Chapter 1146 Thronged With People
For the customers whose dishes were served, they would call their friends right after tasting them.
“Hello? Have you had lunch yet? Come over to this new restaurant called Maureen’s Kitchen at Sunflower Street. The food here is so delicious that it will blow your socks off!”
With a larger group, they could try more dishes without needing to worry about wasting any food.
Before anyone knew it, word of the restaurant spread like wildfire. The chairs in the waiting area could not accommodate everyone, causing the line to spill into the street.
Those waiting outside need not have to wait on an empty stomach, as all of them were given free samples of ravioli.
Despite the small portion of the samples, it was sufficient to keep the hunger pangs away. More importantly, it also served to increase the customers’ anticipation of the restaurant’s food.
With the kitchen firing on all cylinders, even Glenn’s apprentice in charge of cooking ravioli outside was called back in to help.
The moment he entered, Glenn asked him, “How many tables are waiting for their food? Why isn’t the number of order slips decreasing?”
His apprentice tittered and replied, “Chef Quigley, I’m afraid we’ll be busy for the rest of the day. The line has already stretched into the street. My guess is that our ingredients wouldn’t be enough, even though we have ten times more than usual.”
Since the business was going well, Glenn was in a cheerful mood and did not feel tired at all.
But it’s a stretch to say the ingredients won’t be enough.
“I highly doubt so. The number of customers would naturally reduce after lunch hour. Moreover, there would definitely be people dropping out of the line from waiting too long. Hence, the ingredients should be enough.”
Nevertheless, his initial expectation of having to waste half the ingredients was no longer coming to pass.
The orders stuck on the wall alone would consume sixty to seventy percent of the ingredients.
Alas, Glenn’s estimation was wrong again.
Cars after cars began to fill the parking lot across from the restaurant. When it was fully occupied, the crowd began parking at the roadside, willing to bear the risk of getting a ticket.
They were largely netizens who came to try Arielle’s restaurant out of curiosity.
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