Heading down to the dreaded beaches of the Outer Banks of North Carolina tomorrow for more restaurant "research". Like my previous "research" trip into Manhattan, I am going to assume that this will also be very taxing and arduous. But I will try to keep my chin up and keep in mind that "I am doing this for the restaurant". I hope to bring back new ideas, some secret ingredients, perhaps a new insight into the business, maybe some creative presentations, or some new fangled cocktails for the bar, maybe some new flavor combinations, or new sources for fresh seafood. Maybe I will have some epiphany and figure everything out and will come back home set to be the next Food Network "Thing" with Salt branded knives and pots, and come up with some "BAM" like catch-phrase like "Ka-Pow" or "Raz-a-ma-taz" and have legions of Mom's hanging on my every word for how to feed their families and friends. Perhaps I'll run into the guy who wants to take Salt national, or international and brand me and this restaurant world-wide, hooking me up with fashion consultants, and hair dressers, stylists and personal assistants. I would have to jet all over the world just to keep tabs on "Seoul Salt" and "Amsterdam Salt", and Bali Salt" and perhaps a "Dublin Salt", actually I will tell "Him", that Dublin is to be first, I like Dublin. So, this could be a BIG trip for me, and for Salt, and for all of us here at Salt...I have always held close the philosophy that those that help me will also reap the benefits of success. So I like to think that in doing these research trips I am kind of taking one for the team, and as stressful and grinding these things are that someday we may ALL benefit from these "Hellish" research trips, and I will continue to do them, always thinking in the back of my mind that as much as I hate them, that someday we may ALL benefit from these!
Or I may just get a little sun, relax for 2 days, and enjoy my family!
Stay Tuned!
b.
