We clean up nice

All you can eat dim sum brunch at Ni Hao in Canton.

Seen in Canton in Baltimore.
I wholly agree with picture 1.
Not quite so sure that picture 2, the second half of the restaurant’s sign, fits.

Recipes guarantee consistency in the final product, time & again. They're a guide, so if you don't want to stick strictly to the recipe & try something different, fine. The world will still be here tomorrow.

$8.88 for regular, but they’re just resetting the sign.

Saw this in my neighborhood. Gas prices weren’t this crazy under Sleepy Joe!

Can confirm. And messy or disorganized mise will get you hazed.

They’re made from dried chilies, & are formally known as sil gochu (실고추)

The chefs spruced up the ceviche. Baby scallops, aguachile, avocado, lime, cilantro, & chili threads. Tajín dusted tortilla chips

The chefs spruced up the ceviche. Baby scallops, aguachile, avocado, lime, cilantro, & chili threads. Tajín dusted tortilla chips.

Not my first time saying this, & God knows, I was probably guilty of doing the same thing once upon a time, but it’s always funny how the number of employees calling out directly correlates with how nice a day it is.

'Worse than the pandemic': Red state restaurants now suffering from Trump's ICE crackdown A coalition of business groups, restaurateurs, and lawmakers in Texas has been formed to push back against the anti-immigrant policies of Donald Trump’s administration as sales collapse and companies ...

It isn’t just red states. I have “what to do in case of ICE in the restaurant” posted here. All of my immigrant employees have legal status, but since last summer, when they leave you can tell that some nervous about going on a bus or subway to home. www.rawstory.com/texas-ice-26...

It kills me whenever people, including NYers, only consider dining out in Manhattan, as if fine dining and/or elevated ethnic cuisine with curated wine/cocktail lists, aren’t available elsewhere.

Tom, don’t tell them about Rostenkowski & Bradley helping Reagan with drafting then passing those tax reforms. It might blow their minds.

I’m in

As a 🔵🌤️ SME on dinner & drinks in this town, I can assure you, once or twice a week will def cut into other parts of your budget … unless, like anywhere else, you find your value spots. And in my case, add private school tuition, so does that make me doubly fucked?

My old man almost bought one, got a 77 Ford Granada instead.

I get far less grief from that demo. I’m talking about people in their 20s who (probably rightfully, given Gen Z’s trend toward teetotaling) criticize our thin mocktail list.

I already have influencers who livestream their meals. Oddest damn thing I’ve seen in all my years in the biz.

Part of what kills me about some younger people who dine out nowadays is the sheer entitlement. No, we aren’t haggling over prices. No, your entrees didn’t take an hour to reach the table. No, we aren’t ruining your special occasion by not allowing you to use a selfie light.

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I’m laughing in “light infantry attachment to an armor bn at NTC fighting off a Krasnovian motor rifle regiment.” Those simulated Katyushas & 152mm guns were no joke. I still hear MILES beepers in my sleep.

In other Gen X veteran news, I told my beverage manager, regarding training for his bartenders, “you’re fucking this duck, I’m only holding the tail.”

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I know this isn’t HR friendly, but I told one of my servers if he didn’t move faster, I’d kick his ass so hard he’d taste shoe polish. Dear reader, he moved. Because size 11 motivation is a thing.

What do Kalshi & Polymarket say about the odds of Leo XIV calling for a crusade against the U.S.? I almost want to see Swiss Guards in armored popemobiles doing a thunder run down the BW Parkway from the Baltimore Basilica to the White House.

Every day we stray further from God’s light…

We’ll see…

Being idle & writing my restaurant memoirs in a cabin where my closest neighbor is a drive away would make me happy. That, & living off the interest of my lottery winnings.

Even among my peers in my company, I’m considered a dinosaur. Conservatively, I’m about 12 years older than their average age. It truly is a young person’s game. My lost calling of teaching high school history doesn’t seem that out of left field anymore.

I even said this before Covid, but I don’t love the restaurant biz anymore. I like it, and I appreciate the career I’ve had, but do I love it like I did from 96 till about 19? Sort of. Do I still get that dopamine hit from a smoothly run dinner service like when I was a cub manager? Meh.

Gen X screed alert: what is it about people in their 20s who suddenly become sick if you schedule them for more than 3-4 days per week? Asking for a friend who’s a restaurant general manager.

I think we can all agree that, based on his recent track record, Vance should really stump for more candidates for high office.

A perpetually hungry cat licking the pot that I made Chef Boyardee spaghetti in.

Goodie also approved.