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Chapter 25 second quarter

Muto came to the Hankyu Electric Railway Station and took the express train to the North Exit of Nishinomiya.Walk out of the ticket gate, cross the long connection bridge, and walk towards the West Palace Garden. Below the bridge is the road and the tracks of the Hankyu Electric Railway. The noise of passing vehicles and trams is really harsh to Muto now.Looking to the side, I saw the coffee-colored building of Konan University and the rose-colored signboard painted with cherry blossom buds.The cherry blossom is the city flower of Nishinomiya City and the trademark of Nishinomiya Garden.The bridge turns vertically in the direction of the cherry blossom signboard and extends forward.

The sun is strong, like summer.Muto, who just wanted to hide in the room quickly, couldn't help but quicken his pace. As soon as you step inside the building, your sweat is immediately absorbed.Entering the interior from the connecting bridge, the main entrance of Hankyu Department Store, which is decorated with three birds in Art Deco style, greets the eyes. This Hankyu department store has only floors one to four, but on the first floor there is a dedicated area for pastries and confectionery. Although the store space is not large, it has many newest desserts, making it the most eye-catching presence on the floor. Many well-known pastry shops have set up branches here.

Muto came to the first floor and visited the dessert section of Hankyu Department Store. After all, if the current product is too similar to the new product that will be sold at the dessert carnival, it is really not good.Therefore, in addition to prior investigation, we must also pay attention to new products that are suddenly launched during the event. Fortunately, he did not find a similar dessert.For things like desserts, even if they look similar, they still hide some unique skills, and this unique skill is the key to becoming a special product.Even if it is only a slight difference, it can clearly show the difference from other stores.

How much worldview and kung fu has the pastry chef stuffed into a small dessert?Just to hear customers say "delicious" and "I really want to eat again", how many times do you have to go through hard work?In the eyes of Muto, who is the sales side, he can only take off his hat and pay tribute. After Muto stepped out of the department store, he took the elevator up to the restaurant food street on the fourth floor.Because the interior space of the building is designed with high ceilings, you can enjoy everything around you when you take the elevator upstairs.Muto caught a glimpse of the brightly colored mosaic murals behind the service desk, just like the name "Nishimiya Garden", the murals are mainly flowers and plants.Foliage plants are planted everywhere in the room, and there are flower beds around the escalator on the first floor, and the plants are not artificial flowers, but real flowers and trees.

There is also a sky garden on the outdoor terrace area on the fourth floor. The outdoor rest area built on the top floor of the building is filled with blooming flowers, a turf-covered slope, and several tables and chairs.Although there are only a few stones lined up in the center of the square, they are actually water spout devices, and when the time comes, mist and water will be sprayed out, and a beautiful water dance music show will be staged. Muto came to the fourth floor, instead of walking towards the sky garden, he walked into an area full of coffee shops and light food shops. The restaurant and food street in Nishinomiya Garden gathers a variety of restaurants and cafes.In addition to the "dessert palace", there are thirty-nine restaurants in total.When it's meal time, this floor is very lively.The reason why Xifu Department Store chose to open the "Dessert Palace" here is not only because there are several dessert shops here, but also because of the crowds here.From the point of view that crowds are more effective in attracting customers than underground food courts in department stores, it is worth opening a store.

As soon as Muto arrived at the "Dessert Palace", he first greeted the store manager Nakai.The two sat in the corner of the coffee shop for the last meeting. "It seems that the position of the merchandise cabinet must be changed." Muto pointed to the sketch map of the store. "I want to put a merchandise cabinet here to display and sell new products." "So I have to move Ke Xiluo too!" "Yes. Because the number of takeaways will increase a lot more than usual, the flow must be adjusted so as not to disturb the customers who dine in the store."

Because Nishinomiya Garden is open all year round, the site layout work must be done during non-business hours. The business hours on the fourth floor are from 11:00 am to 11:00 pm, as long as you avoid this time zone for homework. The store manager Nakai and Muto agreed on the time and decided to come to supervise the work early in the morning of the event. "Desserts are delivered once in the morning and once in the afternoon. Then depending on the situation on site, whether to make up for it in the morning or to add more, so it is better to divide the delivery time into two."

Popular products are usually sold out as soon as they arrive, so the delivery time must be well planned.After all, once the Dessert Carnival has a reputation, it will attract more customers and the number of takeaways will also increase.At that time, not only desserts, but also snack boxes, wrapping paper, and cold storage agents will not be able to replenish in time, so it is better to distribute them twice.Although these things can be mastered by doing these things once, the general process can be grasped, but it is still necessary to actually implement them to know whether they will work or not.

Ogata Reiko is responsible for monitoring the sales of the three most popular stores, because once the products are placed on the "best-selling" brand, the sales will rise in a straight line.However, the popular items in cafes and takeaways seem to be different. Muto predicted that the French almond panna cotta of "Goldfinch" should be more popular in the takeaway part, so the difference between the opening of the store and the delivery in the evening may be higher than that of other desserts. It is obvious that this part needs special attention. This dessert carnival is the first attempt since the opening of "Dessert Palace", and I feel a little nervous about discussing with Muto.Nakai, who originally worked in a department store, was transferred here from the Ashiya branch. He left his original working environment and came here alone to work hard. His emotions must be indescribable.Nakai worked hard to overcome everything and brought the "Dessert Palace" to the scale it is today. He must not be able to bear the sudden new project to destroy everything he has cultivated.Whenever Muto thinks of Nakai's mood, he will keep reminding himself that only success is allowed and failure is not allowed.

After the discussion at "Palace of Desserts," Muto returned to the Ashiya branch of Seito department store. While browsing the list of stores participating in the dessert carnival, Muto suddenly remembered that he wanted to talk to Natsuori about "White Ireland". "It's terrible! I'm such a big fool." Muto even forgot what he went to "Goldfinch" for!Obviously it was to eliminate the feeling of boredom and confusion about "White Ireland" in his heart, so he... Muto glanced at the clock. Pastry shops usually open late. Even if the stores and coffee shops are closed, the pastry chefs still have to stay late to prepare things for tomorrow.So call now, Xia Zhi should still be there.

But how to speak? It’s not that Muto thinks it’s not delicious enough, and I hope Xia Zhi can redo it, and it’s not that he hates the taste of “White Ireland”, but he just finds it a bit difficult to let go of, and wants to taste another flavor that is easier to understand, hoping that his sense of taste can become more sensitive… … A thought suddenly flashed through Muto's mind, which made him almost shout out in excitement. That's what "Cold Obella" has that "White Ireland" doesn't— This idea became a clear impression in Muto's mind. That's right.That's it! Because Xia Zhi hasn't eaten "Cold O'Beaux" before, Chef Bei Suo doesn't know about "White Ireland" dessert. So only Reiko and I know the taste of these two desserts, so we will compare them naturally, and this kind of hard to let go must be born because of this. Muto picked up the phone and called Goldfinch. "Excuse me, please ask Ms. Natsuori Morisawa to answer the phone." The other party asked Xia Zhi to answer the phone immediately. "Hi, thank you for taking care of me." Xia Zhi was so polite even when connecting the phone. Obviously he was interrupting her work, Muto couldn't help apologizing, and then said straight to the point: "I want to talk to Ms. Morisawa about the dessert 'White Ireland'." "Okay, what's the problem?" "Although I don't know much about the taste of desserts, at least I know the difference in texture, because this feeling is different from the taste, and it is judged by the tongue." "yes……" Xia Zhi didn't seem to know how to respond, but Muto couldn't care less, and continued: "Can I slightly change the taste of 'White Ireland'? It's not a big change, just a little change." "what?" "I remember eating the snowflake egg custard you made at that time...the snow was sprinkled with some sweet sliced ​​almonds, which left a deep impression on me." "Oh...it's the snow custard sprinkled with cinnamon sugar powder and almond pieces! Actually, the usual snow custard is topped with caramel, but I'm afraid Mr. Muto thinks it's too sweet..." "Can 'White Ireland' do the same?" "You mean sprinkled on top?" "Yes. Because French almond panna cotta is very similar to pudding made with milk, so the texture is very creamy, isn't it? Although the sourness of the fruit is used to enhance the taste, the fruit is not a hard material. If you sprinkle some on top Nuts and the like can produce a different taste in an instant..." "That's right. Because Bailey's is a liqueur flavored with coffee and cocoa, it goes well with nuts, such as almonds, hazelnuts, cashews, etc., and it can add aroma. If you reduce the amount of fruit a little If you sprinkle some more on it, it will look more beautiful. However, if I use cinnamon powder this time, I am afraid that the taste will be too strong, otherwise I will try to use caramel boiled with granulated sugar." "Would you like to try it? I really want to try 'White Ireland' again." "No problem, when is it convenient for you to come and try it?" "Of course, the sooner the better! I can cooperate with Miss Morisawa's time." "Then I'll go home and finish it. Go back early today and take it to the store early tomorrow morning, so that Mr. Muto can come and try it tomorrow morning." "Thank you. When the store opens tomorrow morning, I'll go over and disturb you." Early the next morning, Muto and Reiko went to the "Goldfinch".The two tasted it in the reception room as last time. Muto took a sip and couldn't help but want to shout: "That's how it feels!" Lizi was calm, as if she had guessed that "White Ireland" would have this taste. Facing this new discovery, Muto was very excited.The excitement wasn't for the dessert, but for a change in himself.That's it, that's the difference! The difference between "Cold Obella" and "White Ireland".The "Cold O'Brien", which is deliberately rough in taste, and the "White Ireland", which only pursues a smooth taste, are obviously similar in taste, but he always feels that "White Ireland" lacks momentum. It turns out that it is because Differences in taste. Therefore, as long as the smooth taste is retained and the difference in taste is made up, the impression of "White Ireland" can be changed, and it becomes a delicious flavor with a deep and warm aftertaste, a flavor that even Muto can agree with. But... how did this happen?Muto still couldn't figure it out. Xia Zhi has used the French almond panna cotta called "black tea" to practice the appeal of "changing the taste".The last time I tasted it, Xia Zhi said that just adding a piece of biscuit on top could change the taste, but at that time I just listened blankly, this time I found the difference and begged Xia Zhi to try again.Although he is not a chef, he is also a professional pastry chef.Ah, think about it carefully, I really have a thick skin.Xia Zhi agreed to this request without saying a word, which shows how graceful she is... This time they tried a total of three types of nuts, and finally they chose the one using hazelnuts.French almond panna cotta itself has an almond aroma, so using different types of nuts has a more complementary effect.And the amount of hazelnut sprinkled is not too much, which will not kill the aroma of almonds. ——It turns out that it only takes a little more work to change the impression of desserts... Muto was shocked again, and also surprised by the change in his mood.This is the first time I think desserts are "interesting" after growing up so big.This feeling is a bit different from "delicious", but both are similar to "pleasant". Xia Zhi smiled and said: "Fortunately, I was able to make some changes in time before shipment, which can satisfy Mr. Muto. It's really great. If it's just this kind of change, you're welcome, you can tell me earlier..." "I'm so sorry." Muto apologized deeply. "Because I'm not sure how I feel, I think the original dessert must be a very good dessert, but this trial really made me experience a different feeling—" Reiko also saluted Xia Zhi to thank her. "I also want to say sorry for causing you a lot of trouble." Xia Zhi waved his hand lightly. "Don't say that, I'm not a chef after all. So for me, the opinions of the testers are very important. Mr. Muto saw the merits of the test products, and the idea of ​​adding nuts is also very interesting, so I think that this time Trials are worth it!" "Thank you. Then, I decided to use this one." "Okay, I want to thank you both again."
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