Daddy's Gourmet Shop

Chapter 630: Chapter 614: Life Is Incomplete Without Dining Here at Least Once!

"Hey, the happy gongs and drums beat out joy year after year, the pretty dances bring us cheers day after day, sunshine-colored paint brightens up today’s date, the flowers of life are our smiles, hey, today is a good day, what we wish for will come true, today is a good day, we open our doors and welcome the spring breeze..."

The car headed toward the city center. On both sides of the road were lush green trees. The gentle spring breeze rustled the leaves, clearing Huang Tao’s head a bit. He felt even the air was sweet, and in high spirits he broke into song.

On the dedicated child seat in the back, little Xuanxuan’s cute face blossomed into a bright smile. She tilted her little head in time with the music and clapped her tiny hands.

Cheering him on!

All the way there, father and daughter sang and joked as they headed to the new restaurant.

By now, staff from the celebration company were already at the entrance, busy setting up a big red inflatable arch. Colorful balloons floated in the air, from which hung strips of red congratulatory ribbons, along with speakers and other equipment.

"Dada, Dada~"

Xuanxuan excitedly pointed at the red inflatable arch at the entrance and shouted loudly, "Look, what a big arch~"

On such an important day, how could they not take photos to remember it!

Huang Tao chuckled as he held her hand and said, "Come on, Daddy will take a few pictures of you."

"Okay~"

Xuanxuan nodded sweetly and, under her dad’s direction, struck poses in front of the arch.

Click! Click!

Huang Tao pointed his phone camera at his precious girl, tapping the screen again and again, snapping a bunch of beautiful photos of Xuanxuan.

Facing the camera, Xuanxuan happily switched through several poses, wanting to show her very best side.

Still not satisfied, she waved at Huang Tao and the elder couple, Huang Yide and his wife, saying, "Dada, Grandpa, Grandma, I want to take a picture with you."

Oh wow!

This invitation was exactly what Huang Tao had been hoping for!

Only, he hadn’t brought a selfie stick, so there was no way he could take a family-of-four group photo by himself.

But this was easy enough to fix.

There were celebration company staff right at the entrance, so he asked a bespectacled staffer nearby for help: "Could you help me take a picture?"

"No problem."

The bespectacled celebration staffer readily agreed and took Huang Tao’s phone.

"Thanks!"

Huang Tao quickly walked to Xuanxuan’s side, half-squatted down, gently put an arm around her, and smiled at the camera.

So that the whole family could fit neatly into the frame, Huang Yide and his wife also half-squatted down on Xuanxuan’s other side and looked toward the camera.

The bespectacled celebration staffer stared at the phone screen, and the moment it finished focusing, he quickly hit the shutter, capturing a family-of-four group photo on the spot.

Just to be safe!

He grinned and shouted to them, "Everyone keep looking at the camera, let’s take one more!"

Then he tapped the shutter twice more in a row.

This bespectacled celebration staffer didn’t notice that the colleague beside him had gone a bit blank.

"All done!"

The bespectacled celebration staffer handed the phone back to Huang Tao with a big smile.

"Thanks!"

Huang Tao nodded and smiled at him, then took Xuanxuan’s little hand and led his parents into the restaurant.

The bespectacled celebration staffer watched Huang Tao and his family walk inside, feeling the satisfaction of having helped someone, while also wondering what connection this family of four had with the restaurant.

Hmm.

They must be relatives who came specially to congratulate the restaurant on its opening, right?!

After all, the restaurant was opening today, and it just so happened to be the weekend. Of course plenty of friends and relatives would come to show support!

Then he turned his head and saw that his colleague’s whole state seemed a bit off.

He looked like his thoughts had drifted far away and he was spacing out.

The bespectacled celebration staffer asked in puzzlement, "What’s up with you? What are you dazing out for?"

"Huh?"

His colleague’s wandering thoughts were pulled back, and he blurted out, "Boss Huang!"

The bespectacled celebration staffer was newly hired from out of town, so he wasn’t very familiar with Huang Tao’s big name.

He asked, confused, "Which Boss Huang?"

His colleague gave him a speechless look: "The one who asked you to take the photo! That’s Boss Huang, Huang Tao, the Boss Huang of this Delicious Restaurant, don’t you know?"

He’d been to Huang Tao’s place over in West City Old Street once to eat, and when he saw Huang Tao just now, he recognized him, but wasn’t completely sure. Plus he was on duty and busy, so he didn’t go up to chat or say hi.

The bespectacled celebration staffer scratched his head, clearly not understanding why his colleague was so worked up.

I mean, he’s just some restaurant owner, right? Just our employer, what’s there to get so excited about...

Wait!

Could it be that he’s...

The bespectacled celebration staffer’s eyes widened involuntarily: "Those ads on the exterior walls of the nearby malls and office buildings last night, that was this Boss Huang who spent big money to put them up?"

Though he hadn’t seen it in person, his social feed was almost taken over by that news last night!

Hard not to know about it!

This morning, when he was assigned here to install the celebration setup and saw the restaurant’s name, that’s when it hit him that those big-spending ads last night were from this restaurant’s boss!

Now he finally understood why his colleague was so excited!

So that was the reason!

"Yeah!"

His colleague nodded and voiced what he’d been thinking: "Those ads were paid for by Boss Huang with a lot of money!"

The bespectacled celebration staffer muttered, "Didn’t expect it... this boss is pretty loaded, huh!"

"Of course!"

His colleague smiled and said, "This restaurant was bought by Boss Huang, not rented."

"And let me tell you, Boss Huang’s cooking skills are amazing. The dishes he makes are really delicious. If you get the chance, you have to come eat here at least once."

"If you don’t eat here once in this lifetime, your life is incomplete!"

Holy crap~

That high a rating?

Hey hey hey, calm down, you’re making me nervous here!

The bespectacled celebration staffer glanced at the décor of So Delicious: "Just looking at this décor, you can tell it’s not cheap. A meal’s gotta be at least several hundred, right? I’ll just stick to fried noodles downstairs at the company."

But then he thought again—what about the food from a restaurant that spent a fortune on ads?

Was it really as tasty as his colleague said?

Would his life really be incomplete if he didn’t eat here once?

He changed his tune and said, "How about we splurge a bit and come here after I get my paycheck?"

Colleague: ???

Colleague: "..."

"Actually, we don’t have to wait for your paycheck. The prices here at Boss Huang’s place are fairly reasonable. How about after we finish up at noon, we come over for a meal? Split the bill AA-style?"

"Alright then!"

The two of them happily reached an agreement.

Meanwhile, inside the restaurant, Huang Tao had no idea that he’d unintentionally triggered a wave of shock, and even sparked these two celebration staffers’ interest in coming to eat.

Li Chengzhan and Lin Qiuyu, along with the other waiters, all dressed in brand-new uniforms, were currently checking whether the decorations in the dining hall were in good shape, if the floor was clean, whether the tablecloths were laid flat with no wrinkles. Everything had to be checked again and again to make sure it was perfect. freēwēbnovel.com

Seeing Huang Tao come in, they all smiled and greeted him.

"Boss, you’re here~"

Yang Huiru said with a big smile, "Wow, Xuanxuan, you look so pretty today. Who bought you that wool sweater? Oh, you even brought a Polaroid."

Xuanxuan replied politely, "Grandma knitted the wool sweater for me, and Grandpa bought the Polaroid for me."

"Today is my birthday~"

Yang Huiru and the others were surprised: "Wow, it’s your birthday today, Xuanxuan?"

"Then happy birthday."

They hadn’t prepared anything, so they planned to head to a nearby mall during their break in the afternoon to pick out a gift to make up for it.

"Thank you~"

Xuanxuan’s eyes curved into crescents, shallow dimples showing.

After handing Xuanxuan over to his parents to look after, Huang Tao headed for the kitchen. freeωebnovēl.c૦m

Old Qian, dressed in a spotless chef’s uniform, was leading the other assistant cooks in cutting and prepping ingredients, everything in perfect order.

Complicated dishes like Honeyed Ham had already been put on to steam in advance.

The whole kitchen was busy but not chaotic, orderly and efficient.