Tips and Tricks from the Professionals
Serving
In a perfect world, every restaurant reservation would be seated exactly on time and every steak would arrive precisely cooked to temperature. But dine out often enough and inevitably you’ll find cause for complaint. Whether it’s a casual neighborhood spot, fast-food chain, or a fine dining destination, restaurants are complex operations, meaning a lot of …
Don’t freak out, but there’s totally a long, brown strand of hair poking out of your burrito. No, seriously, do not panic. A hair lying across your dinner is completely benign. In fact, plenty of foods you eat every day contain human hair. Note to the squeamish: Turn back now. Image: TripAdvisor Spaghetti And Hairballs, …
A waiter sashays towards your table clutching what should be considered a triumph of modern gastronomy. But when the moment of truth beckons, your eyes flash down and there it is – utter disappointment. You stare blankly at the plate. This is not what you expected. STUFF Chefs would prefer to fix a problem with …
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Unsplash It’s been found that wooden serving boards are incapable of being hygienically cleaned. A restaurant in Birmingham, England, has copped a hefty fine for serving food on wooden planks instead of plates. Ibrahim’s Grill and Steakhouse was fined NZ$94,000 on January 4 for failing to comply with food safety requirements. According to the Twitter …
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Step by step guide and video on how to carve and serve your Thanksgiving Turkey from Chef Jim Pacini with the Clovis Institute of Technology. What You Need: carving board, chef’s knife (or slicing knife), paper towels, platter, cutting board, long, flexible knife, tongs Follow These Steps: Remove the string tying the legs together, using …
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Health News – Avocado toast is the gourmet meal of choice for trendy brunchers everywhere. But, by now, most of us have taken this restaurant-worthy treat in-house to munch on whenever the mood strikes. After all, it can’t get much easier then topping crusty bread with the bright green slices, a squeeze of lime and …
SUPPLIED A dish created by Gaston Acurio. In 2007, a small restaurant on a rocky outcrop on the Catalan coast was named the No 1 restaurant in the world for the third consecutive year. The pivotal dish at El Bulli wasn’t even a dish, it was a green olive. It wasn’t even a real olive, …
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Twitter/@WeWantPlates Howzat! – Out, according to WeWantPlates! You sit down for a nice meal out, place your order and wait for the minutes to slowly tick by until you can get stuck into your tucker. Finally the wait staff set a dainty dish before you… served on a cricket bat. View image on Twitter Follow We Want Plates @WeWantPlates A hollowed-out …
Crisp white linen, sparking glassware and polished silver – the scene is set for a beautiful dining experience. But have you ever felt ill at ease during a dinner party, unsure about which piece of cutlery to use? Or have your table manners drawn unwelcome attention? Perhaps you need a seat at Christopher Lisala’s table. The senior waiter …
I was once chased out of a sushi restaurant in Manhattan for leaving a tip which was fine by UK standards, generous even, but low in US terms. It’s clear that tipping customs vary from country to country, but if you wait tables for a living could experiments buried in psychological journals hold some tips …