Chapter 045 Menu
The next day, as soon as it was daybreak, Jingsi went to the train station and bought three tickets to Chengdu at around 8 o'clock.
After breakfast, Dong Juan went out with her daughter and son-in-law.
Bai Chengxiang and Xu Yin went to the braised meat shop, while Bai Zhenzhu, Bai Chenglei and Liu Fang were busy with the opening of the restaurant.
Bai Zhenzhu looked up the almanac and found that tomorrow was a good day. She also felt that everything was ready except for the opening of the business.
So we have to prepare some goods today and decide on the menu.
I bought almost everything from the grain and oil store next door, including rice, oil, vermicelli, some dry goods, cigarettes, alcohol, etc.
Miao Wei recorded everything in the account on carbon paper and gave the copy to Bai Zhenzhu on the spot. They settled the accounts at the end of the month.
Then he went to the vegetable market and ordered vegetables for tomorrow from Mei Xiu Lian, asking her to deliver them at eight o'clock in the morning.
Then he went to the butcher and ordered pork belly, lean pork ribs, etc., and asked the butcher to deliver them to the store at 8 o'clock.
This butcher shop is the one that supplies the braised meat shop, and the boss is a very honest person.
There are two fishmongers in the market, and Bai Zhenzhu has already set her sights on the owners. However, she doesn't dare to buy too much fish, so she asks the owners to give her two for tomorrow.
I went to buy a bunch of seasonings.
It was the first time that Liu Fang and Bai Chenglei realized that so many things were needed to cook, such as soy sauce, MSG, cooking wine, five-spice powder, etc. No wonder the dishes cooked by restaurant chefs were so delicious.
After they walked around the market, almost everyone knew that the Good Taste Restaurant would open tomorrow.
I have bought almost all the things. As for the chopping boards, knives, etc., the couple who sold the house left all the kitchen utensils. I don't need to buy more pots, pans, bowls, plates, etc. for now. I will just make do with what I have.
But Bai Zhenzhu bought new chopsticks.
In the afternoon, Bai Zhenzhu took Liu Fang and Bai Chenglei to the department store and bought a Haier refrigerator and two ceiling fans.
Coming out of the department store, Liu Fang's eyes were straight:
"It's too expensive. The stuff inside is so expensive."
Those electrical appliances were all priced in four digits, and Liu Fang's three perspectives were shattered.
Originally she wondered who would buy such an expensive refrigerator, but her sister-in-law bought one without blinking an eye for 1,988 yuan.
What is this concept!
Bai Zhenzhu felt that the money had to be spent. It was impossible to prepare the ingredients just right, and if they went bad without a refrigerator, they would be wasted.
When I passed by the cosmetics counter, I bought four more sets of cosmetics.
Then he took Bai Chenglei and Liu Fang to Xia He's place to buy clothes for them.
Not only my eldest brother and sister-in-law, but also my second brother and sister-in-law, they bought two sets each.
Bai Chenglei and Liu Fang were frightened by Bai Zhenzhu's attitude towards spending money and kept saying no.
White Pearl said:
"As a business, we are also the face of the store. If we dress cleanly and beautifully, customers will feel at ease when eating there."
Xia He echoed:
"Yes, brother and sister-in-law, don't worry, I won't make any money from you for this dress. I'll give it to Zhenzhu at the wholesale price."
Liu Fang was holding the shirt in her hand and was very pleased with it. This was the kind of clothes that city people wore. It was really nice-looking.
She looked at Xia He's fashionable outfit again. She looked exactly like the people on TV. No wonder she opened such a big clothing store at such a young age and had such good business.
When she heard that the restaurant would open tomorrow, Xia He immediately said that she would go there to show her support at noon tomorrow.
The four of them returned to the restaurant and started getting busy again.
Bai Chenglei went to buy an awning, which is sold in the grocery store. The owner is also responsible for installing it. The principle is similar to that of a rolling door, which can be folded up at night and put up during the day. Almost every household here has one.
Bai Zhenzhu and Liu Fang unpacked the cigarettes and alcohol and placed them in the cabinet. There were all kinds of cigarettes, high-end and low-end alcohol and cigarettes. When they were all put on display, the effect was really good.
After seeing it, Miao Wei said it was good and he also wanted to have one custom made.
Bai Zhenzhu happened to want to customize a deli cabinet, so she asked Miao Wei to measure the dimensions, and then she called Guo Yongliang to customize it together.
Around five o'clock, the refrigerator that Bai Zhenzhu bought arrived and was placed in the store. The man selling ceiling fans also brought scaffolding to install the fans, and the whole restaurant began to look more upscale.
The other ceiling fan was for a braised meat shop. The installer finished installing this one and then went to the braised meat shop to install it.
Zhang Hongying praised: "Zhenzhu, your restaurant is no worse than that big hotel."
Bai Zhenzhu was also happy, this was exactly the effect she wanted.
Not only is taking the low-end route hard, but the earnings are also low, so she just wants to take the high-end route.
Even though many things sold in this market are cheaper than those in department stores, those doing business in this market are all wealthy people, and those who come here to shop are not necessarily poor.
With the development of society, people's consumption level will become higher and higher, and their pursuit of food will also become higher and higher.
Since braised meat can make money, she believes that restaurants can definitely make money too.
After dinner, Bai Zhenzhu took out a piece of red paper and wrote down the menu.
Seeing the prices above, Liu Fang and Xu Yin looked at each other and were both a little restless.
Xu Yin: "Zhenzhu, isn't the pickled fish too expensive?"
Seeing what she wrote about Xinjiang Dapanji, even Bai Chenglei couldn't sit still:
"Pearl, what is this Xinjiang Dapanji? It's only 38 for one serving. Isn't it too expensive?"
38 yuan, which is several days’ wages for an ordinary person. Who would spend so much money to order a dish?
Isn't this a big mistake?
White Pearl smiled and said:
"Both of these dishes are big dishes. For example, this Xinjiang big plate chicken, I am very sure that our family is the only one in the whole county that has it. This dish is eaten with flower rolls and steamed buns. A large portion requires a whole chicken of about five pounds, which is enough for the whole family."
In fact, the authentic Xinjiang big plate chicken is served with noodles, but I don’t know how to make that kind of white pearl noodles, so I thought it would be nice to use flower rolls and steamed buns instead.
This dish was made when she was working part-time. She accidentally saved her boss's son and the boss invited her to a big restaurant for dinner.
It is said that the restaurant was opened by a boss who had been to Xinjiang, and the dishes there are very unique.
Bai Chengxiang asked curiously:
"Is this dish from Xinjiang? I heard Xinjiang is very far away, and it takes several days to get there by train."
Liu Fang was also curious:
"Pearl, how did you know about this dish?"
White Pearl can only lie:
"I heard that this dish exists in Xinjiang. My recipe is definitely different from the local one, but it is definitely the first of its kind in Yuan County."
Bai Chengxiang's mind works quickly:
"This pickled fish is also quite novel. Pearl, are you trying to attract customers with novel dishes?"
Bai Zhenzhu didn’t actually think that much about it. She just wanted to copy all the dishes she had seen before.
Unfortunately, I was poor at that time, so I had very limited opportunities to eat out and I didn’t try many dishes.
"That's what I mean. No matter what you do, you have to be innovative. Every household can make home-cooked dishes. When we open a restaurant, we have to have some dishes that are inconvenient to make at home or that others can't make but are delicious, in order to attract customers."
Liu Fang looked at Bai Zhenzhu with admiration:
"Pearl has a really good brain."
They couldn't think of these things no matter how hard they tried. It's amazing that Pearl could think of them. Just listen to her.
The menu has been finalized and we are just waiting to open tomorrow.
Xu Yin gave all of today's income to Bai Zhenzhu. After deducting the costs, the net profit was just over a hundred yuan.
Just waiting for Good Taste to open tomorrow.
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