Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 542 The cost is too high

"By the way, Lei'er, last time you said that you wanted to open a restaurant here. The house on East Street should be a more suitable location, right? What kind of restaurant do you want to open?" Pei Jingyang put the silver note away and asked Hua Lei again.

“Now, with so many people coming to the town all of a sudden, it would be a good idea for you to open a restaurant specifically to entertain those officials coming from the capital.

They are not short of money, and there are many caravans coming and going in the town, so I think as long as you control the cost, you should be able to make money.

However, this dish must be delicious, so that the restaurant can continue to operate? Otherwise..." Pei Jingyang hesitated.

"Don't worry about that. No one will complain that the dishes cooked by Sister Hua are not delicious. The supply will simply exceed the demand. This time, Sister Hua has already paid for our food and lodging expenses on the way from Shangjing City to Mobei."

Before entering the town, Zhenzhu had sorted out all the expenses along the way. Along the way, the food, drink, and toilet expenses of so many people in Zhenbei Marquis Mansion and Pingyang Marquis Mansion were almost free of charge, and all of them were offset by the money she earned.

"Really, Lei'er is so good at cooking?" Pei Jingyang looked at Hua Lei and said with some surprise.

Hua Lei blushed and said, "Father, it's not as good as my husband said. In fact, I took advantage of it. When I was selling food on the road, I raised the price several times."

"Oh? Selling food on the road? How do you do it?" Pei Jingyang leaned over and asked with interest. Seeing that he was very interested, Hua Lei briefly told Pei Jingyang about selling food on the road.

"Hahaha..., Lei'er, you are amazing! I didn't expect that you are such a good cook! But, how do you make this pickled fish? I like to eat fish, how about..."

"Father, Sister Hua is busy." Rong Jin refused without waiting for Pei Jingyang to finish his words.

Pei Jingyang looked at Hualei and felt a little embarrassed for a moment. Indeed, it seemed a little inappropriate for him, a man in his forties, to ask his daughter-in-law for food.

Hua Lei smiled and said to Pei Jingyang, "Father, when I have my day off, I will come over and make it for you to try. If you think it's good, I will teach the cook how to make it."

"Okay, that's great, I'll prepare some more fish then." Pei Jingyang said with a fascinated look on his face. After a pause, he said with some regret, "Winter is coming soon, and we won't have fish to eat for another half a year."

"In addition to sauerkraut fish, I can cook many other delicious dishes. I heard from my grandfather that my father likes to eat fish and also likes spicy food. When there is no fish, I will make chopped pepper spare ribs, spicy rabbit meat, and stir-fried spicy chicken. They are all delicious." Hua Lei comforted.

"Besides, when I open a restaurant, there will definitely be more dishes, and dad can eat at the restaurant then. I will definitely check the taste of the dishes." Hua Lei added.

"However, father, I was just about to ask for your opinion. Originally, I wanted to open a hot pot restaurant. But when I was on the road, I carefully calculated it.

The seasonings in hot pot restaurants are usually made of spices, which are very expensive. Many spices are not available in Mobei. If they are all purchased from Shangjing City and then transported here, the cost will be very high.

Moreover, if you open a hot pot restaurant, you usually cook and eat at the same time, which requires a lot of charcoal, but charcoal is also precious. If you add it up, the cost is too high, so I am a little hesitant. "Hua Lei expressed her concerns.

"As for Mobei, it will get colder and colder, and the weather will last longer. The pot you mentioned is actually a very good choice.

Besides, there is no similar restaurant in the town of Mobei. If you open one, it will definitely be popular. " Pei Jingyang thought.

"Besides, Lei'er, there are many caravans traveling to and from various places in this town. They are all wealthy people, and they are really rich.

Don’t be fooled by their dirty appearance, what they take out are all good things. They don’t care whether the things are expensive or not, they only care whether they taste good or not.

So I think you can treat hot pot as a high-end cuisine and set the price a little higher. Or if you think spices are expensive, you can make a clear soup pot.

Use chicken soup or mushrooms to make the soup base. Then, there will be a lot of mushrooms in the mountains. You can send people to the mountains to pick them.

When the time comes, you can prepare the dipping sauce for the pot first and supply it in limited quantities. What do you think?" Pei Jingyang helped Hua Lei with his advice, "Of course, other slightly cheaper dishes should also be available, so that the guests can have more choices."

Hualei's eyes lit up. Yes, she could make a part of clear soup hotpot and a part of spicy hotpot, just like the shabu-shabu hotpot in her previous life.

It is not necessary to make all hot pots. I was influenced by the Sichuan hot pot in my previous life and always thought that hot pot should be spicy. In fact, in addition to spicy hot pot, clear soup hot pot is also a good choice.

The soup is delicious and steaming hot. It is a great experience to invite three or five good friends to sit around the pot and drink some wine in the cold winter.

Moreover, unlike spicy hotpot, clear soup pot has more base ingredients and uses more oil. After eating, a large pot of soup base is poured away, which is very wasteful. There is no such waste when making clear soup pot by yourself.

This way, you can save the expensive spices, and then limit the supply of dipping sauces. If you control it properly, the profit should be good. But how do you get the charcoal?

"If you think charcoal is expensive...how about using firewood? Chop it into smaller pieces?" Pei Jingyang asked again.

"It won't work if we use firewood. Not only will there be smoke, but there will also be flying ash." Rong Jin shook his head. "But, Sister Hua, can you improve it?

Heat all the pots, take them out, and then put a bigger pot underneath with hot water in it? Or make a stew pot directly? Like the stewed chicken pot you made at the post station, this way the heat preservation effect is longer. "

"This method is good. Your mother often does this. Although it is troublesome, it does save a lot of money compared to charcoal.

Moreover, compared to hot pot, which is eaten while cooking, I think stewing pot and casserole pot may be better. The people who go to the restaurant are either rich and leisurely, or businessmen who are in a hurry to travel.

Many of those who are rich and have free time are just people who have everything provided for them. They need maids and old women to serve them at home. If you ask them to cook for themselves, it probably won't be very attractive to them.

The purpose of businessmen going to restaurants is to fill their stomachs. If they have to cook for themselves, they will probably be even less happy. They are so tired that they just want to eat quickly and lie down on the bed.