Chapter 20 Opening of the Food Festival
Ordinary customers just need to post a notice to inform them, but Chen Wensong, a key customer, must call himself.
Therefore, after returning home in the evening, Rao Mingyang personally called Chen Wensong and told him that he would attend the food festival tomorrow. If their family wanted to have breakfast, they had to go to the Tianhu Hotel Food Festival site and told him his stall number.
In addition, he also told Chen Wensong that he was going to launch an upgraded version of mung bean powder tomorrow, which was made from the three mushrooms, the king of mushrooms, and one of the five famous chickens in the world, and invited their family to taste it.
Sure enough, when Chen Wensong heard Rao Mingyang say that he was going to launch an upgraded version of mung bean powder, and it was accompanied by three mushrooms and the famous Hetian frog soup, he immediately became interested.
The Hetian frog is fine, and Chen Wensong has eaten it, it is delicious. But as long as you have money, it is relatively easy to buy, and it is not too rare.
But it’s not that easy to have three mushrooms.
Although Chen Wensong's family is rich and powerful, the three mushrooms are not only the ones who pick up the people, but also the ones who buy them also have to talk about luck. It is not that you have money and power that you will definitely have something to eat.
I’m not lucky. After more than two months, you can’t even hit a person who sells three mushrooms with money.
Chen Wensong has eaten countless delicacies since he was a child, but he has only eaten these three mushrooms a few times. He always wants to swallow his tongue, which is so deep.
Therefore, after hearing Rao Mingyang's statement that there were three mushrooms and the broth made from the river frog with mung bean powder, he immediately agreed and would definitely come to the scene to try it tomorrow.
Then, when chatting with his parents, his father Rao Dexin said that although he could not do any heavy work, he could still help him and collect money.
Rao Mingyang thought about it and agreed, but he didn't have to go out at 5 o'clock with him, so he could just wait until he had enough sleep before taking a taxi to the scene.
Then, Rao Mingyang looked at the first batch of dried mushrooms that his mother had helped him dry.
The fresh mushrooms of 1 pound and 2 taels have shrunk to less than 2 taels after drying, less than 100 grams. Then, Rao Mingyang used an electronic scale to divide them into 6 parts, with an average of 15 grams per part, and packed them in clean and non-toxic food bags.
Everything was ready. Early in the morning on August 30, before dawn, Rao Mingyang rushed to the store. He rented a tricycle and, together with Han Qin, pulled all the tools and ingredients in the store to the square in front of Tianhu Hotel.
As a 4A-level tourist attraction, Tianhu Hotel has a very wide square with an area of several hectares. Many large-scale events in Meitan County are held here.
When I arrived at Tianhu Hotel, I saw a banner outside and wrote: "The Third Meitan County Food Culture Festival and Meitan County Famous Snacks Selection Site."
There are other advertisements that have been held by some units or enterprises in the Food Festival, so I won’t go into details.
The square in front of Tianhu Hotel is already neatly filled with stalls built by the organizers.
According to Zhou Xianying, a total of more than 400 stalls were built for vendors participating in the food festival.
Moreover, stalls like Rao Mingyang will produce water, catering garbage, and sanitation workers are on standby all day, and will come to collect water and garbage every few hours.
Of course, such considerate service is not free. Depending on the location of these 400 stalls, the rent for the two-day food festival ranges from 1,000 yuan to 5,000 yuan.
Rao Mingyang’s purpose is not to make money, but to win the selection awards for famous snacks.
Therefore, he did not choose a stall close to the entrance of the square and allowed tourists to see it as soon as possible. Instead, he chose the stall closest to the entrance of the lobby of Tianhu Hotel at Zhou Xianying's suggestion, and spent 4,000 yuan on rent.
This is to allow the expert judges and organizers who stay in the hotel to see his stall as soon as they go out after the meeting and taste it first.
You should know that the judges' stomach is limited. It is possible that they can't eat too much in front and then they can't eat it later. If you eat too much, the taste will be confusing and you can't taste the taste of the food behind them.
Therefore, the sooner the judges can taste your own things, the better, and the easier it is to pass the primary election.
It's still early now, and there are not many people in the square, so the tricycle rented by Rao Mingyang can easily drive to the stall.
Remove the induction cooker and other tools, fiddle with it neatly, and then start the preparation work.
Rao Mingyang made two kinds of chicken soup, posted the price list, prepared disposable lunch boxes and other items, while Han Qin cut sauerkraut, crispy meat, green onions, etc.
After Rao Mingyang posted the price list, the vendors around him who were also busy preparing to see it and started talking in surprise.
"I'm so dizzy, crispy mung bean powder costs 100 yuan, 200 yuan per bowl, can he sell it?"
"You don't know this. It depends on the name. It is called Rao Mingyang, and it is very famous recently. The crispy meat and mung bean powder he cooks is very good, and no one who has eaten it said it is not delicious."
"As soon as you said it, I remembered it, and I heard someone say something."
"Didn't I hear that I sold 100 yuan per bowl? Why did I get 200 yuan per bowl again?"
"Didn't you read it on it? Upgrade version! A broth made with three mushrooms and river frogs. Damn, stop talking, I'm going to drool!"
Amid everyone's discussion, it was slowly 6 o'clock, and the speakers in the square began to ring, music started, and the food festival began.
At 6:30, just as Rao Mingyang's two chicken soups were just boiled, Zhou Xianying, dressed in a uniform, appeared in front of his stall.
"Mingyang, have the chicken soup been boiled?" Zhou Xianying asked.
"Just done it, Sister Zhou, you came so well." Rao Mingyang looked at the elegant and beautiful Zhou Xianying and replied happily.
Zhou Xianying was about to ask Rao Mingyang to cook a bowl of mung bean powder for her when she saw the price list attached to the tarpaulin on three sides in Rao Mingyang's stall.
"Rao Mingyang crispy meat mung bean powder classic version (a famous work in this store) - 100 yuan/bowl, upgraded version (the broth is made of three mushrooms and Changtinghe frogs) - 200 yuan/bowl."
Zhou Xianying pointed to the price list and asked, "Mingyang, I know, what are the three mushrooms?"
Rao Mingyang said: "Three mushrooms are our local name, scientifically called Chicken mushroom. Have you heard of them?"
Zhou Xianying said in surprise: "Oh my God, you actually have chicken mushrooms? You can also use them to make soup and sell mung bean powder? Come and give me a bowl."
"Okay, we didn't have breakfast either, we just happened to eat together!"
Chapter completed!