Reading Qingchuan (46)丨Liu's secret casserole

Lin Hao

Liu's secret casserole

Our family is a repeat customer of "Liu's Secret Casserole". When you go there to eat, it's not just because it's delicious, but also because of the harmonious atmosphere.

When you get to the store, you don't have to deliberately distinguish which person is the boss and which person is the employee, they all look like employees and bosses.

When someone shouts "Boss, let's have another two or two drinks", look for that happy "oh", and you will most likely see a woman running like a cow on the ground. She is the proprietress in her thirties, a native of Qingchuan.

Acquaintances sometimes like to add a "left" in front of the word "boss", which will make her happy. Her joy is not unreasonable, and the customer's name makes her full of presence, and she feels that she has a higher gold content in the signboard of "Liu's Secret Casserole". Therefore, when someone shouted "Boss Zuo", she readily agreed.

In the moment when the guests and the proprietress called and answered, they also let the other customers who ate in the store know that the proprietress herself is surnamed Zuo, and the next time she comes, she can also call "Boss Zuo". Calling "boss" is really a little ambiguous, and it seems that there is still a little distance between himself and the boss.

Whether it is an old customer or a new customer, as long as she calls "Boss Zuo", she will be happy as a child, and there are two "haha" behind Ying Nuo's voice, which makes the store full of happy atmosphere.

The owner of the small shop of dozens of square meters has the final say. There are five people in the restaurant, and three of them are busy in the kitchen, and it is difficult to see them when they are not serving food, and they have no chance to speak in front of customers.

Boss Zuo and another waiter often greet customers on the counter, and that waiter is often busy cleaning up the cups and plates on the table, so Boss Zuo becomes the "chief fire" (general manager) of the store.

Boss Zuo is like a chicken blood at any time, smiling and enthusiastic. When a customer asks her for a drink, she will run out of a gust of wind, and when the customer stops at the door of the store, she will come to her one by one and ask the customer whether to sit inside or outside. Outside, there are two temporary tables set up in front of the store, and there are six tables inside the store.

After the guests have chosen their seats, she will follow the guests' thoughts and say a very heartwarming sentence that makes the guests feel very warm. If it's summer, if the guests choose to sit outside, she will say that it is cool outside, and if it is winter, she will say that the guests choose to sit outside. Although it is an inconsequential two sentences, it makes customers feel comfortable and refreshed, and it is a matter of course to have a good drink.

When the guests ordered, Boss Zuo was always patiently on the side and obeyed the instructions at any time. Even if the guests want to eat innovative dishes, she also takes the trouble to come up with ideas for the guests, which ingredients can be matched, which ingredients do not grow together, and will laugh and say for a long time without changing color, she is simply the king of rubber bands that will never be deformed no matter how much she pulls.

Our family ordering food was probably the worst to wait. Sometimes it takes a long time to discuss a side dish, and she happily joins the discussion. After several tastings, we basically decided on a few "reserved programs" - fat sausage with root powder, white radish with kelp and cabbage, crucian carp dumplings, oil residue with soil sauerkraut and vermicelli, mille-feuille belly with bean sprouts and rice tofu, and rice and bamboo shoots with soybean flour and tofu skin...... Haha, you won't find any of these dishes on the menu.

I remember the first time we ordered crucian carp dumplings, the chef of this pot was her husband, who happened not to be in the store, she was afraid that the other two chefs would change the taste, so she was very cautious to call her husband to ask how to make it, and also personally cooked and sold it to us to make a pot of fragrant food, which made us very moved.

Boss Zuo has a very good memory. Wang Baochang likes spicy food, Li Laozhuan likes to eat light, his sister-in-law loves vegetarianism, and Pan hunchback loves to eat meat...... She knew it all. After the regular customer orders the dishes, when she hands the menu to the kitchen, she has to make a special greeting, which dish should put more chili peppers, which dish should reduce salt, which dish should have less oil, and which dish should be served with more vegetarian dishes...... Hehe, she'll be in place one by one.

Once, our family of three was eating and talking about how it would be nice if there was less oil in the casserole. The next time we went again, my daughter had an abnormality and complimented: "Today's casserole is not greasy, it tastes very good." ”

Boss Zuo said with a smile: "Last time you said that the oil was less delicious, I told the kitchen to reduce the oil." ”

Boss Zuo is an upright person who likes to persuade guests to drink less. If the drinker is found to be slightly drunk, a reduction policy will be implemented, and the guest will only give one or two to her. For those who like to drink Mai Ling Zi wine, she reminds Mai Ling Zi wine from time to time to drink it lightly, and it has great stamina, so you should drink less. For those who don't believe in evil, she will also tell the story of the drunkenness of the teenager ten years ago to persuade her.

Once, she was telling a story to drinkers: "Ten years ago, when we opened a casserole shop in Muyu Town, two student babies came to eat casserole one day, and they thought that Mailingzi wine was delicious, and they drank cup after cup, and they couldn't stop the car. They didn't have anything to do when they finished eating and walked back, but when they got back to school, they couldn't even sit on the bench, and they slipped under their desks. ”

"You tell me the time, how long is it?" was she bent over with a smile covering her mouth when someone picked up a conversation.

It took a lot of effort for Boss Zuo to stop laughing and said, "Ten years ago, a student of Muyu Junior High School. ”

"Oh, that's me. The man replied shyly.

I looked at the person I was talking to, a handsome young man, in his twenties, with a blush on his face, probably embarrassed by the drunkenness.

The fact that the "Liu's Secret Casserole" is doing so well is due to the chef's superb cooking skills. The chef who opened the customer's taste was Boss Zuo's husband. His surname is Liu, and the "Liu's Secret Casserole" is based on his surname.

Boss Liu is a native of Qingchuan and has a soft spot for cooking. In 1997, he went to Chengdu Bayi Army Cooking School to learn how to cook Chinese food, and after returning from his studies, he worked as a cook in the former Qingchuan County Party Committee Guest House for five years; after that, he went to Chengdu, Beijing and other places to help cook; after the earthquake, he returned to Qingchuan and opened a casserole restaurant in Muyu Town with his wife; in 2010, he moved to the county seat and opened the "Liu's Secret Casserole Shop". He's still thinking about how to make the store better.

As mentioned earlier, there is a waitress walking around the counter with Boss Zuo, she is about fifty years old, she has been in the store for more than a year, I call her a veteran waiter.

said that she is a veteran, in addition to her age, but also because she can eat inside and out. As soon as the guests sit down, she will take care of them warmly and in a timely manner, pouring tea, holding dishes and chopsticks, serving casseroles, adding rice, and as soon as the guests leave, she will immediately stand up like a spring to clean up the tables and stools. Sometimes Boss Zuo is too busy, and when the customer urges him to pay, she will also be a temporary boss, count a number, and let the customer scan the code to pay.

Aunt Wei, who is older than her, is often busy in the kitchen, she is a few years older than her, but she still walks like a young person. Her old qualification is based on time, she came to the casserole shop six years ago, and got along well with Boss Zuo, who often said that Aunt Wei was her mother. At this point, what else can we say? Even if the business was sluggish during the epidemic, she never thought about changing jobs.

Business is better this year, and a middle-aged woman has been added to the kitchen. The new employee is open-minded and honest, and she quickly fits into the small team.

The "Liu's Secret Casserole" store is always busy. When they are busy, like wars, it is difficult to see them sitting together, and only when they are dining together will they gather at a table to eat and talk happily. I don't know, I really think it's a family.

Doing business has always paid attention to the word "and", and the internal and external harmony is harmonious, and the financial resources are rolling in. Boss Zuo recited this "and" word scripture too well, perhaps, this is the secret of "Liu's secret casserole".

(Source: Qingchuan Release/Tianfu Prose)