"Another day on the Line "
The sign of a good Sunday Dinner chef is measured by the size of his Yorkshire puddings ! Head Chef Colin is 6ft 10 !
I love Sundays as a chef it usually means the end of the working week. An early finish well 4 or 5 ! And followed by two days off usually used for you to think of a reason not to go back to work.
An uncomplicated menu usually Table d hote with a few classic starters a few different meats to choose from a fish dish and a veggie dish and what ever you can make out of last nights un sold meat ! Extreme Ready steady cook.
This is rounded off by a traditional pint of ale after service while cleaning down with much laughing and joking between chefs who the previous evening were ready to kill each other for a space on the grill.
But best of all the chance to devour as many luscious gravy dipped yorkshire puddings, roast potatoes, crackling and meat you can physically consume in 3 hours !
I like to think of it as a big canape event. The yorkshire pudding is the base, a spoon of gravy is the moist next layer then a squashed crunchy roast Maris Piper potato. Another layer of jus add a spoon of buttery, pepper infused mashed swede to aide digestion. Top this with a slice of rare beef a dollop of horseradish cream another spoon of jus and a piece of pork crackling. O baby !
I am not match fit at the moment so I have not been able to match the dizzy heights of consuming 7 and a half in 3 hours for quite a while. I must be getting old.
BUT I LOVE SUNDAY SERVICE !
Just auditioning for my part in the Newcastle Playhouse's production of the Sweeney Todd.
Service can be a dark journey in chaos sometimes but every now and then little Angels wander into the kitchen dungeon sprinkling little handfuls of sunshine giving you a beautiful distraction ! But just as quickly as they appear they disappear in a cloud of yorkshire pudding dust clutching a crispy roast potato !
Emily is a Rock Godess who is learning the dark arts of kitchen craft ! She will be famous one day !
John is a cross between a Chef de Partie who needs a shave and a Chef de Partie who needs a haircut ! He has left the Town Wall kitchen now to work at an Italians. He makes a Yummy cheesecake !
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