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Laptop now installed at work

New website should be running in a few days then i got to work out to get the web cam connected to it......then LIVE WEBCAST FROM MARGOT'S..!!!!!

I think it might be too complicated to run the cam all the time, but maybe once a week from 7-9pm

Can ya tell i'm excited by my new toys??????

PS thanks Mike for the link to Gabriels

There cam shot is a bit too much like a security cam.i want mine to be close up on food

[Web Cams in Restaurants??]

SHARK UPDATE....SHARK UPDATE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Saturday afternoon i get a call from a local fisherman(same guy that caught the Porbeagle).His mate has caught a big Thresher Shark....103lbs..on rod and line, and wanted to sell it.I said if he cut it up, i would have some.but not all of it!.Anyway 6.30pm he chugs up the estuary wih said shark aboard and we walk down to see it landed.(we make our own entertainment down here).Fantastic fish 9 1/2 ft long (thresher is alot of tail) and the first one caught in our waters for years.If the guy who caught it had been a member of the Cornwall Anglers Club he could claim the Cornish Record !Cooks up very similar to Porbeagle.Our well known local restaurant didn't get a look in, as there was nobody around to say yes .What a shame ,hehehehehehe

[Humor In Dishes]

Grilled Quail served with Quail eggs???Funny?? Makes i laugh

[Web Cams in Restaurants??]

Hand held food blitzer.If we had the web cam we could do demos.

Ignore that last bit,i swore i did not want to be on TV Ever!

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Green paste..Coriander, LEMONGRASS,Ginger, Garlic, Chillie, Lime.and off course we made it you cheeky monkey!!!!!!

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I thought that would get your attention Cabrales.

Hmmm how to describe shark?????

Meaty texture,white flesh, but you do get a strip of "red" muscle through the fillet.Subtle flavour softens nicely with cooking, not like snapper or tuna.Does that make sense?

We only use Porbeagle Shark so can't compare to others.

We did have a Great White spotted of our coast 3 years back,so all the fisherman went a bit mad catching shark.It was on everyones menu for awhile.

BTW did the photos you took at my place come out? Any chance of seeing them?

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If only we had the cam up and working last night,you lot could have seen the 35lb Porbeagle Shark we had delivered.Caught by a local fisherman and carried through a full restaurant by yours truly ( we have no back door)

It is on tonights menu , roasted with Thai Paste, finished with coconut milk and served with a crushed potato cake.

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I'm blushing now

I think you summed it up pretty well Jinmyo, it is about having nothing to hide, but also sharing with the eGullet crew and others what we do.I may even view it myself on my night off.(control freak???? moi????)

I think we will mount the cam overlooking where the main courses are plated.I would love to call it the pass, but hey , this is my tiny kitchen were talking about.

I can't see us working any differently, as we have a window in the kitchen door , so people going to the loo can see in anyway

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Yes Steve. RED HOT ..Man On Food Action! Free Access! Fresh Herbs!

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Firstly, I have no idea where this thread show go, so if a kindly moderator would like to move it to a better place, please do

My new web site should be up an running soon, and i,m toying with the idea of a web cam.What do you lot think???????? Live pics from our tiny kitchen, or from the dining room? Or a bad , tacky idea?

Any tips for sites with web cams from kitchens would be appreciated

Ta ever so

PS soon , in this context ,means before the next ice age

[A Note To Tony Bourdain]

I lent my copy of KC to my new 16 yearold recruit to show what a bloody easy life he has in my kitchen

[Customers who are real jerks]

Out standing!.Way to go Mr Bourdain.

Can i just say how much i enjoyed your books.One thing i noted was your impression of British chefs not lending stuff to rivals when they are in the shit.This may be true in London, but everywhere i have worked, we have lent and borrowed on a regular basis.I'd hate you think we were all selfish bastards.

Thanks for doing such a great job with this Q+A session, much appreciated

[Customers who are real jerks]

Sorry to butt in before the big man, but i kinda like the jerks, it makes life interesting.I don't want a  room full of them, but 1 or 2 occasionally give the other nice guests something to laugh at.And when you know in the back of your mind that you can kick them out if you like, it does give you the confidence to not take any shit.Eg last week, table of 4 arseholes , late, loud, rude etc etc.One woman whined that there was no icecream on the menu, to which i explained that my ice cream machine had broken in 1/2.Head arsehole tells me that its not his problem, to which i say ,"yes it is, because you want icecream".Woman even wrote in the vistor's book "lovely dinner but no icecream", next to which i wrote"TOUGH!

Again, sorry to butt in  

[Beyond Vanilla, Chocolate, and Strawberry]

My Ice Cream Machine has now been fixed by the garage and is in full working order !!  

To celebrate we made Pear and Saffron Sorbet, served with a Poached Peach and Baked Plums.

We also have had on the menu  Carmelised Walnut Parfait which worked very well i,f i do say so myself

[no shows]

I,m thinking of "naming and shaming" my no shows with a poster in the window.What else can i do??? I refuse to take credit card numbers.....pointless exercise that only puts the vast majority of "good " customers on the back foot.

FLASH OF BRILLANCE ALERT!!!!!

A thread on eGullet with names of no shows!!!!!!!

also a small review of the customers..we get reviewed, maybe its time you lot were !!!!!

God i'm brillant sometimes

[Empty tables, empty coffers]

We are fully booked till monday(evenings).Space avaliable lunchtimes.Our "At Home " Service is booked till Monday

"we" are a small bistro in Padstow Cornwall.North Cornwall is very busy at the moment, and it has been a very good season so far.

[Ramsay on the Ropes]

For all you lots infomation, I will not be at my Bistro on the 22nd July 2002,as i'm off to watch Mr Paul Weller perform a few ditties in Plymouth.No discounts will be offered,or surcharges because you won't have to suffer my wit and charm. We may well open on Monday nights in a while , without my leadership.If it works .it works .if it don't we will stop.

[If you could live anywhere/world, where would it be?]

If i was forced at gun point to leave my little bit of North Cornwall then i think San Fransisco.We were there for a brief spell in November and LOVED it

[Beyond Vanilla, Chocolate, and Strawberry]

OHHHHHHHH Dear!. My ice cream machine has broken

It broke in 1/2 ..currently at my mates garage , while he scratches his head and thinks how to fix it.In the mean time we have moved on to Iced Raspberry Parfait with Baked Plums

Un churned mixture of Meringue and Cream and Raspberry Sauce.MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

[Return to a culinary wasteland???]

I HAVE MY FINGERS IN MY EARS AND I'M HUMMING LALALALALALALALALALA......

[A trip to Wiltshire and Dorset( and Shropshire)]

and whats wrong with bunting???? :confused:

[Quirky things that happen in restaurants]

We have had no theft from our place apart from

1) the formentioned Table

2) a butter dish (but this may have been chucked in the bin)

3) we lost the glass shutters from above our door....attempted break in.they removed the glass to gain entry,standing on the door knob.the door knob gave way, so they left empty handed..the dustman then took the glass away as rubbish.

We have only had 2 people in 4 years leave without paying

1) Single Guest who " forgot his wallet".said he would return the next day, and as it was only a small bill, i said fine.He did not return the next day, so everyone had a laugh at my expense........BUT he did return 6 weeks later as part of a bigger table, and 1/2 way threw his meal he remmbered that he owed me money.Had totally forgotten to come back..so he paid there and then and left a HUGE tip to say sorry

2)Also single male diner, bit worse for wear went outside for a cigarette, and took his coffee with him, then i looked and he had left!I thought he was local , so 1 telephone call and i had his name, occupation, address and telephone number(god i love small towns).He returned shamed faced to pay his bill..and a tip..But i'm still down 1 coffe cup.

We also have had only 1 bad cheque and 1 dodgy credit card. We just don't attract the criminal types

And yes i know this is not normal

[Quirky things that happen in restaurants]

We were having an 80th birthday drinks party so i had to lose some tables.We have zero storage space at my place, so i put then accross the street in an archway.These were really cheap tables that i had re-topped with wood from an old bed.net worth about £2.50..anyhoo, end of the evening somebody had nicked one of these crappy horrible tables .We have since replaced all the tables with nice new ones

[Quirky things that happen in restaurants]

Do you need to confess something Cabrales? We still got all the ones we bought at the begining of this year, but i am short one butter dish which i think walked out the door.We did lose one table , but that another story

[Quirky things that happen in restaurants]

My answer to people who apologise for leaving marks on our table cloths is "you are helping our local economy" , plus thats what there there for, shurley?. We don,t have a huge phallic pepper mill. just little ones on the tables (fruedian?).If you realy want to annoy me, season your food at the table before you taste it!