Chapter 25 I’ll give everyone a salary increase if things work out
Chen Jianhai went straight to the point: "Our goal is to introduce a special dish that is so special that not only customers like it, but even guests who are not staying at the hotel are willing to come here, so as to achieve the purpose of promoting accommodation through catering."
"I think the specific dishes are based on the hotel's existing financial strength and the customer's consumption level."
“It doesn’t have to be expensive, but it must be exquisite.”
"Not only do we have to say the special dishes are good, the key is that customers think they are good! To be considered a success, we must have at least more than 1,000 repeat customers."
Everyone in the kitchen was stunned.
Isn't it ridiculous to let a newly established team with only one chef develop hotel specialties?
When developing a special dish, we must not only fully consider the supply environment of the ingredients, but also attach great importance to the chef's cooking skills.
same recipe,
Different people will make different tastes.
Even though there are Michelin recipes all over the Internet, there are always more videos of failure than success.
Because the difference of just one grain of salt will be infinitely magnified in the completion of the entire dish!
The most devastating thing is that the dishes developed must have at least 1,000 repeat customers!
Is the boss crazy, or are they crazy?!
Not to mention that Nanjiang City is a resort and tourist city, where people come and go on weekdays.
It is difficult for your Langai hotel to have 1,000 repeat customers.
I still want to attract 1,000 people with one dish.
How can this be!!!
If you don’t want to raise your brothers’ wages, just say so. There’s no need for such a rude move!
Moreover, Chen Jianhai only gave the general direction and left everything else to their free will.
This is tantamount to throwing a handful of millet into the sea and letting them pick it up themselves.
Sure enough, after listening to Chen Jianhai's words, the entire kitchen fell into deathly silence.
Chen Jianhai muttered:
"Any questions?"
Just as Xu Bo was about to speak, Chen Jianhai spoke first:
"Okay. This is the general idea now. You can think about the specific dishes together with the brothers in the kitchen."
"After success, the salary will be doubled."
In an instant, everyone was shouted back when they were about to rush out.
Eh,
If you ask for a salary increase if things go well, then I will work for you wholeheartedly!
Chen Jianhai looked around,
"Okay, you can arrange and design the specific dishes yourself."
"If you need to go out for research and you don't have enough funds, you can ask me."
"Does anyone have anything else to say now?"
It was quiet all around.
The four characters "eager to try" are engraved on everyone's face.
"The meeting is dismissed."
After the meeting, Chen Jianhai felt an indescribable excitement.
Is this what it feels like when a boss holds a meeting for his employees?
Tell yourself your future work ideas and goals you want to achieve, and then let employees work hard to complete them.
It feels really good to no longer have to fight alone!
However, although he said that the research and development of dishes is left to the kitchen staff to think about it themselves.
But you can't really be a hands-off shopkeeper.
He must strictly control the selection of dishes, enjoyment of taste, quality and even final pricing.
After all, the development of special dishes is good or bad,
But it is directly related to system tasks.
He even promised a salary increase so that the hotel could have a second-floor revolving crystal music restaurant.
Really worked hard!
…
Everyone left the employee lounge one after another.
About thirty people returned to the kitchen.
Time in the morning is actually very tight. They need to prepare the relevant ingredients for tomorrow morning tonight.
"Brother Qiongni, the boss only has an idea for the special dish and doesn't even have a direction. How can we do this?"
The vegetable preparer threw the vegetables into the sink to wash, and asked sadly.
Everyone is racking their brains thinking about the dishes,
Xu Bo was kneading the dough in his hands, but he was also a little taciturn.
Although this matter was said to be a task given by Chen Jianhai to the entire kitchen, the real burden actually fell on him alone.
One night, countless ideas had popped up in his mind.
The various special delicacies he had eaten appeared in his mind like a tide, allowing him to choose as much as he wanted.
For example, you can introduce a medicated fish soup for breakfast, melting the colloid of fish skin into the soup, making people have endless aftertaste after one sip.
Or try making crystal lobster balls, which use fresh lobster directly as raw materials. They are crystal clear and like pearls, attracting customers directly from the ingredients themselves.
Or go the other way and use sand ginger chicken as the main dish to carve out a niche among seafood delicacies.
Over the years, Xu Bo has never eaten in any restaurant or stayed in any hotel with the help of his father!
The vision and knowledge are definitely there.
Although he is not up to the level of a professional senior chef, he is still a master chef in an ordinary restaurant.
As long as he is willing to try, it is not difficult to develop new dishes.
For him, the only difficulty was Chen Jianhai's request.
“It doesn’t have to be expensive, but it must be exquisite!”
This is difficult.
Xu Bo frowned.
Seeing the big from the small, making ordinary and ordinary ingredients special, so that customers come here admiringly.
This requirement is the most difficult for chefs.
For example, the same is egg fried rice.
Some chefs can rely on a plate of egg fried rice to become a man who can't even get Michelin.
And the egg fried rice in some restaurants is just carbohydrates that make people feel full.
The joys and sorrows between egg fried rice and egg fried rice are also different.
Where should I start...
Xu Bo fell into deep thought.
…
10:00 pm.
There are fewer and fewer people in the kitchen.
Xu Bo's management of kitchen staff is very humane.
As long as you finish your work and don't delay the meals of guests and employees, you can go back to the dormitory to rest.
Therefore, every employee will finish the work in hand as soon as possible and then use other time.
It's strange to say,
Since starting to work in the hotel, everyone feels that their professional skills have been continuously improving. What used to take an hour to complete can now be completed in 45 to 50 minutes.
The potato shreds on the knife block become denser as they are cut.
The noodles stretched out by Xu Bo are getting thinner and thinner, and they are also tough and taste great.
And the more intense the work, the faster their abilities will improve.
Even once, after cutting a potato perfectly, Knife Dun also performed a unique skill of sliding the knife with one hand.
Xu Bo and others' eyes widened when they saw it.
After cutting the last potato, I sharpened my beloved knife.
I saw Xu Bo sitting alone behind the noodle table in the huge canteen, squeezing dough in his hands.
He seemed to be thinking about something.
"Brother Qiongni, why don't you go back and rest? We have to get up early to work tomorrow morning." Daodun said.
"I have an idea." Xu Bo said.
Daodun quickly pulled a stool from the side and sat next to Xu Bo.
Xu Bo told Daodun his thoughts and concerns.
"I think special dishes do not necessarily refer to 'hard dishes' with higher quality ingredients. Some distinctive snacks can also create a reputation."
"Moreover, as the Chinese restaurant noodle section of the hotel, the features we introduce must be integrated with what we are good at."
Daodun nodded: "Yes, I think so too."
"The development of dishes requires customer feedback and publicity."
"Breakfast is the time when the hotel has the largest number of diners, and it is also the best natural place for us to introduce new dishes."
"So, I want to put some thought into the breakfast items." Xu Bo said.