Chapter 184 Food Tasting

In 1984, uniforms were almost the same in all industries.

Most of them were workers' and farmers' blue.

And most of the popular clothes were fat and big.

There was no aesthetic appeal at all.

The seafood restaurant was decorated so stylishly, and with two time-traveling women, Chen Manshu and Lin Wanxia, ​​they naturally would not let the waiters wear such rustic uniforms.

The waiters were all young men.

It's not that they favor boys over girls, but it's hard to say whether new things will be a blessing or a curse before they are accepted by the public.

If the uniforms were made according to the standards of the New Century Hotel, most of them would be close-fitting, and it would be easy to cause criticism when worn by female waiters.

The uniforms were all white Dacron shirts, slim black trousers, black vests with gold patterns, and red bow ties.

It was definitely the most common waiter uniform in the New Century, but it is definitely the most fashionable uniform now.

Although the seafood restaurant is a hotel, Chen Manshu provided the rules and uniforms of a regular company.

Employee salaries, holiday benefits, etc. are all the same.

Since there is no pension insurance yet, everyone has prepared a retirement fund.

As soon as the recruitment notice was posted, it immediately attracted many young people to sign up.

In the early 1980s, it was difficult to find a job, and a large number of young people who returned to the city in the late 1970s still have no jobs.

Lin Wanxia selected ten young people with similar body shapes and regular features and sent them to the Xiangjiang Hejia Hotel for waiter training.

Now that the opening is imminent, they all followed Chen Manshu back to attend the meeting.

The first thing is to agree on the menu.

Lin Wanxia's opinion is: "Since we are going for the high-end route, I mean no recipes. We will focus on what is available that day. After all, fishermen may not catch everything when they go out to sea. I will send the best ingredients of the day."

He Yucheng raised his eyebrows, "A seafood restaurant without a menu?"

It's a bit ridiculous, but I think it's so special that maybe someone will like it.

"Seafood, seafood, what you eat is fresh seafood, whatever is fresh, eat it."

"You can open a blind box of seafood, but I have to suggest adding some home-cooked dishes. After all, seafood is hard to fill your stomach." Chen Manshu suggested.

Lin Wanxia didn't object, and He Yucheng didn't object either.

Li Chengxiang raised his hand, "Do I cook it too?"

Lin Wanxia and Chen Manshu had both tasted Li Chengxiang's cooking skills. He was indeed a good chef. The reason why he failed to open a restaurant before was because of the environment in which he grew up. His specialties were the kind that could be served at state banquets.

Now there was a chance for him to show his talents.

The two of them looked at each other and nodded to Li Chengxiang.

He Yucheng could no longer hold back and objected, "This is the first time for you two to open a hotel. Everything is new, and you even dare to use a new chef?!"

He had not tasted Li Chengxiang's cooking skills and was not sure about his cooking level, but no matter how good he was, he was still just an amateur, and he was not as reliable as the chefs in five-star hotels.

He had already booked a chef from a five-star hotel at a high salary.

Chen Manshu glanced at him: "How about a vote?"

He Yucheng gritted his teeth.

The shares of either Lin Wanxia or Chen Manshu could crush him.

He nodded, "Okay! Go ahead!"

Anyway, it's not a lot of money to lose, just to make Ah Shu happy.

A few people roughly discussed a few special dishes based on Li Chengxiang's specialty.

After the menu was decided, the price was discussed.

After listening to the offer from Chen Manshu, Shang Yuwei took a deep breath: "Will anyone come to eat at this price?"

He is not a man who has never seen the world.

But dare to sell a dish for three figures?

Lin Wanxia smiled and said: "You don't understand, our main point is not to cheat the poor."

And the rich are concerned about the pomp, to have what others can't, to be unique.

Since the target group is those wealthy people, the price has to be raised while the style is raised.

Shang Yuwei smacked his fingers and vaguely understood what Lin Wanxia meant, but could this seafood restaurant really be opened?

Half a day had passed after discussing the menu, price, service process, and how to deal with emergencies.

The best item is the opening time.

Chen Manshu said, "We can do either. But, Xia Xia, you are so busy, you have to choose a time that suits you. After all, you will have to stay at home more in the early stage of opening, so you have to choose a time that suits you."

Lin Wanxia thought for a while and said, "Then choose a date next month. I have to go out to sea this month. The fishing ban will end next month, and the fishermen will fish in the inland sea. I will have time to run here."

The specific date needs to be selected by someone to find an auspicious day.

After everything was discussed, it was time for dinner.

Li Chengxiang went to the kitchen and cooked a table full of dishes, "It's just right for us to try some dishes today."

The table was a large round table with a glass turntable on it. The middle was hollowed out for insulation, and it could hold an alcohol stove or a gas stove.

At this moment, there were twelve hot and cold dishes on the glass turntable.

On the gas stove was a small iron pot.

There was a steamer on the iron pot.

The waiter put the fresh seafood on the steamer in front of everyone.

There are so many seafood suitable for steaming.

Crabs, shrimps, prawns, abalone, scallops, etc.

The steaming hot steamed seafood dipped in ginger vinegar sauce can make your tongue taste delicious.

He Yucheng tasted an abalone and nodded, "It's OK. But everyone can steam seafood, why should others spend so much money to come to the store to consume?"

Lin Wanxia put down her chopsticks and said, "There is a popular saying in our hometown that the highest-quality ingredients should be cooked in the simplest way."

He Yucheng: "..."

"I've never heard of it."

Chen Manshu testified, "It's really a saying in our hometown."

It's just that their hometowns are different from those of ordinary people, and they need to cross time and space.

"Steaming looks simple, but it actually tests the heat. Some seafood has a fishy smell when it's raw, and the meat will shrink and become tough after a while. It can't be too early or too late." Li Chengxiang explained.

Since knowing Lin Wanxia's plan, Li Chengxiang has spent a lot of time learning it seriously.

He likes to cook and he likes to study. Seeing that his family's unimpressive shop has become more and more upscale, Li Chengxiang has been working hard to study the methods of cooking seafood, fearing that his cooking skills are not worthy of such a high-end decoration.

Lin Wanxia added: "The ratio of ginger and vinegar sauce is also very important, it can't be poured in casually."

Chen Manshu directly asked He Yucheng: "Are you satisfied with the service of our chef?"

He Yucheng didn't say anything.

As for the service, it's impeccable.

The waiter peeled the steamed seafood prepared by Li Chengxiang and put it on the plate in front of He Yucheng, wearing gloves the whole time.

Frankly speaking, this kind of service makes people feel flattered.

Even though He Yucheng is used to being served, he still thinks the service is very good.

How could it not be good? It’s just short of feeding him.

And his social status here, if it were an ordinary person, they would probably feel a little arrogant.

It’s quite suitable for banquets to discuss business, so that the other party feels that they are being treated seriously.