I love my new job.

Just wanted to invite, everyone along the beautiful Emerald Coast. To look for GG's Blue Bikini Eatery, we will be at the Snow Ball Derby at 5 Flags Speedway Dec 2 - 6 Pensacola Fl.
 
My Menu is
Turkey Bacon Avacado
Chicken Club
Trukey Rueben
French Dip
Angus Burger  
Cobb
Caribbean Chicken
Chef
and much much more
 
we have been going to a local office park, and the response is overwhelmingly positive, kind and It is just great.
 
Thanks Folks..
 

Great good luck, knock em out.

paceflchick


Just wanted to invite, everyone along the beautiful Emerald Coast. To look for GG's Blue Bikini Eatery, we will be at the Snow Ball Derby at 5 Flags Speedway Dec 2 - 6 Pensacola Fl.
 
My Menu is
Turkey Bacon Avacado
Chicken Club
Trukey Rueben
French Dip
Angus Burger  
Cobb
Caribbean Chicken
Chef
and much much more
 
we have been going to a local office park, and the response is overwhelmingly positive, kind and It is just great.
 
Thanks Folks..
 

Nice menu, Great attitude.....Do you do any grilled sandwiches or is it all on Speciality breads?????????? Good luck....Bill

Yes Sir, all sandwiches can come grilled on a pannini, or cold, I have french bread white and wheat, regular white wheat and muti-grain..My husband is a bread man my night, my employee by day,,lol....We have all different snacks, ice cream, fruit, snack pack pudding, apple sauce, nuts ect..Thanks for the positive response, they have varried, I was in Sams doing my initial purchasing when and old man approached me I guess wanted to pick a fight...I just let him ramble..' Whats all that for? Ahh that won't fly, people want french fries and funnel cake, that may be so. Although, when given an option, I don't care where you are from, how much money you have, people like good food, and are taking care of themselves, more and more...Some still say women eat salads, I find the past ten - 15 years, men eat salads just as much if not more..

I like your ideas and how you do things. I do a Cranberry cream cheese spread with turkey, swiss cheese, sprouts, lettuce tomato, cucumber on a Croissant. It always went over well on my Deli sand menu. Do you use portabella mushrooms for a grilled Portabella & Avocado burger ???? Shrimp Ceviche tostada with chopped cucumber and Avocado may be a way of entering seafood into your ideas ............... Great job on your menu and your approach to this business, you are a breath of fresh air............Bill

Thank again, I will vary my menu with events, I love sprouts, I wanted to incorporate a killer veggie sub with avacado and srouts, but we need a special license, once I get this down to a science, my options are never ending,I will look into it. people love change and trying new food..I was also thinking a pesto, pasta lunch special one day, or quesadillas...

BillyB


I like your ideas and how you do things. I do a Cranberry cream cheese spread with turkey, swiss cheese, sprouts, lettuce tomato, cucumber on a Croissant. It always went over well on my Deli sand menu. Do you use portabella mushrooms for a grilled Portabella & Avocado burger ???? Shrimp Ceviche tostada with chopped cucumber and Avocado may be a way of entering seafood into your ideas ............... Great job on your menu and your approach to this business, you are a breath of fresh air............Bill

That sandwich sounds great..I think it was Darylls rest. that served thnakgiving on a bun all year round, turkey breast, cranberry sauce, dressing with turkey gravy....that reminded me of that..different but rang a bell..

Great idea on the pestos, I took a class at CIA Napa a few years ago. It was a class on Pestos & Pastas. A lot of real good Ideas you may be able to use. The pesto could also be used for your grilled panini sands. I make a Red Pepper Coluis for steamed broccoli that may go good on a grilled veggie sand. I get ideas from many people and books. I talked to a chef in Montana once that gave me a good recipe for a deep fried club sand using egg bread. It is deep fried crunchy on the outside and cheesy flavorful on the inside.... I also like the Quesadillas, you can come up with many variations for that item...............If I can help in any way just yell, If I get one good menu item out of 50 ideas i consider it a success............Bill

BillyB


Great idea on the pestos, I took a class at CIA Napa a few years ago. It was a class on Pestos & Pastas. A lot of real good Ideas you may be able to use. The pesto could also be used for your grilled panini sands. I make a Red Pepper Coluis for steamed broccoli that may go good on a grilled veggie sand. I get ideas from many people and books. I talked to a chef in Montana once that gave me a good recipe for a deep fried club sand using egg bread. It is deep fried crunchy on the outside and cheesy flavorful on the inside.... I also like the Quesadillas, you can come up with many variations for that item...............If I can help in any way just yell, If I get one good menu item out of 50 ideas i consider it a success............Bill

Wow, sounds great, your ideas are exciting, they put mine to shame, well not shame, that is a bit harsh, lol, mine are just rather ordinary...
I do need a killer veggies sand. I like the grilled veggie idea..I will experiment..I am up for any new ideas. My last place I worked , The Fish House in Pensacola, awesome, AWESOME, food, just went there Sat. (goodgrits.com), I learned a lot there, it was what I needed being in the buss. for so long, it was like school. We just got in for the day, second best, we are growing, it is really cool working for myself, I never knew I would enjoy it so much. 

The thing to watch out for is building too many complex sandwiches and salads that may include an ingredient  few or several that turn some off as-is. They become deal breakers and menu weight. Better to start with a strong popular  base with options available upon request instead of tons of run-on and on and on menu selections.
 
Some people never bother to make a request to leave several items off or out of a selection as opposed to seeing that it is possible to request their own specialized selections.

Your menu shows you care about what you do. I'm going to make Shrimp CevicheTosadas in a few days, I'll take a picture and post it. Another item I like using is Focaccia bread for sandwiches......take care..Bill

That is next on my list, I need to take pictures of all my food..I am going to print them out as 8x10's and put them up for my customers...if I can get them up there nice and neat...

Great Idea, a picture is worth a 1000 words. In most cases people don't know what they want and a picture helps them decide. I always had pictures in my catering business and found it helps sell a buffet or sit down meal a lot easier when people were able to see what I had to offer. I was looking at some stock photos and saw a Chicken Cordon Bleu sand that had you written all over it
                                                 

MMMMMmmmmm  Funny you said that..I was just talking about a cordon blue yesterday..I think I will run that for a special today...

Great minds work together..........Have fun today........Bill

Business is growing each day. My customers really make me feel great everyday, And I do enjoy feeding them, taking food, to working folks, always makes for a happy day..
Our Big Event is right around the corner, I woke in fear last night, OH MY GOSH how much meat will I really need..I started emailing my meat guy at 2 a.m.  everything is fine, it will all be here Monday, and if we run out we can order during the Race..Whoa..I have my son ( a cook ) and another kitchen guy to help us...I So want to do a good job..and I like racing,, It is going to be a great time..4 day event, we will be living at the track, my husband is very very excited, Huge race fan. 

http://5flagsspeedway.com/  Here it is my big event..Whoa...so Excited

What is your menu for the event???????? and how did the CHick Cordon Bleu go over...........Bill

paceflchick

... I need to take pictures of all my food..I am going to print them out as 8x10's and put them up for my customers...if I can get them up there nice and neat...

 
We changed our printed menu out for a picture menu based on some info I found on this site.  It was only one event but we sold a lot more and the customers seemed to order easier.

Since we put them on our sneezeguard, I used my Printmaster program to print out 11X8.5"  pages (4 items per page) . We have limited space to post the menu.  I got all the pics, except one, off the internet.  We photographed our cinnamon roll and edited out the background.  I do want to take actual pics our other items.  I also covered our menu with laminated document protectors.  This works for us because we post the menu on the inside of our plexiglass sneezeguard and it keeps them clean and dry.  Also do the same for health permits, etc.

We just printed two pics, can't eat anymore..lol

lornaschinske

paceflchick

... I need to take pictures of all my food..I am going to print them out as 8x10's and put them up for my customers...if I can get them up there nice and neat...

Since we put them on our sneezeguard, I used my Printmaster program to print out 11X8.5"  pages (4 items per page) . We have limited space to post the menu.  I got all the pics, except one, off the internet.  We photographed our cinnamon roll and edited out the background.  I do want to take actual pics our other items. 

 
How closely do the photos resemble your actual food?

How close does Burger King, McDonalds or Subway resemble their food.....Their advertising pictures are a joke

Good question Steve.
Paceflchick, Just for your information Kim Komando ran a tip of the day recently, about a software program that allows anyone to search for images on the internet that were pirated from the original owner. So be careful about using a picture from someone’s web site on your web page.

They of course can’t search your on site food service operation, but to use a picture you don’t have the rights to could be dangerous or at least prove to be very embarrassing.

BillyB


How close does Burger King, McDonalds or Subway resemble their food.....Their advertising pictures are a joke

 
I don't know.  I don't eat there.

Thanks Jack.  You knew where I was headed.

PopsDogHouse

...How closely do the photos resemble your actual food?

Pretty close.  I looked at lots of pics before choosing.  Problem is the hot dog only had ketchup & mustard (and applied the same as we do ours) and the sausage was plain but on a similar bun in a similar dog caddie (tray) as we use.  The BBQ pic is on a seeded bun whereas ours is on a plain bun.  Photo editing produced an odd looking bun so we kept the seeded bun pic.  That is the biggest reason we need to shot pics of our food. 

The drinks & chips were all pulled from the internet.  Only one had to be edited to remove the background.   

I'm not too worried about rights as my pics do not come from commercial sites nor appear to be from Professionals (or other vendors).  I do think if you are able, then use pics of your own food.  I put my picture menu together one night, printed it out and posted it the next day.  It was the last time we were set up and I will be getting new pics before we set back up again.  Both plain and "loaded".

lornaschinske

PopsDogHouse

...How closely do the photos resemble your actual food?

I'm not too worried about rights as my pics do not come from commercial sites nor appear to be from Professionals (or other vendors). 

Worry! Virtually all photos you find are owned by someone. And your use of them without express permission from the owner is actionable.

lornaschinske

PopsDogHouse

...How closely do the photos resemble your actual food?

Pretty close.  I looked at lots of pics before choosing.  Problem is the hot dog only had ketchup & mustard (and applied the same as we do ours) and the sausage was plain but on a similar bun in a similar dog caddie (tray) as we use.  The BBQ pic is on a seeded bun whereas ours is on a plain bun.  Photo editing produced an odd looking bun so we kept the seeded bun pic.  That is the biggest reason we need to shot pics of our food. 

The drinks & chips were all pulled from the internet.  Only one had to be edited to remove the background.   

I'm not too worried about rights as my pics do not come from commercial sites nor appear to be from Professionals (or other vendors).  I do think if you are able, then use pics of your own food.  I put my picture menu together one night, printed it out and posted it the next day.  It was the last time we were set up and I will be getting new pics before we set back up again.  Both plain and "loaded".

 
You do have an issue to be concerned with here.  You're using Copyrighted material without permission.  That's illegal.  Also, you aren't fairly representing your product.  You're using an image of someone else's food to sell yours, which at the very least is unethical.  You said in an above post that you got the information and suggestion to do this on this forum.  What you got from this forum was a suggestion to use pics of YOUR food in your menu.  Nobody suggested stealing pics to use on your menu.

AOL Image Search result for "http://static.px.yelp.com/bphoto/sW-e6xuangBeu2k15R6lJQ/l"  This is a good looking Shrimp Ceviche its only missing Avocado. This is a good fresh approach along with a Fish Taco. The fish taco could have a piece of grilled fish and crunchy slaw and a mango black bean salsa...BillAOL Image Search result for "http://static.px.yelp.com/bphoto/sW-e6xuangBeu2k15R6lJQ/l"

BillyB


AOL Image Search result for "http://static.px.yelp.com/bphoto/sW-e6xuangBeu2k15R6lJQ/l"  This is a good looking Shrimp Ceviche its only missing Avocado. This is a good fresh approach along with a Fish Taco. The fish taco could have a piece of grilled fish and crunchy slaw and a mango black bean salsa...BillAOL Image Search result for "http://static.px.yelp.com/bphoto/sW-e6xuangBeu2k15R6lJQ/l"

And, based on what it says with both images, you'd better have a good copyright lawyer check it out for you before trying to use it.