Shanhai Hot Pot Restaurant

Suddenly a post appeared on the local forum

Has anyone ever eaten at the hot pot restaurant next to the adult goods store on XX Road?

Main building:

lz changed jobs during this period, passed by there several times, and found that although the hot pot restaurant was being renovated, but every time I passed by, I could see people gathered at the door of the hot pot restaurant, and it seemed that it was not a construction team. I checked and found that a hot pot restaurant has so many loyal fans. Can anyone who has eaten it tell me how delicious it is?

1l: I haven't eaten there either. My friend has been there, and they boasted that there is nothing in the sky and nothing on the earth. He also said that he would invite me to eat, but the decoration started on the day he went.

2l: Your news is not well-informed. Although the store is being renovated, you can order takeaway, and the taste is the same.

3l: You fart upstairs!I searched several platforms, but I couldn't find the takeaway from this store. There are a few with the same name, but different addresses.

4l: Does this store have its own delivery app?And this restaurant is called "Shanhai Hot Pot Restaurant", and you can find the download address by following the official account.

5l: Crazy, such a small store has its own app.

6l: I really like the food delivery app of this store. Although there are no coupons, the page is very simple, and there is a discussion area in the app. The boss often comes out to discuss with diners, and I also met a few friends in it.

7l: Yes, yes, me too. It feels like a community. In the discussion forum, people often share their own cooking menus.

8l: But I still like to go to the store to eat, the store is very lively, you can talk to anyone, last time we had a special chat with the table next to us, and we ended up eating at the same table, and we even changed our contact information when we left .

9l: If you go to eat at night, you don’t have to worry about drinking and making troubles. The cashier guy is very handsome!Very strong!Last time, two strong men got drunk and fought each other, and my brother subdued them and threw them out.

10l: I know that too hahahaha, those two strong men got sober afterward, they were so ashamed, their friends even described it to them in detail, those two simply ran away, as if their butts were on fire.

11l: How do you feel that the whole world has eaten at this restaurant?Am I the only one who hasn't eaten it?

12l: The title of lz is to ask people who have eaten it, and few who have not eaten it will order it, okay?

13l: The marketing of this store is really good. I have never seen a store that is so good at marketing. It was also on the local hot search. There are so many trolls.

14l: +1 for marketing, I won't eat it anyway.

15l: This kind of marketing shop should not give him eyes, let him get confused slowly, and there will be no shop doing this kind of marketing in the future.

16l: Those upstairs think everyone is drunk and you are sober, right?It sounds like someone will beg you to eat, it’s ridiculous, the store that has to line up for several hours every day will care if you go or not?If I haven't eaten good food, I feel that others must be marketing.

17l: 16l Don’t argue with them. My friend thought the same way before. I took him to eat once and he slapped himself in the face. The food can’t fool people. People who don’t like spicy food will also like his clear food. Soup pot, people who don’t like hot pot will also like his stewed vegetables and pumpkin pie. It’s their loss if they don’t eat it. If they eat it, we’ll just wait and see the joke.

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"Inexplicable." Ming Qian hung up the phone, still a little confused.

When he answered the phone just now, the person on the other side didn't introduce himself, and started scolding him, saying that he hired sailors every day, and the price in the store was still low, disrupting the market. Mingqian hung up before he finished scolding.

He can still understand the statement of asking the water army, after all, there is indeed more tap water than Ming Qian imagined.

Even the official began to recommend his store.

But to say that his prices disrupt the market is nonsense!

There are still many hot pot buffets in the city for 30 yuan per person, and there are even cheaper ones for 20 yuan.

There are more hot pot restaurants with lower prices than his, especially their own stores, which do not need to pay rent and hire fewer waiters, so the cost will naturally go down.

Moreover, the content of high-priced hot pot also includes services and chain brands.

It has nothing to do with horses and cattle.

Some high-priced stores will give customers small gifts, there are more things in the self-service area, and the service is even more unremarkable. Do customers who go for these features think that the price is not low enough?

"What's the matter, boss?" Chen Yan put the finished millet rice cracker into a vacuum bag and was pumping out the air. He rarely saw Ming Qian showing such an expression.

Ming Qian took a deep breath: "It's a mediocrity not to be envied by others. Our store is so powerful that someone called to envy us."

Chen Yan: "...he is really idle."

Mingqian is making syrup, and today he is going to try to make candied apples, as well as small crispy meat——little crispy meat is Yao’s strong request, and he thinks that other shops have it, and the crispy meat is so delicious, he can’t let it go.

"Maybe it's just that we can't see the business in our store is doing well." Chen Yan comforted, "Let's not talk about people, there are also beasts, especially when you are worse than him, and suddenly get better, he will be even more angry."

Ming Qian's mood has calmed down. He has always been very good at explaining himself. He poured the apples that have been cut, coated with cornstarch and fried into syrup and stir-fried. People are jealous of me."

When he was in primary school, he was short and thin, and because he was thin, his head appeared big. Later, when he was in junior high school, he became a handsome boy.

There is a male student in elementary school who likes to tell his classmates how "ugly" he was when he was in elementary school.

People don't envy those who are better than themselves, only those who are the same as themselves, or even worse than themselves.

Mingqian himself is not a saint, and he has many shortcomings, but since he was a child, he knows how to restrain himself, look at others more, and then look at himself.

"Try it?" Ming Qian put the candied apple on the table.

Chen Yan picked it up with chopsticks, and the syrup stuck to the apple. He pulled out a few candy strands, and ate them into his mouth in one gulp.

The syrup on the surface of the apple is already a little cold. When you bite down, you can taste the sweetness and crispness of the sugar coating first, and then the taste of the apple itself. The apple is not that sweet, but it has a unique fruity aroma. Its flesh is also crispy. Not as crisp as sugar-coated.

When the pulp and sugar coating are mixed in the mouth, the taste is extra sweet.

The icing no longer makes people feel sweet and greasy, and the apples don't make people feel ordinary.

Chen Yan had never eaten candied apples before, so he was instantly amazed.

"When I was young, I only liked rock candy apples." Mingqian understood Chen Yan's non-stop eating, "When I met someone who sold candied haws, I always only bought apples. But because the apples were too big, they didn't have sugar coating at the end, so they weren't that good. Eat it, it tastes best before the icing is finished."

Nowadays, people who sell candied haws use a lot of fruits. Some fruits are very sweet in themselves, and then coated with a layer of sugar, which is so sweet that eating a bunch is enough.

Only hawthorn is enduring, probably because the sour taste of hawthorn is just integrated with the sweetness of sugar coating.

But Mingqian always thought that apples were the most suitable fruit for sugar coating.

The flesh is crisp enough, the taste of the apple itself is strong enough, not so sweet, and it can't be more perfect with the icing.

After Chen Yan ate the whole plate of shredded apples like a cloud, he gave Mingqian a thumbs up, smiled until his eyes narrowed, and praised: "Boss, can you make another one?"

Although he is not a serious cook, Ming Qian is also happy when someone likes to eat the things he makes. He rolled up his sleeves and said, "I'll cook more, and I will give Yiyi and the others a taste too. You can cut apples for me."

The remodeling of the back kitchen did not take as long as the previous one. It just opened up a wall, unified the styles of the kitchens on both sides, and re-installed woks and freezers. However, due to the renovation of the back kitchen, the takeaway business was also closed.

The diners complained, and Ming Qian started answering the phone frantically again.

However, there is also an advantage to reinstalling the back kitchen - Ming Qian finally has time to go out for a walk.

The back kitchen was reinstalled for more than a week, and Ming Qian took Youjun and his staff to the hot spring for more than a week.

I booked the best hotel in the area. Because it was the off-season and Mingqian booked a lot of rooms, the hotel gave me a discount. The money I spent was not much different from booking an ordinary hotel.

During the day they could go to the hot springs, or go for a walk in the mountains, and at night they gathered in the hall to play the entertainment facilities. Ming Qian also learned how to play mahjong - taught by Chen Yan.

Ming Qian played very badly, and Chen Yan can count cards!Ming Qian touched the bar several times, and Chen Yan said that he would definitely hit the bar, and he really hit the bar.

Youjun doesn't like to play this game. Youjun is watching TV beside them when they are playing.

In the evening, they will also have supper, and the grilled fish or barbecue they ordered will be delivered. The hotel breakfast is self-service. Mingqian likes toasted toast with butter, and then he will get a beef noodle and some small desserts, but Mingqian Qian doesn't like sweet things in the morning.

He likes to have a salty breakfast in the morning, such as a salted duck egg with white porridge, or a cup of soy milk with beef patties.

Because there is a hot spring in the hotel, so of course there is a spa, Mingqian can't go by himself - You Jun is still there.

Yiyi and the others have enjoyed it.

They stayed in this hotel for more than a week, and didn't go anywhere except the nearby mountains.

Ming Qian finally experienced the joy of vacation, he didn't have to think about anything for more than a week, the only thing he needed to think about was what to eat today and what to eat tomorrow.

And because it was the off-season, almost all the service staff in the hotel were serving them. Other customers stayed here for two or three days at most, and they stayed for more than a whole week.

Before leaving, the front desk gave them souvenirs, a mug and a keychain for each.

The three sisters Yiyi had the most fun. They would also take a car to go shopping in the shopping malls in the city, and go hiking with a lot of food.

Chen Yan would also run into the mountains in the middle of the night, change back into his original form and dance around—but he had to avoid the cameras.

Chen Yan and the others are used to cameras and know how to avoid them. After all, how to avoid cameras is a must-have skill if you want to live in the human race.

But Ming Qian heard from Chen Yan that it was not that no human race knew of their existence, but that none of these human races would reveal their existence.

When Chen Yan said this, his expression was very serious: "Because no one would believe what they said hahahahahahaha."

As long as the human race does not find conclusive evidence, being seen is not as serious as imagined.

And even if more people see it, they will only feel that they are under too much pressure and have hallucinations.

After tidying up and going back, the interior decoration of the store was also completed. The night before the reopening, almost everyone was busy in the store.

After the expansion of the store, the self-service area needs to be re-planned. Although there were two stores before, they are not particularly large when combined. One self-service area is still suitable, but there are more types of seasonings.

In addition to the original seasoning, Ming Qian also bought a lot of sauces from Yiyi's hometown, such as beef sauce and the like.

These sauces are all made by Yiyi's fellow villagers, they taste good, the price is not expensive, and Yiyi can guarantee safety and hygiene.

The arrangement of tables and chairs has also changed, and the aisle has become wider. Because there is no need for private rooms in the noodle shop, Mingqian added two larger private rooms during the renovation, so that there are five private rooms in the store, two Each of the large ones can accommodate ten guests.

The self-service area has become much larger. In addition to the original two cold dishes, there is also a dish of stewed vegetables and bought cat ears.

These stewed vegetables are all vegetarian, low cost, and there is no need to make more.

It's just that the small material fee will also increase. It was ten yuan before, but this time it will be increased to twenty yuan for the opening.

Ming Qian was a little worried that the guests would not be able to accept the increased food charges.

"It was too cheap before." Yao looked at the worried Ming Qian, and said seriously, "It's time to raise the price, and I still have to pay the rent."

Ming Qian slapped his head, he almost forgot that he had to pay rent for the noodle shop here every month, and the rent was not cheap, and if the dishes and small ingredients in the self-service area were added and the prices did not increase, his monthly profit There really isn't much left.

Yao continued: "You were allowed to bring your own drinks before, or you are not allowed to bring your own drinks in the future, right?"

Ming Qian shook his head: "Beverages don't make much money in the first place, and it's for the profit of wine, and the customers who bring drinks basically bring milk tea and smoothies from the next door, and they don't bring much, so it's unnecessary. "

Listening to Ming Qian's words, Yao Cai nodded: "It seems to be the same."

"Do you want to increase the pot fee?" Yao asked.

Ming Qian whispered, "Rise to 25?"

It was set at [-] before, and the hot pot restaurants outside basically start at [-].

25 seems acceptable too?

But with the addition of small ingredients, it has increased by 15 yuan.

"How about I go to our app and ask?" Ming Qian took out his phone.

When Yang Lin made this app, he didn't expect the small forum attached to it to be so popular. He originally thought that Mingqian could post announcements in it. As a result, the forum is quite active every day, at least a few hundred living.

Ming Qian made a pinned announcement.

The main building is mainly because of the newly rented storefront, and more things in the self-service area, and the price of pot bottoms and small ingredients will increase after that.

He was apprehensive, and he didn't dare to refresh and read the comments for half an hour after posting the post. After finally doing a good job of mental construction, he found that the comments below were completely different from what he had imagined.

"Finally the price has increased. To be honest, I have been worried that at this price, this store will close down soon."

"I also think that the price should be increased, and the price of vegetables still does not increase. If you eat alone, you can still eat for 100 yuan."

"I feel that the boss's tone is trembling, as if he thinks that he will be scolded and die laughing."

"This taste, this price, is already very conscientious, okay, the boss has more confidence in his store."

"The boss also neglected to calculate the wages of the employees and the utility bills for the business. Anyway, I don't think there are many of them. If someone thinks it is expensive, there are many cheap shops for them to choose from."

"Besides, hot pot is not eaten every day. It's really not expensive to have a meal once in a while."

……

Ming Qian was overwhelmed.

Today's consumers are really good.

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"I heard that there is a delicious hot pot restaurant here." The blond man with a backpack on his back said to his friend walking beside him with his mobile phone.

The friend rolled his eyes: "What delicious food can China have? Put a lot of oil, it's very unhealthy."

Another friend also said: "I have eaten hot pot, it is very spicy, my mouth hurts, it is not delicious at all."

"China is very interesting, but there is no food." The man named Kevin shrugged, "French food is better."

"I'd rather eat KFC."

"I'm full when I see the oil in the dishes, and they don't divide the meals."

The blond man hesitated: "Then shall we go?"

Several people looked at each other: "Otherwise, let's go to McDonald's or KFC."

"But this store has good reviews, and all my local friends recommend me to go." The blond man insisted.

The blond man has been in this city for six years, and his Chinese is very good. This time foreign friends came over, and he himself said that he would entertain them.

As a result, this group of friends couldn't get used to it after they came, and that didn't taste good, and they hated the oily Chinese food.

Blonde men are numb. If the Chinese food is unhealthy, there will be so many less fat people than in their country?

After coming here, I still eat Western-style fast food, complaining that the Chinese food here is not as good as American Chinese food, there is no Tso’s chicken, there is no tangerine peel chicken, and the Sichuan restaurant here is not “authentic”, mapo tofu and Yuxiang Shredded pork is basically two different dishes from what they eat abroad.

The blond man couldn't take it anymore: "I'm going to eat hot pot. If you want to eat burgers, go there yourself. I'm going to throw up these days."

He has now become a Chinese stomach, and he mainly eats stir-fried vegetables. He loves skewers, spicy hot pot and barbecue. In order to accommodate these friends, he ate hamburger and fried chicken for half a month, and he really wanted to vomit.

After being yelled at by the blond man, several people fell silent.

"He's getting worse."

"But the hot pot is really too spicy. Every time I finish eating, my mouth and butt hurt."

"Hey, why don't we accommodate him a bit, he's been angry too many times during this time."

"But I really don't like hot pot."

"Then let's sit down and wait for him to finish eating before we eat burgers."

"Let's go Ian, we'll go eat hot pot with you." Kevin patted the blond man on the shoulder.

They all consciously dedicate a lot to their friends.

Kevin said: "From this time on, don't take us to eat hot pot again."

Ian was so angry that he sneered and said, "If I take you to eat hot pot again, I'll kick my head like a football."

This group deserves nothing but burgers!In this life, hold the burger to the grave!

They followed Ian to the hot pot restaurant by subway.

They like the subway here because it's new.

After sitting on the subway for half an hour, they finally got out of the station, followed Ian through two streets, and finally arrived at their destination.

Several people looked at each other in blank dismay: "This is why I don't like hot pot, it looks very unhygienic."

"I prefer western food, it looks cleaner."

"I regret it, can I not go in?"

Ian would love to pack them up and put them on a plane and kick their asses so they never come to China to see him for the rest of their lives.

"Eat it or not." Ian said angrily, "If you don't go in, just eat your burger."

He stepped into the hot pot restaurant.

At this time, Mingqian was very busy—today was the first day of opening after expanding the store, and there were too many people coming at noon. Although no one was queuing outside, the inside was almost full, and there were only two tables left. no one.

And it's only 11:30, there will be more people after twelve o'clock.

"Hello, how many of you are there?" Ming Qian walked up to Ian.

Ian's Mandarin is very fluent. Although it is still a bit non-standard, it does not affect the conversation at all: "Five people."

Ming Qian pointed to an empty table: "Just sit at that table. There is a self-service area over there. You can take sauces and cold dishes by yourself. If you don't know how to adjust them, you can ask the waiter to help you."

Ian nodded: "I like to eat hot pot, I can adjust it myself."

Ming Qian smiled at him.

A few friends finally came in, but they all tiptoed around, as if there was something dirty about to rub them on them.

When they saw Ian in front of the self-service area, they immediately walked over.

"There is fruit, I can take some fruit to eat."

"My God, there are so many peppers in this cold dish, I can't eat it."

"What is this? Why is the color of the meat like this?"

"Is this a snack?"

Ian: "...shut up."

"It's crowded here."

"A lot of oil."

Ian rolled his eyes towards the sky, and he walked back to their table with the bowl he had mixed and the fruit salad he had chosen. He was not in a hurry to eat, but scanned the QR code to order. He ordered a lot of beef, but He doesn't eat offal, so he can order very limited, so he ordered all he could order at once.

Snacks are also ordered, and a portion of pumpkin pie braised beef crispy meat and shredded apples comes.

He didn't like the scallion pancake so he didn't order it.

Order a few bottles of beer, too.

After ordering, Ian poured himself a cup of tea and ate a piece of cold cucumber first. Before he could be shocked, he heard a friend next to him exaggerately shouting: "This watermelon is really delicious!"

"And grapes, my God! These are the best grapes I've ever tasted! Very sweet, but a little sour, not greasy at all, I can eat them forever."

"The cantaloupe is so sweet that my heart melts."

“The jujubes are so crispy too!”

Ian didn't look at them, and picked up a piece of dried tofu. At this time, the beer was also served. He poured himself a glass of beer, and then ate a mouthful of dried tofu. I am the luckiest one, it is so sad that the group of idiots around me can't taste such a delicacy.

When he opened his eyes and was about to pour himself another glass of beer, he saw these idiots looking at him awkwardly.

"Are these dishes really delicious?"

"Is it oily?"

"I want to try it too. Do you think I should eat the cucumber or the tofu first?"

"You'd better not eat anything." Ian snorted, "Remember what you said before you came in."

Friends were shocked: "Ian, why are you so easily angry?"

"We just don't like hot pot. We like to eat fruit. You can also try cold dishes. It's a matter of taste. Ian, you shouldn't do business."

Ian was even angrier!

He held his breath and said, "Okay, you can eat as much fruit as you want, and I'll eat the hot pot by myself later."

The few people looked tolerant and generous, and didn't care about their unreasonable friends: "Of course, we won't rob you."

"At that time, I can accompany you to the hospital to see the anorectal department."

Ian: "..."

Who will, who will help him pack these idiots and throw them on the plane? !

He will never entertain friends again!