Chapter 651: Give Them the Biggest Ingredients

Chapter 651: Chapter 651: Give Them the Biggest Ingredients

The staff member spoke tactfully, "Sir, you’ve ordered far too much. A normal portion for two people is about nine pounds! You and your wife are so slim; even if you ate until you burst, you probably couldn’t manage more than eleven pounds. But the items you’ve ordered, plus what your wife ordered, definitely exceed forty pounds! I suggest you reduce the quantity."

Cheng Yuan was not happy. He glared. "What? Are you too cheap to let me eat? You said it was all-you-can-eat. Can’t afford to honor that, or what?"

The staff member quickly explained, "Of course we’re not being cheap! We just don’t want to be wasteful! A few days ago, an eating-streamer came in, bragging about how much he could eat. He ordered two king crabs and two Boston lobsters, but ended up leaving more than half of a king crab and half of a lobster. The total loss was nearly two thousand yuan. It’s not that we can’t afford it, we’re just really afraid of waste. How about this? We can start you off with one king crab, one Boston lobster, one blue lobster, and one box crab. Once you’ve finished all that, you can order more."

Cheng Yuan snorted. "Doesn’t cooking take time? If I finish and then order more, whose fault is it if I go over the time limit? I don’t care. I want this much. Are you going to bring it out or not?"

Seeing how insistent Cheng Yuan was, the staff member stopped trying to persuade him. "We can bring it, but let’s be clear about the rules upfront. If you can’t finish it all within two hours, you’ll have to pay the full menu price for any wasted ingredients."

"No problem, I accept those terms! Three king crabs—one steamed, one with garlic sauce, and one stir-fried with scallion and ginger. Same for the lobsters. That’s the order. Bring out the food!"

"Very well, sir. Your order is complete. The timer starts now."

"Fine."

After the staff member left, Lin Ruoxi asked with a smile, "Honey, can you really eat that much? We’re not short on money, but we shouldn’t be wasteful either."

Cheng Yuan patted his stomach and grinned. "Don’t worry, your husband’s stomach is a bottomless pit! If I don’t eat more, where will I get the energy for tonight?"

Lin Ruoxi’s face instantly turned red. She shot Cheng Yuan a playful glare. "You’re impossible!"

As they spoke, all sorts of top-tier ingredients began to arrive at their table.

Lin Ruoxi sampled the premium ingredients with small, delicate bites, her table manners the very picture of elegance.

Cheng Yuan laughed. "Honey, that’s not how you do it. This is a buffet, not a banquet. You’ll never get our money’s worth eating like that. Even though we’re not short on money."

Lin Ruoxi smiled. "Alright, then I’ll eat a little faster."

NOM!

Lin Ruoxi took a bite that was a third of the entire mantis shrimp, her small mouth stuffed full. Her cheeks puffed out, looking absolutely adorable.

Cheng Yuan picked up three pieces of fatty tuna belly and stuffed them into his mouth in one go.

Mmm...

The rich, savory flavor exploded in his mouth.

Cheng Yuan couldn’t help but nod emphatically. He had to admit, the restaurant was expensive, but the ingredients were top-notch!

...

「Meanwhile.」

The staff member found the owner and complained, "Boss, the customer at Table 15 is being outrageous. He’s demanding three king crabs, three lobsters, and three blue lobsters. I just couldn’t talk him out of it..."

The owner had a much broader perspective than his employee. He asked coolly, "Did you explain the rules clearly?"

"I did."

"Good. Tell the kitchen to give Table 15 the biggest king crabs, Australian lobsters, and blue lobsters we have!"

The staff member was dumbfounded.

"Boss, you can’t be serious! We’re already taking a loss on the four-pound ones. Our biggest king crabs are eight or nine pounds, some are even close to ten! The Boston lobsters can be over eight pounds, too... We’re going to lose our asses!"

A slight smile played on the owner’s lips. "What’s there to panic about? Even top-tier eating-streamers like Chen Suibian or Hua Pang couldn’t eat this much! You think Table 15 can finish it? I specialize in putting guys who think they’re big eaters in their place!"

The staff member couldn’t help but let out a snicker.

"Boss, you’re so wicked."

"When you serve the food in a bit, get the camera ready. We’ll make some content out of it—no, a cautionary tale! In the end, we can waive the compensation fee, but while we’re filming, you must be firm and insist that they have to pay. We have to make an example of them for future customers, so they don’t waste food! After all, our ingredient costs are just too high!"

"Brilliant, Boss!"

...

After they had devoured all the appetizers, the main courses finally arrived!

Three king crabs, each weighing over eight pounds, and three Boston lobsters, also over eight pounds each!

The blue lobsters were rarer and not quite as large, but they still had to be at least four or five pounds each.

This absolutely stunned Lin Ruoxi!

Lin Ruoxi held her arm up next to one of the Boston lobsters and couldn’t help but gasp. "Oh my god! Do they really come this big? It’s longer than my arm! This has to be way more than four pounds, right?"

The staff member struggled to hold back a smile, saying with a deadpan expression, "The gentleman said he had a very large appetite, so the owner instructed us to bring out our reserved stock to make sure you both eat your fill and have a wonderful meal!"

"But, we didn’t ask for them this big! Who could possibly finish all this?"

The staff member put on an innocent look. "When the gentleman placed the order, he said he wanted king crabs and Boston lobsters that were ’over four pounds.’ These are definitely over four pounds."

*Pfft...*

Lin Ruoxi almost coughed up blood!

’What the hell!’

’This is way more than double the four-pound size!’

Lin Ruoxi looked at Cheng Yuan with a worried expression. ’Is he going to eat until his stomach bursts?’

Cheng Yuan, however, wasn’t panicked at all. In fact, he was a little excited. He even gave the owner a mental thumbs-up. "Your boss is really something else! I like the guy! I was originally planning to order another round, but it looks like I won’t have to now! Just bring us some dessert after this!"

"What dessert?"

"Everything my wife ordered earlier. Double it."

The staff member’s mouth twitched uncontrollably, but she didn’t argue. In her mind, the more arrogant Cheng Yuan acted now, the more pathetic he would look later.

"Alright! I’ll have the kitchen prepare it right away! I hope you have a pleasant dining experience, sir and madam!"

"We will! It’s going to be very pleasant!!"

Cheng Yuan grabbed a king crab leg and started tearing into it.

Lin Ruoxi followed his example and began eating with abandon, completely disregarding her elegant image. She had to help Cheng Yuan shoulder some of the burden.

However, after less than fifteen minutes of eating, Lin Ruoxi let out a full burp!

King crab and lobster were definitely heavy-hitters!

She hadn’t even finished a quarter of a king crab and was already starting to feel full!

Lin Ruoxi gave a wry smile. "Honey, I really want to help you out, but my stomach just isn’t up to the task."

Cheng Yuan mumbled indistinctly, his mouth full, "No problem. Don’t worry, I can finish it."

To be honest, this was the first time in his life that Cheng Yuan had ever binged on seafood so heartily.

It wasn’t that Cheng Yuan had never eaten high-end ingredients before.

On the contrary, Cheng Yuan had attended plenty of high-end banquets.

But this was a buffet.

I don’t know if you’ve ever felt this way, but when you’re at a buffet, you always feel like you’d be letting yourself down if you don’t eat a lot.

That was exactly the state Cheng Yuan was in right now.

Even though he wasn’t short on the two-thousand-yuan entry fee, he was eating with incredible enthusiasm, terrified he wouldn’t get his money’s worth. Not only that, he had to eat enough to cover Lin Ruoxi’s portion too!