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The Buffet Line

Official seal of Las Vegas

It’s Friday so we’ll start with food, and having just been in Las Vegas, it’s an easy topic to discuss.  I think Vegas might be the second-best food city in the country in many ways (behind only NYC, of course).  I’ll qualify that by stating that one needs a pretty hefty bankroll to take full advantage of the best of what’s available there, but let’s put that aside for a moment.

Every top practitioner of damn near every cuisine in the world has a restaurant in town.  It’s an all-star aggregation, really, and not even New York has as many top chefs (where NYC kills Vegas is in hundreds of high quality ethic dining experiences as well as food carts).  Yet with all this quality (and not all of it is expensive) around, you see them lined up at the casino buffets, eating unlimited amounts of food in between blackjack sessions.  How does this relate to work? Continue reading

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The Menu

Strange things on the menu here

Our Foodie Friday post this week is about the menu.  I don’t know about you, but I always look forward to seeing the menu when we dine out since it tells me a lot about the chef as well as his staff.  Are the dishes pretty much what you’d expect or do they demonstrate thought about available ingredients and take the diner into new territory?  Is this the same old tired interpretations you’d expect or something new?

Mostly what I like about the menu is that it’s about possibilities.  But it’s also about choices.  You have to make up your mind about how many dishes, the mix of big plates and small, are you sharing with anyone else, etc.  In short, it’s a great business lesson. Continue reading

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Posts of The Year – 2

Continuing our look back at the top posts of 2009 is today’s post from April.  I’ve heard from a lot of people who’ve gone to Myrtle that they tried this place and loved it.  I’ve heard from others that they appreciated the basic business lessons Ted demonstrates each day.  Hope you have the chance to get to the restaurant and even if you don’t I hope you learn from Ted.  Enjoy! Continue reading

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