The story of a cook

Chapter 411 Thai Food
I lived at Sister Jiang's house in my thirties, and I had a good and happy life.While drinking, Sister Jiang said that the "Smoked Bistro" model I designed is very good, and she is also interested in doing it.But now as a manager of a restaurant, I can't leave other restaurants alone.She wants to invest with Xie Xiufen, she works in a restaurant, everything is under Xie Xiufen's control, she just pays for it.

I said that the form of the smoked tavern is really good, and it will become a trend in the future.People pay more and more attention to restaurant hygiene when they eat. The whole kitchen is a transparent open kitchen. First of all, people feel clean and hygienic, which is attractive.At the same time, the smoked flavor is very popular among the people in Northeast China, second only to barbecue.The operation of the store has been standardized, each dish has a unified standard, and each link has reached a unified standard, which not only ensures product quality, but also can be quantified, and it is also convenient for customers.

Sister Jiang said that Xie Xiufen is also planning to cooperate with her. One person will pay half of the money for the renovation of the restaurant. Sister Jiang doesn’t care about anything. .

"Whether the restaurant makes money or not depends entirely on you, Brother Tan. I bet the treasure on you. I think this model is good, especially the smoked flavor you make is absolutely good, and it can eat and live." Sister Jiang said.

I said: "There is no problem with the smoked flavor, and I am confident. The main thing is to see how it is run. Any restaurant can make money after it is run well."

"There is no problem with the source of tourists. I have been in Fuxin for many years, and I know many people, and I can go to support them." Sister Jiang said.

"That's good." I said, "It's not that my brother is talking too much. As the saying goes, it's hard to make a good business partner. You and Xie Xiufen have a good cooperation, but it's better to put some things on the table before cooperation. Gentleman, otherwise it’s not easy to do.”

"What can be done in a small restaurant, I have known friends for many years, there is no such thing to say." Sister Jiang said.

"Sister, you'd better listen to your younger brother. I'm right." I said, "There was nothing at the beginning of the cooperation, and everything you said was very good. I hope to make the restaurant a good one and earn some money. Wait for the restaurant to open normally. Afterwards, there was a lot of trouble, and generally they didn’t have any opinions on major issues, but the partners disagreed on some minor matters, and finally broke up, and some even sold a good restaurant.”

"You're right, I guess Xie Xiufen and I can't do this," Sister Jiang said.

I said: "It's all uncertain, you two better not do that." Then I continued: "If the restaurant's business is not good, both of you are anxious to get angry, and think about how to fix the business. If the restaurant makes money Maybe it will be a distraction, it's hard to say when the time comes."

"It's okay, I'm easy to talk, and I'll follow her first in everything." Sister Jiang said.

I didn't say anything, and I said it as if something was wrong with me.I hope that the cooperation between the two of them will be good and there will be no differences.

The first day of the first lunar month was not busy, but the second day of junior high school started to be busy. I hardly got off the stove all day long, and kept cooking.At the end of the evening, Sister Jiang said that she bought 5 yuan, which was more than three times the usual amount.

Li Yanhua's partner arrived at [-]:[-] in the afternoon on the third day of junior high school. I arranged for him to have a simple meal first, and then followed me to watch me cook during dinner. I told him the characteristics of this dish while I was cooking. There are a few simple dishes Xiao Chao asked him to directly fry.It may be because of the nervousness when he first arrived. He didn't do very well, and he was a little out of shape.

Tell him not to be nervous, just do what you usually do now, it's nothing to worry about.

After frying ten dishes, he gradually became familiar with it, and he didn't feel too nervous, and the dishes were cooked more normally.Overall, it's okay, but not as good as Zhao Gang's speculation, and needs to be strengthened.

When he finished cleaning up in the evening, he said to me, "Brother Tan, it's quite busy here."

I said, "It's just that I'm busy these few days during Chinese New Year, and I'm not usually like this."

"Just tell me what I did wrong, I'm not familiar with the dishes here." He said.

I said, "Okay, you are very good at cooking, and it will be better after a few days of familiarization. Our food is nothing, it's all home-cooked, easy to stir-fry." I said.

He planned to invite him to dinner at night to cleanse him, but the restaurant next to the Chinese New Year was not open, nor was the dumpling restaurant.I ordered two dishes at the restaurant, and asked Chen Gang and the head chef to come over to eat together. They said that the food at home was ready for the New Year, and they all went home to eat.It is true that the guests came up earlier in the past two days, and the kitchen was almost finished by seven o'clock, and they started to get off work after cleaning up, and there were not many people left to eat.

Call Zheng Jiaqi, and the three of us will find a small table at the front desk to sit down and eat.

Introduced Li Yanhua's partner to Zheng Jiaqi.Li Yanhua's partner's surname is Gao, Gao Hongjun, 30 years old, of medium build, good-looking, and quite handsome.The three of us here are all from the provincial capital, so we are closer.

I asked Li Yanhua's partner: "Xiao Gao, what day does Sister Zhao's shop open?"

"Open on the sixth day." Xiao Gao replied, and then said, "Sister Zhao asked me to bring you two clothes, which are in my bag."

I said, "Really, Sister Zhao always thinks of me."

"The business of her store is very good. People near my house go to her store to buy clothes for their children." Xiao Gao said.

"Sister Zhao sells clothes. She used to sell clothes at Wu'ai Market." I said, and then asked, "Is your child quite old?"

"Six years old, it's time to go to school for Chinese New Year." He said.Then he asked me: "Brother Tan, how long have you been here?"

"More than three months, almost four months." I said.

"I always hear Yanhua gossiping about you, saying that you are good at cooking, so this time I will learn from you," he said.

"The stir-fry is so-so, nothing to learn." I said.

"Brother Tan, are you working as the head chef at Linjiangxuan?" he asked.

"Well, I did it for more than half a year."

"Now Linjiangxuan is yellow, and that building is empty."

"Really? I haven't looked at it since I left."

"His family opened a restaurant in Daximen, and the business is very good. It's called Linjiangxuan Seafood Dumplings," he said.

"Really? I really don't know." I said.

Zheng Jiaqi said: "The chairman opened it, and it has been open for four months."

"I haven't heard you say that." I said.

Zheng Jiaqi said flatly, "Forgot."

It's not that she forgot, it's that she doesn't want to mention it.

Linjiangxuan is yellow, and the whole building is waiting for the court auction. After the auction, the four bosses will share the money.The three brothers quit the restaurant and began to enjoy it. Now only the chairman is still working, and it belongs to one person.This is very good, and it can develop after a long period of time.

It is estimated that Mr. Huo is managing the restaurant now, and the chairman is managing the Japanese dumpling restaurant in Japan.

People have money, so what they do is reasonable.We have no money, so we have to work hard. As long as we work hard, we can do it. Don't look down on yourself.

Sister Jiang didn't go home directly after finishing her work. She saw the three of us drinking and came to say hello, introduced Xiaogao to Sister Jiang, and Sister Jiang also sat down and had a few drinks together.While drinking, Sister Jiang asked Zheng Jiaqi to move to her house, saying that the two of them lived together and were companions.Zheng Jiaqi agreed to move in at Sister Jiang's warm invitation.

Zheng Jiaqi is quite charming. People like her everywhere, regardless of gender. The main reason is that she has a good personality and can get along with everyone. She always has a smile on her face, and she speaks softly and softly. annoying.

The main thing is to look good, as the saying goes, one handsome hides all ugliness.

After the new year, I was busy until the eighth day of the lunar new year, and then it stopped and returned to the usual business status.

In [-], Thai food became popular in the provincial capital.I heard about it when I was in Fuxin, but I never came into contact with it myself.I just know that many restaurants in the provincial capital were making "Thai-style spicy crab". They said it was delicious, but I have never tried it.Zhao Gang told me about the "Thai Spicy Crab", which is made of Thai iron crab. The seasoning is added with Thai curry and Thai chili sauce. It tastes very spicy and fragrant, like boiled fish.

On the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, the boss called me together with the head chef and Chen Gang, and said that he wanted to serve Thai food.After listening to it, I looked at the head chef and Chen Gang, and they also looked at me. The three of us were a little confused.

The boss said: "Thai food is very popular now, and our family is going to serve it too. Do you think it will work?"

"Thai food?" The head chef said suspiciously: "We haven't done it before, we haven't seen it before."

"Has Old Tan been rectified?" Chen Gang asked me.

I said, "I haven't done it. I've heard of it in the provincial capital. Some restaurants have opened it. I heard it's good, but I haven't seen it."

The boss said: "I ate it once when I was in Shanghai. It was very delicious and suitable for the tastes of Northeast people. When I came back, I stayed at my friend's place in the provincial capital for a day. My friend took me to eat Thai food. It felt quite delicious. Good." He went on to say, "That store is not big, the first and second floors are only [-] square meters, full, we went there and there was no place, and we had to wait for half an hour to get a seat."

"It's pretty good, and it's no different from the one in Shanghai. Now we don't have Thai food in Fuxin. I think it will be fine if our family serves it."

The boss said confidently.

"Thai food is expensive, right?" Chen Gang asked.

"Of course it's expensive. It costs more than 200 yuan for a meal for two people." The boss said.

"One person spends more than 100 yuan, which is not enough for us. The average consumption of our family is 60 yuan at most, which is too expensive." Chen Gang said.

"Yes, if one person spends more than 100 yuan in our house, it will definitely not work. It's okay to eat two meals a day. If you eat all the time, no one can afford it." The head chef said.

The boss said: "We don't serve all Thai food, we go to a stall like Sichuan food."

The head chef said: "Now all the stoves in the kitchen are full, and there is no place to use them."

"It doesn't take much space to serve Thai food, as long as there is a place." The boss said, "We can serve it at the Ming stall."

"You said it was at the cold dish Ming stall?" Chen Gang asked.

"Yes, it's right there." The boss said, "I saw that Thai food is simple, and you don't need a big fire, just an induction cooker. They are all made in a casserole, like spicy crabs, which are directly baked in a casserole. The casserole is directly baked, and it is served directly on the table after baking."

I said, "It's easy to solve how and where to go. The main reason is that we don't know how to go. If we go, we have to find someone who cooks Thai food."

The boss smiled and said: "There is a stall in the provincial capital that specializes in serving Thai food. They do the work and materials themselves. Our restaurant only needs to provide the place and tableware. If the restaurant sells out, the restaurant will raise [-]% and he will take [-]%."

The head chef said: "That's great. We don't need to fix anything. It's not easy to provide a place. The rest is to buy some tableware. Even if he quits, we can still use the tableware. There is nothing to lose."

Chen Gang said: "This is feasible, at least we won't be able to pay."

I didn't say anything, the boss asked me: "What do you think, Master Tan?"

I said: "Yes, yes. If we sell well, we will earn pure profits. If we sell poorly, there will be no loss. But we have to negotiate with him in advance. Besides the place we need, what else do we need to provide? Raw materials and The seasoning is guaranteed to be his own, so how about keeping it? Do we need our freezer to keep it? If we want to make spicy crabs, we need a freezer with a good fresh-keeping effect. Our current freezer will be enough, and we will make room for him Where do we put our raw materials when they come out of the place? And how many of them operate? Is there enough space for our family to open up? Don’t have enough space at that time. His Thai customers will not accept it, and our food will be delayed. These You have to communicate well with him, it’s best to ask him to come to our house for an actual inspection to see if it’s operable.”

The boss said: "That is, he has to come to our house to inspect."

I said: "I agree with this form of Thai food, and it has no effect on our family's dinner. My personal opinion is only representative. Since last year, Thai food has become popular in the provincial capital, and customers also recognize it. People who cook Thai food , or the Thai spicy crab restaurant business is very good, and they are making money. But I think this is just a phenomenon, with no vitality, and it will only happen in two or three years, at most two, three years No. We Northeast people still eat potatoes, eggplants and pork. It’s okay to try Thai food once or twice. Improve according to our method, the spicy crab made into Chinese food will definitely work, it can eat people, and it can be very popular."

Chen Gang also agrees with my point of view, he said: "I think so, Thai food --- why don't we Northeast people get used to it, it's okay to eat something fresh."

"You haven't eaten it, you'll know it after eating it, it's delicious." The boss said, he still thinks Thai food is delicious.

The head chef said: "You will know if you are on the top, and we have also seen Thai food."

The matter of serving Thai food was decided in this way, and the boss contacted the person who cooks Thai food.

I am not optimistic about Thai food, not to say that Thai food is not delicious, mainly because its audience is too small and a bit bourgeoisie.Huofenghuang is a popular restaurant. It has always been home-cooked dishes from Northeast China, plus Sichuan cuisine and seaside seafood.The Thai food stall is just an additional project, and it is still outsourced. The restaurant does not cost much, so you can try it.It doesn’t look good because the people who eat Thai food in the provincial capital are those with a little money, or some white-collar workers like to eat it, and ordinary people don’t like Thai food.This is the same as letting ordinary people drink coffee. Coffee is a good thing, and petty bourgeoisie and white-collar workers can accept it, but ordinary people do not accept it. They think that drinking coffee is a sin, and it is better to drink tea.

Thai food, Japanese food, Western food, and coffee are okay in first-tier cities and have a market, but not in third-tier cities like Fuxin. People are still solving the problem of food and clothing. How can they have the heart to eat Thai food?

But the spicy crab is still very good, you can study it.

(End of this chapter)