Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 318 TV Interview

At that time, Chen Nian gave the other party a menu.

Let the other party think about it, and if you want to order it, please come and tell me a few days in advance, because there are many ingredients that need to be prepared in advance, if you are not sure, you can just leave it alone.

After all, opening a restaurant by yourself still belongs to the service industry. If others don’t come and say something, it’s considered as benevolence.

And just this morning that person came again.

"Is the boss busy?" the man asked as soon as he entered the door.

Chen Nian wiped his hands and came out of the kitchen, looking at him with a warm smile: "Not busy."

"It's such a boss. After I went back, I talked to my family members. In fact, they still didn't want to hold the birthday banquet here. They wanted to go to a bigger hotel, but I talked to my grandfather again, and he himself I agreed very much, so at my grandfather's insistence, other people also agreed to come here to hold a birthday banquet."

Chen Nian felt a little uncomfortable when he heard this, but there was nothing he could do.

After all, the scale of the Honghong Hotel is indeed small, and it happened to meet an old man who didn't want to make a big deal, even if he didn't want to go to the hotel, otherwise no matter what, he would spend his birthday at home.Or go to some slightly better hotels.

But for myself, since I can come, I will make preparations.

"Okay, but do you have any dishes to choose?"?Chen Nian asked again.

"Yes, originally I wanted my family members to choose one, but then my grandpa spoke, so I let my grandpa choose the dishes." The man took out a piece of paper from his pocket as he spoke.

Looking at the back, Chen Nianguang could see that this was the paper he wrote to the other party to let the other party choose from these dishes. Looking at the paper now, there are some creases, but the creases are still white , no discoloration.

It can be seen that they are well kept.

He is also a fastidious person.

"Boss, the ones ticked above are the dishes selected by my grandpa, and some special ones marked by my grandpa are also written in the back, please take a look first."

Chen Nian took the piece of paper and unfolded it, and saw that about a dozen dishes had been crossed in front.

Except for the few signature dishes in the store, the others are all Huaiyang dishes learned from Jin Dachuan.

Among them, the longevity noodles are not required to be made too much, because the elderly may not be able to eat too much after eating a lot of dishes.

And the remaining longevity noodles are unlucky.

Also, at the bottom, it is written that there are eleven people who are dining with them, so try to make it as much as possible for eleven people.

But it doesn't matter if you have more, as long as you don't have enough.

The overall handwriting looks vigorous and powerful, and it can be seen from the age of the pen and the style that these are written with a pen, and the color is still the ancient dark blue ink.

Although some people use ink of this color now, but in comparison, most of them use black.

So at a glance, Chen Nian knew that this word must have been written by the old man. He could write it so naturally, and the old man must be very energetic. Looking at the age of the person who came, he was 25 or six years old. No matter what, the old man must have a 70 or so.

Although the life expectancy of modern people is generally longer than that of ancient times, it is not easy to live to the age of [-] and still be in good health. At this age, there will be more or less problems with the body.

"Then I can follow this menu?"

"Yes boss."

"Okay, so what's your surname?" Chen Nian had to leave a contact information of the other party, if there is any problem in the middle, he can contact him.

"Miangui's surname is Bai, Bai Qiushui, the autumn of autumn, the water in the water tank." The other party mentioned his name.

When Chen Nian heard the name, he felt quite poetic.

"The sunset and the solitary bird fly together, the autumn water that grows the same color as the sky?"

"That's right." Bai Qiushui nodded, "And my grandfather's name is Bai Jingsheng, the scenery is the scenery, the life is the birth."

Hearing the name, Chen Nian couldn't help but continue to be poetic: "Is it Susu Liang Jingsheng, the Jingsheng who added me to Lin Heqing?"

Bai Qiushui looked sideways when he heard it, although he felt that Chen Nian was pretending, but he had to say that this comparison was in his heart: "Boss, I found that you are too educated? We should be about the same age, But I only know how to use these words to form words, I didn't expect you to read two poems when you opened your mouth."

"Hahaha, no, no, I just happened to remember these two sentences."

Chen Nian skipped this topic with a laugh: "Then I remember, but if you want to pull banners, place arches, or arrange anything in the room, you have to prepare it yourself. I don't have those things here."

"Understood, these are not necessary, because I also asked my grandfather, he doesn't like these bells and whistles, he just wants everyone to have a meal together and get together."

"That's okay, let's finally confirm the time?"

"Can you see it at 06:30 in the evening three days later?"

"Okay, then you will be in the box next to it. Eleven people can sit down and it won't be crowded. However, if you come by car, you can't park at the door. You have to park your car in a nearby parking lot, otherwise you will be banned." Posting fines, so for convenience, I suggest you consider taking a taxi."

"I see, thank you boss, do I need to pay a deposit?"

"The deposit is 300. If you don't come by then, it will not be refunded, because I have already bought all the ingredients. If you want to cancel the subscription, I will still lose the deposit."

"Don't worry, boss, my grandfather has already made a decision. He is quite stubborn. As long as it is something he has decided, it is useless for others to talk about it."

"That's good." Then he asked the other party to transfer 300 yuan to himself from WeChat, and after marking the deposit for the birthday banquet on it, he watched the other party leave.

Back in the kitchen, Chen Nian continued to work with Xie Yu to process the ingredients to be used at noon, and told everyone the news while processing: "Everyone, let me tell you, there will be a banquet here at 06:30 in the evening three days later. Order, they will be in that box when the time comes, and I will give priority to making the dishes there.

Mom, you and Aunt Wen are still passing on the dishes, but at that time, many dishes on that order are not in our menu, so if other customers ask, you just say that this is only for banquets, not for retail sales , let them book at least three days in advance if they also want to book a drill. "

"Okay." Everyone nodded in agreement, and they could tell that Chen Nian was serious this time. After all, this was the first time that Honghong Restaurant received an order for a banquet.

And Xie Yu was even more startled when he heard this. Originally, he already felt that Chen Nian was very abnormal. He was able to cook more than a dozen dishes from different cuisines to perfection after just learning to cook for a few months.

And many of them are the signature dishes of those cuisines, such as mapo tofu, braised pork with preserved vegetables, braised pork in braised sauce, and pot-packed pork.

There are also dishes such as Wensi tofu and big boiled dry shreds that test the sharpness of the knife and basic skills.

It is even unbelievable that a lost dish like rouge goose breast can be made after aging.

He has expressed his envy for Chen Nian more than once, but this time his master said that there are still many dishes that are not on the menu at the banquet three days later!

Although they had only been together for a few months, Xie Yu knew Chen Nian well.

If you can't make a dish perfect, you won't serve it to customers.

"Master, how many dishes do you have that are not on the menu?"

"It's a level that is good enough to sell, but it hasn't been written yet."

Xie Yu suddenly asked.

After hearing this question, Chen Nian thought for a while: "If you count carefully, there are probably more than 20 more."

More than 20 dishes!
Xie Yu was startled when he heard that, he knew that it was absolutely impossible for old age to include such ordinary home-cooked dishes as hot and sour potato shreds, tomato scrambled eggs, and cold cucumber.

"Master, I've always had a question. Did you really not know how to cook before?" Xie Yu thought for a while, and finally asked this question.

As soon as Chen Nian heard this question, he was very happy. His mother should have a better say on this topic, so he replied with a smile: "You can ask your aunt Honghong."

In Honghong Hotel, Xie Yu and He Hai are usually called Aunt Feng Honghong.

And Xiang Xieyu also set his sights on Feng Honghong.

Indeed, Feng Honghong has the right to speak on this topic, because she knows too well what kind of pee Chen Nian was before.

"Well, how should I put it? If you compare it with Xiao Xie's level when you first came to us, the old age is not worthy of carrying shoes for you. Although he doesn't cook at home very much, he only cooks two or three times a year, but In the past few years, I haven’t dared to say anything a few times, think about it, I also traveled from south to north, but I was scared when I saw the things he made.”

"Dark food?" Xie Yu suddenly thought of such a word.

"What is dark cooking? It's black hole cooking."

Chen Nian was suddenly a little unhappy when he heard this: "Mom, I admit that the first two times, I really didn't do very well, but the dessert I made for the third time was very delicious. Didn't you How can you have the right to speak after eating?"

"I eat? I can't eat those ghost things you made in my life, just like it's impossible for a person to swallow four times in a row. That's absolutely impossible."

This made Chen Nian very sad, but Xie Yu confirmed that he was very shocked.

"Boss, how did you learn it? We are usually so busy during the day, so you stay in the store every night at night, but you should only stay for 1 to 2 hours at most. Could it be that all your dishes are served in this short period of time?" Learned in a short time?"

This question touches on old secrets, but since the other party asks, it is impossible for him not to say it.

But—

If he was telling the truth, wouldn't they have to send him to a mental hospital?
Right now, the only thing I can do is to let my schoolmaster personality set to the end: "It's not all, I usually watch some videos after lunch break or when I get home at night, check the recipes, think about it for myself first, and then wait until the evening Practice again."

"And didn't I just stay in Yangzhou for a month a few days ago? I learned a lot of dishes during that time."

But this still looks very old-fashioned.

What Xie Yu admired was the five-body projection.

However, Xie Yu soon felt that this title was no longer appropriate. The word admiration was already in the past tense, and now it should be used as admiration and admiration.

Just chatting and chatting like this, it was time for lunch.

Customers came to eat one after another. Today, there are many more people than yesterday. Although the store has doubled in size, many people still have to stand at the door and wait for a while.

It's just that the difference between now and before is that there used to be a dozen people in line in front, but now you only need to wait for two or three tables to eat.

Everyone was very enthusiastic. Most of the meat eaters would order a new dish to try after seeing a new dish, and those who ordered errands to deliver meals would basically order a dish of preserved vegetables and pork.

The workload at noon today was much higher than before, but they were able to cope with it. After all, Xie Yu was only a helper in the kitchen before, but now he can stand on the stage.

It is roughly estimated that the profit at noon today is about two or three hundred more than before.

And with the subsequent spread, the number of people will increase.

Therefore, when eating at noon, Chen Nian suggested that all employees should eat at 11:30 instead of closing in the afternoon, and then extend the working hours in the afternoon to three o'clock.

In the evening, we start eating at 05:30, which means that we have to work for about half an hour at noon, but if there are no customers, everyone should take a rest.

Everyone has no objection to this request. After all, Chen Nian’s wages for them are already much higher than the average wage, and I also said yesterday that there must be room for improvement in the future, and now they are working half a day more than before. hours only.

So they have no objection.

However, Chen Nian still felt a little guilty, after all, he looked like a capitalist.

How about recruiting two more people in the store?
Chen Nian suddenly had another thought in his mind.

After all, according to the current scale, I and Xie Yu need to cook every day, and there are so many guests, just cooking takes up most of the time. Although I am busy now, if there are more, it will still be a bit overwhelming. Stretched.

If there is another one for cutting and washing vegetables... that would be much better.

Also, Aunt Wen is now in charge of passing the dishes and washing the dishes. There are thousands of dishes to wash every day. If there are more people, it will be very tiring, mentally inattentive, and the dishes are not clean, which is hygienic. aspects of the problem.

It's not worth the loss if you get tired.

If they are reported or found to be unclean by the Industrial and Commercial Bureau of the Health Bureau, they will be fined a lot at that time. Thinking about it this way, it is better to spend more money and hire two more people.

In case anyone in the store wants to ask for leave at that time, they can turn around.

Thinking of this, Chen Nian made a decision in his heart, and he will post another recruitment notice in a while.

During the break time, Chen Nian pasted up two more papers, indicating that the store wanted to recruit vegetable cutters and vegetable passers, and the salary was negotiable.

But at this moment, a man wearing trousers and a white polo shirt with a badge on his chest walked into the store.

"Hello, we are closed. If you want to eat, you can come back at night, or you can turn left and there is a convenience store less than 100 meters away. You should be able to buy fast food there."

But the other party said with a smile: "No, I'm from Sichuan Provincial TV Station. We want to conduct an interview with you. I don't know if you have time, or to see when you have time. We made an appointment to bring someone Come for an interview."

(End of this chapter)