He's not what I thought

Lu Jinze stepped in.

He turned his gaze around the restaurant, and when he saw Jiang Qi, his eyebrows eased slightly, and he walked over to him.

Manager Zhou followed behind Lu Jinze and rubbed his hands. His attitude towards Lu Jinze was completely different from that of Jiang Qi: "Why is Mr. Lu coming here when he is free? Is there something you want?"

Lu Jinze blocked him back with one sentence: "It's okay."

The implication is: can't come over if there is nothing wrong?

Manager Zhou was so perceptive, he was an old fritter after all, and immediately realized that Lu Jinze might not want him to follow, so he hurriedly walked aside consciously.

Jiang Qi didn't know the conversation between the two just now, and when Lu Jinze approached, he asked the same question as Manager Zhou: "Why did you come here?"

Lu Jinze said: "Auntie Zhang has something to go out at noon, she didn't tell me until I got off work, so I came to you."

"Looking for me for dinner?" Jiang Qi took out his mobile phone and wanted to check what time it was, only to find that there were two missed calls on the page, which were from Lu Jinze.

"You didn't answer the phone, so I asked Manager Zhou."

Why do these words sound a bit aggrieved?

After listening to Lu Jinze's heartfelt voice a lot, Jiang Qi can now vaguely distinguish some of Lu Jinze's emotions from Lu Jinze's non-fluctuating words.

Jiang Qi has been busy recently, and there is little time to go back to Lu's house for lunch at noon. On the contrary, Lu Jinze, who does not know how to do it, returns home on time every day.

Thinking about it this way, Jiang Qi felt a little guilty.

It might have been because he didn't like eating alone that Lu Jinze came back every day at noon, but now Lu Jinze waited for him to go home for dinner.

Jiang Qi thought for a while, and said hurriedly: "It's just in time, I invite you to dinner, please help me comment on the taste of the dishes here."

The two sat down.

Jiang Qi ordered a set meal for Lu Jinze, which was different from the one he had just now. The one he had just now had a lot of seafood and it was not good for his stomach.

After a while, the back kitchen brought up the dishes.

Jiang Qi looked at the time, and the food was served very quickly.

He used a knife and fork to cut the dragon fish in half on the plate in front of him, dipped some sauce into his mouth and put it in his mouth.

"I'm getting old," Jiang Qi said to the waiter beside him, "Where's your chef?"

The waiter hurried to invite the chef out.

The chef looked very worried, and asked Jiang Qi as soon as he came, "Boss Jiang, is there any question?"

"Is this fish returned to the pot?"

"Yes," the chef lowered his voice for fear of being overheard by the guests not far away, "It takes time for the frozen fish to thaw, and if we don't prepare it in advance, we may not be able to serve it in time."

Jiang Qi was incredible: "There are only a few tables of guests at noon, and you told me that you are afraid that the food will not be served in time?"

"Cough." Lu Jinze took the napkin beside him and wiped his mouth.

Jiang Qi realized that now is not the time to reprimand the chef, and said to him, "Go back and serve the food normally."

The chef hurried back to the kitchen.

Jiang Qi served all the dishes he ordered, and the more he ate, the more he felt stuffy.

How can there be a high-end restaurant that serves food so quickly, and it can't be freshly prepared at first glance.

Many dishes are over-seasoned, apparently to cover up some problems with the food itself.

Jiang Qi had some headaches, propped his forehead and raised his eyes, seeing that Lu Jinze was patiently cutting a piece of steak on his plate, he couldn't help but said, "Don't eat it, why don't you go downstairs and I'll treat you to fried chicken."

He finally understood why the pair of girls said similar things to him just now. After spending so much money, the food they ate was completely lower than the psychological expectation, and it couldn't match the price. It really made people angry.

Lu Jinze put the cut steak into his mouth, and ate slowly: "It's not bad."

"Are you kidding me?" Jiang Qi questioned.

Lu Jinze, what about your poisonous tongue when you commented on my cooking?Where did you go?

"It's really okay," Lu Jinze wiped his mouth with a napkin again, "The ingredients are not particularly stale, and the taste is heavy because they are semi-finished products prepared in advance. For example, this crispy fried delicious, the skin color is too yellow, it should be After the heat was over, he simply wrapped it in a layer of sauce and put it on a plate, it looked good and had a lot of appetite.”

Jiang Qi was speechless.

Lu Jinze would always wait for the food in his mouth to be swallowed before speaking. Seeing that Jiang Qi wanted to chat with him, he simply put down the knife and fork: "Do you want to continue eating?"

Jiang Qi picked up a cup of ginseng chicken soup and handed it to him: "You drink this soup."

He was really not in the mood to continue eating, so he simply called the waiter: "Don't cook the dishes that are not served, I will go to your back kitchen later."

The waiter hurriedly went to inform the kitchen.

Jiang Qi finished the dishes on the plate in two bites in a hurry, got up and went to the back kitchen.

Lu Jinze is right, this store still has merits.

For example, the stove in their back kitchen was clean and tidy, and they didn't smell any peculiar smell when they walked into the kitchen.

Jiang Qi checked the sink and disinfection cabinet, and they basically met the hygienic standards.

It seems that Li Mingyue also wants to save face. She would rather the restaurant close down and hit the street than be punished by the relevant department and post an announcement to close the store.

But this is just what a restaurant must do, right?

Jiang Qi rummaged through the refrigerator, and there were many frozen semi-finished products. He felt a headache looking at them, and asked the chef, "Are these all frozen cooking bags?"

"No, no!" the chef hurriedly said, "These are all chilled products, and the other part of the semi-finished products are purchased from the factory, and the whole process of cold chain delivery is absolutely in line with hygienic standards, don't worry."

Isn't this a cooking bag?

Seeing that Jiang Qi didn't believe it, the chef said: "You can ask Manager Zhou, he knows the news. This factory that makes semi-finished products has complete licenses. Regardless of the source, hygiene and freshness of the ingredients, they are trustworthy. Several of our stores are centralized. Uniform buys from them and has been working together for a long time."

Manager Zhou was called over and affirmed the chef's statement.

The cooking package was negotiated with the factory by the product department, and there was no safety issue.

But this is a cooking bag after all.

Even if it wasn't a cooking bag from a black factory, it shouldn't appear in a high-end restaurant.

Jiang Qi suddenly regretted letting Lu Jinze drink that bowl of ginseng chicken soup, maybe it was also a cooking bag.

Lu Jinze quickly followed into the back kitchen.

Unlike Jiang Qi, who frowns when he comes in, he looks around and nods, "The kitchen is good."

Jiang Qi glanced at him.

Lu Jinze said seriously: "If I were a customer, I would be very satisfied to see such a kitchen."

"Yes, yes, your poisonous tongue is only aimed at me." Jiang Qi wanted to push him out, "You go and don't make trouble."

"I mean you should see their strengths." Lu Jinze was pushed by him and didn't move, but he took the initiative to follow Jiang Qi's strength and said out of the kitchen, "It's not advisable to criticize blindly. If everything needs to be rectified, There is nothing left of this restaurant."

Jiang Qi loosened the strength in his hands, and felt that what Lu Jinze said made sense.

When these restaurants in Wuyue first opened, they did attract a lot of people to check in. First, the decoration was stylish, and second, many local restaurants were hit by thunderstorms due to hygiene problems. A magazine even selected H Among the top 10 Sunshine Kitchen restaurants in the city, Wuyue’s restaurant was ranked No.3. At that time, the restaurant’s business should be very good.

Jiang Qi himself paid special attention to these things. During that time, he did see that many people posted photos of dining here on the Internet.

So... still have to learn from each other.

In order to make up for Lu Jinze and fill his stomach, Jiang Qi cooked two bowls of pork belly porridge with ready-made ingredients in the kitchen. The two of them sat in the restaurant and finished eating. Lu Jinze should go back to work, and Jiang Qi should stay in the restaurant. How to revive this restaurant.

He intends to directly change the name of this restaurant to "Miracle", and Wuyue's company will also be renamed in the future, but the procedures will be slower, and he will simply compete with the "Zhiqin" next door in the future to see who can be angry Who will die.

Jiang Qi asked the waiter in the store to take the leaflets to distribute outside, and moved a blackboard, wrote "[-]% off today" on it, and then asked the chef behind to move the kitchen table to the door, set up the stove and oil pan.

Jiang Qi changed into a snow-white chef uniform, put on gloves, took a basin, cutting board, flour, frozen shrimp, etc., put them on the table, and said to the chef next to him, "Come and help."

Seeing that the situation was wrong, the store manager came over hesitantly: "Boss Jiang, what are you doing... Our restaurant is not suitable for setting up a stall..."

For the sake of atmosphere and business, many restaurants will set up small stalls at the entrance of the store, or simply let the waiters push the dining car around the store. Some special snacks in the store are temporarily sold in the car, but these are some hot pot restaurants and cheap restaurants. This approach can make the store look more lively.

High-end restaurants emphasize quietness and style, and it is really not suitable to be associated with this kind of fireworks.

But... Jiang Qi doesn't intend to maintain the style of any restaurant. If he wants to start a business, he must break the situation first.

Lu Jinze and Manager Zhou stood in the elevator of the mall.

Anyway, Manager Zhou was fine, so Jiang Qi asked Manager Zhou to take Lu Jinze downstairs.

There was no one in the elevator, so Lu Jinze asked Manager Zhou: "Did I go too far by talking like that just now?"

"When?" Manager Zhou was taken aback, "In the kitchen?"

He reacted and said with a smile: "No, Mr. Lu is telling the truth!"

Lu Jinze pondered.

——"Are you sure Jiang Qi doesn't like you?"

More than a month ago, Lu Jinze had just returned from country Y. He met his good friend Shen Yuanchen who grew up with him, and asked him what advice he had for his future marriage.

Shen Yuanchen asked Lu Jinze: "Do you like Jiang Qi?"

Lu Jinze said without hesitation, "I like it."

Shen Yuanchen was very surprised at that time.

Because in his impression, Lu Jinze always acts calmly and calmly, and rarely expresses his clear preference for anything in front of outsiders. This time he answered the question about Jiang Qi so quickly, which shows that he should have more than one thought. It's been a day or two.

"You don't want to divorce him..." Shen Yuanchen thought about it, "And you think he doesn't like you, then go after you! What's the use of coming to ask me, you have been hiding from him for a year, if I were him, Even if I don't have bad feelings for you, after this year, I probably won't have good feelings for you anymore, Lu Jinze, are you really so cowardly...?"

Chase?

How to chase?

The current situation is not very good, Lu Jinze decided to refer to Shen Yuanchen's suggestion as soon as possible and find a way.

The author has something to say: Thanks to "57261628", the nutrient solution of "Morancheng"!