Volume 4: The World of Great Conflict Chapter 0442: De-Chef
There were no sounds of gongs and drums, no flower baskets for the opening ceremony. There was just a shrine at the cash register, with the military god of wealth Zhao Gongming and Guan Gong, the civil god of wealth Bigan and Fan Li, the more niche gods Wutongshen, Wuxianshen and Wudao, and a lucky cat that was unclear whether it was from China or Japan.
As for the God of Wealth, the more the better. Don’t worry about whether he works or not. Just having a long string of them looks impressive.
There was no opening ceremony, nor were there any opening discounts. Nan Yi did not offer any 20% or 90% discounts. They just gave away free dishes. If you came alone, you would get a dish of cold shredded potatoes or spicy tofu. If there were many people, you would get two dishes at a time.
Don’t the people in the United States regard potatoes as their staple food? In order to actively get closer to their eating habits, Longmenzhen will first promote dishes with potatoes as the ingredient, such as cold shredded potatoes, tomato and potato stewed with beef brisket, and potato stewed with chicken, and will definitely not promote spicy and sour shredded potatoes.
Although the ingredients of hot and sour potato shreds are simple, it is too tiring to stir-fry them as you need to constantly toss the wok. It is much better to eat it cold. Just stir it with chopsticks in a plate, add some seasonings, and the dish can be served in a minute at most.
In fact, the three potato dishes promoted by Longmenzhen have one thing in common, which is that they can be easily made into standardized operations, including the seasoning ratio, how many times to stir, when to add the beef brisket, etc. As long as an operating procedure is developed, a person who does not know how to cook can learn how to make it in a few days.
With production standards and standardized operations, Longmenzhen can embark on a path of copy and paste expansion. In the future, no matter which Longmenzhen branch customers dine in, the food they eat is guaranteed to taste the same.
Before going to bed last night, Nan Yi calculated that the Longmenzhen shop took up a lot of his energy. If it only brought him tens of thousands of pounds in return every year, the input-output ratio was too low. So he thought about it and came up with such a plan.
After he stays in the store for a while longer and makes a preliminary assessment of the feasibility of the plan , he will hand it over to the Information and Strategy Committee to review and refine the plan.
On the first day of business, everyone was a novice, even Luo Kun who had worked in the kitchen. State-owned restaurants and private restaurants are definitely two different things, so everyone came early and everyone arrived at eight in the morning.
Including Nan Yi, everyone was busy in the kitchen.
The potatoes do not need to be taken care of manually. Just pour the whole bag of potatoes into the all-in-one washing and peeling machine. After the washing and peeling are completed, throw the potatoes into the shredder, and the cut shreds will fall directly into the clean water pool for soaking.
Dai Xiuxiu and Street, who didn't have much experience in the kitchen, were asked to wash the vegetables, while Nan Yi assisted Luo Kun and helped to fry the sweet and sour pork tenderloin and sweet and sour pork ribs.
Considering that the price of spare ribs will increase in the future, you can use spare ribs now, and maybe replace them with bones from other parts of the body in the future. It is better not to add the word "ribs" so that it is not considered as selling dog meat under the guise of mutton.
"Boss, why do we need to prepare so much sweet and sour pork tenderloin and sweet and sour pork ribs? These two dishes don't go well with rice." Luo Kun said to Nan Yi while stirring the oil in the pan with a colander.
"It's okay. Foreigners like sweet and sour tastes. Besides, this semi-finished product can be stored, so it will be more convenient for you to make it in the future. We haven't started business yet, so we don't know how the business is going. If the business is good, I will hire an assistant for you. It would be best if you can call one from China. It will be more considerate and convenient for you to use."
"Then let's wait a few days and see if business is good." Luo Kun agreed, thinking in his mind, "Boss Nan is really weird. He asked me to call for help. Isn't he afraid that the kitchen will be paralyzed if I leave?"
Walk?
Once Nan Yi's plan is implemented, it will be "chef-free". Longmenzhen's kitchen will not need professional chefs, only assembly line cooks. After half a month of training, people who have no culinary talent and have never cooked before can work in the kitchen.
The fact that there is no need for chefs in the kitchen does not mean that Longmenzhen does not need chefs. It’s just that the chefs in Longmenzhen no longer cook for guests, but have become culinary researchers.
The Longmenzhen Research Institute is composed of senior research talents such as chemical researchers, nutritionists, mechanical engineers, and culinary researchers. It specializes in the standardization, mechanization, and assembly line operations of improving various dishes.
Luo Kun is the pioneer of the Longmen Formation. As long as he is an acceptable person, Nan Yi will definitely give him an explanation, and it is basically impossible for him to be willing to leave.
After Nan Yi and the other person fried the sweet and sour pork tenderloin, they started frying spring rolls, rattles, and pork with chopped green onions. These three are also fried dishes, and it is very convenient to make them into semi-finished products and store them first. When customers place an order, they can fry them again and serve them in two or three minutes.
"Penny, how many sugar cubes do you put in your coffee?"
"One dollar and a half."
"Oh, then come and try it."
Nan Yi dipped the fried spring rolls in ketchup and handed them to Street who was approaching him.
Street took it, put it in his mouth and took a bite, squinting his eyes and said, "Boss, it's delicious. This ketchup tastes good too, with just the right sweetness, which suits the taste of most Eagle people."
"Well, if you like this ketchup, you can take a few bottles back home."
Street wiped his lips with his finger, put the finger in his mouth and licked it, "No, you just need to tell me where to buy it, I can buy it myself, it tastes really good."
"I'd better give you a few bottles. You can't buy this outside. It's a test product given to me by my friend."
The ketchup used in Longmenzhen is a trial product produced by the ketchup processing factory under Scarlett Food Group. It is still in the process of collecting test data and has not yet been finalized for production.
"Thank you, Boss."
"You're welcome."
Nan Yi shrugged his shoulders, picked up a spring roll, dipped it in the vinegar dish and put it in his mouth. Dipping it in ketchup was not to his taste, he still preferred to eat it with vinegar.
After two hours of busy work, the kitchen preparations were completed. Nan Yi and the other two left the kitchen, leaving Luo Kun alone in the kitchen.
Luo Kun has mild obsessive-compulsive disorder and mysophobia. As soon as Nan Yi and the other two left, he hung a clean rag on his shoulder, put the odds and ends in the kitchen in a certain order, and wiped any dirty place with the rag.
Because he had this problem, Nan Yi demolished the wall of the kitchen and replaced it with a glass display window. If diners wish, they can see what is going on in the kitchen from outside.
A clean kitchen and hygienic production process will add a lot of points to the Longmenzhen.
At ten twenty, the first customer came to the store.
He was not a diner, but Wu Zaisheng, who was holding a pair of Pixiu in his hands.
"May you be happy and prosperous."
"Thank you." Nan Yi took the Pi Xiu from Wu Zaisheng's hand and placed it on the cash register, with its head facing the store door and its butt facing the inside of the store.
"Am I the first guest?"
"You won't eat with me?"
"No, give me a big discount and I'll order a few more dishes." Wu Zaisheng said.
"Of course it's cruel. I'll just break the bone."
"Haha, okay." Wu Zaisheng smiled, picked a seat and sat down, then gave Nan Yi a look to come over and serve him.
Nan Yi smiled, picked up a box of dried fruits, picked up a teacup and walked towards Wu Zaisheng's table.
Open the box of dried fruits, place it in the middle of the table, and make a cup of tea for Wu Zaisheng.
"Sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, pistachios, pine nuts, almonds, you have a complete range of dried fruits, aren't you afraid of losing money?"
"I've calculated the cost, and it's OK. You see the quantity isn't that big, and there probably won't be many customers who would be willing to order more after finishing their meal, so the cost is actually limited."
"That's true, but you're the first store on Juelu Street to provide dried fruits."
"It's a new restaurant, so we have to have something new." Nan Yi said, putting the bamboo slips menu on the table, "Order whatever you want ."
