The story of a cook

Chapter 537

Many things in the world don't go according to people's wishes.

There are many good women who will not become daughter-in-laws, but they just meet in this world, have mutual fate, and leave deep impressions in each other's hearts.

If something happens with every woman you like, then you are a scumbag.

Sister Ma has her own life and her own destination. I will remember her kindness and care for me, but I can't do anything to hurt her.

In the afternoon, the company held a meeting in the new store, and all managers above the middle level attended.

The meeting was presided over by Mr. Zhang, and the old man made an important speech.The main content is to strengthen team building, build corporate culture, improve the quality of management, focus on the quality of dishes and services, provide technical and business training for employees, and prepare for the two festivals (New Year's Day and Spring Festival).At the same time, we have made arrangements for the work during the Spring Festival. It is still the same as last year. During the Spring Festival, there is no rest, and no one is allowed to ask for leave. The staffing is guaranteed and all reception tasks are successfully completed.

At the meeting, the old man put forward the "three same day" principles for kitchen work: purchase on the same day, process on the same day, and sell on the same day.At the same time, it is proposed that the dishes should return to the basics, pursue the original flavor, and achieve "less oil, less salt, and less sugar." Learning from old restaurants, hot dishes should cancel flavoring, remove high-end seasoning, and resolutely do not use coloring and additives.In creating the characteristics of dishes, the slogan "traditional is original, and original is characteristic" is put forward.Chefs are required to excavate the original old dishes and local dishes, and make new ones of the old dishes, and make the local dishes carefully, so as to make dishes that the common people like to eat.

What the old man said was something we discussed together, especially the "three days" principle, which is absolutely effective in ensuring the quality of the dishes. The old store has always implemented it like this, and the effect is very good, so now the whole company has started to implement it.

Mr. Zhang gave instructions on the front desk work at the meeting.The first thing he talked about was not how to work, but the eight words "entrusted by others, loyal to others", which means that he was entrusted by the old man, and he was ordered to take over the new store when he was in danger.I feel that this is a matter between him and the old man, and there is no need to bring it up at the meeting.Then he talked a lot, and the conclusion is that the front desk is a place to do face-saving work, even if it is pretending, it must be done well.

The whole speech was generous and commendable. At the end, he continued to speak, but was interrupted by the old man, ending the meeting.

After the meeting, I went to the Xindian kitchen to see Yang Zhijun and chatted with him for a while. He represented Xindian Northeast Cuisine in the competition and told me that he was going to cook an old dish. I asked him if he had chosen what to cook. He said that there are two dishes now. You can choose, but I haven't decided which one to do yet.After chatting with him, I chatted with Lao Zhao for a while. Lao Zhao was still the same, but restrained a lot.He told me that although he is the head chef of Northeast cuisine, he doesn’t care too much. He just stir-fries vegetables every day, as long as he cooks his own dishes well.

I heard that Ma Hua, Li Yan, and Guan Ping came over to chat with me, and I feel relieved to see that they are doing a good job here.

I came to the front desk and chatted with Zhou Xiaomei for a while, and she introduced me to the two floor managers transferred from the provincial capital.One is Huang Lihua and the other is Cao Xiaojuan. They are both in their 30s, tall, beautiful and have a good temperament.Zhou Xiaomei said that now the front desk has just figured it out, and the waiters have stabilized and are ready to train again.Tell her not to worry, do everything step by step, and you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry.

"Uncle, when will you be transferred? It's hard to communicate with the kitchen now," she said.

"I can't be transferred here. If it's difficult to communicate with the kitchen, don't communicate, but don't have conflicts. You have only been here for a few days, and the head chef is also new. The two of you have to get along. It will be fine after a long time, people." Everywhere." I said.

"You don't know, uncle, the people in the kitchen are old. It's hard to talk to them, and I don't bother to talk to them. Whenever there is something wrong with the dishes, I will tell Mr. Zhang and tell him to communicate with the kitchen." She said .

"Don't you meet every day?" I asked.

"It was opened at the beginning, but the head chef became impatient when he told the kitchen about the problem of the dishes, and then he stopped opening it."

"How did the guests react to the dishes?"

"The quantity is small, it's not affordable, and the price of the dishes is still high. Some dishes are tricks, and it's okay to treat guests."

"How are the dumplings?" I asked.

"The general response to the dumplings is not bad. There are quite a lot of people eating dumplings." She said, and then said: "It's just that the serving is slow, and sometimes it's cold."

"I didn't see if it was a problem of passing dishes or slow production?" I asked.

She said: "It's both ways. It's just a freight elevator. It's cold now. When the elevator goes up and down, it's windy, and the dishes tend to get cold."

"That needs to be resolved. Customers are happy when the food is cold? Have you told the maintenance department?" I asked.

"I've said it, and I've told Mr. Zhang, and I've already reacted to it."

"It's useless to react. You have to chase them. If you really can't find the old man."

"Mr. Zhang can solve this problem. If he can't solve it, then don't be the boss." She said with resentment.

"I don't think he can solve it—you should manage the front desk first, improve the service, train in place, and do some marketing. Advertise the New Year's Eve dinner reservations in advance and give some discounts." I said.

"It's all thought of, and it's being done," she said.

After chatting with her for a while, she asked me why I didn't go with Mr. Wang and Manager Chen. I said no, I was going to visit the new store and go back later.She accompanied me to the first floor and met Meng Hongwei. Meng Hongwei was setting up his stalls. He was very happy to see me and chatted with him for a while.He said that after the end of the year, he planned to stop working here and go back to his hometown.His brother-in-law does exterior wall insulation in his hometown, and earns a lot of money a year, and can earn more than [-] a year after finishing it.His wife told him to go back and do this.I said yes, it doesn’t matter what you do, just make money.

After looking at the food stalls for a while, I feel a little different from the last time I came, there are more home-cooked dishes.However, the quality of the stalls has declined, and some dishes are almost fooled.I asked Zhou Xiaomei what kind of dishes sell well, and she said that home-cooked dishes sell well, mid-range seafood sells well, and high-end seafood sells slowly.Tell me that because it is an ice stall, the kitchen now changes the vegetable stalls every two days, so some dishes look stale.I asked why the food stalls were changed every two days?She said that the kitchen is on the fifth floor, and the exhibition stalls are on the first floor. It is very laborious to set up the stalls, the cutting boards are lazy, and the head chef doesn't care much, that's it.

After hearing this situation, I didn't say anything. After all, the kitchen is not under my control. If I were under my control, it would definitely not be like this. The food stalls must be changed every day. This is a rule.

When I got out of the new store, I asked Zhou Xiaomei if there was a shopping mall nearby. Zhou Xiaomei pointed to the Carrefour opposite and said that it was opposite, and asked me what to buy?I said to just go shopping and go back after shopping.

I went to the mall to buy a towel, a box of toothpaste, and a toothbrush. I remembered buying clothes for Sister Ma. I went to the clothes shop. A light yellow down jacket.Buying clothes is really not a man's job, and he can't buy them.

It was five o'clock when I returned to the old store. Manager Chen asked me why I came back. I said that I was chatting with Zhou Xiaomei in the new store.

She asked: "Old Tan, you said that at the beginning of the cooking competition, all the employees in the store should dance together?"

"Okay, it just so happens that everyone dances vigorously these days, and if you practice hard, you will shock them." I said.

She was very happy that her proposal was approved, and said: "I will ask Zhuoma and her sister-in-law to teach everyone in the next two days, and the old man will be happy when he sees it."

I said: "Well, he promises to be happy." Then I suggested to her: "You talk to Mr. Wang and ask him to think of a slogan or something. It would be better to shout it twice after dancing."

"Correct."

"Choose two lead dancers, lead the dancers on the stage, and everyone dance below, the music is louder, so what's the point, shake up with the music—" I made two movements, shaking her It made me laugh.

She went to Mr. Wang to study dancing, and I went into the kitchen.

When the guests arrived, there were not many dishes. Zhao Xiaojun was frying vegetables, and next to him, Master Fu was frying minced garlic. Behind them, Xianglong hummed a tune and took the plates.Seeing me come in, he smiled and said, "The chef is back."

I said, "I'm back."

Seeing me approaching, Bao Peng said to me, "Master, these two days the conch shells are small, so it's not easy to slice them."

I said, "Order the big one, it was marked when I opened the menu."

"I marked it all yesterday, but the one who came today is still young." He said.

"Didn't ask about purchasing?"

"No, I'll ask later."

"When this happens again in the future, communicate directly with the buyer and ask what's going on," I said.

"Yeah." He nodded.

"You are the boss of the chopping board now. Unqualified raw materials are your business. You want to find out in time and communicate in time to solve it. If you can't solve it, you will report it." I said, and then said: "Let me see how small it is."

"It's all over." He smiled and gestured with his hand, "It's so big."

I said, "It's okay if it's so big, isn't it fresh?"

"Fresh."

When I was talking, the stand-alone machine started to display menus continuously, and the evening peak came.

From 05:30 to 07:30, [-] dishes were fried for two full hours.Every meal time, the kitchen is as busy as a war, not to mention kicking the back of the head, the little brother who is doing the lotus has to trot to deliver the dishes, and the chef is sweating profusely on the stove.Although it is winter, the temperature in the kitchen is still very high. I can't even wear a sweater for work, so I can only wear a sweater.He has a good physique like Xianglong, but he only wears half sleeves under his overalls, and he is sweating profusely just like that.

The hot dish kitchen started to be cleaned, and when I came to the second floor, the cold dishes were also cleaned. Li Mingjuan gave me a bottle of homemade shrimp paste. Last time she gave me a bottle, and I ran out of food.

"Chef, is my marinade good?" she asked.

"Delicious, very delicious." I said.

"Eat it, I have pickled a lot."

"Thank you."

Come to the pastry to have a look, their work is nearing completion, and Jiang Yajun is checking the list.

I asked, "How many dumplings were sold today?"

"Five hundred copies," she said.

"It's not sold less."

"Now five hundred dumplings are normal." She said proudly.

Wang Hong was cleaning up the dough mixer, and asked her how the dough is doing now, and she said it was okay, and she made the dumplings and noodles these days.Seeing that she didn't wear makeup, but just put on lipstick, she looked clean and tidy. She felt that she looked better without makeup than with makeup. Now she looks like a woman from a good family, and she is a bit dusty after putting on makeup.

Sister Ma was sorting out the case and wanted to tell her that she bought a down jacket for her. Before she could speak, she said that she would pack two dishes for the evening and go back to eat.I nodded and said yes, thinking that I would give her the down jacket when I go back to the dormitory, so I won't talk about it.

"Chef, are you going to drink tonight?" Zhou Jing called me.

I said, "No, quit drinking."

"Don't always call my uncle to drink, drink me and you." Fang Lin said to Zhou Jing.

Zhou Jing said: "Whoever drinks with you little girl, find your little Pengpeng."

Everyone laughed.

When I came out of the kitchen and touched the dishes with Manager Chen, she said that there was no problem with the dishes today, and they were all good.I didn't see Mr. Wang, so I asked Mr. Wang what he was doing. Manager Chen said that Mr. Wang's child had a fever, so he went home to take the child to give him a bottle.

As soon as the child thought of her son, he would definitely catch a cold and have a fever at home. Lin Yan took care of it alone, so it was difficult for her.From birth to the present, the child has not been with him for a few days, and Lin Yan has been taking care of him. This father is not qualified.Although the money is sent home every month, what the child needs is company.

For a moment, he wanted to give up his job here and return to the provincial capital. Even if he earned less, at least he could see his son every day and be with Lin Yan every day.This is the case between husband and wife. If they are not together for a long time, the relationship will fade, and they will feel strange to each other.When Qiuping got married, she had this feeling when she came home—she seemed to be polite when she was with Lin Yan.

When will this part-time job end?

When I got off work, I packed a dumpling and went back to the dormitory with the shrimp paste and dumplings. After arriving in the dormitory, I remembered that Sister Ma said that she had packed two dishes and came back to eat. I kind of forgot.

After waiting for half an hour, Sister Ma came back. After entering the room, she put the packaged dishes on the table, and I gave her the down jacket I bought for her. She was very pleasantly surprised and said happily, "You know it's my birthday today. ?”

I was blindfolded and asked, "Is your birthday today?"

"Well, it's my birthday today."

(End of this chapter)