Life game

Chapter 815 Think about it
At [-] o'clock on Thursday morning, the program team released another new notice, informing everyone that from now on, all contestants can go to the restaurants they have drawn to familiarize themselves with a series of related matters such as restaurant personnel, kitchen structure, menu recipes, etc., especially those who need to Contestants who set off to other places.

As soon as this notice was issued, it meant that Jiang Feng's happy life as a salted fish was over.

Although he really has nothing to be familiar with, but Sun Jikai, Wu Minqi and Sun Maocai are not familiar with Yongheju, so it is still very important to go there in advance to meet new colleagues in the next two weeks, get acquainted with the kitchen of Yongheju, and study the menu and taste of Yongheju. Necessary.

In order to make the contestants better familiar with the new environment, the program group also specially assigned a staff member to each group of contestants to deal with their problems.

The first thing to solve is the problem of dishes.

Except for the four selected dishes, all the dishes on the Yongheju menu can theoretically be made and sold by Jiang Feng and the others.You know, there are more than 60 pages in a cookbook in Yongheju. Although many pages are heavily mixed with each dish, the total number of dishes is definitely quite a lot.

How to choose, how to choose is a big problem.

The four of Jiang Feng calculated the time well, and they were still resting after three o'clock in the afternoon, but the chefs had basically arrived at Yongheju by the time they returned to the restaurant.

"Can't it be changed after selection?" Jiang Feng is very familiar with the menu of Yongheju. In his opinion, they can cook all the dishes on the menu except Tan's dishes. It's just that Sun Maocai and Sun Jikai may be a little uncomfortable. , because Yonghe Juzhu specializes in Shandong cuisine and Cantonese cuisine is rare.

"Of course it can be changed. I just suggest that you choose the dishes that can be made first. After all, there are so many chefs in the back kitchen. If there is no communication in advance, confusion may have a certain impact on the operation of the restaurant." The staff said.

Jiang Feng and the others understand these reasons. Everyone in the kitchen has their own division of labor, such as chopping, cooking, and arranging. Basically, every chef has his own fixed dishes, but they are not marked on the menu. Only Taifenglou clearly marked these things on the menu and counted them as the achievements of each chef.

Sun Maocai, Sun Jikai, and Wu Minqi were studying the menu, while Jiang Feng went directly to the back kitchen to chat with other chefs, and Tian asked about Yongheju's recent business situation, Zhou Shi's situation, and Peng Changping's situation.

Zhou Shi's cat has been sent back to his hometown by him, and Peng Changping has no cat to raise, so he can only come to Yonghe Residence to teach his apprentices every day with peace of mind.Zhou Shi has already passed the stage of being a rebellious teenager who loves to play and does not learn. He has made great progress in practicing cooking every day. It is said that the basic skills of Tan Jiacai have been practiced very well.

Now that Zhou Shi and Peng Changping were not in the store, Peng Changping led Zhou Shi to the vegetable market.

"Everything is fine during this time, but it's a bit troublesome to release all the recipes at once." The young man with the lowest seniority complained to Jiang Feng while chewing on an apple.

"Trouble?" Jiang Feng was taken aback. "The Tan family's recipes are released and the program is broadcast. The business should be very good. Why is it troublesome?"

Lu Sheng mentioned this to Jiang Feng when Jiang Feng and Lu Sheng were chatting last night. Although Yongheju mainly specializes in Tan family cuisine, the menu of Tan family cuisine has not been announced to the public before, which caused many ordinary customers to not know about Yonghe. Home selling Tan family dishes.

The main focus is Tan family dishes but they do not sell Tan family dishes.

Lu Sheng also told Jiang Feng the reason why Tan's food was not on the normal menu, and the main reason was that it was too expensive.

The raw materials of Tanjia cuisine are basically high-end luxury dishes such as abalone, shark's fin, sea cucumber, and bird's nest, and the price of the dishes is naturally very expensive.In the earliest days, Yongheju didn't even have a menu. What dishes were sold every day depended on what was available that day. If diners wanted to order a banquet, they had to prepare the ingredients in advance.This business model has lasted for a long time, even in the period of state-run restaurants. Only home-cooked dishes and appetizers are on the menu. It depends on luck if you want to eat really good dishes.

Later, state-run restaurants were transformed and bought back by private individuals. This model has not changed, but the variety of dishes on the menu has been greatly enriched.At the beginning, there were only a small group of customers who could afford Tan’s cuisine. Later, when the economy prospered, everyone’s wallets bulged, and there were more guests who could afford Tan’s cuisine. Only then did Yongheju launch the so-called VIP menu. , is still closed to the public.

In recent years, the catering industry has been booming. Under the management of Ling Guangzhao, Babaozhai has almost lost its reputation but made a lot of money. Lu Sheng, who has a good reputation but does not make as much money as Ling Guangzhao, is very envious.

Who would feel bad about money without ruining the reputation of their store?
In fact, Lu Sheng has been looking for an opportunity to make Tan Jiacai less high-end and enter the public eye all these years, but he has been unsuccessful.

Lu Sheng couldn't find a chance. One reason was that Peng Changping had been away from Yongheju for many years. Most of the apprentices he taught back then had retired and had grandchildren at home because of their age. Come out, afraid of advancing rashly and making Yongheju the second Babaozhai.

The other reason is that the prices of Tan’s dishes are too high and it is difficult to promote them. Ordinary customers may not be willing to order them on the menu. It might as well be a hidden menu as before, which can subtly elevate the style of Yongheju.

Even for a vegetable dish with cheap raw materials such as white fungus stew, the unit price can go up to [-].

In terms of food prices, Yongheju may not lose to top-floor restaurants.

This reality show competition is actually an opportunity for Yongheju to transform itself. From the very beginning of the competition, Yongheju has stewed white fungus, sunflower duck, two-color prawns, scallops and winter melon, and jujube walnut cheese, which are relatively cheap and not so expensive. The troublesome dish is on the recipe.

Taking advantage of the popularity of variety shows, the sales of these expensive Tan family dishes in Yongheju are not known to be very good during this period of time.

Of course, Lu Sheng would tell Jiang Feng these things, mainly because he wanted Jiang Feng to challenge some of the big dishes in the Yan's Fin Banquet in the past two weeks, similar to braised shark's fin, grilled big black ginseng and so on.

Lu Sheng really hoped that Yongheju could reopen a complete swallow-wing banquet one day.

After all, the swallow-wing mat is the pinnacle of Yongheju, representing the glory of Yongheju.

Peng Changping has also spent some time and effort in training other disciples and grandchildren except Zhou Shi these days, and everyone has made progress, but if they want to make progress to the point of reopening the Swallow Wings in a short period of time, unless they have the same manpower as Jiang Feng a game.

"It's troublesome because the business is so good." The young man with the lowest seniority said with a sad face, "Didn't some of the Tan family dishes be released during this period, it was a good thing that the business was good and the wages increased, but I don't know who started spreading the word. Yes, it is said that our store released these Tan family dishes because it is going to reopen the Yanchi Seat."

"Reopen the Swallow Wing Seat?" Jiang Feng thought for a while, "Isn't the Swallow Wing Seat open all the time?"

Although it is a swallow-wing mat that has cut corners and missing two of the most difficult dishes, Yongheju has also made swallow-wing mats over the years.

Even if Lu Sheng didn't mention his name, didn't the diners all acquiesce that what they ate was the swallow's wing mat?

"It's not open." The young man with the lowest seniority lowered his voice, "Although Yan'wing seats have been made all these years, they only make one or two tables every year and they are made at customers' homes. As in the past, it will be held twice a month, once at the beginning of the month, once in the middle of the month, and auctioned at the end of the month.

Jiang Feng was shocked.

Is this the life of the rich?Meals are all based on auctions.

"Then why don't you do it now? It's not that you can't do it, it's just that there are two dishes missing. You have been doing it for so many years and no customer pointed it out." Jiang Feng asked.

The young man with the lowest seniority lowered his voice: "Not only are two dishes missing, but the taste is also not good, and it is incomparable with the ones from ten or twenty years ago. But there is no way, Master Peng has been away from the store for so many years. All the grand masters have basically retired, and Master Xu is actually about to retire too."

Master Xu is the chef representing Yongheju.

"Master Xu's culinary skills are the worst among the grand masters. If Master Peng hadn't come back this time, I guess he wouldn't be able to cook the swallow-winged banquet after Master Xu left the family banquet."

Jiang Feng was stunned.

He has only eaten the swallow-wing mat made by Peng Changping himself, but never the swallow-wing mat made by cutting corners in Yongheju, so naturally he does not know the difference.

He knew that the cut corner version was mixed with water, but he didn't expect the water to be so rich.

It's no wonder that Lu Sheng has been thinking about opening a complete swallow's wing banquet for so many years, and is so eager to transform Tan Jiacai. It is indeed forced by the situation.

It's a pity that he can't help.He hasn't finished learning his own cooking, so how can he have time to learn Tan's cooking? Besides, even if he wants to learn from Peng Changping, he may not be willing to teach him. He is not Zhou Shi, and he did not worship Peng Changping as his teacher.

"I said why are there only three people outside and you disappeared, so you came to chat in the kitchen." Just as Jiang Feng sighed, Lu Sheng jumped out from nowhere.

"I don't need to study the menu, of course I just ran to the kitchen to chat." Jiang Feng smiled, and found that Lu Sheng's hair was a little messy, his collar was a little wrinkled, and there were a few red marks on his face. I fell asleep on the table.

Those who didn't know thought he was a high school student, and he got red marks when he slept in class.

"How's the research going?" Lu Sheng asked.

"What else? Any dish is fine, what's the problem." Jiang Feng was a lot more arrogant in front of his friends.

"Really? If you don't want to consider Guanyan in clear soup and braised shark's fin in yellow, I think it's okay to grill big black ginseng." Lu Sheng smiled.

Jiang Feng: ...

"Sorry to bother you." Jiang Feng said goodbye on the spot.

"Think about it. During this time, more than one old customer came to me to ask me about the Yanchi banquet. You know, the chef of the Yanchi banquet in our store was always Master Xu, and now Master Xu has changed to you. , you should play the role of Master Xu. Think about it, I know you can, it’s not that you don’t know our food, you have stayed with us for so long, so you treat this place as your own home, Abalone in oyster sauce..."

Lu Sheng chased after him.

(End of this chapter)