Chapter 1516 - 1503: Does This Place Offer Any Service?

Chapter 1516: Chapter 1503: Does This Place Offer Any Service?

The middle-aged man saw this and smiled. It was a good day since all three private rooms were reserved. "There’s no one in the room on the left. What would you like to eat?"

Liu Hanyan asked a more professional question, "How much is the net weight of your eels, frogs, and carp?"

The so-called net weight actually refers to how much of the ingredient remains after processing, not how much meat there is after cooking.

Of course, some people describe net weight as how much there is after cooking.

But this isn’t about marinated food.

If it’s marinated food, there is a notion of net weight after cooking.

However, with items like carp and frogs.

They are meant to be cooked.

You can’t cook them, then remove the condiments and weigh them afterward, right?

Luofeng silently gave a thumbs-up.

This Little Fairy lives up to being a food blogger.

The middle-aged man realistically said, "Our eels are deeply processed, all the fine bones are removed, so from half a kilogram, you get at most four to five taels of net meat."

"Frogs are similar, half a kilogram yields about a quarter kilogram! But you should be aware that around a quarter kilogram isn’t all meat; it includes leg bones, etc., excluding the head and organs!" the middle-aged man explained, "Carp yields a bit more, from half a kilogram you get about seven to eight taels of meat."

Liu Hanyan mentally calculated, "Big King, for the three meat dishes, shall we each have two kilograms and then pair with two vegetable dishes, how does that sound?"

Luofeng nodded.

This is enough for two people.

With carp, we might not finish it.

We should be able to completely finish the frogs and eels.

After Liu Hanyan made her choices, two kilograms of processed eel resulted in less than one kilogram of weight.

And two kilograms of frogs processed, with bones, weighed less than one kilogram.

In this situation, Luofeng decided to add 2 more frogs, roughly bringing it to 1.2 kilograms.

After all, this isn’t bullfrogs.

With bullfrogs, sometimes one can weigh a kilogram itself.

Slightly more carp resulted in over one and a half kilograms of meat.

"No problem! That’s normal!" Luofeng said.

Luofeng didn’t go to the kitchen.

While Liu Hanyan went to supervise in the kitchen personally.

The meat yield is truly within the normal range, not a rip-off.

But is it really not a rip-off?

The price is still high.

Actually, it’s all the same.

You could say, they rip you off openly.

This situation is preferable to those who appear cheap upfront but cheat behind the scenes, isn’t it?

That’s just deceiving consumers, right?

"What flavors do you want?" the middle-aged man, the shop owner, asked.

"Do you have any recommendations?" Liu Hanyan asked.

The middle-aged man thought for a while before saying, "Our carp is local wild carp, each one is quite small. Two kilograms would be six to seven fish, we recommend making water-boiled carp!"

"For frogs, dry fry them for more flavor. Eels make with pickled peppers and stir-fry for a rich taste, how does that sound?" the middle-aged man suggested.

Luofeng nodded, "Sounds good, let’s do that!"

Liu Hanyan added, "Are your vegetables also homegrown?"

"Yes, the veggies are grown in our village, all are self-grown, no pesticides, definitely not greenhouse vegetables!" the shop owner replied.

"Do you have tomatoes?" Liu Hanyan inquired.

"Of course!"

"Then let’s do Stirred Sweet Tomato? Oh, do you have preserved eggs?" Liu Hanyan continued asking.

"Yes, we have homemade preserved eggs made with chicken eggs, and quail egg preserved eggs, all made by our village, not store-bought!" the shop owner confirmed.

Actually, what’s considered all homemade?

These claims should be taken with a grain of salt.

Though, Luofeng doesn’t suspect they lie.

How can I put it?

If seven to eight out of ten ingredients are truly from the village, that’s a good score.

Believe it or not, some claim everything is something special, but they’re market junk.

They just buy special varieties to resemble the taste.

If you’re the shop owner faced with many ingredients that must be village-sourced, and one day a particular ingredient doesn’t sell well yet it’s cumbersome to source from the village.

If suddenly a guest orders it?

What would you do?

You’d use market items to cover up, since orders are few anyway.

But this implies a saying: perfect your skills with diligence, spoil by carelessness, achieve through thought, destroy by default.

Such little cover-ups might alter the reputation of a dinner party.

Perhaps customers won’t change their view based on this small dish, especially when others are good.

But if it happens repeatedly, those who enjoyed the small dish might not reorder.

If other dishes then have issues, guests might not return.

Thus, hearing claims of homegrown authenticity and imports, it’s often best to listen but not entirely believe.

If seven to eight out of ten are true, it’s considered perfect.

This perspective isn’t baseless.

But for their signature dish, Luofeng trusts the owner’s word.

If they lied about that, Liu Hanyan likely wouldn’t invite Luofeng here.

"Then let’s order a Stirred Spicy Preserved Egg, and one with quail egg!" Liu Hanyan decided.

"Alright, our preserved eggs are considered a vegetable dish, fifty yuan each!" the shop owner said.

Luofeng was too lazy to complain.

Preserved eggs as a vegetable dish?

Still feel you’re reasonable?

Yet fifty yuan for vegetables?

Does that seem reasonable?

Moreover, shouldn’t preserved eggs be considered vegetable?

Luofeng and Liu Hanyan entered the private room, which was just an ordinary bedroom converted.

No.

No conversion at all.

The walls are still white plaster powder.

No tiles were laid.

The table is a simple, square wooden one.

Looks very ordinary.

Luofeng lowered his voice and joked, "What score would you give for this dining environment?"

Liu Hanyan observed the room and lowered her voice, "Honestly, barely a six, just passable!"

"How about the service?" Luofeng asked.

"Do they even have service?" Liu Hanyan couldn’t be bothered to make complaints.

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