After flipping through the Food Critique Magazine for a while and understanding its situation, Qi Han took a rare nap.
Originally, Qi Han planned to put Pururu in its cat bed and sleep separately, but Pururu seemed to particularly like Qi Han and actively snuggled up to sleep together.
Qi Han naturally had no reason to refuse.
As for the bed being covered in cat hair...
Oh, Pururu doesn't shed.
Pururu is a Spirit Beast, have you ever seen a Spirit Beast shed it's furt?
Fortunately, Qi Han remembered that he still had to open the store at night. Without the system, he set an alarm by himself. He woke up from his nap and didn't miss the opening time for the store at night.
The Qin sisters chose Qi Han's cooked dishes over hot pot for dinner.
The two sisters seemed to have reached a consensus to eat hot pot for lunch and Qi Han's dishes for dinner from now on.
Pururu also reached the time for its meal and obediently jumped onto the partition, waiting for Qi Han to add new cat food to its bowl.
After eating, the energetic Qin sisters opened the store and started business. Pururu seemed to have some energy left after eating its cat food as well.
But considering the ingredients Qi Han used to make the cat food...
You see, this is also reasonable.
The Lin family soon arrived at Small Shop. From afar, Lin Lang looked at the storefront of Small Shop and nodded secretly.
Leaving aside everything else, just the decoration of this new restaurant satisfied him.
It looked refreshing and bright, with not too many fancy decorations, the style he liked.
The family entered Small Shop and sat around a table. The cool marble table felt excellent to the touch, and its surface was as clean as a mirror after being wiped. This also gave Lin Lang a good impression.
It indeed looked very good, but he didn't know how the dishes here were.
After looking around at the interior decoration, Lin Lang quickly spotted the price list on the wall.
With just one glance, Lin Lang's jaw dropped in surprise.
Are these prices for real?
He hadn't heard of any of these dish names, but that was normal. Many higher-end restaurants like to use peculiar names to make their dishes unique. Lin Lang thought this place might also be doing it for the same reason.
But these prices were just ridiculous.
He turned to his son sitting next to him, "Are you sure the dishes here are delicious?"
He could afford to eat, but Lin Lang always suspected whether his troublesome son was trying to rip him off.
What kind of dishes can be sold at such prices?
"Hello, may I take your order?" A familiar voice interrupted Lin Lang's thoughts. He turned his head and found an unexpected person.
"Qin Yue?"
When the Qin sisters' father was still around, Lin Lang was also a regular customer at Moonlight Pavilion, so he naturally knew Qin Yue.
Qin Yue also recognized Lin Lang, one of their family restaurant former regulars, and she was also aware of Lin Lang's other identity.
"Uncle Lin, hello." Qin Yue's eyes showed a hint of surprise.
Lin Lang had a good impression of this enthusiastic young girl. Whenever he went to Moonlight Pavilion, she would always affectionately call him Uncle Lin. The boss of Moonlight Pavilion was also a clever person and got along well with him.
Remembering the past, Lin Lang spoke kindly, "Is this restaurant owned by your Qin family?"
"No, my sister and I sold the storefront to the boss and then became servers at Small Shop," Qin Yue explained, then fell into thought.
Something seemed off.
Lin Lang's expression also became interesting. He pointed to the price list on the wall, "What's the deal with these prices?"
"You mean this?" Qin Yue smiled, "Uncle Lin, although the prices of the dishes in our small restaurant seem high, they are actually worth it. The boss uses ingredients made from Spirit Beast for the food, and long-term consumption of food made from Spirit Beast is very beneficial for your Spirit Power and the body."
This wasn't something Qi Han asked Qin Yue to say, but during the cooking process, he didn't avoid Qin's sisters' questions about the ingredients, and he would truthfully tell them.
At this moment, Qin Yue added this sentence on her own initiative to prevent Lin Lang from being deterred by the expensive prices.
But this wasn't false advertising; it was the truth.
Lin Lang was a food critic. Although he wasn't responsible for the Morning Star Street area, tasting the delicious dishes of Small Shop might help Small Shop's cuisine get into the Food Critique Magazine, even if just a bit. And even a little bit would be a big gain.
Qin Yue thought to herself.
"Does the ingredient come from Spirit Beast?" Lin Lang looked a bit surprised. "I can't afford to eat here regularly, but since you say so, I'll try your restaurant's cooking. Can you introduce these dishes to me?"
Qin Yue smiled and began to introduce the dishes at Small Shop, also mentioning the hot pot.
"This hot pot is quite interesting." Lin Lang was very knowledgeable about food. With just a brief introduction from Qin Yue, he understood the characteristics of this hot pot. His face showed some interest. "But let's try the dishes on the first floor tonight. I'll try the hot pot next time."
"Oh, Uncle Lin, we can't waste food in our restaurant. Otherwise, we'll be blacklisted, and you won't be able to come to our restaurant again." Suddenly remembering something, Qin Yue hastily added.
"Oh?" Lin Lang looked surprised.
Regular restaurants never had such rules.
They even hoped you would waste food, which meant you ordered more food, and they could earn more money.
Not wasting food is indeed a strange rule.
Wasting food is actually a common problem among food critics.
How could one possibly finish every dish when trying to taste them all?
Unless the critic is a big eater.
However, Lin Lang still agreed with the restaurant's policy.
Even during the period of food tasting, he didn't like wasting food. If he couldn't finish it, he would find a way to deal with it.
But then Lin Lang thought, Cao Pingzhi seemed to have his own rules for food tasting. He only takes two bites of each dish. Since he was assigned to Morning Star Street, this Small Shop restaurant would also need to be evaluated by Cao Pingzhi.
Wouldn't Small Shop blacklist Cao Pingzhi?
Thinking of that scene, Lin Lang couldn't help but shake his head and chuckle.
He was probably overthinking. Cao Pingzhi was a food critic. Even if this restaurant had its own rules, it couldn't afford to offend the Food Critique Magazine. They would probably adjust the rules specifically for him or turn a blind eye to it.
But none of this was his concern.
"Don't worry." Lin Lang smiled faintly. "Today, I'm not Lin Lang the food critic, just a husband and father bringing his family out for dinner."
After Qin Yue's introduction, Lin Lang had already figured out which dishes were the main courses. He smiled and said, "Give us one portion of each dish."
If it was just him, he definitely couldn't finish so much. But with his family of four, it wouldn't be difficult to finish all these dishes.
After all, there were only three main courses.
Of course, ordering like this was mainly due to Lin Lang's professional habit acting up again.
Facing this interesting restaurant, he felt eager to experience every dish.
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