As night fell and lights came on, the streets were as bright as day, adding a vibrant scene to the commercial pedestrian street.

The food festival remained bustling with people.

The onset of night did not affect the booming popularity index of the food festival.

After all, the colorful nightlife was just beginning!

In front of the So Delicious booth.

After returning from Huang Tao's live demonstration, the queue was never-ending.

A wave left, and then another wave came.

In short, the queue never stopped.

It kept getting longer and longer, almost reaching the B entrance!

Inside the So Delicious booth.

The young couple Yan Ming and Lin Yuhan diligently held their positions, packaging marinated foods and steamed ribs with lotus leaf rice, and they also took on customer reception duties.

They performed their tasks with flair.

Ding Suqin and Ji continued to assist Huang Tao with packaging.

With their help, Huang Tao's speed increased significantly.

Fortunately, Xu Hao delivered a lot of ingredients this afternoon, otherwise, they would have sold out already.

Now, only a small portion of ingredients remained.

They estimated another hundred bowls of Fish Ball Soup and nourishing fish soup could be made!

At most, they could roast another 20 ducks.

There were only about ten servings of steamed ribs with lotus leaf rice left on the steamer.

Only a few marinated foods remained in the stainless steel tray.

Once everything was sold out, it would be time to close up and head back.

At this moment.

They did not slacken because the ingredients were almost gone; they kept serving customers diligently and in order.

As bowl after bowl of Fish Ball Soup was sold.

A cold system alert suddenly sounded in Huang Tao's mind.

[Ding!]

[Congratulations to the host for successfully and early completing the side mission: selling three thousand bowls of Fish Ball Soup before the end of today's food festival.]

[Reward: Random Culinary Skill - Delicious Yellow Croaker Noodles!]

[Recipe for Delicious Yellow Croaker Noodles...]

[Ingredients for Delicious Yellow Croaker Noodles...]

The next moment.

The method and experience for making Yellow Croaker Noodles suddenly flooded into his mind.

It took him no time to fully absorb it.

Yellow Croaker Noodles!

Huang Tao's eyes lit up.

As a native southerner who grew up in the fish and rice region of Wenling, he was, of course, familiar with the local specialty, Yellow Croaker Noodles.

In the past, fishermen going out to sea were reluctant to eat wild big yellow croakers, but the golden yellow croakers were too tempting, so they couldn't resist cooking a few small yellow croakers and tossing in some rice noodles (rice noodles are a special Wenling cylindrical noodle made from rice, thinner than rice vermicelli).

These became the wild Yellow Croaker Noodles that satisfied their cravings at sea.

Though Wenling People would not feel their table was decent without a big yellow croaker, the yellow croaker in Yellow Croaker Noodles was naturally a small product weighing about two to three ounces.

Commonly known as "small yellow croaker."

Small yellow croakers and big yellow croakers are of the same family, but different varieties.

A small yellow croaker is certainly not a small version of a big yellow croaker or a juvenile big yellow croaker.

In terms of lineage, they are cousins.

The fish in Yellow Croaker Noodles varies with the seasons, using different types of fish from the yellow croaker family.

Fish like the delicate fish, yellowfin fish, plum-mouthed, and plum-eye take turns according to the season, heading into a bowl of Yellow Croaker Noodles.

Of course, all are wild-caught from the sea.

The wild fresh fish are brisk; the bones are removed and the flesh is sliced, then pan-fried until the scales curl slightly. The meat is lively and tight, tender to the point of translucency, bringing joy to the eater, with each bowl containing enough for two small yellow croakers.

Good fish, and the soup base is also crucial.

Pork lard is used to stir-fry scallions and ginger, various small sea fish are matched with yellow croaker bones, rolled in pork lard, brought to a boil over high heat, and simmered, with the soup full of the fresh taste of the sea, layer upon layer, so fresh it might knock your eyebrows off!

As for the noodles in Yellow Croaker Noodles!

There are two options.

One is traditional rice noodles, the other is handmade noodles (wheat noodles).

No matter which type of noodle, the system did not specify their making methods, nor did it impart this knowledge to Huang Tao.

He would need to purchase them from the market.

So!

The long-desired skill of making noodles fell short of Huang Tao's expectations~

What's not there is not there!

It would save him a lot of production time!

Moreover.

There are plenty of good noodles on the market, their quality not inferior to those produced by the system.

When he has accumulated enough points later, he could exchange for a master-level noodle-making skill in the Points Mall in one go, and won't have to eagerly wait for the system's reward.

He thought this with a Zen-like calmness.

As for when the Yellow Croaker Noodles would be introduced, it would have to wait until after the food festival!

After all, Yellow Croaker Noodles are not suitable for food festival sales.

The ingredients for cooking Yellow Croaker Noodles must be carefully selected and not skimped on.

No hurries, no hurries!

For now, completing the manual work is more urgent.

He continued to cook the last pot of Fish Ball Soup.

A moment later.

As the last bowl of Fish Ball Soup was sold, all other ingredients were also sold out.

Lin Yuhan and Ding Suqin, both smiling, apologized to the customers in line and those still queuing behind, saying, "We're sorry, everyone, today's ingredients are all sold out. We're sorry, we need to close up, please come back tomorrow! Sorry~"

"Sold out already?"

"Closing up now?"

The customers still in line were all excitedly peeking at the booth when they heard that everything was sold out and they were closing up.

They still wanted to buy some for dinner or as a late-night snack!

How come it's all gone?

A burly man squeezed to the front, pointed at a roasted duck in the automatic roasting machine, and asked curiously:

"Boss Huang, isn't there still a duck hanging in that oven?"

"Why not sell it?"

"I'm willing to pay double the price; can you sell it to me?"

As soon as the burly man finished speaking.

The customers queuing also couldn't help but crane their necks to look towards the automatic roasting machine.

Indeed?

A duck was vaguely visible in the oven, hanging inside!

Through the glass door, they could glimpse the appealing rosy skin, knowing at first glance it must be crispy.

The enticing aroma wafted into every customer's nose.

"This one?"

Huang Tao was taken aback, then smiled, "This duck is for the staff meal, sorry, it can't be sold."

"We're closing up, everyone go home for some rest, or check out other stalls!"

He then smiled and waved to the customers still in line.

Ah!

Another day envying So Delicious employees!

"Boss, do you need someone to sweep the floor?"

"Boss, do you need help with carrying goods?"

Hearing this, Huang Tao raised his eyebrows slightly and couldn't help but laugh, "No, there's no need right now!"

Then he asked Ding Suqin and the others to tidy up and prepare to head back to the shop.

"Uh... why not need anyone? Why not sell more?"

"Exactly, even the donkeys in the production team don't rest this early..."

"Oh well, boss, have a good rest, we'll come back tomorrow."

"That's the only way~"

The customers left reluctantly.

Ding Suqin, as she did yesterday, began packing up the kitchen utensils with Yan Ming and other staff.

Once all equipment was tidied up, they loaded it onto the small truck.

Once everything was settled, Huang Tao returned to the shop with the small truck as usual.

Meanwhile, Xuanxuan and the others took Lin Jingsong and the others' taxi back to the shop.

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