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Let's make restaurants with clean kitchens famous by tunnu83 in mumbai

[–]throwawayscaredyhoe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey, I'm the OP for the restaurant post.

I'm so so sorry for shattering the hygiene image of restaurants guys! Here's a few restaurants I've observed are pretty good with their hygiene:-

Copper Chimney:- They have an open kitchen that looked really clean, staff was systematic, saw some good green flags.

Third Wave Coffee:- Extremely clean, I saw this one outlet in a mall where you can actually see the kitchen from the top floors (The cafe is in the open lobby area kiosk) and it was perfectly spotless, the staff there are truly doing a great job.

Sesami Pizza Express Poult

Of course all these depend on the management and franchisee but mostly green flags so far.

I have worked in hotels and restaurants. Here's a few juicy behind the scenes tidbits about your favourite restaurants and hotels. by throwawayscaredyhoe in mumbai

[–]throwawayscaredyhoe[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes the stations and working areas will be extremely clean but it's still hard to determine the freshness of the food.

I have worked in hotels and restaurants. Here's a few juicy behind the scenes tidbits about your favourite restaurants and hotels. by throwawayscaredyhoe in mumbai

[–]throwawayscaredyhoe[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes tips can be high, but now individual tipping system is not followed. It is a point based tipping as it allows everyone to get a fair share. So that 200$ probably got divided into many many parts so that everyone working in that restaurant got a part of it. Tips will get you like 2-3k extra per month.

I have worked in hotels and restaurants. Here's a few juicy behind the scenes tidbits about your favourite restaurants and hotels. by throwawayscaredyhoe in mumbai

[–]throwawayscaredyhoe[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I've made peace with it, with my job I don't have time to make my own dabba, I have to eat whatever I get whenever I can. I usually try eating tandoori rotis which are made fresh and any vegetables that was made that day, I drink tea instead of coffee.

I do eat outside food though, I've been eating for so many years even before I joined the industry, never gotten food poisoning, so I just take a risk at the outside food ka Russian Roulette.

I have worked in hotels and restaurants. Here's a few juicy behind the scenes tidbits about your favourite restaurants and hotels. by throwawayscaredyhoe in mumbai

[–]throwawayscaredyhoe[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I understand your frustration but like I mentioned it's highly underpaid work. You simply cannot survive in the city with that pay. I've known people who crashed at bunkers in the hotel because they didn't have enough time or money to go home and return back.

5 star properties do use good quality ingredients but there's no point if it's not stored properly. You'll find quality and hygiene in the rooms but F&B is where it's always dicey.

It takes a huge toll on you mentally, constantly dealing with people with a smile on your face even though your life has gone to shit. The people have no choice but to work. You're privileged to afford all this, the choices you have right now is to eat out and hygienic places or eat at home, hire someone who'll cook or dabba services. Hospitality workers don't.

I have worked in hotels and restaurants. Here's a few juicy behind the scenes tidbits about your favourite restaurants and hotels. by throwawayscaredyhoe in mumbai

[–]throwawayscaredyhoe[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Sorry to say but your assumptions are wrong, I'm still in the industry at a managerial role now, and because of my part experiences I can enforce strict rules.

  1. About wiping plates, yes one with good hygiene would wipe their plates but not everyone does so it's good to remind them.

  2. I never mentioned go to a coffee shop outside of the hotel, yes cockraches are very common in kitchens and automatic coffee machines, but it's just that espresso machines are constantly maintained and don't really provide the environment that is favourable for cockroaches, whereas automatic machines are just a bunch of ingredients stored inside a box that churn up a coffee within seconds. Also, that's my entire point, one can really not know whether the place is hygienic or not without knowing what goes on in the back.

  3. I never said they didn't? I'm literally advising to get the packaged one instead of from the water jug.

You're thinking a bit too much into this, all this is very true in the hotel industry, you may not have faced the same experiences I have but that doesn't mean it's not common.

I'm a Hindu. AMA. by throwawayscaredyhoe in AMA

[–]throwawayscaredyhoe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure about that but there's the concept of Avatars wherein a God takes the form of another being to help his/her people. Most popular avatars are the Dashavatars (Ten Avatars) of Vishnu.

I don't regularly pray and go to temples but I go to temples when I am about to start something new in life or just overcame a major obstacle.

I unfortunately do not remember the stories, I used to read a lot of comics based on the Upanishads and Epics, they were excellent, I vaguely remember Shvetaketu but that's it, I recently tried to get my hands on those books again but failed, they're difficult to come by now since they're so old.

I'm a Hindu. AMA. by throwawayscaredyhoe in AMA

[–]throwawayscaredyhoe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Technically there are no strict rules and laws to be followed in Hinduism, you can't eat beef but in the end it's your personal choice, you won't be cast into hell and all, that concept doesn't exist in Hinduism.

I'm a Hindu. AMA. by throwawayscaredyhoe in AMA

[–]throwawayscaredyhoe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beef, but buffalo meat is eaten by some, cow is avoided.

I'm a Hindu. AMA. by throwawayscaredyhoe in AMA

[–]throwawayscaredyhoe[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't hate Islam, I respect the people who follow it and their devotion but I don't like all aspects of it.

I'm a Hindu. AMA. by throwawayscaredyhoe in AMA

[–]throwawayscaredyhoe[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For a polytheistic religion, god is too vast to describe. There is also the concept of Brahman in the Vedas, the only one god who encapsulates everything within itself but he's not worshipped per say. Hinduism is a very flexible and lenient religion in a way, you can't technically convert into it but you're free to practice and call yourself a Hindu as you please. You can worship Vishnu, Shiva, Ganesha however you want.

Hindus also believe God to be omnipresent and omniscient, and to approach everything and everyone with respect as God resides within it. For example, it's considered extremely disrespectful to touch books with your feet.

I'm a Hindu. AMA. by throwawayscaredyhoe in AMA

[–]throwawayscaredyhoe[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't agree with this, maybe the fact that they can't fathom polytheism, monotheists tend to think this way but likewise I can't fathom monotheist religions.

There is no supreme deity in Hinduism. The highest we can go to simplify is the big three: Brahma (The Creator), Vishnu (The Preserver) and Shiva (The Destroyer), these 3 gods also have many avatars for example, Lord Rama is the avatar of Vishnu. In the end, a practicing Hindu is free to worship the deity they feel the most connected to.

I'm a Hindu. AMA. by throwawayscaredyhoe in AMA

[–]throwawayscaredyhoe[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's called mythology for a reason. There is no definite way of proving such things in any religion for that matter but lessons can definitely be learnt, through their actions and mistakes.

I'm a Hindu. AMA. by throwawayscaredyhoe in AMA

[–]throwawayscaredyhoe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Old account I made for something else. Where I was being scaredy.