Anglo B 2008 !
Patisserie ! I miss our weekly Monday night ramen get-togethers
Restaurant service ! Oui, chef !
It was really great to see Chef.
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Nostalgia
Visited Ferrandi today.
Anglo B 2008 !
Patisserie ! I miss our weekly Monday night ramen get-togethers
Restaurant service ! Oui, chef !
It was really great to see Chef.
Anglo B 2008 !
Patisserie ! I miss our weekly Monday night ramen get-togethers
Restaurant service ! Oui, chef !
It was really great to see Chef.
Saturday, August 09, 2008
Mes Amours à Menton --> Nice --> Paris --> Cali
Last night before I head back to Paris to pack up my studio... then return home for the holidays.
Canapés by Arai
One of the amuse bouche - salade de tomate
ENZO !
Petit Nic(on) et Grand Nico
Chiho
haha Love this photo. Arai and Massa (anime ?!)
Xavier - one of the serveurs/asst directeur de salle. He is married to an American. He's cool because he knows the words "friggin" and "old skool." And he also sings Guns N Roses... I keep telling him that he is American and not French.
Me, Mati, Massa
Les filles - Mia, Thea, me
A bientôt , mes amours!
Canapés by Arai
One of the amuse bouche - salade de tomate
ENZO !
Petit Nic(on) et Grand Nico
Chiho
haha Love this photo. Arai and Massa (anime ?!)
Xavier - one of the serveurs/asst directeur de salle. He is married to an American. He's cool because he knows the words "friggin" and "old skool." And he also sings Guns N Roses... I keep telling him that he is American and not French.
Me, Mati, Massa
Les filles - Mia, Thea, me
A bientôt , mes amours!
Friday, July 25, 2008
Yaki onigiri
I always talk about how much I love Yaki Onigiri to the Japanese folks. And Arai kindly made them for us one day with some leftover sushi rice.
True love !
Arigato, Arai ! It's been awhile since I had them! Oishii !
True love !
Arigato, Arai ! It's been awhile since I had them! Oishii !
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Degustation
And here is (Grande) Nicolas. He is the runner.
David, the sous-chef's bro and friends were in town so we went to a bar in Centre Ville.
Matias, Thea, and me
Petit Nico(n) - another stagiaire in the front of the house, Chiho, and Lucas
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
26-course meal and service
More canapés!
We make different canapés every day.
And lots of “flower pots” for the garniture for a lot of the plates.
It’s funny because Masa comes into the garde and asks for flowers. He has a hard time pronouncing “fleur” in French so it comes out:
« Deux flrurururuur. Deux flurururur ! »
« Quoi Masa !? Tu veux quoi ?! »
« Deux flururuur – oh putain, le francais est difficile. »
HAHAHAHA It’s so cute and funny. Me and Thea are always like “Masa, tu es adorable !” Here he is plating the haricots salad.
I swear it takes 5 minutes to plate this salade. The presentation for all the plates at this restaurant take forever - tons of sauces and details.
And Thea
Here is Enzo, aka MacGyver, the plongeur. He is always listening to his MP3’s. I always ask him « Qu’est-ce que tu fait-la ? » He is always making random things for his house, etc in the garage. He said that he is the MacGyver of handy work so if I need something fixed that I can ask him.
And here is Denny and Masa playing their pinching game. They are so ‘cute’ together ! So much love in the kitchen with the boys - seriously. A lot of touching and bisous with everyone in this kitchen. HAHAHA. It’s so entertaining.
Oh and btw, tonight was a special night. Some food journalists came to eat and the chef came up with a 26-course meal for them. It was nuts. It was a bit crazy in the kitchen so I only got a few shots of the plates.
See the utilisation of the "pots de fleurs" ?
And here is Mikael. He is funny because he is the one and only pastry chef in the kitchen.
EVERY NIGHT, I mean every night he is always saying
« Je suis toute seule! Je suis tout seule! Je n’ai pas de temps ! x 10 » (I [work] all alone ! I don’t have any time !)
And he also has to make the plates of cheese. So then he continues with something on the lines of :
« Je suis patissier. Je ne suis pas fromagier. Je suis patissier. Putain de merde. Je doit faire les assiettes de fromage ! Je ne suis pas fromagier. Sucrée ! » (I am a pastry chef, not a ‘cheese chef’ ! Swearing in french I have to make these cheese plates ! I am not a ‘cheese chef’. [Sweet things])
Me and Thea work in the garde next to him during service and he often mumbles in French without directly talking to anyone. He always like “klsjfoieurjlsf, mon bébé. Sljflkjeij mon amour. SLKFJSLK mon treasure.” Hah !
Like Denny, he calls everyone “mon bébé, mon amour, mi amoré.” I wonder who started it ?
The service was a bit crazy – chef was yelling a lot, especially at Masa. It’s strange because we really only hear chef yelling for him. MASA !!!!!!! Like really yelling for him. And sometimes during our mise en place, chef will sneak up behind Masa and be like
« MASA!!!! »
« Oui, chef ! »
« Ca va ? Tu vas bien ? »
It’s hilarious. We all think chef really really likes Masa so that is why he is so hard on him. Tough love.
I think overall, the night was a success. We finished service around 00h30 and hung out on the terrace a bit.
Masa looks like a cartoon character. He has perfect baby skin and little freckles, and dresses all “snazzy” and Japanese on his days off. Can you believe he is 30 or 31 ?!
Survived 6 fun filled days in the kitchen. From now on we work single shifts, Tues - Fri, and doubles on the weekends.
We make different canapés every day.
And lots of “flower pots” for the garniture for a lot of the plates.
It’s funny because Masa comes into the garde and asks for flowers. He has a hard time pronouncing “fleur” in French so it comes out:
« Deux flrurururuur. Deux flurururur ! »
« Quoi Masa !? Tu veux quoi ?! »
« Deux flururuur – oh putain, le francais est difficile. »
HAHAHAHA It’s so cute and funny. Me and Thea are always like “Masa, tu es adorable !” Here he is plating the haricots salad.
I swear it takes 5 minutes to plate this salade. The presentation for all the plates at this restaurant take forever - tons of sauces and details.
And Thea
Here is Enzo, aka MacGyver, the plongeur. He is always listening to his MP3’s. I always ask him « Qu’est-ce que tu fait-la ? » He is always making random things for his house, etc in the garage. He said that he is the MacGyver of handy work so if I need something fixed that I can ask him.
And here is Denny and Masa playing their pinching game. They are so ‘cute’ together ! So much love in the kitchen with the boys - seriously. A lot of touching and bisous with everyone in this kitchen. HAHAHA. It’s so entertaining.
Oh and btw, tonight was a special night. Some food journalists came to eat and the chef came up with a 26-course meal for them. It was nuts. It was a bit crazy in the kitchen so I only got a few shots of the plates.
See the utilisation of the "pots de fleurs" ?
And here is Mikael. He is funny because he is the one and only pastry chef in the kitchen.
EVERY NIGHT, I mean every night he is always saying
« Je suis toute seule! Je suis tout seule! Je n’ai pas de temps ! x 10 » (I [work] all alone ! I don’t have any time !)
And he also has to make the plates of cheese. So then he continues with something on the lines of :
« Je suis patissier. Je ne suis pas fromagier. Je suis patissier. Putain de merde. Je doit faire les assiettes de fromage ! Je ne suis pas fromagier. Sucrée ! » (I am a pastry chef, not a ‘cheese chef’ ! Swearing in french I have to make these cheese plates ! I am not a ‘cheese chef’. [Sweet things])
Me and Thea work in the garde next to him during service and he often mumbles in French without directly talking to anyone. He always like “klsjfoieurjlsf, mon bébé. Sljflkjeij mon amour. SLKFJSLK mon treasure.” Hah !
Like Denny, he calls everyone “mon bébé, mon amour, mi amoré.” I wonder who started it ?
The service was a bit crazy – chef was yelling a lot, especially at Masa. It’s strange because we really only hear chef yelling for him. MASA !!!!!!! Like really yelling for him. And sometimes during our mise en place, chef will sneak up behind Masa and be like
« MASA!!!! »
« Oui, chef ! »
« Ca va ? Tu vas bien ? »
It’s hilarious. We all think chef really really likes Masa so that is why he is so hard on him. Tough love.
I think overall, the night was a success. We finished service around 00h30 and hung out on the terrace a bit.
Masa looks like a cartoon character. He has perfect baby skin and little freckles, and dresses all “snazzy” and Japanese on his days off. Can you believe he is 30 or 31 ?!
Survived 6 fun filled days in the kitchen. From now on we work single shifts, Tues - Fri, and doubles on the weekends.
Monday, July 14, 2008
Work work work...
This week we worked 5 double shifts and a single on our 6th day.
Here is the jardin at the restaurant where we pick flowers, herbs, and salad
Making canapés
It was like surgery putting the lil garniture on top
After service, Denny, the Italian making us pasta. Delicious
In the garage eating after service. Chiho (Japan), Thea (Palo Alto, CA), Mikael (France), Masa (Japan)
Chef and his femme
It was the sous-chef, Davide's late birthday soirée. We had pasta, chocolate cake, and champagne... at midnight. Good times.
Here is the jardin at the restaurant where we pick flowers, herbs, and salad
Making canapés
It was like surgery putting the lil garniture on top
After service, Denny, the Italian making us pasta. Delicious
In the garage eating after service. Chiho (Japan), Thea (Palo Alto, CA), Mikael (France), Masa (Japan)
Chef and his femme
It was the sous-chef, Davide's late birthday soirée. We had pasta, chocolate cake, and champagne... at midnight. Good times.
Friday, July 11, 2008
La Montagne
Work has been okay - a bit slow but good. I am on the garde manger station doing the canapés. Yesterday, we went to the garden to pick flowers for the dishes. Interesting to learn about the different plants/flowers. Most fun thing I have done so far is filet some mackeral.
Today we went to "La Montagne" or "The Mountain" as they call it. ahhhaha
On the way to the Mountain ... one step away from Italy !
Pretty neat huh? I'm gonna try to go to Italy on my days off
La Montagne is on this big property up the hill. It has a big rundown house/building and tons of land.
Thea (from Palo Alto of all places) picking plants
Gorgeous view
Unfortunately it has been pretty slow here. Nothing much but picking herbs. Still working double shifts but we might switch to 6 days/week single shift.
Overall, everyone here is really nice. It's a very family-oriented (or university-ish) environment since most people live in the restaurant. There are three girls (stagiaires - Me and Thea), and another Japanese girl who does the meat station. The rest are guys - roughly 7 just in the kitchen. It's really fun too - a more relaxed environment with a lot of singing and joking around. (The guys refer to everyone as "mi amoré" or "mon amour." They are quite entertaining to say the least.) Not to say the chef doesn't yell, scream, or shake people. But I feel less like a machine and more human here.
Today we went to "La Montagne" or "The Mountain" as they call it. ahhhaha
On the way to the Mountain ... one step away from Italy !
Pretty neat huh? I'm gonna try to go to Italy on my days off
La Montagne is on this big property up the hill. It has a big rundown house/building and tons of land.
Thea (from Palo Alto of all places) picking plants
Gorgeous view
Unfortunately it has been pretty slow here. Nothing much but picking herbs. Still working double shifts but we might switch to 6 days/week single shift.
Overall, everyone here is really nice. It's a very family-oriented (or university-ish) environment since most people live in the restaurant. There are three girls (stagiaires - Me and Thea), and another Japanese girl who does the meat station. The rest are guys - roughly 7 just in the kitchen. It's really fun too - a more relaxed environment with a lot of singing and joking around. (The guys refer to everyone as "mi amoré" or "mon amour." They are quite entertaining to say the least.) Not to say the chef doesn't yell, scream, or shake people. But I feel less like a machine and more human here.
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