Posts by ChefRay

That's sort of like, "I'm a vegetarian. I only eat fish." No, you're just picky. Shut up and order the roasted salmon before you say something else that's stupid. I really used to hear that a lot.

The best call out I ever got was, "Going to be late. Chicken got loose. Tell you later. Bye." Turns out the guy bought a chicken at the farmer's market and, when asked if he wanted it slaughtered and cleaned, he declined,...

I hope you response was something like, good thing I'm too busy to fire anyone right now.

Would that be the Coffee Pot? Great place. Is it gone? I didn't look the last time I was down. If so, that's really sad.

When you want something cooked with fire and smoke, there's no other way.

I could go on for days about servers and their idiotic questions. In the top ten is one who asked, after serving a sesame crusted, torch charred yellow fin steak about 300 times in one week, "Why is this one raw in the...

I could see how pounding may be part of the evolution of a dish. I can also see that the vinaigrette may also be of more modern leanings. All I was saying about the pounding and saucing is that, if you order _____ Carpaccio in a...

That's a solid meal you've made there. Today for lunch, I braved the icy sheet that is my front yard and fired up the grill. Grilled ox tail, bone in, and apricots. The wife made a watercress and peach salad.

What sort of ham? You can't go mentioning pork and not give up the details of its awesomeness.

Here's from the English to English dictionary.:smiles: carpaccio–noun an appetizer of thinly sliced raw beef served with a vinaigrette or other piquant sauce.