The Archmage’s Restaurant

# 189

Chapter.40 Cooking Competition

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Maa Shabu Shabu!

“Oh oh! “That, my dear, is nothing compared to that!”

Lurin’s mouth is full of meat. In the case of Lurin, the problem is the smell. So, like modern water parsley, various herbs were added here.

The meat is cooked right away and dipped in a special sauce. It is a sauce with a sweet and sour yet savory flavor.

The main ingredient is monton mushrooms.

Munton mushrooms work really well in sauces and other soup dishes.

“Munton mushrooms grow here too. “I’ll tell you how to get it.”

“This is awesome!”

Viscera nodded vigorously. I’m taking notes of everything I say.

“It’s special, right? “It could easily become a famous dish in this region.”

“L, what you said is correct. “I just changed the method, but it’s something fun and delicious!”

The hat was very excited. It looks like he likes it. If so, there is no problem. From now on, all you have to do is sell this.

“You eat the meat first and then add the noodles later, which is very different from the way you eat meat.”

“that’s right. I think this sauce is especially great. “It’s a revolution to bring so many different flavors to the monotonous maa meat!”

Duran began to praise with foam at the mouth.

Since I didn’t develop the dish itself, this is just shameful praise.

Still, in this town, noodles have the same meaning as rice in Korea, so I have a positive expectation that it will be popular and popular.

This is especially true since the shabu-shabu itself is simply an application of something that has already been verified. It is important that it has already been verified in modern times.

So this dish has a very high chance of success.

Rather, the problem lies somewhere else entirely.

A competing restaurant not far away is actually the biggest problem and variable.

Since they sell the same type of food, they will definitely fight back.

This can be a problem, especially after I have completely taught you how to cook and leave.

Gangsters can be mobilized to obtain recipes, and restaurants can be oppressed by force.

Since I heard that it is a restaurant run by a local person, several things come to mind.

So even if this dish is successful, there are still problems to solve.

However, I have no intention of doing the same thing they might think of, which is to press with force.

In this case, since it is a competition between restaurants, it means defeating the enemy with food and customers.

If there were no competing restaurants, all you had to do was teach them how to cook. No, if it weren’t for them, there wouldn’t have been a need to come to help like this.

I have no intention of leaving my benefactor alone.

And actually, there are many ways.

All you have to do is solve it step by step.

Forget about competing restaurants for now. The first thing to do is to divert the customers who have completely stopped walking.

Should we try to force customers to come and then wait for word of mouth?

Of course, coercion here is not coercion by force.

The new menu items, Maa Shabu Shabu and Maa Dumplings, will take care of the word of mouth. I was confident there.

However, when it comes to having guests come, you have to be prepared to lose a little money.

In fact, this was something Duran and Viscera had to decide on their own.

“The problem is the customers. It may cost a little, but I think of it as an investment and treat customers for free for one day.”

“Free?”

“yes. Do you have the money to survive even if you spend it?”

“yes yes. I still have some of the money you gave me back then. “Just in case something happens.”

“Oh really?”

“yes! Fortunately, there were times when the restaurant was doing well, so I was able to save it, but of course, if things continue like this, the money will run out quickly… . “I will follow El’s words.”

“All right. Then let’s do it!”

“yes!”

The hats nodded at the same time in agreement with what I meant.

So the next day.

I handed the stack of paper prepared by Rare to Duran. There are 30 pieces of paper with the message that it is free if you bring this paper.

About 30 people are enough.

It’s not clear where this is being distributed.

“Duran, take this.”

“What is this?”

“Even if you hold a free event, people will know so they can come, right? “As expected, no one will come as it is now.”

“I think so.”

“So I’m going to spread it out and let people know. Let’s go to the front of the mine just in time for the workers to leave work.”

“ah! “There are enough people there!”

“Yeah, I guess so.”

“But will those people really come to the restaurant?”

“No one likes free stuff. “If it doesn’t taste good, just leave.”

“Oh, I see!”

“yes? Hurry up and get ready. “Tell your mother too.”

“All right!”

The answer is always courageous.

So I went up to the mine with Duran. Lurin clearly looks annoyed, but that doesn’t mean she won’t come. I made Rurin sit on the rock.

“Lurin, sit here.”

Then, he clearly shows his displeasure.

“Not funny.”

“What’s not fun?”

“Not funny. boring. You are so boring these days! So, we ask for improvement. okay! A great idea occurred to me! How about giving it away and killing everyone who didn’t get it? “That might be a little fun!”

Lurin jumps up from the rock and laughs as if she came up with an incredibly good idea.

“What kind of bloodthirsty dragon are you? “You’re talking nonsense.”

“I didn’t receive the paper you personally handed out, so I think you should kill me.”

“Dragon, please sit quietly before I get scolded.”

“Hehehe! “You’re doing this too much!”

“What are you doing again?”

Ignoring Lulin’s absurd ambitions for fun, he and Duran began distributing leaflets.

We put a lot of effort into the fact that it was free. It’s big. Hehehe.

Isn’t it nice that it stands out so clearly? The reactions are also dramatic.

“What is this?”

“This is Visera Restaurant. “We have prepared a limited-time free meal today.”

“You mean it’s free?”

“yes. Just eat it and leave. It’s like an event where we develop a new menu. Well, it’s not that different from the existing maa noodles.”

“Really? If that’s the case, there’s nothing you can’t do. Hey, how are you?”

“They say it’s free. Just by saving the cost of one meal, you can drink 3 more bottles of alcohol, man. “Of course I should go.”

“Is that so?”

The reaction from people coming out of the mine was mostly favorable.

Chapter 30 went through in no time. Free is still great.

Of course, free is great, but if the investment doesn’t pay off, it’s a huge waste of money.

“But will there really be 30 people?”

Duran next to me asked if I was still worried, and I answered firmly.

“Of course it is. “Let’s stop worrying and think about doing business.”

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When I returned to the restaurant, as expected, people were gathering.

okay. This is the power of free.

It was only after Duran actually saw it that he started to get excited as if it was real, so I had to tell him to calm down and serve customers calmly as this was just a free power.

Lulin gave up his ridiculous plan and dozed off with the face that had the world on my back.

“Visera, then let’s prepare hard. However, as I said, never give a generous amount. “Well, you need to give about two-thirds of it to make it feel like it’s being cut off even though you’re eating extremely well.”

“Oh, I understand. “You mean less than the original amount?”

“yes. And even if you ask for more because you will pay for it, say no today. Even though the free portion is limited, you should feel disappointed anyway.”

“Okay. “It’s cancer!”

Viscera strengthened his resolve, and free customers finally began to arrive. I checked the paper, or flyer, in front of him.

“Yes, that’s right. Please come in and sit down.”

“It’s really free, right?”

“Yes, it’s free.”

“If you change your mind later and get money… .”

“Then you’ll be in big trouble. “Isn’t that a scam?”

“That’s right.”

I reassured the people who didn’t believe it was free and let them into the restaurant.

Rurin is not asked to serve guests. If it’s our restaurant, we have to prepare for possible accidents. On one side, a generous meal and beer were prepared just for Rurin. Now that I’ve started drinking beer, I’m relieved.

Soon the restaurant began to be crowded with people.

Whenever the place is full, Visera prepares shabu-shabu in a large pot and serves it. Every time that happened, the guests showed great reactions.

“Wow, it’s unique?”

“You boil and eat maa like this?”

“Yes, it is!”

When Visera prepares the food and serves it, Duran explains diligently in front of him.

People who heard the explanation immediately put the meat in their mouths.

I checked the reaction just in case. I am confident, but there is no way to prevent an unexpected situation from occurring again.

“Oooh!”

“Is it delicious?”

“Can I eat like this?”

“Is this sauce really unique?”

Tsk tsk tsk. Yum Yum. Wagu wagu.

“These dumplings are also delicious. “It’s a combination of familiar horse meat and new food.”

“Kiya, the soup is refreshing. “It’s cooler than Maa noodles!”

Fortunately, the reaction was exactly what I wanted.

Yes, it’s already a proven dish.

Response is good. I feel relieved.

So this time, I looked at the reactions of other free customers looking at the packed restaurant outside.

Waiting is a big problem.

No matter how free it is, people who are impatient may not be able to wait and end up going to an empty restaurant.

Because of this, waiting guests were placed inside the restaurant with a clear view of the table as much as possible.

I also paid attention to being able to smell well.

Thanks to that, very few people gave up and left. Thanks to the people inside who take care of the wind and eat while blowing.

And so the free days came to an end.

And the next day.

What really matters is starting from today. Do people who ate it come back, even paying for it? That’s the most important issue.

An amazing food appeared, and it wasn’t something I would get tired of after eating it once, so I waited with anticipation of coming back.

Hoping that the people who come will spread the word.

On the first day, about 3 people who had eaten for free came back.

It’s insignificant.

Second day.

Likewise, some of those who ate for free returned. From the second day, a new person joined the group.

“I have to pay to eat such delicious food. Oh, I brought another friend too. “Because you won’t admit that it’s delicious.”

“is that so? Oh my, you will admit it. “We’ve brought in a new person, so we’re serving beer!”

“Oh, that’s good! ha ha ha.”

“Yes! ha ha ha!”

There are people like this who say,

“I came back again because I was disappointed that I couldn’t eat a lot that day.” Since I’m paying to eat this time, they’ll let me eat as much as I want, right?”

“Yes, of course!”

These were mainly these types of customers. Of course, it is not a large number yet.

Since the number of people who ate for free was not that large, it would naturally take some time for them to spread the word about the new food.