Gourmet: Midnight Vending

Chapter 466 - 391: Hope This Works!

What’s that?

The customers in line next door to buy "urine eggs" were doubting their own eyes. What did they just see?

An unremarkable-looking "spotted egg" with a cross-section revealing dark soy sauce color seeping through the spots, looking from the side like strange passageways leading directly to the yolk.

This is the magic of the skinless egg.

By peeling off part of the eggshell in advance, the marinade can easily penetrate through the membrane into the egg, perfectly infusing its flavor with the egg without any wait time.

Moreover, the eggs are cooked over a low flame, allowing the marinade to enter the eggs before the egg liquid solidifies.

Once the egg liquid solidifies, the infused marinade creates the current appearance.

The guy who packed his eggs proudly showed the half-marked egg in his hands to the customers next door, "See? These tea eggs are really tasty, you should really try them."

A woman in the queue decisively left the line, "Give me three eggs, one of each flavor."

Chen Mo packed them separately, and the woman started by peeling the Jasmine flavor tea egg.

She took a gentle bite, getting a bit of yolk, commenting as she ate.

"A faint cola taste, a little sweet. The aftertaste is five-spice." After saying this, she took another bite, "Hmm, the rich tea aroma, Jasmine fragrance goes surprisingly well with the flavor of the egg! And also..."

She peeled another egg and gulped it down in one bite, even the guy who packed the eggs earlier was dumbfounded, "Sister, aren’t you afraid of choking?"

After finishing the egg, she took a deep breath, the tea aroma in her mouth becoming more intense, this was an egg with the flavor of Phoenix Dan Cong.

"No, the young owner here pre-peeled the eggshell so the marinade soaked in, so this egg isn’t just a boiled egg, it’s almost like..."

She wasn’t sure how to express it immediately, it felt as if water had been added to the egg before boiling, making the texture much more tender than a regular egg, unlikely to cause choking.

The woman finished eating all three eggs, then took out a business card from her bag and handed it to Chen Mo, "Hello, I’m Cheng Xiuli."

Chen Mo glanced at the card, which mentioned she was a manager at a food company.

Chen Mo wasn’t too concerned with such titles; during his time in the marketing department, he’d encountered all kinds of people, and people usually gave themselves their own job titles when they were out and about.

However, this woman was wearing a somewhat casual blue suit, her hair neatly styled, giving off a comfortable vibe.

"Hello."

Cheng Xiuli smiled and bought three more eggs, saying, "Our company is collecting various folk snacks, could you teach us how to make these eggs? Of course, we would pay you an amount sufficient to satisfy you."

"Buying the recipe?" Chen Mo asked, surprised, "There’s business like that now?"

"Yes." Cheng Xiuli was about to say more when an older woman barged in front of her.

"Are you buying or not, don’t block the way if you’re not!" The old woman turned back with a grin at Chen Mo, "Give me ten eggs! Four of those Jasmine ones, and three of each of the others."

Due to the performances by the older guy and Cheng Xiuli, people in the line next door grew curious.

In everyone’s view, no matter how it’s hyped, isn’t it just a tea egg?

A tea egg is nothing more than a tea-flavored egg, can it really taste extraordinary?

For food lovers, skepticism is their basic trait.

Thus.

"Give me one... make that five! I’m curious to try."

"Two eggs for me, boss can these be used in instant noodles?"

"I’ll take ten! The money’s already transferred."

As customers next door rushed over to buy tea eggs, the herd instinct was fully at play here. Shoppers who had just arrived at the night market were drawn to this stall when they saw the crowd.

Realizing the stall was selling tea eggs, they found it rather curious.

Can a tea egg attract such a crowd?

This must mean that these tea eggs are extraordinary!

Even Sun Jianhong, who had been betting, couldn’t resist, "Brother Mo, Brother Mo!"

Chen Mo, busy packing the eggs, turned to ask, "What?"

"Can I trade a urine egg for a tea egg?"

Without hesitation, Chen Mo refused, "No way!"

"Why not? I sell urine eggs for 3 yuan, your tea eggs are only 2 yuan, you actually profit from the trade."

This logic was quite good, Chen Mo thought Sun Jianhong was a talent, "I don’t like eating eggs."

Sun Jianhong replied aloud, "Then do you want some soup?"

Chen Mo gripped the black spoon in his hand a bit tighter, resisting the urge to knock Sun Jianhong out, "Don’t talk to me."

If not for completing his task, Chen Mo would definitely have hit the spoon on Sun Jianhong’s head by now, "Is he even speaking human words?"

Under the siege of the curious diners, tea eggs sold fast, nearly running out in just half an hour.

"Boss, I’ll take whatever eggs are left."

Chen Mo looked up, seeing it was the woman who had given him her business card, "Alright."

About thirty or so eggs were packed up, taken by Cheng Xiuli, "Boss, do you have time to talk now?"

While tidying up, Chen Mo said, "I still need to head to Dashuang Village, you can come along if you have time."

"All right."

Cheng Xiuli’s straightforward answer surprised Chen Mo a bit, although he didn’t show it.