The people from the rating agency did not delay too much. After leaving Su Ji, they quickly came to Fujing Building together.
When they saw the entire garden built by the lake outside Fujing Building, they were somewhat shocked.
When you actually step into the Fujing Building garden area and stroll through the garden composed of diverse plants and ancient buildings, you will really feel as if you are in a Chinese landscape painting.
"Wow, this place is so beautiful."
"Yes, even if it's not for eating, I think this place is worth recommending."
“Indeed, this is a very suitable place to come for tourism.”
“I never thought that Fujinglou would be opened in a place like this.”
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Although most of the group were shocked by the view of Fujing Tower, some were not impressed by the view.
That person was the woman who had had a face-to-face conversation with Feng Yifan before.
The woman known as "Mrs. Potter" was obviously the leader of the group.
So after she looked around the gardens around Fujing Building, she said calmly, "Such a slightly luxurious environment is actually a bit impressive. Maybe this is not a very good place to dine. If there are no amazing dishes, such an environment will only reduce the points."
Hearing Mrs. Potter's words, the other people's faces also changed.
But after thinking about it, several people realized that Mrs. Potter was right.
If a restaurant can gain high recognition and recommendation simply by relying on its interior decoration and external environment, then their organization is no longer a restaurant recommendation organization, but should become a tourist attraction recommendation organization or a hotel recommendation organization.
So, for everyone, they need to maintain that professionalism.
Mrs. Porter then said, "Well, let's go in and enjoy the afternoon tea here."
The group walked through the garden outside Fujing Tower and arrived at the main entrance of Fujing Tower.
Mei Ru had already received the news, so she came to the door and waited. When she saw a few people coming, she immediately stepped forward to greet them and communicated in a very fluent and fluent foreign language.
Such a greeting naturally enhanced the group's impression of Fujing Tower.
Mrs. Porter entered the Fujing Building, looked around, and then asked Meiru.
"Why did you build the restaurant here? Don't you think that this overly beautiful scenery has a preemptive effect on your restaurant? Will it make customers ignore the dishes because they are looking at the scenery? Or is this your purpose?"
In fact, this kind of question shouldn't be asked directly like this.
Because most of the time, in order to ensure the fairness of the judging, the organization will not allow people to have much contact and communication with the restaurant staff.
But Mrs. Potter and her group did not come here to judge this afternoon.
They came here today to check out the site and make an overall assessment of Fujing Building.
Only after an overall assessment will professional judges be sent over for tasting.
Mei Ru didn't expect the other party to ask such a question, and she was a little confused for a moment.
But after all, she has been with Su Lanxin for many years, and her ability to respond is still very strong.
So after a moment of hesitation, Mei Ru smiled and said, "In fact, in our country, everyone's impression of Huaiyang cuisine is that it is a kind of cuisine with a literati temperament, so we hope to give guests an overall experience of this literati atmosphere, so we chose such a place."
Mei Ru then continued, "Of course, what you said, will it be because the scenery is so good that no one will care about the taste of our dishes? I don't think there is any need to worry about this. Our chef at Fujinglou is also very capable. I believe he can make the guests pay attention to the taste of the dishes."
Mrs. Porter was quite satisfied with Meiru's answer.
First of all, Mei Ru behaved neither humbly nor arrogantly, secondly, the attitude she expressed was very clear, and finally, what she said was also very straightforward.
In Mrs. Potter's view, this is a sign of sufficient self-confidence.
For a restaurant that wants to get stars, confidence is the minimum attitude.
If you don’t even believe in your restaurant, how can you attract enough customers
Under the guidance of Mei Ru, the group entered the interior of Fujing Building.
Mrs. Porter did not sit at a table very close to the window, but chose a table in the middle of the hall and sat down to let Meru recommend some afternoon snacks.
Mei Ru naturally did not neglect the matter and first asked everyone what they had eaten for lunch.
Then I carefully asked everyone about their tastes and any requirements for snacks.
Does it need to be sweeter? Or softer
And at the end, I also recommended some tea to the other party.
After Meiru finished ordering, Mrs. Porter nodded slightly and imperceptibly when she saw Meiru leave.
As for the others, they basically didn't show much, but it was not difficult to see that they were very satisfied with Meiru's overall service.
Before long, a variety of Chinese snacks were served.
Mei Ru also asked the kitchen to make some adjustments based on the taste inquiries.
But after the snacks were served, Sun Mingxing in the kitchen felt a little strange.
"Why are they here at this time? And why did they only order some dishes? It looks like they have eaten at Feng Yifan's place before coming here. What does this mean?"
Sun Mingxing was really worried and felt that something was wrong.
Zhang Fenglin saw that his uncle started to wonder again, and couldn't help but remind him, "Uncle, why don't you ask Yifan?"
Upon hearing this, Sun Mingxing immediately refused: "No, we can't always trouble Yifan. Let's wait and see what happens. Anyway, our refreshments will be fine."
Zhang Fenglin mentioned Feng Yifan, which was very helpful and immediately gave Sun Mingxing confidence.
There is indeed nothing wrong with the refreshments at Fujinglou.
Although it may not be comparable to Su Ji, Su Ji does not specialize in afternoon tea after all, so Fujinglou is still the only place for many Huaicheng people to leisurely enjoy tea in the afternoon.
Of course, most of the locals who come to Fujinglou in the afternoon do not sit in the restaurant of Fujinglou, but sit in the garden. Being in the garden and tasting a variety of Chinese snacks will give people a feeling as if they have returned to the old house of a large family in ancient times.
Mrs. Porter and her companions were also pleasantly surprised by the refreshments laid out.
Not only are the dim sum beautifully designed, but each one also tastes great.
Paired with the right black tea for winter, it really makes people feel very leisurely and elegant.
After tasting the snacks, I finished the tea in the cup.
Mrs. Porter and her group did not stay for too long. After paying the bill, they left Fujing Building.
Seeing the group of people leaving, Sun Mingxing walked out and looked at their backs, and began to wonder again: "What do these people mean? Are they just coming here to taste the tea? Are they going to vote for afternoon tea? Don't they want to order a few dishes to try?"
Mei Ru said, "They should really just come here to taste afternoon tea. After all, Fujinglou can be considered a teahouse, and many people come here to taste tea in the afternoon."
Sun Mingxing felt a little disappointed when he heard this.
"I thought I could officially start preparing for the star rating."
Mei Ru smiled and said, "Uncle Master, don't worry. I believe that after tasting the refreshments, there will be someone special to come over to taste and judge the dishes."
Sun Mingxing thought about it and felt that there did seem to be such a process.
And according to the process, not so many people would come at once to rate the stars.
It should start with the one-star reviewer, followed by the two two-star reviewers, and finally the three-star reviewer.
And during the three-star review process, they will be divided into several batches.
When Sun Mingxing thought about this, he stopped complaining.
"Forget it. We should be more confident and just do our best."
Meiru nodded: "That's right, we just need to do what we are supposed to do and continue our usual style, there shouldn't be any problems."
Sun Mingxing also agreed: "Yes, it's not a big problem."
Afterwards, Sun Mingxing turned around and went back to the kitchen to prepare for the evening business.
Compared to Su Ji and Ruo restaurants, Fujinglou is also very popular at night.
Especially at night, when the whole garden is brightly lit and reflected by the lights on the lake, it really gives people a sense of dislocation as if they are dreaming back to ancient times.
Therefore, many foreign tourists choose to have a meal at Fujinglou in the evening.
Of course, locals usually don’t come to Fujinglou at night.
It’s not that I don’t want to join in the fun, but in comparison, the locals might still prefer to eat at Su Ji at night.
People would only book a private room at Fujinglou if they were entertaining guests in the evening, and of course most of the time it was because they couldn't book a room at Su Ji's.
For the locals of Huaicheng, general business banquets can be held in any restaurant, and there is no shortage of hotels of all sizes in Huaicheng.
But if you want to have a good meal with your family, or entertain some good friends.
So the first choice now must be the private room upstairs in Su Ji.
The decoration and layout with four seasons characteristics alone is absolutely worth it.
However, Su Ji only has four private rooms, so it is very difficult to book a room every night.
Apart from Su Ji, the only remaining option is Fujinglou.
Moreover, under Mei Ru's management, Fujing Building also cleared out some previously abandoned small houses in the garden, which resulted in a significant increase in the number of private rooms in Fujing Building.
Moreover, those private rooms are located in the gardens, which give them a unique charm.
As a result, Fujinglou's business has indeed become booming at night.
The scenery in the garden, combined with the Red Mansion cuisine set menu launched by Sun Mingxing, really satisfies the needs of many people to be pretentious.
So if we really talk about daily turnover, Su Ji and Ruo restaurants are naturally not as good as Fujinglou.
Even in the entire Huaicheng, there are probably few restaurants and hotels that can compare with Fujinglou.
Correspondingly, in order to maintain this popularity and satisfy the guests who come to Fujinglou, Sun Mingxing’s entire team naturally needs to continuously research new dishes and ensure the quality of the dishes.
There is even an afternoon break at Su Ji and Ruo restaurants, but there is none at Fujinglou.
Everyone in the kitchen works almost non-stop and can only take a break when business closes in the evening.
Naturally, Fujinglou would not use pursuit and glory to motivate everyone like Su Ji and Ruo Restaurant did. Mei Ru used the simplest and most straightforward method, which was to use various bonuses based on performance and assessment to motivate, and the effect was also very significant.
The waiters at Fujinglou and some of the helpers in the kitchen are basically very hard-working.
Everyone naturally wants to make more money.
Overall, Fujinglou is already very commercialized, but this commercialization also allows Fujinglou to obtain sufficient profits, making Fujinglou's business really flourishing.
After New Year's Day, Fujinglou's profits continued to rise steadily, surpassing the previous generations of Fujinglou's owners.
As for some of the situations in Fujing Building, Feng Yifan was naturally very clear about them.
Because of this matter, Su Jinrong once talked to Feng Yifan.
Feng Yifan’s answer at that time was.
"A location like Fujing Building should have been commercialized. This is actually very suitable for the environment of Fujing Building. I even think that Fujing Building's reputation is not good enough. We should expand its influence and attract more people from outside the area.
Only in this way can it be considered a success and enable Fujinglou to obtain sufficient profit.
Of course, what we need to control is the quality of Fujinglou’s dishes.”
Feng Yifan now visits Fujing Building almost every week to conduct surprise inspections to ensure the quality of Fujing Building in all aspects.
He didn't want Fujinglou to completely abandon the qualities that a top restaurant should have for the sake of business.
Once Feng Yifan found anything wrong, he would point it out directly and ask Mei Ru and his uncle to arrange people to make some improvements.
Perhaps it is impossible for Feng Yifan to come here personally to manage Fujing Building.
But he still hopes that Fujinglou can continue to operate well.
This is also the reason why he asked Fujinglou to strive for star rating.
After being awarded a star rating, Fujinglou will receive more recommendations and its popularity will continue to rise. Only in this way can it attract more guests from afar.
Feng Yifan's purpose in doing so much is not just to make money.
More importantly, he wanted to develop a complete example for the standard he was about to launch.
Fujing Building is a complete example of this.
When new standards are introduced in the future, everything can be compared with Fujing Building.
As for why not compare with Su Ji or Ruo Restaurant
Feng Yifan feels that Su Ji and Ruo restaurants will become more places for studying food in the future, rather than being a standard.
In winter, night falls very early, and the sky is already dark before six o'clock.
When the lights on the ancient street came on, there was an endless stream of people on the street.
At the same time, many snack shops on the ancient street have also started business.
But most people who come to the ancient street are still looking forward to the opening of Su Ji and Ruo restaurants.
Mrs. Porter and her group also returned to the ancient street and prepared to enter Ruo Restaurant to enjoy the delicious food they could taste in Ruo Restaurant tonight.