Alor Cafe Social

As a Restaurant owner its business. As a Chef its about food. Seemingly there would be no room to make friends with your patrons. Seemingly. However,  that is not the case if you want success on both levels. As an owner you must get out onto the floor and get face to face with the patrons. Like politics you have to shake hands , compliment the ladies, and maybe kiss a baby or two. As a chef your food is a vehicle of love,  really. I love to cook. Its a manifestation of my creativity and I love to see the satisfaction on someone's face when they enjoy my creation. That is a transfer of the energy , of the love. This also is a major part of the key to success. I have never in my career heard of a chef that hates to cook succeeding. LOL. The point here is that this business is primarily about connecting with people. The success, really is in getting to know them on a first name basis, and having your place become like a home away from home to them, not necessarily just in dol...

What is a wrap? Where did this wonderous sandwich filled with just about anything come from? And why do we love them so much?  Question to ponder for sure. Let's start with the obvious...what is a wrap?  A wrap is a sandwich made of soft flatbread rolled around a plethora of filling options. Typical flatbreads are wheat-flour tortillas, lavash  ( a soft, thin flatbread popular in the Northern parts of the Middle-East and the Southern parts of the Caucasus). In the same family as the pita, which is more of a pocket, the wrap is a wider diameter sometimes up to a foot wide and is folded and rolled to hold its contents into place. The base of your wrap is always some kind of meat, poultry or fish served hot or cold. Combined with any number of sauces and condiments and some variation of vegetables. Of course if you are a vegetarian the wrap can be filled in total with vegetables and still be a very pleasurable eating experience.    AS told by wikipedia : A...

Pierogies...are like a little potato pocket of joy. What is a pierogie anyway? According to Wikipedia ... Pierogi / p ɨ ˈ r oʊ ɡ i / ( Polish pronunciation:  [pjɛˈrɔɡʲi] ; also spelled perogi , pierogy , perogy , pierógi , pyrohy , pirogi , pyrogie , or pyrogy in English or other Slavic languages; juvenile diminutive form: Pierożki Polish pronunciation:  [pjɛˈrɔʂki] also in use) are dumplings of unleavened dough  – first boiled, at which point they can be served with melted butter or various toppings, or then fried with onions – traditionally stuffed with potato filling , sauerkraut , ground meat , cheese, or fruit. Of Central and Eastern European provenance, they are usually semicircular, but are rectangular or triangular in some cuisines. The Polish name pierogi is plural; [ 1 ] the singular form pieróg is rarely used, as a typical serving consists of several pierogis. Pierogi are similar to the Russian pelmeni or Ukrainian varenyky and are...

  Seating service will start at 7 pm for the Summer Wine Dinner  The menu is as follows To Start: Whole wheat rosemary and olive focaccia bread Then: Warm English Pea mint soup            Panzanella Salad ( roasted peppers, blue cheese, tomato, toasted bread)            Tomato and beets carpaccio with goat cheese brulee             Chicken liver mousse with Cabernet glaze and crostinis After: Sweet BBQ glazed chicken wings           Pulled chicken avocado flatbread           Cheese board            Vegetable Ratatouille flaky tart            Bacon, white wine and rosemary steamed mussels Then: Creamy Linguine with rose sauce, thinly slic...