Food starts with noodles

Chapter 594 Old Zhao, put down the stool first...

Just when Zhao Jinma couldn't hold back the anger in his heart and wanted to turn against the old man, Xu Zhuo who was standing aside suddenly asked a slightly idiotic question.

"What is fried sweet potato mash?"

This question not only made Zhao Jinma lose his temper, but even the old man looked at Xu Zhuo in disbelief: "Have you ever eaten mashed sweet potatoes?"

Xu Zhuo shook his head, he really hadn't eaten.

I saw it once at the night market in Bianliang before, but it looked as unpalatable as the food in India, and the appearance really couldn't arouse his appetite.

So he didn't buy it.

But according to the old man, the taste of this thing seems to be pretty good.

Otherwise, when he came to the door of Zhao Ji's private kitchen, why would he suddenly think of this dish?

Don't listen to what he said about unpalatable words, the taste is probably so-so, but it will definitely not be too unpalatable, because the old man doesn't even bother to mention really unpalatable things.

"Xiao Zhuo, fried mashed sweet potato is the signature dish of Zhaoji's private kitchen, and it is also a representative dish of dessert dishes in the Central Plains cuisine. It's a pity that you haven't tried it. I will cook it for you when I see the house later. "

Zhao Jinma didn't miss any chance to attract Xu Zhuo to learn cooking from him.

Xu Zhuo also understood his thoughts, and said with a smile, "Okay, then I'll observe Grandpa Zhao's skills later, maybe I can learn a few tricks."

After Xu Zhuo interrupted, Zhao Jinma stopped quarreling with the old man, and the atmosphere became harmonious again.

Chen Guifang would not be able to come out for a while, the three of them had nothing to do, and wandered into Zhao Ji's private kitchen.

Zhaoji Private Kitchen is the first batch of private restaurants in the provincial capital. Up to now, the main store of Zhaoji Private Kitchen still maintains the layout and decoration of the 80s.

The old man looked at it and sighed. When he first came to the provincial capital to open a restaurant, he ate lunch at the head office of Zhao Ji's private kitchen.

Up to now, he still clearly remembers the seat he sat in that year.

"It was only after I had a meal here that I strengthened my determination to open a restaurant. If it wasn't for the meal at Lao Zhao's house, I might still be sticking to the noodle restaurant in Linping City."

Zhao Jinma became interested as soon as he heard it: "Oh? Do we have such a relationship? If you don't tell me, I really don't know about it. Did you come to my store and find that the restaurant can earn so much? Money, are you feeling itchy?"

As the first batch of people who opened private restaurants, Zhao Jinma was often ridiculed.

After all, he left the position of the head chef of a state-owned restaurant, and came out to open a restaurant by himself, and owed a huge amount of foreign debts for opening the restaurant.

Zhao Jinma was also a celebrity in the provincial capital at that time.

Countless people are waiting to see his jokes.

At that time, the manager of the state-run restaurant even said that if Zhao Jinma went back to work after Zhao Ji's private kitchen closed down, he would definitely let him start as a kitchen assistant.

To show his shameless punishment.

As for the other people in the provincial capital, as if they had made an appointment, no one was willing to lend money to Zhao Jinma.

Finally, as a last resort, under pressure, he mortgaged the old house of his family to the bank for a loan, and then opened Zhao Ji's private kitchen.

Two years after opening the restaurant, Zhao Ji Private Kitchen has not closed down.

On the contrary, business is booming.

Zhao Jinma not only cleared the bank loan ahead of schedule, he even had spare money at the end of the year to expand the main store of Zhaoji Private Kitchen to its current scale.

From then on, there was an upsurge of self-employment in the provincial capital.

Many people never thought that a humble restaurant could earn so much money.

"Grandpa Zhao was also a million-dollar household back then, right?"

Xu Zhuo flattered Zhao Jinma, "That's right, the ten-thousand-dollar household, the provincial capital's morning and evening newspapers and radio stations competed to interview me, and I was well-known in the entire provincial capital at that time. "

After finishing speaking, he glanced at the old man: "Did you read my report and be inspired to open a restaurant in the provincial capital?"

The old man shook his head: "No, at that time I just arrived, my eyes were darkened, and I asked which is the best private restaurant in the provincial capital, and they said it was Zhao Ji's private kitchen, so I came to eat."

Hearing this, Zhao Jinma felt that there was something in the old man's words, and just about to change the subject, the old man spoke again.

"After I came here for lunch at noon that day, I felt very sympathetic to the people in the provincial capital. Such unpalatable food is actually the best business. Why are they so ignorant... So I decided to open a restaurant... Hey, what are you doing, old Zhao? You put down the stool, there are still customers here..."

Zhao Jinma hurried on, but still didn't stop the old man's words.

He got up so much that he raised his hand and picked up the stool next to him.

Of course, it's just a scare.

He didn't want to leave a bad impression on Xu Zhuo.

After Chen Guifang checked the bill, they set off together and headed straight for the new district.

"A year ago, I screened for you. I excluded the ones on the top floor, the basement, and the inside of the shopping mall and those with incomplete five certificates. There are only a few left. Let's take a look at them one by one."

Sitting in the co-pilot, Chen Guifang took out a stack of documents from her bag, and while searching, explained to Xu Zhuo the reason for exclusion.

Not to mention those with incomplete five certificates. This kind of house may have problems one day, so even if it is cheap, you can’t touch it.

As for the basement, although the area is large enough, it is easy to cause poor ventilation, and generally food stalls such as food courts will open the restaurant to the basement, giving people a feeling of not being upscale.

In addition, fire protection is not easy to pass the review.

So you can't ask for a house with a basement.

As for the top floor, it is quite fashionable.

Many high-end restaurants at home and abroad are on the top floor of the building. Not only can you enjoy delicious food, but you can also climb up and overlook it, which is much more high-end than ordinary restaurants.

But this kind of restaurant is not suitable for Sifang Restaurant.

Because Sifang Pavilion takes the route of mass catering, the petty bourgeoisie style of the top floor building is completely unsuitable.

And when the passenger flow is heavy, two or three elevators are simply not enough.

Therefore, this kind of place is only suitable for opening coffee shops or western restaurants that can attract literary and artistic youth.

For restaurants like Sifangguan, it is better to be normal.

As for the interior of the mall, there is no need to worry about the traffic, but the opening and closing time of the store must be consistent with the mall's schedule, which is more suitable for chain food such as hot pot and barbecue.

And once the mall declines, the store will also be unlucky.

In addition, if there is any fire accident in the mall, it will also be closed.

So there is no need to be tied to them.

With such an exclusion, there are only two or three options left.

One is a sales department of more than 1800 square meters with a yard. After the building is sold out, it plans to sell it as a whole.

The other is the overall transfer of the hotel, with an area of ​​more than 2000 square meters, which can be transformed into a hotel.

The last one is the original site of the branch of the New District Bank, with an area of ​​about [-]. It is a bit difficult to renovate the hotel.

Xu Zhuo smacked his lips: "It seems...it's not appropriate!"

Chapter 595 Choosing a Store

First went to see the transferred hotel.

The location is in the middle of a busy side street.

The whole street was bustling, with various vendors on both sides of the road. It was only a few hundred meters from the street entrance to the hotel, but it took Xu Zhuo a full 15 minutes to drive there.

So he didn't stop the car and continued to drive forward.

In such a crowded street, it is not bad to open a small restaurant, such as a rice noodle cold noodle shop or a hot dry noodle shop, which will have good business.

But it is not suitable for opening large restaurants.

Among other things, the traffic is so bad, and there is not even a parking space, do you let other people come to eat?

In addition, in this kind of downtown place, if you open a big restaurant, the buzzing noise of the range hood will easily disturb the nearby residents, and a careless one will cause conflicts.

Xu Zhuo glanced at Chen Guifang, you really know how to pick a place.

Chen Guifang didn't expect this to happen: "When I came here, because of the establishment of a civilized city, all these vendors were put away, the traffic was smooth, and there were parking spaces on the side of the road...Forget it, there are two more , let's continue watching."

The second place is the bank that just moved away.

Compared with the previous hotel, the location of the bank is much taller.

There are shopping malls, office buildings, and residential areas around, so you don't have to worry about customers.

Moreover, the layout of the bank is quite good, the upper and lower floors are very reasonable, especially the lobby on the first floor, which has a floor height of five meters.

This height is very suitable for opening a large hotel.

When approaching the bank, Chen Guifang called the agent in charge of the house and told them to go in and look at the house.

As a result, the other side of the phone said that the homeowner had increased by 100 million...

This is a bit of a suspicion of raising prices on the ground.

Chen Guifang said: "Maybe I have called too much in the past two days, and they raised the price..."

"Isn't this the bank's house?"

"No, the bank handled it to a real estate company two months ago."

Chen Guifang was quite familiar with this house, but she felt a little upset about being tricked by someone for no reason.

When Xu Zhuo reached the intersection ahead, he turned left and chose to turn around.

As soon as his side revealed a little intention to buy, he raised the price on the spot. He didn't want to deal with this kind of person.

"Xiao Zhuo, people in business are like this. They ask for a lot of money and pay back the money on the spot. The total price of nearly 3000 million is 100 million more, which is normal."

Zhao Jinma persuaded Xu Zhuo not to think too much.

Xu Zhuo said with a smile: "I use money to buy things, why should I look at the face of the seller? I don't want to see this house, let's go directly to the sales department of that house. If it is possible, we will settle it, if not, we will continue to look for it."

Boss Xu is also a person with a temper.

If you make me unhappy, don't take my money.

Besides, it used the family's funds, and the other party raised the price so blatantly, which made him feel like a partnership to cheat the old lady of money.

The location of the sales department is relatively biased, because it is surrounded by Xinjiaogong's real estate, and the occupancy rate is not high.

However, the surrounding supporting facilities are also complete, and large shopping malls, commercial pedestrian streets, hospitals, schools, etc. are all on the right track.

In the next year at most, this place will be as lively as the city center.

What made Xu Zhuo even more satisfied was that there was a large area of ​​supporting parking spaces in front of the sales department. He counted them, and there were almost thirty of them.

This satisfies him quite a bit.

Moreover, the sales department is at the entrance of a super-large high-end residential area. After they move into the residential area, they will become potential customers in the store.

Not bad.

Much better than those two.

After getting off the car, two people from the sales department were already waiting at the door.

After they opened the door, several people went in.

First of all, there is a super-large hall, at least five meters high, which makes the whole first floor look much brighter.

There are still huge real estate models inside, and various brochures are scattered on the ground.

There are also various slogans for selling houses on the wall.

But after packing them out, they can be used as a restaurant.

Moreover, in such a large hall, many tables can be placed to receive individual guests who come to eat.

There is no need to wait in line to call the number every meal time like the current Sifang restaurant. Although the business seems to be high, the customer experience is easily compromised.

After all, Sifang Restaurant is not a scenic spot. Everyone goes to the noodle restaurant to eat, not to check in like Internet celebrities.

This hall is larger than the entire restaurant of Sifang Pavilion, and there will be more tables that can be placed at that time, so customers will finally not be complained about and need to queue up.