning with the help of Nakiri Erina, with the help of these three sharp weapons, the turnover of Li Xiang's store has been rising steadily.

Until the afternoon of that day, when Yuanyue school calculated the turnover of each store, the turnover of Li Xiang's store was the second in the Central District, second only to Kuga Teruki, the eighth seat of the top ten.The reason why it is lower than Jiuga Teruji's store is only because the customer capacity of Li Xiang's store is much lower than that of the other party.

Glancing at the school newspaper that published the top ten turnover of the day, he secretly calculated the gap between himself and No.1, and Li Xiang smiled confidently.

Li Xiang believes that at night, he will be able to overtake the opponent's turnover.

At six o'clock in the evening, Li Xiang sent away the last customer in the store, leaving the hired waiters to clean up.Li Xiang walked to a deserted corner, lay down on a bench and squinted his eyes to rest.

He still has a big job to do at seven o'clock in the evening, taking advantage of the one hour between six o'clock and seven o'clock, he needs to take the time to rest and recover his strength.Working continuously for a whole day with high intensity, even if he has the physical strength of a red A, he still feels a little bit strenuous.

"Hey, isn't this Emiya? Why are you here?"

Li Xiang opened his eyes that were a little hazy from sleep and saw the red-haired Yukihira Soma.

"Chuang Zhenjun is you, what's the matter, do you have anything to do with me?"

Xing Ping Chuangzhen waved his hand, "No, no, I'm strolling around now that the store is closed. I happened to meet you. By the way, congratulations, Emiya, your store's turnover can reach No.2 today. If your store is larger If it’s bigger, the turnover must be higher than that of my senior Jiu’s store.”

"Thank you, but this is inaccurate. Senior Jiu's shop sells cheap Sichuan cuisine, which is completely different from my shop's business policy, so there is no need to compare. But you, how is the business situation today? Remember you are not Do you want to compete with Senior Kuga Teruki for turnover?"

Li Xiang glanced at his watch and confirmed that the current time was more than ten minutes before seven o'clock, and it would be too late to go back to sleep, so he rubbed his eyes and sat up straight.

"Oh, don't mention it. Today's turnover is too bad. Let alone win my senior for a long time, you may even lose money. What should I do? I have a headache now."

Since Li Xiang sat up straight, there was a lot of space on the bench, so Xing Ping Chuangzhen took advantage of the situation and sat down.From his frown, it can be seen that what he said is true.

Li thought about it, and asked: "Remember Xingping Chuangzhen, you originally planned to confront Kuga Teruki head-on, so you opened your store opposite the store opened by Jiuga Teruki's senior. But now you find that the other party has completely monopolized it." source, right?"

"Well, I have to admit that Jiuga-senpai is much more popular than me, and most of the guests come here for each other. Jiuga-senpai is like the upper reaches of a river. He repairs the dam upstream, and the water that flows to me is of course There is no more."

"Mr. Chuangzhen, I can give you two suggestions. The first suggestion is to give up the head-on confrontation with the opponent and temporarily aim to turn losses into profits. I think, with your cooking skills, as long as you work steadily and steadily, you will definitely turn losses into profits." Not a problem. Of course, I know that you will definitely not accept this plan. If you are not reconciled and want to fight to the end, then there is another way."

"what way?"

Yukihira Soma came to his senses.

"It's easy to say, but difficult to do. Although Jiuga Teruji's dishes are highly completed, they are too simple. If you can make a unique Sichuan cuisine that surpasses his, then it is possible to divide the traffic of the other party. If one goes up and down, you have the possibility of a comeback.”

(End of this chapter)