Any feedback on Rafters restaurant

[Tricky]

I can only tell you the truth. I do not go out of my way to copy ANYONE. For someone who want's a career in journalism it's nonsensical to plagiarise.

 

 

Copying isn't plagiarism, there are good reviewers of all sorts of things from the technical to the arts and I would recommend you allowed yourself to be influenced by them, rather than become yet another Matthew Norman type.

[foodcritic]

Copying isn't plagiarism, there are good reviewers of all sorts of things from the technical to the arts and I would recommend you allowed yourself to be influenced by them, rather than become yet another Matthew Norman type.

 

Thanks for the advice Tricky.

[nick2]

The food at Rafters, the mise, the presentation, the service is a world apart from Thyme Cafe. Thyme Cafe is all about comfort food, Rafters is about luxurious food.

 

I don't think it's that luxurious (or exciting realy), perhaps my luxury level is higher than yours ?

Or perhaps you are so influenced by the waiters into thinking you are eating luxury food just beacuse they replace your napkin when you go for a pee ?

[foodcritic]

I don't think it's that luxurious, perhaps my luxury level is higher than yours ?

 

Most probably Nick, I mean luxury is somewhat subjective. I'm sure you have much higher standards of luxury Nick, I'm a mere peasant in comparison!

[Tricky]

If you think you get the same food at Thyme to Rafters you really have no idea whatsoever. Thyme cafe is modeled on those informal bistro's in France. It's like what Keller's Bouchon is to French Laundry (This is Smith's Cafe to Artisan). The food at Rafters, the mise, the presentation, the service is a world apart from Thyme Cafe. Thyme Cafe is all about comfort food, Rafters is about luxurious food.

 

What's 'mise'?

 

Using words that mean nothing to anybody, makes the art of communication unnecessarily difficult.

 

Agree with you about comfort/luxury food though.

[foodcritic]

What's 'mise'?

 

Using words that mean nothing to anybody, makes the art of communication unnecessarily difficult.

 

Agree with you about comfort/luxury food though.

 

mise en place.

 

basically the food prep for service ahead.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mise_en_place

[nick2]

mise en place.

 

basically the food prep for service ahead.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mise_en_place

 

You went into the kitchen to see how well the chef had prepped ?

[foodcritic]

You went into the kitchen to see how well the chef had prepped ?

 

Nick, you are such an argumentative person! Never have I come into contact with someone who is so keen for a rumble! You really are relentless! ! Pipe down you MUPPET!!!!!!!!!

[nick2]

Nick, you are such an argumentative person! Never have I come into contact with someone who is so keen for a rumble! You really are relentless! ! Pipe down you MUPPET!!!!!!!!!

 

So you didn't go into the kitchen then ?

So why mention the "mise en place" ?

Was it just to look clever knowing that at least one person wouldn't know what it was ?

 

I wonder.

[foodcritic]

No Chief. I assume looking at Rafters' menu they are preparing things which take longer, working with more intricate ingredients which if they screw up could cost time and money. For example working with lobes of fois. Or maybe they're double / triple straining sauces / jus. Maybe they are slow braising a number of other cuts. I doubt you get that sort of Mise at Thyme Cafe because it's a completely different animal. They are preparing burgers or hummus or batter for fish 'n chips. Not that one is any worse than the other Nick, just different.

 

I really am not that in secure that I need to "look clever knowing that at least one person wouldn't know what it was".

 

Instead of asking intelligent questions why do you insist on incessantly barking? You really are barely house trained. Be nice, be gracious, be humble. No one likes a MUPPET Nick!!!!