Why is there so little beef in Lanzhou beef ramen?

Doing catering know that the face of the profit is the highest in the catering industry, it is indeed, the same bowl of Lanzhou Ramen noodle part of the face, the flour used by the noodle shop is generally priced at 100 yuan or less a bag of flour, a bag of flour is probably able to come out of the 160 bowls of 180 bowls of noodles or so, so that the cost of a bowl of noodles in the bowl of about 0.5 to 0.6 yuan between.

The cost of chili oil

General Lanzhou ramen used chili oil, the use of three different kinds of dried chili pepper in accordance with a certain proportion of mixing, and then beat into the two coarse, made of chili oil, three kinds of chili pepper mixed with an average price of about 10 yuan per catty, and the use of the oil, is generally a first-class refined rapeseed oil in about 7 yuan. per catty.

Price cost of cilantro and garlic seasoning

Finally, it is the cost of cilantro and garlic and some seasoning, this cost is not necessary to calculate, because many are price differences are quite large, like cilantro and garlic are seasonal price difference is a lot of different, so ignore for the time being.

Lanzhou ramen water, electricity, gas and rent costs

In addition to the cost of the above ingredients, the corresponding cost of some of the noodle shop that is the water, electricity, gas, and rent, in addition, there is also the cost of labor, the above may also see the cost of a bowl of noodles is really not much, but you can not ignore a little bit of its additional cost is relatively high to put.

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Summary;

A bowl of Lanzhou ramen the amount of beef the reason why the amount is less is for a reason, all business people want to bring the best dining experience, but the cost is put there, so it's not the same as the cost. Because the cost is there, so don't say anything about beef noodles with no beef in it, it doesn't make much sense/

There are a series of video tutorials on how to make Lanzhou ramen on my personal homepage and a variety of catering recipes to share with those who are interested in them, and I share some catering recipes on a regular basis, explaining the experience of using a variety of spices and techniques.

Beef is expensive, Lanzhou ramen is so cheap.

First of all, popularization, many people think that Lanzhou ramen nationwide are not authentic, in fact, is not.

Lanzhou clear soup beef ramen, originally for the Northwest region to entertain high-level guests of the flavor food. Because of the delicious flavor, affordable, not only abound in Lanzhou, but also in the provinces of the country and even many countries and regions of the world have Lanzhou beef noodle hall. Lanzhou locals generally call Lanzhou Beef Noodle "Beef Noodle". Young people also call it "Niu Da" or "Niu Da Bowls", taking the meaning of "big bowl of beef noodles". It is also one of China's "Ten Great Noodles".

There is also the issue of beef, beef noodles inside the meat that is to add money to buy, OK, a little bit of regular beef noodle store inside the customer, to eat a good meal of beef noodles, eating noodles are to add meat, good beef noodle shop, beef sold more than the noodles famous. Beef noodle store chain inside the package is usually noodles plus meat plus vegetables plus eggs. Of course, Lanzhou people have the habit of beef noodles as breakfast, and generally do not add meat. Back to the question, beef noodles beef noodles, is a bowl of ramen with beef soup, meat is the embellishment. A handful of landlord on beef noodles with meat, without meat a little on beef noodles with eggs.

So, we want to eat more meat in Lanzhou beef ramen in the future, then they directly and the boss said, add how much money for meat can be. Don't think there is no ramen in Lanzhou anymore!

I am selling beef soup, tell you why the beef is less.

Take the price of domestic yellow beef in these two years as a standard, let's do some math. Now whether big cities or small towns, the difference in the price of beef is only about 10 yuan. The store that makes beef noodle soup mostly uses brisket, tripe, brisket, and hind leg meat as the main meat. The average wholesale price is 35 dollars. Beef bones range from 6 to 10 dollars. A catty of beef cooked out from the portion weighing evaluation are a catty out of half a catty. Plus the cost of gas at 70 to 80 pounds of cooked beef. Sometimes less than half from the volume. I especially use the electronic small gram weighing, according to each slice of beef 2 mm thick, 5 cm long, 2 cm wide. 50 grams can weigh 10 to 12 slices of beef. That's a cost of nearly 1 dollar per slice of beef. Then look at the noodles, every two to two and a half dry flour can be out of a ramen, according to every 50 pounds of a bag of high-quality flour 100 yuan, the cost of each minute noodles is 4 to 5 cents, not counting labor first. Then look at the soup, to 50 pounds of soup, for example, you need two beef shank bone plus 10 pounds of beef soup. Two beef bones is about 10 pounds, according to 6 fast a catty is sixty dollars. Each bowl of soup is about 6 two soup. Gas bowl used up about 10 dollars (because I cook soup gas can be used for 3 to 4 days a can. Cooking twice a day sometimes do not run out of soup) packaged, it may be 1 catty. So discounting that one pot of soup will yield 70 bowls. Each bowl of soup costs about a dollar.

According to the netizen said to give the least beef 3 slices, sell 100 bowls per day. Then the cost of a bowl of beef ramen is, beef 3 plus noodles 0.5 plus soup 1 plus 1 yuan per bowl of minimum labor plus minimum rent 1, the cost is 6.5 yuan. According to most cities small bowl of ramen up to 10 yuan. Then a bowl of ramen net profit is 3.5 yuan. (Special circumstances are not discussed here.) A 50 square meter storefront earns 350 to 500 dollars a day. You see the ramen store minimum 3 people. If the business is good, the net profit can be as high as 1,000 dollars a day, but it is very low. Of course, doing business is much more than these costs.

The general snack bar earn is hard money, are not day and night to do na, bitter ah! Of course, do not rule out the market has a special beef brine good only 40 to 40 dollars, but can not eat ah, the insider I am aware of but there is no time to say. Well not to say I went to hit the burrito.

All the ramen are in the soup, Lanzhou beef ramen soup with beef and beef bones carefully simmered, soup is the essence of the Lanzhou beef ramen heritage, and Lanzhou people generally eat ramen for breakfast, more meat is not easy to digest, in addition to the price of goods is now expensive, a bowl of noodles at most a dozen dollars, beef and a lot of moisture in the meat, a catty of beef boiled also left about half a catty, not to mention that It is the soup. So Lanzhou beef ramen beef is just a few slices, beef soup beef ramen.

Authentic Lanzhou beef ramen, was created by Ma Baozi in 1915, Ma Baozi's clear soup beef noodle store fame is also greatly revitalized. With "a clear (soup), two white (wicker), three green (coriander, garlic), four red (spicy), five yellow (noodles yellow bright)" unified the standard of Lanzhou beef noodles, renamed Lanzhou beef noodles, widely spread in the Northwest Dongxiang, Salar, Baoan and other ethnic groups. Lanzhou Ramen noodles to a bowl of noodles and world famous, to meat rotten soup fresh, fine noodles and famous at home and abroad, which during the cohesion of Chen Ma and later countless franchise clear soup beef noodle chef's wisdom and hard work.

Now, there are a lot of Lanzhou beef noodle store is not the Ma family inherited formula is not even Lanzhou people open, so want to eat authentic Lanzhou beef noodles is not very easy.

I remember when I used to worship one of our town famous to do snacks master, to get out of the master when he told me, we do is a small business, facing the low-income people. But this kind of people's money is the most difficult to earn, which has a large part of the people, they spend money on stalls, but want to have five-star dishes, engaged in this craft, you have to endure again and again, in the face of a variety of their nitpicking, sarcasm, so that you can do to succeed.

With the cheap and famous national three snacks, Lanzhou ramen can be seen all over the country, I personally often patronize the Lanzhou ramen outlets in various places, and most often order their signature dish, Lanzhou beef ramen.

On the Internet, I saw a lot of people flirting with the idea that the amount of beef in a bowl of Lanzhou beef ramen, a cow is enough to use them for three years.

As a person who has been engaged in the catering industry for a number of years, I would like to say a few words of justice for the Lanzhou ramen restaurant. Lanzhou beef ramen beef less reason, not only normal, and Lanzhou beef ramen in many areas, is considered the most affordable local fast food snacks.

2001 when I first went away, in Guangdong Zhaoqing stayed more than 6 years, then I occasionally go to eat the side of the Lanzhou beef noodles in the morning, when the price of a bowl of 3 yuan, in 2008 I went to Guangdong Heyuan, the local Lanzhou ramen price of 5 yuan for a bowl, in 2013 I was in Henan Zhoukou, over there! Lanzhou ramen was priced at 7 yuan, and in 2018 until now, I was in Foshan, and the price of Lanzhou beef noodles over here was at 9 yuan a bowl.

What was the market price of beef at that time in 2001, I forget, but at that time in 2008, the price of beef in my place was at 20~24 yuan a catty, and the average market price of raw beef in China, I checked it was about 16.77 yuan.

In 2013, the price of beef in my local area in Zhoukou was around 28 yuan, focusing on the present bar, my area in Foshan, from my 2018 to nowadays, the price of beef sold in the market is between 45~60 yuan. And Lanzhou Ramen put beef is belong to the brined beef, usually, a catty of raw beef, can only brine 3~6 two cooked beef.

This also means that Lanzhou Ramen sells beef noodles, in fact, the cost has been very high, let's take a compromise average to calculate. Purchase a catty of beef price of 50 yuan, brining out to half a catty to calculate, 50 yuan of raw meat plus loss off half, brining out the price of beef sold to 75 yuan a catty, in order to preserve the capital.

And Lanzhou ramen beef although very little, cut the slice is also very thin, the weight should also have 10 grams or so, a catty for 500 grams cost 75 yuan, 10 grams of cost: 75 yuan divided by 500 grams is equal to 0.15 yuan a gram, 10 grams multiplied by 0.15 yuan is equal to 1.5 yuan or so.

However, Lanzhou beef noodles in addition to beef, there are coriander, scallions, soup, rent, 3 labor, the cost of noodles, they have to make a little money, sold to 9 yuan a bowl, seriously actually not expensive at all.

Catering on the market to sell beef noodles, can be more than only Lanzhou ramen this one, for example, in 2013 when I was in Henan Zhoukou, there is also a local chain of food and beverage called Baiyan ramen.

According to relevant reports Baiyan Ramen founder, also a local Henan called Li Chao, went to Lanzhou to learn the local ramen production process, and then in Lanzhou beef noodle meat on the basis of the improvement, the launch of the Baiyan Ramen chain of catering stores.

Although the amount of beef in Baiyan Ramen is twice as much as in Lanzhou Ramen, the price is twice as much as in Lanzhou Ramen. I went to eat Baiyan Ramen in 2013, and the price of a bowl of beef noodle was 18 yuan, while the price of the local Lanzhou Ramen was 7 yuan a bowl at the same time.

Also, although it's been almost a decade, the Lanzhou Ramen restaurant allows you to order a single portion of beef noodles if you think it's too little beef and not enough to eat.

In 2021, the price of an a la carte order is at 10 yuan for a small plate, plus 9 yuan for a bowl of ramen, adding up to a total of just 19 yuan.

But is that price really high for today's prices?

It is important to know that Lanzhou beef noodle restaurants, they sell a single order of beef a copy although the slices are also thin, but the number, the weight is certainly more than the beef in the beef noodles, about 30 grams.

And a lot of fast food on the street during the same period started at 12 yuan, which is also pork, chicken, etc., and the quantity is also just a few slices.

On the open door to do business, a lot of people think that southerners do business more flexible, northerners do business is a bit rigid, although I do not agree with such a statement, but in the event of Lanzhou ramen, I have **** Ming.

Let's say I've been in Foshan for a few years, the local pork prices have been rising, from 12 yuan a catty of pork and 25 yuan a catty of pork ribs in 2018 to 28 yuan of pork and 48 yuan a catty of pork ribs now.

As raw materials have risen, so have the prices of dishes in many restaurants on the street, like buns that went from $1.50 to $2 a piece, and a serving of pork stir-fry noodles, which used to be $6, went up to $8. During this period of time, not only has pork gone up, but also beef, coriander, spring onion, labor and rent. But strangely enough, the Lanzhou Ramen that I often go to has been selling a bowl of beef ramen for $9 for the past three years.

For Lanzhou ramen why has not been increased in price, there are probably two possibilities: raw materials rose, their profits are still there, although not as much as before, but also can not lose money.

In addition, Lanzhou Ramen is more like a franchise, with an office in many places, to solve the difficulties encountered by these ethnic minorities in opening stores outside, and they also have tax exemptions.

Lanzhou ramen as one of the national three snacks, they are low-priced, affordable by the majority of consumers, when the market beef sells 50 ~ 60 yuan a catty, a bowl of less than 10 yuan of Lanzhou beef noodles, which is less beef is normal, after all, people use brined beef costs more, but also to add the soup in the chicken, beef bones, beef to simmer into a thick broth, plus the rest! The cost of the side dishes, labor, rent and other costs.

Another: the tree beckons, a cup of soybean milk 2.5 yuan, a small white steamed bun 2 yuan, a vegetarian bun 2 yuan, a fried noodles a few pieces of pork sold for 8 yuan, the locals are used to the usual, never complained. But a bowl of exotic beef ramen noodles sold for 9 yuan, which is less beef, they have something to say.

This does not exclude some businessmen, because Lanzhou ramen is too cheap, affordable, and intentionally cause public opinion to Lanzhou ramen smear. Then some unknown people followed the coaxing, should be the old saying, some people just want to spend the money of the stall, enjoy the five-star dishes and services.

As a member of the catering industry for a long time, every time you go to Lanzhou Ramen to eat beef ramen, looking at the bowl of thin slices of beef feel speechless, and also asked the boss why the boss gave these slices of beef, the boss gave these reasons

1. the cost of beef. Now buy beef, the price is generally in the 50 yuan per kilogram, on which there is a trend of price increases. If you don't put more beef per kilogram, you won't be able to make several bowls

2. The cost of a bowl of ramen is calculated at about 1-2 yuan, which does not include eating store rent and labor costs. If you include that, the cost goes up to about 3-5

3. A bowl of ramen in our side of the general sale of about 8 yuan, that is to say, to remove other costs, a bowl of ramen profit about 3-5 yuan, pure profit is low, only in other places to save

First of all, to distinguish between beef noodles and Lanzhou ramen, beef noodles and divided into two kinds of noodles, a Lanzhou local, local average price of 7 yuan, 7 yuan you still want to beef? This would have been a joke! The second is built in the field of the Oriental Palace a flagship store, this kind of store location medium, decoration basically look over the eye, has been basically higher than a fast-food restaurant dining standards, this kind of store price package about 30 yuan, with about 100 grams of beef and a few kinds of small dishes, is still quite generous it! As for the Lanzhou Ramen most of Qinghai Province, the quality of good and bad not to say, just from the price point of view and similar 24-hour mode of operation, the price range of 10-15 yuan is not too much, right. In summary, price is a more objective reflection of value, the pursuit of cheap and good quality is not conducive to the development of the business community to run a morbid value, the bad money to expel good money is the result of the problem of powdered milk, pork, as well as all the kinds of things that we abhor. Another, any store will provide beef a la carte service, Lanzhou people generally a noodle with a meat (50g) an egg, a small dish, twenty yuan is more than enough.

When it comes to Lanzhou beef noodles, there is less beef in the noodles to spit out the truth, but the beef noodles are really good.

Although I am a native southerner, eating rice grown up, but personally prefer to eat noodles, usually the company cafeteria are mostly rice, if you eat outside, will choose to eat noodles more, and noodles, I personally prefer to eat Lanzhou ramen.

But Lanzhou noodles have a little bad, is a beef noodles, only a thin 4 pieces of beef, is really counted out, if you want to add extra beef, add a 8 dollars, that is only a few more pieces.

I personally think that this may be because of cost issues, people do use real beef, and we now eat a lot of fast food restaurants those so-called beef, almost all are fake.

Although the beef in Lanzhou Ramen is less, and the price of Lanzhou Ramen is not low, but still very much like to eat, because the flavor of their soup is very fresh, the noodles are all made on the spot, it's very Q-bomb, and each portion of the noodle looks very exquisite. There are some Lanzhou ramen restaurants that also give a free plate of small dishes. So often I eat Lanzhou ramen and I add an extra egg.

Do you usually eat Lanzhou ramen often?

A bowl of Lanzhou beef noodle is only 6 or 7 yuan, cheap noodles, mainly eaten in the broth that is beef soup! If you want to eat more meat, you can pay for a single addition. The question is, why don't you ask, how much beef is in Master Kong's braised beef noodle, and how much?

The wife cake must send a wife? Lanzhou Beef Ramen sells noodles, the beef on the noodles, is a side dish, if you want more can also add extra money.

When eating noodles, almost all of the Lanzhou ramen noodles above the beef are only a few thin slices, and now the price of beef is very expensive, your noodle if the beef is a lot, then the cost of your bowl of noodles price is also going up. The wool comes from the sheep's body, there is really a demand for more meat in the noodles, you can also apply for an increase with the boss in advance. And it's not just Lanzhou ramen that has less beef in it, all ramen noodles have only a few thin slices of beef in them. Some noodles may not even have beef in them.

The beef in Lanzhou ramen is actually just a side dish, on the one hand, out of the dish plate considerations more beautiful, on the other hand, if you only eat a big bowl of noodles, may be from the taste will be a little worse. Because the noodles eat more will always be a little greasy, some people in the eating noodles even if there is no beef, he will also specialize in a small plate of salted vegetables in front of the noodles to eat.

If you want to eat beef ramen inside the beef, it is recommended that you can buy a separate plate of beef to eat. Usually, the owner of the restaurant will satisfy you, but the price of the beef is several times the price of a bowl of beef noodles.

Not all dishes have the same name as the food. Like the dish of husband and wife lung slices, do you have to find a couple to cut up the lungs for the dish? Or is it true that the wife cake is a gift for the wife after you buy the cake? In fact, all the names of the dishes are just people called habit, can not be too serious.

Or that, if you really want to Lanzhou ramen inside the beef become more, you can apply in advance and the boss, the boss in the time to do it will give you add enough beef, of course, just the price of the noodles will be more expensive.