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Joined: 25 Oct 2010 / Male ♂
Last Post: 2 Nov 2010
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From: Cavan, Ireland
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chefneedshelp   
28 Oct 2010
UK, Ireland / How long would it take for an English style restaurant in Poland to go bust? [80]

Top of the mornin to ye all.

Right I had another thread Looking for chef jobs, Convex made a suggestion to perhaps go into catering so my question is this. If a Restaurant/ Cafe were to open in Wroclaw serving top qaulity home made food at reasonable prices with Polish and english speaking staff how long would it last is there a market for this? was over before and I'm just not sure. From where I stand the Polish eat at home and like what they like.
chefneedshelp   
28 Oct 2010
UK, Ireland / How long would it take for an English style restaurant in Poland to go bust? [80]

English Cuisine is basically European with there own twist nowadays anyway, What I am thinking is this. 8am -8 pm. All day breakfast is a must. Home made Everything using good qaulity but cheap. Had a place over here what we did as Cheapest in town I mean we did a 18oz burger with all the trimmings for a tenner. Our most expensive dis was 18.00 euro but that was a 14oz steak. My business partner was a theif so w had to close. I have the advantage that I can keep my wage costs min8imum Im a workaholic so no probs there I would look at buying the actual property so again lower overheads. My concerns are simply this. I would need at least 40 people a day through my doors sounds easy its not.

Come buy a massive pure beef burger for ??zwolty or go home cuz mom made pierogi or schabowe. Have a Huge greasy fry that makes u unable to move for a few hours there just arent enough expats in Wroclaw to actually make a differenc. Not even going to consider doing polish food as home cooking is such a tradition and would have to be trying to reinvent the wheel to attract people and would go bang.

Thanks for all you suggestions guys keep them comin and I might even call the place the PF Cafe with computers in it so ye can eat yer burgerss and keep postin lol

Wroclaw boy I was offered a Chip Van a few weeks ago at a steal. Places like that in england make money from drunks after night clubs, workers on their way to work and lunch time workers are the Polish Community ready for that much grease?
chefneedshelp   
28 Oct 2010
Love / Indian citizen wants to marry Polish Girl and get settled there. [107]

Vivek I plan on marrying a polish girl too cause she is beatiful inside and out when shes around my world is filled with sunshine and I just plain love her. I mean I am moving to poland to be with my Girl Friend. Your post translates a little something like this. I found a girl gullible enough to marry me so now i can get a visa to move to poland and make money ripping people off with my fake masters degree. But please hand me my visa on a plate as it is far too much effort to go to the embasssy and enquire.

I posted a blog asking for information related to my job just a bit of help. I got off my arse went to the polish Embassy asked a thousand questions and it was actually them who suggested pf.

Vivek what im trying to say is if you dont want these nice people to be nasty then at least show you can do something for yourself and use a dictionary cause I dont think what you wanted to say is what you actually said.

1. make a list of questions related to your topic

2. go to the embassy and ask your 1000 questions

3. you now know how to get a visa bargain

4. Change your user name and come back to pf as someone else. Studentneedsadvice

5. Make a post, something like - Hi guys planning on moving to Krakow to be with my Fiance I have a masters degree in scamming people and was wondering if anyone could help.

P.S I am only helping cause I feel sorry for ur girlfriend shes probably a wonderful person poor girl
chefneedshelp   
28 Oct 2010
USA, Canada / Polish Food - 40 flavors of pierogies in the US [113]

Okay heres a list of pierogi made by polish people have been asking around

plum
Smoked ham sausage and cheese
Mushroom
pork
bolognese
smoked chicken n cheese
Chilli and cheese
and about 2 dozen variations on the above

Made the plum ones absolutely delicious
chefneedshelp   
28 Oct 2010
UK, Ireland / Estimated number of Poles in Ireland thought to exceed 200,000 OR over 5% of population. [200]

Did they though? Yes, of course some did, especially those connected with construction

Not just Construction though Hotels cut there employment what 20-40% The recession hit everyone downsized.
The Midlands town where I am now probably about 1000 peeps have gone home. I am very friendly with alot of folk in the polish community and were discussing this a while back.

Of Friends of mine and my gf in the last 2 years I know of at least 50 poles who went home 51 if i include my gf. The recession changed how the irish treat the Poles you would be surprised at some of the stuff ive heard. Read the papers see who got assaulted by who its becoming alot more frequent.

No not mass Exodus but close enough.

and before any1 say anything I am not judging the Irish It is just sum folks but you would be surprised with how many people say that the country is downn the toiets cause of the poles
chefneedshelp   
28 Oct 2010
UK, Ireland / How long would it take for an English style restaurant in Poland to go bust? [80]

The current Idea is this. "International Cafe" Serves wines and loads of tastes from around the globe kind of an eat all you can type place

International Cafe on the road(Chip Van) Food would be prepared in the cafe served out of The van lunchtimes and whenever wherever the market could be found.

I am over next week so now I know where I am going what I am lookin for Guys post ur opinions pleas
chefneedshelp   
28 Oct 2010
UK, Ireland / How long would it take for an English style restaurant in Poland to go bust? [80]

No set menu will keep it fresh...but have you ever done that before? Seems like you'd end up trying to win people over with quality and atmosphere instead of a favorite dish. Maybe not such a great idea over here?

Imagine the Restaurant. You got you Buffet Area Theres a huge Mirror Grill in the middle, you got aa wok on your left you gat pasta cooker on your right and little chef stood there. You have your Ingredients in a display Fridge. You have a Menu somewhere visible. Guy Walks up to you I want the Que se dilla with cheese and extra chilli, Piece of the Marinated Carp and the Chicken. I throw it on "sir" gets his plate walks over and Collects his starters "anti Pasto" "tapas" type thing loads of fresh salads.

He eats he Comes back, Takes his selection of vegetables starch gets his food and boom off you go not quite the normal buffet

Its just an idea research would need to be done Im just not sure that an ordinary run of the mill restaurant is gonna work there the most important thing about running a restaurant in any country in the world is you hav to get peoples tongues wagging
chefneedshelp   
28 Oct 2010
UK, Ireland / How long would it take for an English style restaurant in Poland to go bust? [80]

convex
then it wont get tongues wagging.
It all depends if I can find the right property at the right price first.
What it actually becomes will depend on research
what the poles want
limits imposed by local laws
Licensing
and about 4000000 other things
and what the swambo union thinks about it

Will keep u all updated thanks for the opinions guys much appreciated
chefneedshelp   
28 Oct 2010
Food / Kotlet schabowy again. I love it. [47]

This tends to break up the tissue fibres too much and allows the natural juices to be released too quickily. Fry on a very high heat and finishing in the oven will give you a much better tasting cut of meat, especially if you then allow it to sit for at least 5 mins after cooking.

sLOW COOKING ONLY WORKS ON LARGE PIECES OF MEAT UNLESS YOU BRAISE THEM, FINISHING YOUR STEAK IN THE OVEN WOULD JUST DRY IT OUT. The whole theory to slow cooking is that you cook your meat without damaging the tissue and the low heat for a longer period of time turns and grissle into jelly wich makes it mor pallatable.

Meat is a muscle when you heat it it contracts this bursts the tissue hence you have the bleeding.

Tenderising it splits the tissue apart enabling it to be cut easily and chwed easily this damages the meat and does result in a dryer cut of meat

Spend extra money get a good cut

Keep the cheap cuts for roasting
chefneedshelp   
28 Oct 2010
UK, Ireland / How long would it take for an English style restaurant in Poland to go bust? [80]

Home Made Beef Burger € 8.00
Irish Beef, White Flour Bap, House relish and Home Fries
Fish ‘n Chips €9.00
Fresh Cod in beer Batter, Mushy Peas and home fries
Chicken Curry € 7.00
Chicken Pieces in a Mild and Fragrant Madras Sauce with
Basmati Rice
Butterflied Breast of Chicken € 8.00
Garlic and Thyme Chicken Breast, Hot Potato Salad and Sour
Cream
Pan Fried Fish Cakes € 7.00
Salmon and Cod Fish Cakes, Cucumber and Dill Salad
Steak Ciabatta €10.00
Irish Sirloin Steak, Caramelised Onions, Mustardy Mayonaise
Toasted Ciabatta with Home Fries and Pepper Sauce

Ok nso how many poles would eat that ignore the prices old menu from cafe
chefneedshelp   
28 Oct 2010
UK, Ireland / Estimated number of Poles in Ireland thought to exceed 200,000 OR over 5% of population. [200]

Some ain't enough. And i hope that Ireland and the U.K will realise what they lost when all the poles decides to leave the island that threats them like cattle

Ther are thousands of poles who are financially better off because they came to Ireland

That attitude have been there all the time.

and i suspose you will tell me that that minority does not exist in poland and that when I move over there every single person will greet me with open arms BS You are one of those eastern europeans who is still walking around with a chip on his shoulder so do us both a favour yeah
chefneedshelp   
28 Oct 2010
UK, Ireland / Estimated number of Poles in Ireland thought to exceed 200,000 OR over 5% of population. [200]

After all those things you read in the news papers you really start to wonder you know.

You seem to be taking stuff I said and twisting it into an argument about how terribly the polish are treated by the Irish

1. You go to a foreign country and in your place of work you speak only your native tongue with your fellow countrymen 6 of you 1 english speaking thatt is ignorance yes

I grew up in Africa I speak 6 different languages in Ireland english in Holland dutch when I move to poland polish its a respect thing

2. In my town in my place of work there are people on minimum wage driving merceded benz 7 actually new ones too

when I asked how they can afford it they cheat the government they collect rent allowance child support and so on and so forth and they are proud of it

Just as there is a minority In ireland who have a bad attitude towards poles there is an even larger minority of poles with a bad attitude towards the Irish.

Climb off your pedestal david it takes 2 to tango
chefneedshelp   
28 Oct 2010
UK, Ireland / Estimated number of Poles in Ireland thought to exceed 200,000 OR over 5% of population. [200]

of course Im jealous I work twicw as hard get paid twice as much and drive a heap of shite cause im honest.

When you have the balls to remove yourself from the safety of your homeland I will have this discussion but as you have no life skills to base it on you are just wasting my time

lol debate over for me good luck and god bless