Chapter 135: Omelette (1) The First Update
By the time the Chinese decided to make Chinese fast food, it was already in the late eighties and early nineties. As a result, although Chinese fast food still has a place in China, it is not worth mentioning internationally. It is more than half a century behind.
However, Chinese fast food also has its advantages. Just as the response of the Chinese when the later generations of Lao Mei declared that they would still be the boss for fifty years, how could China have been the boss for thousands of years without such an East as fast food!
According to historical records, there was a banquet called "Liban" in the Tang Dynasty. This "establishment" is the fast food of the Tang Dynasty. According to Li Zhao's "Supplement to the History of the State", Tang Dezong temporarily summoned Wu Miao, appointed him as "Jing Zhaoyin", and asked him to go to his post immediately. Before taking office, Wu Miao invited relatives and friends to have dinner at their homes, and although the time was very tight, when the invited guests arrived, the banquet was already on the table. Some of the guests were puzzled, and the people of Wu replied: "There are ceremonial banquets in the two cities, and they take them from the bell kettle, so the food of three or five hundred people can be set up." ”
In the Song Dynasty, in the bustling cities of Tokyo Bianliang and Hangcheng after the southward migration, the life of citizens flourished rapidly, and there was a kind of food and beverage called "hourly demand" and "duke" that abound in the market. This kind of food is not much different from the fast food of later generations.
Therefore, although in modern times, fast food has disappeared in China, but many fast food-friendly foods have been passed down. Steamed buns, fire-roasted, steamed dumplings, siu mai, pancakes, shrimp dumplings, various cakes, fried noodles, beef noodles, fried noodles, mixed noodles, knife-cut noodles, fat rice noodles, Guilin rice noodles, Yunnan rice noodles, fried rice, steamed rice, risotto, rice bowls, pork ribs rice......
Regardless of the north and south, there are countless types of meals that conform to the fast food culture of catering. To the extent that even if it is just a simple list, there is a suspicion of the number of water words. In the eyes of the rest of his life, these meals can complete the Western food that is mainly fried at this time, both in terms of taste and quantity.
Such a contrast is not prejudice and pride for the rest of my life. In the rest of my life, I once watched a lesser-known movie about an Indian who opened a restaurant in India after encountering natural and man-made disasters, immigrated to France, and through various talents and efforts, opened a restaurant, because when frying eggs, chili peppers were added, and shallots were added when out of the pot, which won the praise of the hostess of the restaurant for being spicy, warm and cool. And it is claimed that many chefs take years to learn. The Indian then became the chef of a French restaurant. Then the restaurant received two Michelin stars, and the story of its success.
The screenwriter is very good, the story is perfect, the characters are very inspirational, just like the tableware and Michelin in the laboratory test tube are very lofty, but in the rest of my life as an ordinary foodie in the later life, I really want to laugh when I see the story of this egg. It is estimated that any foodie who eats a little more widely in China will also laugh. In later universities, the mobile stalls in front of the school were full of these fried eggs. Two dollars a piece, three dollars with bread.
The aunt who sells the cake will be very enthusiastic to tell the person who buys the cake how to match it deliciously. Not only can it be spicy, warm and cool, but it can also be eaten with a variety of flavors and feelings.
If a three-dollar omelette in China is equivalent to a French Michelin-starred chef's dish, then if Michelin has eaten in various Chinese restaurants, how many restaurants in China can be rated by Michelin? It's no wonder that the yellow-haired foreign teachers in later generations don't eat anything at noon every day, and they have to line up to buy omelettes. It turns out that for half a dollar, you can have Michelin-like enjoyment.
This kind of fast food is not completely explosive, and at this time, Western-style fast food based on fried food is the hell!
Even if Chinese fast food is difficult to control the standardized taste and standardized operation because the steps are slightly complicated and the individual has a lot of room for play, it is really not a problem for Yu Sheng, who has traveled from later generations and read business cases as obscene novels, and has a large number of cases and mature experience to learn from.
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Several stores were quickly identified, all in the most prosperous locations in the most prosperous cities in the United States. The store on Fifth Avenue naturally became a flagship store. Yu Sheng and Qing Xiaoyi will be in charge in person.
The store was found, all kinds of kitchen utensils were bought, and all the formalities were done naturally with the help of Albert. In the end, it was only one thing left to recruit and train store staff. Since the rest of his life was to make the life of Chinese Americans in the United States better, he did this, and naturally recruited store assistants mainly Chinese workers and Chinese Americans.
As for the training, it's not too difficult. At this time in the United States, since Ford's assembly line created a production miracle, the concept of assembly line production has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in the United States. Although some of the recruited Chinese workers are first-generation immigrants, some are second-generation immigrants. However, I can speak both Chinese and English, and I am influenced by Chinese culture, so I know a little bit of cooking. And also somewhat educated. It's just because I'm Chinese that I'm not reused.
Therefore, for the rest of his life, he used a salary that was twice the normal salary in the United States at this time, and soon recruited a group of very good quality employees. After only one week of training, he was completely competent.
At the same time, "A Bite of China", which was edited by the rest of his life, was also released in Warner's cinemas under Albert's arrangement. Because of the Warner brothers' lack of confidence in this purely oriental documentary, the seven documentaries were carefully edited again before they were released. In the end, "A Bite of China" became a four-hour movie.
Such a movie length is directly comparable to the famous "Gone with the Wind" in film history. It's just that because there is no coherence of the storyline, in the eyes of Warner Bros., it is far from being as good as "Gone with the Wind". The time of the movie screening is also set at the busiest time of the movie theater on weekdays, during the day when Americans go to work. And, only play for a week. If the results are not satisfactory, it will be released after a week.
As for the ticket price, it is not high, compared with other feature movies, the low price is simply the conscience of the industry.
Although the film is not taken seriously. But there is also a saying that gold always shines. It only takes the slightest chance for the glow of gold to make people dizzy.
On the first day of the release of "A Bite of China", only a few idle and bored Americans bought tickets to enter the cinema. With the intention of passing the time with a good sleep in boredom, I sat down.