We decided to go for Holly's birthday dinner tonight with her Grandmother, my Mother and the baby. We went to the restaurant I work at and everyone knew we were coming and the place was nice and busy. We got our drinks and ordered our appetizers and my Chef came out for a quick introduction like I asked him to do. My Mom loved our Spinach and Bacon Dip with grilled flat bread and the tempura battered basil stuffed bacon wrapped shrimp. Holly was impressed as well. The soups and salads came followed by our entrees. Good all the way around...then out hobbled my Chef! He slipped and severely twisted an ankle that he had broken in the past...so as we ordered dessert I excuse myself from the table and head for the kitchen. I ended up in the office going over the next couple of nights since I may end up running the show and being down a person as well. Then I was expediting the dessert station as over 20 desserts came in on three tickets along with two tickets with 4 entrees. I returned to our table with our desserts thinking my "work" was done only to see Chef come back out into the dinning room as we prepared to leave to go over a few final notes for my very long weekend.
Everyone enjoyed their meals and the restaurant and Holly's Grandmother was thrilled with meeting the Chef and kind of awestruck that I am a Chef there as well after seeing it all. Got to really establish myself in the eyes of the in-laws, got to show my Mom the kind of meal she is used to and got Holly to eat at my work. I joked that it was the best meal I have ever cooked without having to cook as I have cooked everything we ate but didn't have to cook it tonight!
Everyone enjoyed their meals and the restaurant and Holly's Grandmother was thrilled with meeting the Chef and kind of awestruck that I am a Chef there as well after seeing it all. Got to really establish myself in the eyes of the in-laws, got to show my Mom the kind of meal she is used to and got Holly to eat at my work. I joked that it was the best meal I have ever cooked without having to cook as I have cooked everything we ate but didn't have to cook it tonight!
"Ponder well on this point: the pleasant hours of our life are all connected, by a more or less tangible link, with some memory of the table."-Charles Pierre Monselet, French author(1825-1888)