Cute Beast Food Garden

Amidst the loud sound of gongs and drums, the annual lantern show food arena opened with a shock.

A set of delicacies were combined and neatly placed on the table.The officials in charge of tasting each took a small plate, walked around the table, and then stopped in front of their favorite dishes and asked to taste them.

Next to the Fourteenth Restaurant, the large group of staff at the Yuanshan Restaurant looked particularly imposing.Uniformly dressed mistresses stood in two rows to welcome the officials who came to taste.

"Abalone porridge, ginseng chicken, scallop soup—all officials are welcome to come and taste it!"

Walking towards them was the owner of the Yantail dog whom he had seen before, the young official who had secretly observed the restaurant.

Seeing an official approaching, the fat boy who had previously mocked Qi Yan immediately greeted him with a smile, and made an invitation gesture: "Oh, Mr. Su, you are here——come here, please, tonight's dishes are very delicious. Exquisite, please come and appreciate it."

The official known as "Master Su" stopped to look at the dazzling and luxurious dishes on their table, and said with a smile: "The dishes of Yuanshan Restaurant are indeed extremely gorgeous." But he waved his hand for Xiao Er's invitation, Declined politely: "However, since Ben Du is a regular visitor to Guizhuang, I would like to change the taste tonight and try something new."

"Ah..." Fatty was at a loss for words for a moment, and the flattering smile froze on his face.Mr. Su moved two steps forward, and said to Boss Lan with a faint smile: "The governor has fallen in love with vanilla rice from a distance before, and now he intends to try it out."

Boss Lan cupped his hands and saluted, "My lord, this is for you."

Qi Yan raised the spoon, took two spoonfuls of the vanilla rice in the bowl, and put it into the small dish Master Su was holding.When he was earnestly serving the meal, he suddenly noticed that although Master Su had his hands behind his back and was facing him sideways, his eyes were always wandering around Boss Lan's side as if nothing, as if he wanted to look but didn't dare to stare at him. I guessed seven or eight points.

However, Qi Yan tactfully pretended not to see it at all, and added the fried rice with the same expression, and added two pieces of lovely pastries to the fried rice.

"Master Su, please."

Qi Yan handed over a small plate full of delicacies, Master Su came back to his senses, and looked at him: "This little guy is quite clever, is he the new waiter of the restaurant?"

Qi Yan replied: "Thank you for your compliment. To be precise, I'm not considered the waiter of the store, but just a friend of Boss Lan."

Master Su gently mixed the rice with a spoon and took a bite.

"Well, the taste is not as bland as before." He said, "The grains of herbs are mixed in the fried rice, which can just remove the smell of oil. However, Ben Du feels strange that expensive ingredients such as pine nuts are used in the rice. "

Qi Yan smiled and said, "Lord Su, we picked these pine nuts from the mountains and processed them ourselves, and the cost is not very high."

"Oh?" Master Su raised his eyebrows lightly, a little surprised, "Does your restaurant still pick raw materials by itself?"

"Yes, Mr. Su, sometimes the original ingredients directly picked from the wild have a natural flavor, fully retaining the original flavor of the food."

Seeing Master Su's interest, Qi Yan took advantage of the heat and explained: "In the future, we will launch health-preserving packages with original flavors like this. There are many high-quality wild game in the mountains near Luoxia Town. No matter in terms of nutritional value, In terms of the taste of the food itself, it is healthier than the heavy-tasting food purely piled up with seasonings."

Master Su nodded and smiled, "The idea is very creative. The governor is looking forward to other achievements of your restaurant."

After he finished eating the small plate in his hand, he was about to walk to the booth of the next participating restaurant.Boss Lan came forward to greet Mr. Su, saluted and said goodbye to Mr. Su, and welcomed him to come to the restaurant to taste in person when he is free.

Master Su saw Boss Lan's handsome face nearby, and politely exchanged a few words with the beauty.Qi Yan, who was watching secretly, could tell that the young official admired Boss Lan, but at the same time, he was still a little shy, and avoided looking into Boss Lan's eyes as he spoke.After saying a few words, Lord Su turned around with some hesitation, and walked away leisurely.

Perhaps inspired by Mr. Su, other appraisers in the venue also came to the booths of the restaurants to inquire or taste, and the place became lively for a while.

For the [-] restaurants participating in the competition for the first time, this food competition can be described as the right time, place and people.The officials who are the judges have eaten a lot of delicacies from mountains and seas on weekdays. They have long been accustomed to the big oil and meat in high-end restaurants.I thought it was an accidental condiment, but once I tasted it, I couldn't help falling in love with it.

Suddenly, there was a lively noise behind them.

"Oh, Master Qin, you are here, this way please!"

The officials who were eating in front of the restaurant booths were suddenly stunned. Looking at the beer-bellied officials who were walking slowly towards the booth of Yuanshan Restaurant, they showed subtle eyes and took a few steps back unconsciously.

This is a round-looking middle-aged official who is called "Master Qin" by the juniors.He walked over swaggeringly with his hands behind his back, and there were officials with lower ranks in front, back, left, left, and right to open the way for him.

Seeing him appear, the owner of Yuanshan Restaurant led his fellows to step forward one after another, nodding and bowing, and welcomed Master Qin to his seat.

"Master Qin, it's rare for you to come to Luoxia Town once in these years. Our restaurant should greet you all the time! Xiao Er, serve the food!"

The boss gave an order, and Master Qin sat down at the front of the table.All kinds of exquisite and expensive dishes were presented one after another, and the greasy uncle official ate from ear to ear and nodded repeatedly.

"Well... bird's nest, shark's fin, wild ginseng are all big dishes."

The big guy commented slowly.The fat boy who was waiting beside him glanced at Qi Yan triumphantly, showing a sarcastic smile.

Master Qin tasted some of each dish, and at the end, he put down his chopsticks, and someone immediately handed him a towel.He took it and wiped his hands, and said casually: "The dishes are very good. I often hear people around me say that this restaurant in Yuanshan is luxurious and magnificent. When I saw it today, it is really extraordinary. It is indeed the number one restaurant in Luoxia Town!"

"Master Qin, it's an honor for the shop to get your approval!"

The boss smiled, and while the others were not paying attention, he stuffed a delicate and small wine bottle into Master Qin's pocket.

"Master Qin, this is a new wine that came out this year. I specially prepared a bottle for you to try."

Master Qin nodded slightly, showing a half-smile expression, "Hmm."

With the small wine bottle in his pocket, he left contentedly.When passing by the booth of Fourteen restaurants, Master Qin squinted and took a look into the pine nut and vanilla rice placed in front of them.

Boss Lan stepped forward politely and made an invitation gesture: "Master Qin, are you interested in trying it? We have pine nut shrimp and herb rice here, as well as other pine nut snacks. The shop is dedicated to cooking light food for health care... "

Before he finished speaking, Master Qin interrupted him with a wave of his hand, and murmured vaguely in his throat, "Ha... no need. I'm not interested in simple dishes." After speaking, he walked forward indifferently.

Seeing him like this, Boss Lan didn't make any more requests. He stood with his hands down, his expression neither humble nor overbearing, just waiting for Master Qin to leave from the booth.Qi Yan stood in the shadow behind him, silently watching Master Qin pass by.

However, at the moment Master Qin came to the nearby light, a dramatic scene happened: Master Qin squinted his eyes casually, and he suddenly saw Boss Lan's face clearly under the light. His indifferent gaze instantly became dull, locked on Boss Lan's face for a long time, and he actually stared in a daze.

It wasn't until Boss Lan showed some dissatisfaction because of the straight gaze, that Master Qin grinned, showing a slightly evil smile, and smacked his mouth twice, his tone suddenly changed : "This boss has an extraordinary temperament and is also a refined person. I am the county magistrate of Hongye County. I don't come to Luoxia Town often, and I don't have the opportunity to come to your store to taste. However, the boss can come to the old man's house to talk about it when he is free. Hey hey-hey……"

Master Qin stared intently at the beauty in front of him, but he only got a polite and indifferent look in response.Afterwards, he turned his gaze to the back and landed on Qi Yan's face.

Qi Yan was suddenly stared at by the greasy official's piercing eyes, and suddenly felt nauseated, and couldn't help shrinking back.At this moment, Si Dongmo next to him took a step forward, as if "just passing by", slightly bent down to arrange the dishes on the table.

During every move, the man used his tall body to cover Qi Yan tightly in his silhouette.Qi Yan saw that he slightly hooked the corner of his mouth at him from an angle that Master Qin couldn't see, and also showed a reassuring smile, and heaved a sigh of relief.

In this world, he always inadvertently felt the feeling of being protected from men.It's also quite warm.

Between Boss Lan's indifference and Si Dongmo's obstruction, Master Qin's teasing did not receive a response, and his wretched smile froze on his face.

With a heavy snort, Master Qin walked forward without looking back with a cold face.One of his entourage glanced at them, and said disdainfully, "Pretending, you don't know what's good!"

"Haha! You guys are finished this time, you kicked the iron plate!" The fat man smirked gloatingly, "That's the biggest official in our county!" He clicked his tongue a few more times, as if he was very regretful, "Although you It's crude, but at least there are two beauties supporting the scene, right? Who would have thought that you would pretend to be high-minded and kill yourself, hahaha!"

"If you keep making noise, I'll shut your mouth."

Behind Qi Yan, suddenly came a deep male voice.The fat man froze for a moment, and saw Si Dongmo standing behind Qi Yan with a gloomy expression, his cold eyes staring straight at him like a prowling cheetah.Fat little Er was finally intimidated by the strong aura exuding from this tall man, he opened his mouth but couldn't say a word, instead he got goosebumps all over his body, so he swallowed silently and turned his back .

The first round of the final run-off is the official vote.In front of each booth was a giant lantern with exquisite workmanship, and each official held a small shiny ball in his hand as "one vote", and the one he liked would be voted into that lantern.

The official in charge said "Start", and Qin Ye, the highest official present, took the lead in throwing the bright ball in his hand, letting it fly into the giant lantern in front of Yuanshan Restaurant.

The owner of Yuanshan Restaurant chuckled, and cupped his hands at Master Qin with a flattering expression.Afterwards, the rest of the officials saw that the top officials present had made a decision, they hesitated, followed, and threw small bright balls into the lanterns in front of Yuanshan Restaurant.

Qi Yan was so nervous that he held his breath.Seeing more and more bright balls in the lanterns of Yuanshan Restaurant, and people throwing them one after another in several other high-end restaurants, cold sweat quietly dripped down his forehead.

From far to near, the familiar figure is Mr. Su.Qi Yan stared at him intently, but saw Master Su threw the ball into the lanterns of the Fourteen Restaurant without hesitation for a moment.

After voting, he glanced at Boss Lan and the others indifferently, then turned and walked back to the judges' seat.

Encouraged by Mr. Su's unhesitating behavior, several officials came forward one after another and voted for Fourteen Restaurants.After the officials finished, Qi Yan made a rough count. Among the 28 officials present, a total of five voted for their own restaurants, and Yuanshan Restaurant and Jiuyue Restaurant had the highest number of votes, with seven or eight votes each.

In the official selection, they lost a little, but the next tourist vote is also a very important link.

Seeing Le Hong's dejected look, Qi Yan comforted him and said: "One vote for an official is equal to one hundred votes for ordinary tourists, but there are so many tourists on site, we still have a chance to win back!"

However, the obnoxious chubby boy from the Yuanshan family approached with a smile, and poured cold water on him: "Hey! I said, little brother, it's your first time to participate in the ring. You don't know that the officials are all ordinary people. Parents, tourists will only follow the crowd! Our Yuanshan Restaurant has made a great success, and the next tourists will vote more, not less, and the gap with you will only widen and widen! Quackquack... "

Qi Yan ignored him, but Le Hong muttered worriedly: "Actually, what he said is right, the common people usually follow the officials' choice, after all, no one wants to sing against the official's lord's site, and be embarrassed by them, right?"

While speaking, many bright lights appeared in the dark crowd in the distance.The voting began—the tourists raised the small bright balls in their hands, and they flew into the sky like fireflies, and countless light spots floated towards the lantern area in the center of the venue.

"Wow - here it comes!"

The first wave of small bright balls has arrived, and small balls have fallen into the lanterns in front of every house.Qi Yan watched the small balls continuously flying towards him, and his heart was surging.

Le Hong jumped high, watching the bright balls flying over in large numbers, he jumped behind his own lantern, waving his arms, and shouted: "Come here, Fourteen Restaurant! Come and vote for Fourteen Restaurant!"

Not only him, but other stores in the venue also showed their strength and shouted loudly in front of the lanterns.

"Fathers and elders, please vote for Jiuyue Restaurant!"

"Crab and Crab Bun Shop, Crab and Crab Bun Shop!"

"Xiaxiangxiang Spicy Shrimp, please show your face!"

Yelling, arguing, screaming...

A crazy atmosphere fell into the venue.As the canvassing battle intensified, the bosses and guys even simply walked out of the booths, carried their own lanterns and rushed to the front of the crowd, shouting loudly towards the crowded outside the arena.

Seeing that the other family members are so numerous, and the limelight seems to have far outweighed the phalanx of fourteen restaurants consisting of gentle bosses and silent chefs, Qi Yan suddenly had a plan.

"Blowwind Beast, come over with your ears, I have a request!"

With a light jump, he tore off the wind blowing beast that had crept up to the back of Boss Lan's neck, and stuffed a bowl of vanilla rice into its little paws.

"Now take this bowl of rice and go to the sky above the venue..."

After some whispering, the wind blowing beast instantly disappeared in the center of the field like a violent whirlwind.After all, Qi Yan said when he asked it that this matter is very important to Boss Lan's reputation.Although Gufeng Beast is stupid, it still loves Boss Lan very much.

A moment later, a strange beast in the shape of a leather ball rose above the venue of the gourmet arena.The wind blowing beast floated high in the air. As the height continued to rise, its belly became bigger and bigger, which attracted the attention of tourists outside the venue.

Qi Yan clenched his fists and shouted at Gufeng Beast: "Gufeng Beast, come on!"

With his yell, the wind blowing beast's belly swelled to the maximum, and then opened its mouth wide.

"Whoosh-"

A gust of wind swept past, accompanied by the extremely strong aroma of fried rice with pine nuts, instantly covering the audience!

Si Dongmo raised his head and looked at the behavior of the wind blowing beast in the sky in surprise: "It...is it blowing out all the aroma of fried rice that it absorbed earlier?"

Qi Yan smiled easily: "Exactly!" He looked around at his companions, "How is it, the effect is very good, right?"

"This is the real 'in the limelight'!" Boss Lan shook his head with a smile.Seeing the wind blowing beast in the mid-air excitedly whistling, spinning out of thin air like a top, blowing out the delicious food aroma exclusive to Fourteen restaurants in a wide range, and spreading it to every corner of Luoxia Bay, his eyes There is a clear wave of light shining in it.

"The Wind Beast..."

With the powerful "Delicious Hurricane" raging the audience, the situation of the final election has also changed extremely rapidly!More and more tourists recalled the alternative delicacies tasted in front of the restaurant stalls, and their taste buds were awakened by the strong wind with rice and pine nuts in the venue, thus casting a vote symbolizing public opinion!

More and more small bright balls gathered in the lanterns of Fourteen restaurants.In the end, their lanterns were stuffed with the largest number of small bright balls, and they undoubtedly became the most shining stars in the audience. They stood out from the crowd of restaurants and took the lead in flying into the sky!

Even though he was tongue-tied, Qi Yan still waved his arms and shouted into the distance:

"Fourteen! Restaurants!"

Beside him, Si Dongmo took his arm and held it high.

"Fourteen! Restaurants!"

The shout is confident and firm, full of victorious demeanor!

"Fourteen! Restaurant! Fourteen! Restaurant!"

Cheers, applause, applause... As the lanterns of the Fourteen restaurants rose high, the whole Luoxia Bay boiled!People shouted for joy and rushed to tell each other - the winner of this year's food competition, the "King of Food", belongs to a common restaurant with high quality and low price!

"Oh, why is this so?"

After the shouting crowd, the fat boy from Yuanshan Restaurant dropped the plate in his hand in despondency, and curled up on his seat sullenly.He raised his neck and watched the lanterns of the fourteen restaurants flying higher and higher in the air, his small eyes showed a look of envy.