Chapter 5 Daunting Prices
At lunchtime, Xianxia Road was crowded with people who came out to eat, large and small restaurants were busy greeting customers, and some small shops with particularly good business even set up two tables outside the store. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
None of this has anything to do with Tang's Restaurant.
During this time, the reputation of Tang's restaurant is really bad, familiar people have experienced a few disappointments and will not come back, and unfamiliar people can guess that the things here are not good when they see that the restaurant is not interested.
After waiting for a long time, there was no guest, which made Tang Xingyuan very helpless, although he was very confident in the few new dishes he researched last night, but someone had to be willing to try it.
"Huh? Xiao Tang, didn't you go out to look for ingredients and come back so soon? ”
Tang Xingyuan was looking at the door when he suddenly heard someone asking, and when he looked back, it turned out to be Zhang Qiuyan, the proprietress of the Jade Food Restaurant next door.
The business of the Jade Food Restaurant is good today, and the two tables set up at the door are also full, and Zhang Qiuyan even has to personally serve the dishes to the guests.
Last night, she also saw the closure notice posted by Tang's restaurant, so she asked.
"Hmm." Tang Xingyuan nodded and didn't speak, the once famous Tang Restaurant had fallen to such a point in his hands, and he was really embarrassed to say anything.
Zhang Qiuyan hesitated for a moment but walked over and whispered: "Xiao Tang, when Sister Zhang first came to Xianxia Road to open a restaurant, she was taken care of by your parents, and there is a saying that Sister Zhang said, don't be angry." ”
Tang Xingyuan was a little puzzled, he didn't know what Zhang Qiuyan wanted to say to himself, when his parents were alive, the relationship between Tang's restaurant and Yushi Restaurant had always been very good, and Zhang Qiuyan often came to help him after his parents passed away, so Tang Xingyuan was still very grateful to Zhang Qiuyan.
"Sister Zhang, what do you want to say?"
Zhang Qiuyan said earnestly: "Xiao Tang, even if you only learn one-tenth of Master Tang's cooking skills, the business of Tang's restaurant will not be too bad, but how can you ......?"
Seeing that Zhang Qiuyan wanted to speak and stopped, Tang Xingyuan wondered: "What's wrong with me?" ”
Although I didn't learn all of my father's cooking skills, I guess a tenth of them is still more than one.
"Xiao Tang, we are in the restaurant business, cooking skills are secondary, honesty is the most important, this is what Master Tang told me at the beginning, why do you ......"
Zhang Qiuyan didn't say anything halfway through her words, Tang Xingyuan wondered even more, what happened to me, why am I not honest?
"Sister Zhang, if you have anything to say, what did I do wrong?"
Zhang Qiuyan sighed: "Then let me ask you, what happened to the ingredients you used to cook for the guests some time ago?" ”
"Ingredients? What's wrong with the ingredients? Tang Xingyuan scratched his head inexplicably.
"What's the problem? Why do the guests who ate at Tang's Restaurant some time ago say that the ingredients are not fresh! Seeing that Tang Xingyuan hadn't realized his mistake yet, Zhang Qiuyan was also a little angry, "If the business is not good, you should pay more attention to the quality of the ingredients, and don't buy defective ingredients at a low price for a little profit, this is not responsible for the guests, it is also irresponsible for the restaurant, and it is not responsible for yourself!" ”
Looking at Zhang Qiuyan's appearance of hating iron but not steel, Tang Xingyuan was surprised: "No, I have never purchased defective ingredients at a low price, I have purchased ingredients from suppliers at previous prices." ”
Seeing that Tang Xing was far from lying, Zhang Qiuyan frowned: "Really? ”
"Absolutely." Tang Xingyuan nodded and said, "And I bought the goods from the suppliers who had been supplying ingredients to Tang's restaurants in the past. ”
"It's strange why many customers say that the ingredients used in Tang's restaurants are getting less and less fresh. By the way, I'll see what the ingredients you procure. ”
Tang Xingyuan smiled bitterly: "The restaurant hasn't opened for half a month, where do I dare to buy ingredients, all the previous ingredients have been used up." ”
Such a statement obviously made Zhang Qiuyan suspicious again, but it is true that Tang's restaurant has not opened for half a month.
"Well, let's leave that at that." Zhang Qiuyan pointed to the newly posted notice at the door of Tang's restaurant and said, "What's going on?" ”
The original closure notice has been removed, and the new notice reads: Our store has a new batch of rare ingredients, authentic Yangtze River saury special price of 1888 yuan/portion, steamed gray grouper fish 588 yuan/portion, snaketail fish soup 2888 yuan/portion, chopped pepper tiger head fish 2888/copy, eight rare sweetfish 18888 yuan/copy, the quantity is limited, while supplies last.
This price was set by Tang Xingyuan after careful consideration, and now the price of authentic Yangtze River saury on the market is more than 10,000 per catty, and the bigger the size, the higher the price. Fine whitebait is not inferior to the Yangtze River saury in terms of taste and taste, each of the fine whitebait in the warehouse is about three taels, which is relatively large, the price of 1888 is definitely the special price in the special, the reason why the name of the Yangtze River saury is used is because the shape and taste of the fine whitebait are very similar to the Yangtze River saury, and the fame of the Yangtze River saury is indeed very great.
Tang's restaurant used to make high-end private dishes, and the price of the dishes was above 100 yuan, but there were not many dishes for thousands of servings, the most expensive Bazhen chicken was only 1888 a piece, the cheapest steamed gray grouper fish posted by Tang Xingyuan was 588 a piece, and the price of the eight rare sweetfish was 18888, no wonder Zhang Qiuyan had such a reaction.
"Sister Zhang, these are all rare ingredients that I finally obtained, and I can't eat them anywhere else except here."
Where would Zhang Qiuyan believe that she knows very well the current situation of Tang's restaurant, how can she afford to purchase expensive Yangtze River saury, besides, this kind of cherished ingredient is not something that can be bought with money, and there are other snaketail fish, tiger head fish, Qixiang fish, I have never heard of it, and the price is even more expensive than Yangtze River saury!
"Xiao Tang, you have to be honest in your business, you ...... Ay. ”
Zhang Qiuyan shook her head in disappointment and didn't say more, in her opinion, Tang Xingyuan had no intention of running the restaurant well, and only thought about using crooked ways all day long, which would only make Tang's restaurant decay faster.
I'm afraid that Tang's restaurant is really going to decline completely.
Looking at the back of Zhang Qiuyan leaving, Tang Xingyuan opened his mouth and had the heart to explain, but he didn't know how to explain it, the things of the system must not be said.
"Forget it, there will be a chance for her to try the new dishes in the store in the future, so let's find a way to attract customers first."
In fact, many people have noticed the notice at the door of Tang's restaurant, but everyone just looks at it, the price on it is really daunting, and the reputation of Tang's restaurant is not good at all.
The reason why Tang Xingyuan marked the price of the new dish so high was because he felt that it was worth the price, and secondly, he wanted to attract everyone's attention.
Just when Tang Xingyuan was thinking about whether to lower the price a little, he finally heard someone ask.
"Young man, do you have an authentic Yangtze River saury here?"