Saturday Night Fever

Wow. Our first saturday night. It got busy alright.

We made a lamb dish tonight. The meat dish on the prix fixe menu was pork. Consequently more people opted for the lamb which in gave us a taste of what it's like when all hell breaks lose in a kitchen.

It's still very manageable, but the importance of good teamwork becomes very evident. It's when you have a table of eight ordering lamb that it gets hectic. In general everything is somewhat premade and just needs reheating - but that really makes it sound easier than it is.

When you first hear that call from the expediter yelling "8 lambs", it sends shivers down your spine. How am I gonna get them all out at the same time? Here's where teamwork, strategy and a solid mise en place come in handy.
In the end it was no big deal. We did it. We rocked. And it felt amazing.