A New Year!

So I have been really bad about updating this blog...but I will get better!

I knew the restaurant would be a lot of hard work, but I never imagined it to be like this. When we started, I was working close to 90 hours a week. It's now cut down to about 70-75, so I'm much happier with that. There are many ups and downs to this business---I'd like to list a few:

Top 5 Reasons it's AWESOME to have your own restaurant:
1. Access to a fabulous kitchen with great equipment and tools (the 55 cup rice cooker rocks!)
2. My personal food costs are virtually zero --except for an occasional stop at Alfalfa's for brunch on the weekends
3. Job security is nice
4. I feel that I control my own success. The harder I work, the more results I see
5. Getting to work with my parents --we bond a lot after spending 14 hours together each day

Top 5 Reasons why it stinks having your own restaurant some times:
1. The hours and the number of hours
2. The unpredictability of your customer flow
3. Achy back, legs, and joints at age 25
4. The smell of food never leaves your work clothes, even after many washes
5. Inability to do much else but work---I miss my friends!

We've been open for about 4 months now and I've found that people have such varying tastes.

Here are some interesting order requests we have received:

~ "Pad Thai with pineapple"--a tropical twist
~ "Lettuce Wraps ---with flavor, please"--because we cook food without flavor?? sigh.
~ "Pad Thai without sprouts, tofu, egg, or chicken" -- leaving us with a plate of noodles
~ "Hot Green Tea with coconut milk" --I might actually try that, it sounds neat

To say the least, I think that we are very accommodating to our customers--special needs, vegans, and vegetarians have found a haven in our cafe. Fresh food, just the way they like it. DELICIOUS!