(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Jilin City on the tip of the tongue: The restaurant is ushering in fireworks again

  China News Service, Jilin, June 10 (Shi Hongyu) Time came at 11 o'clock. In the back kitchen of the Zhizhiliang iron pan roast beef shop, chef Guan Yu dipped the fresh beef in a hot oil pan, mixed with spicy, The smell of cumin and oil is overflowing. So far, the restaurant in Guanzao for nearly 30 days has once again greeted the long-lost fireworks.

  The kitchen is busy, and 36-year-old boss Zhu Yinan greets guests in the lobby. Scanning the health code and keeping the guests sitting at a distance, he did not forget to explain to the guests, "It is equally lively to keep the distance across the table."

Photographing Shi Hongyu

  There are many restaurants in Xiamen Street where Jilin is located. After reporting the first locally diagnosed case of New Coronary Pneumonia in Shulan City under the jurisdiction of Jilin City on May 7, the local government strengthened epidemic prevention and control measures, requiring business catering units to have no more than 3-5 people per table at intervals of more than 1 meter. Provide takeaway service.

  The reduction in diners and the control measures have caused restaurants along Xiamen Street to choose to close their stores on their own. Zhu Yinan said that after closing the store, he often returned to the restaurant to check the water and electricity. "The stove is cold, and the store and the entire street are deserted."

The back kitchen of the roast beef shop resumes busy photo by Shi Hongyu

  Zhu Yinan has been in the business for 10 years. According to his statement, “restaurants cannot miss any day in summer.” The local area is in early summer, coincided with the announcement of the leadership team for the prevention and control of the new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic in Jilin City. The level was adjusted to low risk, and some epidemic prevention and control measures were gradually lifted.

  From this moment on, the fireworks in the whole city became thicker. As the barbecue restaurant resumes work, Zhu Yinan and Guan Yu are gradually regaining the "state": greet the fresh meat suppliers, prepare the killing supplies, and "high-profile" in the circle of friends to announce the reopening of business. On this day they received an appointment by phone and guests from 6 tables would visit.

  Xiangxiang Jianfen, also belonging to the "Xiamen Street Business District", just opened its doors at 12:00, and the 37-year-old boss Yang Liu has resumed work on the 8th. "Two rounds of killings have been done carefully, and friends from the surrounding shops have also come over to take over."

  Yangliu felt the enthusiasm of the diners and resumed selling more than 120 bowls of fried noodles in the first day of the restaurant, and more than 100 bowls of takeout. In order to thank repeat customers, she also gave away some sausages and tea eggs for free.

  Guest Li Yang said, "After holding back for a long time, I can finally taste this again." After the meal was completed, he packed and took a copy with his family.

Chef Guan Yu is cooking Photo by Shi Hongyu

  Yangliu expects that the turnover will gradually recover, and "the takeaway order data is currently pretty good."

  In fact, riders who provide take-out services are very important to continue the fireworks throughout the city. The epidemic is still severe. On May 28, a total of 2022 takeaway riders conducted a new crown virus nucleic acid test on the two major platforms of Meituan and Hungry. Yang Zhuang is one of them.

  At that time, most of Yang Zhuang's takeaway orders came from spicy hot stores, and he would deliver the food to customers at the door of the community. Since the catering industry resumed work, he has become even more busy, "almost 30 orders a day will be sent out."

  Yang Zhuang said that from the types of food he delivered, it can be seen that various restaurants are resuming work. In addition to spicy hot, he began to receive orders for the delivery of Chinese food, skewers, fried chicken and Western food. "Busy is a good thing in the restaurant industry."

  Yang Jinhao, who started a business in Jilin from Hubei, runs an original barbecue restaurant. He is "very pleased" with the resumption of work in Jilin City. He said, "I am very happy to see that both hometowns have returned to normal life. Our old fellow in Jilin has also recently started All work must be resumed."

  According to Yang Jinhao's plan, his store will "restart" after two or three days, and the fellows will also be there.

  Right now, operators of the catering industry are more concerned about the weather this summer. "According to experience, the weather is less rainy and there will be more customers coming out to eat in summer. We hope that there will always be such good weather." Zhu Yinan said. (Finish)