Chapter 307: Boiled Lamb

Xu's mother thought that their in-laws would probably let them take it on their own, but it would be very difficult to take it on their own.

For ordinary families, it’s okay, a dowry of eight hundred or one thousand is enough, after all, it’s only a few dollars a month’s salary.

But her future daughter-in-law's family is not an ordinary family. They are a wealthy family, so she can't act like an ordinary person.

It just so happened that my daughter-in-law's cousin got married first and received a betrothal gift of 11,000 yuan, so they just made preparations accordingly.

Have dinner in the evening.

He Zhizhi, Chen Yuan and Ye Shuang came over with a box of cakes.

Ye Shuang said, "Aunt Su, we made this ourselves. The icing on top was done by the three of us."

When the boss comes to see them, they have to show off their skills and tell him what they have learned in the past six months.

"Oh, the flowers are so beautiful." Xu's mother praised.

Su He also praised, "Not bad, you guys learned how to decorate flowers so quickly."

The most difficult part of making a cake, apart from baking the cake base, is grinding the dough and decorating the cake.

Chen Yuan scratched his head, "Aunt, we have been studying for half a year. If we can't learn it, it will be useless."

He Zhizhi said, "Aunt Su and Uncle Su, if you have time tomorrow, why don't you go to the Donghai Cafe and have a seat? The three of us go there to study every Saturday and Sunday."

They go to the cake shop to learn seven days a week, from Monday to Friday, and to the cafe on Saturdays and Sundays to learn how to brew coffee, grind coffee, make latte art, etc.

"Okay, I haven't had coffee yet. I'll go with your uncle tomorrow." Su He said with a smile.

Chen Yuan, "Coffee, actually, doesn't taste good either. You have to put a lot of sugar in it to make it less bitter."

He just doesn't understand why so many people love drinking coffee.

“People in China are not used to drinking coffee. It’s better to drink tea. But young people like to drink it,” said Master Huang.

Chen Yuan complained, "It's not just the coffee, but also the Western food. The meat is all raw. Why do foreigners eat so strangely?"

He had eaten Russian food when he was in Beijing before. Although the taste was different from that in China, the dishes were at least cooked.

The steaks sold in the western restaurant here are not cooked at all.

"What? You ordered it medium rare, so we ordered it medium rare, which would be better." He Zhizhi said.

Chen Yuan, "Your medium rare isn't even done, it's still red inside."

"I think it's okay. It tastes quite good with that sauce." He Zhizhi shrugged.

The medium-rare steak tastes delicious, and the pasta is also good, but it’s okay to eat them occasionally, but not every day.

They still like to eat Chinese food.

Su He asked Chen Yuan with a smile, "Did you eat the steak?"

Chen Yuan, "Eat it, Aunt Su. It's so expensive. I have to finish it even if it's just a pile of raw beef."

"Jianhua, shall we go try that Western restaurant tomorrow?"

Gu Jianhua: "Okay."

Chen Yuan said, "Aunt Su and Uncle Su, you don't have to go anywhere else. The coffee shop where we studied has Western food."

"The food in our cafe is not good. It's better to go to a special Western restaurant to get good food." Ye Shuang interrupted.

Chen Yuan: "That's about the same."

"Master Huang, please recommend a store for us."

Master Huang is from Haishi, so he should know which restaurant tastes good and which one tastes bad.

Master Huang, "Great virtue is good."

Su He, "Okay, let's go there for dinner tomorrow."

A few people chatted while cutting the cake, which served as an appetizer.

The cake is delicious, just like the one made by Chef Huang.

"How much is this cake?" Su He asked while eating the cake.

A box of birthday cake is not cheap, it costs dozens or even hundreds of dollars.

Master Huang saw what Su He meant, and he said, "This cake is free, it's given to me for free."

"The three of them worked in the store for so long and didn't ask for wages, but they still got a box of birthday cakes."

Su He smiled, "That's fine. Otherwise, this box of cake costs several dozen yuan, and they will spend all their change."

Birthday cakes are quite expensive, costing dozens of dollars for a box. Most families cannot afford them, so Xu's father and mother have never eaten one.

Last time when Soho came, Master Huang brought a box of birthday cake, and they tasted what birthday cake tasted like.

Xu Jianian had never eaten it before, but after he started dating Su Xing, she bought him a box of birthday cake on his birthday.

It touched him for a long time.

In addition to the birthday cake, she also gave him a watch.

It was the first time someone bought him a birthday cake, and the first time someone gave him a gift, and it was so expensive.

How should I put it, this feeling of being pampered is very different. His girlfriend has a kind of overbearing love for him, and Xu Jianian likes it very much!

the next day.

Su He and Gu Jianhua went to the Tung Hai Coffee House and drank coffee made by He Zhizhi, Chen Yuan and Ye Shuang.

Su He drank, "Jianhua, what do you think?"

"It smells nice, a little bitter when you drink it, but leaves a nice aftertaste in your mouth," commented Gu Jianhua.

Chen Yuan raised his thumb and said, "Uncle, you have really nailed the essence of this coffee."

When he first started drinking it, he took a sniff and thought that since it smelled so good, it must taste good. However, it tasted bitter.

He has been learning how to make coffee in a coffee shop for half a year, and he still isn't used to drinking it. However, he likes to smell it. Coffee smells very good, whether it's the coffee beans or the ground and brewed coffee.

"You three should study hard. When I open a shop next year, you will be the mainstay of the shop."

Although the coffee tastes strange and is expensive, this shop still has a lot of customers and is very popular among young people.

The same goes for birthday cakes. A box of cakes costs at least thirty yuan, but there are still so many people buying them every day.

There are still many rich people in this world.

Chen Yuan: "Aunt, we will study hard."

Without their boss telling them, they would definitely study hard to learn this skill that can make money and make a living.

Coming out of the cafe.

Su He and Gu Jianhua went to the Western restaurant recommended by Master Huang.

In light of Chen Yuan's example, they ordered their steak medium-rare.

As for Western food, Gu Jianhua and his wife from Su He felt that it was delicious and had a unique flavor.

"Jianhua, what do you think about us opening a Western restaurant in Beijing?"

Apart from Lao Mo's Restaurant, there are currently no other Western restaurants in Beijing.

Gu Jianhua put down his knife and fork, "When are you going to open?"

Su He shook his head, "I don't know, it just suddenly occurred to me."

"When opening this kind of restaurant, hiring a chef is a big deal. It's harder to open a Western restaurant than a Chinese restaurant. For Chinese restaurants, you can find a chef if you look hard enough."

“Western restaurants: Not many people in China know how to cook Western food.”

"Unless we go abroad to study, or hire someone abroad."

"Let's not talk about this for now. It won't be realized in a short time. Let's talk about your big hotel first. Have you decided what to open?"

"Are you going to open a big hotel? One with accommodation?"

Gu Jianhua shook his head and said, "No, I've been thinking about it these past few days. We can open a hot pot restaurant."

"Hot pot restaurant?"

"There are many hot pot restaurants in Beijing, serving all kinds of hot pot." Su He said.

Gu Jianhua, "I know, let's open that kind of ice-cooked lamb and cook meat with ice."

“You can also add some Sichuan and Chongqing red oil hot pot.”

"It's mainly the characteristics of our Meng Province, like a pie shop, for example, we can name the shop Meng Province Ice-boiled Lamb..."

Su He listened and said, "Your idea is very good. How did you come up with it?"

Gu Jianhua smiled and said, "I read it in a book."

"Okay, let's go back and study it carefully."

"By the way, our bakery is closed. Have you decided what to do with it?" Su He asked him.

Gu Jianhua, "I think we can switch to selling brined goods such as brined meat, braised beef, roast chicken, brined pork head and pig's trotters."

Su He, "You can also sell peanuts, cucumbers and other small salted vegetables to go with the wine."

"Yes, we'll see then."

Anyway, he didn't want to work in the pie shop anymore. He was tired. He could just make the salted goods the night before and have someone watch over them.

"I will open our twelfth grocery store when I return. Next year, after the three of them have mastered their craft, we will open a cake shop and a coffee shop."

"I'll open the hot pot restaurant you mentioned next year."

"But before we open it, we have to go to Hohhot to investigate and see how others do it."

Ice-boiled lamb is a specialty of Inner Mongolia Province. Hohhot is the capital of Inner Mongolia Province, so there should be a restaurant serving ice-boiled lamb.

It’s a shame that as people from Meng Province, they have never been to the capital of Meng Province, but they have traveled back and forth to other provinces several times.

"Okay, let's go." Gu Jianhua nodded.

The store they are opening this time has to be big, at least several hundred square meters, and they have to be cautious and serious when opening such a big store.

Although they have a lot of money now, earning nearly a million, they can't spend it recklessly, especially when opening a restaurant, they have to do a thorough investigation.