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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1991

DANNY RASKIN

Local Columnist

H

e's many times re-
ferred to as the mas-
ter of flambeing here-
abouts, but Wally Joseph
Soro, general manager at
Sultan's now, hidden in back
behind Dunham's in the
Robin's Nest Shopping
Center, Orchard Lake Road.
and 14 Mile, has a talent
much greater than his table-
side fire manners.
Wally is in the process of
making a video of himself
that will be sold nationwide
showing something that all
restaurants should care much
more about today than any-
thing else, including food .. .
And that something is proper
service . . . It seems that the
time has again come when
customers are not willing to
pay for food, no matter how,
when inefficiently served.
His tape will show a wait-
staff the proper ways of ser-
vice from the moment guests
walk into Sultan's until they
leave . . . It will feature the
busboy, hostess, maitre d' and
waitperson in every aspect .. .
The video is being geared for
the restaurant industry, but
no doubt others will purchase
it and know what to look for
when out dining.
To do this, Wally obviously
must have the proper
knowledge in the application
of a very important
restaurant industry facet .. .
23 years in the dining
business has created a fine
culture of know-how . . . In
Sacramento, Calif., Wally was
dining room manager of a
five-star restaurant six years
prior to being lured here to
manage the four dining
rooms at Kingsley Inn (Cer-
tified Master Chef Michael
Russell was in the kitchen).
His masterful tableside cook-
ing at Kingsley continued for
two years before coming to
Sultan's, at which he is not
only flambeing but also
teaching its waitstaff in the
flaming of dishes other than
Lebanese.
While at the Sacramento
restaurant in 1985, Wally was
voted the state's top dining
room manager by that city's
Entertainment Guide com-
posed of restaurant critics .. .
His biggest forte's other than
the knowledge of proper ser-
vice, are remembering peo-
ple's names and their likes
and dislikes, also very impor-
tant . . . He has always been
noted for making customers

feel special . . . and doesn't
believe in guests leaving
Sultan's unhappy . . . not if he
wants to achieve his current
ambition of making it into a
five-star restaurant.
Besides being able to
prepare a seven-course meal
at tableside, whether French,
Italian, German or whatever,
and his quality of service,
Wally is also proficient in the
world of wine . . . a speaker at
wine seminars . . . and in Los
Angeles, at another restau-
rant, gave lessons in barten-
ding . . . At Sultan's, Wally
does everything from buying
the food to making certain it
is prepared and served pro-
perly . . . While a chef was
recently on vacation, Wally
took over in the kitchen, also
cooking classic ethnic foods
people desired including his
specialty, Middle East
cuisine.
Wally Joseph Soro is lost
without his tuxedo, but
doesn't want people to feel
they can't dress casual at
Sultan's . . . He swears that
his pajamas are not made like
a tuxedo . . . and the book he
is planning will not be writ-
ten while wearing a bow tie.

IF THERE WERE an
award for best performance by
a leading lady in an amateur
production, one of the
nominees would certainly be
Dena Wein for her role as
Mama in Mama Loved LW-
man's . . . The popular play of
1983, which was a sellout at
Congregation Beth Achim,
has finally bowed to much
public request as it returns to
the same locale, being put on
by Beth Achim Sisterhood
and B'nai B'rith Women's
Louis Marshall-Israel Chap-
ter for three performances:
Oct. 26, 1:30 p.m., and Oct.
27, 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. . . . Dena
will again play Mama when
the original cast puts on
Mama Loved Littman's writ-
ten by Lil Sklar with Marlene
Nessel accompanist and
directed by Gere Oliva of
Galilee Chapter B'nai B'rith
. . . For info, call Rebecca
Pearlman, 544-7470 . . . Litt-
man's People's old Yiddish
theater used to be on 12th
Street in Detroit . . .
Remember, tickets for the
previous performance of
Mama Loved Littman's were
hard to come by, so give
Rebecca a call.
GARY DEMBS is the new
executive director of
Michigan Jewish Sports Hall
of Fame, taking over post ably
held by Mark Unger . . .

seventh annual induction din-
ner is Nov. 4 at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek . . . honoring
Mike Adray with the Alvin
Foon Memorial Award and in-
ductees Julius Goldman and
the late Joe Magidsohn and
Abe Eliowitz . . . Julius was a
four-sport star at Detroit In-
stitute of Technology (Detroit
Tech) in the early '30s; Abe, a
former All-American football
star from Michigan State;
and Joe, who after starring at
fullback for Fielding H. Yost
at University of Michigan in
1909 and 1910, continued for
31 years as a Big Ten referee
. . . Silent auction and
cocktail hour is set for 6 p.m.
and dinner at 7:30 p.m.,
followed by the always in-
teresting festivities . . . Eli
Zaret, Channel 2 sportscaster,
will be emcee.

SENTIMENT ASIDE,

and it isn't easy here, this was
Eric Brandon singing, not his
Poppa Sam, Eric's wonderful
late grandfather, Sammy
Woolf . . . One of the most

His tape will show
a wait-staff the
proper ways of
service from the
moment guests
walk in until they
leave. It will
feature the
busboy, hostess,
maitre d' and
waitperson.

beloved men our community
has known, Sammy singing
"When You're Smiling"
always brought rays of sun-
shine into the hearts of bar
mitzvah boys and the elderly
at homes for the aged.
Eric knows he has a bit to
go yet to reach the wondrous
ways of Sammy at the mike,
but hearing this young man
sing recently at R.I.K.'s The
Restaurant in Orchard Mall,
Orchard Lake Road in West
Bloomfield, one could tell
that it was another instance
where the apple didn't fall far
from the tree . . . Some of
Eric's movements are like
those of Sammy as he caress-
ed the mike, eyes closed, with
soft but emphatic strains on
ballads like "The Sweetest
Sounds I Ever Heard,"
"Young At Heart" and "I Fall
In Love Too Fast" . . . all back-
ed by the smooth trumpet of
Marcus Belgrave, even ripples
of George Benson on sax,
Buddy Budson tickling the
ivories with much grace; Dan