"Move things? No problem! Now I feel that I am so strong to move a mountain!" Haruna's expression didn't look like she was going shopping, but like she was looking for a duel with someone.
Haruka was a little confused, "Go to the market in Chinatown? Buy spices?"
"You will know later." Kazuya has already made a plan. Although there was no guarantee of success, he felt that it can at least be given a try.
They soon arrived at the market in Chinatown. There are still many Chinese living in Japan and Chinese food is blooming all over the world. There are also many restaurants in Nagoya with "authentic Chinese cuisine" signs. More importantly, China is very close to Japan. , so the ingredients, seasonings and spices that can be bought in China are not difficult to find in Japan as long as they are not too rare.
Kazuya picked up the ingredients all the way, while Haruka followed behind to pay. HER face soon began to turn dark again. This guy spenT money more lavishly than hER father.
Why are you buying these expensive ingredients? Our place is just an izakaya, mainly serving drinks and side dishes. Who do you want to sell these things to after you cook them?
Kazuya ignored her and just picked things. His ideas were different from Haruka. It's not that it's useless to compete with KEC for prices, but the best result is to barely protect itself.
KEC is group-based with low logistics costs. They are also merging with upstream industries, such as breeding and brewing industry, so the purchase cost is lower. If they continue to work like before, they will earn less profit or suffer a small loss, while the opponent can make a fat profit. It is not cost-effective.
It is true that Japan's economy continues to decline, but Kazuya didn't believe that there are no rich people anymore. The other side is following the path of small profits but quick turnover. If they can't compete with it, it would be better not to use their shortcomings to attack the enemy's strong points.
Naotaka's business approach is to rely on word of mouth and attract real diners with good food. His business approach was not wrong, but the fault was that he was not good at cooking.
KEC aims at the low-end market, so let it be left to it. Pure Flavor House will take the high-end route and treat high-income white-collar workers who are not short of money but love delicious food in the door in the future.
He visited more than thirty stores and stalls before buying almost all the items. If he didn't find it, he also picked out substitutes. In the end, he spent all the money Haruka brought before returning to the store.
Haruna put down the big bag on her shoulder and put aside the dozen bags she held in her hands. Haruka piled some spices packed like medicine bags on the table, while Kazuya put the whole legs of mutton and pig, live chickens, ducks and fresh fish on the table. Then they all ran to the water faucet together.
It was so hot that they were sweating profusely. Haruka refused to buy iced drinks for everyone, so they almost died of dehydration on the road.
After drinking water, Haruka felt depressed. She looked around and said: "This is the food expenses of the family for more than a month. But the ingredients webuy are for two or three meals at most."
She now had a little confidence in Kazuya, but the things she bought contained many expensive ingredients. If they couldn't sell them, they could only eat them at home. She would definitely vomit blood while eating them.
Kazuya had already put on his apron and was about to start. "This is a necessary investment. Come on, help me."
It had been closed for almost a week, which is a heavy blow to any store. It was estimated that the old diners have lost 70%, so the only choice was to deceive them back. As for how to deceive, that has to depend on his cooking!
He was planning to make an enhanced version of Buddha jumps over the wall as a live advertisement.
Even though the name "Buddha Jumps Over the Wall" has become popular for people, there are only a handful of people who can really cook this dish. The one usually sold in restaurants is a simple version, which uses this name but hard to say whether the real aroma and taste can be even 50% equal to the real thing.
Buddha jumps over the wall, Buddha wants to eat a bowl even needing to jump over the wallwhen he smells the savory. This name is not for nothing. In terms of the richness of the savory, there is basically nothing in the world that can compare with it, and there is nothing more suitable to deceive diners to have a meal in their store than it.
Of course, it is quite troublesome to make a real Buddha jumps over the wall, with eighteen main ingredients, dozens of auxiliary ingredients and a jar of good old rice wine. The main ingredient and auxiliary ingredients are one of the reasons, and the complicated process is the second. As the saying goes, every minute of work is equal to every piece of savory.
Eighteen kinds of main ingredients must be fried, cooked, stir-fried and other methods plus auxiliary materials to make semi-finished products with their own characteristics. If any one of them is not handled well, it will have a great impact on the final Buddha jumps over the wall. In the old rice wine jar, put the layers one by one, and every layer must be done carefully. The order inside and outside is extremely important.
The layers must be simmered during the heating process. For example, the pig fat turns into oil and melts into the duck gizzards, and the duck gizzards add flavor. Then it is passed to the abalone, which is moistened with soup and sweat, and then melts into the pigeon eggs. In the end, it will have a unique meaty flavor while maintaining its own food characteristics. It tastes rich but not greasy, soft but tasteful, giving the taste buds on the tongue the most complex enjoyment.
Kazuya has been in Japan, so it would be difficult to get it all together, but he also knew how to adapt and had changed some of the main ingredients. The changes remain true to the basics. At most, he called it the monk jumps over the wall to respect the original famous dish.
He was busy there and Haruka put on a small apron to help him, such as sending mushrooms or kill chickens, etc. Haruna was very energetic at the moment and transported the radishes Kazuya had cut to the backyard to dry them.
The more she worked, the more energetic she became. The various aromas coming from the kitchen became stronger and stronger, gradually blending together...
The real Buddha jumps over the wall has almost no savory before the seal is opened. If you really want to simmer one to create a rich aroma that lures people jump over the wall to eat it, you need to preserve the flavor and the savory. You must seal it tightly with lotus leaves and bring it to a boil over a high fire, and then simmer it over a gentle fire, which cannot be accomplished overnight. What it wants is that the moment the seal is opened, people will all be lured and struggle to eat it. Even the gods will drool saliva when they pass by!
Now the rich savory in the kitchen came from the soup stock that Kazuya was making. The good cooking will show on the soup stock. A spoonful of good soup can turn decay into magic. Anyway, don't waste the leftovers from Buddha jumps over the wall.
The stove in Sakura's family was on full fire and the milky-white soup was rolling in the iron pot. The rich aroma filled the entire lobby, making Ayaka and Chika swallow their saliva as soon as they entered the door.
They had finished school and picked up Toutaro from the kindergarten on the way. However, they ignored him and threw him to the ground once they entered the house. They went to the kitchen and started to spy. One of them asked expectantly: "Can we eat meat tonight?"
They were not greedy, but they couldn't stand the various radish dishes they had eaten for four days in a row. When they smelled the meat, their eyes glowed green.