To post or not to post……

   That my friends is the question. Whether it is nobler to be a gentleman and not say a word or…….Do I crush this guy every chance I get for screwing me and the restaurant? 

   It appears that a former cook of mine is the chef at the soon to open Porterhouse Grill in Old Bridge. This jerk decides one day in the middle of his shift to leave me “for an emergency”. Never heard from him until he answered my add on Craig’s List for a cook. He did this to another place in Red Bank leaving that place with no Chef at all!

   So, do I try to verbally decimate whatever I can of his reputation? Am I being childish? If you ever read this Keith, what goes around, comes around and its a small world out there. Careful what you do and whom to…………..

What is Too Expensive??????

Now that I have my own “space”, I want to re-hash a subject that continues to come up.

How could anyone of sound body and mind think Trinity is expensive?????? compared to Burger King, McDonald’s, etc.. yes. Come on people, what planet are you from? Do you live in Fantasy-land Township? I dare anyone to find another restaurant with that atmosphere and that quality food for the same price. 

Yes, I’m upset. Yes, I take it personally. I think these people have been hitting the crack pipe way too often. Where do they go and eat for less in the same environment??? Maybe its the same people who come in with 25$ gift certificates and “abuse” the privilege. They don’t tip on original amount, leaving less than 5 dollars at times!!!!!!!!!!  Can u imagine? A meal that would normally cost, say, 60$ is now 35$ and they tip 5$ if the server is lucky….Had a guy come in last night and bought 2 entrees with a 25$ g.c. It was just him, a kobe hamburger and risotto, i think the bill was 10$!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What planet am I on? Reminds me of the lady who would come into Solo for lunch, buy a side of meatballs, and ask for extra bread. Guess what what she did? Made sandwiches…….The third time she came in, we charged her $7 for the bread.

On another night, we went out for Chinese food(well, american/chinese). Pu-Pu for 2, pork chow fun, moo shui pork, spicy eggplant and two small side of pork fried rice(yes, i like pork). Total was $42 plus tax and tip. Is this too expensive? I don’t believe so. When we ate at a “famous” chef’s namesake place in Pt. Plesant a couple of years ago, it was hardly a bargain, $23 I remember for a chicken breast, not even organic, served with greens and sauce.

While this all may be subjective, some people need to get out more……..

Chow Hound Pt 2 Blog Wars

This is the follow up…..

I had to get a new screen name because they have punished me (boo-hoo)

From chow:

Hi jedichef, you’ve been sent the following by a Chowhound moderator:

Hi:
We sent this to your other address and then deactivated your chefMD account when you continued to post and repost your query even after we emailed you:

“Please bear in mind as you use our site that we reserve the right to remove posts at our discretion, without notification or explanation. We also don’t engage in public debate about deleted posts. We know moderated sites aren’t to everyone’s liking but if you’d like to continue to use our site, those are the rules we expect you to respect.”

If you’d like to continue using your chefMD ID, please confirm that you’ve received this email and that you’ll stop posting over and over again about posts we’ve deleted, and we’ll reactivate it.

The Chowhound Team
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Those Who Live to Eat

Of course I replied……

first of all, i never received an email before this one. secondly, i believe an explanation is needed. i have seen far worse posts completely self written or otherwise promoting of other restaurants.

i never go on to self promote my restaurant, in fact, never even bring it up. i do not hide who i am. you (chowhound) allowed an entire email from another restaurant to be posted ! so why i ask, do you remove a new post like the one i am referring to ? And, allow one about the entire religious aspects, which frankly, have NOTHING to do with the food, ambiance and service to be posted ? i know it was taken down, i am the one who reported it. but if i hadn’t, would it still be there ? there was another posting from months ago you removed. same exact thing. a new customer for me, a new poster for you, wrote a very intelligent piece, and you removed it ! why ? no explanation…..

I have no issue with negative reports about where i work. in fact, i have used chowhound as research “intelligence” for my own place. most times, i agree with what people say about trinity.

maybe i shouldn’t suggest your website anymore…….

i will not continue to post about this instance….

but i am watching….

– 
Michael d’Ennery

Chowhound posts deleted….

this is a copy of what i will post until i get a straight answer…….

“while i can attest to a first timer being questioned on his/her post, why do you continue to remove a very well written post? this person had no affiliation with the restaurant or myself FYI.

 

 is andrea clurfeld or someone else at the app the moderater here? does someone have it out for this restaurant or maybe me? i saw an entire email from david drake rest. posted here not to long ago. that was allowed……..

 

i have certainly seen much worse here. at least explain why, even in private email. BTW, this would not be the first time this happened. i remember “charmel” doing the same. guess what? no affiliation either. is it possible these people just had a great time and wanted to share? ”