Burnt!!!

Dammit!!
It's hard to figure out how to do this blog when I'm at a restaurant doing someone else's food. (That's hard to do to)
But, I figured I'd find times to play around with something that I may or may not be working on for my own place.
Yesterday I found something.....but today when I had it in the oven for the "low and Slow" treatment, someone turned the oven up to suit their own needs. Fully knowing that there was something else in the oven. They just figured it wouldn't matter if they turned the oven up by 150 degrees when it was only on 150 degrees to begin with!! I don't even want to tell you what this was going to be, cause it was going to be that much of a surprise when and if it worked.


I feel weird taking a camera into a place where I just started working, where people don't know me and where I am doing someone else's food. So, this is a picture from my cell phone.
I'm still on the search for the best deal on the camera I want to buy, that will hopefully, someday make a return on it's investment.

Moving

Char Siu and I are packed up and ready to go. We're gonna be moving the big items tomorrow, cleaning on Friday, relaxing and spending time with friends on Saturday then off to Elkin on Sunday to visit an old friend then to Charleston to live on Monday. I don't think I'll be moving north again any time soon. It has it's beautiful weather at times, but it's usually just grey and rainy. I miss the people in the south to. I think the sun and sweet smell of honeysuckle in the air just makes most people in the south that much happier.

I'm really sick of moving, I can't wait until Carrie and I get a house for Char Siu.

I'm disconnecting all my stuff today, so, It may be some time before I get to post again.
See you in Charleston!

Christmas 08' / Last day

This caught me by surprise. When I first pulled back the wrapping paper, I saw the Korin Knife box and was very confused why Carrie would put a gift into my knife box or how she got my knife box for that matter. Then It hit me that this box was slightly bigger then my other Korin knife box. She had it engraved and everything. And, that is Robot Chicken season one underneath it.


It feels weird that this brand new knife is just sitting around my apartment waiting to be packed into my car and finally used once I land at the next place I work at. That next place will be a private island working for my brother, allowing time to work on my own place when it happens.

The last day of work was pretty much a waste of time. I apologize to anyone I didn't say goodbye to or wish them well. It was New Years Eve and only 40some reservations on the books. That's just a bad sign and nothing I really wanted to be a part of. When the main reason I quit that job walked into the kitchen flaunting her owner perfection around, I knew it was time for me to go home for good.
When you quit a job in an upper level management position, all you can really do is hang out and make sure nobody needs anything. You can't (or shouldn't) make any decisions for the company for the future or do anything that will impact the place after you're gone, I think that's why most places just let the person go and pay out there notice. I showed my replacement everything I could think of, whether or not she uses the information is totally up to her it's her place now, but all I could do was just show her what I did.
I missed out on any last day going away party to, I don't do anything involving alcohol on NY Eve, it's too dangerous.
Oh well, maybe I'll see some of them again.