Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Construction Starts.

Well, this is the before image of the inside.
Where the door is to the right of the window, that area will extend to be the retail point. If you remember the external shot, it had two windows, that is where the 2nd window is, another room for sales and baking.
The area where the photo was taken will be the production part. All fridges and freezers, where I was standing. Marble tables down the middle. Massive Hobart mixer and other dough devices down the left. The mighty Robot Coupe R6X food processor in the centre.


Now this is what it looked like recently after Jose and his chaps started on it.
The ceiling will be replaced with nice new tiles at the back that comply with health code for food production, and left open at the front with spray painted ducting to give the industrial feel.
It's not a brilliant picture, but that is the main man Jose with debris all around him.




This is the area where the retail point will be. As you can see the opening in the wall has been started, but this will be much larger when we have finished. We will be taking out that beam and putting in a much larger one, letting us take out the wall to the left and right. Giving us a completely open space.

It is all becoming a reality now.
The idea, the plan and now the implementation.







Sunday, June 6, 2010

Pasties, Alaska? are you sure?

My friend Jonah found pasties on his trip to Alaska. So it definitely looks like they are making more and more appearances in the US. The wonderful pastry product has now surfaced in Michigan, Arizona, California and now Alaska. Virginia is just around the corner!

I must say from my research the part about pasties having a savory and fruit filling is a bit of a myth. None of the pasty gurus in Cornwall can find any written evidence. Also it would be really difficult to cook one that way. The fruit would take much much less time to cook than the meat and veg.

More big news soon on the shop and the cart!