EAST MARLBOROUGH — Technology at its finest supplies options, not simply earnings.

And at GuGu Asian Table delivering high quality meals is extra vital than earnings, stated Tony Liu, who owns the enterprise alongside his spouse, Suki Liu.

She concurred.

“Making the money is not the top priority, serving the customer is the top priority,” Suki stated.

Still, with inflation close to 9 % the fee for high-quality meals is dearer than ever, or no less than throughout the final 40 years. Plus, there’s an ongoing scarcity in workers for the hospitality business taking place throughout North America and eating places are on the core. Tony and Suki took motion to counter this pattern by introducing Bella, the robotic, simply earlier than Christmas final 12 months.

Bella can do the function of a number of human servers, bringing each cold and warm dishes to tables all on her personal. She may even sing “Happy Birthday” songs.

BellaBot is designed by Pudu, based mostly in Georgia. The price-tag begins at $15,000 for a BellaBot robotic waitress. Yet the reward pays dividends.

And moreover doing the work of many servers mixed, the youngsters benefit from the thrill of watching a machine, a robotic, Bella ship their meals and sing to them, “Happy Birthday,” too.

American Dream

Tony and Suki fell in love after assembly each other throughout their youth as neighbors who grew up in Fujian, China. The couple moved to America in 1995.

A decade in the past, the pair moved to Kennett Square from New York City to open their very first institution, Lily Asian Cuisine, within the hospitality business.

“Everybody treats us very nicely and like family,” Suki stated of the neighborhood.

Then in 2021, Tony and Suki opted to take a position extra of their hopes and goals into the neighborhood by opening GuGu, which gives wonderful Asian delicacies in a proper setting, situated simply shy of Longwood Gardens on Route 1.

Both Lily and GuGu are open seven days per week. Each institution is closed sooner or later a 12 months on Thanksgiving.

GuGu is a phrase that’s symbolic for “family” in Chinese, translating particularly to “sister” and “auntie.”

All collectively they make use of 20 individuals at each venues, together with their two daughters.

“It’s a great community here,” stated Suki.

As a chef, and artist, Tony works on the refined style of the meals he prepares. The mixture of assorted parts featured in any given dish, coupled with the presentation, equate to a singular tasting expertise.

Tony’s creative and refined palate is clearly expressed with imaginative and prescient not solely throughout the menus of each Lily and GuGu, however particularly now on the new institution — the atmosphere of the restaurant consists of wall-to-wall handcrafted oak panels, coupled with stone.

Some of GuGu’s hottest dishes embody the Chilean Sea Bass, the Japanese Fish Box, do-it-yourself soups that includes native farm produce, and an array of sushi specialties. The restaurant gives clients the very best sushi on the earth that includes Omakase flown in recent from Japan.