Chapter 155 Night Market
"Let's go, we'll find out when we get in."

Looking at the two curious people, Huang Xu did not explain anything, but took them directly into the small restaurant.

This is a small restaurant that is very common in China. The decoration is not luxurious and can even be said to be a bit old.

In a place like this, if Huang Xu wasn't there to lead them, I believe neither Goo Hara nor Choi Jin-ri would have thought of going in.

That's why they were curious about why Huang Xu brought them here.

However, with Huang Xu taking the lead, they didn't say anything, but followed Huang Xu into the restaurant with trust.

The three people who entered the restaurant found that there were no guests in the restaurant. Only Zhang Rui was sitting alone at the bar.

However, at this time, he was wearing headphones and staring at the screen of his mobile phone, so he didn't even notice Huang Xu and the other two coming in.

When he saw three figures out of the corner of his eye, he said without even raising his head:
"Sorry, the restaurant is closed at noon today. Please come back tomorrow."

"Am I not entertaining you?"

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Hearing Huang Xu's familiar voice, Zhang Rui took his eyes off the phone. Then he saw Huang Xu and the two pretty faces behind him.

"You are here."

"Yeah, I just got there, but why is it closed today?"

After Huang Xu and Zhang Rui greeted each other, they looked at the empty restaurant with some curiosity.

In his previous life, he had come to this restaurant many times to eat and drink, and he knew that the business here had been good until his rebirth.

So I was a little curious when I saw the empty restaurant.

"Isn't this for you to come here at noon today?"

"That doesn't have to be the case. This is a bit too grand."

Huang Xu felt a little embarrassed when he heard Zhang Rui say that the restaurant would be closed at noon just for his group of people to eat.

"What's the point of being so grand? Isn't this just a good opportunity to let my dad have a rest?"

After Zhang Rui finished speaking, he greeted Goo Hara and the other person behind Huang Xu in Korean.

This discovery shocked Huang Xu.

So after the three people finished greeting each other, he looked at Zhang Rui curiously.

"Brother Rui, are you good at Korean?"

"That's right, you should look at a man with new eyes after three days of absence, don't you understand?"

Zhang Rui seemed very proud at this time, and accepted Huang Xu's compliment without hesitation.

He has been learning Korean on his own for some time, and it can be said that his current achievements are all due to his own hard work.

Therefore, he accepted Huang Xu's compliment directly.

But then he started asking Huang Xu another question.

"Xiao Xu, what did you do in the United States? Why did you stay there for so many days?"

It’s not surprising that he was so curious, but because he really didn’t quite understand.

Franchising restaurants is Huang Xu’s main business, so shouldn’t he focus on this?

I had already adjusted the taste and sorted out many recipes. When I was preparing to report, I found that Huang Xu was not in Seoul and it would take some time for him to come back.

When he went to communicate, Huang Xu actually said that it would take him more than ten days to come back, and asked him to wait until he came back to talk about it.

That's why he didn't understand.

This is also the reason why he can sit in his father's shop and learn Korean with peace of mind.

"Isn't this something? For the future development of the company, I'm going to go there in advance to prepare."

Huang Xu also knew that his trip to the United States was a bit sudden and also affected some things.

Especially Zhang Rui, he was the one who was affected the most.

And most importantly, Huang Xu knew some of his thoughts.

As his friend, especially as his good friend, he was somewhat dissatisfied with the high salary he could get.

After all, he was just a salesperson with a monthly income of three to four thousand yuan before.

Now that he is in his own company, I paid him more than twice his previous salary, and he feels a little guilty about it.

That's why after he came back, he tried his best to complete his work as quickly as possible.

What he didn't expect was that he would go to the United States and stay there for twenty days, which made him idle at home for nearly twenty days.

If it were someone else, or if he was doing other work, he would be very happy, even quite excited.

I made a profit.

But the salary for this job is paid by Huang Xu, so things are a little different.

At least now, he still feels a little embarrassed about getting paid without doing any work.

This is also the reason why he questioned Huang Xu.

Huang Xu also knew a little about his thoughts, so he understood him better.

It was just that he couldn't say clearly what he was going to do in the United States because it involved many subsequent plans. He could only be vague about it and then change the subject.

"Let's take a look at your improved pickled fish first. We haven't eaten yet, so we're waiting for you to show off your skills."

"Okay, then follow me in."

After saying something to Goo Hara and the others, he took Huang Xu into the kitchen and started preparing dishes.

He did not waste any of this time. After returning from Seoul, he first spent two days in the wholesale market, buying all the sauerkraut brands available on the market, and then improved the taste under the guidance of his father.

After three or four days of improvement, he produced more than a dozen formulas and prepared to take them to Korea to report to Huang Xu.

It’s just that Huang Xu was not in Seoul, so the task was not completed successfully.

But it is precisely because of this that he can be patient and calm down to continue his research.

From the initial dozen or so recipes, they have been simplified to the current seven or eight.

Of course, it seems that the number of recipes has been reduced a lot, but they are more representative than the dozen or so he came out with at the beginning.

At the beginning, the differences between his versions were not that big, the only difference was the proportions of the seasonings.

And in the current seven or eight versions, many things have undergone some earth-shaking changes.

Many of the seasonings were added by him based on the taste of Korean food he had eaten in those days.

It can be said that many of the seasonings are not the seasonings used in authentic pickled fish.

However, although these may seem a bit strange in China, their specific taste still needs to be verified in the Korean market.

So with the help of Huang Xu, he made eight servings of pickled fish in one go.

Fortunately, we started preparing these things after receiving Huang Xu's message yesterday, otherwise it would have taken some effort to make them so quickly.

Goo Hara and Choi Jin-ri, who were waiting outside, were looking up relevant guides on their mobile phones.

They still have several days to play, and now they are looking for some things that they are interested in, and they plan to take Huang Xu there after he finishes his work.

Therefore, when they saw that they had only been in there for more than ten minutes and had already brought out seven or eight servings of pickled fish, Goo Hara and the others were shocked. "Oppa, why did you prepare so many dishes at once?"

"Aren't we planning to let you be the judges and experiment to see which flavor suits your taste better?"

While explaining, Huang Xu brought seven or eight pots of pickled fish to the dining table.

"Try them and see which one you like best."

"Wow, is this the pickled fish we ate last time?"

Goo Hara looked at the pickled fish on the table and recalled the dinner that Huang Xu treated them to last month.

"Yes, that's it, but the taste of these has been modified a bit."

"Oppa, is this the next food chain you're going to join?"

At this time, Goo Hara also reacted and remembered Huang Xu's main job, the owner of a chain franchise store.

Therefore, without waiting for Huang Xu to answer, she understood Huang Xu's thoughts, and at the same time began to explain to Cui Zhenli who was standing next to her and didn't know what was going on.

This was also the first time Choi Jin-ri knew that Huang Xu’s main business was to run a franchise restaurant chain.

In the past, he only knew that Huang Xu ran a restaurant, but he never knew that the spicy hot pot that he and his team had often eaten in the past few months was produced by Huang Xu's company.

She only knew that Malatang was very popular in Seoul, but she had never explored who the boss behind these things was.

When I was watching Huang Xu and Zhang Rui discussing the taste of each sauerkraut fish dish, I realized that things were far from as simple as I thought.

It turns out that before a chain restaurant opens, it will go through so much screening and adjustment of its dishes, and the taste will not be finalized until the end.

I also found out that Goo Hara and her teammate Krystal had already eaten this sauerkraut fish once last time, and this was their second time trying it.

And from what Huang Xu said just now, before they adjusted the taste, they spent a huge amount of time tasting flavors from all over Seoul, and then went through a long period of research and development to have so many flavors.

What she didn't expect was that she felt very happy when eating it, as there were so many flavors of sauerkraut fish to enjoy.

But later, when Huang Xu asked her to choose which one was the most delicious, she became a little worried.

So she tried several flavors and felt they were all very good and she liked them all.

"Oppa, I think all of these flavors are good. If you ask me to choose the best one, I really can't choose."

"It's okay if you can't choose, just pick the flavor you like."

Seeing that Choi Jin-ri was a little conflicted, Huang Xu started to comfort her directly.

After all, his purpose of coming here this time was not to choose the right flavor right now, but just to please Zhang Rui.

If you want to confirm the taste, you need to do several rounds of tasting.

Another important point is that Koreans are required to try the food.

Although he has been in Korea for so many years, to be honest, his taste is actually different from that of many Koreans.

He only tastes Korean delicacies occasionally, and most of the time he still maintains the traditional Chinese flavors.

There was no way around it. He had basically worked in his uncle's shop for those few years, and the people there were basically Chinese, so naturally they ate Chinese food.

Therefore, he was actually a little unsure about Korean people's taste.

His return this time, including this tasting, cannot decide which flavor or flavors will be used in the end.

You still need to ask the company's employees or professional quality inspectors to taste the product after arriving in Seoul.

Another thing is that after they get there, they will need to re-select the fish species and make fine adjustments.

After all, sauerkraut fish is sauerkraut fish. Now they have figured out the sauerkraut and the taste, but the type of fish has not been determined yet.

After all, Seoul is not China, so the types of fish in the dishes also need to be changed.

Compared to the rich variety of fish available in China, there are not so many types to choose from in Korea.

Moreover, it is not very realistic to transport fish from China.

Therefore, after Zhang Rui went to Korea, he not only had to determine the taste of the sauerkraut fish, but also had to change the type of fish.

At least we need to find a variety that can be supplied on a large scale locally and at a relatively suitable price.

Even Huang Xu had the idea of ​​establishing an aquaculture base near Seoul to specifically supply food ingredients.

Therefore, after dinner, Huang Xu asked Zhang Rui to pack up and go to Seoul ahead of time.

His original idea was to take Goo Hara and the others out for a few days and then go back to Seoul together.

But after lunch just now, he found that his eldest brother learned Korean very quickly.

Although his Korean is still a little rusty, he can still communicate.

At least it doesn't mean that he must have someone by his side before he can make such a decision.

Another reason is that Zhang Rui now really doesn’t want to wait any longer.

He felt a little guilty about taking the high salary offered by Huang Xu.

Huang Xu saw that persuasion was of no use, so he stopped trying to persuade him and started arranging some work for him after he arrived in Seoul.

By the time all the arrangements were completed, it was already three or four o'clock in the afternoon. Huang Xu then took Gu Hara and the other person and drove towards the east of the city.

In less than an hour, they arrived at an ancient city located east of the capital of Henan Province.

When driving into the city, the two people in the car did not react at all. After all, this kind of small third- or fourth-tier city could not surprise Goo Hara and Choi Jin-ri, who were used to big cities.

Regardless of the fact that they drove for a distance and arrived at the magnificent ancient city wall, he opened his mouth wide, pointed at the city gate in front of the car and asked:

"Oppa, is this city gate ancient?"

"Well, this is not from ancient times. Although there was a city gate here in ancient times, it was demolished due to war. What you see now was rebuilt more than ten years ago."

"Well, why is it so grand?"

“Although it was rebuilt, it was built according to the previous size.”

Huang Xu looked at the disappointed expressions on your, Goo Hara, and Choi Jinri's faces, and began to explain anxiously.

Because this city is located in the Central Plains, it can be said to be a battleground for military strategists since ancient times.

Every few hundred years, this place would experience war, so the Daliang Gate, which was built in the Tang Dynasty, has long disappeared.

However, the current scene was also built based on its appearance in previous history.

Moreover, the purpose of bringing them here today was not to come here, but to take them to see the night view here and taste the night market snacks here.

Although it is still early, it is already past five in the afternoon.

At this time, many merchants and vendors have already started to set up their stalls for business.

After they arrived nearby and found a parking lot and parked the car, Huang Xu took them to the most famous Drum Tower Night Market.

This is a night market with several decades of history. It was a small night market that was spontaneously formed in the 1980s and 1990s, and gradually became the formal and large night market it is today.

Although it is just past five o'clock, it gets dark early because winter has just passed.

It's just past five o'clock, but there are already a lot of people here.

Huang Xu turned his head and said to the two girls who were already extremely curious:

"Come on, Oppa will take you to taste the snacks here and show you what a night market is."

(End of this chapter)