07/04/2022
It has been 2 long years and I hope that you are well. So much has changed in the private dining scene since. When we first started to bring guests to our place in 2016, we needed to convince people why they should even dine at someone's home instead of a restaurant.
Private (home) dining used to be a venue to eat rustic home-cooked food and has now transformed into mini fine dining restaurants complete with snacks on rocks, green oil drops in soup and tableside broth pouring (everyone, please stop pouring broth tableside).
While planning the reopening, being out of the game for 2 years, I was reflecting on where do I sit in this brand new landscape? Is rustic communal style good food out of touch? Do I need to change but be less authentic?
I ended up deciding to stick to who I am, continuing serving up rustic, communal-style good food because my purpose is to bring people together for a good time.
But we got to keep innovating while keeping the core spirit true. Being at the commercial shop space with proper exhaust, I got some new capabilities. :)
A brand new page for us,
The Mixtape Chef: Fire edition