Chapter 206 The Restaurant with Only 11 Dishes

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Although the pot of eel rice was a large portion, it tasted absolutely fantastic.

They ate bowl after bowl, and in a flash, they’d polished off the entire pot of eel rice in front of them.

After finishing their meal, the two got back in the car and headed to the nearest furniture mall.

Since he had his assistant do some initial research online, and because Li Xiao wasn’t concerned with the price at all—only the quality and style—he quickly found the furniture he wanted.

Even though it went smoothly, the process of picking and choosing still took a good six or seven hours before they bought the last piece.

Li Xiao hadn’t expected it to go so well. He happily paid the deposit, arranged a delivery time with the store, and left the furniture mall with his assistant.

The two of them had been so engrossed in picking out furniture that they hadn’t noticed a thing. Now that they were done, they realized they were getting a little hungry.

After a brief discussion, they headed straight for their dinner destination.

Tonight’s dinner was also at a time-honored establishment, one that, like Mandengdeng Restaurant from that morning, had been open for over thirty years.

However, unlike the grand restaurant from the morning, this evening’s spot could at best be considered a rather unique private kitchen.

Why was it so unique?

The reason was simple. This thirty-year-old establishment had an extremely simple menu with only eleven dishes in total.

In over thirty years, these eleven dishes had never changed. Though the selection was small, every single dish was a specialty.

It was already 7:40 PM when Li Xiao and Zhou Shishi arrived.

Although it was past the dinner rush, the small restaurant was still packed.

Zhou Shishi hurried to the entrance and asked the waitress there, then immediately let out a sigh of relief.

She took a playing card from the woman and walked quickly back to Li Xiao’s side.

“There’s only one party ahead of us. It should be our turn in about ten or fifteen minutes.”

Since the wait wasn’t long, Li Xiao decided against finding another place.

Taking advantage of the free time, he started his live stream.

「Inside the live stream.」

“Is it Christmas or something? The streamer actually went live twice in one day??”

“I watched the stream this afternoon and immediately drove over to Mandengdeng Restaurant. The food there is seriously good!”

“When I see recommendations from other streamers, I have to wonder if they’re getting paid by the restaurant. But with this streamer’s recommendations, you can basically go without a second thought.”

“The area around this shop looks pretty run-down, doesn’t it?”

“The person above has no idea. When you go to Shunde, you have to look for these old-school spots. The food at those influencer-hyped places is… words can’t even describe how bad it is.”

“I saw a bunch of streamers on social media recommending places in Shunde, and I followed their recommendations. They were all total disasters. It pissed me off so much.”

“Where’s my favorite mod?? Why haven’t I seen our mod tonight?”

“It’s been 7 hours and 20 minutes since I last saw our beautiful mod!”

“I feel like I’ve got ants crawling all over me. Just let us see her for a second.”

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Reading the playful comments from the viewers, Zhou Shishi couldn’t help but let out a snort of laughter.

Li Xiao shook his head with a helpless smile. After he had warned them earlier today, these guys had toned it down a lot, no longer making inappropriate bad jokes or malicious comments.

But clearly, their habit of running their mouths wasn’t going to change overnight.

Li Xiao glanced at Zhou Shishi and pointed a finger at his phone.

Zhou Shishi naturally understood what her boss meant. She hesitated for a moment but still shook her head.

She wasn’t a naturally outgoing person and was even less accustomed to being in front of the camera.

Although the compliments in the live stream were flattering, she didn’t let them go to her head.

Of course, if Li Xiao had directly asked her to be on screen, she definitely wouldn’t have refused.

Li Xiao wasn’t surprised that his assistant had declined.

He ignored the requests from the pervs in his audience and started chatting with the other viewers.

About fifteen minutes later, they were finally seated.

The restaurant only had eleven dishes, so they didn’t even have a physical menu. All the dish names were written directly on a sign hanging on the wall.

Sheng Ji Roadside Chicken, Steamed Beef Shuangxian, Steamed Pork Ribs with Bamboo Intestines, Secret Recipe Pork Belly, Stir-fried Seasonal Vegetables with Niu Huanxi…

Li Xiao raised his camera and panned across the sign on the wall.

The viewers in the live stream immediately found something to latch onto.

“Is this ‘Roadside Chicken’ the real deal?”

“I suspect the person above is making a dirty joke, but I have no proof!”

“Niu Huanxi??? Is that the Niu Huanxi *I’m* thinking of?”

“If the lighting in here was pink, I’d think these dish names were a menu for… special services.”

“Roasted Chicken Rolls? I haven’t seen that dish on a menu in almost 20 years.”

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After a quick scan of the menu, Li Xiao asked Zhou Shishi,

“Which dishes are good here?”

Zhou Shishi replied without a second thought,

“I heard they’re all amazing. Every single one is a house specialty.”

Hearing Shishi’s words piqued Li Xiao’s interest.

A restaurant couldn’t have too many specialties. To say that every dish was a specialty was quite a claim.

Though he wasn’t short on money, and ordering all eleven dishes would be a drop in the bucket for him, he and Zhou Shishi couldn’t possibly finish that much food.

Adhering to the principle of not wasting food, he suppressed the urge to order one of everything and chose a few that sounded most appealing.

Soon, the first dish was brought to the table.

When the Roadside Chicken arrived, Li Xiao was a bit puzzled. The dish looked no different from ordinary White Cut Chicken.

He quickly called out to the waitress, who was about to leave.

“Ma’am, was there a mistake? We ordered the Roadside Chicken, not White Cut Chicken.”

The woman had clearly heard this question many times, so before he could even finish his sentence, the waitress replied without turning her head,

“This is our signature Roadside Chicken.”

“It may look like White Cut Chicken, but it’s not.”

“White Cut Chicken is just poached in plain boiling water, so it doesn’t have much flavor on its own and needs different dipping sauces.”

“But our Roadside Chicken is poached in a white master stock. The meat itself is infused with the flavor of the stock, so you don’t need any dipping sauce. It’s delicious. Go on, try it while it’s hot.”