Daddy's Gourmet Shop-Chapter 363 - 353: There’s Never a Time That’s Not Busy

Chapter 363: Chapter 353: There’s Never a Time That’s Not Busy

Time flies, and it’s almost 7 PM in the blink of an eye.

The night sky is clear, and a bright full moon hangs high in the sky. The moonlight washes over the land, casting its glow on the well-arranged houses, with their neatly tiled roofs clearly visible. Clusters of fragrant grass sway gently in the night breeze by the roadside.

And so, Delicious Restaurant also concludes its evening service.

Huang Tao and three assistant chefs are still in the kitchen, busily preparing for the evening’s birthday celebration.

Earlier, he specifically asked Ding Suqin and the others to tidy up a few tables and push them together.

These were reserved for the customers after business hours.

It was for Li Chengzhan’s family!

After receiving Huang Tao’s approval, Li Chengzhan and Lin Qiuyu set about decorating the restaurant.

They hung a large decorative "Longevity" character in the center of the wall.

A red carpet extended from the aisle inside the restaurant to the road outside the entrance.

On either side of the carpet were traditional lanterns, printed with the characters "Fortune" and "Prosperity."

Overall, it was a scene of celebration.

The guests still dining inside the restaurant, including the traffic and civil police, witnessed the transformation from simplicity to festivity and couldn’t help but wonder: Who’s the birthday person anyway? Could it be Boss Huang’s father’s birthday today?

Everyone couldn’t resist their curiosity and began asking Huang Tao.

Wang Zhiheng glanced toward the kitchen with a smile and asked, "Hey, Boss Huang, with this setup, are you hosting a birthday banquet tonight?"

"Boss Huang, could it be your old man’s birthday today?" Officer Zhang, who knew a bit about Huang Tao, couldn’t help but chime in.

As soon as he finished speaking, he started to doubt his own words.

After all, from the moment he entered, he hadn’t seen any sign of Huang Tao’s father, nor his mother!

Hmm, could it be...

Boss Huang wants to surprise his dad?

Is that why his father hasn’t appeared in the restaurant?

The reason no one thought of a scheduled banquet is that the timing made it hard to connect the dots.

"Mr. Wang, the restaurant is indeed hosting a birthday banquet tonight, but it’s not my father’s birthday, as Officer Zhang suggested."

Hearing the police officers’ questions, Huang Tao lifted his head with a smile and explained, "Today is actually the birthday of my restaurant’s employee, Li Chengzhan’s grandmother. He asked me a while back if he could book the place for her birthday and requested my help with a few tables, leaving a ten thousand deposit..."

Gasp~

A ten thousand deposit?

The world of the wealthy was beyond their understanding. Hearing the amount of the deposit, they couldn’t help but sigh to themselves: Poverty truly limits imagination!

The police and traffic police, who had heard a bit about the wealthy second-generation server in Huang Tao’s restaurant, felt that even rich kids have to spend wisely!

If Huang Tao’s restaurant was high-end, a ten or twenty thousand deposit would be normal.

In some high-end Chinese restaurants, the average person spends two or three thousand.

Sometimes a single table can cost up to ten thousand.

But in a place where the highest price is only 288 yuan, even if you order everything, a table costs at most around two thousand. Putting down a ten thousand deposit seems quite foolish!

However, thinking it over.

The only reason this young wealthy customer paid a ten thousand deposit must be because he values Boss Huang’s culinary skills, fearing he might regret it later...

Wait!

Since Boss Huang accepted the deposit and agreed to let the employee’s family use the restaurant for a birthday banquet, and even prepared the dishes himself.

Does this mean they are open to hosting banquets?

Mr. Wang thought that in about a month, the station would need to prepare for the New Year’s Eve meal.

The New Year’s Eve meal had always been at the station.

The officers would make dumplings together and prepare some dishes, enjoying a lively meal with lots of laughter and chatter.

As for the food...

The taste was just so-so!

It was purely for the fun of it!

Initially, he planned to keep this year’s New Year’s Eve meal as simple as usual.

Until he heard what Huang Tao had to say, which suddenly inspired him.

If Boss Huang could cater their station’s New Year’s Eve meal, wouldn’t they be in for a treat?

All the dishes they missed because of work would all be there at once, which would be fantastic!

The thought of indulging in all those dishes during the New Year’s Eve meal immediately lifted Mr. Wang’s spirits.

He shared his thoughts with his tablemates, Huang Ziqing and Old Zhang: "Hey, Old Zhang, Old Huang, how about we hold this year’s annual dinner at Boss Huang’s place?"

Old Zhang, hearing this, was delighted and said, "That sounds great! I’m sure everyone at the station would be more than willing."

"Mr. Wang, not bad! It’s a good idea, I have no objections either."

Huang Ziqing nodded repeatedly. If it weren’t for maintaining the dignity of Deputy Huang in front of his subordinates, he would have definitely raised both hands in agreement.

Mr. Wang said with some concern, "I just don’t know if Boss Huang would be willing to take on our event..."

"Just ask and we’ll find out..."

Old Zhang and Huang Ziqing exchanged smiles, and both saw the deep meaning in each other’s eyes. Then they both looked at Mr. Wang with a smile and urged him, "Mr. Wang, you’re the head of the station, it’s only appropriate for you to ask."

Alright, fine, he’ll ask then!

Mr. Wang felt they had a point and did not refuse.

He called out to Huang Tao, who was busy in the kitchen, "Boss Huang, do you take reservations for banquets? After all, in another month, it’ll be New Year’s Eve, and we need to plan the annual dinner. I was thinking if we could book your restaurant for our station’s dinner this year."

Other officers, upon hearing Mr. Wang’s suggestion, were overjoyed.

The food made by Boss Huang is top-notch delicious.

If the annual dinner were held here,

they wouldn’t have to wait in line, and they could try a lot of new dishes they hadn’t eaten before.

That’s simply wonderful, fantastic!

Everyone silently gave a thumbs-up in their hearts for Mr. Wang’s wise decision.

Another group of traffic police, slightly surprised upon hearing this, began to have their own thoughts.

They all perked up, eagerly awaiting Boss Huang’s response.

If Boss Huang agreed, well, the traffic police team could also book their annual dinner at Delicious Restaurant, which would be perfect.

But Huang Tao was taken aback.

"Your station’s annual dinner, book here?"

He thought he had heard wrong.

Mr. Wang solemnly nodded, "Yes!"

Huang Tao hadn’t expected that his idle thoughts about hosting an annual dinner would so quickly become a real consideration for someone.

And that person was none other than Mr. Wang from the police station!

However, it was just an idea he had; he hadn’t really planned to put it into action.

At least not at this stage!

With an apologetic look, he flatly refused, "Sorry, Mr. Wang, at this moment we don’t plan to expand into hosting annual dinners."

Mr. Wang continued to ask, "Boss Huang, and what about your hosting of the birthday banquet?"

"Oh, the birthday banquet isn’t open to the public either; it’s just a benefit for our staff!"

Huang Tao explained, apologizing again, "Sorry about that, I hope you understand, Mr. Wang."

"What a pity!"

Mr. Wang sighed in disappointment.

The other officers shared the same expressions.

With this, hoping to eat the restaurant’s other dishes at the annual dinner was not possible.

They could only come earlier when it’s not busy!

But...

When are they ever not busy...

So far, apart from having tried the steamed pork ribs with lotus leaf rice and braised chicken rice, as well as crab stir-fry cakes, they hadn’t seen any of the other dishes...

Thinking of this, the officers couldn’t help but look at Huang Tao with a touch of longing in their eyes.

Huang Tao, once again, felt a shiver down his spine under those longing gazes.

Hey, hey, hey!

Can you bunch of big guys stop looking at me with those eyes...

After finishing their meal, when the traffic police and officers got up to leave, they cast envious glances at Li Chengzhan, the waiter.

Seeing their envious looks, Li Chengzhan inexplicably felt a bit pleased!

At that moment, his phone’s WeChat notification sounded.

Upon checking, he found it was a message from his dad.

He said they were almost there.

With that, he quickly informed Huang Tao and then hurried out to greet them.