Day 10 A tough day. My coffee machine is broken and I forgot my tea towel at home so I was 10 minutes late for work and extremely under caffeinated. I trod up the stairs, waving an apology to the kitchen on the way up to the staff room. Cracking on with the routine – … Continue reading Day 10 in a Mexico Kitchen
Day 9 We meet outside in the dark of 6am on a deserted Polanco street. We file up the dark stairs one by one. We keep marching in the dark as the lights eventually switch on. Silent or grumbling about sleep or lack there of. We wander past the smell of various stocks that have … Continue reading Day 9 in a Mexico Kitchen
It’s been a year of intense stress, joy and utter terror having quit my day job in June to pursue pop up chef aspirations. And with all the madness of the past year, I have to say that I’ve never worked quite as hard as I have in the past 7 days. The week feels … Continue reading Day 8 in a Mexico Kitchen
Worked 72 hours in one week. It’s only not 80 because Monday was short (6 hours) as there was no service. A day off!! Wahoo!! Fell asleep at 10 and woke up at 8.30am. What a dream!! Still managed to dream about the restaurant all night. Cleaning today and then meeting my new restaurant mate … Continue reading Day 7 (Day Off!) in Mexico
Coming home, I just saw the most beautiful moment (and I don’t use that cheesy language lightly) – a cart food vendor and his little 2 year old daughter. He had left his cart to one side of the side walk with a little pink, heart shaped princess balloon tied to the side of this … Continue reading Day 6 in a Mexico Kitchen
It feels like a lifetime since I first arrived! Today the head Chef was having a creative moment in the prep kitchen which felt quite new and special to me. And I was standing right next to him picking criollo and slyly watching intently. We had received the most beautiful tiger striped langoustine I’ve ever … Continue reading Day 5 in a Mexico Kitchen
Today was a “short” day, only 13 hours! I seem to be being accepted a bit more every day. In terms of cooking: my google research served me well and I figured out how to use xanthum gum. I told Dara as much and I hope she was quietly impressed by my initiative. I also … Continue reading Day 4 in a Mexico Kitchen
Didn’t sleep very well last night with dreams of The Restaurant running through my head. Up again at 4.45am to try and call the ole Fiance but getting no answer and feeling a bit down that this is the second day not to speak to him. 14 hours later… Today was another insane 14 hour … Continue reading Day 3 in a Mexico Kitchen
Woooow! So crazy. From such a low yesterday to such a significantly better day today. I got stuck into prep Dara but who speaks English and lived in London (worked at Hibiscus and Bao). I did a million different prep things and tried loads of different foods – including crunchy flying ants (chicitanas) which were … Continue reading Day 2 in a Mexico Kitchen
Firstly let me say how incredible my new AirBnB is! I’m in love. The flat has a private roof terrace and is totally self contained within a bigger house. Ideal as I can feel totally relaxed and then the lady who owns it (Joanne) and her little miniature poodle Matilda look after me. Tonight she … Continue reading Day 1 in Mexico
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