If a french person talks about “couverts” it can also mean either place settings or (more generally) cutlery. That seems quite a likely route to “couverts” meaning “covers” in the sense of customers served.
Lovely instalment. I've always liked the word 'covers': I certainly think it comes in handy when needing to talk on the floor with staff in front of guests about paying customers (or cancelling/moaning customers) without direct reference! January such a scary and long month for so many: I'm glad you bucked that trend at least!
Haha I really relate to being stuck in a conversation with a chef/restaurateur who is throwing out restaurant terms and me nodding along and googling it later - and then of course using the same terms the following week, as if I knew it all along. Imagine my wonder when I learned about what PAX meant, when someone emailed it to me, posed as a question. I still don't even know why Pax is used.... just that it means number of guest...or covers lol
If a french person talks about “couverts” it can also mean either place settings or (more generally) cutlery. That seems quite a likely route to “couverts” meaning “covers” in the sense of customers served.
Interesting
Those dumplings sound incredible!
Thank you Clare
Lovely instalment. I've always liked the word 'covers': I certainly think it comes in handy when needing to talk on the floor with staff in front of guests about paying customers (or cancelling/moaning customers) without direct reference! January such a scary and long month for so many: I'm glad you bucked that trend at least!
Thank you Mat, or yea, even daft covers. January is awful for business, this is the month of closures, many slip away quietly.
Also that menu! There is still nothing like it for us pesky vegetarians in search of flavour and excitement!
Thank you, and we agree.
Learning so much about you with each instalment!
You’ll be opening your own restaurant soon.
Haha I really relate to being stuck in a conversation with a chef/restaurateur who is throwing out restaurant terms and me nodding along and googling it later - and then of course using the same terms the following week, as if I knew it all along. Imagine my wonder when I learned about what PAX meant, when someone emailed it to me, posed as a question. I still don't even know why Pax is used.... just that it means number of guest...or covers lol
Yes, agreed. I can’t understand how that abbreviation gets to how many people. I’m not even sure why we adopted the French word, couverts.
I look forward to reading about these adventures! Another fun installment.
Thank you Sheryl, much appreciated.
I hope your spoons were not harmed in the meeting with Uri Geller.
He was warned
Good. Cutlery is expensive.