Chapter 13
Stunning new customers’ taste buds and attracting old customers’ expectations
This was Yueting’s first self-service event and many customers were very enthusiastic.
When Xiao Yue received the money from a pretty girl dressed in low-key but luxurious clothes, the other party smiled embarrassedly.
"Sister, this is my first time eating here. Can I have the limited edition dish?"
"Of course." Xiao Yue saw that there were no customers behind her for the time being, so she led the way in: "Find a seat first, I'll bring the dishes."
The sound was neither loud nor soft, but for a moment everyone in the restaurant, whether they were already eating or serving food, looked over.
Xiao Yue calmly turned around and went into the kitchen.
The girl did not look for a seat, but stood at the door of the front room waiting, and the other new and old customers also gathered around spontaneously.
Soon, everyone saw Xiao Yue coming out with a plate, and their eyes first looked at what was in her hands.
It was a flat dish similar to a "pancake", with a browned surface and a fragrant taste. The portion was just right for one person.
But at first glance that's all, because the dish looks really ordinary.
Everyone looked at each other, some frowned, some were disappointed, and some asked curiously.
"Madam Xiao, what kind of dish is this?"
“I feel like I’ve never seen this before…”
“It smells really good!”
Xiao Yue raised the corner of his mouth slightly, took out the knife in his other hand, and lightly scratched the browned crust of the "pancake" on the plate.
Everyone only heard the sound of "sizzling", this dish was so crispy!
Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Xiao Yue aimed the knife at the center of the "pancake" and cut it.
“Crack—”
A sound even crisper than before was heard!
Everyone stared intently as Xiao Yue divided the golden "pancake" into nine equal parts in an orderly manner, revealing its true appearance.
Light taro paste, fleshy duck meat, a small amount of fresh and tender soup flowing out from the cut, and the smell is of charming meaty aroma accompanied by the sweet taste of taro.
Xiao Yue put down the knife and started to introduce: "This dish is the limited edition dish of this event, crispy duck with taro paste."
"New customers, please come and get them. There are only five copies now, first come first served! But I will bake them later to ensure that every new customer can taste them today!"
Everyone came to their senses at this point, and someone in the crowd immediately squeezed forward.
“Me, me, me!”
"Boss, I'm a new customer!"
"And me!"
At the nearest table, Li Xiong, Zhao Liang and Liu Meng were sitting together, watching the lively scene with their mouths watering.
For so many days, no matter whether it was meat dishes, vegetarian dishes, cold dishes, spicy or light dishes, everything prepared by Madam Xiao at Yueting Buffet was impeccable.
Who would doubt her cooking skills?
This limited edition dish must taste delicious, but it’s a pity that they can’t have it for the time being.
"The more I look at it, the more I want to eat it." Liu Meng sighed, retracted his gaze, picked up today's new dish and put it into his mouth.
As a result, he was feeling unhappy because he couldn't finish the limited-edition dishes in the previous second, but the next second, as soon as he put the dish in his mouth, his eyes widened.
"What's going on?"
Li Xiong on the side was puzzled, and took a bite of the white and tender fish with orange-red soup, but his face turned pale as soon as he started chewing.
Zhao Liang was confused and reached out to pick up the fish fillet in sour soup. Unexpectedly, he hissed as soon as the soup touched his tongue.
“This smell…”
Liu Meng just recovered and said in unison with Li Xiong -
“So sour and refreshing!!”
What limited dish? They are going to serve fish fillet in sour soup today!
This side.
Xiao Yue handed the last dish of crispy duck with taro paste to the girl, and had to apologize to the remaining new customers.
"Everyone, don't be impatient! Please go to your seats and wait. You will definitely get your share. I will personally serve it to you after it's cooked!"
When the few people who didn't get it heard this, they just regretted that they came a step too late, and didn't show any displeasure at all.
One of them even touched his stomach and sighed, "Looks like I have to eat less to save the limited-edition dishes!"
Everyone around laughed.
The five people who first received the crispy duck with taro paste had already hurriedly brought the dishes back to their tables. Each portion had been cut by Xiao Yue on the spot.
The girl, Su Xiaoxiao, looked around before finding a seat that was not too crowded.
She was not in a hurry to get other dishes. She sat down and started to taste the crispy duck with taro paste.
I have to say that this activity really grasps the psychology of new customers.
At least Su Xiaoxiao received envious looks from the customers around her. She felt very happy and carefully picked up a piece of meat and put it into her mouth.
The first bite is the skin, which is crispy and slightly salty. The next bite is the soft and sticky taro paste with moderate sweetness. The deepest part is the duck meat wrapped in it, which is firm and not dry, and exudes honey.
The taste of all these blended together is just right, and it feels like you have swallowed all the fragrance and sweetness in one bite.
Su Xiaoxiao's eyes lit up instantly. She no longer cared about the looks of others. She swallowed the first piece and immediately picked up the second piece. The sides of her mouth were bulging like a little hamster.
This is so delicious! !
The young girl was quite reserved while eating, but the other new customers were not like that. They almost lost their souls after taking a bite.
Someone said, "Oh my god, it's worth it to have just one bite in this life!"
The customers who didn’t get to eat were already looking forward to it, and now seeing their exaggerated reactions, they were even more sad and angry, but their sadness and anger were mixed with anticipation for three days later.
No!
Not just three days later, they will come tomorrow and the day after tomorrow!
What if Madam Xiao suddenly changes her mind and we can eat it tomorrow?
People always have to have dreams!
The remaining new customers who had not received their meals became even more excited when they saw this. They ate other dishes while excitedly waiting for their limited edition dishes.
In the kitchen.
Xiao Yue has already started making a new round of crispy duck with taro paste, and the marinating method is even faster.
She discovered that there were not many new customers coming to the store, only less than ten people.
What does this mean?
This shows that Yueting has self-service communication strength, but it is not enough, or it may have something to do with the location.
At first, Xiao Yue thought that there was a busy street across Yanting Bridge, and he would be able to attract customers.
In fact, this is not the case. Xiao Yue has observed these days that as soon as people come to Yanting Bridge, the number of people decreases.
The first is that there are not many restaurants and food stalls here compared to other places, and the second is... the food is very expensive.
When Xiao Yue went to buy the porridge, he actually took a stroll that morning and asked around. He found out that a bowl of porridge at the old shop next door was sold for 130 copper coins.
She was silent at the time, but didn't take it seriously.
Later, Xiao Yue found out that the high prices of other people’s food would indirectly affect him to a great extent.
Because the prices are generally around a hundred coins or more, customers will have a stereotyped impression of the food shops on this street.
So one can imagine what the situation was like for Yue Ting when she was at Yanting Bridge.
Currently, most of the customers who come to the store are old customers. At most, old customers bring people they know, and they are all neighbors living on this street.
No matter how many people they have or how much spontaneous publicity they carry out, it is just a drop in the bucket.
As long as people from other streets don’t come here in person and just listen to what others say, they will definitely think that Yueting Self-service is false advertising!
Xiao Yue was so angry that while he was marinating the duck meat, he was thinking in his heart -
We must seize the opportunity of this event. It would be best to make our name known throughout the street first, and then expand to other places!
Xiao Yue slammed the oven door shut, then fiddled with the taro paste and took out a new white board while it was baking.
She spent half a minute writing and drawing and made a simple event sign.
What was written above was exactly what Xiao Yue said when the store opened. After thinking about it, he added one more sentence.
——If new customers only want to receive free limited dishes, they must enjoy them in the store.
The nature of this sentence is very different whether it is added or not.
Xiao Yue curled the corners of his mouth, put away the paintbrush, and placed the whiteboard at the door.
A quarter of an hour later.
The second batch of crispy duck with taro paste is out of the pot.
Xiao Yue delivered the meals to the tables of the new customers one by one. After finishing the delivery, she went to the door to greet the guests. She found that there seemed to be more and more unfamiliar faces, and she couldn't help feeling a little proud.
Initial effect!
make persistent efforts!
…
After seeing off the last embarrassed guest of the day, Xiao Yue weighed the two hundred copper coins in his hand, feeling a little helpless.
This is naturally for customers who couldn’t finish their food and had to weigh it and pay the extra copper coins later.
This time it was not intentional. The man was a new customer and did not know that there was a limited amount of food here before he came.
Xiao Yue noticed that he looked unfamiliar, so she told him about it in advance.
But while waiting for the cabbage to be roasted, the man couldn't help but eat the dry-pot shredded cabbage. As a result, he couldn't stop eating it and had two large bowls of it to go with rice.
After that, when the crispy duck with taro paste was served, he was so amazed that he wanted to lick the plate clean.
So this person ate so much that he was so full that there was still some food left that he couldn't finish.
In this situation, Xiao Yue would of course not say anything. He could only accept the money that was paid and thought silently -
It seems that it is necessary to remind new customers during the event.
The old customers were already frightened by Zhao Liang's "failed to find fault and ended up eating too much" incident, and they never had too much food to eat.
New customers don't know this. Although most of them abide by the rules, if one or two of them come to pay the extra money, Xiao Yue will feel embarrassed to take it.
Watching the man's gradually leaving back, Xiao Yue returned to the store and began to collect the dishes and wipe the table.
Soon after, piles of dishes were put into the dishwasher, water was added and the machine started to run.
Xiao Yue felt hungry, so he put out the dishes that had been kept warm in the kitchen one by one and enjoyed them.
After finishing the meal, Xiao Yue digested it for a while, then exchanged it for chicken feet to blanch and remove the bones.
I didn’t take a lunch break today. After marinating the chicken feet and putting them in the freezer, it was still bright the next day and there was still some time before the sun set.
Xiao Yue thought about it and realized that she seemed to have hardly gone out for a walk since she traveled through time, and had been busy with the store's affairs.
Now that I have some free time, why not take advantage of this evening to go for a stroll on South Street, the most prosperous and lively main street in Liuyun City?
By the way, buy some things to supplement the family income!
Xiao Yue suddenly became interested and the more he thought about it, the more excited he became. He picked up his purse and planned to go out through the back door.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she took a step forward, she almost bumped into a passerby and quickly pulled back.
"Don't you have eyes?!"
The man was also startled, and an unpleasant voice rang out, with an extremely unhappy tone, as if he was really hit by her.
Xiao Yue frowned and looked over, only to see a young man with ordinary features and a strong build. He was holding a basket of shriveled vegetables in his hands, and it was unclear what he was going to do.
She felt that he looked familiar for some reason, and after thinking for a while, she recognized him.
Isn’t this guy the son of the owner of the old brand next door? Why is he acting so sneaky?
Xiao Yue took a closer look at the dish in his hand. Facing such an attitude, there was no need to be polite. She said coldly, "It's not dark yet. If your eyes are not good, go get treatment. Can't you see the door open? Why are you sneaking so close?"
"you!"
I don’t know what words touched the man, but his anger suddenly died down. He tightened the basket in his hand, snorted coldly, and left in a hurry.
Xiao Yue did not miss the resentful look in his eyes. He sneered and did not bother to pay any attention to it.
It's a rare opportunity for me to go out tonight, so I can't let my mood be affected.
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