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Read Anthony Bourdain's "Kitchen Confidential"

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In Reply to: RE: There is not much chance of me going to a restaurant where the chef smokes� posted by three_sox on March 27, 2011 at 01:09:26

If you think restaurant kitchens are run like hospital operating rooms then I've got a bridge in Brooklyn to sell to you for a bargain price!

Read Anthony Bourdain's "Kitchen Confidential". In it he tells that even the most highly rated eateries have practices that are questionable.
For instance, your Sunday brunch is usually comprised of the week's leftovers. Tonight's special is yesterday's meat/fish/vegatables. And remember, don't order fish on Monday because it'll have a sauce to hide its age. Anthony tells us that kitchen staff bleed, too! When the evening is over, it's time to sweep out the dead pests and kill the injured.

Hey, I'm not trying to gross you out but getting on your high horse and pontificating about (gasp!) television sets is nuts! Besides, Bourdain's book is a great read and a best seller. Running a restaurant is like running a democracy: it can be a mess but there is true beauty in doing it.

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No thanks, I have no need to read Bourdain�s self-serving drivel� - three_sox 17:14:13 03/30/11 (2)
... I know a little about the restaurant game ol� son so you keep your bridge and the stupid book.

Most of the restaurants I frequent I know the chefs and/or owners. More often than not either the chef or owners will join us for a port or single malt with a nice cheese platter at the end of the evening.

I am neither on a high horse or pontificating when I talk about a restaurant having a TV set. The last eatery I went to that had a TV set was in 1980 when on a road trip around Australia.

I go to lots of restaurants and none of them have a TV set. Gosh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Smile

Sox
- RE: No thanks, I have no need to read Bourdain�s self-serving drivel� - volunteer 06:13:01 04/04/11 (1)
  I go to many restaurants without televisions but none that have a large bar without them. Too many sports fans. I'm surprised that's not the same in Australia which is stereotyped, accurately or not, as being people with sports fans and enthusiastic drinkers. :-)
  
  I do know that the best restaurants you can find have kitchens that, at times, would make one wretch.
  
  -Wendell
  - Don�t confuse what I prefer to do and what is available to do � - three_sox 03:07:29 04/05/11 (0)
    For clarity, I do not eat at establishments that have TV sets on the wall.
    
    I occasionally might be at a bar or club that serves food that has a TV in it BUT I don�t eat there.
    
    I never sit at a bar staring aimlessly at a TV set.
    
    I have never been one to watch sports at a bar. I watch sports either at the venue or at home.
    
    There are countless bars & clubs in Australia with multiple TV sets but they are not places I frequent.
    
    I will repeat, I go to many restaurants but none of them have a TV set.
    
    Smile
    
    Sox

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