Waters Edge restuarant.

So I started today at another restuarant in the culinary maze that is Hyatt. The Waters Edge Grill. The fine dining crown of the Hyatt Regency in Chesapeake Bay. The food is much much better than what I was making at docks. But it's still not the equivalent of West Coast Cuisine. (I think I've been spoiled up till now)

The most popular item (on my station, pantry) Is the Cobb Salad. Shredded Iceberg, Tomato, cucumber, red onion, blue cheese, crab, egg, avacado, smoked salmon bacon, and blue cheese dressing.

See now, this, this salad just sounds completly unappetising to me. First of all, Iceberg is the most flavorless of all the common lettuces. Why not use romaine? or a mesclun greens mix? or even spinach would be better than Iceberg.....stupid iceberg.

The menu for my station is not difficult either. There is no heat applied to anything, except for reheating already cooked chicken. Which isn't even done on my station. It's all chopping and assembly. Hardly a challenge. Until you factor in the mods (short for changes to the normal recipe)

If you've ever worked in a restuarant. Breakfast and lunch are the worst times for mods to menu items. Brunch is the worst. Eggs alone can be cooked a dozen different ways. And every bill will be slightly different. Rarely will someone order eggs exactly as they appear on the menu. (think of that the next time you're in a busy restaurant for breakfast, and you're ordering eggs.) If you order them straight as they are on the menu, you'll get them faster, and they'll probably be higher quality then if you added a bunch of modifications to it. Because that particular cook knows that one way to cook them VERY well.

In short, if you want the cook to put some love into his food, or at the very least, not hate what he's cooking. Don't mod your order. Avoid mods at all costs. It makes the cooks life easier. When it's easier, you get your food faster.

Anyways, Waters edge is still far preferable to Docks. For one the company is a lot better. For example. Lil (lilliana), Lil is one of the most cheerful funny people I've ever met. Everyone loves Lil. She's 43, and I thought she was late 20's at most. She's absolutly shameless, and says some things even I, shameless as I am, won't repeat here. (mostly because my mom reads this blog) But never in malice, always in good cheer. She's already adopted us all. "I'm gonna find you a nice girl Josh."

In short, Lil is awesome. I'll see if I can get a picture sometime. (Mom, you would love Lil)

anyways, I'm in a far better mood now that I'm doing some real cooking. Something with some challenge. (another restuarant to master, now that docks is done)

I'll run this hotel in 6 months.