by Tom Clarke
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If there's one thing I don't particularly want to talk about on a night out, that thing would be food. OK there is one instance that I don't mind talking about food when out: see 'proximity' and 'of the nearest kebab shop to the pub'.
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Let me backtrack a bit...
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I've been a chef for the last couple of years and it seems that everyone knows how I should do my job. If I've had a hard, hot and sweaty day (the saying's there for a reason) the last thing I need to hear is that the secret to a good chilli is cumin powder. Or that a squeeze of lemon in tartare sauce works great. I know these things. It's my job to know these things. Friday night after work is not a time I'm working, or trying to better my cooking knowledge in any way.
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I would happily listen to the people telling me these things if they had experience in the industry, a world-class reputation and a chain of restaurants named after them. But they have none of these, they are roofers, bus drivers or accountants usually.
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I swear I'm going to spend the next few nights out telling the roofers that felt is great for shed rooves, the bus drivers that you should give way to the right at a roundabout, and the accountants that I once had a Sharp calculator that worked really well and maybe they should get one!
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Rant over. Sorry. But just think twice in future.
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Let me backtrack a bit...
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I've been a chef for the last couple of years and it seems that everyone knows how I should do my job. If I've had a hard, hot and sweaty day (the saying's there for a reason) the last thing I need to hear is that the secret to a good chilli is cumin powder. Or that a squeeze of lemon in tartare sauce works great. I know these things. It's my job to know these things. Friday night after work is not a time I'm working, or trying to better my cooking knowledge in any way.
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I would happily listen to the people telling me these things if they had experience in the industry, a world-class reputation and a chain of restaurants named after them. But they have none of these, they are roofers, bus drivers or accountants usually.
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I swear I'm going to spend the next few nights out telling the roofers that felt is great for shed rooves, the bus drivers that you should give way to the right at a roundabout, and the accountants that I once had a Sharp calculator that worked really well and maybe they should get one!
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Rant over. Sorry. But just think twice in future.
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