The size of the tip moved the restaurant owner. A Ukrainian couple paid

Repeated and loud thank yous, number one, two and three bows and a strong goodbye. All this continued after the doors of the Asian restaurant in Prague 4 were closed behind the Ukrainian couple who had dined there.

There also happened to be PrahaIN.cz. After a few minutes, we went to the 16-year-old daughter of the owners, who, even after more than ten years, does not speak perfect Czech. She explained to us what happened between the guests and the staff, her parents.

It is said that Asian restaurants are used to people not tidying up. He regularly returns the amount to the crown. “Those two left 450 crowns, which has never happened before,” explained a smiling Anička, whose vision slipped again to the mobile phone display. “Besides, mum didn’t want to take it and kept coming back to them. They did not understand each other. The two from Ukraine, for a change, thought it wasn’t enough, she thought it was too much and she wanted to give it back to them,” she said.

In this particular restaurant, it was a hot tip. You can buy a lunch menu here for 119 kroner, and both locals and couriers of individual delivery services serve the door here.

Correct Czech

The aforementioned Anička regularly helps on weekends. “I have school so I’m studying, but I’m here at lunchtime. Many people come to us, we know many of them, they are polite. But they rarely give a tip, for example five kroner, when something costs 95 kroner,” she said, adding that her parents always taught her to be as kind as possible to customers – shopping.

“Dad didn’t agree with that, but for example we let the guests pay ​​until the next day several times, when they didn’t have the money with them, that also happened,” said Anička, saying that she does not remember the crop in the amount of hundreds of crowns.

By the way, the family has been there for about twelve years. She settled in Prague 4 shortly after coming from Vietnam. He tries to get home once every two years. Otherwise, it saves a lot. “Now for the rings, because I’m going to sport aerobics,” the owner’s daughter told us, casually looking behind her. In a smaller room inside the restaurant, where the family seems to sometimes live, there were several clear glasses. “We beat you,” she said.

From job to job

After all, Prague 4 is famous for its Vietnamese community, especially thanks to the SAPA market (there are articles HERE), nicknamed Little Hanoi. Here you will find hundreds of stalls and shops with clothes, food, drugstores, home decor and other things. In general, there is probably nothing that customers will not find here.

Anička’s family doesn’t come here much. She is still immersed in her work, where she usually finishes cleaning after 10:30 pm. In the morning it’s time to buy supplies and turn on the stoves from 10:30.

Tipping is usually around ten percent within Europe. The Nordic countries are known for producing almost none. The south of the old continent, on the other hand, is famous for being billed directly to the order, so the customer is not surprised.

On our way out of this Asian restaurant, we ran into a Ukrainian Foodora courier in front of it. He spoke Czech well, so it was not a problem to find out how he was doing. He told us that he usually gets thirty to fifty crowns for the delivery. It is said that it is worse when paying by card, when people don’t give anything. “And card payments are the biggest, so I don’t earn much,” he said.