Monday, December 30, 2013

I'm a happy cook!


After trying for weeks to come up with a recipe and technique for a Black Bean Burger patty to put on the menu at the restaurant I had almost given up, after several attempts I just couldn’t get a good flavor or texture that I was willing to charge people money for. I didn't want to go with the overpriced frozen cardboard hockey pucks they sell at the food service supply company and was almost ready to just not put it on the menu. I really wanted one more vegetarian option on the menu so this week I did some more research and and came up with a new recipe I tried it out tonight and they came out better than I could have imagined, moist, delicious, just spicy enough, and hold together great during cooking. Turns out the secret is to use some cooked Quinoa as one of the binder fillers it seems to hold the moisture in during the cooking process also I left out the cumin and added some sweet chili sauce. I’m really excited about how the recipe development is going on all the dishes, cant wait till we get the restaurant open so some of you can try these out. Dennis 

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Signs up




Still no building permits so we can't start building the new kitchen. The signs are up and look really good.
We have menu boards ready to go and food vendors lined up. I have done a lot of the recipe development here at home and think I can have the place ready to open two weeks after construction is complete still hoping for grand opening Feb 1st but its in the hands of bureaucrats at the permit office so who knows. Hope to start hiring the second week in Jan. Dennis