The waiter's vocabulary is limited, but he did his best to express what he wanted to express.
When Song Yutong heard this, she understood that she had discovered this a long time ago, but because she had only eaten home-grown vegetables during this period, she had forgotten the difference between the two.
In other words, this difference is no longer taken seriously.
Now that it comes from the mouth of Ding Xiaoer, it is still a bit fresh.
The waiter brought the vegetables in, and the shopkeeper came out immediately when he saw the baskets of juicy vegetables.
He seemed to want to discuss with the couple how to start a business.
"Mrs. Cheng, you have to help me. Business has been hard recently. Fewer people come to my restaurant to eat."
Song Yutong was dumbfounded by the complaining tone of the shopkeeper. She didn't quite understand the shopkeeper.
He really regarded her as the life-saving straw that could save his business.
"Business has been bad recently. Maybe it's because the natural disaster has just passed and everything is waiting to be done?"
Song Yutong thought for a moment, but other than this reason, she couldn't find any other reason. There was only one restaurant and one tavern in the town. The tavern mainly sold wine and the dishes were not very delicious, but just ordinary.
Moreover, it specializes in dishes that go with drinks. If you really want to eat, it will be more practical to come to the restaurant. In addition, Chef Fang's cooking skills are good, and before this, he has the gimmick of famous palace dishes, so there is no need for business to be difficult.
If the restaurant's business is not doing well, it is probably because of the general environment.
When the shopkeeper heard Song Yutong's words, he immediately patted his thigh with a confused expression.
"It's really not that. It's a snack shop in town and county that specializes in snacks. The Liu family's young master in West Town got a bunch of beef sauce, bibimbap, and noodles from nowhere. It tastes good when you put it on the dry food.
It’s really good.”
"Part of the reason you mentioned is that the current economic downturn means that every household is saving some money. It just so happens that beef sauce is more suitable for more people to choose at this time. I have also tasted the taste, and it is really good!"
The shopkeeper never thought that one day his restaurant's business would be impacted by a snack.
After Song Yutong heard what the shopkeeper said, she didn't know whether to cry or laugh, and touched her nose awkwardly.
"Hey, by the way, Mrs. Cheng, do you know the person who makes beef sauce? I've been thinking about it for several days. Why don't our restaurant cooperate with the person who makes beef sauce? Maybe we can get some business in the early stage."
The shopkeeper thought for several days and finally came up with this idea.
But this method is still a last resort, it can only stabilize the business temporarily, and the chance of beef sauce becoming stronger and bigger in the restaurant is not great at all.
"Shopkeeper, you better not think about this beef sauce. It's not that I won't help you, but there are already two companies making it. If the restaurant also takes up the business of making beef sauce, it can bring temporary benefits to the restaurant.
Economical, but the benefits are not significant.”
Song Yutong spoke in a conversational tone.
The shopkeeper is a sensible person and understands the meaning of her words. Of course, the shopkeeper also knows that this has little effect, but it is not that there is no better way, so it can only be a dead horse.
"I know this, so I don't want to ask Mrs. Cheng if there is any better way."
Song Yutong somehow thought of the dishes that the system had posted to her in the past two days, such as brown sugar glutinous rice cake, curry beef, and of course the must-have short crispy pork in hotpot restaurants.
These are all new dishes that can be launched and can also attract a certain amount of traffic.
Moreover, the benefits it brings are considerable and can be developed in the long term.
Song Yutong didn't mind teaching these dishes to Chef Fang, but if he wanted to teach him, he would have to pay for it.
After all, how to make each dish can be sold for a lot of money, so you can't let Chef Fang learn it for free.
Song Yutong already had an old cooperative relationship with the shopkeeper, so there was nothing he couldn't say directly.
"It's not impossible, just introduce a few new dishes that diners haven't tried before."
When the shopkeeper heard this, he clapped his hands and was very embarrassed. It is not that easy to introduce new dishes. This research and development will also take some time.
By the time the new dishes were introduced, the day lilies were already cold.
Without waiting for the shopkeeper to express his difficulties, Song Yutong continued directly.
"I have some recipes for new dishes that I can sell to the shopkeeper, but it depends on whether the shopkeeper is willing to pay for it."
Song Yutong smiled with understanding on her face, but the shopkeeper saw the words "old treacherous and cunning" on her face.
Step by step, he watched the little cook that Chef Fang once looked down upon grow into a more qualified businessman than him.
Not to mention that the vegetables grown are better than those grown outside, even the speed at which new dishes are developed is something that even Chef Fang cannot catch up with on horseback.
"How about this? I can cook a few dishes for the shopkeeper first. You can taste the taste first and then decide whether to buy from me."
This condition proposed by Song Yutong made the shopkeeper very excited. You can taste it directly, instead of blindly buying the food without knowing whether it tastes good or not.
The shopkeeper immediately agreed and asked the waiter to invite Chef Fang out of the kitchen first.
Leaving the kitchen to Song Yutong, they first sat in the front hall and chatted, mainly asking Cheng Hanyan how many new dishes Song Yutong had developed at home during this period.
When Cheng Hanyan heard the shopkeeper's question, he was not stingy and told the truth.
But the shopkeeper, Chef Fang and others didn't believe it.
Because Cheng Hanyan said: "There are too many to count, enough for a menu."
"Are any of the new dishes developed by Mrs. Cheng not delicious, or did they fail?" the shopkeeper continued to ask without giving up.
Cheng Hanyan shook his head and became more upright.
"My wife has never cooked anything that tastes bad. She never seems to cook anything that tastes bad."
The shopkeeper, Chef He Fang, and the waiter all said that they had been visited by Versailles, and that was just bragging, but that's not what they were bragging about.
Cheng Hanyan looked sincere and emphasized again and again.
"Don't believe it, it really doesn't exist. The most popular beef sauce sold in Liujiang Young Master's shop is made by my wife. When I met Liujiang Young Master, he was looking for the fragrance, smelled it, and picked up the jar of our beef sauce.
If you have to give it a try, this is how this business came about."
There was a sense of pride in Cheng Hanyan's words, but the shopkeeper, Chef He Fang, couldn't laugh anymore.
Cheng Hanyan looked at him with a surprised look. Everyone stood up because of his excitement.
"Are you serious? Mrs. Cheng made that beef sauce?"
Knowing that they didn't believe it, Cheng Hanyan turned around and walked out of the carriage, took out three cans of beef sauce from a small compartment and went back to the restaurant.