Chapter 1282: Celebrity Chef, I Have Other Career Plans (49)
The white truffle happened suddenly, and Qian Qian always felt that it was not so simple. { with}{ dream } ั{suimะตng] [lฤ} supplier so-called big customer...... It can't be that Lan Zhaoyu, right?!
And the time for the supplier to bounce the ticket is also strange. On the day of delivery, Fu Qingyu was informed that there were no truffles, and the truffles could arrive by air in one day, and their earliest truffle package was booked on the next day, which was clearly calculated.
"It's clear that someone is targeting our restaurant," Qian Qian said, "Let's hire someone to check it out, start with the truffle supplier, and see who can't get along with us." โ
"I'll talk about that later. The most important thing at the moment is the truffle, and I'll think of a way first. Fu Qingyu picked up the phone: "Ask my former friends and peers to see whose store can give us some." But in any case, the time is delayed, and I am afraid that the first reservations for tomorrow will have to be cancelled. โ
Fu Qingyu is very famous in the Western kitchen industry, and his fame is not limited to China. Before he returned to China, he worked as a chef in two good restaurants in country F, and was considered a rising star in the chef industry at that time, so his connections were not only in China, but also many famous chefs who had dealt with country F before, and Fu Qingyu actually had a relationship.
His call for help went out, and naturally someone responded. It's just that foreign chefs are willing to help, far water can't quench the thirst of the near, and it will take time for the ingredients to be flown back urgently. The two chefs in China are willing to temporarily give up some truffles to Fu Qingyu, but other people's restaurants are also open, and there are not many truffles that can be separated.
Therefore, it is impossible for this sudden incident not to affect the reputation of the restaurant. Even if the white truffles for emergency assistance from two restaurants in China were delivered on the same day, they could not cope with all the reservations. The canceled reservations, several of which are popular food up owners, of course, are super dissatisfied with this incident.
Lao Zhao flew to country I on the same day, one planned to find a new supplier, and the other wanted to check the supplier's sudden jump. As for Qian Qian, he called Xia Yeliang as soon as possible, and inquired about the situation in Lan Zhaoyu's store.
"Truffles? Our store is stocked with a lot of goods. Xia Ye Liang is very straightforward: "We also withdrew from the truffle season menu and designed it for Zhaoyu." But to be honest, we are Chinese food, and the demand for white truffles is really not that big, and I feel wasteful to take such good truffles with pine leaf crab salad. โ
"Our supplier suddenly bounced tickets." Qian Qian didn't go around in circles, and made a request straight to the point: "Can you give me some truffles first, our shopkeeper Lao Zhao went to country I today to contact the new supplier, and I will return it to you soon." โ
"It's okay on my side." Xia Yeliang agreed very strongly: "But I need to go and talk to Zhaoyu." How high is the price of truffles this year, Zhaoyu pays close attention to this batch of truffles, and the kitchen gives a ration every day, and he must agree to take the extra money. โ
You have to agree with Lan Zhaoyu to get the white truffle?? What a coincidence! Qian Qian sighed twice in his heart, and then instructed Xia Yeliang: "If he doesn't agree, don't force it." We've already figured out another way, Qingyu is asking about other restaurants. โ
"I have a sense of proportion, don't worry." Xia Yeliang replied very dryly: "Don't worry, I'll find a way." โ
Xia Yeliang arrived at Qian Qian's restaurant in the afternoon, and she didn't bring much white truffles, but Qian Qian knew that she must have done her best.
"That's all there is to it." took out the white truffle, Xia Yeliang looked apologetic: "I'm sorry, Xiangxiang." โ
"Where did you come from?" Qian Qian stared at Xia Yeliang: "It's impossible for Lan Zhaoyu to agree with you to give me the white truffle." โ
"How do you know?!" Xia Yeliang looked surprised: "I didn't expect that Zhaoyu would refuse." We're all friends, and I don't know why this time. I got these through other friends, and that's all I have. โ
"Xiaoliang, it's really hard for you." Qian Qian sighed and took the white truffles: "I'm not polite to you, I'm really in a hurry." โ
"What are you talking about?" Xia Yeliang smiled and poked Qian Qian's forehead: "Don't you treat me as a friend?!" โ
With Xia Yeliang's confirmation, Qian Qian is 100% sure that the supplier's ticket skipping has something to do with Lan Zhaoyu. It's just that she didn't expect that the white truffle incident was just the beginning, and then the supplier of Iberian ham in the store also jumped the ticket.
The ham used in Fu Qingyu's store is naturally not a second-grade Iberian ham casually sold on the Internet, but a limited supply every year, and the sudden supply will not be without impact. In addition, the white truffle was out of gear for a while, and many reservations were canceled, which had a bad impact on the reputation of the store, and in just one month, the turnover of the main meal fell very sharply, and at the worst time, there was no table of customers during dinner, and all the ingredients prepared in the kitchen could only be wasted.
The business is so light that naturally the media and food up owners began to sing about Fu Qingyu's shop, and I don't know if it was paid, but somehow, negative reviews have popped up. Of course, the quality of the food in Fu Qingyu's store is not picky, so most of the slots are in the price, and the online comments are basically saying that the price in the store is too high, and the customers are stupid and have a lot of money.
The worst thing is that several food critics who had canceled their reservations during the truffle season seemed to be very dissatisfied, and publicly dissed Fu Qingyu's restaurant in the live broadcast as not reputable.
stepped on one hand, and among the several high-end restaurants that were taken out as a comparison and praise, there was Lan Zhaoyu's store. Qian Qiancai didn't believe it was a coincidence.
But despite the difficult situation, the employees in Fu Qingyu's store are still panicked, and they go to and from work calmly one by one, which is not much different from usual, and they still seem to be full of confidence in their store. On the contrary, the turnover of the main restaurant is declining, but the business of the new bakery is getting better and better, the operating profit is very good, and the employees of the store never have to worry about the boss running out of money to pay their salaries.
Don't have any money? Joke! The bakery is doing well! It's okay to be busy to death!
Relying on the bakery, the store actually held on and survived the truffle season. Fu Qingyu was not in a hurry, he was still in the back kitchen, and cooking well with his heart would naturally be recognized by the guests, slowly, after a few months, the business of the store finally began to improve again, and this difficulty artificially created by Lan Zhaoyu was to be overcome.
Qian Qian only realized at this time why his task of providing the male protagonist with a golden finger was judged to be successful. Isn't this bakery a goldfinger! In the difficult days when Fu Qingyu's store was suppressed, he relied on the bakery business to survive.