Chapter 888 Waste Snacks(1/2)
At half past seven, everyone at the drinking party had finished two dozen draft beers.
By this time, it's almost time to break up and leave.
First, because Kagawa Rinko lives far away, it is not good for girls to go back too late.
The second reason is that the time the restaurant allows customers to stay is almost up, and it will be time to turn them away after a while.
Although Director Taniguchi likes to drink a few more drinks, he would definitely be willing to go to another place with Ning Weimin to continue drinking.
But Ning Weimin is not willing to have a "second meeting" with a Mediterranean uncle. That would be too boring.
So it's better to go back to each other's homes and make an appointment to meet again.
But just when Ning Weimin was about to propose paying the bill, an incredible scene appeared in the dumpling restaurant.
Not only did Ning Weimin swallow the words that had reached his lips, but it also firmly caught his eyeballs.
Make him look lively and excited in spite of himself.
So what exactly is this wonder?
I don't know when, in this store, four men and two women, young people wearing fashionable clothes, came.
They didn't sit at the bar, but sat at the seats around a table.
Everyone ordered beer and appetizers, but the dumplings served to them by the store were very different and "willful".
It is actually a very large dumpling that can be called a giant!
As for how big this dumpling is, according to Ning Weimin's visual inspection... it is probably slightly smaller than a human head.
The portion weighs at least six or seven kilograms!
At first, when he saw these young people shouting, clapping and cheering around the dumplings that were brought to him, Ning Weimin thought that these young Japanese people were celebrating a friend's birthday.
I think they must have agreed with the store in advance to specially order such a large dumpling to serve as a birthday cake for a friend who loves dumplings.
Although this idea is a bit stupid, the execution is pitiable, the intention is quite touching, and it can be considered a little creative.
As a result, what happened next broke the good news in Ning Weimin's conjecture, and made him realize that the essence of this matter turned out to be nothing but philistine.
In fact, there is no birthday song at all, and there is no part for the birthday person to accept congratulations from friends, or to say thank you to friends.
The store directly placed such a big dumpling in front of the strongest young man among the group, then handed him a knife and fork, looked at the watch and announced the start of time.
I heard a roar from these young men and women, and began to applaud in unison, cheering for the young man to eat.
The most incredible thing is that the muscular young man is really obedient.
Just like this, in full view of the public, under the supervision of the store clerk, and under the joint attention of almost all the customers in the store.
He really just rolled up his arms and sleeves, shook off his cheeks, and began to devour the food with great force.
I saw the young man cutting open the huge dumplings and stuffing them into his mouth like a desperate man.
Ning Weimin was dumbfounded. He really didn't understand, who was this person targeting?
Why do you have such a big hatred against yourself? Isn’t this a disgrace to yourself?
Is it just to show off my superhuman appetite?
And at this very moment, the whole dumpling house was already in a state of joy!
Under the stimulation of this guy eating huge dumplings, the dumpling restaurant was like a temple exploding!
Almost all the guests became excited. Not only did they talk a lot, they even stood up, clapped their hands and cheered, and some held up their beers and started cheering.
The excitement of the crowd made the sound in the room soar into the sky, like a carnival.
This even affected passers-by outside the store, attracting many people outside to follow the sound and come to watch the excitement.
It has to be said that this lively scene is also a feature of the Japanese catering industry.
No matter where in Japan it is quiet, Japanese people will become aware of themselves when they speak at a slightly higher volume and then lower their voices.
Keep yourself from being too abrupt and rude.
But entertainment venues such as izakayas, bars, and stages are not like this, but go to the other extreme.
The Japanese seem to want to release all the accumulated sound in these places, and their behavior in these places is completely unscrupulous.
On the contrary, everyone has to shout loudly to be considered normal, and when they drink, they become noisy.
For people like Ning Weimin and others, it is appropriate to limit the time to one drinking session each time.
If they have one more drink or a second meeting, their voices may become hoarse.
Therefore, in this case, it is normal that neither Taniguchi nor Xiangchuan heard Ning Weimin's inquiry and did not answer his questions in time.
It was not until five or six minutes later that the strong young man eating dumplings had already eaten one-third of the dumplings, and the atmosphere at the scene became calmer.
Taniguchi and Xiangchuan finally heard Ning Weimin's inquiry and told him together what was going on.
It turns out that this scene is actually a unique marketing tool of this dumpling shop.
According to Director Taniguchi, in order to attract more customers to dine and compete with surrounding dumpling shops, the owner of this shop launched a special reward event called "Welcome Big Eaters" at the beginning of this year.
That is, within this year, only one customer can finish a huge fried dumpling within twenty minutes.
Not only can this person enjoy the lifetime qualification to dine at the dumpling restaurant for free.
Moreover, friends who come with him can also get all their purchases for the day for free and get gifts.
But if they can't finish it, the customer will have to pay for the huge dumpling, which costs a full 10,000 yen for the challenge.
Kagawa echoed this, saying that this activity is really effective.
She still remembers that after it was launched at the beginning of the year, it successfully attracted many people to challenge it, which also made this dumpling shop famous.
At that time, there was a huge queue outside the shop every day, and it was almost prosperous for half a year, bringing a lot of customers to the dumpling shop.
Although everyone knows that it is difficult, even so, there are still many people who are willing to challenge it.
The main reason is that everyone thinks that even if they fail the challenge, they can still taste such a huge fried dumpling.
10,000 yen is not too expensive and it is worth it.
However, as time went by, the novelty of this activity gradually wore off, and not many people participated anymore.
It is said that so far, only one customer has succeeded.
There are actually very few people like this young man who still have the courage to challenge.
You can still see this scene today, probably because you know that the event is coming to an end, and some people want to seize the last chance to try again.
Analyzing it from Kagawa Rinko's perspective, this guy who dares to challenge must be well prepared.
Especially since he has so many friends around him to encourage him, he seems to be on track to become the second winner.
Director Taniguchi also agreed with this.
Because in just seven or eight minutes, this strong guy had already eaten half of the dumplings, so he had a really good chance of winning.
But Ning Weimin couldn't help but laugh at the simplicity of the Japanese.
In his eyes, the owner of this dumpling restaurant is the one with the best plans.
To be honest, judging from the appearance, this fried dumpling is very appetizing.
It's shiny, open all the way, the skin is skin, the meat is meat, it's steaming hot, and the oily and fragrant soup flows all over the plate.
But the problem is, this is just an appearance.
There is absolutely no way that this dumpling tastes good, and it definitely doesn't taste like dumplings.
Because for such a big dumpling, the thickness of the dough must be thicker than that of lazy dragon and meat pie, otherwise it will not be able to contain the filling.
The thickness and volume of the meat filling are even better, at least as thick as four or five meat patties stacked together.
Such a thing will definitely not be cooked without steaming.
After it's steamed and then deep-fried, just think about it and you'll know what the skin tastes like and how greasy the meat filling inside is.
Where is the dumpling flavor?
There is a word in Beijing called - waste dim sum, which describes this kind of formal but meaningless thing.
Not to mention that the filling of Japanese dumplings itself has a sweet and greasy texture.
Just think about it and you will know how the skin and fillings of this dumpling taste when you eat them.
It will definitely make ordinary people want to die.
First of all, it must be said that the owner of this dumpling restaurant has successfully taken advantage of most people's curiosity and blind obedience and made a lot of money.
Coupled with such large dumplings, the portion is already unbearable for ordinary people.
Unprepared for the boss to do some hard work when making big dumplings again, he gave me double the amount of lard and sugar.
Such dumplings may be edible when they are hot, but when they are cold, lard will stick to your throat in one bite.
If customers want to win, that is simply impossible.
Ning Weimin could even assert that the so-called only winner was also made up by the boss, just to give customers a chance of luck and encourage people to continue to challenge and try.
To be continued...