661. Buy mine (5/5)
The three Michelin stars are extraordinary.
In addition to bread for pre-meal meals, there are also appetizers, which are different from the cucumber and pickles in ordinary restaurants. The pre-meal side dish of this restaurant is black caviar with crab meat.
After the beautiful and dignified waitress came up, she introduced that this was a small gift from the restaurant and invited guests to taste it.
This restaurant is specialized in French cuisine, and caviar has always been the pride of French recipes. The restaurant gives caviar, which shows how high the level is.
The served dish was covered with thick caviar. Under the soft light, the caviar was shining with a crystal light, which was the symbol of high-quality caviar.
However, not all the dishes are caviar, otherwise the price would be too high and the restaurant would have lost even profit margins.
There is only one layer on top and fresh crab meat below. All of these crab meats are carved, which is a bit like the carved paper-cut from Li Du’s hometown, layer by layer.
Roger entertained Li Du and started eating: "Please try it, Li, the black caviar here is a specialty and is not sold to the public. Only when you come here to eat, you will get a gift."
Li Du took a piece of croissant, spread caviar on it and a slice of crab meat. In this way, the fresh toast bread and the fresh crab meat blend together, which is very delicious.
As for caviar? Li Du can feel the fish eggs explode in her mouth when she eats them, but she can't taste any delicious food.
Soon, the appetizer was served, and Li Du ordered the truffle seafood salad. This dish was very delicate. It was not served on a plate, but a large shell.
It was said to be a salad, but it was not used for salad dressing, but instead used crystal clear seafood jelly and cheese sauce, with a layer of black truffle powder on it, which was used to eat with champagne.
Having this delicious salad, Li Du had to admit that the restaurant with three Michelin stars was really worth the money.
Eating in such a place is to enjoy the delicious food and life. In contrast, eating in an ordinary restaurant is just to fill your stomach and to be able to live.
Next is mint peppercorn flavored British bean soup, two waiters are responsible for this bowl of soup
One waiter is responsible for serving the plates. After putting it down, another waiter will use a small pot to pour the thick bean soup into foam with fresh onion fragrance and prepare it on site.
Each dish has its own characteristics, which Li Du had never been exposed to before. When it came to the main course, the king crab he ordered with fresh milk sauce was even covered with thin gold foil...
During the meal, Roger dominated the topic. They didn’t talk about jewelry or business, they were just talking about food.
Cole is average in business, but he has excellent attainments in food. He started in middle school and spent other time traveling around the world except for his studies.
Naturally, he not only enjoys the beautiful scenery, but also enjoys the food.
Roger is a person with a delicate life and is very particular about food, while Li Du loves life and is good at cooking, so the three of them are quite topical when talking about food.
During the meal, they kept talking about the taste and taste of the selected dishes. The waiter next to them heard it and gave frequent tributes.
After dinner, the restaurant manager came here and gave them some after-dinner desserts, enthusiastically asking them how they felt and if they had any suggestions.
Li Du felt very good, so he said he had no suggestions and thanked them for their warm hospitality.
As a result, when they checked out and left, the restaurant manager gave them another pastry for a midnight snack...
Walking out of the restaurant, Li Du said with satisfaction: "The service in the three-star Michelin restaurant is really great, absolutely worth the money."
Cole smiled and said, "No, Lee, I think they misunderstood and treated us as Michelin food inspectors, so they came to please us."
Michelin ratings for restaurants are done by a group of screened food spies, called "food inspectors".
Every time the inspector goes to a restaurant or hotel to make a judgment, he needs to hide his identity and sneak into the accommodation and reviews. They often talk about food and make professional reviews at the dining table.
Perhaps, the waiter and manager of the restaurant did misunderstand today...
But no matter what, Li Du was very satisfied with today's dinner.
Roger arranged a hotel for him, but he had nothing to say. After lunch the next day, all the gem identification results came out.
The total value of 600 fire opal is 72 million US dollars, which is equivalent to an average value of more than 100,000 US dollars per gem.
The reason why opals are so valuable this time is mainly because there are some high-quality gems with excellent textures, which drive the price.
The batch of opals that Li Du got from Surji, Hughes and others were of high value, and they were worth about eight million US dollars.
After earning more than 70 million US dollars in more than 20 days, Li Du felt that he had the opportunity to become the richest man in the world, which means that he could earn one billion yuan a year when he worked hard!
Thinking happily in my heart, Cole's words shattered his dream: "Li, I don't know how you got so many gems. First of all, I must congratulate you. Secondly, I want to ask, will these gems be available in the future?"
Li Du said proudly: "Of course, as long as the group needs it, I can continue to supply it."
Cole shook his head: "Sorry, after the group completed this acquisition, it will never be able to eat the Fire Opal again. In addition, if you continue to launch the Fire Opal later, we cannot give the price to appear."
Li Du asked in surprise: "Why?"
"Because the market is saturated, fire opal is not a precious gem that is popular worldwide. It only has a market in Europe and the United States. If we continue to launch gems, it will reduce its value." Cole said.
Li Du understood that things are precious because of scarcity. The reason why Fire Opal can be sold at high prices is because of its scarcity. When it is no longer so strange, it will naturally not be able to continue to have high prices.
But what he didn't understand was: "Compared with the entire European and American markets, there are not many opals? It can't affect the market price, right?"
"It's very rare to divide it into 365 days a year, but in terms of one-time launch, it's enough, it will bring some impact to the market," Cole explained.
Li Du nodded slowly, indicating that he understood.
He understood Cole's subtext, but in fact, Hairui Group could not afford it anymore, and other luxury goods companies still have the ability to acquire.
Cole did not continue the topic, and he asked again: "Li, as far as I know, are you buying shares in the group now?"
Li Du nodded: "Yes, I am very confident in the development of the group."
Hearing him say this, Cole laughed and said, "I'm glad to get your praise. I want to know, what is the purpose of your money for selling gems this time? Are all used to acquire equity in the group?"
"Yes." There is nothing to hide, Li Du gave the answer frankly.
Cole smiled even more happily: "So, are you interested in acquiring my equity?"
Chapter completed!