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Su Yi saw Chef Ma’s reaction was quite good, and quickly handed him a spoon.
“The weather is getting colder, and cold dishes are not selling well. We discussed changing to selling hot pots, and we would like you to try it and see if it works.”
Chef Ma took a spoonful of soup and sipped it. “Hmm, the broth is good, made with bean sprouts, right?”
He then tasted a few dishes. “The flavors are really good. After a few bites, you feel warm all over. Your idea is unique, but you know that there are few vegetables in winter, and there’s not much that can be allocated to you.”
Su Yi quickly smiled and said, “Chef Ma, you see, these vegetables are all common. If it works, I’m planning to add a few meat dishes, like meatballs, fried fish pieces, and braised pork. We can add a little bit of each to create different flavors.”
Chef Ma listened and used his chopsticks to carefully look at the pot. He saw that the few vegetables in the pot were indeed common.
He couldn’t help but smile, “You have meat and vegetables, you can make soup or eat it as a dish. With a bun or rice, it’s hot and delicious. It’s a great idea!”
Su Yi and the other two saw that Chef Ma was full of praise, and they were relieved.
“Chef Ma, what about the next step…”
“Hmm, just make this hot pot. I think it’s going to be another long line. What else do you need now?”
Su Yi quickly said, “We need to tell the warehouse about these pots!”
“No problem, I’ll go tell them!”
With Chef Ma’s approval, Su Yi’s cold dish window quickly transformed into a hot pot window.
It rained for two days in a row, and the coolness became more intense.
The cold dish window, which had been completely cold, suddenly became steaming hot, with the fragrance wafting far away.
This time, Su Yi didn’t need to find people to queue up, people came directly looking for the smell.
“Comrade, what is this?”
Xu Xiaoqin and Zhang Tianhua enthusiastically introduced it to everyone, “This is our hot pot, with over ten different dishes inside. You can choose meat dishes. Would you like to try one?”
“It looks delicious, give me one with meatballs, add more chili peppers.”
After the temperature dropped, even hot dishes, once they were taken out, would gradually cool down halfway through eating.
This hot pot was different, it was always steaming hot.
Some people even added rice to it and soaked it, while others ate it with steamed buns.
As Chef Ma predicted, the three people’s window soon had a long queue again.
The only drawback was that there were too many people in line!
You had to go early.
The three of them were busy and sweating in the back. Chef Wang wrapped his coat tightly and grumbled, “Is that hot pot really that delicious? I don’t believe it.”
He doubted it, but still had someone secretly order one for him and brought it to the back for him to eat quietly.
The taste was indeed fragrant!
Bai Ruolin and Qin Yunfeng, since they knew Su Yi was at the cold dish window, had never come here to get food again.
They remained unmoved, no matter how much people around them praised it.
One day, the two of them made an appointment to come to the cafeteria for dinner.
Halfway there, it started raining, making it cold and wet.
Seeing everyone queuing up for the steaming hot pot, they couldn’t help but be tempted.
“Brother Qin, let’s have hot pot today?”
Qin Yunfeng thought he had heard wrong, “But that’s Su Yi’s window.”
Bai Ruolin pursed her lips, “Look, she’s not outside now. Besides, even if she is, we’re just ordering food properly, she can’t refuse us, can she?”
Qin Yunfeng thought about it, and it made sense.
Besides, he didn’t want Bai Ruolin to keep dwelling on Su Yi’s matter.
He immediately went to join the queue.
Actually, when the two of them arrived, Su Yi had already seen them from the back kitchen.
But she didn’t have high expectations for them now, as long as they didn’t fight, she was happy!
So, she pretended not to see them.
Finally, when the cafeteria was about to close, Xie Xiaoyun suddenly rushed over.
“Sister Su Yi, do you still have hot pot? I just came back from outside and heard that your window is selling hot pot now? Did I come too late?”
Xu Xiaoqin smiled, “You’re late, we’ve sold out everything we made. Come early tonight.”
Su Yi saw Xie Xiaoyun’s disappointed face and paused for a moment before calling out, “Come in and wait, I’ll make you a bowl.”
Xie Xiaoyun happily went to the back.
Seeing Xie Xiaoyun come over, Su Yi suddenly realized that she hadn’t seen Zhou Jinchuan for a long time.
It was like he had vanished.
Just now Xie Xiaoyun said he just came back from outside, could it be that Zhou Jinchuan wasn’t in the compound these past two days?
But she hadn’t heard Xiao Wu or Nuannuan mention it either.
Thinking about this, Su Yi tentatively asked, “Comrade Xie, did you go out with Commander Zhou again?”
Xie Xiaoyun quickly shook his head, “No, this time I went out with Battalion Commander Lu, Commander Zhou didn’t go!”
Su Yi said “Oh”, so he really didn’t go out.
It’s just that they didn’t have any connection with each other.
But come to think of it, one is a commander, and the other is a cook in the cafeteria.
If it weren’t for the children, they might not have known each other in their entire lives.
Su Yi was lost in thought when the hot pot started boiling.
She quickly brought the cooked hot pot to a nearby table, “Try it!”
Xie Xiaoyun hummed and slurped it up.
After just one bite, he couldn’t help but praise, “Right, Sister Su Yi, can I take this hot pot away? I want to bring one for Commander Zhou.”
Su Yi was stunned for a moment, “You can, Commander Zhou hasn’t eaten yet?”
Xie Xiaoyun nodded, “I just went back to the office and asked him. He said he had eaten, but I think he probably just ate some snacks to get by. I think his appetite hasn’t been good lately, maybe he’ll like this.”
Su Yi nodded and silently cooked another pot.
After it was cooked, she added some chili oil and packed it in a bag, “Take a portion of rice when you leave.”
Xie Xiaoyun readily agreed and hurried back with the hot pot.
When he returned to the office.
Zhou Jinchuan was still working at his desk.
“Commander Zhou, I just came back and found that the cafeteria has a new dish, it’s hot pot, so I brought you one to try.”
Zhou Jinchuan didn’t even look up, “I’m busy now, put it down.”
“Commander Zhou, it’s still steaming hot, it won’t taste good if it gets cold.”
“Or you can eat it, I’m not hungry now.”
Xie Xiaoyun patted his full stomach, “Alright, although I just ate, this is specially cooked by Sister Su Yi, it would be a shame not to eat it.”
Saying that, Xie Xiaoyun was about to leave with the hot pot.
“Wait.” Zhou Jinchuan finally lifted his head from a pile of files, “What did you say you got?”
“Sister Su Yi’s hot pot!” Xie Xiaoyun grinned, “Commander Zhou, you don’t know this yet, Sister Su Yi’s window is now selling hot pot. There are so many people queuing up every day. When I went today, they were already sold out. Sister Su Yi heard that we hadn’t eaten yet, so she specially cooked one for us.”