The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 253 Fusion Vegetable Dumpling Wine

Old Tan had just returned from the Humble Administrator's Garden when Zhou Xiaomei called. Today, when the store was handed over, Gu Yi found a decoration company, looked at it together, and decided on a decoration plan.

On the phone, Zhou Xiaomei talked about the fact that the employee introducer came to give extra points. Old Tan thought it was very good, so he asked her to come up with a plan, and at the same time gave some suggestions.

The introduced employees must have worked for three months;

Aqiao's corporate culture must be recognized;
It is not allowed to form cliques, and the introduced employees are not allowed to work in the same store as the introducer.

Although there is a shortage of waiters, it is better to be short than excessive. The more cautious you are at this time, it looks unreasonable, but you have to plan for the long term.

According to Lao Tan's suggestion, Zhou Xiaomei quickly made a plan, sent it to Yanhua and Lao Tan by email, and then discussed it in the executive group. Everyone felt that it was very good and could be implemented.

The power of the crowd is great and issues with the waiters were resolved quickly.

The Suzhou store is Aqiao's first store in the south, and Lao Tan attaches great importance to it.Li Shuang and Xiao Gao were transferred here. Li Shuang was the general manager and store manager of the Suzhou area, and Xiao Gao was the head chef.

The dumpling was about to be transferred to Wang Hong, but after thinking that Wang Hong had to sit in the provincial capital and couldn't move, she transferred Yaru over, and Meng Meng took over her job in Hohhot.

Dumplings has developed a local taste of lotus root stuffed dumplings on the basis of the original.

Dumplings with lotus root stuffing have been around for a long time. The so-called development is to add the Northeast dumpling technology to the original ones, so that the main flavor is prominent, and the fragrance and meat are balanced. Not only the locals love it, but the Northeast people also like it.

The cold dish walks on two legs, and a master is transferred from the provincial capital to handle the Northeast flavor, and at the same time, a local master is recruited to make local cold dishes.

The kitchen is open, this cannot be changed.

The dishes are naturally based on Northeast dishes, and most of the ingredients are shipped from the provincial capital, such as sauerkraut, mushrooms, vermicelli, chicken with cordyceps and so on.In order to be authentic and authentic.

People like Li Shuang, Xiao Gao, and Yaru couldn't stay in hotels all the time after they came here, they had to solve the problem of living, and they also had to rent dormitories for the employees.The rent here in Suzhou is high, and Gu Yi searched for two days but couldn't find a suitable one.

As the saying goes, if you are not in charge of a family, you don’t know the price of firewood and rice. Before starting a restaurant, you can live alone and do whatever you want, and you never care about spending money.Now that I have a restaurant, money is spent like water, and I know how to be frugal.

It just so happens that Sister Wang, who works in the court, has an old house near the Humble Administrator's Garden, which is close to the hotel. She rented it out to a friend who was in the silk business as a warehouse.Now people don't do it, and the house is idle.

Sister Wang told Gu Yi that the house is old and the one-story house is a bit old, but the water and electricity are complete, and there is no problem for people to live in. If you don't mind using it, just pay some rent.

At first, Lao Tan felt that the one-story house was inconvenient, and that it would be difficult for the employees to take a shower, but they told him that it was difficult to refuse, so he asked Li Shuang and Xiao Gao to follow Gu Yi to have a look.

After watching it, Li Shuang and Xiao Gao happily told Lao Tan that the place was great, no less than a Beijing courtyard house.

"Master, you didn't look at it. The place is old enough." Li Shuang introduced to Lao Tan: "It's a single courtyard with a big courtyard. Yes, this place is called a patio. There are six main rooms in a row, with everything in it, bathroom, upper and lower The water and water heater are all working, and there is also a study room."

"Really?" Old Tan opened his eyes wide.

"Well. There are five wing rooms on both sides. They were used as storerooms before. There are bathrooms and water. The eight gatehouses in the front are smaller, but clean and tidy. There is no problem in using them as dormitories." Li Shuang said excitedly.

"Siheyuan?" Old Tan asked.

"Yes, it's a courtyard house, the oversized one." Xiao Gao said.

"There is a river in front of the door, and there is a bridge on the river, with white walls and black tiles, it's a Jiangnan family." Li Shuang described it.

Hearing what they said, Lao Tan was a little moved and wanted to go and see.So Li Shuang led the way, and the master and apprentice walked over.

This is an old residential area reserved in the Humble Administrator's Garden. There are about [-] households, all of which are courtyard houses in the past, with white walls and black tiles, small bridges, flowing water, green trees, and a condensed Jiangnan water town.

To be honest, the people who can live here are all from a background, either rich or noble.It seems that Sister Wang's family is unusual, not as simple as it appears on the surface.

Gu Yi has already called the people from the decoration company to arrange the decoration of the dormitory. Seeing Lao Tan coming, he said happily: "Brother, it's all settled this time. Not only is the dormitory enough, but we also have a place for the two of us."

Old Tan looked around, and it was the same as what Li Shuang said, six main rooms, ten side rooms, and eight concierge rooms.The patio is spacious with a small flower bed in the middle.The whole courtyard is clean and tidy, comfortable and elegant.

"Sister Wang is capable. Renting out this yard as a warehouse is amazing." Old Tan said.

Gu Yi said: "What I know is that her old man has a background, and she is considered the second generation of red. She is the only child in the family, and her parents died in the first few years. She doesn't live here, why don't she rent it out?"

"The rent should be quite a lot," said Old Tan.

"Not much, people are not short of money." Gu Yi said.

Old Tan said: "We can't pay less if we don't need money, this big yard—"

To be honest, Lao Tan would rather spend more money than owe favors, sometimes favors are more expensive than money.Of course, it's a different story compared to Gu Yi's life-saving grace to Sister Wang.

Everyone lived in that day.Lao Tan and Gu Yi live in two main rooms, the study and the other two are used as offices, and they even have a place to work.

Xiao Gao, Li Shuang, and Yaru live in the east wing, the west wing is for the front and back supervisors, and the rest of the rooms are used as dormitories for the staff.

Who would have thought that the dormitory of a dumpling restaurant is a courtyard, and it is a very high-end one, no less than the high-end apartments that Haidilao rents out for employees, and it is even more comfortable in terms of comfort.

With a shelter, everyone was happy, and made a few dishes in the evening to celebrate.

"Come, let's have a drink together to celebrate that we have a family." Gu Yi said with a smile on his face.

Everyone responded and drank it in one gulp.

Putting down his wine glass, Gu Yi said to Lao Tan beside him, "Brother, today is a good day, let me say a few words."

Old Tan looked at everyone, and everyone looked at him.

"Tell me a few words." Old Tan said, "To be honest, I'm very happy. One is that I have a home, and the other is that it's so nice and comfortable. I don't want to go back."

Everyone laughs.

Lao Tan went on to say: "Let's go south to Suzhou. Whether we can do well depends on everyone. As the saying goes, before the soldiers and horses move the food and grass, we have the base camp today and no worries about the future. The rest is to work hard and strive for a hit. "

"Master, it is necessary." Li Shuang said confidently.

"Must." Xiao Gao followed closely behind his wife.

"Commander Tan is sure of it," said Li Gang, a new local cold dish chef.

Yaru and the cold dish chef from the provincial capital squeaked, with the same expression as everyone else - confident.

"I have a hunch that our house will become popular when it opens." Gu Yi said.

"It's good to have confidence." Lao Tan first affirmed everyone, and then said seriously: "You have eaten a few restaurants in the past two days, and you probably have a general understanding of Suzhou's catering. Let me tell you that Suzhou's catering market is better than that of the provincial capital. Well, relatively well established, but the competition is fierce.

It is not our family who make dumplings, there are some who are better than us.In addition, we can see the Suzhou market, and so can others.

As far as I know, there are Harbin Dumplings, Changchun’s Oriental Pearl, and Fuji’s in the provincial capital who have opened stores in Suzhou.It's a pity that they didn't get a firm foothold, and the longest one worked for two years.

I analyzed it, and it's not that the common people don't recognize it, it's that it's uncharacteristic and unacceptable.I feel that it is the boss in the Northeast, the dumplings are authentic, and they are not combined with local food, so they are all yellow shops in the end.

At present, there are not many dumpling restaurants in Northeast Suzhou, most of them are of the snack department type, and our family is the only one on the scale. "

Speaking of Old Tan lighting a cigarette, everyone waited for him to continue.

"If you want to get a firm foothold in the cannon, you have to think carefully. You can't think that it is easy to use in the provincial capital or Hohhot, just move the original intact.

We are dealing with customers from the south, whose tastes and eating habits are different from those in the north, so we cannot operate in the way of the north, and we need to improve the integration.Isn't fusion cuisine popular in provincial capitals now? The fusion of dishes from Jiangsu and Zhejiang into Northeast cuisine is accepted and loved by ordinary people.

I have eaten twice in "Shenshuijiangnan" and "Fuya Xiaoju" in the provincial capital, and I feel good.Their dishes retain the cooking methods of Northeast cuisine, and at the same time have the lightness and delicacy of Jiangnan cuisine, giving people a refreshing feeling, and you want to eat it when you look at it.

In addition, they have thoroughly studied the old wines in Jiangnan, and they must drink old wines when they come to their shop. This is the highlight.

Jiangnan cuisine can be integrated in the north, and Northeast cuisine can also be integrated in the south of the Yangtze River.While promoting our specialties, we must combine it with local catering, and make Aqiao's fusion dishes to lead Suzhou.

There is also our health wine, which is the highlight.Jiangnan cuisine has entered the Northeast, making it fashionable for northerners to drink Huadiao old wine. Let’s go south to Jiangnan, making it fashionable for Jiangnan people to drink health-preserving wine. "

(End of this chapter)