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The last couple of years have tested food merchants. Covid Pandemic shut down alot of restaurants and only until recently, there are signs they are slowly making a comeback. But they are now being tested with inflation is driving up food prices, so what is a merchant to do? Instinctly, they need to reduce expenses, and offer less quantity but charge more. This seems to be the prevailing way business is being done. Just to let you know, since business is slowly coming back, they need the clientele to come back, repeat customers but that doesn't seem like it working. Yes, there are customer that will eat out for social purposes and just don't feel like cooking. They may not be very happy witnessing cut back on quantity but paying more. The majority of customers say, "What the hell" and won't be returning back as a regular customer. So, the result is revenues are on a downward spiral, layoff of employees, but prices are still going up but no pool of steady customers supporting them. The end result is they are forced to close with all that investment wasted due to poor decisions. The right way to conduct business is to raise prices accordingly, don't compromise on portions, you will able to make money and keep a steady clientele. Don't underestimate your breadwinners, they know when they are getting ripped off. If your concerned with customers saying "Oh, it's so expensive" they need to have a wakeup call and realize that going out to eat is expensive. Unless, you can improvise your dishes without compromising the main ingredients, customers will pay if they know they are getting a valued product. It's a very simple approach but its time consuming to enact or scared to go into this direction and assume no one will come in to patronize their restaurant. The bigger food chains can handle tough times but its the little guy that suffers the most. Chef Woo can www.chefwoocn.com www.etesy.com/shop/creationsbywoo Amazon Books: Search "Chef Woo Can" or "The You Can Do It Asian Cookbook" Looney's Pub
312 S. Main St, Bel Air, MD 21014 It's been a while since I've been to Looney's but it was the weekend and my buddy asked me to go to lunch. We wanted to eat outdoors since it was a bright sunny day. Getting a parking space on this Saturday was a little challenging but heard there may have been a marathon run earlier. Either way we were seated a quickly given our place setting and drinks were ordered. Our waitress welcomed us and was very upbeat and pleasant. I ordered a Chicken Salad BLT. Now, I have rarely been successful when it comes to a club sandwich. My only experience that has prevented me from ordering a club sandwich was at Double T diner. Too much lettuce and tomato, huge portion of chicken salad, and overcooked bacon jammed into 3 slices of bread. A complete mess. However, at Looney's Pub the club sandwich was proportioned correctly with lettuce and tomato and bacon with just enough chicken salad without jamming it into 3 slices of toast, it was manageable and a pleasure to enjoy. For me it was a pleasure to enjoy my club and I would visit Looney's again because of it. On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being excellent, I give Looney a 10. It was that good, and tasty. The toast didn't fall apart when trying to eat the club sandwich. Chef Woo Can www.chefwoocan.com www.stsy.com/shop/cretionsbywoo Amazon Books: Search "Chef Woo Can or "The You Can Do It Asian Cookbook" Lib's Grill Bel Air
1204 Angora Dr., Bel Air, MD 21014 It's been a while since I've dined out. What I've been seeing is food establishments are cutting back on quantity but charging you more. It's getting ridiculous, but I always have my eyes out for new restaurants and Lib's Grill Bel Air reading their reviews. Most curious of their reviews was how delicious and fresh their raw oysters are. I decided to check at lunchtime, a true test to see how fresh their raw oysters were. I went with my friend there, outdoor dining. I choose a dozen Chicoteague Oysters and asked the waitress if they are shucked at time of order and she said absolutely "freshly shucked." I also ordered for my lunch the Grilled Salmon BLT (whole grain ciabatta, bacon, lettuce, tomato, basil aioli and hand cut fries). First, most restaurants that offer oysters, shuck their oysters in advance, don't know why but I can tell you that Lib's Grill shucks their raw oysters the minute the order comes through. They were so fresh, that the oysters were sitting in their own liquid brine which never happens. Included was horseradish cocktail sauce and Mignonette sauce. It was a pleasure sipping that natural brine oyster juice and adding condiments just highlighted the overall flavor of the raw oysters. It was simply fabulous. Now, I am not a cooked salmon fan, I usually love salmon sushi style, raw. So having a BLT Salmon sandwich was a true test of how the salmon was prepared. Most times, its over cooked and chalky, I decided to give it a shot and I was pleasantly surprised. The salmon was so tender flaky, on a ciabatta bread with all the fixings, made the sandwich very tasty and great value. Overall, Chef Woo Can gives Lib's Grill Bel Air a 10, on a scale of 1-10 with 10 being excellent. I highly recommend this place. I will visit them again. Considering everything is going up in price, Lib's Grill Bel Air, doesn't compromise the quality of the food but I feel the price is very fair. The oysters were $ 3.00/piece but well worth it. Chef Woo Can www.chefwoocan.com www.etsy.com/shop/Creationsbywoo Amazon Books: Search "Chef Woo Can" and "The You Can Do It Asian Cookbook" Lib's Grill Bel Air
1204 Angora Dr., Bel Air, MD 21014 It's been a while since I've dined out. What I've been seeing is food establishments are cutting back on quantity but charging you more. It's getting ridiculous, but I always have my eyes out for new restaurants and Lib's Grill Bel Air reading their reviews. Most curious of their reviews was how delicious and fresh their raw oysters are. I decided to check at lunchtime, a true test to see how fresh their raw oysters were. I went with my friend there, outdoor dining. I choose a dozen Chicoteague Oysters and asked the waitress if they are shucked at time of order and she said absolutely "freshly shucked." I also ordered for my lunch the Grilled Salmon BLT (whole grain ciabatta, bacon, lettuce, tomato, basil aioli and hand cut fries). First, most restaurants that offer oysters, shuck their oysters in advance, don't know why but I can tell you that Lib's Grill shucks their raw oysters the minute the order comes through. They were so fresh, that the oysters were sitting in their own liquid brine which never happens. Included was horseradish cocktail sauce and Mignonette sauce. It was a pleasure sipping that natural brine oyster juice and adding condiments just highlighted the overall flavor of the raw oysters. It was simply fabulous. Now, I am not a cooked salmon fan, I usually love salmon sushi style, raw. So having a BLT Salmon sandwich was a true test of how the salmon was prepared. Most times, its over cooked and chalky, I decided to give it a shot and I was pleasantly surprised. The salmon was so tender flaky, on a ciabatta bread with all the fixings, made the sandwich very tasty and great value. Overall, Chef Woo Can gives Lib's Grill Bel Air a 10, on a scale of 1-10 with 10 being excellent. I highly recommend this place. I will visit them again. Considering everything is going up in price, Lib's Grill Bel Air, doesn't compromise the quality of the food but I feel the price is very fair. The oysters were $ 3.00/piece but well worth it. Chef Woo Can www.chefwoocan.com www.etsy.com/shop/Creationsbywoo Amazon Books: Search "Chef Woo Can" and "The You Can Do It Asian Cookbook" |
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