Message 24071 of 39188 in General Discussion

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i work ina  building with prolly 12 bars, prolly 30 tenders, obviously its 
pretty hard to find good people so...some of them arnt very good. anyway, its 
ok cause we have some bars that only get the highball and beer crowd so if 
they can handle that..fine. well this girl walks off her shift the other day 
at a service bar, so we get this girl to cover from one of the downstairs beer 
bars. in the first 10 mins someone orders a manhattan, her response "whats a 
manhattan?!" rofl so bad. then i think she got something like a gimlet and 
didnt know that either. yikes... her famous quote "i donno how to make these 
drinks!" 

the worst are barbacks who go to cut fruit when im working, i think they all 
know now that i like to cut my own fruit because i take pride in it. even when 
im working service, i will make some raspberry garnishes to put on things like 
juices that people order. i like perfect wedges, twists, and i like my olives 
to sit with the pimento facing up when laid across a drink. lately i will do a 
lime like this 
http://newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/food/features/libations050822_7_400.jpg but 
you have to do them as you go cause they brown quickly. that or do the full 
lime then wipe the outside fo the lime with a lemon wedge.

I like that i take time to make a drink and servers will come back to me and 
say things like "i donno what you did, but they loved them!" etc. 

peace,
b


> 
> "If you were taking a photo of a martini to put in a cocktail book, 
> which one would you use?"
> 
> This is part of the art of cocktail making, i.e. making the drink 
> "look" good. Some people just don't seem to have the sense of taste 
> to see what looks good, and what looks really bad. Over-garnishing, 
> badly cut fruit, limp mint sprigs, etc
> 
> If more people could think that they were preparing each cocktail for 
> a photograph, then they would put a little more effort into their 
> presentation.
> 
> Imagine that you prepare a cocktail without due care and attention, 
> and someone takes a photo of it, and goes around saying "this is how 
> X garnishes their drinks". 
> 
> And if imagining that you are preparing a cocktail for a magazine 
> shoot, or whatever, doesn't work, then imagine you are preparing the 
> drink for your parents, friends, fellow webtenders.
> 
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> George S.
> 
> "You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct 
> way, and the only way, it does not exist." - F. Nietzsche 
> 
> "innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower" - Steve 
> Jobs