Tapanui Rural Womens Demonstration Menu

Entrees

Tartlet of Hand-made beef and fennel sausage,

white bean cassoulet, roquette pesto

Home cured and smoked Beef pastrami,

kumara ‘chips’, béarnaise sauce

Main

Honey, rosemary, and orange marinated lamb back straps,

lamb shank croquette,

parmesan roasted parsnip, buttered broad beans

and mustard pan jus

Dessert

Fried feta, honeycomb, with fig walnut and oat biscuits

decisions, decisions

Man who would have thought securing a job was a job in itself.

Big question for the day...
Does anyone know anyone who is looking to rent a house in Dunedin?

So whats been happening lately???

Been having fun working some shifts at the Crown Mill, thanks Jamie, "Doris" and the team there.... been a great experience to see how function work goes in particular. Also ask Jamie about his cellar room. Fantastic space for a small group to relax and enjoy.

Tuesday saw me drive myself to Gore for the Get Ahead career expo day.  160 burgers prepped, cooked and served in an hour!!! Not too bad...
Will never really get use to public speaking tho... Just hope that a few were listening and took in some advice.
There are photos up on facebook from Woodville and Gore - I will also share via my page.

Wednesday sees me travel to Tapanui for a Rural Woman NZ cooking demonstration. Menu all planned and ready to go. Should be a great day.

At home in the kitchen

• beef stock - check
• chicken stock - check
• ham hock (smoked) - check
• pea and ham soup - cooking now
• beef and mushroom stroganoff for dinner - check

That is all that is planned for the immediate future. Hopefully some exciting news will come up soon... Until then

Cook Well, Eat Well, and leave the cleaning up to someone else...
Chef Logan

100% customer satisfaction 98% of the time...

This was in a recent job description I picked up...

"... achieving 100% accuracy 96% of the time and 100% customer satisfaction 98% of the time..."

All those that know me would obviously know that I think of this...

What's your opinion? Please comment, would love to know!!!


Cook Well, Eat Well, and leave the cleaning up to someone else...
Logan

Reviewers

Rant time...

Whilst I am all for people having an opinion about where they have eaten and what they have eaten, I strongly believe that they still need to have a back round about what they saying about it. 

Most of the time you read and see and hear comments like "I don't usually eat that sort of thing, but thought I would give it a go. Well I guess that is the reason I don't eat that sort of thing"  Whereas if someone had a bit of no-how and sense in what they were eating and writing, then firstly, they wouldn't order a dish that they don't enjoy!!! and secondly, comments should be more on the line of "because of the reputation of the restaurant and chef, I thought I would try my luck at (insert dish here) again.  The (___) was cooked to perfection, well seasoned and had a perfect contrast of flavour and texture, however, as good as this dish was (and my guest thoroughly enjoyed it), it didn't convert me, so now I can stop this obsession of mine."

If those first lot of people wish to make their observations, why can they not do the decent thing and run it through the restaurant that they dined at, and seek permission to publish it publicly?

I do have to have a good laugh tho when I read reviews on sites like menumania and dineout, those people who loved there food and meals but only score it a 6 or 7... what gives?!?

Ahhh.... Rant over....

Cook Well, Eat Well, and leave the cleaning up to someone else...
Logan