It's still the same as before. On the opening day, we don't invite guests, and we don't create an atmosphere in a big way. We just put a few flower baskets in front of the store to tell people that it's open.
But it still exploded.
There was a huge crowd of customers, so we had to wait for a table when it was full.
All the customers who come into the store say that the dumplings are delicious, the food is delicious, the food is served quickly, and the service is attentive. Especially the liquor and health wine, the customers drink it smoothly and praise it greatly.
No one drank the health wine at first, but then three ladies came to the lobby. At Mulan's recommendation, each of them ordered a pot of rose wine. They each took a sip with a taste of it, and then opened their mouths wide.
I complimented the wine on how delicious it was and drank it down quickly.
Then came the second pot and the third pot.
When twelve pots were placed on the table, the guests next to them began to order------
The wine was delicious and the food was delicious, but there were flaws and there was a problem with the most professional dumplings.
A table of guests ordered five dumplings, one of which was stuffed with mutton and green onions. After eating, the guests praised the other four dumplings, but the one with the mutton and green onion stuffing was not so good.
This situation was immediately reported to the kitchen. Yaru tasted it and felt that there was nothing wrong with it, so she asked Lao Tan. Lao Tan tasted it and felt that there was nothing wrong with it. It was delicious.
But why do the guests say nothing good?
Lao Tan came to the front desk with doubts and noticed the customers who were making dumplings stuffed with mutton and green onions.
Let's put it this way, eight out of ten tables that ordered dumplings stuffed with mutton were not very good. Half of the dumplings were left on one plate, while none of the dumplings with other fillings were left.
Lao Tan was a little puzzled and wanted to find out, so he came to a table of customers who ordered dumplings stuffed with mutton.
There are five guests at this table, three men and two women.
Lao Tan brought two bottles of wine and said with a smile: "Sorry to bother you, let me introduce myself first. I am our manager. The store is opening today. Thank you for your support. I would like to toast everyone."
Lao Tan spoke politely, had a pleasant smile, and had a somewhat naive look on his bald head, which gave people a genuine feeling, and the guests had a good impression of him.
One of the men with a Northeastern accent stood up and said: "You're welcome, thank you! Thank you!"
Lao Tan picked up the jug and poured wine for the five people. As he poured it, he said: "This is my hotel wine. It is made in my own winery. It is a pure-grain braised wine. Please try it."
After hearing what he said, the five people couldn't help but put their wine glasses up to their noses and smell it. The man who just spoke said, "Well, it's a minor fever, and the temperature is not low."
Lao Tan held the wine glass and said: "Forty-five degrees, pure grain, you won't get drunk. Come on, I'll do it first as a courtesy." After saying that, he raised his neck and drank.
Watching Lao Tan do it, five people also did it one after another.
Lao Tan quickly poured the wine again.
"Good things come in pairs, and drinking makes a pair. Thanks to my five good friends. With this second cup, I wish you good health, smooth work, and all the best!"
Wine is a good medium at any time.
After two glasses of wine, it was as if an invisible barrier had been removed, and we became friendly and familiar. The guest asked Lao Tan to sit down and drink two glasses of wine. Lao Tan had the same purpose, so he sat down and asked Mulan to add two more dishes.
After drinking two glasses of wine politely and enthusiastically, we chatted about dumplings.
A woman with a local accent said: "Your dumplings are delicious, but I'm not used to the mutton stuffing. They taste really good, but ------"
"We locals like to eat mutton in large pieces. Even when we make dumplings, we dice the meat instead of mincing it. The stuffing of your mutton is too fine, and it tastes tasteless to us - it's not that it's tasteless.
"It's just not punchy and tastes bad," another woman said.
Oh, that's what happened.
Lao Tan felt regretful and self-blame in his heart.
Before the opening, he ate almost all the dumplings in Hohhot, but because he didn’t like mutton stuffing, he didn’t pay much attention to it. He tried it once and it was true that the mutton was cut into cubes. He felt that the stuffing was very loose and tasted bad.
Generally speaking, I still laughed at the dumpling master in my heart, thinking that such a good mutton was diced and mixed with the stuffing. How could the Northeastern people cook it so well? Chop the meat finely and eat it deliciously. One bite is a small
Meat dumplings, fragrant and dripping with oil, are called dumplings.
Unexpectedly, I was knocked back to my original shape by a sap. The customer didn't like the dumplings made with minced meat, but preferred the diced ones.
He made empiricist errors and failed to cater to the eating habits of local people. To put it bluntly, he was self-righteous and a bit exaggerated.
The woman who spoke last said: "Manager Tan, just cut this meat into cubes at your house and the taste will not change. It is very good, better than others."
Lao Tan said thank you gratefully.
So I waived the order for this table of guests, immediately notified the mutton filling dumplings to stop selling, and then went to the kitchen and started to make adjustments.
It's easier to fix if you know where the problem lies.
In the afternoon, Lao Tan personally went to the market to select suitable lamb, brought it back, cut it into cubes, and tried making it several times. After reaching a satisfactory taste, the lamb stuffed dumplings were sold again in the evening, to the delight of customers.
Although it was an episode, it also sounded a wake-up call to Lao Tan.
Empiricism and self-righteousness are not advisable.
Overall, the opening was very successful. The sales on that day were 15,000 yuan. Although it was not very high, it was much better than before.
The turnover ranged from 15,000 to 17,000 for three days.
On the fourth day, Friday, it started to explode, and the sales suddenly reached 20,000 yuan, followed by Saturday and Sunday, which were more than 20,000 yuan.
This kind of turnover is pretty good for a 400-square-meter store, and it's so hot that it makes people envious.
Next to the dumpling house is a cigarette shop, and next to the cigarette shop is a copper pot shabu-shabu hot pot shop. The store is not big, 150 square meters, and the business is very good. The boss is a middle-aged couple who leads their daughter and son-in-law to cook together.
Hire someone else.
Lao Tan, Yan Zi, and Zhang Yu are sitting here cooking mutton.
"I love hot pot, but I don't like boiled mutton. Most of the mutton rolls in the provincial capital are adulterated, and the ones that are not adulterated are not delicious, and they are particularly tangy. After I called Hohhot and ate these sun rolls, I became addicted.
." Lao Tan said.
Zhang Yu said: "The mutton in Hohhot is good, tender, not too spicy, and the more you eat it, the more fragrant it becomes. Most of the hot pot in Hohhot are cooked in copper pots. There are no mandarin duck pots or spicy pots. They are all boiled in water and have the original flavor."
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"This good mutton shabu-shabu spicy hot pot is so bad that you can't taste the original flavor." Lao Tan said.
"At first, I didn't want to eat mutton because it was too spicy. He said the mutton here was not spicy at all. I didn't believe it. Once I ate it, it was really tender. It was tender and not cloying, especially when dipped in it.
Wild leek flowers are very fragrant when eaten. I am addicted now and will miss them if I don’t eat them for three days," Yanzi said.
"The mutton here is good." Lao Tan said sincerely.
"Most of the mutton we eat comes from Jining, that is, Ulanqab. That place is famous for haggis. I will take you two to try it when I have time." Zhang Yu said.
"Okay." Lao Tan responded.
"The best mutton in Inner Mongolia is Sunit mutton, which comes from Dongsu. That place has good pastures, lots of sand and green onions, and sufficient water. I haven't heard anyone say that Sunit mutton is grassland abalone. The sheep there eat Chinese herbal medicine.
All I drank was mineral water, and all I drank was Liuwei Dihuang Pills."
Zhang Yu's words made Lao Tan and Yan Zi laugh, but to be honest, his description was very appropriate.
Inner Mongolian mutton is really good and not smelly. Inner Mongolian people love to eat mutton, just like the Han people love to eat pork, and the demand is very high. The mutton in some pastoral areas can hardly leave Inner Mongolia and is digested by the locals, so it is sometimes difficult for outsiders to eat it.
To the real Inner Mongolian mutton.
Some people selling mutton say they are Inner Mongolia grassland sheep. In fact, they are fattened sheep brought from Shanxi and Henan. They are raised on the pasture for a period of time and become grassland sheep.
The three of them were eating and chatting.
The dumpling restaurant opened successfully. The three of them were in a happy mood and eating happily, with smiles on their faces.
Zhang Yu and Lao Tan had a drink and then filled it up.
"There is your provincial city chamber of commerce in Hohhot. It was established by people from your province and it is doing very well. In addition to the Wenzhou Chamber of Commerce in Hohhot, it is your provincial city chamber of commerce." Zhang Yu said.
"Haha, we still have my mother's family." Old Tan laughed.
"The chairman's surname is Sun, and his name is Sun Yucong. He is from Fuxin. He used to be a coal dumper and has assets of 200 million. After the coal failed, he came to Hohhot with money and bought a few shops in the ancient street to open an antique city. He made it
Early, I made a lot of money. In the first two years, I gathered together businessmen from your province in Hohhot and established the provincial chamber of commerce." Zhang Yu said.
"Have courage!" Lao Tan said.
"I know him, but we are not familiar with each other. When we meet, we just say hello. There are quite a few catering people in Hohhot in your province, and they are all members of the chamber of commerce. For example, in Sanqianpu, the boss, Mr. Li, is the vice president of the chamber of commerce."
"There are now five stores in Sanqianpu, right?" Lao Tan asked.
"Well, there are five stores in Hohhot and there are branches in other places, all in Inner Mongolia. In Inner Mongolia, apart from Xibei, this is his home. They are very powerful."
"Our family will be like his family in the future." Yanzi said confidently.
Lao Tan smiled and said matter-of-factly: "It is possible for our family to be like his family, but it won't be achieved in a short while. Sanqianpu has been developing in Hohhot for eighteen years and has a profound foundation. We have just
In the beginning, a small fight was nothing in the eyes of others.
We are developing, and others are also developing. We cannot compare with others in this regard. It is business to do our best. If you have the opportunity, you can get to know each other, we are all fellow villagers, and we can join the group to keep warm."
"President Sun is friends with Minister Zhao of the Ministry of Armed Forces. If you have the opportunity, ask him to introduce you." Zhang Yu said.
Zhang Yu mentioned Minister Zhao, and the old man who could drink appeared in front of Lao Tan. He couldn't help laughing and said: "Our store has been open for a week, so we should invite him. I also informed the Great Master of Guanyin Temple, and he said that he will come in a few days."
.If it doesn’t work, just let it go.”
Zhang Yu said: "Okay, tomorrow I will contact Minister Zhao and call the director of the Dongcheng District Public Security Bureau. He and I, a fellow countryman, were transferred from Baotou."
"Okay, that's it, just contact me." Lao Tan said.
Yanzi said: "I'll contact Toya from the Food and Drug Administration. We are getting along very well now, sisters."
"I think those who don't get along with you are all sisters." Lao Tan joked.
"It's okay, so-so."
Yan Zi is full of humility, but his expression is not modest at all, and he is very arrogant.