@redjon
Yeah why not? Dust off
a few of your family recipes. Get some investment money and ask your Chinese wife or family or friend to open it, or get a WOFE [though, then not so cheap anymore]
Anyway it isn't that hard, especially after the business licenses and investment limit has been loosened by the government.
It's a good market in Kunming. as you can see by the amount of newly opened diners around town. An even better indication, the non existing amounts of diners closing, due to lack of business.
@ Dudeson: Note that Salvador's trains their own staff, and does it very thoroughly and very well, which is certainly one reason why they stay on as long as they do. There are further reasons for the latter, including staff outings as far away as Chiang Mai, and this is commendable.
@Alien
I am not criticizing Sal's.
Training your own staff is cheaper, if you have one good team manager and you can keep the starting salary low.
Keep in mind that there are many other diners in Beijing, Shanghai, and even in Kunming as well.
And I wouldn't use the Kunming foreign dining scene as a standard for judging good staff.
The staff at Sal is nice, I am not saying that they aren't.
If you want to get a great service experience, you should try HaiDiLao HotPot. At least in the one tier cities.
What is it with you and low salaries? The way to keeping staff is paying a fair salary; surely?
I'm sure the restaurant business is like anything else when it comes to pay.
I have also heard only good things about employment at Sals, credit to them for involving staff as part of their business model.
