Chapter 149: I Won't Lose (First Update, Please Subscribe!) )
When they returned to the restaurant, Misa Sato and the others had already gone back, but Liu Quansheng, Shinomiya Kojiro and others were all in the restaurant. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Master Sigong, what is the situation?" After entering the door, Li Xiaoran asked the four palaces, Kojiro and Liu Quansheng on the side.
"It's just that there is a restaurant that questions your ranking, and after a few more challenges like this, after proving your strength, this kind of thing will be much less, and it's not a big deal." Kojiro Shinomiya pushed his glasses, and there was no fluctuation in the slightest.
In Paris, the fierce battle zone of French cuisine, he was able to create such an excellent restaurant brand as Shino's with his identity as a neon man.
Kojiro Shinomiya has experienced this kind of restaurant challenge countless times, so in his opinion, it is just a normal thing.
The neon cuisine world is still a little more comfortable than Paris, which is a fierce food battle zone.
In cities like Kyoto and Tokyo, the competition for restaurants is fierce, but it is nowhere near as high as in Paris.
Almost every month in Paris, restaurants receive star ratings or are destarred.
But in Neon, this situation is rare, and it basically gets a star rating, as long as it's not too deadly, or there is such a thing as the chef leaving, it's basically difficult to get a star rating.
Although Shinomiya Kojiro said that this situation did not matter, Liu Quansheng and others on the side were still very cautious and told Li Xiaoran all the news they had heard.
"So the restaurant called 'Yoshidaya' was fourth before us, but in this new ranking, it fell directly to seventh place?" Li Xiaoran frowned and said.
Since 'l', as a dark horse that has sprung up, has won the fourth place in the one-star restaurant ranking in Kyoto, it is natural that the original fourth place will be squeezed down.
Yoshidaya, which was originally the fourth-ranked one-star restaurant in Kyoto, has been highly praised in Kyoto for 20 years, and even won the No. 1 ranking in Kyoto, but in recent years, Yoshidaya has begun to decline.
It can't be said that it is on a downward slope, but it has gradually failed to keep up with the trend.
With the development of Kyoto, various French restaurants, Spanish and Italian high-end restaurants have opened in Kyoto, as well as various culinary giants from around the world.
The competition for restaurants in Kyoto has also become fierce, and although Yoshidaya has undergone several reforms, it has been tepid in trying to adapt to the trend, and although it is not a failure, it is definitely not a success.
And with the rise of the Internet, it can be said that this kind of long-established restaurant specializing in traditional Japanese cuisine, which has not changed, has been difficult to attract many new customers.
This time, Yoshidaya took on the restaurant challenge, but it didn't want to rebuild its reputation with the current limelight "L".
"It's also an old store with a long history, and if you do this kind of thing, you shouldn't want to be famous." Li Xiaoran shook his head and said.
If it is a restaurant that has just been established like his own 'l', it can be said that it is reasonable to challenge himself for the sake of reputation, but with such an old restaurant with a history of more than 20 years, Li Xiaoran feels that it will never be so simple to challenge his own restaurant.
"Do you think someone is targeting 'L'?" Kojiro Shinomiya on the side spoke.
If you're in Paris, the food hotspot is in the city, it's not worth paying much attention to, but in Neon and it's a long-established restaurant that's taking on the challenge, and it's clear that it's not as simple as it seems.
Hearing Kojiro Shinomiya's words, Li Xiaoran nodded lightly.
However, there is no news about Sasaki and Kita Food Club, and it is obvious that there is no investigation of why 'Yoshidaya' suddenly wants to challenge Li Xiaoran's restaurant.
"So, are we going to accept the challenge?" Liu Quansheng on the side looked at Li Xiaoran and asked.
"Of course you have to accept it, how can you not accept it." Shaking his head slightly, Li Xiaoran said.
This is equivalent to a martial arts hall, don't think you want to kick your brand, if you don't accept the challenge, what will others think of your restaurant? Don't even dare to accept the challenge in vain?
If it is just an ordinary small restaurant, Li Xiaoran naturally doesn't bother to pay attention to it, but if the object is changed to a restaurant of the scale of 'Yoshidaya', even if Li Xiaoran doesn't want to agree to the challenge, he must agree for the sake of the restaurant's reputation.
"By the way, Master Sigong, there are no other problems in the restaurant in the past two days, right?" Li Xiaoran looked at Kojiro Shinomiya on the side and asked.
Li Xiaoran didn't know much about the news about Yoshidaya, and even if it weren't for the fact that this restaurant was going to challenge its 'l' publicly, Li Xiaoran wouldn't have known that there was such a restaurant in Kyoto.
"In the restaurant, there is not much of a problem, the food and decoration are very good, but some details still need to be paid attention to, such as the arrangement of the guests' time, as well as the order of the dishes, etc., all need to be mastered, after all, you can't make guests wait for a long time to make a reservation." Kojiro Shinomiya pushed his glasses and said to Li Xiaoran.
After the guests arrive at the restaurant and take their seats, the guests are asked for permission before the food is served.
From the initial opening plate to the final dessert, the speed at which the dish is served is not up to you, but based on the speed at which the guests eat.
With the end of the food tasting, the dishes are like elevators, one by one.
This is not only a strict requirement for the chef, but also a strict requirement for the outside foreman service.
At this point, Li Xiaoran's 'l' is still a little worse.
"There are also some dishes in the recipe, Chinese cuisine and French cuisine, whose flavors will conflict and lead to the taste of subsequent dishes, and there is no way to fully show it, and what I found has been marked with a pen." Kojiro Shinomiya picked up the menu from the front desk and handed it to Li Xiaoran.
Li Xiaoran had a serious look on his face, this is not a small problem.
When he made the menu, he just wanted to add the dishes he was good at to it, but Li Xiaoran really didn't think about the conflict of food tastes.
"Let's remove these dishes for the time being, and add them to them when the redevelopment is complete." Looking at the few dishes marked out by Kojiro Shinomiya, Li Xiaoran decided.
It's not a set meal, but it doesn't fit into a restaurant's menu.
At least until the improvement is completed, Li Xiaoran will not add it.
"I don't know why Yoshidaya approached you for a public restaurant challenge, but don't lose." Kojiro Shinomiya on the side gently pushed his glasses and spoke.
At that time, he traveled from Neon to France, where he learned French cuisine and mingled in restaurants all over France.
From the most ordinary popular restaurants to star-rated restaurants, Kojiro Shinomiya has left his own traces, and finally opened Shino's in Paris, which is known as the fierce war zone, and spent so many years to elevate it to the top of the two-star restaurants.
It's a lot of things that challenge a restaurant like this, but it's rare here in Neon.
In addition, although he didn't say it explicitly, Li Xiaoran called himself a master, and Kojiro Shinomiya didn't refute it, which was already a kind of recognition.
If Li Xiaoran's 'l' lost to Yoshidaya, Kojiro Shinomiya simply didn't know what to say.
"I'm not going to lose." Li Xiaoran nodded lightly.
If it is just a simple competition of cooking skills, Li Xiaoran is not as important as it is to win or lose.
But now it is already related to the future of the restaurant, the reputation of the restaurant, and Li Xiaoran can't afford to treat it carefully. (To be continued.) )