Chapter 115,
So we have to develop new dishes next.
And the Bian Jing Chef God Competition that Qingluan mentioned, the dishes that make it to the list must be ones that he created himself.
After all, she still has a lot to do.
It took three days just to repair Mingyue Building, and Su Guoer also recruited all the necessary workers within these three days.
There were six employees in total, with Changqi leading the charge, arranging their tasks and acting as a foreman. Yunniang was the shopkeeper, responsible for collecting money and doing the accounting. Su Guoer also promoted two apprentices, Miao Jie'er, to head chefs, allowing them to cook independently in the future.
Su Guoer still trusted them quite a bit. After all, they had trained with her for so long beforehand, and their cooking and knife skills were all similar to Su Guoer's. They were also obedient and more useful than the other three chefs she had hired.
As for the other three chefs, two of them were former chefs of Mingyue Tower. They can cook Mingyue Tower’s specialty dishes, such as Eight Treasure Duck, and they are very skilled at it. The only difference is that they are a bit older. It seems that they have worked in Mingyue Tower for more than ten years.
Of course, these two people were recommended to her by Miss Yan. It just so happened that Su Guoer was also short of people. After taking a look and feeling that there was no problem with the character of the two people, she kept them and tried them out first.
As for the other chef, his name was Wuliang. He used to run his own restaurant, but it went bankrupt because of his mother's mischief, so he came to Su Guoer to make a living. Su Guoer saw that he had good knife skills and was smart, so she accepted him as usual.
So, she now has a total of five chefs in the kitchen, including one head chef, herself. She also recruited five apprentices to help cut vegetables and practice knife skills, and they can also help cook when she is busy.
The vegetable washers and odd jobs are still the same ones, but... Chunniang and Cui Niangzi.
They offered to learn cooking from Su Guoer, but after testing their aptitude, Su Guoer decisively refused. Cooking is a science, especially the control of heat, and some people are not born with this ability, so no matter how you teach them, they won't be able to do it.
This is because they are clumsy and have no talent, so they can only do other jobs.
Su Guoer thought it would be easier to serve the dishes, so she wanted them to go to the front to serve the dishes, but she was rejected. She was told that it was better to wash the vegetables than to serve them. So Su Guoer let them go.
I've hired two more dishwashers. I'm not sure if business will be good in the future, so I'll just hire this many people for now, she thought.
However, including the people who were originally in the store, there were about twenty people in total.
That should be enough, right?
If it’s not enough, she can recruit more. Now she is just trying everything out.
Then it was time to teach these chefs how to cook. Su Guoer trained them individually for two days, and the restaurant was officially open two days later.
However, Su Guoer thought of something in the first two days.
How to spread the reputation of her shop? Relying on the diners accumulated by Mingyue Tower in the past is not enough. After all, Mingyue Tower was later ruined and there are few old customers left.
Therefore, in order to ensure that there will be a bustling scene on the opening day.
Su Guoer needs to do something else to take advantage of this opportunity to spread the reputation of her restaurant.
Su Guoer doesn't need to worry about the above matters. When the time comes, people familiar with Miss Yan and Qingluan will come to support them and add some popularity to the restaurant.
Su Guoer's old customers had already informed in advance that they would come to support the restaurant.
But it wasn't enough, she needed to do something else.
After much thought...
Nothing is more tempting than a food tasting.
If we invite some lion dancers and gong players to join in the fun, the lively atmosphere will be enough.
Lion dancers are easy to find. The lion dance troupe in Taijiazhuang, south of the city, is quite good and well-received in Bianjing City, though the price is a bit high. However, everyone in Bianjing City, young and old, likes to watch their lion dance.
This hundred taels is worth spending no matter how expensive it is.
Well, everything else was done with the advice of Changqi and Yunniang, and what remained were the things she should consider and be good at.
That is……
How to hold a food tasting meeting?
It is definitely not possible to invite everyone to the restaurant, and Qingluan and Miss Yan have already booked the number of tables for that day. Now that the huge restaurant has been booked out, there are not many empty tables left.
The rest are also used to accommodate some diners who come to join in the fun.
So Su Guoer decided to hold the tasting session outside.
As for the food for tasting, she had also thought about it. It had to be not only exquisite and small but also delicious. After all, this was an opportunity for their restaurant to become famous.
Su Guoer thought about it and decided that pastries were good. If she added some braised lamb and beef, pot stickers, and made a few signature dishes and put them on the side, it would be enough for the tasting.
But these are all for small appetites, and we need something to finale and liven up the scene.
Of course, this is for the customers outside. Su Guoer, the distinguished guest inside, has also thought about it. Each table will be served a specialty dish of their restaurant, and each table will be different, which can fully arouse their curiosity and ask them to come back next time.
As for the finale that holds the scene.
Three conditions must be met: large quantity, good-looking and delicious.
So Su Guoer thought of something called yellow rice cake that she had eaten in the north.
This thing can be considered a kind of pastry. It is not only delicious and beautiful, but also can make several in one pot after being steamed in a steamer. It is very convenient, and it is also delicious after being cooled. Su Guoer saw that there was no one selling this in Bianjing City, so she decided to make it.
In addition, it would be enough to prepare some braised lamb, pork, meat and vegetarian pot stickers, various cakes and ten signature dishes outside for diners to taste.
Prepare the ingredients in advance and everything is ready. Soon, it’s the day for the restaurant to open.
On the opening day, the entire restaurant was decorated with lights and colorful banners and lanterns that hurt one's eyes. Although there were not many people coming early in the morning, fortunately there were some old diners who came to support her and ordered a few dishes for breakfast. Some of them even came with their families, which gave Su Guoer enough face.
But... when the owner of the mutton soup stall opposite Mingyue Tower saw all this, he was so angry that his teeth were itching.
I watched Su Guoer build a tall building from scratch, and I watched Su Guoer turn a small restaurant into a restaurant, and it was less than two months.
How can one not be jealous? I'm afraid all the vendors on this street must be feeling unbalanced. They're so jealous their teeth ache!
But Su Guoer's cooking skills were excellent, a fact they couldn't ignore. They couldn't blame anyone, after all, when they imitated Su Guoer selling braised pork pot stickers, Su Guoer didn't bother with them.
The craftsmanship is impeccable.
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