The story of a cook

Chapter 299 Staff Dinner
The No.11 day of opening, the eleventh day of the twelfth lunar month, mother's birthday.

Not being able to go back to celebrate my mother's birthday felt very uncomfortable.I called Fifth Sister in advance, and Fifth Sister said that my mother was in good health, and she didn't need to come back for her birthday, but just came back during the Chinese New Year.When I think about going home for the New Year, I have a headache. If Lin Yan doesn't go home with me for the New Year, how can I go back by myself?It's opened here. If there are too many orders during the Chinese New Year, I really can't go back.

Hey, let's talk about the situation later.

People say that "an official cannot be free", but I am not an official, nor can I be free.

Dry food is good for anything, but during the Chinese New Year holidays, we can’t go home. People are at home to reunite with their families. During the lively Chinese New Year holiday, we have to work hard at the front line of the stove, making delicious dishes for the guests, and wait until the New Year’s Eve Time to go home and be with family.

The helplessness of being a catering person.

When I first came out, I was homesick and missed my mother. As time went by, I got used to being outside, and I didn't miss home very much at first, and I cared more about my mother.Seeing that my mother is a 70-year-old old man, and she is still at home alone, I am really worried.

Fortunately, communication is much more convenient now. If there is nothing to do, I can call Fifth Sister or Eldest Sister and ask about the situation of my family and mother. I feel relieved.

The fifth sister still goes home every week to visit, and stays at home for two days, and sometimes the elder sister and the others will go back.The eldest sister's son is married, and the eldest sister has a daughter-in-law, so she doesn't have to stay at home all the time, and can go home to visit her mother when she has time.My mother is in good health and can take care of herself, but she is almost 70 years old after all, so she doesn't have to bear the burden, and those of us who are children are not at ease when we are alone at home.

The fifth sister planned to take her mother to her home, but her mother refused, saying that she could still move, cook and eat, that she was fine, and she would go when she couldn't move.The fifth sister said that mother likes to be quiet now, and she likes to be alone at home. Once there are too many people in the family, she will be annoyed. She said that mother's life is very regular now, and she gets up early in the morning to cook on the kang.Mother's breakfast is pickles, millet porridge, and sometimes two boiled eggs.My mother doesn't like boiled eggs, but chicken cakes. If she steams chicken cakes and millet porridge in the morning, she won't eat them.At noon, my mother would make two dumplings, and sometimes I would paste two large cornmeal pancakes to eat.I don't like to eat rice, but like to eat whole grains, especially cornmeal.At night, my mother ate very little, and sometimes she didn't eat, she only drank a bottle of almond milk, and if she was hungry, she ate two pieces of mung bean cake.

Mother went to bed early at night,

The good health of the elderly is the blessing of their children.

Half a month after opening, the villa is not so busy.

Mr. Wang's friends who were supposed to come also came, and all the nearby people who knew about the opening of Laohan Villa also came, and the restaurant began to enter a stable period.

Mr. Wang said that everyone is very tired, and everyone will have a dinner together after ordering dishes in the evening.Both Zhang Li and I agreed, so we decided to have dinner in the evening.

"Let the staff order their own food for dinner at night." Zhang Li said, also asking for the opinions of Mr. Wang and me.

"It is necessary, we do what the employees order, and let everyone eat well." Mr. Wang said.

"Will the singer who sings Errenzhuan eat with us?" I asked.

"The two-person show is closed today. They are sent by the headquarters. They agreed to perform for half a month. When tomorrow starts, our family will find a two-player to perform. The two sets I found from Jilin will come tomorrow." I always say .

"That's good." I said, and then said to Zhang Li: "You order five dishes at the front desk, and we order five dishes at the back kitchen. Ten dishes are enough for one table, and there are four tables in total."

Zhang Li said, "Okay, then we can order what we like."

"Okay, as long as you don't order candied sweet potatoes." I said.

Zhang Li curled her lips and said, "The waiter loves candied sweet potatoes!"

"What a waste of time, order something else," I said.

Mr. Wang smiled and said: "Master Tan, you need to do some work in the kitchen, so I will make them a candied sweet potato. These little girls are exhausted these days."

Zhang Li said: "That's not a big deal, Mr. Wang said it, you have to do it."

It's different when someone supports you, and you start to speak hard.

"OK, do it."

Mr. Wang said to Zhang Li: "The front desk will inform you tonight that we won't be picking up customers after seven o'clock, and also tell the customers who come into the store that the hotel will be open today, and tell them that we will have dinner, so please understand."

Zhang Li smiled and said, "It's okay, I will arrange that there will be one person on duty on each floor."

"Then what are you doing? You don't need to stay on duty. You have to be together for dinner. Who wants to be on duty?" Mr. Wang said: "Tell the guests that our house is open until nine o'clock today, tell them to eat quickly, and leave at nine o'clock." .”

"No, I don't think there will be many tables of guests until nine o'clock. When the time comes, let the waiter tell the guests that we have a dinner in the restaurant today, and just let us know in advance what services we need. After the guests have heard the general understanding, we will make it up by ourselves." Pay and go." I said.

"That's okay." Mr. Wang said: "Opening a restaurant is hard work. When I open a karaoke hall, if there is a dinner party, then the venue will be cleared immediately, and those who don't leave will leave. That's what makes me happy!"

Mr. Wang is also a man of temperament.

I went back to the kitchen and told everyone that I can order five dishes for the dinner tonight, and everyone was very happy.I told Master Hou and Master Wang to increase the amount of food for the staff dinner in the evening, so as not to have enough food.

Sister Huang asked, "What time do we have dinner? Don't go until midnight."

I said, "No, I can do it after nine o'clock. I start eating at 09:30, and it's about 10:30. One hour is not enough."

Sister Huang said: "It's still an hour. It's a good thing to finish in two hours. I can't afford it. I'm exhausted these days. I'm not busy today, so I just go home early and go to sleep."

I said: "Okay, when you finish eating at the dinner party, you can leave. I won't be able to stay for long. I'm very tired. Go back and rest early."

To be honest, I'm really tired, if only I can sleep well for a day and a night.I have been physically and mentally exhausted these past few days. I am very tired from cooking every day, and I have to worry about it. I am even more tired. When I go home, wash my face and brush my teeth, I can’t sleep in bed. It's one o'clock in the middle of the night.I got up at seven o'clock the next day, packed up and started heading to the villa.When I arrived at the villa to buy, I came back and started to check the weight and check the goods. Weighed the same and checked the same. If it was found to be unqualified, I asked the buyer to return it and buy it again, so as not to delay the sale at noon.Fortunately, the purchaser is a relative of Mr. Wang's family. He is a very clever young man. Within a few days, the quality standards of raw materials have been adjusted to the same level, and the number of returns has decreased. He was also a little confused in the first two days.

After checking the catties and checking the goods, it was nine o'clock, and I started to eat breakfast, and started to work after breakfast. I worked all day and had no free time.

This is the case in dry kitchens. If you are more serious, rigorous and dedicated, the quality of the dishes will be better, and the business will be good.If you think it is troublesome to save trouble, and if you are lazy, it will be over, and the business will not be good.

Work is like this, if you take it seriously, it will take you seriously, and there will always be rewards for your efforts.

After a whole day of work, the dinner was held as scheduled in the evening.

The cooking starts at nine o'clock, and all the dishes on the 24 tables are finished at nine o'clock.

The guests were almost gone, and those who hadn't left also started to drink their wine and left immediately.

There are four tables in the hall near the stage, 37 people in the kitchen, [-] people in the front desk, plus Mr. Wang, purchasing and shifting, [-] people, which is not a small team.

After all the employees were seated, Mr. Wang stood on the stage and began to speak with a microphone in his hand.

"It's been half a month since the opening of our Laohan Villa. This half month has been very busy. Everyone has worked hard. Here I would like to express my sincere thanks to everyone!"

Mr. Wang bowed to everyone, and everyone applauded together.

"Here, first of all, I would like to thank Master Tan. Master Tan has been working very hard during this time. Every day, he is the first to come and the last to leave. He brings the brothers in the back kitchen to work together and study the dishes together. To be honest, I am quite touched. , as soon as I saw Master Tan doing that, I thought it was impossible for our villa not to be popular."

"I also have to thank Manager Zhang at the front desk. Manager Zhang has contributed a lot. At the beginning, I thought that I had opened a karaoke bar and could manage it. This villa can also be managed well. Now I see that is not the case. Let's take a picture The manager is far behind, compared with others, we are elementary school students."

"The most important thing to thank is everyone, everyone has worked hard! Let's take this opportunity to have a meal today. Everyone eats, drinks, and has fun. It's so lively. Thank you, everyone, let's eat!"

applaud!applause!
Mr. Wang and I, Zhang Li, Zheng Jiaqi, Li Shuang, Master Hou, Master Wang, the second child, Sister Huang, Master Xu, bought ten of us to a table.

Mr. Wang was very happy and said: "Let's have dinner today. First of all, I would like to thank everyone. Everyone has worked hard these days, especially Master Tan and Manager Zhang. The goods are also the last ones to leave in the kitchen at night, and only leave after checking everything. The same is true for Manager Zhang, who comes early and leaves late, and returns home almost in the middle of the night every day. Hehe. Come on, let’s not talk about anything else, I’m going to respect everyone for this first cup, let’s take a sip!”

Everyone raised their glasses together and took a sip.

Putting down his glass, Mr. Wang said: "Everyone is quite nervous these days. Let's relax today and drink more."

"It's a pity that we don't drink much, so we can't drink much." Master Hou said.

"You're a big man, don't say that you don't drink too much. We girls drink all the time. If we girls don't say no, you should say no. It's really embarrassing for Master Tan." Mr. Wang said.

I said, "There is a limit to how much you can drink, so do what you can. Let's drink well today and don't drink too much. We have to go to work tomorrow, so don't delay things."

Zheng Jiaqi said: "Master Tan is really serious. He said he was going to work before he started drinking, and asked someone to drink it."

I laughed, didn't make a sound, and ate vegetables.

"Our store counts Master Tan's hard work. Today, you must accompany Master Tan. If anyone can drink Master Tan down, I will be rewarded!"

Mr. Wang throws out the temptation.

Zhang Li asked: "Mr. Wang, what reward?"

Mr. Wang looked at Zhang Li and said, "Manager Zhang, your reward is gone. I heard that you have forced Master Tan to have a drink with you. What reward do you want? If you want more, it depends on whether you have the ability to get Master Tan today." down."

People who have opened karaoke halls really dare to say.

After Mr. Wang finished speaking, everyone laughed, and Zhang Li's face turned red.

This woman also blushes sometimes.

Mr. Wang waited for everyone to finish laughing, then held a glass of wine and said to me: "Master Tan, let's have a drink first, thank you very much."

"President Wang, you're welcome. These are all my duties." I said.

Mr. Wang said: "That's not the case. You regard our villa as your own home. I respect you."

"Boss Wang is too polite."

"I'll do it first."

Seeing that Mr. Wang did it, he had no choice but to do it.

Mr. Wang put down his glass and said to Zhang Li, Zheng Jiaqi, and Li Shuang, "Master Tan and I have finished drinking, and the rest is up to you three. It is best for you three to drink down Master Tan today, so that he can't come back." Home, hehe, so that we can create opportunities for our Manager Zhang."

(End of this chapter)