The story of a cook

Chapter 490 Cultivating Internal Strength
Zhou Xiaomei is here.

Her arrival caused a bit of a stir—she was so pretty.Not to mention big, but also beautiful, temperamental, lethal to men, and stressful to women.

"Is she really your niece? Old Tan." After arranging Zhou Xiaomei, Manager Chen asked me.

"It's not my own niece, my uncle's second sister-in-law's niece from my mother's family calls me uncle." I said.

"I don't see it? You look like this, it depends on how good you are." She said.

"It's pretty good looking, and the ability to work is okay." I said.

"Is she a manager now?" Manager Chen asked, a little unnaturally.

I said: "I have worked as a foreman here, or as a waiter. She just doesn't want to stay at home and is willing to work with me."

"Your old Tan is still attractive." Manager Chen said.

This has nothing to do with charm, it is mainly because of family members, plus Zhou Xiaomei and I are still classmates.

The second day Zhou Xiaomei came was the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and the restaurant was not busy. Bao Peng, Meng Hongwei, and Yang Zhijun hurriedly went out for a meal, so they set up a table in Hongfu.

Now I have brought over twelve people: Bao Peng, Cao Ligui, Yu Wenxue, Guan Ping, Meng Hongwei, Yang Zhijun, Fang Lin, Li Yan, Ma Hua, Ma Shuli, Zhou Xiaomei, and myself exactly twelve.

Zhou Xiaomei took Meng Hongwei as her younger brother when she was working in He Yuxuan. They have a good relationship, and now they are working together again.Yang Zhijun also worked in Heyuxuan, the three of them are old acquaintances, talking and laughing.

"Hongwei, do you have children?" Zhou Xiaomei asked.

"Well, yes, girl." Meng Hongwei said.

"What's wrong, are some girls unhappy?" Zhou Xiaomei laughed.

"Happy, why not happy." Meng Hongwei said, and then asked: "Sister, are you still dating?"

"No one wants it, my sister has become an old girl." Zhou Xiaomei said.

"You don't want to look for it, but no one wants it? Those looking for you can form a company." Meng Hongwei laughed.

"Go, glib, who did you learn from?"

After Zhou Xiaomei finished speaking, she turned her gaze to Yang Zhijun. Yang Zhijun hurriedly said, "I didn't learn it from me. Who knows who he learned it from." After finishing speaking, he slapped Meng Hongwei and asked, "Who did he learn from? Do you know who to talk to? Don’t pay attention, that’s Sister Mei, have you forgotten how to deal with her before?”

"I took care of you, but I didn't take care of me. Can my sister take care of me? No sister." Meng Hongwei said with a smile, looking at Zhou Xiaomei.

Zhou Xiaomei touched Meng Hongwei's head with her hand and said, "Yes, if you don't clean it up, you will hang out with my sister in the future. Don't be with certain people, you won't learn well."

After finishing speaking, the demonstrators dismissed Yang Zhijun, and Yang Zhijun wanted to refute a few words. Zhou Xiaomei pointed her hand domineeringly: "Don't talk, don't accept drinking, I'll talk after drinking."

When it comes to drinking, Yang Zhijun falters. He can drink a lot, but he can't drink enough for Zhou Xiaomei. Zhou Xiaomei can drink him all the time.

Seeing Zhou Xiaomei's domineering look, Fang Lin said with a look of admiration, "Sister Mei is mighty, from now on you will be my boss, big sister!"

After speaking, everyone laughed.

I am very happy with everyone. They are all brought by me. They are much closer than others. They listen to me very much. Sometimes they are not angry when I say something that is too exaggerated. I can remember and hate you forever.

I asked Fang Lin if he went home this time and told his family about his affair with Bao Peng?The little girl blushed. I didn't expect her to blush sometimes.She said that she didn't say it clearly, but only revealed a little bit. Her mother said that she didn't care, and told her to make up her own mind, and just take it home and have a look at it.After speaking, he glanced at Bao Peng, who also looked at her, full of joy.

I am also very happy to see the two of them. It is the best and it is also a marriage.

"I think they are quite suitable." Ma Shuli, who was sitting next to me, said.

"It's quite appropriate," I said.

"It's time for my Xiaohua to find a partner," she said.

"Are you looking outside or at home?" I asked.

"It's up to her to decide. We can't control it. It's fine if she likes her."

"I saw that there is really nothing suitable for our kitchen."

"Don't worry, just look for 21, 24, and five."

"That's right, if there is a suitable first place, like Fang Lin and Bao Peng, it would be great." I said.

"There must be something suitable." She said.

I said, "Don't worry about her, you mother should find one."

She glanced at me and said, "You find me one."

I smiled and didn't continue the conversation, knowing that I was not a matchmaker.

After drinking for a while, I called Zhou Xiaomei to my side and told her that the foreman on the second floor actively cooperates with Manager Chen, and don't show the manager's posture at every turn, which will put pressure on Manager Chen.At the same time, I told her about the situation of the group, and told her to keep a low profile and be a good right-hand man of Manager Chen.As for the salary, it may not reach the price of the manager, it can only be paid by the foreman.

She said she got it, it's all right, she'll take care of everything.Salary is not a problem, nor is it rushing to the position of manager, just pay the foreman.I mainly go to the coastal area to change the environment, and it is always a bit boring to work in the provincial capital.

She doesn't have a family, she doesn't know how difficult life is, and she lives according to her own mood.If you start a family and start a business, you don’t have to think about it this way if you have a child. Everything should be family-oriented and children-oriented.

After the fifteenth day, the restaurant began to enter the off-season, not as busy as the Spring Festival. At this time, the kitchen began to focus on hygiene and dishes.

During the Chinese New Year, we are busy, hygiene is a bit lax, and some places are unqualified. Now we have to catch it quickly, and if we don’t catch it, we will get used to it and it will be difficult to catch it.

"good morning guys!"

"good, very good, excellent!"

Start regular meetings.

"A phase is born from the heart, and the environment is created by the body. Whether you are happy or not today, whether you are beautiful or not is all caused by yourself. 30.00% of a person's appearance is born, and 70.00% is determined by the acquired mood. People have love in their hearts. Know how to be grateful, when a person has deep love in his heart, he will be happy, and joy will give birth to beauty, so if you want to make yourself look good, first let yourself have love in your heart, and be a good person. Good people are the most beautiful in this world, and you are one of them the one."

"Chef, you are the most beautiful."

Li Cheng suddenly said something, which made everyone laugh.

"Although I don't look good, I feel good about myself. I'm not handsome. I'm a very distinctive type with personality." I said with a smile.

Someone snickered.

"The new year is over, and those who should go home have gone back. Now everyone puts their hearts away, and it's time for us to do something serious." I said, "From now on, the period between May 3st and May 3st is the off-season. It’s not too busy, and it can sell [-] yuan a day. [-] yuan is a relaxed and happy thing for us.”

"What do you do in the off-season? Practice your inner strength!"

"From now on, we will practice internal strength, mainly in three areas."

"First, pay attention to the quality of the dishes. This is a major event in our kitchen, and it is also the most important thing. We must not go astray. I have three requirements for the quality of the dishes. Once again, as the saying goes, you can learn the new by reviewing the past. When you go to school, you can improve by reviewing your homework. As cooks, we can only discover the shortcomings and find areas for improvement by studying our dishes repeatedly. Only by constantly upgrading the dishes can the guests become more and more more acceptable.

Raise our food stalls to a higher level.Tell everyone that the food stalls we put out are not static, why put the stalls?It is for the customers to see the good-looking dishes and want to eat them, increase the click-through rate of the dishes, and reduce the dead space of the refrigerator.When do dishes make money?You can only make money when you sell all the raw materials, and you can’t make money if you can’t sell them.So starting from today, we will improve the level of our food stalls, and the dishes we put out are all high-quality goods.Each chef is responsible for this, and everyone is given three days to check after three days, so that they can admire the dishes they put out.

While reorganizing and improving the existing dishes, we will develop new dishes suitable for our family.Don't worry about developing new dishes, don't research and develop for the sake of research and development, because you won't be able to develop any good dishes, but it's a waste of raw materials.I would like to give a suggestion to the chefs. When developing new dishes, it is best to go to the market to see what new ingredients are suitable for our family. Don't always make cars behind closed doors at home.There are a lot of raw materials on the market, and many of them are suitable for our family. You should also go and have a look. "

"This is the first item for us to practice internal strength - dishes. I will talk about these dishes. The second item that needs to be practiced is hygiene. When I talk about hygiene, some people laugh there. You don't need to laugh. I think our family is happy. Donation boxes are running out of money during this time.”

"Bosses of all departments pay attention, starting from today, we will strictly inspect the sanitation and restore it to the state of years ago. The operating table, operating surface, own hygienic area, tools used, seasoning tanks of the masters, exhaust hood, under the stove, and cutting boards The freezer, the fresh-keeping boxes inside, including cold dishes and pasta, are all in place. Check if the labels on the fresh-keeping boxes are still there? If you don’t have any, hurry up and make them, and then paste them. Also, all the tools will be closed tonight To return to the throne, one must have a name, a surname and a family.”

"The sanitation I'm talking about includes personal hygiene in addition to environmental sanitation. Now that I'm not busy, I should take care of my personal hygiene. Wash the work clothes, put on the hat, and brush the shoes. Don't smell salty. Fishy. You are a handsome young man, but you have to make yourself look like the leader of the beggar gang, why, you want to become a monk?"

Everyone laughed.

"Tomorrow's morning regular meeting will check everyone's personal hygiene and appearance. Those who are unqualified will be donated directly. At the same time, they will not be allowed to work. When they are qualified and when they will be on the job. The time for not being on the job will be counted as absenteeism. I am not joking with everyone. We did this at the beginning. It's set, just implement it like this. Don't make fun of the rules, if you dare to make fun of the rules, I will let the rules make fun of you. "

"The third internal strength we cultivate is unity and discipline. What is the best way to conquer a person?" I asked loudly.

"respect--"

"respect--"

"By the way, the best way to conquer a person is respect. Don't forget this. We are a family when we are together. We must respect each other. Only when we respect each other can we be united. Only when we are united can we be united." It is a team that can fight tough battles and win! Let me reiterate, in our kitchen, you may not be able to, someone will teach you, you may be slow, and someone will guide you, but if you are not united and respectful, If you are a maverick all day long, then please leave, this family does not want you!"

"State-owned, state-owned, and family have family rules. We must strictly abide by work discipline and not violate it when we are working. Starting today, everyone will strictly demand themselves, and the phenomenon of leaving their posts and crossing posts should not happen again. It is strictly forbidden to have disputes with the front desk staff. It is our aim to satisfy customers as soon as possible when we arrive at customers. Remember, don’t argue, and satisfy customers first!”

"Today's regular meeting will focus on these three things, that is, to practice internal strength from today. To sum up, the first is dishes, the second is hygiene, and the third is unity and discipline. This is what we need to practice, and it is also the basic skill we rely on for survival , everyone work hard, be optimistic about everyone!"

After the regular meeting, Li Mingjuan came to me and told me that there were two new dishes for cold dishes, and I said yes, that's a good thing.What she means is to serve a new seafood soup, and then serve a home-cooked cold dish.I have already thought about the seafood salad, but I haven't thought about the home-cooked cold dishes, so I asked me to help out one, try to be the Northeast style.After thinking about it, I told her about the "drinks" made at Yangchun Barbecue Restaurant. She thought the "snacks" were pretty good and planned to try them in the next two days.

Entering the hot food kitchen, Yang Zhijun told me that in the past few days, the "baked pumpkin with egg yolk" was a bit leaky, and the pumpkin was always not crispy.Tell him that it is the reason why the pumpkin slices are not dipped in a towel to dry the water after the pumpkin slices are flying. Just dip the water on the pumpkin slices with a towel and then fry them with flour. "It's time to fry, and then quickly scramble the egg yolks. When the egg yolks start to bubble in the pan, quickly put in the fried pumpkin slices, stir fry quickly, and bake the egg yolks evenly.

"I'll try it, and it's true that I didn't use a towel to dip it in," he said.

"When scrambling egg yolks, put less oil, just use base oil." I said.

"I just use base oil for frying," he said.

"Put the sugar after, and sprinkle it on top when baking. Don't fry the egg yolks together. Remember, this is the trick." I said.

"Understood." He said: "I always put sugar in the scrambled egg yolks, and I said I was venting." He laughed.

"It mainly depends on the shape of the pumpkin." I said: "The pumpkins now are all from last year. They have less water and more sugar. They must be sprinkled with less sugar. If the pumpkins are cut in autumn, they must be thinner and have more sugar. Just sprinkle it on." I said.

(End of this chapter)