Over the years, many large shopping malls and streets can often see some newly opened Japanese-style shops, and these Japanese-style shops are often decorated very tall, with a simple luxury, and their names are also puzzling, which makes people impressed at first glance. Naturally, this is a relatively high-end place, which is the first impression that Japanese-style shops bring.
Of course, when it comes to Japanese food, most people still don't know much about it. For Japanese cuisine, it probably stays in the concept of sushi or sashimi, but it is not wrong to say so, because sushi and sashimi are indeed one of the most prominent dishes in Japanese cuisine. Because I also have a soft spot for food, I am basically open to food from all over the world, but I don't often go to Japanese restaurants to eat Japanese food. It's just like that to experience it. Of course, it may also be because I am not rich.
About a year ago, a business friend came to visit. We haven't seen each other for a long time. He said he invited me to dinner. It was Japanese food, and then the two of us went to a famous local Japanese restaurant. The name of that restaurant is quite special, just one word, and it looks very tall. Entering a Japanese restaurant is not like a stall or tatami, but more like teppanyaki. The guests are all around the chef, and the decoration is exquisite, which is a typical Japanese style.
You can't order food after you go in. Trying to tell us that this is a set meal system. We can choose a set meal, and then we can eat whatever the chef cooks. Package prices vary, ranging from 1000 to more than 5000. Finally, my friend ordered two 2,000 yuan set meals, and there was a service charge, which means that the two of us spent nearly 5,000 yuan on this meal, and we are really looking forward to eating some delicacies. After all, the price there should not disappoint people, and although there are not many guests here, it is ok, which proves that the food in this store should still be ok.
The final practice proved that this store didn't bring me too many surprises. For me, at best, not bad. Appetizers are some small cold dishes, which are very delicate, but they taste just like that, and the weight is not big, but it is quite comfortable to eat less when drinking. Then the staple food is all kinds of sushi. The chef cooks it in front of you and pinches it with his hands. Basically, it is a perfect combination of all kinds of seafood sushi and sushi. To tell the truth, the taste is absolutely ok, but if it is amazing, it is absolutely not.
Because Japanese cuisine itself pays attention to the taste of ingredients and is relatively simple to make, sashimi is a dish that is very consistent with the concept of Japanese cuisine. Therefore, the key to being expensive is that the ingredients are more expensive, but in fact, anyone engaged in the catering industry can know that the prices of these so-called more expensive ingredients, especially sashimi, have been greatly reduced, but they are not very transparent, so from this perspective, I feel a little opaque.
There are also some barbecue foods, such as special lanterns, which are the eggs of unborn chickens. They are taken from the belly of a chicken. It's supposed to be cheap and everywhere, but when it comes to Japanese food, the price goes up. So Japanese restaurants are cheap, expensive and scary, so they can make a lot of money. Besides, in recent years, people always publicize it.
Japanese food is actually a name for Japanese food. I think it may be more appropriate to give it directly to Japan, but because the word "food" is more elegant, many people like to call Japanese food. Japanese cuisine has a very unique feature, that is, it likes to respect the original flavor of food, so we can see that the preparation method of Japanese cuisine is often relatively simple, and the taste of food itself can be eaten. In addition, Japanese cuisine pays more attention to the freshness of food, and the taste is not so heavy. The representative Japanese cuisine is sushi, sashimi and sukiyaki. For example, these Japanese dishes have already entered the homes of ordinary people, but they are not expensive. It's just that some newly opened Japanese restaurants in recent years have made the price of Japanese food much higher.
In fact, according to this logic, Japanese cuisine itself is not deeply processed, there are not many seasonings, and the processing steps are not profound. It should be cheaper by rights, but in fact, Japanese food on the market is much more expensive than ordinary Chinese food. In fact, the reason why it is expensive is the raw materials. Japanese cuisine mostly uses all kinds of seafood and meat, especially seafood, which requires high quality of seafood, so the cost of this seafood itself will be higher, which will make Japanese cuisine more expensive, but it is acceptable.
In addition, authentic Japanese cuisine needs a special chef to cook. These chefs are experienced, and the products they make are authentic and can achieve the best taste, so the labor cost of this part is relatively high. However, the high price of Japanese food is largely due to publicity, which makes Japanese food a symbol of high-end catering. In fact, although Japanese food is more expensive than ordinary Chinese food, it is definitely not that expensive.
First, the threshold for Japanese stores is not high. As mentioned above, Japanese restaurants do not have high requirements for cooking and deep processing. They just have higher requirements for the ingredients themselves, that is to say, if you want to open a Japanese restaurant, you don't need to have a particularly good chef, just know some Japanese food and then have a way to import ingredients. Basically, Japanese restaurants can be opened, so the threshold is not high.
Second, the labor cost of Japanese material stores is low. According to the official, because Japanese cuisine does not need to be processed to a high degree and uses less seasonings, the labor cost will be greatly reduced. For example, a dishwasher needs to hire a lot of people in ordinary Chinese restaurants, while Japanese restaurants may only need one person. Because dishes are easy to brush, there is not so much sauce and so on, hygiene is better to clean, so the labor cost is greatly reduced.
Third, the cost of ingredients is opaque. Why have many Japanese restaurants opened in recent years? In the final analysis, it is because they make too much money, and the most profitable reason is naturally low cost, because Japan is mainly high-end ingredients, but in fact, in this logistics environment, many previously expensive ingredients have already come down, and the prices are not as expensive as expected. As for how cheap they are, a little search will tell. Moreover, many Japanese food stores will also replace some high-end products with some cheap products, which are difficult for ordinary diners to eat, which is also one of the reasons for making money.
Fourth, Japanese stores are in the air. At present, Japanese food stores are indeed at the forefront and on the rise, because Japanese food stores are also a new thing. Because of their rapid publicity, many people feel interested, and they have become synonymous with high-end consumption. Whoever goes to a Japanese food store for consumption is a successful person. It is precisely because of this hype or the spread of consumption concepts that Japanese food stores are absolutely not short of customers, so there are many customers and high profits. Therefore,
Whether Japanese food is delicious or not, everyone has his own judgment standard, so I think we can still try it, but we must do what we can. After all, those high-end Japanese restaurants are not cheap, so sometimes what is not expensive is good, and what suits you is the best.