Hiya.
So from Thursday (tomorrow morning) we’ll be selling spinach and feta and cheese and ham croissants – you have never seen such beautiful “piez” in your life!
I’m not following a traditional format with the shaping at all :-D
Plus – we’ve started using a “biga” (starter dough) in our ciabatta, so yes, the impossible happened – my bread just got better ….
AND! I’ve moved the croissant display to the cash desk at the door AND we’re retraining coffee jockeys so perhaps, just perhaps, our coffee, which is already good, may become great!
BTW If anyone has a favourite coffee company let me know please.
I’m shopping for options …
Cheers
Dave
March 4th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
The Empire Cafe was a great idea. Pity about the over priced menu and costly food. Who are you trying to feed? Rich yuppies and tourists?
March 4th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
Hey i got a live one!
Wow. :-D
Thanks for your feedback.
Clearly you’re not in love with our pricing. Regretfully it costs a lot to do what we do.
When last were you in the shop?
There are businesses close to us that are far more expensive for far less. So I’d have to disagree with you regarding the prices.
But hey – it’s a free world.
Nice moniker btw – you surf much?
Cheers
Dave
March 21st, 2009 at 10:17 pm
Hmm, coffee’s tricky. At this point you’ve probably already tried the “less than enticing” pe@cock brand… no guesses as to how they extract the liquid from their poor feathered “friends”.
How about caturra – not fab, but drinkable & they’re based in Diep River, me thinks.. Local is lekker, after all. There is always Lavazza – but then those delicious R12 pastries will be a thing of the past, or you’d have to take out a second mortage.
But wait… there’s more – http://www.beanthere.co.za
March 22nd, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Actually I use Caturra – have from the start, all of 6 1/2 years now – and before that at Olympia too.
It’d be nice to go with Origin but they’re so pricey.
I’m looking at Beanthere – thank you.
In the end it’s more about the quality of the barista I think – I’ve been reinforcing some training and its definitely helping …
March 22nd, 2009 at 8:19 pm
Agreed, some of your peeps know how to put a decent head on a cup of coffee (plse pardon the pun)… Lovemore being a firm favourite – he gets the concept of crema.