From a barbecue stand to a global gourmet tycoon

Chapter 121
For Chu Hao, today is very important.

It has been many years since the store closed at home and reopened again.

It's just that the Chu family's signature has been inherited from the older generation to Chu Hao's.

He intends to go all out!
Not only Chu Hao, the boss, had to personally check the preparations, but even the whole family joined the battle to help move the goods and clean up.

Jiang Qin, Jiang Qi, Chu Yue, and Chen Xian also came to the store one by one. After a brief moment of amazement and emotion, the family began to act.

Carry disposable water cups and paper towels, tidy up the warehouse, and sweep the ground, tables and chairs.

Wang Wanxuan, Zhang Zhihao, and Lin Ran squatted in the back kitchen, helping with the preparation of the ingredients.

Stir the lamb intestines with the corn flour, wash the vegetables, and dry the cleaned iron skewers on the grill with charcoal fire. This is to ensure that even the iron skewers have the smell of charcoal fire and can perfectly blend with the aroma of the skewers. .

Every step is as careful as possible.

Under the leadership of the experienced Jiang Qin, the beef brain, outer loin, and kidney are all marinated in advance, and the garlic fresh chili sauce is cooked according to the recipe given by Chu Hao, which is mainly used to roast oysters and eggplants.

"These new things are not available in the previous store." Jiang Qin stood in front of a big pot, rolled up her sleeves, and sat down to handle the spoon herself, while smiling at Jiang Qi who was cleaning Flammulina velutipes next to her.

At the moment, the back kitchen is very lively, and the aroma of garlic chili sauce is gradually getting stronger.

"Yeah, since your brother-in-law passed away, your barbecue restaurant has opened again." Jiang Qi was full of emotion: "Xiaohao worked very hard."

Hearing this, Jiang Qin's eyes turned slightly red, she didn't know whether it was from the hot sauce or the feeling of nostalgia in her heart, and said with a smile: "If the business can be restarted in his hands, it will not be in vain for his father's teachings .”

Chen Xian stood aside, looking at everything in the store.

Here will be the place where he will apprentice while going to school in the future.

Undoubtedly, for everyone present, the new store will be a new beginning for the whole family.

"Mom, what are we going to do with these chicken butts?" Chu Yue worked hard with Lin Ran to bring in a large iron basin, which was filled with fresh chicken buttocks.

Jiang Qin took a look and frowned slightly, "Leave this to your brother, only he has the patience to clean it up."

Jiang Qi was a little surprised: "Chicken butt, is he sure the guests will eat this?"

Jiang Qin went up and picked up a piece to check the quality, and said, "As long as it tastes good, everything can be grilled, and customers will buy it..."

Chu Yue pursed her lips. In fact, Chu Hao had never brought out these newly launched small skewers for them to taste, so he didn't know if they were good or not.

"My brother is too courageous. If you release so many small skewers at one time, if they don't taste good, won't it affect your reputation?"

Jiang Qin: "Trust your brother, don't talk nonsense! Business will be fine."

Chu Yue and Lin Ran successively carried the chickens in two large iron basins to the kitchen stove and put them on the kitchen stove, covering them with plastic wrap, waiting for Chu Hao to come and handle them personally.

Wang Wanxuan and Zhang Zhihao carried the tables, chairs and benches outside, trying to arrange them neatly without disturbing the movement of the guests.

And, plug in the draft beer machine, and lift the barreled draft beer from the warehouse to the bottom of the cashier counter.

Zhang Zhihao wiped off his sweat, looked up at Xiao Yue'er in the distance, and said in his heart, "Sister Boss is so beautiful..."

Wang Wanxuan glanced at him, "Why, you want to chase?"

Zhang Zhihao was stunned and immediately waved his hands, "How is that possible! You, you, you... don't talk nonsense!"

Wang Wanxuan laughed, "Be careful! The boss found out, and I will give you some shoes."

Zhang Zhihao's face turned pale.

At this moment, the store door was suddenly pushed open, and Chu Hao brought Lu Chenyu into the store. Zhang Zhihao was almost scared to death by the movement, and quickly looked away from Chu Yue.

"boss!"

The three trotted up hurriedly, with their hands behind their backs tactically, and bowed slightly.

Chu Hao nodded to them with a flat face. From today onwards, the three of them will become waiter and barbecue apprentices. Chu Hao will not teach them specially. How much they can learn depends entirely on themselves.

"Brother! Sister-in-law!" Standing in the back kitchen, Chu Yue stuck her head out of the window and waved happily at them.

Jiang Qin looked at Chu Hao with a look of disgust: "Why did you wait until now, these two big pots of chicken meat are your job, we can't handle them."

Chu Hao scratched his head, "There's something going on at the factory, I'll come over to fix it now." Then he turned to Lu Chenyu and said, "Go and sit next to you and rest."

Lu Chenyu knew that he couldn't make trouble for him, but he didn't take it seriously and ran to rest. Instead, he went to the back kitchen and rolled up his sleeves, "Auntie, I'll wash the vegetables for you."

"Okay, good boy."

……

Chu Hao rolled up his sleeves and checked the preparation of various ingredients.

Jiang Qin asked from the side: "How is your old bastard doing?"

"The factory is still working on it, and it will be pulled over in the afternoon."

Chu Hao laughed. At that time, the back kitchen connected to the warehouse and the back door will be an important place that idlers can't enter. Isn't it that he can operate it as he wants?

No one could see it anyway.

He turned his head and shouted, "Are you all ready? Check the WiFi and the cash register!"

It opened tonight, and Xiao He, who was in charge of the cash register, hadn't arrived yet, but before Chu Hao came, he had contacted her in advance, and the other party said that he would come to work on time.

Chu Hao didn't need to urge him either.

Xiao He focuses on cash register and settlement of accounts. She does not need to participate in the preparation of ingredients, nor does she need to be a helper in sweeping along with her. Chu Hao's only request to her is not to miscalculate an account, but also to remember the various details of the guests. These requirements were written on sticky notes and pasted on the wall of the back kitchen for Chu Hao to summarize and analyze.

It's like an intelligence informant who gathers information from various places and provides it to the leader.

And with the popularity of Chu Shi BBQ, this job is quite stressful.

When opening a store, if it is not very popular, customers will hardly line up to buy, so in addition to Chu Hao's [orderly], he also needs the assistance of a cashier to keep him busy.

Asking to write on the sticky note was also an extra layer of insurance for Chu Hao in order not to make mistakes.

One morning plus one afternoon, just spend it while working.

Chu Hao was like a sculpture, standing on the stove and chopping board, cutting up the chicken, carefully removing the hair glands, while Chen Xian stood aside and followed.

Jiang Qin carefully poured the freshly brewed minced garlic sauce into the seasoning bottle, and placed it on the stove so that Chu Hao could take it at hand when grilling.

Lu Chenyu and Jiang Qi cut up the cleaned vegetables, and helped to wrap the tofu rolls and thread them into skewers.

This work is very labor-intensive, because there are a lot of materials wrapped, and if it is not properly wrapped, it will easily leak out when it is baked.

Wang Wanxuan and the other three also got into the back kitchen and studied with Chen Xian after sweeping and checking to confirm that they were correct. The three of them all held mobile phones in their hands, recording the famous sayings that Chu Hao occasionally uttered, and carefully observing Chu Hao's behavior. Do it, try to keep it in your head.

Chu Hao cut a lot, and there was only one pot left. Looking at the four young apprentices in front of him, he smiled and said, "You guys try it, this requires patience, follow what I just taught, and let me see."

Chen Xian nodded, took the kitchen knife, and he was not slow to get started.

Wang Wanxuan and Zhang Zhihao were a bit clumsy, they cut more than a dozen before they gradually got on the road.

Lin Ran, like Chen Xian, quickly realized the essence of cutting chicken upside down, inverted triangle, and ensured that they were all about the same size.

Chu Hao glanced at it, confirmed that it was correct, and picked out the charcoal from the fruit trees, and squatted beside him, checking their results from time to time.

Grilled chicken must be sieved with granulated charcoal with clear layers, which can ensure uniform radiation during roasting, and the roasted chicken will have the same heat.

"The key to grilling chicken is to force out the fat inside it, to get rid of the fat and enhance the aroma. You must remember to make a knife on the chicken when grilling, so that the charcoal fire, oil and sauce can penetrate in."

Chu Hao did not test it on the spot.

There are only two large pots of chicken cockroaches prepared today, not too many.

Then let them see it in practice.

After that, everyone finished their work.

Everyone sat around a table outside to eat. Jiang Qin ordered small noodles from the neighbor and asked the boss to deliver them to the store.

The surrounding merchants are not stupid either.

When I opened the store this morning, I noticed this Chushi BBQ, and everyone was very curious.

After Jiang Qin arrived, she personally went to the door and carried the banner of uncle's barbecue.

The bosses know the reputation of this store, which is well-known in the university town, and they are very welcome.

After all, there are no barbecue shops around here, it is not an industry, and they are not afraid of being robbed of their business. Besides, they are all open during the day, and the barbecue shops happen to be at night, so they happen to be staggered.

"Please give me more advice in the future." Jiang Qin took the noodles from the boss next door and said with a smile.

"You're welcome, I've heard of your barbecue a long time ago, and my daughter-in-law asks me to buy it for him every now and then. I didn't expect your family to open a store!"

"Yeah yeah."

"congratulations."

The elders were courteous, and the owner of the noodle shop turned around and left, and called his wife on the way out.

"Hello? You know that barbecue stall you like to eat, they opened a shop next door to ours!"

"Really!"

"Really, I gave them noodles just now! The whole family is here, and it's quite lively."

"Wow! So when do they open?"

"Evening? Barbecue restaurants are usually at night."

"Then you wait for me to get off work, don't close the door today, take me to eat!"

"Hehe, I knew it, that's why I called you specially. All right, you come to the store directly at night."

And the nearby merchants are also watching from a distance at the door.

This new store is full of freshness and liveliness, which makes everyone very curious.

"Xiaohao! Come and eat noodles!" Jiang Qin mixed the noodles for Chu Hao herself. As soon as she finished speaking, she was picked up by Lu Chenyu, "Auntie, let me come."

"Hey, let him eat."

Lu Chenyu didn't eat his own noodles, and trotted into the back kitchen with Chu Hao's noodles.

"Baby, do you want me to feed you!"

Chu Hao: ...

Four apprentices: ...

Everyone looked at each other.

The master had no choice but to turn his head away, blushing, and said seriously, "I'll do it myself."

Lu Chenyu pouted, "Don't even let me feed you!"

"This..." Chu Hao raised his face, and walked out with Lu Chenyu pushing and pulling, and said quietly: "In front of others, don't be like this..."

Lu Chenyu: "I'm not afraid, what are you afraid of?"

"Okay, okay, I'll eat, I'll eat." Holding the hot noodles, Chu Hao turned his head and said sternly, "Keep cutting, I'll check later!"

"Good boss!"

Only then was Chu Hao pushed out by Lu Chenyu and sat down, gulping his face, leaving a ring of oil and hemp on the corner of his mouth.

Lu Chenyu also brought over his own noodles, sat at the same table with Chu Hao, and ate affectionately.

Jiang Qi wiped her mouth with a tissue, "Sister, your daughter-in-law is very clingy."

Jiang Qin was in a daze, but also smiled, "My son is clingy."

Chu Yue secretly covered her mouth beside her, trying to pretend to be serious, but she couldn't help the smile on her face.

When Chu Hao was almost finished eating, Lu Chenyu handed tissues and poured water to serve Chu Hao comfortably.

Chu Hao also loved her, wiped the corners of her mouth, turned his head and said to the mother at the next table: "You guys go back first at night, as long as I'm here."

Jiang Qin: "Can you do it alone?"

"Ham, isn't there Wanxuan Zhihao and the others? No problem."

Jiang Qin turned her head and glanced at the four apprentices in the back kitchen who gathered together to study the chicken, and she was also relieved.

These few people are young and strong, but they are not afraid of being tired.

In fact, the family has long expected how hot the business will be tonight, but if Fan Chuhao hits a spot in their fan group, someone will come to patronize him in minutes.

Originally, North Street was not far from Shanda University, and it took only a few minutes.

After eating the noodles, Jiang Qin brought the menu and studied it a bit, "Xiaohao, are you sure about this price?"

Jiang Qi also glanced at the side, stuck out her tongue involuntarily, secretly thinking how expensive...

Fat and lean meat and pork belly rose to 3 yuan a bunch.

Chicken hearts and fat intestines have risen to 4 yuan a bunch.

Beef tenderloin is still 5 yuan, but the butter has risen to 6 yuan.

Eggplant costs 9 yuan, and brain flower costs 11 yuan.

The chicken is 6 yuan, and the beef is sold together. It is divided into 50 skewers for 20 yuan and 100 skewers for 50 yuan. There are two stalls and different parts. They are roasted in the same oven. The seasoning is only a handful of the simplest coarse salt. .

5 pieces of tofu rolls.

The dry seeds are also 5 yuan a piece, which is up to Chu Hao to play at will, because they are in bulk and picked up with chopsticks, so the number cannot be guaranteed to be fixed for each table.

Oysters 5.5 each.

The lamb intestines wrapped in corn, if not served with cold noodles, is 8 yuan a bunch, and if it is served with cold noodles, it is 8.5 yuan a bunch.

Chu Hao smiled and said, "Yes, just use this price."

Jiang Qin clicked her tongue and said, "It's darker than your father."

Chu Hao had black lines on his face: "What era was my father back then, and what era is it now, Mom, prices are growing so fast."

Jiang Qin rolled her eyes, she was not unaware of the prices, at this price Chu Hao could make a lot of money.

"Is this really okay?" Jiang Qi asked with some concern.

"Auntie, you don't understand this. If it's delicious, it's a little more expensive, and it won't be a problem."

Chu Yue said from the side: "The price is not bad. When my brother set up the stall, it was only one yuan less, and a large group of people lined up to buy it every day."

Lu Chenyu also nodded, "Opening a shop, we have water, electricity and other expenses, and we have to pay the apprentices' wages and rent, so such an increase is very reasonable."

Chu Hao also agreed with his wife's words, and he was glad that she was on his side, so he said with a smile: "It's already very conscientious, my family's barbecue skewers are already large, and the ingredients are also the freshest. Giving up my family's barbecue is really a loss for the guests, and it also proves that such guests are not barbecue lovers, so it doesn't matter to me."

Jiang Qin thought for a while, and finally agreed. After pondering for a while, she said, "Actually, there is still room for price increases..."

Chu Hao: ...

Crowd: ...

Good guy, I am darker than my father, and you are darker than me!

Both mother and son are connoisseurs of running a shop.

Even my mother's world is a bit older, and upon seeing this, she said: "We don't care how prosperous the business is. For opening a store, the most rare resource is repeat customers. You can treat repeat customers well, which is better than anything else. As for other The guests are all passers-by, so it doesn’t matter whether you eat or not, but don’t be lazy because of this, the study of taste still takes effort.”

"I see, Mom, don't worry!"

In fact, almost half of the restaurants in the market can stay open for a long time, and that is because of the support of repeat customers.

Because no matter how popular the restaurant is, it is impossible for customers to come from far away to have such a meal.

Yes, but in the long run, except for loyal fans, I really can't stick to it.

The radiation range of a store is limited.

Wherever you open a store, you attract customers from around that area.

How many of those customers you can turn into repeat customers is up to you.

Repeat customers are very precious to every restaurant.

They support the flow of a restaurant, and also determine whether the restaurant can last for a long time.

And if a restaurant is full of frequent customers and has no die-hard fans, such a restaurant will not last long and will close sooner or later.

In the past in Yanghe, there were many returning customers to Lao Chu's barbecue, but after so many years, most of the returning customers disappeared and could not be found again.

Fortunately, Chu Hao became famous in the university city, and a group of college students became his fans.

That's enough.

Just for the thousands of people in the group, half, no, one third come every day, Chu Hao will not lose money anyway.

Chu Yue also smiled and said, "Brother, if you still can't make money, you can open a takeaway."

Chu Hao smiled and shook his head: "Forget about the takeaway, customers will come naturally if they like it, and those who don't want to move will have to miss our skewers."

Jiang Qin couldn't help laughing and cursing: "You kid, you're a slob."

……

When the time was almost up, Jiang Qin and the others got up and prepared to leave.

"You are alone, can you really?"

"Okay, Mom, you can go back and rest."

Jiang Qi also said to Chen Xian: "Learn from your cousin, talk less and do more, don't be sneaky, you know?"

"...Am I that kind of person?" Chen Xian had black lines all over his head.

At this moment, it was getting dark outside.

The barbecue nightlife in the university town has just begun...

(End of this chapter)