Daddy's Gourmet Shop-Chapter 332 - 322: You’re Having a Late-Night Snack a Bit Early!

Chapter 332: Chapter 322: You’re Having a Late-Night Snack a Bit Early!

As it approached 7:30 in the evening, the Delicious Restaurant was still operating.

Thanks to the ample preparation of ingredients, all the customers who lined up were able to enjoy a meal from Delicious Restaurant.

Of course.

The popular dishes were naturally unavailable.

But there was still a little bit left of the dishes that could fill the stomach, such as Lotus Leaf Sticky Rice Steamed Ribs, Crab Fried Cake, and Yellow Croaker Noodles.

At this time, there were only a few customers left dining and waiting for their food in the restaurant.

The few scattered dining customers were devouring the delicious food on their plates.

The few waiting customers were also sitting at the tables, patiently waiting.

Meanwhile.

Several private cars entered orderly from the intersection of West City Old Street, and slowly parked in the roadside parking spaces in front of Delicious Restaurant.

A few people followed closely behind on electric scooters and then parked them outside Delicious Restaurant.

"Everyone, we’re here, it’s this restaurant."

Old Zhang, dressed in plain clothes, parked his scooter, pointed at the front of Delicious Restaurant, and greeted his colleagues with a smile.

Colleagues who had heard of Delicious Restaurant and came here before but were deterred by the queue replied with a smile: "I know, I know, I’ve been here before."

"Is that it?"

A colleague who didn’t know about Delicious Restaurant peered through the floor-to-ceiling glass windows, looked at the situation inside, and said: "The business seems pretty average!"

"Come on, don’t you see what time it is now? It’s almost 7:30, it would be strange if the business was still good at this time!" Huang Ziqing replied with a smile.

Ge Jingyi echoed, "This restaurant’s business is really good; there’s a long line every meal. If you come over around 5, you’ll be shocked by the queue at the entrance."

Old Zhang listened and testified: "A few days ago, around 8 in the morning, when Jingyi and I came here to patrol, there were still quite a few people in line!"

Huang Ziqing continued: "I even came over here early in the morning to buy breakfast. It was barely past 6:30, and there was already a long queue outside."

Hearing this from colleagues, plus Deputy Director Huang had spoken repeatedly for the restaurant, the colleagues who were unsure about Delicious Restaurant no longer doubted.

Wang Zhiheng, craving food, said anxiously, "Stop chatting, let’s go in quickly!"

"Yes, yes, yes, let’s go quickly. If everything is ordered, then it will be a wasted trip for us."

Huang Ziqing also became anxious and hurriedly walked toward the restaurant entrance.

The others saw this and quickly followed behind.

The wind curtain at the entrance was lifted, and a cold wind blew into the restaurant.

Huang Tao looked up to see a group of people pouring into the restaurant.

Soon, there were almost no tables and chairs left in the restaurant.

The diners who were still eating were a bit surprised.

Normally at this time, Boss Huang would be closing, but today there were still so many people coming in to eat.

Huang Tao, recognizing the faces of Huang Ziqing and Ge Jingyi, guessed that the others coming in with them were their colleagues.

He didn’t expect that these police officers, not only returned again but also brought their colleagues along to eat.

They’re introducing him to business!

Old Zhang, seeing Huang Tao looking over, smiled and asked, "Boss, can we still order?"

Huang Tao smiled slightly, "You can order anything available on the self-service machine."

"Great!"

Old Zhang checked the self-service ordering machine, told his colleagues about the available dishes, and asked what they wanted to eat.

After getting confirmed responses, he began to order.

Just as he was ordering, the wind curtain was lifted again, and Wang Zhoubin, in a change of clothes, came in with a few colleagues.

Upon seeing Huang Ziqing waiting inside, he exclaimed, surprised: "Old Huang..."

Hearing this, Huang Ziqing got up and said, "Oh, Old Wang, you’re here too!"

"I was on duty around here in the evening, and after finishing, I had dinner here with my partner. Now I’ve brought other colleagues to get familiar with the place. Seeing the restaurant still open, they wanted to check if they could order something to eat."

Wang Zhoubin politely replied and, noticing Wang Zhiheng was also there, greeted with a smile, "Mr. Wang, you’re here too!"

"Hello!" Wang Zhiheng recognized Wang Zhoubin and nodded in acknowledgment.

The diners witnessing this scene found it quite amusing that a bunch of traffic police and a group of police officers unexpectedly ran into each other here.

After greetings, Wang Zhoubin asked Old Zhang, "What else is available to order?"

Old Zhang laughed, "Only the Lotus Leaf Sticky Rice Steamed Ribs are left."

"Great!"

After Old Zhang finished ordering, Wang Zhoubin and his colleagues quickly placed their orders too.

A colleague, noticing that Wang Zhoubin also ordered a portion of the Lotus Leaf Sticky Rice Steamed Ribs, curiously asked, "Zhou Bin, didn’t you already have dinner? Why are you eating again?"

"This is my late-night snack."

He mainly felt snackish again.

The colleague joked, "Zhou Bin, it’s not even 8 yet, your late-night snack is a bit early!"

Having placed their orders, these traffic cops saw the room was full, so they walked through the archway and found seats in the adjoining room.

At this moment, the restaurant’s wind-break curtain was once again lifted.

"Hope we can still order something to eat!"

Three people from Traffic Lights walked in, looked around the restaurant, and saw a few familiar figures sitting in the chairs.

Oh crap!

Why are these police officers also here...?

Although Huang Ziqing and the others were dressed in plain clothes, those faces were unmistakable, even if they were to turn into ashes.

The smiles on the faces of Red, Green, and Light instantly froze in mid-air.

It must be that they didn’t check the almanac before leaving home, leading to another encounter with these four officers.

No way!

It seems there are more than just these four, other police officers are here as well.

Even though they hadn’t met those officers before and they were all in plain clothes, the officers’ upright and righteous aura was still palpable.

Oh dear...

Why is the whole room full of policemen?

How are they supposed to enjoy a meal like this!

"If you’re here to eat, after you order, you can sit over in that room; there are seats available." Li Chengzhan saw them hesitating and thought they were looking for a seat, so he politely pointed to the room over past the archway and said.

"Oh, oh, I see, thank you! We’ll head there in a bit."

Jian Zizhe nodded, bravely placed his order on the self-service machine.

Then along with Red Hair and Green Hair, they hurriedly walked through the archway into the next room.

Upon entering...

Good heavens!

Why are there also a bunch of policemen here!

The three of them felt like crying.

If they’re guilty, they should be punished by law, not monitored by a large group of police officers while trying to eat!

Now the problem arises!

Should they immediately bolt out of there?

Deep down, they actually didn’t want to leave; they wanted to stay, stay and enjoy the delicacies boss Huang made.

"Hey young fellows, come, sit over here..."

Wang Zhoubin smiled and patted the empty seat beside him, beckoning.

"Tha...thank you, uncle..."

Red, Green, and Light politely thanked and nervously sat down next to Wang Zhoubin.

Feeling utterly helpless!

Soon after.

Li Chengzhan and Lin Qiuyu delivered the ordered dishes in batches to their table.

The police officers who were initially chatting were instantly drawn by the aroma.

Chatting could wait!

Wang Zhiheng smiled and beckoned: "Everyone, dig in quickly before it gets cold and loses its flavor."

"Right!"

The other colleagues responded with laughter, all thinking: I must try these steamed ribs wrapped in lotus leaves, and see just how delicious they are!

So, they picked up their chopsticks and began tasting.

After the first bite, they realized Huang Ziqing was not exaggerating.

No wonder the boss who can make such delicious pan-fried buns could also create these extremely flavorful steamed ribs!

"Absolutely delicious! These are the best lotus leaf sticky rice steamed ribs I’ve ever had!"

"Truly worthy of Deputy Director Huang’s recommendation, quite splendid indeed! Hope for more such recommendations in the future."

"It’s a pity we arrived late, otherwise we could have tried other dishes here, which must be excellent too!"

"Boss, do you do delivery here?"

Huang Tao couldn’t remember the number of customers who had asked this, but he politely smiled and responded: "Sorry, we don’t."

The reason for not doing delivery is mainly because the commission rates extracted by several delivery platforms are too high.

They also force new vendors to offer discounts for a period.

But the commission, does not come with a discount.

Though the profits from his shop are good enough to afford the commission.

But he still didn’t want to join.

Mainly because he’s afraid it will affect the taste.

As for those who come to package up food, they are usually nearby residents and office workers, and he can ensure the taste over short distances.

"Oh! That’s too bad!"

A group of police officers sighed helplessly.

If they want to savor the boss’s other dishes, they can only come early to line up during their free time.

However...

Their job usually goes non-stop, so when do they ever have free time!

Thinking about this, they unconsciously looked at Huang Tao with a subtle grievance.

Those small, aggrieved eyes made Huang Tao, separated by a glass partition, feel a chill down his spine.

Hey, hey, hey!

You bunch of guys, why are you looking at me with those eyes?