The Era of Hard Work

   Chapter 594 Yellow Braised Chicken (ask monthly pass)

In the laboratory of Lu's Catering R&D Department, Yang Feng was wearing a white chef's hat, standing in front of the stove, staring at the casserole on the gas stove, and bursts of hot air burst out from the cooling holes on the lid of the casserole. Let the range hood breathe away.

   A smell of meat gradually spread out, and even Gao Ming couldn't help but sniff.

  Lu Dong was standing next to Gao Ming, and the smell reminded him of the time when Taifengyuan ate yellow stewed chicken.

  Yang Feng called and asked Lu Dong to taste a dish. He said that during the Chinese New Year holiday, he studied it for nearly two months and felt that he could quantify the production of a traditional Shandong dish.

   Years ago, when Lv Dong and Yang Feng were talking about chicken chops, Yang Feng talked about whether traditional Shandong cuisine could be brought into the store. After that, he has been researching a few specialty dishes, and finally chose the yellow braised chicken that he thinks is very suitable.

   is not to say that this dish is the best, but the most suitable for Lu's dining.

   It has been several months since he came to this company, and Yang Feng is already very aware of the company's chain business model.

   Deliciousness is not the only criterion, being able to quantify production in a unified specification is the key!

   Braised Chicken is not a typical Shandong cuisine, but Yang Feng thought about it and couldn’t find a way to quantify the production of dishes such as sweet and sour carp, stir-fried kidney flower and sea cucumber with green onions.

   In comparison, Braised Chicken is most likely to do this.

  Lu Dong asked Gao Ming, "Mr. Yang has been studying this recently?"

   Gao Ming replied: "Mr. Lu, he is researching the method to quantify the production of his specialty dishes. He has tried several dishes, and finally chose Braised Chicken."

  Lu Dong nodded and waited patiently.

   If Yang Feng can solve the problem, that would be great.

Yang Feng looked at the quartz clock on the wall and came to the front of the stove. After turning off the fire, he waited for a while, then opened the lid and put the stewed chicken nuggets mixed with potatoes and mushrooms into three small bowls. .

   "Mr. Lu, Manager Gao." Yang Feng greeted two people nearby: "Try it?"

   "Okay, try it." Lu Dong came over first, picked up the chicken with chopsticks, took a careful bite, and chewed slowly.

   It seems to be similar to the one I ate in Taifeng Garden last time. The taste has changed somewhat, but it is not particularly obvious.

   Gaoming's work is here, obviously not the first time to eat, nodded: "It's the same as the previous few times, the taste is almost the same."

  Yang Feng looked at Lu Dong, Lu Dong said, "The taste is okay, but there is something missing..."

   After a little thought, he understood: "As a meal, there is no rice, rice!"

   Later, Lu Dong proposed to let some people from the R&D department and the distribution department come over to try it, and then collect their opinions. After all, this is a consumer product aimed at the public.

   These people have responded well, and even if it doesn't taste good, at least it's not bad.

  The difference in taste exists objectively, and sometimes there are differences in the family.

  Lu Dong invited more than 20 people to taste it, and finally gave the delicious food, accounting for more than 90%.

  Although each person only ate one piece, how much can explain the problem.

  The big bald head Su Xiaoshan simply said to Lu Dong: "My father said all day that he is good at stewing chicken, and this one made by Lao Yang is much better than what he made."

   Yang Feng waved his hand: "It's different."

   Lu Dong patted Su Xiaoshan: "Okay, go out and do your work."

  Su Xiaoshan took the people out. Lu Dong, Gao Ming, and Yang Feng entered the office next to the experimental kitchen.

   After a few months, Yang Feng has a sense of belonging to Lu's Catering. The biggest factor is none other than the high salary.

   When people reach middle age, they are not too stimulated and often have less ambition. Stability is the biggest pursuit.

   Yang Feng just sat down and said to Lu Dong, "Mr. Lu, do you think this dish is feasible for promotion in the store?"

   Lu Dong did not answer directly, but instead asked, "Energy production?"

"It should be possible, I have tried it many times before." Yang Feng said in detail: "Mr. Lu, this yellow braised chicken was originally a slow-cooked dish. I learned from the cooking methods of hot pot restaurants and malatang restaurants. In both stores, the base ingredients are prepared, and then the soup is boiled..."

  The ingredients needed by Lu's Catering are all produced by Lujia Food Company.

   This point was determined at the beginning of Lu Dong's business.

Yang Feng's words continued: "So, I prepared the seasoning package in advance, and the chicken was cooked in advance. When you and Manager Gao came over, I directly added the side dishes, seasoning package and cooked chicken into the casserole, which originally took an hour. Slow-cooked chicken is ready in about ten minutes."

  Lu Dong nodded lightly, if this set of processes can be replicated in an assembly line, it means that the yellow braised chicken has the foundation for opening a store.

   Yang Feng added: "Doing this allows customers to eat as quickly as possible after entering the store, but the defects are also obvious, and there are differences in taste."

   Lu Dong said: "It's not very big."

   Yang Feng expressed his point of view: "This taste is unqualified according to my... our family's standards."

   Lu Dong smiled: "If you gain something, you will naturally lose something."

   Yang Feng also laughed: "Quantification is inevitable."

   Lu Dong asked earnestly, "Mr. Yang, have you been to the production workshop of Lujia Food Company, can mass production be possible?"

   "Yes!" Yang Feng said firmly.

As the first batch of employees of Lu's Catering Company, they had already reached the top management's Gao Ming, and suddenly said, "Mr. Lu, Mr. Yang, which restaurant is this dish in? Burger King, inappropriate; hot pot. Shop and Mala Tang shop…”

   Yang Feng thought about it: "As a dish in a Mala Tang restaurant?"

  Lu Dong shook his head: "No, how about we create a new brand, called Yellow Braised Chicken?"

   Gao Ming asked, "Doing a chain?"

   "Yes!" Lu Dong said directly: "Be a chain store."

   Yang Feng frowned slightly: "A dish, will it be too little, not attractive..."

Lu Dong didn't say much, but instead said: "Mr. Yang, you have to experiment a few more times, and I will ask someone from the Lujia Food Company to come and connect with you." He said very naturally: "Try the preliminary workshop production of the material package, using the Mixed broiler for flavor adjustment."

   He paused for a while, and then said, "In order to facilitate transportation, the chicken must be completely cold-chained, and the taste of cooking after freezing also needs to be considered."

  Yang Feng brought a notebook and wrote them down one by one.

   It is just the beginning, and there is still a long way to go before it can be truly streamlined and opened.

  Although there is only one dish, Yang Feng has a lot of work to do next.

   Instead of waiting for problems after opening the store, it is better to prepare as much as possible in the early stage.

   is another key, to keep costs down as much as possible.

The positioning of    Yellow Braised Chicken is even lower than that of Mala Tang restaurants. The key to profit is sales volume and appropriate cost reduction.

   Lv Dong, Gao Ming and Yang Feng will focus on this later.

  Yang Feng used roosters all the time in his cooking experiments. The quality of rooster meat is much better than that of ordinary meat or meat chickens, but the price is also high.

   The price of broiler chickens released in about 50 days is relatively low, and the meat quality is also acceptable.

  When you really open a store, you must choose meat offal.

  The other one is shiitake mushrooms, one of the main ingredients. Can dried shiitake mushrooms be replaced with fresh shiitake mushrooms? Fresh shiitake mushrooms cost less, but as an accessory, the fragrance is not as strong as dried shiitake mushrooms.

   These are the places to try or improve in the next part.

   Once the yellow braised chicken project is launched, the first phase will involve at least millions or even tens of millions of investment, and it is impossible for Lu Dong to launch a mature quantitative production dish.

   On the second day, Lu's Catering held a general meeting of shareholders. Lu Dong, Du Xiaobing, Song Na and Qiao Weiguo attended the meeting, and Xue Tian was in charge of the minutes of the meeting.

   At the meeting, Lv Dong mentioned the yellow braised chicken.

   Years ago, all of them passed the gas in private. Song Na also accompanied Lu Dong to eat yellow braised chicken, and Du Xiaobing tried Yang Feng's improved Chinese-style fried chicken chop, which was not surprising.

   "My opinion, let's set up a subsidiary that is absolutely controlled by Lu's Catering." Lv Dong roughly explained the plan that remained on paper: "The subsidiary will operate the chain brand of yellow stewed chicken."

  Du Xiaobing asked, "Where is Yang Feng?"

   Lu Dong understood what he meant by asking, and said, "You can let him invest in the subsidiary with formula and technology."

Du Xiaobing nodded: "That's okay." In the catering industry, this is not uncommon: "In business, we provide a platform, invest money, and do promotion, and the stake in Yang Feng should not exceed 5%. "

   In his eyes, Lu Dong is a more righteous person, but in this case, there is no Lu's restaurant, Yang Feng's yellow braised chicken is just a dish in the restaurant.

   Lu Dong replied: "Yes. Lao Du, just let Xue Tian and Xu Man talk about it."

  Song Na said at this time: "I have no opinion."

  Qiao Weiguo touched his bald head: "Just make your decision."

  Du Xiaobing asked again: "If you register a new company, have you thought of a name?"

   "No." Lu Dong said simply: "One of my plans is to directly acquire the Taifeng Building where Yang Feng worked before. The time-honored Taifeng Building is quite famous around Quannan."

  Du Xiaobing, an old Quannan, said: "The reputation is not small, and it has weakened in the past few years. It used to be very famous."

Lu Dong continued: "Old Du, have you ever been to Taifeng Garden? I asked in detail, the restaurant is only a small part of Taifeng Garden's area, and the courtyard behind it and a warehouse are all Taifeng Garden's properties. , if we can take it down, we will get more than just the signboard of Taifeng Building..."

   "The last time I went to Taifeng Building was when I was in high school." Lao Du recalled carefully: "Yes, there is indeed a large piece of land behind Taifeng Building."

   His family has done land acquisition, and he is no stranger to it: "If this land can be obtained, there is a lot of room for appreciation. This side of Twelve Road can be called the central area in the western part of Quannan."

  Song Na inserted a sentence: "The popularity of the real estate industry is increasing. If such a place is transferred, it should not only be noticed by us."

   Lu Dong said: "The priority is to get the signboard of Taifeng Building, the land, etc., if you can get it, we won't force it if you can't get it."

  Du Xiaobing said: "Always try."

   (end of this chapter)