The Sacked Chef

Recently an inconsiderate person got the chef at Gasparo sacked! That’s right people right in front of our faces as well. What was meant to be a group catch up session where my cousin Cigdosh decided to dog us again because conveniently she had visitors coming over. Note theses visitors have been coming every weekend since January 2006. I smell a rat!

For thoses that know of the restaurant its located in Burwood. This is the famous café that we used to hang out at during uni days. Basically after class we would end up at Gasparo’s for our usual dinner. Most people go to the same restaurant to try their various dishes but what do we do? Order the same pasta dish for the past 6 years. It’s such an easy dish to cook at home as well. Its basically boiled pasta soaked in oil and vinegar topped with tomatoes and olives. Any tom dick or harry can make it at home. Instead we pay $15 for this plate.

To cut a long story short, we decided to take our Bosnian princess to the restaurant. We rock up and seat ourselves down at a table. Only to quickly search for our well-known waiter Sue. Now sue is another story. We were here a few weeks ago, actually I think about 2 to be exact when we met the new waitress. She was bubbly and smiled every chance she got.

For some stupid reason some inconsiderate person decides to inform the new waitress of the whole restaurant history. Hence the story follows that the owner now who is a Moroccan guy used to be a waiter here. The Asian woman who owed the restaurant ended up having an affair with the waiter. Because he was on his visa and needed to stay here the Asian woman decided to marry him. Hence the guy not only got residence but a restaurant to manage. Its beyond me how some people get this information but to actually have the nerve to tell the new waitress. Oh wait the best part. After telling the waitress she told her not to tell management. Now if you were the waitress wouldn’t you want to tell your boss about the rumors?

Anyway Sue decides to take our order and we go for the usual pasta dish where as the Bosnian princess decides to do something different and orders some octopus dish.

The meals arrive and Sue puts them in front of us. We start eating when some inconsiderate person decides to call Sue over to complain about her meal. Sue comes over and the first question thrown at her as if it’s the end of the world is "Has the Chef changed?" Poor Sue looks at us thinking what’s happening. She quickly answers us and tells us that they have a new chef tonight.

She then proceeds to ask, "What’s wrong?" This is when the inconsiderate person complains that the pasta is too dry, missing the oil and vinegar as well as them being tight asses on the tomatoes to previous time. Once again she tells Sue not to pass this onto management.

Within minutes all we see is the chef power walking to the counter, dumping his keys and storming out in front of us. We quickly ask Sue what’s happening and she informs us that the chef just got sacked. What type of a person complains and gets the chef sacked right smack in front of us. The least you could do is wait until we have finished our meals before you make us lose our appetites. That poor man probably has 5 kids and a wife to feed back at home. With the chef being sacked on the spot due to the complaint being the last straw, we sat there trying to understand how someone could be so inconsiderate.

The Moroccan guy came out smiling at us and god love the guy who can barely speak English. At least he sees us as loyal customers over the years. Hence we search our wallets to leave a huge tip. Looking through our wallets we realize we are short on cash so I call Sue over and tell her that the inconsiderate person who got the chef sacked is willing to do the dishes for free tonight. Sue passes this onto the Moroccan guy and his more than happy.

Now doesn’t this remind you guys of a Will and Grace episode where Grace got the waiter sacked?