Chapter 175 Changes in the layout of the restaurant
After eating the last vegetation and grass, Zhuang Daozhong felt that today was worth the trip.
For ordinary diners, when they come to local restaurants like Suji, they may want to eat some classic dishes that can be called with names.
Squirrel mandarin fish, lion's head, or cherry meat.
But for Zhuang Daozhong, coming to Huaicheng is to eat some seasonal dishes. In fact, this is also a feature of Huaicheng and Huaiyang cuisine.
Select seasonal ingredients, follow the flavor of the seasonal ingredients, and make them in the most suitable cooking method.
The river shrimp is fresh. If you use soy sauce to brais, you will lose the freshness.
It must be fried like fried shrimp. After growing oil, stir-fry in a simple way, so that the fresh sweetness of the river shrimp can be highlighted.
For example, eels, which are cooked with heavy garlic, salty and pepper, and boiled with broth, can remove some of the eel's odors and retain the flavor of the eel.
Each dish must be highlighted according to the different ingredients, and this is a good chef.
Tonight, Zhuang Daozhong realized that Feng Yifan had some personal performances above the Su Ji inheritance.
Zhuang Daozhong felt that the old plaque of Su Ji had not yet fallen. And it can be foreseen that sooner or later, that old plaque would still shine in front of the world again.
Since Feng Yifan has been busy in the kitchen, Zhuang Daozhong didn't have the chance to talk to him after eating tonight's dishes.
So simply, after Zhuang Daozhong finished dinner and Feng Ruoruo left one after another, he still stayed and waited. It was obvious that he decided to wait for the restaurant to finish the business and talk to Feng Yifan.
The restaurant guests came and went, and the children Feng Ruoruo left one after dinner, and the peak was approaching at about 7:30 pm.
When the ten tables in the restaurant were basically full, Zhuang Daozhong sat next to Su Jinrong, looking at the scene in the restaurant and whispered: "Jinrong, I think the internal structure of Su Ji should be changed."
Su Jinrong looked at Zhuang Daozhong: "Uncle Master, you said."
Zhuang Daozhong continued: "Now, since Su Ji is going to go to a fine private kitchen restaurant, you will be a bit cumbersome with ten large tables. You only have two or four, and the others will be replaced with four small tables. This way, the space is larger, and there will be no situation where a few people will have to sit on a large table."
After hearing what Zhuang Daozhong said, Su Jinrong nodded, thinking that what Uncle Master said made sense.
In fact, in the past, Su Ji often did not divide the table. Generally, if one or two people were allowed to eat together. This may be a reason why Su Ji's business gradually became worse later.
After all, many young people are not used to eating with others on tables, especially a couple who prefer the kind of small tables in the square are more fond of each other.
So before the renovation began around the old street, Su Ji's business was supported by old diners.
But now, many old diners around are moved away due to renovations, while Feng Yifan has gradually attracted some new diners to come because of Meng Shitong's videos.
Su Ji, a restaurant that is not big but has only ten round tables, is obviously a bit stretched to deal with.
Su Jinrong thought about it again that the old street was facing reconstruction, and it might be that the time was not appropriate to renovate Su Ji's interior. He also said to his uncle: "The old street needs to be renovated, but it is still not adjusted now."
Zhuang Daozhong nodded and said, "Well, that's OK, but my suggestion is that since you still have to open business, you still have to consider this aspect. Even if you change to some folding square tables first, you can at least have more places to entertain guests."
When Lu Cuiling heard this, she couldn't help but say, "In-law, your uncle is right. You can use the folding table first."
Just so happened that at this time, Feng Ruoruo came back after delivering the menu and threw himself into grandma's arms. When the grandma said she wanted to use a folding table, the little girl was naturally very curious.
"Grandma, what do you want to do with a folding table? What is a folding table?"
When he heard about his granddaughter’s question, Lu Cuiling explained to his granddaughter and also told her about the benefits of folding tables.
After hearing this, Feng Ruoruo immediately turned his head and said to his grandfather, "Okay, okay, grandpa, let's ask dad to change tomorrow, so that we can have many more guests."
When saying "many and many guests", Feng Ruoruo did not forget to open his arms and hug him and gesture.
For Feng Ruoruo, her idea is very simple. As long as she can have more customers, that's great.
When Su Jinrong heard his granddaughter's words, he laughed: "With more customers, Ruruo's father will work harder."
Zhuang Daozhong continued: "This is actually simple. You can hire some people, such as dishwashers, vegetable washers, and cleaning workers, so that you can share some of the burden. If you need Jinrong, I can send a few chefs to help you."
After hearing this, Su Jinrong thought about it, but shook his head: "Thank you, uncle, no need to worry."
Although he refused Zhuang Daozhong's words to send someone to help, Su Jinrong still thought in his mind whether he should hire people to help? Or should he add less tables and chairs when changing tables and chairs to reduce the workload of his son-in-law.
Looking at the lively situation in the restaurant, Su Jinrong was indeed sure that he wanted to try to reposition the tables and chairs.
Zhuang Daozhong was rejected and didn't mind. He smiled and said, "Jinrong, please discuss it. Actually, I think Yifan should be able to deal with it, and changing it to a small table may be easier to deal with it."
When Su Jinrong heard the uncle say "The small table is easier to deal with", he was a little surprised at first, but soon he figured out the key.
Small tables usually sit in groups of three or three, with a maximum of four or five people.
There are few people, so there will definitely not be many dishes to order.
Feng Yifan, from morning to evening, had enough time to prepare materials for so much of the day. So it seems that it is indeed a small table that is easier to deal with.
The peak hours of the evening passed, and after 8:30, Feng Yifan was very determined today and no longer welcomed guests behind him.
Sure enough, Feng Yifan returned to his previous closing time today and was no longer as busy as he did on weekends until after ten o'clock.
Business has stopped, everyone in the restaurant has not finished their work, and cleaning is still very hard.
Even Zhuang Zhebin chose to be a deserter, but unfortunately, Mr. Zhuang Daozhong was "understanding the righteousness" and forced him to go to the kitchen to help clean. Zhuang Zhebin was also unavoidable, and could only walk towards the kitchen under Feng Ruoruo's smile and smiled.
There were not many guests today. If the ten tables were not counted as Zhuang Daozhong and others, they would actually only be considered as 8 guests.
Of course, it is not surprising that there are not so many guests because it is not a weekend.
If Su Ji did not close at 9 o'clock and then open until very late, he might receive some late-night snack customers. But Feng Yifan obviously couldn't do it like that.
Fortunately, after settlement, Su Ruoxi said that the fried rice and Yifu noodles sold better at noon, which also made up for some of the shortages of customers at night.
After cleaning inside and out, he buckled the restaurant door buckle piece by piece, and then closed the last door. Feng Yifan finally sat down and could listen carefully to Zhuang Daozhong's evaluation of his food tonight.
Chapter completed!