For those of you who don't know- Wes and I have been making his Mom's famous eggrolls every other week since May. Surprisingly we have done very well with them and I'm beginning to rethink my stand-point on how I felt about opening up a restaurant.
For as long as I can remember, Wes has wanted to be his "own boss" by opening a restaurant and selling his Mom's excellent food. However, I kept telling him things like -it's not a good idea, that it probably would not work out the way he thought it would, that we could never afford it, it would be a lot of work, etc. Then this summer we started selling egg rolls to Wes's friends work. The first week we had an order for about 20 dozen and I thought, "this will never happen again." Then two weeks later we got an order from the same office for 32 dozen! Two weeks after that they ordered some more and I thought, "let's see how this will go over with some of our Facebook friends." So I posted on Facebook that we were selling egg rolls and the response has been overwhelming. We sold over 300 dozen in about 2 and half months and we continue to get requests all the time. In fact, we're making some more for Labor Day and instead of people ordering 1 or 2 dozen they are ordering 3 or 4 dozen.
So back to my original thought. Wes and I are seriously contemplating opening a restaurant that serves vietnamese cuisine with a focus on egg rolls. It would definitely be risky and very scary and I'm not quite sure how we would gather the money to do it, but at the same time it is exciting to think about. Who knows maybe it wouldn't go over the way we think it would, but the fact that we are selling so many egg rolls to our friends alone, makes me think that we might have a good chance at this restaurant thing.
14 years ago
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That's so great that you are selling so many egg rolls! I've got to try them next time I'm in town.
I have had three brothers open restaurants in Downtown Mesa (Posh Nosh and Bak'd) and they even had a bar awhile in Gilbert and I know it's A LOT of work. If you have any questions you want me to ask them let me know. I know they made connections with the MAC and invited critics to come and eat to review them and get them publicity.
Good luck!
I've been dying to try your egg rolls. They sound so good!
I'd go for sure :) I still think about that time when you were living in your old place and Wes made you, me, and Marie (or Shannon ??-- I can't remember who was there, I just remember the food) that stir fry stuff. Mmmmmm. So good. I've tried replicating it, but I never can.
That is a risky thing to do, but who's to say it won't work.. Maybe I should cut your hair for some of these delicious eggrolls. ;)
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