Confronted with the spectacles-wearing lady's doubts.

Huang Tao smiled and explained, "Hello, our roast duck is all made from locally sourced live ducks, making it exceptionally tender..."

The spectacles-wearing lady, when she heard that the roast duck was made from local live ducks, looked half-convinced.

If the ducks are indeed live, then the price is actually reasonable, not too expensive!

After all, buying a live duck costs nearly a hundred yuan.

But merchants' words can be deceptive.

Who knows if this roast duck was really made from live ducks?

Without witnessing the slaughter of live ducks firsthand, she's still skeptical.

Moreover, the roast ducks had just started roasting in the machine. Although the duck's skin had been roasted to exude a layer of oil, producing a sizzling sound when placed under the grill, the aroma hadn't yet wafted out to stimulate her appetite.

Plus, the price exceeded her budget a bit, not enough to spark her purchasing desire.

So.

She turned around without hesitation and went to browse other stalls.

The female customers in front of the stall, after hearing Huang Tao's explanation, didn't leave immediately, but each had a look of doubt on their faces.

Clearly, they weren't completely convinced about the live duck claim.

However, on second thought, all the participants in this food festival were invited by the city's relevant departments based on qualifications.

All were hotels and restaurants with excellent reputations.

So in terms of ingredients, they probably wouldn't substitute with inferior ones.

However, they didn't plan to buy roast duck and pickled food, which are high-calorie items.

After a moment's hesitation, they turned to leave~

Seeing this.

Huang Tao's heart remained calm and unperturbed.

After all, his continuous insistence was to let customers genuinely love his food and open their wallets, not by using marketing tricks to coax people into trying his delicacies.

He would never force customers who chose to leave.

Besides, he had confidence in his culinary skills!

Ding Suqin and Lin Yuhan, along with several employees, felt a tinge of anxiety as they watched.

Prior to the food festival, the store's old customers had promised with great assurance to come and support them, yet none had shown up so far.

Could the beds at home be too comfortable, making it hard to get up?

Lin Yuhan suddenly wondered if the post they had meticulously prepared yesterday was in vain.

Otherwise, why hadn't anyone shown up?

Oh well!

They had promised to come and support them early, right?

Do they have some misunderstanding about "early"?

Of course, the four of them still had great faith in Huang Tao, and believed that what Huang Tao made would surely be loved by countless gourmets at the food festival.

After all, Huang Tao's skills surpassed those of the top chefs by a significant margin!

The people who didn't buy were simply not recognizing quality, missing out on the best opportunity in their lifetime!

Huang Yide and his wife glanced around, looking both left and right.

Surrounding them were not only Taste Memory, specializing in grilled abalone and grilled squid, but also New Kaiyuan Restaurant, focusing on noodle dishes, as well as Su Mansion, famed for roast whole lamb and roast piglet.

These booths were all bustling with popularity, with long queues!

The staff were so busy they barely had a moment to spare.

The owners of the stalls were all sporting satisfied smiles, evidently having reaped great profits from this venture.

For the city government leaders, the food festival was a means to promote culinary cultural exchange and tourism prosperity, but for the vendors, it was an opportunity to make money and establish a reputation.

At that moment, Huang Yide and his wife felt a little disheartened.

Not out of envy for the bustling stalls.

But the contrast between their son's current situation and the busy scene at the store was a bit stark.

In the store, the lines would already form before meal times.

It was always packed with people.

While now, the atmosphere in front of the small booth was a bit chilly.

Oh well!

It just meant their son had to start all over here.

Everything has gone back to square one.

But they believed that since their son was able to run the store so successfully, he would be able to manage this small booth well too.

They had absolute confidence in Huang Tao.

Xuanxuan noticed that those older sisters were about to leave. She tilted her little head, as a big question mark appeared in her mind.

If Dad made such delicious food, why would those sisters still want to leave?

After pondering for a moment, fearing her dad might be upset, she consoled him, "Dad, those sisters just haven't tasted your cooking. Once they have, they'll surely love it..."

"Yes, Dad understands. Don't you worry!"

Huang Tao smiled, opened the boiler lid.

As soon as he lifted the lid...

A delectable aroma of fish soup wafted from the stall.

This rich aroma was unlike any other aroma in the food festival.

This concentrated fragrance was like a lotus flower blooming amidst a group of ordinary flowers.

The scent was subtle.

Yet it invigorated everyone.

Upon smelling the freshness of the fish soup, Ding Suqin and others suddenly found the other flavors at the festival rather ordinary.

It was still Huang Tao's nourishing fish soup that had the finest taste!

Even though the air was still mixed with the smell of smoke and various spices.

The rich aroma of the fish soup stood out amidst the complicated odors.

Mingling directly with the nearby diners' nostrils.

The female customers who had just taken a few steps away were enveloped by the intense aroma of fish soup.

"This smell is really nice~"

"Wow! It's so fragrant..."

"It certainly is quite aromatic, what kind of dish could it be?"

"Smells like the fresh flavor of fish soup!"

They, along with some nearby diners, stopped in their tracks, some even closed their eyes to take a deeper sniff.

Everyone was guessing what kind of food could smell so good.

Even customers at the adjacent stalls, sampling green dumplings and grilled abalone, couldn't help but stop eating and began to take deep breaths.

Each, one by one, followed the scent to Huang Tao's stall.

"So the fish soup aroma we smelled came from this stall..."

The female customers who originally intended to leave followed the scent back, and when they saw Huang Tao's stall, they looked surprised and a little embarrassed.

They hesitated whether to purchase or not.

Mainly because they hadn't bought it initially, now coming back felt a bit awkward.

But as they got closer to the stall, they found the fish soup's delicious aroma even more concentrated!

The fish soup was rich and creamy like milk, compelling them to take a few more deep breaths.

And then...

They were hooked!

"Boss, I'll have a serving of the nourishing fish soup, quickly."

"Boss, I want a serving too!"

"I'll have one too!"

Other diners, discovering what seemed to be a new treasure, immediately ran to the stall. When they found out it was only 28 yuan per bowl, which wasn't expensive, they wanted to try the fish soup.

"Boss, one nourishing fish soup, please."

"I'll have a nourishing fish soup too!"

"I'll also take one, could you make way, those who didn't buy earlier?"

"You didn't buy earlier, boss, I'll take one."

"..."

Facing the sudden influx of customers, Huang Tao calmly said, "Alright, please hold on for a moment, kindly line up first, don't crowd, one at a time please..."

Indeed, aroma is the best advertisement for food!

Many customers, after seeing the creamy milk-like texture of the fish soup, couldn't help but swallow.

That's the power of presentation!

For a dish to attract people, it has to look and smell enticing!

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