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A Question from A Restaurant Owner
margin if ever there was one. MY ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION - As the only one really benefitting from the regularity of her visits make it a rule that you (or if there is a manager, the manager) always wait on this table yourself. Tell...
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Martini House, St. Helena
but it was well worth on my scale. The cooking is so detailed and well-executed, I gladly paid it and would do it again when I can afford to. I thought it represented wonderful value compared to recent meals at Cole’s Chop...
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chowhound dinner in China Town at "that place"
that are too tough, and you end up with a plate of unchewable green mess. Last night’s was perfection. I was a little underwhelmed with the E-Fu noodles because I think they over cooked it. E-Fu noodles is the grandfather of...
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that unbearably OBNOXIOUS Carnegie Deli
brought with them the most vital cuisine, while the old assimilated groups often cook tired. ciao
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Cheese Class - Progress!
at the office . . .) can affect one’s perception. The only solution is to try as many cheeses as are availble, under the most appropriate tasting conditions, and to do it often!
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What to do when dragged to a bad restaurant...
to a party seems to me a pretty heavy-handed solution to a minor problem. Sure, calculating bills at the end of group meals is a tad pesky, but so is a mosquito bite, and you don’t use surgery to remove a mosquito bite. But...
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Ralphs Ices coming to Austin St. in Forest Hills
The solution to the Queens Blvd problem is to go UNDER it through the subway.
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WORST MEAL OF MY LIFE: Bouley Bakery
Equation: (overbooking)(seating people without reservations i.e.“special people”) (indifferent/haughty attitude) = poor restaurant management. No excuses. Mr. Bouley could be cooking up a storm in the kitchen (and...
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Spago Tasting Menu Lunch -- BITTER Disappointment
*. Seating/Smoking proximity – If you didn’t like your table, and/or smelled smoke, the solution is simple... ask to be moved. It is a much easier situation than sitting there hating smoke (by the way, I’m not a...
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Teapot with internal mesh basket - should I get one?
easy is it to clean this pot? I’m thinking of buying the small one for my office. I’ve tried numerous solutions for brewing tea at work, but still have not come up with the ideal one. I also found this one on line that...
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Miami Wine Lists exposed & Chowhound Recs
found out that a $15 Crios Torrontes from Argentina was being sold for over $40. So what’s a local Floridan to do when faced with such outrageous markups? Take your own wine was one solution. Most restaurants have corkage...
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Dread pesticides; can't afford all-organic diet.
of the products used on organic and conventional produce are water soluble and are easily removed. Cooks Illustrated recommends a solution of vinegar and water. Regulations are regulations. They are not things that the public...
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catering client expectation too high!!
away from any cooking facility, necessitating lots of rentals, as in the op; or you might have extra people on staff for clearing, serving, bartending, cake cutting etc. whom you wouldn’t have working at a comparable...
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Waitering tips?
corn and whatever other vegetables they had readily available in the kitchen. It was cooked in a sauce with a base of pineapple juice. It was served on a faux Rice a Roni rice, cooked with chicken boullion and spices I would...
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Best Tea in Los Angeles
for your time... :) But we certainly will appreciate your unique perspectives on tea and hopefully, that will guide us to some innovation solution in the future! We are looking for tea lovers in the Pasadena area so we don’t...
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