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Best Of Everything

Some New Year Suggestions
For Restaurants And Their Employees.

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exceptional and it left us talking
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— Oak/and Press

Tuesday through Thursday evenings and
complimenfary fray-passed Sushi in the
lounge every Thursday evening

Hours:

Mon-Wed

11:30 a.m. - 12:00 midnight

Thur-Fri
11:30 a.m. - 2:00 a.m.

Sat.

5:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m.

Please join us for happy hour,
Monday thru Friday, 4-7 p.m.

Domestic beers $2.00

Imported beers

$2.50

Well drinks

$3.00

Available for private
engagements Saturday
afternoons and
Sundays.

crackers, cheese, etc., they should be
pieces of art.
he hour of hours, 12 mid-
on
the table promptly ... If not, rolls
night on Jan. 1, when more
If anyone thought this ship was big,
or bread and butter should be brought
kisses are gathered than at
wait'll they see the one being
... And during meals, the bread supply
the Hershey's factory ... and
launched in 1999, according to
should be replenished as needed.
there are more handshakes than all
Enchantment of The Seas' master,
That another Healthy Jones-type
political rallies put together, is almost
Captain Arnolf Remo... Royal
restaurant operation is opened ... If
here.
Caribbean's biggie will be twice the
Joan Wittenberg doesn't want to open
New Year's Eve bringing in 1998,
size, sleep close to 5,000 and be 15
or run one again, maybe she can show
like its predecessors, also brings more
stories high ... Enchantment holds
someone else how ... They
record clinking of glasses, drinking of
over 2,000 people and is
wine, champagne toasts, etc. ... and, of didn't come any better than
10 stories.
her.
course, wishes for the new year.
Sounds like a Las Vegas
That waitpersons stop
Wishes that ... Restaurants who say
hotel scenario where the
being . so lazy and go around
chopped sirloin on their menus serve
room capacities, casino
instead
of reaching across ... If
it instead of serving chopped ham-
and overall look continual-
they don't know the proper
burger meat (how about a law?) ...
ly overshadows the one
way
of serving, the manager
Many kitchen workers around town
previously built.
should show them ... if he or
wear clean aprons ... Waitresses stop
And speaking of Las Vegas,
she knows how ... And if they
saying "Honey" and "Dear" ...
the casino on
don't, then for sure the restau-
...Waitpersons stop saying to male and
Enchantment of The Seas
DAN NY
rant owner should ... In the
female customers, "What are you guys
was like a miniature Vegas
RAS
KIN
long run, he or she is the loser
having?" or "What are we having?"
gaming lounge ... with its
Local Co lumnist
if even one customer doesn't
Waitpersons stop standing around
galore of lights, crap table,
return.
for your order right after handing you
roulette table, blackjack
THERE WAS A touch of back
your menu ... The use of "kosher,
tables and slot machines everywhere
home when we saw a sign on the ship
. style" is outlawed ... There just ain't no
making their constant sounds of
that said, 'Art Auction by Park West"
attraction.
such animal ... People writing to me
... After the auctioneer told his
with beefs about restaurants stop
Las Vegas may have the numbers
Enchantment of The Seas audience of
being chicken and sign their names.
and its food may be talked-about pre-
it being based in Southfield, I knew
Customers wait until busboys or
sentations, but Enchantment has what
for sure that the art collection was
waitpersons have a chance to clear the
Las Vegas doesn't in this category ... a
from Albert Scaglione's Park West
booth or table before sitting down
Culinary Olympics medal-winning
Gallery on Northwestern Highway.
Customers remember that most
certified master chef.
All told, including this Royal
restaurant owners want very much to
Chef Lutz Koch owned a gourmet
Caribbean Cruise Line, his works of
please ... if anything is wrong, let
restaurant outside of Frankfurt,
art are on 22 ships ... So you can
them know instead of carrying a
Germany, for 12 years, and opened
imagine the amount of people from all
grudge and not coming back.
both the Intercontinental Hotel and
over the world who view Al's excellent
Waitpersons stop asking if you
Playboy Hotel in Jamaica ... His gold
want another drink when you've
and silver medals were won at the
already got half of one in front of
Culinary Olympics in Frankfurt, as a
you ... All workers who handle
member of the prestigious German
food are made to wear protective
Culinary Association.
plastic gloves ... It is so unappetiz-
Serving excellent food is a high
ing, and a complete turnoff, espe-
thing with Chef Koch, whose gourmet
cially in open kitchens, seeing
restaurant in Germany served only 80
employees handle food with their
people ... Quite different satisfying
bare hands ... To say nothing
2,000 and more ... But good all the
about sanitation ... Restaurant
same.
owners and managers don't allow
In a seven-day cruise, here is what
floors to be swept while people are
he and his staff of about 80 go
still eating ... More places for peo-
through in their food preparations ...
ple to eat and dance should let
50,000 eggs, 10,000 pounds of flour,
folks know where they are.
30,000 pounds of beef, 20,000 of
Waitpersons realize customers
chicken, 12,000 of lobster, 4,000
do not enjoy sitting at an empty
pounds of fish, 3,000 gallons of milk,
table .. Especially when they're
150 gallons of ice cream, etc.
hungry ... If the restaurant' serves
Enjoying the food, shows, people
Albert Scagliones art travels the seven seas.

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