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Malaclypse

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  1. In my kitchen when we get an order fire entree we call it out 'order in, 2 amuse, OFMF....and the entrees'. OFMF or course stands for Order Fire Mother F*cker. Since it's an open kitchen we have to shorten it a tad. :laugh:

  2. I don't drink near as many of these as I used to but there was a point when I pretty much used to mainline these on the line. My favorites were the sugar free Sobe Adrenaline Rush, the Tab energy drink, and the Jolt energy drinks in those giant cans.

  3. Everyone who has had em and boy did I get a pair last night. A few days ago we rolled out our summer menu and one of the items I decided to put on there was a Nicoise Salad with tuna confit cause well, it's my favorite salad.

    This lady and her husband inquired about it and the lady asked what salad greens came with the salad. The waiter informed her that there were no salad greens and that the salad had an assortment of vegetables. She then proceeded to cuss out the waiter and she and her husband got up and walked out because our Nicoise salad was not like the one she had 'in the south of France'. Apparently they also felt that their Grey Goose on the rocks was unacceptable too.

    So what's your worst customer?

  4. On the rare occasion I do get off for an evening (like tonight, huzzah!) I not looking, like most other chefs I know, for anything fancy. I wish people would just not be afraid I'm going to critique. I was rather refreshing about a month ago and I was at a dinner party at a good friends house and the guests commented 'oh, I'd be so scared to cook for a chef'. My friend, god bless her, responded 'well once you've been through the drive through at Wendy's at 2am with someone it kinda erases that.'

  5. At the risk of sounding like a bit of a arse I'm loathe these days to even let culinary school externs do their externships in my kitchen. It seems to me that a large majority of the folks I see coming out of school are emotionally unprepared for kitchen work and across the board lack any kind of sense or urgency. I attribute this to school not being allowed to really show students what it's like in a kitchen (Rhulman covers this in "The Making of A Chef").

  6. I've got a few folks atm that are looking to do stages at my restaurant and I'm just wondering if there is some sort of special insurance covers this? I'm just a little worried about the possible liability (hey, having a dad work for the federal government teaches you to care about liability). I've never had anyone do stages here before (besides culinary externs) so any info would be helpful.

  7. 1) your reach ins will never go down on a day the restaurant is open but rather on Sunday the one day you are closed (this has happend to me 5 times now)

    2) On a busy prep day the one thing that you thought you had enough of and did not prep ahead will be the one thing that everyone orders.

  8. I love the kitchen people I work with. I love seeing people enjoy the food I have made. I love the fact that I can be having the worst day ever and the second I hear that micros chatter it all goes away. I love cooking, I love the rush of service.

  9. if the food is good I don't care what meal I'm eating it. Actually my favorite breakfasts (aside from biscuits and gravy) have been things like leftover Korean food and leftover Indian food. Americans tend to be far too serious about the whole 'these foods are just for breakfast!' mindset.

  10. I was sadly not there when you last ate there. As for the ratio I used a roughly 1-1.3% alginate solution in the mushroom broth (actually our menu consommé) and ~2-3% Chloride solution. While they turned out well I felt I needed to tighten up the ratio a bit. This of course meaning that I need to break down and buy a better digital scale. (like I need incentive to buy new kitchen gadgets!)

  11. well..after seeing the photos one thing becomes clear to me. I'm having dinner at Red Iguana. I love that place. Another kinda off the beaten path place to try is a place called Mamma's Southern Plantation. I love this place more then almost any other place in Utah. Guess you can take the boy out of the country but nothing can take away the love of soul food.

  12. I really wish I would have not forgotten the camera the other day, but for a party the restaurant did other day I did wild mushroom caviar with creme fraiche on potato blinis. I was quite pleased with how well it turned out. I'll have to make it again soon when I have the cam

  13. Quick report. Thanks to bad weather in Chicago we had an abbreviated trip,and only got to Metropolitan and Red Iguana.

    Red Iguana was superb - great Mexican. The mole poblano was the highlight although I'm still not sure that turkey was my favourite ingredient. By comparison the cochinita pibil was bland (but tasty). Eventually tried dipping the pork from that into the mole sauce and that was my favourite combination.

    Our appetiser was the Rajas de Chile Poblano con Queso y Chorizo - also great.

    And can't beat the wine prices either - a Chilean Carmenere was $16 (not the one on the menu, but nobody seemed to mind). Great food and value.

    Metropolitan was OK but may be a disappointment for 'Big City' visitors. The food is 'correct' but uninspired - didn't seem to take full advantage of local ingredients. And seasoning was erratic - liberal salting and aggressive vinaigrette were the lingering memory. However, the service was exceptional (by Toronto standards) - very friendly and helpful - always eager to please. I almost feel like a grinch but the food was unmemorable (actually an excellent succotash - the only thing that I recall). I'm obviously aware of the reputation for relatively bland food in SLC and Metropolitan seems to play it safe. Having said that, mostly competent, no disasters (OK maybe the vinaigrette) and huge portions. The wine list was also 'safe' (national distribution brands) - a pleasant meal without any peaks or valleys.

    If I may ask what did you have at Metropolitan? As for the wine, it's a touch tougher in Utah to get some of the wines we would like as all wine sales are through the DABC (Dept of Alcohol Beverage Control) so what we can buy is limited to what they bring in.

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