sbhoa
Jun 4 2005, 12:14 PM
From the restaurant critic;
Wandered into the AB forums cafe at lunch time today.
This recently opened establishment has a friendly, though at time frantic, ambience.
The helpful waiter showed me to my seat by the window and recommended head chef Ambers special egg free omelette.
I would like to have sampled one of the cafes well kept secrets, the famous fly soup, but apparently it is only made in small quantities and quicky runs out.
Unfortunately the bar is not yet open as staff recruitment is going a little slowly at present but I was able to partake of a freshly brewed pot of tea.
The plate spinning dog, though entertaining, would be better advised to wait until the cutsomer has finished eating before making off with the plate to spin!
Got the bus home as the parking valet forgot where he left my car.
nicki_flute
Jun 4 2005, 12:15 PM
Ooooh, thanks for the review! We need someone to advertise this café. How many stars would you give it Sbhoa?
Off now, toodles!
purple dolphin
Jun 4 2005, 12:32 PM
I think the cafe get 3 stars at the moment because we're still missing plenty of people. Or maybe four. It all depends what Sbhoa gives it I suppose.
Are we going to get those funny name badge things? That would be cool...
Wobby
Jun 4 2005, 12:34 PM
OK, done, this restaurant is becoming quite popular, we'll be open in no time!
Current List:
- 12 waiters/waitresses; sl123451
- 20 musicians; Saxophonist and fluteandbassoon
- 9 chefs; uberzoldat and Deborah
- 1 head chef; Amber
- 2 delicatessen servers
- 1 bartender
- 1 bartender's assistant; purple_dolphin
- 5 cleaning staff
- 1 head of cleaning staff; andante_in_C
- 1 accountant
- 3 entertainers; Janexxx (and dog)
- 2 hairdressers?!
- 1 'valet parking guy'; Car Expert
- 3 'fake diners' who comment on how lovely the food is; nicki_flute
- 1 advertiser
- 1 food critic; sbhoa
- 1 person to get rid of Health and Safety Inspectors!
- 1 partri-idge in a pear tree; katyjay
Required Vacancies:
- 11 waiters/waitresses
- 19 musicians
- 7 chefs
- 2 delicatessen servers
- 1 bartender
- 5 cleaning staff
- 1 accountant
- 2 entertainers
- 2 hairdressers?!
- 2 'fake diners' who comment on how lovely the food is
- 1 food critic
- 1 person to get rid of Health and Safety Inspectors!
Nope, the restaurant is only as expensive as the total of the staffs' wages...
Oops, ABRSM Café©. not Ã?! Why isn't it working properly? Aha, back to é again!
Wobby
purple dolphin
Jun 4 2005, 12:41 PM
To save 1 person to get rid of Health and Safety Inspectors, the bartenders could just get them so drunk that they'll sign it off without even looking round the kitchen. That makes the drinks cheaper.
nicki_flute
Jun 4 2005, 12:52 PM
Yeh, good idea
Car Expert
Jun 4 2005, 12:54 PM
1 coffee and biscuit for the parking valet guy please (that's me!)
nicki_flute
Jun 4 2005, 12:55 PM
Yes, where are the waiters/waitresses! We need some more. Maybe you could put the salary up to £1 (virtual)!
Wobby
Jun 4 2005, 12:56 PM
lol, aah, but I have all this money to get rid of... I need that extra one member of staff so that I can get rid of all these £0s that I've been storing!
Wobby
Car Expert
Jun 4 2005, 12:57 PM
Saxophonist
Jun 4 2005, 01:01 PM
I need some music to play
Car Expert
Jun 4 2005, 01:03 PM
Good idea. We should have someone who selects the music.
nicki_flute
Jun 4 2005, 01:03 PM
QUOTE(Saxophonist @ Jun 4 2005, 01:01 PM)
I need some music to play
What about the Pink Panther? *hands you some music*
Saxophonist
Jun 4 2005, 01:04 PM
*starts playing the pink panther*
Wobby
Jun 4 2005, 01:05 PM
lol, Pink Panther in a restaurant?
Saxophonist
Jun 4 2005, 01:06 PM
dont let the health and saftey amn hear that!
Amber
Jun 4 2005, 01:06 PM
Maybe some nice swedish folkmusic, ya? I am, afterall, a swedish chef, so I thinks ve should 'av zum gude swedish music in ze background. Tra la la, la la
[oops, there goes another egg]
Wobby
Jun 4 2005, 01:06 PM
ABBA! hehehe
Wobby
Saxophonist
Jun 4 2005, 01:07 PM
mixed vith sum sveedish meetballs
*starts to sing* "we work for no money money money, its jnot funny coz ive got 11 kids to feed"
Amber
Jun 4 2005, 01:10 PM
"In Stockholm Town I met a man,
He was all red and blobby.
I asked, "Goddag, vad heter du?"
And he said "My name is Wobby."Ah, zis swedish folk music is soooooo good, ja!
Wobby
Jun 4 2005, 01:10 PM
How dare you, you are already on your third day and you are being paid 3^3 x £0!!!

Wobby
Amber
Jun 4 2005, 01:11 PM
Oops, I'm supposed to be practising my exam songs.....
Back soon folks!
Wobby
Jun 4 2005, 01:11 PM
lol, funnily enough, Wobby is actually the name of a toy furry red strawberry sponge that I bought at Boots!
Wobby
Saxophonist
Jun 4 2005, 01:12 PM
very good amber
Amber
Jun 4 2005, 01:12 PM
Spookily accurate then!
I'm definitely off now!
Wobby
Jun 4 2005, 01:21 PM
Anyone else think they can fill the job vacancies?
Required Vacancies:
- 11 waiters/waitresses
- 19 musicians
- 7 chefs
- 2 delicatessen servers
- 1 bartender
- 5 cleaning staff
- 1 accountant
- 2 entertainers
- 2 hairdressers?!
- 2 'fake diners' who comment on how lovely the food is
- 1 person to get rid of Health and Safety Inspectors!
maggiemay
Jun 4 2005, 01:31 PM
F. U. N. E. X ?
S, V. F. X.
(or we did till Amber dropped them all!)
quote Nickiflute
Man, I feel like a yo-yo! Do we serve those ??
You might have to make do with something else, Nicki.
How are the Perdrix a la Poire going ??
And what was the fly doing in the soup - was it breast stroke??
M
ps will think about the vacancies
Wobby
Jun 4 2005, 01:40 PM
Amazing! 478th post on this thread! 32 pages! Is it as long as Holly Williams?
Wobby
nicki_flute
Jun 4 2005, 01:44 PM
QUOTE
Do we serve those ??
You might have to make do with something else, Nicki.
Oh, such a shame!
Yes, play some ABBA, but maybe we could employ Amber as a resident composer rather than a chef! She seems to be on her 3rd box of eggs today already and I haven't seen any meals which have eggs in them yet!!
sbhoa
Jun 4 2005, 02:18 PM
Restaurant rating
Double Dotted Crotchet... (well, everybody does stars, let's be different).
Car Expert
Jun 4 2005, 02:21 PM
Why not? It's always a good experiment!
noodle
Jun 4 2005, 02:27 PM
Hello everyone!
Can I see a menu please?
Car Expert
Jun 4 2005, 02:28 PM
QUOTE(noodle @ Jun 4 2005, 03:27 PM)
Hello everyone!
Can I see a menu please?
You need to pay for parking first.
noodle
Jun 4 2005, 02:30 PM
Sorry. I came in the bus - and its about a mile down the road by now!!
Car Expert
Jun 4 2005, 02:32 PM
That's fine. Come in!
Amber
Jun 4 2005, 02:34 PM
Tonight's Dishes of the Day will be:
Chicken a la Rubato (a little can be made to go a long way)
Omelette Sans Oefs (a little goes an even longer way)
Beef Fermata (customers spend ages over this dish)
Ratatouille Ritartando (customers start off eating quickly then slow down towards the end of the dish)
Oh, and not forgetting of course Swedish Meatballs
Amber
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Car Expert
Jun 4 2005, 02:36 PM
Sounds delicious
noodle
Jun 4 2005, 02:36 PM
Very funny Amber!
Could I have some leg of salmon please?
Car Expert
Jun 4 2005, 02:38 PM
maggiemay
Jun 4 2005, 02:39 PM
No Minuet Steak ? Tomato and Lento Pie?
Amber
Jun 4 2005, 02:51 PM
There's no pleasing people.
Look folks, I'm not just a Head Chef, I'm also a struggling Grade 6 student.
Amber
Jun 4 2005, 02:53 PM
I'll do the Minuet Steak and the Tomato and Lento Pie tomorrow Maggie, I promise.
The dog ate the Leg of Salmon unfortunately, or that would have been on tonights menu.
nicki_flute
Jun 4 2005, 02:53 PM
Awww, I don't think your struggling.
I can recommend the Omelette Sans Oeufs!
Aww, bless, this nurse who used to look after me came round, and she has made me a birthday cake in the same of a computer!!
Amber
Jun 4 2005, 02:54 PM
QUOTE(Amber @ Jun 4 2005, 02:51 PM)
I'm also a struggling Grade 6 student.
though not struggling as much as my family, who have to live with me through my practising.....
sbhoa
Jun 4 2005, 02:56 PM
Don't forget to put some nice Bach bacon on your Chopin list for tomorrows breakfast.
Amber
Jun 4 2005, 02:56 PM
QUOTE(nicki_flute @ Jun 4 2005, 02:53 PM)
Aww, bless, this nurse who used to look after me came round, and she has made me a birthday cake in the same of a computer!!
Help me - blonde moment here - is it Monday or Wednesday (your birthday I mean, not today!)
That sounds great. Does the cake has internet access? Maybe a broad-band of jam through the middle of it?
nicki_flute
Jun 4 2005, 02:58 PM
Shape of a computer even*
No, it is on the 8th, but she doesn't live near us so she came to drop it round. It has letters on it, and where the screen would be a picture of me as a baby!
Haha! Where do you get those puns from?
noodle
Jun 4 2005, 02:59 PM
QUOTE(maggiemay @ Jun 4 2005, 03:39 PM)
No Minuet Steak ? Tomato and Lento Pie?

Obviously not Maggie. Tomato and lento soup? Where's the waiter?
janexxx
Jun 4 2005, 02:59 PM
QUOTE(Deborah @ Jun 4 2005, 12:03 PM)
Quick, shoo away those environmental health people. There's a plate-spinning dog licking up raw egg from the floor of my kitchen.
Oooops sorry *gets dog back under control*
His name is Archie, short for Liber-Archie, he is a struggling Grade 1 student.
And I have updated my photo so you can now see my wonderful performing dog
Jane
Amber
Jun 4 2005, 03:00 PM
QUOTE(nicki_flute @ Jun 4 2005, 02:58 PM)
Haha! Where do you get those puns from?
I don't know, but if I don't find out soon and eradicate them I'm afraid Health & Safety will come and close us down.
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