Food Intelligence King

Chapter 166 Chen Taotao's friend is very lucky
Teacher Li smiled as she faced the camera and Xiao Sui behind it.

Let's begin the summary of this restaurant visit:

"To be honest, this young owner's cooking skills are really good. I thought he could only make steamed buns. Although he makes small portions of dishes and doesn't cook them individually, the heat control is impeccable. I even want to take some home."

“So you’ve come here to poach people,” Xiao Sui thought Teacher Li was being a bit inappropriate. “Going solo is all the rage these days.”

"Hahaha~"

Amidst laughter and chatter, the two finished recording and began the restaurant exploration segment.

"This dish is really well-cooked, perfect with rice."

"Hey, I have to say, I feel like the people who live around here are pretty lucky. It would be so nice to have a meal here every morning on my way to work or at noon."

"Home-style dishes, but with a touch of home flavor."

"The steamed buns still taste the same."

When the two finished eating and were about to leave, Chen Zhou came over and said a few words.

It was Grandpa Yu who helped call Teacher Li over.

If you count the time, several months have passed, and the weather is getting colder. When the two of them first came, they were still wearing short sleeves.

I've already put on my coat.

Teacher Li's criticisms are usually only directed at large restaurants that sell a single dish for hundreds or thousands of yuan.

They raved about the small portions of food at the community canteen.

He mainly talked about the localization and adjustments of the dishes, using the fish-flavored shredded pork as a topic.

They even actually mentioned Wang Shen, the senior from Guangfulou.

"That's a very senior figure; people your age probably haven't even heard of him."

Xiao Sui: "Indeed."

Chen Zhou nodded as well.

He himself had never heard of it.

Looking at the constant stream of customers in the store, Teacher Li smiled and said, "I feel like your store is a bit too small now."

Chen Zhou pointed to the next room: "They're planning to rent the store next door as well. This wall can be knocked down."

Teacher Li nodded, "That's good. We can expand the kitchen a bit later."

This involves the kitchen layout and traffic flow arrangement.

The former executive chef at Hilton offered some reasonable suggestions to the community canteen.

Chen Zhou wrote them down one by one.

Teacher Li laughed and said, "I just said it offhand, just for reference."

Xiao Sui said, "Boss Chen, just trust him. If it doesn't work, just call him over again."

Chen Zhou smiled and said, "You're welcome anytime."

Afterwards, Teacher Li and Xiao Sui also started recording at the door, which was the content at the beginning of their video.

[Two people, small portions at the community canteen, total bill 68 yuan.]

Of course, this is the price of all dishes in the small portion, plus the price of the steamed buns.

Meanwhile, the residents' WeChat group for the Sunshine City community also became lively for a while.

I'm not a foodie, but I also posted about seeing Teacher Li at the community cafeteria today in the group chat.

"Neighbors, look, do you recognize this person?"
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"I saw his videos online, even Teacher Li appeared?"
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[Sweating] "I haven't tried it yet since it's right here in my neighborhood, no way! I have to take the kids there this weekend."

There are neighbors who have been eating with Chen Zhou ever since he started selling steamed buns.

Suddenly I realized that after this visit, the store might attract a lot more customers.

"This is bad, now we'll have to wait in a long line again."

"What time do they close? I'll come downstairs right now."

"I still vividly remember the scene of the long line of people lining up for steamed buns back then."

Zihan's mother has special connections and is no longer within the Three Realms or beyond the Five Elements. She posted something in the group:
"It's good that Mr. Chen's business is doing well!"

Property manager Gao promptly chimed in with a thumbs-up.

Wotu, a group member who has been closely following the real estate market, was also quite pleased about this:
"I always said that the property prices in our neighborhood would stay the same."

A new neighbor who moved in last month said, "Looks like I got a good price; I made a profit this time."

It can only be said that everyone's joys and sorrows are different. After finishing business for the past few days, the shop is closed again on Saturday.

This intelligence report includes the masterful skills of a chef, as well as a visit from Teacher Li to explore the restaurant.

It did keep Chen Zhou quite busy.

After a thorough cleaning of the shop and preparation of ingredients for tomorrow and the day after, Chen Zhou finally breathed a sigh of relief.

As he closed the shop, he said to his junior sisters:
"Everyone has worked hard this week. Go back and get some rest. See you on Sunday."

"Bye~"

After watching the three employees leave, Chen Zhou was left alone in the store.

My cooking skills improved dramatically just in time for the restaurant to introduce smaller portions.

Intelligence will be provided.

Next, just as Teacher Li said, he will gradually start to consider business matters.

The shop next door, with the same layout and symmetrical arrangement, looks more and more suitable to me.

The only problem is that, because of Zhang Jing's departure, no one has come to work at the rental and sales center even today.

You can call and contact them on Monday.

Renting a storefront will give customers more seating options.

The kitchen could also be made more spacious.

Whether it's getting food or preparing dishes, the entire space of only 50 square meters is a bit insufficient.

Regarding manpower:

With the current scale, Chen Zhou, as a head chef, is perfectly capable of handling it.

If he gets even busier, he can hand over the task of making steamed buns entirely to Aunt Zheng and Xiao Hou.

The taste and filling ratio of steamed buns have become basically fixed.

Handmade steamed buns are a specialty of the shop, and Auntie and Xiao Hou are both very skilled at making them.

There's no problem with that.

If we go any further, we'll need to increase our manpower.

Take it one step at a time and solidify your business.

As for the family, with Ms. Lin providing a stable home front, things are generally peaceful.

As long as she doesn't drink alcohol, it's fine.

Chen Taotao invited her friends to her home this time.

Although it's a bit of a hassle, preparing meals for two kids is still quite easy.

The little girl ordered pine nut corn, and the child really likes it.

Besides that, simply stir-frying a couple of dishes and getting some seafood is a piece of cake for Chen Zhou.

Thinking about it this way, little Tian Tian is quite lucky.

The small portions of dishes that Chen Zhou stir-fries at the restaurant are cooked one pot at a time.

When my son came to visit, we had a delicious stir-fry made by Chen Zhou.

This young girl has caught up with the culinary skills of a half-step master.

In the afternoon, Grandpa Yu chatted with Chen Zhou.

The old man was dealing with the affairs of Wang Shen's descendants. He contacted the lender and resolved the debt crisis for young Wang.

The young man can only be considered to be relatively particular.

They gave the iron pot that their second grandfather owned to Grandpa Yu.

The more than 70,000 yuan that Grandpa Yu helped him pay off his debts was counted as Grandpa Yu's own money.

Fortunately, he was wealthy and generous, and also a very magnanimous person.

Consider it helping out the younger generation.

Grandpa Yu sent Chen Zhou a voice message:

"Your shop is closed tomorrow, right? I'd like to bring this pot over to your place. Is that convenient for you? Or should we do it another day?"

"Convenient," Chen Zhou replied.

(End of this chapter)