Bigoldmustard, 9 months ago

I didn’t cook so I can’t help with a recipe but I think they used to hit it with a fresh scoop of sauce before it went out. I can’t remember if it was a standard though.

Some scenarios that might get you a less than stellar lasagna:

Someone plates it early and it sits under the warmer while the order is being cooked.

Someone in your party eats salad really slow or orders more than average of salad or soup. Servers put a “hold” on food so the ticket floats until a predetermined time they select or until they manually push it. So if I expect your chicken to take 8 minutes and set a hold for 7 but get busy and a third salad bowl is ordered, my float might have expired while I was greeting another table. Now I have to either bring your food early and risk you feeling rushed or leave it under the warmer until you’re done with salad. It’s tricky!

Serving is hard y’all, the difference between 20% and no tip can happen in minutes, and it can totally not even be something you have control over. Time feels different when you’re sitting there waiting for me to finish my mandatory greeting talking points so you can ask for more bread. I’m glad I found my way out of doing it and I still get uncomfortable when I can see my server struggling anywhere I eat.