One summer I was working at an Italian restaurant. They tried to turn it into a "lounge" like place late night with a different menu. That's when they brought me in to run the kitchen. I would get there and do Italian food and transition into late night post partying food.
The whole kitchen was open to me even though I had a small menu of mostly fried foods to make.
So one guy wants some tacos, and the chef showed me how to do them. But I felt like it was just too bland. Basically just chicken, lettuce, tomato and tortilla and whatever else, not really all that flavourful. We even had pizza.
I look at the seasonings, a giant rack full of paprika, chilli powder, all sorts of spices and seasonings any restaurant would have. I sprinkle a very tiny amount, a small layer of multiple seasonings. So that each flavour is present but very far from any one overpowering. Garlic powder, onion powder, like 5 or so different seasonings.
He said it was the best tacos he ever had and wanted more. The owner comes back and said what did you do, he loved them, show me.
I then made pizza with the same concept of very lightly sprinkling multiple seasonings. It was a hit.
The next day the chef comes and says, " you're trying to change my recipes?"he was kinda upset but couldn't be upset bc customers loved them. He let me do things my way bc it was a different menu. Not that he had a choice. On nights I wasn't there, the food wasn't the same.
After eating my own foods like that, it feels bland to just eat pizza with no seasonings. I get home with pizza and season away.
Have you ever made amazing food and people got jealous?
The whole kitchen was open to me even though I had a small menu of mostly fried foods to make.
So one guy wants some tacos, and the chef showed me how to do them. But I felt like it was just too bland. Basically just chicken, lettuce, tomato and tortilla and whatever else, not really all that flavourful. We even had pizza.
I look at the seasonings, a giant rack full of paprika, chilli powder, all sorts of spices and seasonings any restaurant would have. I sprinkle a very tiny amount, a small layer of multiple seasonings. So that each flavour is present but very far from any one overpowering. Garlic powder, onion powder, like 5 or so different seasonings.
He said it was the best tacos he ever had and wanted more. The owner comes back and said what did you do, he loved them, show me.
I then made pizza with the same concept of very lightly sprinkling multiple seasonings. It was a hit.
The next day the chef comes and says, " you're trying to change my recipes?"he was kinda upset but couldn't be upset bc customers loved them. He let me do things my way bc it was a different menu. Not that he had a choice. On nights I wasn't there, the food wasn't the same.
After eating my own foods like that, it feels bland to just eat pizza with no seasonings. I get home with pizza and season away.
Have you ever made amazing food and people got jealous?