Chapter 16: The Door Opens
Throughout the day, Chen Shi took everyone to be busy, and after eating, he came to a big cleaning, and then a big purchase to prepare for tomorrow's opening.
He doesn't have any extra funds for the time being, otherwise he would have to redecorate, and now he just changed the signboard outside. The original "Wanjiang Food" was changed to "Yipintang".
Once all this is in order, we will wait for the opening tomorrow.
After everyone went back, Chen Shi didn't think about leaving, he had to keep an eye on the restaurant, because on the first day of tomorrow, he was going to rest here directly tonight.
Before five o'clock the next day, Chen Shi got up. Because breakfast was to be sold, he had to lift it for an hour or two to be ready. There are not so many types of breakfast, mainly common steamed buns, fritters, etc., as well as porridge and tofu brain.
Tofu brain is a traditional snack in Tianjin, but here it is southwest, there are few people who can make it, and it is difficult to find it on the market, Chen Shi hopes that it can attract a large number of customers.
Although the eating habits of the north and the south are very different, tofu brain can be blended casually. For example, the north loves saltiness, the south loves sweetness, and the southwest region likes spicy flavor, so he made it spicy when he made it, and even made an oil chili pepper.
For breakfast, he does not plan to sell rice noodles or noodles, but specializes in selling food that can be packed and taken away at any time and eaten on the road, such as steamed bun fritters, Mayuan fried cakes, oil cakes and eggs, etc. Even porridge and tofu brains he has prepared paper cups, which can be taken away at any time, so as to attract those white-collar workers who are busy with their lives and students who are in a hurry to go to school.
Boiling porridge, making steamed buns, rolling noodles and making fried fritters, all these jobs are done by himself, only after seven o'clock, Zhao Dagang can share his heavy responsibility, but this is his own work, and he doesn't have so many complaints when he does it, but he is in good spirits.
At seven o'clock, the people who went to work came, and the chef Zhao Dagang saw that the restaurant was in full swing, the steamed buns on the steamer were full of hot aroma, and the porridge in several buckets was spreading the heat, and the boss Chen Shi was selling breakfast.
As soon as everyone came, Chen Shi suddenly relaxed, the waiter did the thing of greeting the guests, and the things in the kitchen were handed over to Zhao Dagang, he had almost nothing to do, so he had to go to the kitchen to teach Zhao Dagang.
Zhao Dagang is a studious person, especially when it comes to cooking, otherwise he would not have been able to have such first-hand cooking skills if he had neither attended a famous cooking school nor worked in a restaurant. He relied on his usual cooking skills and experiments.
Of course, this kind of cooking is from a wild road. Chen Shi is actually no different from him, but Chen Shi has one thing that he can't compare, that is, insight. Chen Shi has been working outside for many years, whether it is a factory or a restaurant, he has been there, so he has also learned some northerners' snacks. In the eyes of Zhao Dagang, a person who has never been out of the county, what he has learned can be described as unfathomable.
Of course, Chen Shi understands that he has a few pounds and a few taels, he will not do much in cooking, and he has not thought about learning to be thorough in cooking, just opening his business kingdom with the help of a little special snacks. And it just so happens that these special snacks are hard to find in this small county, so his three-legged cat's cooking skills have room to play.
Buns and fritters Zhao Dagang will make them himself, so Chen Shi didn't say much, he mainly told Zhao Dagang how to make tofu brains, as well as precautions, such as the size of the buns and the length of the fritters, these must be unified, it is best to measure them out with a ruler, forming an overall sense of planning, so that people can know that they are very professional at a glance, and they must not be big and small, one raw and one cooked, so if the reputation is smashed, the business will be gone.
He spent half an hour explaining to Zhao Dagang, and then went to Sister Mei and asked, "Sister Mei, how is the business?"
Sister Mei said with a melancholy on her face: "Generally, guests are very curious about tofu brains, but some people don't dare to try it." ”
For the people here, tofu brain is a fresh food, and some people may make it at home, but there is not even a trace of it on the market. For fresh food, it takes a while for people to adapt, if it is not in line with the taste, I am afraid it will be difficult to sell in the future, but Chen Shi is confident that the tofu brain can be seasoned by itself, and those who don't like salty can eat sweet, and the choice is relatively free.
At eight o'clock, the business was a little better, but it was not yet hot, but this had already made Sister Mei smile, because the business was cold when she managed the restaurant before, and she had long been accustomed to the deserted scene, but now that there are more people all of a sudden, of course she is very happy.
At nine o'clock, Liu Cheng, the owner of the clothing store opposite, came, and when he saw him, Chen Shi greeted him from afar: "Brother Liu is early." ”
Liu Cheng saw that his business was not bad, and said with a smile: "What is early? You are much earlier than me, how long have you been here?"
Chen Shi said that he came at seven o'clock, and Liu Cheng praised him for his diligence.
Chen Shi replied with a smile: "Brother Liu, your business is different from ours, you come early and have no business, you are usually busy after ten o'clock, and you come early at nine o'clock." ”
Liu Cheng stared at Chen Shi's fast food restaurant for a long time before saying, "You kid is decent, it seems that the business is good, what do you sell for breakfast? I just didn't eat it, you can recommend one for me." ”
Chen Shi asked the waiter to pack buns and eggs, and then added another cup of tofu brain and handed it to Liu Cheng. Liu Cheng asked: "How much money and money? It's all about business, so I can't take advantage of you." ”
Chen Shi shook his head with a smile and said, "This time I invited, it should be to thank Brother Liu for matching me." ”
"What's so embarrassing about that?" Liu Cheng refused.
Chen Shi insisted: "Brother Liu, don't see it, this is not an expensive thing, just a few buns." ”
Liu Cheng didn't refuse again, he started to eat and said in surprise: "And tofu brain? This thing is rare, you made it yourself?"
Chen Shi smiled and nodded slightly, Liu Cheng gave him a thumbs up and said: "It seems that you have been prepared for a long time, I thought that you would have a cold business after you opened, I didn't expect you to be prescient and fully prepared, I still underestimate you." ”
Liu Cheng's clothing store was empty, and there was no one in the early morning, he couldn't help but envy Chen Shi, the business was so good just after opening, he couldn't help but think of some of the words Chen Shi said to him a few days ago, and wanted to ask him now? But when he hesitated, Chen Shi left.
Chen Shi's shop suddenly became more crowded, and the waiter was a little too busy, so he had to say sorry to Liu Cheng, and then go over to help.
There were already people queuing up in the store, and Sister Mei, who was busy with cashier and packing, was almost dizzy, she was excited on one side and panicked on the other, because she had never dealt with such a busy scene before, so there would be some inappropriate reactions.
Fortunately, Chen Shi rushed over when she was about to be too busy and took over the cashier job from her, so she was a little more relaxed.
The store was also full of people, and there were many people who packed and took away, but compared to the food in the store, the people who packed it were actually the majority, so Chen Shi hurriedly called Xiaolian who was in charge of the inside to help Sister Mei, so that the number of people queuing outside gradually decreased under the cooperation of the two.
Chen Shi while cashiering, while directing the waiter to work, less than ten minutes, he collected hundreds of money in his hand, which surprised him, if at this speed, this restaurant can be said to be a gold-swallowing beast, but also a cash cow, swallowing customers' money, shaking guests' money, of course, these money finally fell into Chen Shi's pocket.
No matter who encounters such a good thing, they will be excited, not to mention Chen Shi, a person who has never been rich and noble. Although he was in his thirties, the blood in his body was still boiling as if he were seventeen or eighteen.
As he counted the money, his hands trembled slightly. He also thought that business would be good, but he really didn't expect that the business would be so hot on the first day, and the five of them were still too busy.
Chen Shi has never been afraid of the envy of others, and the so-called not being envied by others is mediocrity. Although he doesn't dare to claim to be a genius, he has more decades of life experience and more decades of experience and knowledge, and compared to most people, he can barely be regarded as a talent.
After half past ten, breakfast was almost all sold, but no one came to eat breakfast at this time, because lunch was eaten immediately, so during this interval, everyone rarely rested for a while.
While counting the money, Chen Shi said to everyone: "You did a good job today, and a good start is a good sign." ”
Everyone was very happy, although they were a little tired, but they had never seen such a hot scene, so there was still some excitement until this time.
After a while, after everyone was a little quieter, Chef Zhao Outline found Chen Shi and asked, "Boss, how do you get it at noon?"
Chen Shi shook his head, if he fried according to the previous menu, there would not be many customers, he asked Zhao Dagang, "Which dish did you think was the best when you ate yesterday?"
Zhao Dagang said yellow stewed chicken, Chen Shi smiled and said: "In the future, our main brand is yellow stewed chicken, but we generally don't cook, but make fast food, yellow braised chicken rice, and others are like this, making rice bowls and box lunches, but not stir-frying." ”
There are several advantages to not stir-frying, the first is to save time, the second is to save materials, and the third is that they do not have skilled cooks, and the main one is that fast food restaurants have much larger customer traffic than ordinary restaurants. There is another one that Chen Shi prepared for students.
Although the students are on vacation now, the school will start soon, and the number of students in the fast food restaurant will definitely be quite large. He even wanted to get french fries and burgers, but now there was no one and no money was enough, and even the best ideas were hard to execute.
Now in the early days of the fast food restaurant, in addition to preparing a few rice bowls, he also prepared porridge. Porridge doesn't have to be drunk in the morning, and the porridge he prepares at noon and in the afternoon is a lean porridge with higher nutrients, which is more expensive than breakfast. In the afternoon or night, he plans to make some fried skewers or spicy suppers.