Free Web NovelChapter 514: Chapter 426: Promotion and Raise, A Foreseeable Future
Old Chen said that, but when asked why, he couldn’t answer. He could only blame it on the muscle memory formed by years of accumulated experience.
Just like Italians can’t accept fruit pizza or breaking spaghetti, it’s all senseless things, purely habit.
After collecting opinions from his team, Lin Chen asked around others and surprisingly received positive feedback.
If we proceed, the main clientele will definitely be foreigners.
For the customer group that hasn’t eaten snakehead fish, there won’t be any subjective bias or the notion that snakehead fish can only be made into fillets.
"Lin, you mentioned earlier that if this fish doesn’t work, you’ll use cod?"
Nagishiro Sho contemplated for a moment and gave an opinion that was slightly different from the others.
"I think you might not need to rush to conclusions, why not try every type of fish?"
"Anyway, Boss Magna should have a lot of stock right? Get him to bring some of each fish suitable for making fried fish, it’s still early, the materials here are all ready."
"Hmm? Makes sense!"
Lin Chen glanced at the time, indeed still early, and quickly called Boss Magna.
Upon hearing that he was about to experiment with cooking again, Magna agreed without hesitation.
From the seafood market, it doesn’t take as long as John, after waiting for about ten minutes, Magna rushed in from outside.
"Hey, you guy, you’re here too? You’re always here!"
Seeing John, Magna rolled his eyes helplessly, obviously unhappy about the fact that John had arrived before him, and gave him a punch on the shoulder.
Marchello curiously wondered what fish Magna had brought, taking on the role of mover, he opened the heavy foam box, revealing several types of fish hidden beneath crushed ice.
"Snapper, carp, ray, flounder, cod, halibut..."
Counting them, there were more than ten types, some he couldn’t even recall immediately.
"Didn’t you ask which ones are suitable for fried fish? I checked the records of supply to British fish and chips shops, all the fish types are here, but usually cod and halibut are used more."
The European Seas produce cod in abundance, and the price is relatively affordable, making it one of the top choices for many restaurants.
Lin Chen scanned the box and immediately excluded flounder and halibut.
Halibut belongs to the flounder family, these fish have flat bodies, and eyes usually grow on the same horizontal plane, unlike most fish where eyes grow on the sides.
This characteristic causes fish from the flounder family to have flat bodies, although the texture is delicate, the thickness is insufficient once cut, making them lack visual dimension.
Rays have the same issue, although they don’t have bones and are all cartilage, they are not suitable for making squirrel fish.
Carp is actually a type of the carp family, treat it as green carp, this fish is quite suitable for making squirrel fish, many restaurants domestically use carp for it.
To save time, Lin Chen tasked the two chefs and Old Chen to help cut the fish, planning to try all suitable fish.
Coincidentally, Marchello and Nagishiro Sho have long wanted to try out the miraculous sword technique from Great Xia, and agreed without hesitation, each picked a fish to try.
With their years of knife experience, Lin Chen didn’t need to demonstrate again, they just had to recall the scene in their minds and attempt a cut, the rest came easily.
Soon, both cut out the same wheat-ear pattern, albeit due to being their first time, sometimes having trouble controlling the force and angle, resulting in uneven fillet sizes and even slightly cutting through the fish skin.
They didn’t mind much about this.
They were confident that by cutting two or three more, they could fully master the technique, cutting just like Lin Chen.
Instead, they gave Old Chen a higher regard.
His knife speed was even faster than Lin Chen’s, it seemed he didn’t even need to look, a few rapid cuts and within seven or eight seconds a fish was completely filleted.
Even at such speed, the finished product was flawless, each fillet was nearly identical in size.
Such godly knife skills and speed are impossible without years of practice.
Moreover, it requires practicing only this type of cutting, switching to another would need readjusting from scratch.
It’s just a matter of adaptation period length, experienced ones might quickly master multiple cutting techniques, inexperienced ones have to cut and practice slowly, to develop so-called hand feel.
After more than half an hour of experiments and tasting, in the end, Lin Chen decided to stick to his initial idea, using cod for tomorrow’s lunch.
Cod’s texture is tender, full of fresh flavor, if fresh enough doesn’t have any fishy taste, it’s undoubtedly the top choice among fish.
After deciding, Zhao Shun and Old Chen began preparations, getting ready for all kinds of dough needed for tomorrow morning.
As for what kind of bread Zhao Shun wanted to make, Lin Chen neither asked nor cared.
Bread, never seen any being bad.
With so many bakery shops in Great Xia, it’s already become a mature industry chain.
Whatever is sold has surely gone through market validation and suits diners’ tastes.
Whether it suits foreign diners’ tastes, they would need to make it and find out.
"Oh right, almost forgot, need to make garlic sauce for the dock over there."
After cleaning the kitchen, Lin Chen slapped his forehead, remembering something he had to do.
Idle as he was, before the dinner guests arrived, he quickly pushed a cart into the cold storage, loading boxes of peeled garlic onto it.
Soon, the entire back kitchen was filled with a strong garlic aroma, that fragrance even started to seep out into the dining area.
The few women who were resting at the table reluctantly opened their eyes, tempted by this aroma and unable to sleep, they all went upstairs and hid in the private room to sleep.
When they woke up and returned to the first-floor restaurant, they noticed that a crowd had gathered outside the main entrance without them knowing, and there were several pickup trucks parked nearby.
Curious, the women leaned in for a closer look, and to their surprise, these people were laying bricks directly on the ground! They even formed circles!
"What are they building?"
"I don’t know. It looks like a construction crew. They must have gotten permission from Mr. Wang to build here."
"The chef definitely knows. Let’s go and ask him."
Lin Chen was currently in the kitchen, dividing garlic sauce into large glass jars for easy transportation later.
He planned to first see how much they used at the dock and then decide whether or not to sell the prepared garlic sauce at the restaurant.
If the demand over there was high, it would be a hassle just to supply them, and there would be no time for retail sales.
"Chef, do you know what’s being built in the parking lot outside?"
"Oh, it’s already started?"
Seeing Dais walk in, he realized it was already past four o’clock, and he hadn’t noticed the time passing due to being busy.
"They’re building outdoor stoves, which are a traditional type of stove commonly used in rural areas of Great Xia, allowing for cooking in larger pots."
"We’ll be able to cook outdoors, letting customers pick what they want to eat and grab it themselves, experiencing some of the unique features of Great Xia, haha."
"Let customers grab food themselves??"
Dais never expected to hear such a result, and imagining the scene in her mind, she couldn’t help but smile slightly.
She nodded lightly, "It does sound interesting, but shouldn’t we control the number of people entering? Otherwise, with too many people, they might not even get a chance to grab food, let alone eat."
"We’ll see about that later. President Wang said he wants to expand the kitchen team. Tomorrow, he’ll transfer money to our account, so we can hire more chefs and staff. You might even get a promotion then~"
"What?!"
Dais was stunned.
She’s getting promoted?
So soon???
It’s been less than two months since she started, and with the team expanding, she should become the front lobby manager, right?
The goal she couldn’t achieve at God’s Kiss in five years was so easily accomplished?
Dais pinched her thigh, the wave of pain making her sharply inhale.
Seeing this, Lin Chen smiled and pinched a layer of skin on her arm and twisted.
"Hiss?!!!"
"Not dreaming, right?"
"It’s purple!"
"Uh... cough cough, I didn’t use much force..."
Dais looked at the purple bruise on her arm and sighed softly, but didn’t take it to heart.
In their line of work, it’s common to accidentally bump into edges when walking too quickly, and bruises all over are quite normal.
She suddenly thought that if the team expanded, would it mean Jonathan’s side is hiring too?
Then Helena might also be promoted to a front lobby manager.
One restaurant, two managers?
It’s not that having two managers is strange; many restaurants have multiple front lobby managers.
The issue is, having two or more manager positions often means a shift system.
Meaning one person works the morning shift, and the other person works the evening shift, so that they cover all business hours, ensuring management is present at all times.
But their restaurant’s system is not like that, there’s no shift change.
Once expanded, though, maybe there will be.
Unless the two teams merge into one, otherwise each team would need two manager positions, totaling four managers.
If that’s the case, the expenses might be quite high.
Don’t be fooled by the long working hours from morning until night; in fact, there aren’t many truly busy hours.
Three hours in the morning, three hours at noon, then another two or three hours in the evening, relatively there’s a lot of free time, so it’s not too exhausting.
Especially dinner time, there’s almost no workload.
As a long-term employee, she certainly knew how a restaurant operated.
This system with two teams definitely can’t last long; conflicts are inevitable.
She had a feeling that Jonathan’s side would likely merge into Lin’s because Lin is currently the most famous in the restaurant.
