mijobooks Chapter 108 Lamb Offal Soup!
Chapter 108 Lamb Offal Soup!
How can we create a shop like Uncle Lu's or Grandpa Lu's?
After listening, Lu Tao felt inexplicably terrified. He couldn't help but recall every step Lu Yuan took from reopening the business to taking over the Wang family's shop.
Lu Yuan's rise to power was too fast, almost unbelievable.
But how could someone like that, who uprooted the Wang family's shop without batting an eye, possibly let himself off the hook?
Lu Tao suddenly felt a bit self-deprecating. Was the Lu family also going to target the Lu family?
After hesitating for a moment, Lu Tao said, "Xiao Yuan, if you want my shop, I need to discuss it with your sister-in-law."
"???" Lu Yuan was completely confused: "Brother Tao, what are you talking about? Why would I need your shop?"
Seeing Lu Yuan's reaction, Lu Tao was also a little surprised: "Xiao Yuan, didn't you say you wanted to turn my shop into this?"
Lu Tao pointed to Uncle Lu and Old Man Lu next door, and Lu Yuan realized that Lu Tao had misunderstood.
"Hey!" Lu Yuan smiled helplessly and explained, "What I mean is, if you make the shop like Uncle Lu or Old Man Lu, business will improve."
"Uh..." Lu Tao also realized what was happening, and the dark face of the rural man turned slightly red with embarrassment. He said awkwardly:
"Oh, I see. I thought you wanted my shop..."
"What would I need your shop for! I'm already too busy to handle everything. You should just keep your shop running!"
Lu Tao scratched his head and said, "Xiao Yuan, I misunderstood you. Whatever you say, I'll do it!"
"It'll cost some money to change the signboard to this one, and the shop needs some tidying up too," Lu Yuan replied, then added:
"That's a lot of money, but it will last a long time after the procedure."
Lu Tao patted his chest and said, "No problem, your brother can handle the money!"
Hearing Lu Tao say this, Lu Yuan felt relieved.
This is very important; as people who run restaurants in later generations know, they need to be renovated every few years.
This expense is necessary. Many husband-and-wife businesses disagree on how to spend this money, which can lead to unpleasant situations and ultimately hinder the business's success.
However, changing the store's image is only one part of the process, Lu Yuan continued:
"Brother Tao, your menu also needs to be changed. Let's discuss the specifics again."
"That's wonderful!" Lu Tao's face showed gratitude.
Lu Yuan's culinary skills are already renowned, so it would be perfect if Lu Yuan could help him adjust the menu.
Since Lu Yuan was free at the moment, Lu Tao simply closed the business early and asked Lu Yuan to come and guide him from nearby.
Although Lu Tao's skill level was far inferior to Lu Yuan's, he had at least studied cooking, so he could immediately understand many things after Lu Yuan finished explaining them.
This is much better than those self-taught experts like my aunts, Lu Yuan said casually.
Lu Yuan also adjusted 16 dishes on Lu Tao's menu, making it exactly the same as Uncle Lu and Old Man Lu's.
However, the menu here has a unique feature: it does not rely on Lu Yuan's central kitchen for supplies.
This is also for future expansion purposes; for now, we can indeed rely on a central kitchen to ensure consistent taste.
However, it's possible that Lu Tao plans to open a shop elsewhere later, in which case it will be difficult for him to replicate the taste of the current shop.
In terms of price, Lu Yuan also raised it accordingly.
After all, if you offer low prices in front of a bunch of relatively expensive restaurants, diners won't think you're cheap and good value; instead, they'll think you're bad at cooking and lack confidence.
After chatting with Lu Tao for more than two hours, Lu Yuan leisurely returned to Xiao Lu's Farmhouse Restaurant.
At this moment, she was so anxious that she was pacing around. When she saw Lu Yuan, she immediately ran over and said, "Brother, several private banquets have suddenly come up. They are waiting for a reply."
Lu Yuan asked, somewhat puzzled, "If a private banquet comes, just accept it. What's the rush?"
Zhenzhen said, "Their scheduled time clashed with mine, I didn't know how to answer!"
"Let me see!"
Zhenzhen handed over the notebook containing the notes, and only then did Lu Yuan understand what was going on.
Next Wednesday, Grandpa Xu has booked a family dinner, so there shouldn't be any conflict.
Next Friday, Mr. Wang has booked a business banquet, and Xu Jianjun's friend has booked a family dinner, so the times conflict.
Next Saturday, Mr. Ding has booked a family dinner, and Mr. Wang's friend has booked a business dinner.
Next Sunday, Zhang Yuwen's mentor's friend has booked a family dinner, and Mrs. Ding's friend has booked a get-together.
At first glance, there are indeed quite a few private banquets scheduled for next week, and many of them are guests coming for the first time after word of mouth spreads.
Especially when business banquets and family dinners clash, it's no wonder that it's really difficult to respond.
However, this is no longer a problem for Lu Yuan.
The efficiency of food preparation in the central kitchen has increased exponentially, and now the aunties are also quite helpful, able to do a lot of things for him.
He directly instructed Zhenzhen to go to her eighth grandfather's convenience store and call all the customers to accept them!
. . .
Silent all night.
The next morning, Lu Yuan had just gotten up when his uncle, Wei Yingxiong, rushed to find him.
During this time, my uncle experienced the joy of earning money and worked very diligently, completely changing his previous carefree and irresponsible image.
He would often bring the sheep over, say only a few words, and then go back to his work, so Lu Yuan didn't have much of a chance to talk to his uncle.
"Xiao Yuan, why don't you bring the lamb offal soup with you?" the uncle asked eagerly.
Lamb offal soup is a local snack in northern China. Outside of these areas, it is called lamb offal soup, which is usually a milky white clear soup.
But the lamb offal soup in the northern border region is covered with mutton fat and chili oil, bright red and oily, and sprinkled with scallions and cilantro. The aroma alone is enough to make you feel intoxicated.
When it comes to mutton, which region has the best mutton in the whole country?
The three giants of Inner Mongolia Province—the Ujumqin sheep, the Sunite sheep, and the Albas goat—as well as the Altay fat-tailed sheep of Xinjiang Province, may have some opinions.
But when it comes to the taste of lamb offal, the lamb offal soup from the northern frontier is undoubtedly the best in the universe.
In later generations, there was a shop specializing in mutton offal in a small fifth-tier city where Luwangtan Village was located. It invested 1000 million yuan to build a very luxurious store.
The sight of this dish left tourists from other places completely bewildered. This is the status of lamb offal soup in northern China; one could easily open a restaurant based solely on this one dish.
However, this dish doesn't quite fit the style of a Chinese restaurant, and it's complicated to make, so for Lu Yuan at this stage, it requires a lot of manpower and resources.
So he hadn't considered serving this dish yet, but his uncle suddenly asked about it today, and he was curious about the reason.
Under Lu Yuan's persistent questioning, the old uncle said indignantly:
"That damned Yang Ermazi! He tricked me out of my lamb offal with a low price, and today I found out he secretly opened a lamb offal shop!"
Yang Ermazi was my uncle's best friend; the two were inseparable.
"So, he bought up all the lamb offal at a low price during this period?" Lu Yuan asked.
"Yes!" Uncle nodded and said, "I only delivered sheep to you, so I didn't know much about the price of sheep offal. That bastard cheated me."
"So you asked me if I could make lamb offal soup, so it wouldn't go to waste?"
Lu Yuan roughly understood what his uncle meant; the amount of mutton they wanted was very large, and it was summer.
Suddenly, a large batch of mutton offal couldn't be sold, and it would basically spoil by the afternoon, resulting in a complete loss.
Lu Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Why don't we just open a lamb offal shop next to Yang Ermazi's and go head-to-head with him!"