by siamack | Jun 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
Witness I have been witnessing something I have never before paid attention to; people growing. By which I mean, we take someone on at the restaurant: a full timer, a student, a refugee, and I have watched their true selves emerge only over time. Sometimes it’s...
by siamack | Jun 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
Observations Having a restaurant gives you an interesting lens into, what I might call, trends. Ugh I hate that word. But here is a list of groundswells we spy-with-our-little-eyes before they go/have gone mainstream:1) Covid cancellations. A few of these in a given...
by siamack | Jun 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
Two Types So here’s the thing. I see two types of cook. Or call them chefs if you like but they’re still just cooking. Those who weigh and measure everything. Those who use their eyes and taste buds for everything. The exception, of course, is that you...
by siamack | Jun 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
Almost there with Leuven Leuven is almost there. After paying rent on a place we couldn’t use for over a year, we are tantalisingly close to opening.This, our second restaurant, is about to quietly launch in the next couple of weeks.Quietly because we want to...
by siamack | Jun 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
Team Building Ever wanted to do an unusual team building activity? Take your entire team to work in a restaurant for a couple of days or nights. 1) Unlike the corporate world, no one can hide. Anyone unable to do their allocated job properly will impact everyone else....
by siamack | Jun 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Interviews Sitting here in the restaurant and watching V interview a student every 30 minutes. She asks no questions about their previous experience. She asks them about school/university life. Are they enjoying it? She shares that we have similar aged kids and...
