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Served: The Perfect Waiter Job

There are definite advantages and disadvantages to a pooled house. I work at a AAA 4 Diamond restaurant in Michigan. When we have buyouts and we all work the same party as a group, we pool. Otherwise, it's up to the individual to make sure the guests have the best night possible and get exactly what they want. Some of the servers have regulars who have been dining with them for 10 years. Am I going to tell him that I deserve part of that tip just because we wear the same apron? No way!

Besides, when the average price per person is about $100, the margin widens. If server A sells 2 ounces of Golden Osetra caviar and server B just had a bunch of in and out diners, should they walk away with the same money? No. I do believe in the individual rewards system. I don't hold a grudge when that happens, I just wait for my turn. Heck, I sold a Macallan 55 year old scotch to a table two weeks ago. The drink (2oz) cost them $1500 to enjoy. Should I share the wealth with the servers? Maybe I would buy them a round the next time we went out for a drink, but they've all been in the same boat as me.

Okay, I am done now before this turns into a bona fide rant.

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Plymouth Sloe Gin Makes a Sloe Return

SoCo is not a sloe gin. Alabama Slammers and Sloe Comfortable Screws use both Southern Comfort (which is a fruit, spice, and whiskey flavored liqueur produced since 1874. It is made from a blend of whiskey, peach, orange, vanilla, sugar, and cinnamon flavors according to WIkipedia) and Sloe Gin as their dueling liquors.

A Slow, Long Comfortable Screw Up Against a Cold, Hard Wall with a Kiss - a drink with what is probably the longest drink name I know - consists of:

1oz. vodka
1oz. sloe gin
1oz. Southern Comfort
splash Amaretto
splash Galliano
fill with orange juice

In an iced (cold, hard) highball glass (long), mix sloe gin (slow), Southern Comfort (comfortable), vodka and orange juice (screw). Add a splash of Galliano (wall) and a splash of Amaretto (kiss).

This drink is definitely not my favorite, but it sure makes an impression when someone orders it!

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Another Day, Another Meme: 100 Japanese Foods to Try

I have to go over the list and see what I haven't eaten! Since I lived in Japan, I have been trying to find all of the delicious foods I loved and now cannot find. Maybe this list will help me track some of them down!

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In Videos: Japanese Fanta Commercials

I love how surreal and confusing some Japanese commercials are. When I lived over there, my favorite flavor of Fanta was the Fanta Melon. It was fluorescent green, didn't taste anything like real melons, but was pure ambrosia. It made a hell of an ice cream float.

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Served: The Perfect Waiter Job

There are definite advantages and disadvantages to a pooled house. I work at a AAA 4 Diamond restaurant in Michigan. When we have buyouts and we all work the same party as a group, we pool. Otherwise, it's up to the individual to make sure the guests have the best night possible and get exactly what they want. Some of the servers have regulars who have been dining with them for 10 years. Am I going to tell him that I deserve part of that tip just because we wear the same apron? No way!

Besides, when the average price per person is about $100, the margin widens. If server A sells 2 ounces of Golden Osetra caviar and server B just had a bunch of in and out diners, should they walk away with the same money? No. I do believe in the individual rewards system. I don't hold a grudge when that happens, I just wait for my turn. Heck, I sold a Macallan 55 year old scotch to a table two weeks ago. The drink (2oz) cost them $1500 to enjoy. Should I share the wealth with the servers? Maybe I would buy them a round the next time we went out for a drink, but they've all been in the same boat as me.

Okay, I am done now before this turns into a bona fide rant.

From Serious Eats

Plymouth Sloe Gin Makes a Sloe Return

SoCo is not a sloe gin. Alabama Slammers and Sloe Comfortable Screws use both Southern Comfort (which is a fruit, spice, and whiskey flavored liqueur produced since 1874. It is made from a blend of whiskey, peach, orange, vanilla, sugar, and cinnamon flavors according to WIkipedia) and Sloe Gin as their dueling liquors.

A Slow, Long Comfortable Screw Up Against a Cold, Hard Wall with a Kiss - a drink with what is probably the longest drink name I know - consists of:

1oz. vodka
1oz. sloe gin
1oz. Southern Comfort
splash Amaretto
splash Galliano
fill with orange juice

In an iced (cold, hard) highball glass (long), mix sloe gin (slow), Southern Comfort (comfortable), vodka and orange juice (screw). Add a splash of Galliano (wall) and a splash of Amaretto (kiss).

This drink is definitely not my favorite, but it sure makes an impression when someone orders it!

From Serious Eats

Another Day, Another Meme: 100 Japanese Foods to Try

I have to go over the list and see what I haven't eaten! Since I lived in Japan, I have been trying to find all of the delicious foods I loved and now cannot find. Maybe this list will help me track some of them down!

From Serious Eats

In Videos: Japanese Fanta Commercials

I love how surreal and confusing some Japanese commercials are. When I lived over there, my favorite flavor of Fanta was the Fanta Melon. It was fluorescent green, didn't taste anything like real melons, but was pure ambrosia. It made a hell of an ice cream float.

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Stand Up to Waiters Who Rudely Refill Your Wine Glass

The restaurant I work in pours 6oz glasses of wine when ordered by the glass. When pouring wine to guests from an ordered bottle, we pour a little lower, to maintain temperature, to make sure everyone gets some, and for the reason that we can keep touching up the pours whenever we return to the table. It is such that we unobtrusively pour an ounce here, two there. It is never --NEVER-- blasting the bottle. We get in serious trouble (rightly so) if we overfill glasses.

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Weekend Pizza Report: Bacon Pizza at Famous Original Ray's; Bar Tano in Gowanus

Bacon has always been my favorite topping on pizza, the accent topping changing to fit my mood, whether it be green pepper, onion, or pineapple. I admit I am also a fan of gorgonzola and asian pear on pizza, from the California Pizza Kitchen (woefully, no longer on the menu).

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Where to Find Duck Fat French Fries Across the Country

Many Michael Mina restaurants have Duck Fat Fries. They are the amuse bouche at StripSteak at the MGM Grand in Vegas as well at the Bourbon Steak locations at the MGM Grand Detroit, in Scotsdale Arizona, and in Aventura Florida (near Miami). We also have them next door to Bourbon Steak in Detroit at Saltwater, when you order the Piedmontese Striploin. Yes, I work for Saltwater, but I can testify that I would buy these delicious duck fat fries, or frites canardes, if you will almost anywhere.

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Last bite on earth: 1. Chanpon Ramen from Hikone, Japan
2. American Kobe burger from Bourbon Steak, Detroit, MI
3. Mom's Teriyaki Pork Chops and Buttered Egg Noodles Who says you can only have one?