The Guandong Hotel covers an area of 5,000 square meters and is the largest hotel in Santaizi.
Walking south along Huanghe Street, the Chishan Restaurant at the intersection of Chishan Road covers an area of 4,000 square meters and is the second largest hotel in Santaizi.
Chishan Restaurant has been open for 20 years. It is an old restaurant in Santaizi. Its business is very good, with a daily turnover of between RMB 60,000 and RMB 80,000. It mainly serves Cantonese and Northeastern cuisine and is of high quality. It is a landmark restaurant in Santaizi.
In addition to Chishan Restaurant, there is also a large-scale restaurant called Beiyuan which integrates catering, entertainment and accommodation, with a daily turnover of about 60,000. His family's place for taking care of young ladies is a high-consumption place.
The daily turnover of Guandong Restaurant is close to 40,000 yuan, which is not much for such a large area. The occupancy rate is 50%. During the meal, the lobby on the second floor is a bit deserted.
However, there has been no decline in business since the end of the New Year, which shows that both the service and the dishes have been greatly improved compared to before, which is a good sign. However, if you want to achieve the business of Chishan Restaurant and Beile Garden, you need to work harder.
As the saying goes, if you know your enemy and know yourself, you can win a hundred battles. Although Chishan Restaurant's dominance in catering in Santaizi is unshakable, suddenly a restaurant similar in size to your own appears. It's not afraid of ten thousand, just afraid of the worst. If they do well, they will definitely steal it.
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When Guandong Renjia first opened, the chef and manager of Chishan Restaurant came to have a meal. They were both caterers, so they had a good idea of what they were doing. After eating, they felt relieved and went back to report that the food at Guandong Renjia was average and the service was not good.
, is no match at all, it’s good to be able to persist for half a year.
It was indeed like that when it opened. Not only the chef and manager of Chishan Restaurant said so, but the managers of other restaurants also went there and gave the same evaluation. Some said it could last for half a year, and some said it could last for eight months.
The longest is one year.
In the eyes of these catering people, there is only one way for Guandong restaurants to go - close down.
It’s been exactly half a year since it opened in October last year.
Standing outside the hotel, it looks the same as when it opened. There is no big improvement, but it is just persisting tenaciously.
A restaurant that has been open for six months has not collapsed and is still holding on. The daily business of 40,000 yuan means that it has repeat customers.
This is indeed the case. Not only do we have repeat customers, but these repeat customers also find that the recent food tastes better than before, the food is served faster, and the service is much more enthusiastic than before.
These small, insignificant changes are like poplar buds in spring, revealed one after another in a space that people don't notice, and the immature green is quietly bursting with vitality.
Mr. Xu has been very happy these two days.
The business report for one consecutive week showed that the sales amount was more than 38,000 yuan, which is a gratifying result. And the accountant Sister Li happily reported that the sales amount had increased, but the daily purchase money did not increase, indicating that the net profit was increasing. Use
From her years of experience, there is only one possibility for this situation to occur, and that is if the kitchen does a good job of increasing revenue and reducing expenditure, so that no one eats or takes anything.
Mr. Xu knew about the phenomenon of sneaking food and stealing in the kitchen, and talked to Wang Gang several times, but the effect was not obvious. Lao Tan settled the matter within half a month, which showed that there was something wrong.
Mr. Xu came earlier in the past two days, mainly to watch Lao Tan hold a regular meeting. He felt very shocked. Unexpectedly, Lao Tan, who looked like a bandit, had a very high level of speech, and his words could speak to people's hearts. It didn't look like this.
In two months, these guys in the kitchen will have to surrender completely.
I am also very satisfied with the work at the front desk. Although Zhang Li is older, she is capable and experienced, and the waiters listen to her. Later, Li Shuang and Zhou Xiaomei also have the ability to work, especially Zhou Xiaomei, who is beautiful and has temperament. At first glance,
I have worked in a big store.
It would be nice if the three of them were here when it opened, so they wouldn't open a mess.
Now with them and Lao Tan, we can do it even if we work hard.
The work in the kitchen is carried out in an orderly manner.
The hangers between cold dishes and pastries have been installed. Many things that had no place to put now have a place, and the operation room looks much more orderly. The civil engineering work in the small kitchen at the back has been completed, and the waterproofing and ceramic tiles have been completed. The rest is installation.
Exhaust and intake equipment.
Wang Gang found out about Lao Tan's research equipment. The two of them came to the site, measured the dimensions with a meter ruler, and decided to install a set of stoves, a set of six-burner upper and lower clay pot stoves, three floor-hearth stoves, and a seasoning table.
.Other equipment includes two sets of console fresh-keeping cabinets, a four-door vertical refrigerator, and a set of shelves.
After setting up the equipment, Wang Gang and his colleagues went to the exhaust research area, while Lao Tan returned to the kitchen.
Seeing that Old Tan was back, Li Xu walked up and said, "Master Tan, when I checked last night, I found that a clay pot was not turned off and it was still hot. Maybe my second aunt went downstairs to make food again. I said
If it doesn't work, talk to her and ask her to turn off the gas when she's done using it, otherwise it's too dangerous."
"Second aunt also lives in the dormitory?" Lao Tan asked.
"No, she doesn't. There is a single room on the fourth floor next to the office. She lives there with her second uncle, who works late at night," Li Xu said.
"Oh------" Lao Tan nodded thoughtfully and asked, "I heard that Sister Zicai is resigning. What's going on?"
Li Xu said helplessly: "I can't go with my second aunt. She does all kinds of work. My second aunt does this and that now. We have to do the work alone, and neither of us is happy."
Lao Tan said: "That's right, leave this matter to me, you don't have to worry about it, I will take care of our second old lady."
Wang Gang told him that his second aunt was difficult to manage, and no one dared to take care of her. Lao Tan never found time to gather in the vegetable room, so he never had direct contact with his second aunt. But he met his second aunt every day and became familiar with this fat old lady.
Everyone in the kitchen said that this old lady was naughty and unreasonable, so it was up to everyone to say it. The boss had nothing to do. His wife, his aunt, and the old couple had nothing to do at home. They went to the restaurant to do some work to earn some money, and there was nothing they could do to push her back. Don't.
When it comes to working, you still have to support yourself even if you don’t work.
The old lady is indeed bullying others. There have been three vegetable pickers, and none of them can make trouble with her.
Lao Tan was wondering if he could find some other job for this old lady?
While he was thinking about the old lady, the intercom rang and Zhang Li shouted: "Chef Tan, Chef Tan."
Lao Tan replied: "Yes, please tell me when you receive it."
"Come to the lobby on the first floor, your friend is here."
"Okay, I'll be there soon."
Lao Tan stood there without rushing to the front desk. Who was he thinking about? Not many people knew what he was doing here. He filtered through the people who knew in his head and couldn't guess who it was.
I came to the hall suspiciously and saw that it was Brother Liu, Yanzi, Yanhua and Wang Ming.
Brother Liu said with a smile: "We are here to cheer you up."
"Welcome, warm welcome." Old Tan smiled.
Lao Tan was wearing a chef's uniform, a tall chef's hat, and headphones in his ears, looking like a chef.
Brother Liu smiled and said: "Look at how handsome my brother is, he looks like a chef at first glance."
Old Tan smiled and said, "Let's go to the private room first."
"Brother Liu said he wanted to have a private room with a kang, eat chicken, and stew sauerkraut." Yanhua said with a smile.
"Okay, we must be satisfied." After Lao Tan finished speaking, he asked Zhou Xiaomei who was standing aside, "Do you have any free kang bags?"
"Yes, Lao Guantun is idle, and the five of you are just right." Zhou Xiaomei replied.
Lao Tan asked the greeter to lead Brother Liu and the four of them to the private room on the second floor. He arranged six dishes and then went up.
Brother Liu went to the countryside and could sit cross-legged on the kang. Yanhua grew up in the countryside, so cross-legging was no problem. Wang Ming and Yanzi, who are from the city, don't know how to cross-legged, so they sat on the futon, which was a bit funny.
There were melon seeds on the table. Yanzi grabbed a handful and ate them, saying, "It's my first time to sit on the kang and eat. It's quite interesting."
Wang Ming said: "I have sat on the Kang, but I can't cross my legs." Then he said to Lao Tan: "I didn't know there was such a good place in Santaizi. This is where I will eat from now on."
Lao Tan said: "Welcome, just come to me and I'll give you a discount."
Wang Ming said: "We always have dinner at our workplace, with at least five tables at a time. We always go to Chishan Restaurant. Their restaurant is very expensive, and we still don't have enough food. I will go to your place from now on, and I will contact you with a few more workshops."
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"Yes, you will come here for company dinners from now on. What a great place this is. Brother Tan is still here. I'll give you more food. It's not much better than Chishan Restaurant." After Brother Liu finished speaking, he said to Lao Tan:
"Brother Wang, you have the final say in the factory's logistics and give him face. His father is the old leader of the factory."
"Okay, let's have a good drink with Brother Wang today, and we'll support you more in the future." Old Tan said with a smile.
After a while, the waiter brought over five pots of soju, followed by two cold dishes. As soon as the wine was full, braised big bones with sauerkraut and three kinds of cold dishes were served together.
Yanhua said: "Your family serves food very quickly, it only takes seven or eight minutes."
Lao Tan said: "There are few guests now, we are the only one at the table, we can serve it quickly." Then he held the wine glass and said to the four people: "Try it, this is my family's pure grain braised rice cake. I have never tasted it. I heard it is quite good."
Okay, let’s take a sip first.”
Drinking Xiaoshao is spicy but not overpowering. People who drink a lot like it. Nowadays, most of the bottled wines are blended, which is not good and easy to drink. Is there any good wine? Yes, it is too expensive and ordinary people cannot afford it.
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The Guandong family's braised rice is specially customized by Mr. Xu from a small rural winery, and everyone who has tasted it says it is good.
"This wine is good, made from pure grain." Brother Liu took a sip and said, "Brother Tan, where did you buy this wine? Buy me a barrel too."
"I'll get you a bucket when I leave," Lao Tan said.
"You should invite your neighbor Lao Li and his comrades to have a meal. They have wide connections and strength, and can attract many leaders." Brother Liu suggested to Lao Tan.
"I have this plan. I just arrived now and the dishes haven't been adjusted yet. I'll treat them to a meal when they are ready," Lao Tan said.
Wang Ming said: "No need to adjust, this is quite good. Just sit on the small fire bed and drink a small amount of shochu. That's a lot!"
Everyone laughs.
After a while, the little stupid chicken and the fish stewed in the iron pot were served, and two small black iron pots were placed on the table, and the atmosphere suddenly became lively.
Sitting cross-legged on the kang, eating farm food, drinking shochu, and making homely meals, it was just like returning to my hometown in the countryside. I really enjoyed it.
Lao Tan, Wang Ming, and Brother Liu finished one pot, and then three more pots came.
Wang Ming's face turned rosy and he asked Old Tan: "Brother Tan, are you under the control of Tianyi Tun?"
Lao Tan said: "Yes, I will return it to Tianyi Tun."
"The mayor and secretary of Tianyitun Village are good buddies with me. If you haven't told me, I'll call them and ask them to come over for a drink and introduce you to us," Wang Ming said.
It's like this even when you're drunk and excited, and you're in a state of shock.
Lao Tan smiled and said, "Okay, call me over and get to know him."
Wang Ming started to make a phone call. After the contact, he said to Yanzi in a very meaningful way: "After they come, you should contact the secretary. His wife is gone and he wants to find one. If you stay with him for the rest of your life, you will have peace of mind."