Chapter 115 Lou Jiafu's Dilemma
Just now at lunch time, Yulongxuan promoted dishes such as "Crystal Chicken", "Juicy Shrimp Balls", and "Grouper Fillet Roll in Beef Soup" by Chef Lou, the senior brother of Chef Zhang from Baohualou.
These dishes sold well at noon, and the waiters still recommended them at dinner time. Many customers stood up immediately after seeing that a serving of conch and shredded radish cost 128 yuan on the menu.
After several tables of guests left, one of them finally asked, "Don't you have any other dishes? If you recommend these dishes, and recommend Chef Lou to follow the dishes made by Chef Zhang of Baohualou, why shouldn't I go to Baohualou? They only charge 39 yuan for a set meal, which includes all the dishes from the competition, and a small plate of stir-fried vegetables. Why do I have to come here and spend 128 yuan for a plate of shredded radish?"
The waiters at Yu Long Xuan have always believed that their restaurant is one of the best high-end restaurants in Hong Kong, and have developed the temper of a salesgirl at a luxury store. Upon hearing this, they sneered and took the menu: "Then go to Mong Kok to eat! The same chef cooks beef noodles for eight dollars at Po Wah Lau in Mong Kok at noon, and sells beef noodles for eighty-eight dollars at Ning Yan in Repulse Bay at night, and no customer has ever complained that it's too expensive. Why are you comparing us with Po Wah Lau? Why don't you say that a portion of mixed shredded radish at Ning Yan costs one hundred and eighty dollars?"
The waiter rolled his eyes and turned away.
The guest came to eat, but he didn't get to eat. He was so angry that he trembled and said, "Open your eyes and take a good look! Ningyan uses Italian balsamic vinegar and grape juice brewed from 12 years of cellaring for its shredded radish. What do you use? Their chickens are free-range castrated chickens from Wenchang, and their crabs are pure butter-cooked blue crabs that are picked from thousands of miles away. What about you? Copy the menu from Baohualou and the prices from Ningyan. I'm going to Baohualou now and I can eat my fill for 39 yuan."
The guest left with a gloomy face.
The guest who had just sat down, after hearing what this guest said and looking at the waiter's face, suddenly realized that if he continued to stay here, he would be made a fool.
Now that's good, two more tables have been run away.
The restaurant manager learned about the situation and hurried out to call the waiter in. The waiter also felt aggrieved: "The guest sat down, looked at the menu and left. This guest said..."
I heard that these dishes were promoted by Baohualou, and Ningyan was not promoting these dishes at all. The restaurant manager knew that this was bad. She hurriedly knocked on Guo Shijie's office door. After knocking twice, she heard Guo Shijie's angry voice inside: "She tricked me again."
The boss was losing his temper, and the manager didn't know whether he should go in. Guo Shijie called out, "Come in."
She mustered up the courage to go in. "Boss, many customers came and left during the dinner today. The waiters said that Baohualou has launched a set meal for the dishes we recommended. A half portion costs NT$39, a full portion costs NT$59, and it also comes with a set of three kinds of roast meat."
Guo Shijie stood up, untied his tie, and tried to calm himself down. He said, "Ning Yan didn't push these dishes today."
When they thought that white-cut chicken should be boiled in water, Ning Yan made jelly chicken. The diners said that Ning Yan's jelly chicken was so delicious that they couldn't let it go. They finally figured out where the jelly came from. Just now, a friend told him that Ning Yan would eat the original taste of chicken again today. They thought that those new dishes and those Kung Fu dishes were used by Baohualou. The friend also said that Baohualou had a big promotion at noon today. The friend said that Ning Yan's most talked about thing at noon today was the butter crab that was hard to find in the market. He didn't even know what butter crab was.
They also promoted a traditional pheasant roll with white truffles and a durian pastry with Italian cheese.
Yue Ning has a new idea every day. Who the hell knows what she will be thinking next?
"Tell the waiters to stop pushing these dishes! Stop it all!" Guo Shijie pounded the desk, and the cup on the desk shook.
The restaurant manager took the order, but what dishes should be served after the suspension? Those dishes were served and sold before the end of the dinner market, and the kitchen said they were out of ingredients.
After finally getting through the night market, Lu Jinyong, who was demoted but promoted in name only, looked at a pile of crystal chicken left in the kitchen. Crystal chicken is a cold dish that was prepared in advance. Who should he sell it to?
"Jiafu! What's going on? Why are there so many left?"
"This is not my decision." Lou Jiafu had tolerated him for a long time and yelled.
Guo Shijie happened to be at the kitchen door: "Didn't you do that?"
Lou Jiafu was holding his breath. He made this? The idea of copying Ah Ming's dishes was not his.
He is the boss and he has a mortgage to pay, so he can only endure it.
He said, "Boss, I have a game tomorrow, so I'm going back."
But Lu Jinyong said, "Tomorrow's game? Competing with that snail-shell-sized restaurant in Australia City, you won't be nervous, right?"
"Nervous or not, I'm going back to bed."
Lou Jiafu walked out of Yulongxuan and looked ahead. They were only a few hundred meters away from Ning Yan, and they could even see Ning Yan's neon sign from here.
If Ding Shengqiang had copied his master carefully at that time, Shenghualou should have been able to continue operating, and at most it would have been able to make small profits but quick turnover.
Guo Shijie wanted to rely on copying Ning Yan, the granddaughter of his master who was as cunning as a monster, but he was dreaming.
Lou Jiafu rode his motorcycle home, opened the door, and put his helmet on the shoe cabinet. His wife, who was in pajamas, came out and frowned, "Don't you know that the children are asleep? Putting a helmet there makes such a loud noise."
With just this ordinary complaint, Lou Jiafu suddenly exploded: "What's wrong? I suffer bullying outside every day, earning money to support you, and now I come back to suffer bullying from you?"
"What's wrong with you? I told you to keep your voice down, but you lost your temper with me like this. Is it my fault that you're angry?" Lou Jiafu's wife got angry just thinking about it. "What did I tell you when you wanted to leave Baohualou? I said your master is a good man. Less money is better. Don't go to Ding Shengqiang. What's the point of following a gambler? You didn't listen! If you didn't leave, there would be a chef position for you at Baohualou and Ningyan, right? Do you know how much money Asong made last month? Ten thousand yuan! How about you? Have you made a total of ten thousand yuan in the few months you've been out?"
Lou Jiafu's forehead was bulging with veins: "Have you said enough?"
The child in the room started crying, and Lou Jiafu's wife hurried in to comfort the child.
Lou Jiafu was sitting alone in the living room. Wasn't he trying to buy a bigger house for his family so they could live more comfortably?
Lou Jiafu lit a cigarette in boredom and turned on the TV.
Why is Ning Yan the only one on TV?
Sophie exchanged exclusive filming rights for sponsorship from HTV.
HTV knows that the public is very curious about what dishes will be served at Ningyan’s opening ceremony banquet.
HTV released the clip in the evening and it is now being replayed.
Lou Jiafu hasn't seen his master for a long time. The master on TV seems to be younger than before, and his whole spirit is different.
The grandparents and grandchildren took the chefs, both familiar and unfamiliar to Lou Jiafu, to worship gods and burn incense, and celebrities from all walks of life signed in.
The camera switched to Ning Yan's kitchen again. The kitchen was bustling with activity. Asong was making preparations. Yue Ning walked in and said a few words to Asong.
When three to five thousand is already a very high salary for a chef outside, Yue Ning pays a good salary to the chefs of Baohualou and Ning Yan. I heard from his apprentices that the apprentices who stayed in Baohualou all earned four to five thousand last month, and the apprentices are rotated between Baohualou and Ning Yan. This is done by Yue Ning so that they can learn comprehensive skills. Baohualou practices basic skills, while Ning Yan prepares delicate and advanced dishes.
Women like to show off, especially Asong’s wife. She has always been inferior to his wife before. Now that she has this opportunity, she must be very angry with her wife.
The reporter asked Yue Ning what surprises there were at the opening party today. Yue Ning showed the reporter the white-cut chicken that had been served.
The chicken had tender yellow skin and it was obvious to the naked eye that it was not the kind of chicken that could be easily bought in the Hong Kong market. As Yue Ning said, it was specially supplied from the mainland.
The chickens, ducks, fish and meat supplied to Hong Kong must first meet safety requirements, followed by taste, so most of the products are neither good nor bad. There are also some particularly delicious chickens in Hong Kong, and the chickens raised by the villagers in the walled villages are very delicious.
But that kind of chicken is not supplied on a large scale, so if you want to eat it at home, you can just buy one or two.
Lou Jiafu saw the butter crab that Yue Ning picked up again and listened to her introduction. Why was it called butter crab?
He had been a chef for so many years and had never come across this kind of crab. Besides, Yue Ning also said that it was a once in a lifetime experience.
Yue Ning has been recommending products to import and export companies, and her recommendations are more effective than advertising.
The two parties have such a deep relationship that the import and export company is willing to look for her everywhere. If you ask other companies, will they spend so much effort on you?
Lou Jiafu told himself to stop thinking about it, as there were still levels to go. Tomorrow's level was the easiest one. After passing this level, if he and A Ming were assigned to it, he would not have any confidence at all.
He finally calmed down, stood up, turned off the TV, walked to the door of the room, and was about to go in, but found that the door was locked.
He knocked on the door: "Will you open the door or not? If not, I will break it down!"
The door was opened, and his wife stood at the door and said calmly: "Lou Jiafu, let's get a divorce!"
"What did you say?" Lou Jiafu thought he was hallucinating.
"Let's get a divorce! I've had enough of you." Lou Jiafu's wife said, "It's obviously you who insisted on doing it your own way. It's obviously you who didn't listen to advice, but you insisted on saying that you did it for our family, for me and the children. You can go for whoever you want!"
"If you divorce me, what will you eat? What will you drink?" Lou Jiafu thought she must be crazy.
"I can go out and wash dishes and serve food. I can always earn money to support myself." Lou Jiafu's wife said, "Whatever you want, just do it!"
"If you want a divorce, then divorce me. I don't care!" Who hasn't had enough of whom? Lou Jiafu went into the room, took a quilt, and lay down on the sofa outside.
He heard the door slam shut...
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