Finally, I've started working at a coffee shop just yesterday. Owning one, has always been my career "dream". It is a very small shop, probably 150sqm tops, 4 stalls in total, a Muslim stall, chicken rice stall, a drinks stall and the "Tze Char" stall.
Tze Char: "An all-rounder Chinese food stall serving a wide variety of a la carte dishes usually with white steamed rice and soups. A zhi char stall usually has the highest sales turnover of the eating outlet that it occupies and thus forms the anchor tenant and main draw of the eating place, typically a coffeeshop. Also spelled 'zhi cha', 'zi char', 'zi cha', 'cze char', 'tze char'; in Mandarin, 煮炒 (pinyin: zhu2 chao3) which literally means 'cook & fry', in reference to the de rigueur use of frying (almost always with woks) in preparing most dishes."
The Tze Char stall usually only operates for dinners, due to the type of dishes serve, which the vast majority finds it too heavy for breakfast,
My shift started at 2:30pm, I was told of what was expected, in terms of my JD as well as the risks inherent within the job.
The owner is a friend of a friend, a very "unique" person. I wouldn't go as far as to say he is an odd ball, but I assure you he is different. According to him, he was a social outcast/misfit in the corporate world, thus decided to venture into something that is his. Very nicely built and maintained body, he's 9yrs my senior, served in the commando while serving the national service.
THE coffee shop, small humble and a necessity for most folks living around the area. The front resembles any coffee shop you'd have elsewhere, yet there's a hidden "backyard" where all the old legendary warriors are, a place even I, as a part time police officer wouldn't very much want to enter.
Met all sorts of people, from those trying to scam a drink, to those needing people to chat with. Some just drink the whole day away, some sat outside and continue drinking even after we've closed.
Currently do not have that "spark" to really write a inspiration piece on what I really seen, so I'd end it here.
It was a day to remember, starting work again in 3 hours. Oh yeah, I'm serving drinks by the way.
Tze Char: "An all-rounder Chinese food stall serving a wide variety of a la carte dishes usually with white steamed rice and soups. A zhi char stall usually has the highest sales turnover of the eating outlet that it occupies and thus forms the anchor tenant and main draw of the eating place, typically a coffeeshop. Also spelled 'zhi cha', 'zi char', 'zi cha', 'cze char', 'tze char'; in Mandarin, 煮炒 (pinyin: zhu2 chao3) which literally means 'cook & fry', in reference to the de rigueur use of frying (almost always with woks) in preparing most dishes."
The Tze Char stall usually only operates for dinners, due to the type of dishes serve, which the vast majority finds it too heavy for breakfast,
My shift started at 2:30pm, I was told of what was expected, in terms of my JD as well as the risks inherent within the job.
The owner is a friend of a friend, a very "unique" person. I wouldn't go as far as to say he is an odd ball, but I assure you he is different. According to him, he was a social outcast/misfit in the corporate world, thus decided to venture into something that is his. Very nicely built and maintained body, he's 9yrs my senior, served in the commando while serving the national service.
THE coffee shop, small humble and a necessity for most folks living around the area. The front resembles any coffee shop you'd have elsewhere, yet there's a hidden "backyard" where all the old legendary warriors are, a place even I, as a part time police officer wouldn't very much want to enter.
Met all sorts of people, from those trying to scam a drink, to those needing people to chat with. Some just drink the whole day away, some sat outside and continue drinking even after we've closed.
Currently do not have that "spark" to really write a inspiration piece on what I really seen, so I'd end it here.
It was a day to remember, starting work again in 3 hours. Oh yeah, I'm serving drinks by the way.
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