Returning to his own cooking station, Zhao ng was both anxious and helpless.
With custors about to arrive, six large banquet tables, unless he grows two more hands, there's no way to manage it all.
If worse cos to worst, should he ask Yao Shi to help find soone to assist in the kitchen?
No!
The thought had barely erged before Zhao ng dismissed it.
If he really brought soone in, things would only get more complicated.
After all, the loyal custors coming here to dine are specifically here for his cooking, wanting the flavor he creates.
No matter how skilled the chef, each one has their own cooking habits, and the flavor will definitely vary.
Should he ask the front desk to contact the custors with reservations to see if they could co at a different ti to dine?
Even canceling one of the six orders would be good!
As for whether custors would be upset and create a fuss?!
That's sothing he can't worry about right now.
If necessary, he'd even accept having to go apologize and offer a free ho service afterward.
Before the custors are seated, everything is negotiable. Once they're in the restaurant, it involves the entire kitchen staff.
With this in mind, Zhao ng turned and instructed Fu Yu, "Fu Yu, go inform the front desk, have them contact the custors with tonight's reservations, see if they can… change their reservation date or accept ho service instead, I'm willing to waive the service fee on my end."
Fu Yu was startled: "Chef Zhao, it's almost four-thirty now, the custors are likely already on their way! Trying to cancel the order now is definitely too late, and haven't we already prepared everything? Once they arrive, we just start cooking! We've accepted the orders, how can we now cancel them, the custors definitely won't agree..."
Zhao ng's eyes widened: "What else can we do? Gu's Yao Yihang took sudden leave, he has no ti to help us. In a while, six large banquet tables will be needed, who can manage them all at once? Can you?"
"And right now, we can't worry about these things, the custors haven't arrived yet, everything is still negotiable. Wait until they arrive and then say the dishes can't be prepared, that would surely cause conflict."
Zhao ng made up his mind, if the dishes couldn't be served on ti, he'd rather cancel the orders than let the custors wait anxiously.
As for reputation or anything else?
Does that have any significance compared to the restaurant's reputation?
Fu Yu nodded, seriously saying: "I can do it. Chef Zhao, we can work together, rush as much as we can. As long as we move faster and arrange the cooking order of the dishes properly, there shouldn't be any problem!"
Zhao ng almost laughed in exasperation!
"Do you think now is the ti to show off? Custors are coming here to eat because they're hungry. If the kitchen here delays serving the dishes, and a dispute arises, do you think just an apology can settle it? That would an losing custors!"
"These loyal custors of mine, cultivated with difficulty, if ruined because of such a thing, spread the word and I won't be able to stand my ground anymore."
"Gu Yunwu just wants to see make a fool of myself. I was wondering before, why he suddenly beca so understanding, turns out he's been waiting for here all along!"
The more Zhao ng spoke, the angrier he got, previously anxious and his mind was filled with how to solve this issue.
Now, calming down and thinking it over, he realized he was being played!
Yao Yihang hadn't been busy before but chose this critical ti to take leave and go ho?
Who's he fooling?
Zhao ng urged, "Alright, hurry to the front desk, have them contact the custors, if they can delay, then do it, otherwise, we'll see."
Just then, the order clerk ca to inform: "Chef Zhao, the custors with the order have arrived, private room 215, the table with 16 dishes."
Zhao ng quickly asked: "Hey, can you tell the front desk to help contact the other custors with orders to see if they can delay their ti to tomorrow?"
The order clerk was stunned: "Definitely not! It's already alti, if we had tried when the order was first received, maybe we could delay it, but now the custors are already arriving, this won't work."
Zhao ng knew there wasn't much hope, as the head chef, he had to be decisive.
With things as they were, he could only take one step at a ti.
Zhao ng turned to instruct Fu Yu: "Hurry up and start cooking, the custors have arrived!"
Fu Yu breathed a sigh of relief, nodding quickly.
The custors who reserved private room 215 ordered a total of 16 dishes, all specialties of the restaurant, mainly featuring stir-fried, spicy dishes.
The ingredients were all prepared in advance, and cooking could begin imdiately.
Zhao ng specifically picked the stir-fried dishes he was good at and tore off those order tickets.
Besides, there was a mixed dish and a stew, both troubleso and ti-consuming, he left those as well.
He only handed over to Fu Yu the remaining cold dishes and sautéed dishes.
Ti was tight, the task was heavy.
Fu Yu simply delegated the task involving the oil to Sun Qingning, having him directly start cooking to assist him.
Sun Qingning was thrilled.
He had always been doing the rough first-stage oil tasks.
Opportunities such as directly cooking for the second-stage oil, he never had before.
In his excitent, he unknowingly began to talk a bit more.
Taking advantage of the mont of frying at segnts, Sun Qingning whispered to Fu Yu: "Chef Fu, I find that Chef Gu is actually quite crafty!"
Since they talked heart-to-heart over a al last ti, Sun Qingning has fully settled his 마음 and focused on being a good kitchen assistant next to Fu Yu.
Over ti, he also found that Fu Yu was actually a genuinely nice guy, easy to talk to, not ill-tempered, and very reliable.
So he gradually beca more warm and casual in their daily interactions.
Fu Yu smiled, saying nothing.
Sun Qingning continued: "During the al just now, I was thinking, why did he suddenly open up to you. Now I understand! Turns out he was trying to incite you, it wasn't praise, he was trying to set you up!"
"He agreed to help Chef Zhao, then sent Yao Yihang away, later if Chef Zhao wants to find fault, he'll have no way."
"Then he encouraged you to take the lead on the banquet dishes, if sothing went wrong, it would be us who suffer, while he could enjoy watching the drama!"
"He's clearly trying to provoke you, knowing you're young and hot-tempered."
The more Sun Qingning spoke, the angrier he got, and any remaining goodwill for Gu Yunwu completely vanished.
Previously, not knowing him well, Gu Yunwu made a great impression on outsiders.
Unassuming, easy to talk to, and very polite to the junior employees.
Unlike Zhao ng, who always seed to have a stern face and would snap and shout for little to no reason.
But now, knowing him better, it was clear to anyone who wasn't a fool.
Gu Yunwu was actually two-faced, saying one thing to your face, and another behind your back.
Conversely, Zhao ng, with his harsh words, had a kind heart.
These two never got along well.
Now with Zhao ng in trouble, what good intentions could Gu Yunwu have?
Sun Qingning, indignant, said these things with Fu Yu's best interests in mind, fearing he'd really be misled by Gu Yunwu.
Fu Yu appreciated Sun Qingning's good intentions but didn't echo aloud.
Criticizing colleagues is taboo in the workplace.
Even though Sun Qingning brought up the topic with clear good intentions.
But understanding and acknowledging the goodwill was enough, there was no need to engage in the discussion.
After all, people are hard to predict, and walls have ears.
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