Chapter 114,
In comparison, Su Guoer saw the shortcomings of her cooking.
First, the dishes she made were not refined enough and were not liked by the wealthy gentry. Second, although her restaurant was called Fresh Food Restaurant, she copied dishes from all over the world and used the name of specialty dishes. In fact, she had almost no dishes of her own creation.
This is not a mistake a good cook would make.
If she wants to open a restaurant, she needs to change a little.
But by then they should hire someone to be the head chef, and she will be the head cook, so she won’t think about it too much for now.
Su Guoer stood up and sent Miss Yan and the female official named Qingluan away. She had no intention of resting anymore, so she simply took Changqi and Pang Ya to Mingyue Tower to take a look.
Chang Qi: "I don't know why the young lady wants to turn the restaurant into a restaurant? Although it makes a lot of money, it also offends a lot of people."
Of course, it's not that easy to compete with those children of aristocratic families for food. Su Guoer remembered that Mu Cang Zhai belonged to the Pei family, right?
Which of the outstanding restaurants in Bianjing City could not be run smoothly without the support of a noble person?
Su Guoer: "That's why I cooperate with them. They want to make money, and I want to make money too. They are rent-free and give money, but I only give up 20% of the profit. However, I can open the restaurant steadily, which is still quite cost-effective."
She used the key left by Miss Yan to open the door of Mingyue Tower.
Mingyue Tower is different from her small restaurant. Mingyue Tower is a four-story restaurant. The lobby on the first floor can accommodate hundreds of diners at the same time. There are 54 square tables in total, which can accommodate more diners than the two floors of her two-story building combined.
The second floor is for ordinary meals, with Qingliang Pavilion, Muxue Pavilion, Qiufeng Pavilion, Pinming Pavilion, etc.
The third floor has four private rooms, each named after plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum.
As for the last floor, there are more than 20 private rooms where diners can stay overnight. You can say that Mingyue Tower is actually a combination of a post station and a restaurant, hence the name "restaurant".
Su Guoer took a rough look from the first floor to the fourth floor and found that... this private room had probably been vacant for a long time, so there was dust in the corners and on the vases, probably because it was not cleaned properly, and some of the cabinets, tables and chairs were also missing paint.
In addition, there are many damaged parts that need to be replaced.
Su Guoer took out a pen and paper, wrote down everything, and then asked someone to fix it.
Next is the backyard, which is connected to the kitchen.
When you open the door, what comes into view is a two-person-high rockery, with spring water flowing slowly through the cracks in the rockery and into the fish pond below.
Su Guoer squatted down to look and found several fat and big fish in it.
I'm afraid you didn't have time to eat?
The fish was opening its mouth to swallow the algae that washed down from the rockery, and it didn't even need fish food.
There is also a kitchen and living quarters. The living quarters are five square tiled houses, each of which can accommodate more than a dozen people. Three of them were probably converted into a place for the guys to rest, so they are all large bunk beds inside.
Only two rooms are exquisitely designed. The carved beds, cabinets, round tables and chairs inside are all pre-arranged and only need to be simply cleaned before people can live in them.
These two rooms are just right for her and Pang Ya to live in.
Or she could live with Pang Ya, and they just needed to put a soft couch in the largest room.
But what surprised Su Guoer was...
She didn't know that Mingyue Tower actually had two kitchens?
There was a room next to the grocery room, with three stoves inside. Two of them had steamers as tall as a person on them. The steamers were stacked one on top of the other. Su Guoer knew at a glance that these were steamers used for steaming eight-treasure ducks, which could be used to steam several at a time.
This is convenient, and the other one can be used to steam rice and snacks.
We came to another kitchen, where there were seven stoves for brewing food, placed separately. In the middle was a cutting table where apprentices could cut side dishes.
There was a sink and a vegetable washing area outside, both more than double the size of the original. She looked around and realized this kitchen could accommodate at least twenty people working simultaneously. It was much better than her own kitchen; even the utility room was larger.
But can more than twenty people really handle it?
Su Guoer could already imagine the situation when the front yard was full of people.
That posture...
Two kitchens might not be able to handle the workload, right?
It would be fine if the food was prepared in advance, but she needed to have enough manpower! She also needed to continue recruiting.
After looking at every corner of Mingyue Tower, Su Guoer took a deep breath and was really angry.
Damn it, this nice restaurant was made dusty by those people before. Even the iron pots that hadn't been used for a long time were rusted and no one cleaned them.
It would be strange if this restaurant could be successful!
Su Guoer secretly grumbled and then swallowed her anger silently. From now on, the restaurant was hers and she was in charge of it. She would never allow such a thing to happen!
There was a lot to do, so Su Guoer didn't stay. After asking Changqi to stay and look after the store, she went to the west of the city and called a few painters and cleaning women over, and decided to pay them according to the time they worked.
In the west of the city, there are many idle workers like this. Just call them a few times and someone will be willing to do the job. Su Guoer asked them to wait at the door of Mingyue Tower. She also found a few carpenters to repair the broken things. If they really couldn't be repaired, she would make a few more.
Of course, costs must be saved.
So until Mingyue Tower was cleaned and some tables, chairs and other things were replaced, nothing was done and the hundred taels of silver were spent.
The most important task was to build the ceiling for this four-story building.
She didn't even know why someone had poked a big hole through the tiles above her head?
The building is four stories high, so it is really difficult to go up and repair it. There are also seven broken wooden beds in the bedroom, which also need to be replaced.
I only paid a deposit for the remaining custom-made tables and chairs. I would pay the remaining silver after the carpenter delivered the items, which would probably be around one or two hundred taels.
The miscellaneous expenses are huge, not to mention hiring cooks and workers.
She couldn't handle everything in the kitchen by herself, so she had to hire a few chefs who knew how to cook and make dishes according to recipes. She also needed a few kitchen helpers to do the cutting and preparing of vegetables.
Miao Jie'er and the others have both become apprentices, so Su Guo'er plans to hire them as chefs and have them cook with her. She also regards them as her closest people. A chef's skills are the most precious and must not be stolen by others. After thinking about it, she trusts them more.
The chefs we hire are naturally here to cook some common dishes, and we can also give them some of the recipes given by Miss Yan.
Su Guoer still wants to list the dishes she cooks as the restaurant's signature dishes.
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