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Chapter 340: Looking Forward to Next Year!
Chapter 340: Looking Forward to Next Year!
Hu Ge Qian led his wife and both families into the restaurant, found the table with his name on it, and took their seats.
The table was spacious, allowing them to sit comfortably.
Other celebrities and influencers also located their designated seats according to the name cards and waited eagerly for the New Year's Feast to begin.
Meanwhile, the internal restaurant of the farm was bustling with activity.
Employees from various projects had returned to the restaurant under the guidance of their respective leaders and sat according to their departmental allocations.
Bao Tai and his girlfriend, Jiang Yun, sat together.
Although they were not from the same department, Bao Tai, as the manager of the Pumpkin Paradise, could arrange for his girlfriend to sit beside him.
Both of them were also looking forward to the New Year's Feast.
As a project manager, Bao Tai was aware that the ingredients for today's New Year's Feast were specially sourced by the boss.
This information was no longer a secret among the management.
"Honey, do you think there's something special about the ingredients the boss personally sourced?" Jiang Yun was extremely curious.
"We'll know once the dishes are served, won't we?" Bao Tai smiled and replied.
Indeed, that was the case.
They would know once the dishes were served.
Moreover, it wasn't long before chefs began bringing out the food.
The first dish was a simple cabbage soup.
Upon seeing this, many employees couldn't help but feel disappointed.
Wasn't this supposed to be a grand meal?
Was this cabbage soup considered a grand meal?
Moreover, the cabbage didn't seem like something the boss would specifically purchase.
When Jiang Yun saw the cabbage soup being served, she looked at Bao Tai in disbelief, her eyes filled with questions.
It was as if she was saying: Is this the special ingredient the boss bought?
"Well, having some cabbage soup is not bad either," Bao Tai said, feeling a bit embarrassed.
The fact that the boss had personally sourced ingredients was true.
Now it seemed that these ingredients were specifically purchased for the celebrities, influencers, and local government officials.
These employees didn't seem to have the luck to enjoy them.
As he spoke, he had already ladled a bowl of cabbage soup for Jiang Yun and passed it to her.
Seeing this, Jiang Yun picked up a soup spoon and started drinking the cabbage soup.
But after just one sip, she exclaimed in surprise: "Hey, this cabbage soup is delicious!"
She couldn't believe it; she had never tasted such a delicious cabbage soup before.
She even doubted if it was cabbage soup at all, as she had definitely had cabbage soup before.
Clearly, this cabbage was part of the special New Year's Feast Ingredients, possessing the attributes of Taste +1 and Texture +1.
The flavor of this cabbage was something ordinary people had never experienced.
"Is it that exaggerated?" Bao Tai asked, surprised.
He then took a spoon and started drinking the soup.
Soon, his face also showed surprise.
Indeed, the soup was exceptionally tasty.
He had never tasted cabbage soup like this before.
After drinking a bowl, he wanted more.
Everyone began to suspect that this wasn't ordinary cabbage.
Before long, the second dish arrived—tangyuan (glutinous rice balls). From the outside, they seemed no different from regular tangyuan.
But after the delicious cabbage soup, they felt that these tangyuan must be special too.
They were surely the boss's specially sourced ingredients.
Bao Tai quickly served himself and his girlfriend some tangyuan and ate them right away.
After just one tangyuan, Jiang Yun couldn't help but pat Bao Tai's hand: "Honey, this is so delicious! It's definitely not ordinary tangyuan."
Bao Tai nodded: "Of course. Ordinary tangyuan wouldn't require the boss to specially purchase them. These won't be any worse than the dishes on the other side."
"That's true." Jiang Yun nodded in agreement.
The two of them had dined at the restaurant before and were well aware of the delicious cuisine served there.
However, many of the employees had never eaten at the restaurant because the prices had increased significantly, and the dishes were indeed a bit expensive. As service staff, they would usually hesitate to spend money on such pricey meals.
Even during their breaks, they wouldn't go out of their way to bring their families to dine at the farm's restaurant.
Now, having these two +1 attribute ingredients, they were even more surprised and delighted.
At this moment, in the restaurant open to the public, the kitchen was also starting to serve dishes.
However, the chefs here were hired through the game, and they were more attentive to the order of the dishes served to customers, which was different from the internal restaurant.
At the very least, the first dish served was not cabbage soup but a noodle dish.
After a long time at the annual gala, these celebrities, influencers, and local government officials were surely hungry.
Having a noodle dish would help fill their stomachs first.
But when the noodle dish was served, everyone inside exchanged glances.
Weren't these supposed to be specially prepared ingredients?
Yet, the first dish was a simple noodle dish? It was just an ordinary noodle dish, something they could find anywhere.
However, as guests, they couldn't complain about the food prepared by the farm.
Moreover, these celebrities and influencers had been paid by the farm for their performances, so they could only grumble privately; they couldn't openly criticize their hosts for poor hospitality.
"Eat up!" Hu Ge Qian, noticing his wife's strange expression, quickly reminded her.
"Mhm," his wife nodded.
Hu Ge Qian immediately picked up his chopsticks and took a bite of the noodles.
He didn't have high expectations for such food.
But after that first bite, he couldn't help but widen his eyes.
His wife, even more incredulous, exclaimed, "Honey, these noodles are so delicious! They can't be ordinary!"
Not only her, but the surrounding celebrities and influencers also expressed their astonishment.
They had thought it was just an ordinary noodle dish, but they never expected it to taste so good. They could vouch for its exceptional flavor, and it was definitely not an ordinary noodle dish.
Even Fu Yao and Lin Muxue looked at Zhang Lin with disbelief on their faces.
They, too, were surprised by the noodles.
Having tasted the restaurant's cuisine before, they knew it was delicious, but these noodles were even more delectable than the restaurant's original dishes, and the flavor was indescribable.
Zhang Lin smiled, knowing full well the reason for this.
The restaurant kitchen's inherent Taste +1 and Texture +1 attributes, combined with the special New Year's Feast ingredients' Taste +1 and Texture +1 attributes, elevated this simple noodle dish to a whole new level, giving it Taste +2 and Texture +2 attributes.
With such attributes, even a pile of excrement placed before them might still be devoured with relish, despite its foul odor.
"Even the private dining in the capital city can't compare to this level of deliciousness," exclaimed an investor from the soybean cooperative, clearly impressed.
Evidently, his status was not ordinary, as he had the privilege of experiencing such exquisite flavors.
Even he, an investor, found the noodles to be a true delight.
Needless to say, the celebrities and influencers felt the same way.
If Liyuan Farm's New Year's Feast was this delicious, they would definitely want to come back next year.
Not only did they get paid, but they also got to enjoy such exquisite cuisine. Where else could they find such a gig?
(End of Chapter)
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