The Female Supporting Role Shows Out

Chapter 16

Translator: NovelMultiverse | Editor: NovelMultiverse

Lin Dan was indeed planning to fight against Yan's restaurant head on this time around when she returned to the capital. She was not bothered at all to lose to Yan Langqing, but the predecessor of this Yan's restaurant was Lin's restaurant that was founded by Lin Baotian. Each of the signature dishes in this restaurant was painstakingly created by her own father. Lin Dan did not want to see the Yan family as well as her father's two brothers taking away all his years of effort.

The Yan family did not even feel bad about taking over the restaurant, but Lin Dan, who had inherited the will of the owner of this body could not accept what had happened. Just as she said, she believed that she must take back what she deserves, and return what she owes.

As the saying goes, "Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories." To challenge Yan's restaurant, Lin Dan had to try their dishes first. But her facial features had not changed much over the years and she was certain that her second and third uncles would put her in a spot if they had recognized her. She had no choice but to ask the handsome man to pick a few of their signature dishes and take them out for her to try.

After trying Yan's dishes, the two started discussing in a private room of a tea house. The handsome man asked, "How does it taste?"

"They are all very well done. As expected from the family of the imperial chef." Lin Dan gave a frank and honest judgment.

"When compared to your dishes?" The handsome man had not tried Lin Dan's Shandong cuisine and was having a strong desire to try it.

"You'll know when my store is opened." Lin Dan chuckled and pushed the door to leave. Although she did not answer his question directly, her composure was a sign of confidence.

The handsome man stared at her straight back, shook his head, and smiled.

The two continued to wander around the Qingyun Alley until they had reached a corner and saw another Shandong restaurant. Lin Dan waved at him and said, "Let's eat here." Since she was opening a store, it was natural for her to check out the restaurants nearby. It was not really to undermine their business but to learn their strengths and avoid their weaknesses.

It was called the Qiaoyuan Restaurant. The size was twice of Yan's restaurant and the interior was very luxuriously decorated. There were pavilions and small ponds and bridges built within the restaurant which created a very elegant environment. High-ranking officials tend to show off their status when they eat out, and the service of this restaurant was far more luxurious than Yan's restaurant. She thought their business would be fairly good, but the two of them sat in the dining hall for a long time and only observed that they had only served with five or six groups of patrons. The number of patrons they had was far lesser than Yan's restaurant.

But Lin Dan understood why after trying their dishes. It was simply because the chef of this restaurant was not skillful enough, and the Shandong dishes did not taste authentic.

"You can tell that the taste of this restaurant is worse than Yan's restaurant. No wonder they were unable to keep attracting customers." Lin Dan put down her chopsticks and concluded.

The handsome man did not express his opinions and only waved for the waiter to get the check. As soon as Lin Dan took out her purse, he pressed her hand down, and placed half a tael of silver in the waiter's hand, paying the bill as fast as he could. His action was so fast that the waiter did not even catch how the money appeared on his palm. The waiter scratched his head for a while, looking all puzzled.

Lin Dan was amused and smiled slightly before starting a conversation with the waiter. "Is this restaurant interested in getting dry goods? I have some top-quality goods that I imported from Nanyang, including abalone, bird's nest, sea cucumber, scallops, and so on. I also have a wide variety of food that was harvested from the mountains and can provide a stable supply of goods for a long time."