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Restaurants Start-Up and Systems Success
4. Staffing- Staffing can be challenging, and in this industry, like other industries that can be entry-level at times it may be hard to find workers with dedication, principle and good ethics. Developing a good job description including duties and expectations and having a training day and or someone to assist them in job shadowing is beneficial. There are numerous other opportunities that you can use in developing HR Strategy. A good business example of HR Strategy in business would be IBM. In the restaurant industry you might look to good examples such as McDonald’s, Starbucks or A&W. You might not have the leverage they have to offer some of the services of strategies but there are opportunities to offer similar environments. This however, takes a lot of time and work and having a hr consultant or business consultant would be beneficial. Having team uniforms may be one way to identify with your customers and may also benefit your staff’s hygiene. A good example is: http://www.bestbuyuniforms.com/
5. Layout, Design and Attraction- This can make or break some businesses in the restaurant industry depending on their competition and consumer demand. Some areas expect a certain level of quality in service or food or variety in food selection. Other areas demand a layout that is unique and appealing or beneficial for movement. There are many options and completing a little research, getting feedback from other developers and restaurants.
A good book to read on restaurant design is: http://www.successfulrestaurantdesign.com/
6. Business Systems- There are numerous business systems available in the restaurant industry such as Squirrel, Microsoft etc. For more information on some of the current advanced portable systems see: http://www.actionsystems.com/
Author: Daryl Des Marais
Diners Healthy Eating Survival Guide
althy restaurant eating is not on the top of chefs concerns. With that said, saturating the dishes with fat, salt, and sugar is of very little concern to most chefs. Restaurant chefs are simply willing to do whatever is necessary to show the customer extreme value while concentrating on the main goals of making their food taste and look great, even if it is at the expense of our health. This extreme perceived value objective has lead to the “super size portion generation” leading to bigger waistlines.
Do to the current pace of today’s society, Americans are now consuming over one third of there calories from eating out. How many of these calories are actually healthy dining calories? Probably not many.
Today we, as diners, must take on more personal responsibility than ever before focusing on eating right while eating out.. Chefs, restaurants, and friends are not going to look out for our health. Thus, it is our own personal responsibility to preserve our health by eating right while dining out.
If your health is meant to be, it is up to you. It is about choices. You have the personal choice of eating right. However, please understand, it is up to you to make a difference not anyone else. Which choice are you going to make?
Listed here are my 9 surefire health eating tips to help you take personal responsibility by eating right while dining out.
1. Don’t arrive extremely hungry. It is best to have a snack a couple of hours prior to eating out. This will ensure that you won’t enter the restaurant ready to eat the basket of bread. Don’t worry about spoiling your dinner; It is a bad healthy eating habit to come into a restaurant ravenous.
2. Take it home. When an extra large portion comes to the table request a doggy bad immediately prior to putting a bite of food into your mouth. Cut the extra large portion in half, take it home, and eat it tomorrow.
3. Dine at healthy eating restaurants. Patronize healthy dining eateries so you won’t get caught in a situation of not being able to locate anything healthy on the menu. Don’t set yourself up for failure.
4. Ask servers for substitutes. Be specific to the server about what you want to substitute. It never hurts to ask about getting your food prepared in a healthy dining manner. An good example would be replace the mayonnaise with mustard. It never hurts to ask.
5. Order dressing on the side. Another healthy eating tip is to order your salad dressing on the side. Be a dipper. You will save yourself added fat, and unwanted calories.
6. Beware of beverages. As you know, wine, beer, and regular soda all have calories too. Consider consuming water to conserve calories. Why drink your calories when you can eat them.
7. Healthy eating means avoid these terms: alfredo, au gratin, breaded crispy, french fried, pesto, hollandaise, light cream sauce, sauteed, or pastry.
8. Leave food on your plate. A good healthy eating habit is to always leave a bit of food on your plate. You don’t have to clean your plate. If you follow the doggy bag rule, of course, this may not apply.
9. Eat slowly. Eating slowly is proven to decrease the amount of food you eat. Thus, the caloric content ingested will be much less.
Eating healthy and eating out can be mentioned in same sentence. By following these 9 surefire healthy restaurant eating tips you are assured of walking out of the restaurant at the same weight you walked in at.
Author: Jim O’Connor
First-Ever Amateur Chef Participates in Amstel Light Burger Bash at Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival
Light’s Chef Jake Linzinmeir selected the winning recipe and helped
Ms. Welander prepare her delicious all-beef masterpiece on-site for the
2,000 event attendees and the celebrity host of the night, Rachael Ray.
“It was an honor to choose a winner for the Amstel Light burger recipe
contest, and give an otherwise unknown talent the opportunity to prepare
her burger along side some of the best chefs at one of the biggest culinary
events,” said Chef Jake Linzinmeir. “I was looking for a burger recipe
that was traditional, but had unique ingredients and a bold taste.”
For more details on the Amstel Light Burger Bash, visit www.amstellight.com or www.sobewineandfoodfest.com .
About Amstel Light
Amstel Light is a leading imported light beer brand in the U.S. The Amstel
Brewery was founded in 1870 in Amsterdam, Holland by two businessmen,
DePester and J.H. van Marwijk Kooy. By 1886, Amstel had become Amsterdam’s
largest brewer of lager beer. In 1982, Amstel Light was born as an import
to the U.S. Characteristic of this beer is a unique selection of raw
materials and an intense fermenting process. The result is a premium
imported light beer containing only 3.5% alcohol and approximately 35%
fewer calories than regular lager beer. Amstel Light is imported by
Heineken USA, headquartered in White Plains, New York, the nation’s premier
beer importer. For more information, please visit www.amstellight.com .
About Heineken USA
Heineken USA Inc., the nation’s premier beer importer, is a subsidiary of
Heineken International BV, which is the world’s most international brewer.
Brands imported into the U.S. include: Heineken Lager, the world’s most
international beer brand; Heineken Premium Light; Amstel Light, a leading
imported light beer brand; Newcastle Brown Ale, the leading imported ale in
the United States; and Buckler non-alcoholic brew. Heineken USA is also
the exclusive USA importer for the Tecate, Tecate Light, Dos Equis, Sol,
Carta Blanca and Bohemia brands from FEMSA Cerveza of Mexico. Please visit
EnjoyHeinekenResponsibly.com.
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Conspiracy Foods, The Inside Story about the Mass Produced Foods that are Making Society Sick
fined, acidic poison completely lacking in nutrition, that is designed to create sugar cravings that it can never really satisfy.
The average American consumes a cup of white sugar daily in their various foods. It’s so potent and toxic that if it were introduced today it would be available by prescription only. White sugar is added to practically everything. A couple of tablets of GTF Chromium #1801-6 daily provide the minerals chromium and vanadium. The sugar cravings are the way that the body says that it needs those two minerals that are naturally found in sweet foods, but have been removed to make white sugar. Stevia Powder Extract #1386-7 (powder) & #1381-6 (packets) is a wonderfully sweet and nutritious herbal product that can be used safely in all those foods and beverages that you would like to sweeten up. NSP’s has no bitter aftertaste.
Soy is another one of the high estrogen foods that have been mass marketed for the purpose of reducing fertility, increasing tumor and cancers and generally reducing the size of the global population. Most of it is genetically modified and it’s all much too high in estrogen to do most people any good. In China, soy was considered “poor people food“. Herdsmen wouldn’t let their animals eat soy. It was used as a rotation crop to put nitrogen into the soil, in the way that Western farmers use red clover, another high estrogen plant.
Part of America’s epidemic obesity, infertility and tumor problems can be traced back to soy. While a little soy sauce now and then may not bother you, adding it wholesale to your diet is putting trouble into your future. For women, Pro G Yam 500 #4936-5, and for men, Men’s formula #3112-7 and Sarsaparilla #620-8 are products that clean out excess estrogens and protect the body from picking them up in the foods.
Food manufacturers use fats that are cheap to produce, have a long shelf life and are difficult for the body to use. Always use olive oil, minimize canola (It means ‘Canadian oil’) which comes from genetically modified rapeseed oil. Supplement with Super GLA Oil Blend #1844-5 to feed your immune and hormonal systems and push the junk fats out. Remember, Real Men Take Supplements! (So do Real Women!)
Author: Drs. Ralph & Lahni DeAmicis
Restaurant Products Can Now Be Found in the Supermarket
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All About Restaurant Sanitation
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The Great London Restaurant Review
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The list includes some very modest eateries where you will not spend a fortune but will still eat well.
There are now so many restaurants in London, that this is just a cross section of those available but everybody should find something that will appeal to their tastebuds and pockets.
Michelin Star Restaurants
Le Gavroche
43 Upper Brook Street, W1K 7QR (020 7408 0881)
Albert and Michael Roux set the benchmark for Haute Cuisine for London restaurants many years ago and son Michael Roux Jnr is now doing the same. Elegant dining such as this does not come cheap, a minimum price of £60 each, but with 2 Michelin stars over the door you just know it is money well pent.
Gordon Ramsay On Royal Hospital Road
68 Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London, SW3 4HP (020 7352 4441)
Lunch Menu £40 7 Course Dinner Menu £110
With a 2 month waiting list you will have to plan ahead if you want to eat here and with three Michelin stars, you just know the fwill be out of this world. Any serious foodie would kill his own Mother to get a seat here to sample the French and Mediterranean dishes. It is a credit to Gordon Ramsay that despite being listed in the top five restaurants in the world, the house wine is only £15 although the extensive wine list contains some fine wines at a lot more than that.
Petrus
The Berkeley, Wilton Place, Knightbridge, London, SW1X 7RL (020 7235 1200)
Chef, Marcus Wareing has earned his two Michelin stars by serving up some of the finest French cuisine available and that includes in France. The restaurant, situated in the Berkley Hotel a known haunt of the Queen, is named after one of the finest red wines in the world. You can enjoy a bottle with your meal but with prices starting at over £300 and ending in a wallet busting £12,300, you may wish to try the house red at around £15 per bottle, although this may be an insult to the magnificent food.
Locanda Locatelli
8 Seymour Street, London, W1H 7HT, (020 7935 9088)
Although I have not eaten there yet, I must admit this is my favourite celebrity chef. He always comes across a passionate believer in the quality of his ingredients and the joy of cooking them. I am sure his two Michelin stars are an understatement. If Italian fis your passion this is the temple where you can worship it in.
The amazing thing is that you can dine here for about £30 each and you will find many gwines at under £20 per bottle.
Nobu
Metropolitan Hotel, 19 Old Park Lane, London, W1 Y4LB (020 7447 4747)
This 2 Michelin star restaurant was the haunt of both pop and movie stars where the tempura is sublime. Japanese cuisine is always expensive so the £60 per person will not phases the Japanese affictionados.
Other Great Restaurants
Texture
34 Portman Square, W1H 7BY (020 7224 0028)
The nearest tube is Marble Arch but if you can afford to eat here you will not be travelling by public transport. Dinner for two with wine and service costs around £150. Has a Champagne bar that is worth a visit.
This restaurant is the brainchild of Agnar Sverisson, the Icelandic former head chef at Le Manoir aux Quatre Saisons, (Raymond Blanc’s flagship restaurant) and Xavier Rousset who was the Head sommelier there. One can only wonder at the day they both decided to leave!
The decor could be described as Icelandic cool, the cuisine in the nouvellele and the ingredients are the best. A great introduction is the started menu which will give you a pointer to your next visit. Don’t leave it too long as a Michelin star or two cannot be far away and you know what that can do to the prices and the waiting list.
Daphne’s
112 Draycott Avenue, SW3 3AE (020 7589 4257)
Price £48.00
Another Italian restaurant that has been favoured by stars, particularly for the lunch time crowd and why not, the fis excellent and the service attentive without being over-bearing. At least it was when I ate there a couple of years ago. It has a novel open space that makes summer dining a real pleasure. Even though they take great pride in sourcing as much of their produce from caring British producers, their risottos and pasta dishes are second to none and are complimented by a fine selection of Italian wines.
Cantina del Ponte
36C Shad Thames, Butler’s Wharf, SE1 2YE
Price £25
This is the cheaper version of Sir Terrance Conrans restaurant La Ponte de la Tour, right on the river, overlooking Tower Bridge with spectacular views of the river Thames which make it an excellent summer dining establishment. The menu is traditional Italian fare cooked to perfection. I had a pizza which, having come from their wfired oven was just sublime and the Tiramisu to follow did not disappoint. The fis well complimented by an extensive wine list.
Bibendum
Michelin House, 81 Fulham Road, SW3 6RD (020 7581 5817)
If seafis your passion, this is the place for you. Opened by Sir Terrance Conran twenty years ago in the old Michelin Tyre Depot, you will think you are in Paris as you feast on superb fish dishes amid the splendour of the art deco features like the huge stained glass windows. Before you ask, there are also some fine meat dishes that are also cooked to perfection.
Lindsay House
21 Romilly Street, W1D 5AF (020 7439 0450)
If you wish to dine like a Georgian English gentleman with an British menu then you will do no better than Lindsay House where Richard Corrigan, a rising TV star, serves a wonderful menu sourced from the best providers. Pigs trotters or smoked eel salad served in a genteel 18th century drawing room may have you thinking that you will be able to get a sedan chair home. The 21st century will hit you at the end when the espresso is served at nearly £5 per cup which would make even the aristocracy reach for their smelling salts. That said, for those who can afford it, it will remain a unique experience.
Rules
35 Maiden Lane, WC2E 7LB (020 7836 5314)
Price £49.00
Rules has been serving traditional British ffor over 200 years and the decor reflects this. To some it is elegant dining, to others it is a bit like an Olde England theme park either way it is a great way to sample some of the finest British cuisine and that includes those glorious English puddings. The only problem is you will need to have the wherewithal of at least a minor member of the aristocracy to pay for the meal.
If you go to the Tate Modern to feed your artistic soul, you will have the choice of two fine restaurants.
Tate Modern Restaurant: Level 7
7th Floor, Tate Modern, Sumner St, SE1 9TG (020 7401 5014 )
Whilst in the Tate Modern, you should take the lift to the 7th floor where, if you can get a window table, you will get some stunning views of the river to accompany your stunning fwhich luckily is not named after any s of art. The cuisine is modern European and sourced from both Britain and the continent. Views and foods this gdo not come cheap so if you are on a modest budget, you might like to try the cafe on the 2nd floor where children are very well catered for.
If you are not too tired then try:-
Northbank
One Paul’s Walk, EC4V 2EH (020 7329 9299)
Just a quick stroll across the bridge and you will find this cathedral to the finest provender the South-west of England can supply, cooked to perfection. It doesn’t come cheap but after such a meal you will be more than happy to pay. Summer visitors will enjoy the outdoors tables and if you get there sooner you will still be able to marvel at the ‘Glass Gherkin’ building. Don’t forget to take a closer look at the wall paper, it is a modern toile that reflects the City of London surroundings.
Red Fort
77 Dean Street, W1D 3SH (020 7437 2115)
The authentic cuisine of North India has made the Red Fort a focal point for the Indian fafficionados. It is the exquisite cuisine andlish surroundings that have attracted the gand the great. A definite must for any visitor but beware, you will never quite enjoy your own local take away again.
Myung Ga
1 Kingly Street, W1B 5PA (020 7734 8220)
This Korean restaurant is a haven for basic Korean fas the number of Koreans, Chinese and Japanese eating there will demonstrate. This bustling restaurant would be a great place for the novice to be introduced to the tastes of Korea.
Wahaca
66 Chandos Place, London, WC2N 4HG
Average Price: £50
This is a real Mexican restaurant that specialises in street fwith ingredients that are ethical and traceable. Authentic is the keyword so be prepared to be surprised if you are used to the usual old tex-mex that has been touted around for years. The sample menu is a gplace to start, just be careful of the freshly prepared hot sauces.
Dining On A Budget
Stockpot
18 Old Compton Street, Soho, W1D 4TN
273 Kings Road, London, SW3 5EN
38 Panton Street, London, SW1Y 4EA
Opened in 1958 this small chain of inexpensive restaurants are still providing the capital with nourishing fat affordable prices. The menu is simple British and continental with generous portions. For those on a limited budget this cannot be topped. I have eaten at all these locations and can attest to the quality as does the number of people who you will find eating there.
Yo! Sushi
MyHotel, 11-13 Bayley Street, Bedford Square, WC1B 3HD also at Harrods, Harvey Nichols, Selfridges and many other places.
A fun way to eat sushi that will not break the bank. As you sit, the different sushi goes around on a conveyor belt so you can help yourself from the cooked and raw dishes. A nice, if expensive twist is the water pump at each table.
Rootmaster
Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, E1 6QL
If you are looking around the City of London and want something different then this is the place for you, especially if you are a vegetarian and if you are not, then this would be a great introduction to the cuisine. The bonus is that you get to eat on one of what used to be, London landmarks, a big red Routemaster Bus, hence the name pun. Fantastic noodles and falafel made in the shape of burgers make this a truly unique eating experience.
Sticky Fingers’ Cafe
1a Phillimore Gardens, Kensington, W8 7EG
When Bill Wyman wasn’t Rolling with the Stones he started this restaurant which serves burgers, ribs and tex-mex. The fmust be gas it still going strong after many years. Situated in a side street off the High Street Kensington makes it a perfect mid shopping break.
Hard Rock Cafe
150 Old Park La, W1K 1QR, (020 76290382)
The daddy of them all, they set the standard for burgers in London long before any of the chains opened up London. I would tell you when I first went there but I am afraid I might show my age. They have gone global but the ethics are still the same, gfin great surroundings and reasonable prices and you can get the t-shirt.
Pizza Express
Although the Pizza Express is a chain, you will not be disappointed by the quality of the pizzas unless you only like yours made in the deep panle because they only make the traditional thin crustle. They do have a selection of other dishes available as well. Some of the restaurants have live jazz so you can make an evening of it.
You are now ready to venture out and sample the culinary delights of London, whether it is a fine British menu or something from further afield and you won’t necessarily need a bank balance the size of Fort Knox to enjoy them.
The top restaurants, especially those with Michelin stars, may need to be pre-booked so it may be advisable to check before you travel, it would be so disappointing to miss them.
Author: Dominique Ballada