I had a less than enjoyable game of the table two step with two English chaps on Tuesday night. The table two step is my moniker for that delightful moment when you show a party to their table only for them to dance around it whilst eyeing up other tables they’d rather be sat at. [...]

I was lying in bed last evening thinking about yer man, the teacher, from Friday night and his smart arsed reply to my insisting he calm down, ““Oh I’m breaking the restaurant commandments am I?” There should be restaurant commandments and there should be a fire and brimstone based punishment for those who break the [...]

I awoke on Wednesday morning to find a spot on my chin. “That’s new!”, I exclaimed as I rubbed the crust from early morning eyes. It was both new and unwelcome. I’m 37 for Gordon’s sake! Spots, like homework, should be a thing of he past. Am I going through puberty again? Because I could [...]

Friday night and all the waiters were hot, some hotter than others heh. Water was being consumed at vast rates, we were about to get very busy and had taken to pre-hydrating like the athletes we are. I say athletes but you know what I mean. Some of my waiter chums are 100 meter sprinters [...]

Father’s Day then eh. My face was tripping me before I even got into work. It’s not like I don’t think about my late father everyday or miss him and his corny jokes and sage like advice, because I do. But Sunday was a harder day than most, and not just because it was father’s [...]

So, The Cousin, eh, he’s an odd boy. Not a bad chap by any means, just odd. Take Wednesday night as a typical example of his outstanding commitment to oddness. It was late, maybe 12.45 in the am and I was without trousers, relaxing a top the bed and watching the new season of the [...]

Saturday and all was well post our first sitting of about 100 ladies attending a religious conference nearby. We get this crowd every year and nothing, outside of Christmas, fills us with as much fear. We got it wrong one year, very wrong, and took more bookings from the conference than we could really cope [...]

hangover free manager… As I may have said a bajillion times before I do not welcome work on Sundays. In fact I detest it. The guests are, for the most part, not up for it. I am very much not up for it and the chefs don’t even know what it is or where it [...]

Remember the interview that I did for Belfast Media Group, twice, well it’s out today. You’ll probably wanna pop along to the shops and get a copy and add it to your Well Done Fillet scrap book. No? Just me then, ok. I have to say I am quite delighted to share the front page [...]