The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 166 Daily Work
Another two weeks before New Year's Day, a cooking competition will be held.

After Lao Tan recovered from his illness, he checked the preparations in the shop.Mulan reported to him in detail the various matters and the day's activities, and showed him the printed schedule.

Lao Tan was very satisfied with Mulan's work and praised her for doing a good job.

"Have you contacted Kang Min from the TV station?" Old Tan asked.

"I've contacted her. She came the day before yesterday. We bumped into each other and booked the shooting location." Mulan replied.

"Has President Lang ever been here?" Old Tan asked again.

"Come here, give me the list of judges, and the display board will be done tomorrow."

"What about certificates and prizes?"

"They're all sold out. Except for the champions and runners-up, every contestant has a commemorative award, and I bought thermos cups for the judges. Okay, each one costs more than a hundred." Mulan said with some distress.

Old Tan smiled and said: "The money that should be spent must be spent. Don't use the competition as a competition, but as a chance to show our family. Remember, as a store manager, any opportunity to show is the best marketing. Only by showing yourself will you be recognized.”

"I didn't think of this at first, and I thought it was a waste. I realized it later, and it was Manager Zhang who reminded me." Mulan said.

"Cooperate well with Zhijun and make this event a success. The important thing is not to win or lose, but to invite people to remember our Aqiao Dumpling House and give them a shock!" Lao Tan said.

"Don't worry, boss, we promise to complete the task!"

The slogans shouted at the daily regular meeting are almost on everyone's lips.

Empty slogans can't be remembered every day, but practical slogans are not only willing to shout, but also form a habit.

The last sentence to ensure the completion of the task is never to make excuses. When the employees first shouted, they felt that it was useless. It was purely an example to create an atmosphere and save face.But it makes sense to think about it after shouting and shouting.

Make sure you get things done, no excuses.

Don't you have to do things like this?

This is the case at work, as well as at home.This is a work style, but also a living habit.Developing a good habit will be recognized and admired wherever you go.

Let’s talk about being at home. If parents and lovers ask you to do some work, do it right away. Don’t procrastinate.Conversely speaking, if adults do this, children will follow suit, and unconsciously form a good habit of doing things, and good habits will follow him for a lifetime.

Lao Tan’s son is like this now. When his parents ask him to do something, he will imitate his father’s tone and say: “I promise to complete the task!” Then he will do things well, including homework, and never worry about his parents.

When Old Tan came to the kitchen, Yang Zhijun was salting the meat. He smiled at him and said hello, "Third brother is here."

Lao Tan nodded and came to the front, saw that he was pickling beef tenderloin, and asked, "How is the beef tenderloin selling now?"

"Very good, about ten servings a day." Yang Zhijun replied.

"Who will do it?"

"Master Liu, I did it before."

"How is Master Liu doing?"

"Very good, everything is normal."

"The central store had to finish installing the kitchen a few years ago. After the competition, you will go over there and direct the installation of equipment." Old Tan said.

"Okay." Yang Zhijun nodded in agreement.

"What dishes are you going to compete in?" Old Tan asked.

"Braised pork with grilled cabbage." Yang Zhijun said.

"This dish is not easy to cook. Even old cooks can't do it well. They pay attention to the heat and spoon skills. The Chinese cabbage must be handled well, otherwise it will not taste good. The cabbage must be more fragrant than the meat, and it must have the original taste. It is a bit risky. " Lao Tan said with some worry.

"It's fine, I'm sure I can do it well." Yang Zhijun said confidently.

"That's good, practice hard these two days." Old Tan said.

"Ah."

Master Liu came down from the stove, walked over, and said to Lao Tan, "Hi, boss!"

"Okay, you are also good." Old Tan smiled.

"Boss, the little stupid chicken is stewed with mushrooms instead of mushrooms. I sent it from my hometown. How about you try it?" Master Liu said.

"Really? I'll try it."

The three of them came to the clay pot, on which six pots of stewed chicken and mushrooms were steaming.Master Liu opened a pot, the heat dissipated immediately, and the fragrance wafted out.

Lao Tan picked up a mushroom with his chopsticks and put it in his mouth. Master Liu watched eagerly—this was the first thing he did after he became a chef, and he was eager to be recognized and praised.

"Well, that's right. The red mushrooms from Daxing'an Mountains are pure meat. The price should not be cheap. It costs [-] to [-] yuan." Old Tan said.

After getting the affirmation, Master Liu was very excited and replied: "One hundred and eighty one catty."

"Is the cost counted?" Old Tan asked.

Yang Zhijun replied: "Forget it, a catty of red mushrooms is 72 and a half catties, which is 45 per catty, and a small chicken stew with mushrooms costs 13 taels, fourteen is fast four. Hazel mushrooms are ninety per catty, and after two catties are raised, It’s [-] a catty, and it’s [-] yuan per serving. Hazel mushrooms consume a lot, and the taste is not as good as red mushrooms. Red mushrooms are a bit more expensive, but they are delicious, and I think they are better than using hazel mushrooms.”

Old Tan nodded in satisfaction.

What he asked was to know whether the two had calculated the cost, and at the same time see whether their work was done in detail, and whether they could speak with data.

This is the case for the work reports that managers are required to do every day. Everything speaks with data and results, and adjectives are not allowed.It must be serious and rigorous, and the work of the day must be completed on the same day, and it is not allowed to delay until the next day.

It is said in the university that to be a newcomer, you must be new, new, and new every day, and when it is applied to corporate management, it is every day, every day, every day, every day, every day, every day is high.

"The mushrooms have been changed, what do the customers think?" Old Tan asked again.

"It's all agreed." Yang Zhijun replied with a smile.

"Did you listen to your wife's report or the waiter's?" Lao Tanban asked jokingly.

"Hehe, third brother, it's not. I'm a guest who asked you in front of me in casual clothes like you. I asked: How do you eat mushrooms? The guest said: "Okay, it's better than before. It's just like this. The more you cook, the better it will be." Good people love to come here." Yang Zhijun imitated the words of the guests.

"Okay." Old Tan nodded affirmatively, and then said to Master Liu, "Call the supplier to Li Zhongqing and ask him to replace the mushrooms in the provincial capital."

After coming out of the hot food kitchen, Old Tan went into the cold food room.

There are three people in the cold dish room, the master is Xiao Zhou transferred from the provincial capital, named Zhou Hongwei, 26 years old, very handsome young man.Seeing Lao Tan coming in, he stopped what he was doing and greeted him warmly.

Lao Tan chatted with him for a while, and told him to bring the little brother out as soon as possible. After New Year's Day, he and Yang Zhijun went to the central store to install the kitchen and make handmade products there, so that they could familiarize themselves with the distribution process.

The young man was very happy to hear that, and he started to take charge of the cold dishes in the central kitchen, and the pride in his heart was written on his face irresistibly.

Looking at the proud old Tan on the young man's face, he couldn't help but sigh.

In four years, whether it is long or short, I have trained five cold dish masters, five dumpling masters, five head chefs, and five shop managers without knowing it.

The sixth was also produced immediately, a little proud.

I came out of the cold dish room and entered the dumpling room.

Wang Yanli looked at it first, and shouted, "Boss is here."

Several dumpling workers turned their heads to look at them together, and Lao Tan smiled and nodded at them.When he nodded, he suddenly remembered that Yaru said that he was the idol of middle-aged and elderly women, and many people liked him.

Maybe it's a psychological effect, and it feels a bit unnatural-the dumpling workers are all middle-aged women, and their eyes are unreservedly hot.

Yaru was adjusting the celery stuffing, without making a sound, she smiled.

Wang Yanli asked Lao Tan: "Boss, when will the dumpling chef from the main store come over?"

"The Chinese New Year is over." Old Tan said.

When the central store was being renovated, Meng Meng told Wang Hong that she would be transferred. Wang Hong told Lao Tan about it, and Lao Tan agreed.Originally planned to transfer Meng Meng to the central store, Meng Meng said that he was young and afraid that he would not be able to do it.Lao Tan transferred Yaru to the central store, and Meng Meng came to replace Yaru.

"Oh, two girls will come in two days, from the Xigou Family Hospital." Wang Yanli said.

"Okay, let's find two of them at once," Old Tan said.

"I think you can know each other, the two sisters from the old Wang's family. I have to be called Auntie. Our classmate from the previous class, his father is an accountant at Jingguchi." Wang Yanli said.

Old Tan thought for a while, but he didn't have much impression, and said: "I can remember the ones in our class, but I can't remember the ones from last year. Maybe I can remember them when I come here."

"Our two families don't move around very much. My sister and I are both divorced, so I heard that we don't have children." Wang Yanli said.

"Oh, are they all laid off?"

"Well, they are all laid off. There is no work at home, and they don't make money. I called my family two days ago and said that we are recruiting people. They don't know who they listened to. They asked my father for my phone number. , called me and said they wanted to come over. I don’t know the two sisters well, so I don’t know what kind of work they do, so you can see if you come, and if you can’t do it, you can send them away.” Wang Yanli said.

Lao Tan said: "No way, and we can't send it away. This is coming all the way to us——As long as you are willing to do it, you can arrange it, but I'm afraid you won't do it."

Wang Yanli said: "I guess I can do it, but I can't do it and I can't make a phone call. It's a long way, and the round-trip fare is nearly [-]."

Yaru interjected: "Everyone in our family is doing whatever they want, and they can't leave when they come. They are still two sisters, and they have to take care of each other, let alone leave."

Old Tan didn't think about this, but asked curiously: "The Chinese New Year will be over a month away, aren't they at home to celebrate the New Year?"

Wang Yanli said: "The two sisters have no place to stay. After the father and mother are gone, the brother and sister-in-law can't do it. The two sisters have been working in the Beipiao Hotel for a long time and renting a house to live in. You know what Beipiao is like. The streets are full of laid-off workers. , The restaurant work is not easy to do, I heard that the wages have not been paid for several months."

"Oh—" Old Tan smacked his lips and said, "Call them."

(End of this chapter)