Drew, the new sous, EZ the new GM, Ace, the new Future, and I went and catered the Taste of Cambridge yesterday. At the Indian Grocery Store I scored an American flag bandanna. I rocked it on Cambridge Street and then put it away for later, specifically, the Fourth of July Party.
Rockin’ in the free world…
Drew and me, still rockin’…
The manly equipment…
Preppin’ at the prep table…
Drew and Ace know what time it is…
Drew and the blue cheese. It was my job to pre-crumble the blue cheese. I was slowly breaking it up with my lady fingers, when Drew showed me how to do it like a man. He took the whole chunk and karate-crumbled it in five seconds. Lesson learned!
Our booth was between Upper Crust (best pizza in Cambridge! thanks Barry) and Chez Henri. Oh, and the Harpoon booth was right next to us as well. Men like beer (I’m not manly like that)…
EZ tasting SOMETHING from a pint container. All great chefs have to taste their ingredients…
The lawn. It was the perfect kind of June weather for the Taste…
Luke and I are happy to be there… together!
At the East Coast Grill booth we handed out steak salad. It was medium rare grilled top round (I told everyone it was sirloin, upselling!), sliced thin, over watercress salad (dressed in orange vin) with house raisins and crumbled blue cheese. Finally, each plate was finished with some pomegranate glaze. Delicious! EZ and Drew handled the cooking, while Ace and I plated, distributed and talked to the attendees.
After our job was done, Ace had the idea to go dance in front of the reggae band. We started a dance party!
Party on Wayne!
After work I had a dream about the restaurant business. Mr. Schlesinger started a new restaurant in an old train station called the “Reasonable Cowboy.” It featured primal cuts of meat, slow-cooked, and was a huge hit. This dream continued for hours, until I woke up to use the bathroom. Once asleep again, the dream resumed! “Reasonable Cowboy” was a dominant dream. The Taste of Cambridge had resonance.
Dreaming of meat!? Leave them beeeeeeee. All of them. All the little creatures, and the big creatures, all creatures, great and small.
By the way, -11 points for the cigarette photo. I stayed for 4 hours looking, but -11 points nonetheless.
[…] For the second year in a row I was part of the Taste of Cambridge team. Last year it was chef EZ, the Future, the Maverick and me. The Maverick did not last long at the restaurant after that. At the event, the Future had to re-cut Maverick’s lemons smaller. A bad sign, foretelling dark times… On our team this year was chef EZ, the Future and Big John. Big John is moving to the west coast and this will be his last weekend at the restaurant. I guess the Taste of Cambridge is a good sendoff. […]
[…] For the second year in a row I was part of the Taste of Cambridge team. Last year it was chef EZ, the Future, the Maverick and me. The Maverick did not last long at the restaurant after that. At the event, the Future had to re-cut Maverick’s lemons smaller. A bad sign, foretelling dark times… On our team this year was chef EZ, the Future and Big John. Big John is moving to the west coast and this will be his last weekend at the restaurant. I guess the Taste of Cambridge is a good sendoff. […]