Chapter 9 Menu and Prices

But in fact, Chen Wenjiu still has no confidence that the villagers will come to eat here, because the dishes in her restaurant are quite expensive.

Look, braised eggplant and lettuce with oyster sauce are only 88 yuan per dish. How can the villagers afford such expensive vegetarian dishes? Although the village is a little richer now than ten or ten years ago, they probably don’t want to eat such expensive dishes.

Her goal is to attract those who are a little richer and have a little more picky taste.

Because Dongling County is adjacent to Lucheng, and the housing prices in Lucheng are also quite expensive, there are also many slightly rich people in Dongling County who buy houses here. It only takes half an hour from Dongling County to Lucheng, and it may take less than half an hour to take the highway.

So Chen Wenjiu’s goal is to attract those slightly rich families in Dongling County, or the rich people in Lucheng.

Of course, the villagers in the village will also entertain them. On the menu of the hotel, those with more expensive prices are difficult for her to change, but some dishes that are not on the menu can be set by herself and He Zui, and the prices can also be negotiated and set by the two of them.

For example, steamed buns, steamed bread, fried dough sticks, etc., as well as stir-fried beans with meat, minced meat with pickled cabbage, dry fried beef river, noodle soup, sour noodles, etc., they can set their own menus and prices, and they don’t need to be as expensive as other menus in the hotel.

But the price must not be too cheap. If it is really too different from the prices of other menus in the hotel, the guests will choose these cheapest dishes to eat, then what about other dishes?

Chen Wenjiu is willing, but the hotel system is unlikely to be willing.

But it’s useless to say all this. She and He Zui discussed some menus and didn’t plan to make many new menus. The above dishes are almost enough.

Then there are boiled shrimp, braised prawns, clam noodles, stir-fried snails, green orange and lemon boneless chicken feet, etc. The price of the menu is not cheap.

Pure vegetarian dishes are also dozens of yuan, and meat dishes are also hundreds of yuan. Anyway, Chen Wenjiu can’t reduce the price too much. If the villagers think it’s too expensive, won’t there still be tourists?

Moreover, Chen Wenjiu has great confidence in He Zui's cooking skills. Even if the food in her restaurant is expensive, those who really love food are willing to pay for it.

"Ah..." After Chen Wenjiu and He Zui worked out a new menu and the prices of these dishes, they returned to the front desk, sighing.

She said on a whim that she wanted to open the restaurant to the public, but she was actually worried that those guests would find the dishes in her restaurant too expensive. Even if she was very confident in He Zui's cooking skills, wouldn't the guests who came for the first time not have eaten the food yet?

Chen Wenjiu looked at a food article she had read before, and saw the scene in which the guests complained about the high prices, and suddenly felt that she was almost the same.

Will her hotel be called a black shop?

Chen Wenjiu, who just graduated from college, is not so psychologically sound. She has a happy family since she was a child and retains a simple character and values. She is afraid that she will not be able to bear it if she is scolded.

Well, she is so fragile.

"Zhou Tingchao, where are you going? Didn't we say we were going to Monkey Island to see the macaques? Where are you going?" Yang Xiyue, who was sitting in the passenger seat, looked at the road she didn't recognize at all and cursed.

"Is this the way to Monkey Island?" Yang Xiyue turned on the navigation on her phone and put the phone in front of Zhou Tingchao's eyes and said with gritted teeth.

"We still have to go to Monkey Island, but we have to experience the scenery along the way when we travel." Zhou Tingchao said softly.

"Yueyue, don't be so impatient, we still have a lot of time." Zhou Tingchao advised gently.

Yang Xiyue said angrily, "I know. But Zhou Tingchao, can you not follow the plan every time you go out for a trip?"

Every time they go out for a trip, they will plan their plans, but every time they go out, Zhou Tingchao will let himself go and deviate from the plan from time to time.

Today is the same. They agreed to go to Monkey Island to see the macaques early, but Zhou Tingchao deviated from the track when they came out, which made Yang Xiyue very dissatisfied.

Yang Xiyue was so irritable and angry not entirely because Zhou Tingchao did not follow the plan. She had long been accustomed to Zhou Tingchao's practice of not following the plan every time he went out for a trip.

But not long after she left the house today, she received a message that another mortal enemy who did not get along with her in the group was showing off to her, and then belittled her.

Yang Xiyue and her mortal enemy were really mortal enemies, the kind with whom they had a very bad relationship, the kind of mortal enemy who would fight if they met at the slightest disagreement.

As a result, she went out happily today and received a message from her mortal enemy saying how good she was, showing off and stepping on her in various ways. It would be strange if Yang Xiyue was in a good mood.

She quarreled with her mortal enemy in the group for a long time but she still couldn't calm down. Then Zhou Tingchao deviated from the plan again. Yang Xiyue, who was still angry, became even more irritable.

"Okay, don't be angry, let's go to the sea, shall we? If you go to see the macaques in your current mood, what if you fight with the macaques?" Zhou Tingchao said with a smile.

"What do you mean? Am I such a hot-tempered person? Can I argue with a monkey?" Yang Xiyue scolded.

"No, you are a very gentle girl. I am worried that the monkey will provoke you and bully you?" Zhou Tingchao said.

"You can't slander the monkey like this."

"Yes, yes, yes..."

Originally, Yang Xiyue was very angry because of the deviation from the plan, but Zhou Tingchao persuaded her in a gentle voice, and Yang Xiyue gradually became less irritable than before.

The two of them were watching the sea at a beach in Dongling County. After watching it for a while, they were ready to find a place to have a meal or find a place to stay.

Neither Yang Xiyue nor Zhou Tingchao were native to Dongling County, and neither of them were even from Qiongnan Province. They were just traveling during the summer vacation.

So after arriving in Dongling County, I had to find a place to live. It was impossible to go out for a day and rush home.

Now that Yang Xiyue was relieved, she thought about it and did not go to Monkey Island to see the macaques as planned. Instead, she and Zhou Tingchao found a place to rest together.

"Look there's a sign there." Yang Xiyue pointed to a sign on the roadside and said, "'Hotel with warm wine'? A hotel that integrates accommodation and catering?"

"Do you want to go to this place?" Zhou Tingchao asked.

"Go." Yang Xiyue said, "This sign looks pretty good, and I'm a little hungry now. Let's go to this hotel to see if it really has a restaurant. Is the restaurant in this hotel good? food."

Zhou Tingchao had no objection and drove the car to the hotel in Maoyang Village according to the instructions on the sign.

Chen Wenjiu's hotel is simply and crudely called "Wenjiu's Hotel". She thinks this name is quite good. It has both her own name and the characteristics of the hotel, so it is very suitable.

The hotel is not something you can see upon entering Maoyang Village. Chen Wenjiu's house was originally on the edge of the village. Although the house was very big after the renovation of the hotel system, the location was still there.

So after Zhou Tingchao and Yang Xiyue's car entered the village, they had to make a few more turns, turning from the road next to the village to the hotel.

"Is this hotel really big? Such a big hotel opens in such a small village?" Yang Xiyue said in surprise as she looked at the five-story house not far away.

"With such a big hotel in the village, is there really any business?" Yang Xiyue asked.

"Maybe the boss is more confident?" Zhou Tingchao said, parking the car in the open-air parking lot in front of the hotel, turning off the engine and getting out of the car with Yang Xiyue.

The two of them stood in front of the hotel's door, looking up at the hotel. The hotel's exterior decoration was not much different from rural houses, with only a big sign hanging on the door.

"This store looks pretty good?" Yang Xiyue asked uncertainly.

"Wouldn't you know if you go in and take a look?" Zhou Tingchao said, holding her hand.

"Okay, let's go see how the restaurant in this store is and see if it's as delicious as the one in their promotional picture." Yang Xiyue nodded.