The story of a cook

Chapter 159 The first day at work

People need to struggle to live, no matter what fate treats you, because everyone knows that only living is the most real.

You can be ridiculous when you are young, but you can't waste your time.

I started working at Cheong Wa Dae BBQ restaurant.

The first day of work was not very busy, there were only four tables of customers at noon, and six tables in the evening.The business is simply incomparable with Yangchun Barbecue Restaurant.When Sandaizi mentioned Cheong Wa Dae when he was working in Shengmei, no one didn’t know about it. At that time, his business was very good. Although he didn’t come to eat, he heard that people had to queue up to eat barbecue on Saturdays and Sundays. Looking at the current business situation, it can only be described as ordinary. Although it is not yet bleak, it is not far from bleak.

Sister Li, who cuts and feeds the meat, does her work very neatly, and she looks like a worker at first glance.But the meat fed is not good, but it is not good enough, it is incomparable with the meat fed by Yangchun.The meat fed by Sister Li was so hard in her mouth that she couldn't chew it.The main reason is that her method of feeding meat is wrong and too simple.In addition, the meat she chose was not in the right place. For Korean barbecue, she chose beef three-pronged meat, but she chose beef tenderloin.It is easy to remove the ribs and skin from the ribs of the beef, and it is easy to cut, but the meat that is fed is not tender enough, and it does not like the taste.Waiting for the three-pronged meat is different. Although it takes a little effort to remove the tendons and skin, the meat is tender, flavorful, and delicious when roasted.There is also fat beef, you should choose pure beef brisket, fat and thin, not fat, fat and thin, so that the fat and thin will be separated when roasting, the effect will not be achieved, and the taste will be lost.

Also, Sister Li's mixed dishes are not as good, it can only be at the elementary level, and it has not reached the level of Sister Ma, and it is even worse compared with Sister Wang.

It was my first day at work, and I didn't say anything when I saw these. After all, we just came here, so we don't know what's going on inside, so we can't talk much.

There is also a problem with the cold noodles. To put it bluntly, the cold noodles are boiled and cooled, poured with cold noodle soup mixed with sweeteners, topped with spicy cabbage, half an egg, two slices of beef, sprinkled with coriander and cucumber shreds That's it.It looks good on the surface, no different from Yangchun cold noodles, but if you take a bite, you will immediately find that it is not as delicious as Yangchun's.Because the effort is not in place, many links have been omitted. In addition, it is not advisable to use cyclamate to adjust the cold noodle soup, and it cannot achieve the effect of using white sugar.

It is inevitable that his family's business is not good. If there is no good product, the business will not be good. The guests also spend money, so why not go to a delicious place to eat, you must come to your house.

On the first day, I cooked a total of six dishes, all of which were ordinary home-cooked dishes: dried tofu with sharp peppers, pot-packed pork, ground three delicacies, roasted eggplant and so on.There are few dishes, and I help Sister Li with work when I have nothing to do. Sister Li doesn't have much work there, so I help her cut meat and clean up squid.I was very happy to help Sister Li. She said that the chef in the past just fried her own dishes. After the cooking, she didn’t care about anything else, and went to the lobby to chat with the waiter.Seeing me helping her with work, she was a little embarrassed, saying how could she ask the master to help with the work.Tell her that there are no masters in the kitchen, and they all come out to work, and there is no such thing.

After helping Sister Li, I watched Sister Zhang washing the dishes there, and went to help Sister Zhang wash the dishes for a while, and it was not much, and it was finished in a few minutes.

Sister Li and Sister Zhang had nothing to do, so they took off their aprons and were going to sit and chat in the lobby.

Sister Li said: "Master Tan, it's all right, go and sit in front."

I don't have the habit of sitting in the front, and I haven't had that habit these years, so I said, "You guys go, I'm in the back."

Sister Li said: "Let's go, we'll go to the lobby to chat after we finish our work and have nothing to do. We'll come back when we have guests for dinner."

I smiled at her and Sister Zhang, and said, "Go ahead first, and I'll take a look outside the kitchen."

There is a back door behind the kitchen, you can go out, and behind it is the residential area.The restaurant has set up a shed at the back door, where the stove can be fired and the grates can be brushed. At the same time, the carbon and other sundries for the stove are also stored there.

I went outside, and the big brother who made the stove was sitting there smoking, and I lit a cigarette and smoked.

My elder brother asked me: "This master, where did you do it before?"

I said, "I used to work in Santaizi, Shengmei Hotel, and served dishes there."

The eldest brother said: "Shengmei Hotel, that belongs to No. [-] Factory. I belong to No. [-] Factory. I know that hotel. It has been popular for several years."

I said, "Yeah, I was pretty busy when I was there, and business isn't so good right now."

The elder brother said: "It's all the same. In the past two years, the Qingwadae was also popular in our family. In Sandaizi, everyone knew about the Qingwadae when they mentioned barbecue. In those two years, the boss made money. Waiting for these two years, maybe the boss has earned enough money, and it's not too much. No matter, the old people are gone, and business is no longer possible.”

I asked: "Brother, it seems that you have been working here for a long time?"

The eldest brother said: "I have been working here for five years, and now I am the only old man left, and the rest are all gone." The eldest brother looked into the kitchen and said, "The little plum that feeds the meat has been here for a year. Waiting for Xiaowan who is so cold, he is also from our factory, he is laid off like me, and he has been here for a year."

I said, "You are all civilians."

The eldest brother said: "It would be great if it was a civilian product, no, we are a large group, and we directly buy out the length of service. The Communist Party also reasoned, labor insurance and so on, and now we are waiting to receive pensions when we retire. Working part-time is not like others who are able to do business and get paid, and have more money than when working in a factory."

At that time, there was a saying, called: starve to death the cowardly.It’s about the people who were laid off at that time. Some of them were bold and dared to do it, and they got up immediately when they seized the opportunity. There were also many like the eldest brother who joined the ranks of migrant workers after they came out of the factory, working around to earn money to support their families. .In fact, no matter whether you have money or not, it’s a way of life. People with more money eat three meals a day, and people with less money also eat three meals a day. It may be that the quality of life is a little different, but the effect of living is not much different.

In the evening, I made a working meal and brought it to the front. A total of six people, including the proprietress, were sitting at a table to eat.

Sister Li took a bite of the dish and said as soon as she put it in her mouth, "Try it, Master Tan's dishes are delicious."

So everyone started to pick up vegetables and taste them.

In fact, it is not a good dish, stewed dried tofu with pork belly and Chinese cabbage.All dishes are the same, as long as they are cooked properly and stewed to a high temperature, all dishes are delicious.

The waiter who looked like Yang Lan said: "It's really delicious!" Then asked me: "Master Tan, where did you do it before? Is it also Santaizi?"

I said, "I'm an apprentice at Shengmei School, and then I went to the city."

She asked: "You have worked in Shengmei. His family used to be very good. Is the boss's surname Sun?"

I said, "Yes, my surname is Sun."

She said: "I met the boss of Shengmei. At first, I planned to work in Shengmei. Later, my friend introduced me to work elsewhere, so I didn't go."

I said, "Really? It's a pity, otherwise we would have known each other long ago."

At this time, the proprietress said: "It's not too late to know her, Master Tan, her name is Zhang Li, she has been here for three months, and she is very capable."

I nodded to Zhang Li, and then said to the proprietress: "Sister-in-law, I heard about our family when I was working in Shengmei. At that time, our family was very popular, and we had to queue up for barbecue on weekends. It seems that there is no such thing as before." good."

The proprietress said: "It's better than before. Your elder brother doesn't come home all day, and I don't care about it. It's just like that." After she finished speaking, she sighed, looking powerless.

I said, "It's a pity for such a good hotel to be like this."

The proprietress said: "It's not a big deal, Mr. Tan, what do you think our family is going to do?"

I smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, I don't have eyesight. Besides, I don't know anything at work the first day. You asked me to cook and cook. I don't have that much ability in other things."

The proprietress said: "I also want to make good use of this restaurant, but I just don't know how to do it. I don't have the ability to do it alone——"

At this time, Sister Li said: "Everyone works hard together and puts our heart into it, and the restaurant will gradually improve."

At that time, I wanted to say, as long as you feed the meat well, I still didn’t say it after thinking about it for a long time, just smiled.

Zhang Li on the opposite side looked at me and said, "Master Tan, have you ever done it in a barbecue restaurant before?"

I just wanted to say that I did it, but after thinking about it, I decided not to say it. If I said it, there might not be anything wrong, so I said, "Why, have you met me before?"

Zhang Li said, "I haven't seen it before, but judging from your expression just now, you should know the barbecue restaurant very well."

I said, "I know a little about barbecue, but I'm not too good at it."

Zhang Li asked: "What do you think of our barbecue?"

I said: "Aren't you embarrassing me? I ate a meal the other day and tried it. I really don't know if I haven't eaten it."

Zhang Li said: "It seems that you understand it very well, otherwise you wouldn't say that our family is a pity."

I laughed and said, "Actually, I don't think you are a waiter, you should be a restaurant manager."

Zhang Li smiled and said: "Master Tan is too talkative. I mean, if you know how to barbecue, you can give advice to the proprietress. The people in our shop are very kind and honest. Where are you?" Everyone wants the restaurant to do well, right, Master Tan."

I looked at Zhang Li, and my intuition told me that this woman is not simple. From her words, I can see that her thinking is very quick and her response is very flexible.I couldn't help but take a closer look at her. Apart from looking a bit like Yang Lan, she was also very temperamental, with the temperament of a professional woman.

I said, "That's true. Wherever I go, I hope that the business of my restaurant will be good. Only when the business is good can the boss make money and the employees can pay wages. Otherwise, where do you go to see the wages?"

Zhang Li said: "That's right, so if you understand, Mr. Tan, how to set things up, you can take good care of our restaurant, and you can see that you are the person in charge."

I laughed and didn't say anything, and found that she took the initiative as she spoke.

After Zhang Li finished speaking, the proprietress said: "Master Tan, you can observe for a few days to see where our restaurant needs to be adjusted, and we will adjust and adjust. Since I came to you, I trust you and leave the kitchen to you. What about our restaurant?" You can see it too, no matter how bad it is, it’s the same. You look at it, and no one blames you for it. Sister Li and Sister Zhang didn’t say anything. They also want to help me fix the restaurant, just like me, female stream If you feel powerless, if you think you can do it, then lead the others to do it."

After speaking, he looked at me with a look of anticipation as if I could finish the restaurant well.

I suddenly felt that women are also very powerful.

I smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, I will do my best."

(End of this chapter)