It's called The Prinz and it's the Staff Canteen.
A cosy lil place tucked away in the dungeons of Basement 1, it will provide quality food at affordable prices to the some 500 people working at the hospital, 3 meals a day, 7 days a week.
And we christened it with a break-fast party for the department on a no-holds barred basis.
We had Raya music playing (from Puppy's loaned stereo), we had blinky lights around the serving counter (from my Christmas tree) and we had lavendar scented tealights twinkling on each table in margarita glasses.
Food wise - there was a wide array of tapas (croquets, sushi, murtabak!), roast beef (in a loaned chaffing dish from the JW Marriott), local dishes of lamb, chicken and Penang Fried Kuoy Teow to name a few. Plus bucket loads of pastries that were painstakingly made by a 3-man team through a period of 24 hours.
The icing on the cake for this event would be for us to finally find the right blend of mixes to create Malaysia's most popular beverage - the Teh Tarik, which would be the signature drink at my next outlet - Tarik Cafe, opening next week.
As I stood in the empty room, watching my staff skillfully clearing away the place, and prepping it for official service tomorrow, I could not help but think - it has all been worth it. The late nights and early mornings.
And the funniest thought would be this: Despite the freakingly cold air-cond in the kitchen and the stuffiness of the canteen, the failing exhaust hoods and putting soiled dishes thru a very expensive dishwasher using a container and a string - all the bad-ju-ju seemed to have gone.
Must be all the cocoa we've been trying out from the coffee machine.
So yes - cocoa does indeed make bad-ju-ju go away.
And yes - with this, I am officially a F&B Retail Manager.
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