What a day! Wake up early, had everything planned out for the entire day at the restaurant so that we would have a successful day for the moms coming in, and Chef Tod goes and makes a fool of himself. How? By locking my house up and heading to work but forgetting my keys...yes both, house and work! Boy did I feel like a Homer!
Overall though the day went pretty well, might even say smooth for the most part, even getting in to work so late, like 3 hours almost! The kitchen pulled off a pretty good day, all our guests were very pleased with the foods and I have even been granted God status for my cured salmon, at least according to two guests!
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Coming Soon...Pictures of...
Yumminess and more yumminess! Will be taking pictures this week of plated food to add to the blog here. We are currently working on a restaurant website as well so we will marry this here blog into that site too, the more the merry!
Also- will be adding a Twitter site to talk about daily specials, so if you read the blog and live close, stay tuned.
Anyone heard me on the radio lately? just started doing some radio commercials this week. The station, 1450 am, calls me each day at the restaurant in the morning and we do little 90 second spots, currently pushing Mother's Day for this weekend.
Here is the menu we will be serving-
Also- will be adding a Twitter site to talk about daily specials, so if you read the blog and live close, stay tuned.
Anyone heard me on the radio lately? just started doing some radio commercials this week. The station, 1450 am, calls me each day at the restaurant in the morning and we do little 90 second spots, currently pushing Mother's Day for this weekend.
Here is the menu we will be serving-
Friday, April 29, 2011
Wilder's on Main
Thought I would take a few moments tonight after the dinner rush and load up my menu's on here from work. Trying to get the word out bout this place, and I will try my best to slow down and really start adding some stuff, photo's of plates, daily specials and whatnot. Rolling out a new lunch menu Saturday, but figured it doesn't hurt to show what we have been up to!
Breakfast menu- getting ready to update as well
Current lunch menu
Current dinner menu- updating in two weeks
A few specials I have ran
My small plate menu-updated frequently
Wilder's on Main Bistro and Bakery, Hutchinson KS- we are really worth the drive to check us out! Everything is made in house from scratch people! Looking to start utilizing our local farmer market within the next few weeks as well. And again, we make everything here from scratch, if you want good, clean, tasteful foods, breads, sweets, look no further then Wilder's on Main!
I will upload the new lunch menu Saturday as well as load my Mother's Day menu on Saturday.
Anyone getting hungry?
Wilder's on Main Bistro and Bakery, Hutchinson KS- we are really worth the drive to check us out! Everything is made in house from scratch people! Looking to start utilizing our local farmer market within the next few weeks as well. And again, we make everything here from scratch, if you want good, clean, tasteful foods, breads, sweets, look no further then Wilder's on Main!
I will upload the new lunch menu Saturday as well as load my Mother's Day menu on Saturday.
Anyone getting hungry?
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
A Long Time Ago in A City Far Away...
Howdy! So I started this here bloggy thing back at the beginning of the new year and then I stopped. Just been real busy with moving to a new house and new city, designing a new menu for a new restaurant...come to think of it, how does anyone find the actual time to blog about anything and still find the time to sleep and spend time with family? Things to think about I guess.
Anyways, so we are now living in Hutchinson KS and whenever people ask us what brought us to Hutch and where we are from they just look at us like we are crazy because we tell them we left Kansas City for Hutch. And given the fact that we have not really experienced Hutch to its fullest yet, maybe they are right but so far we are happy.
So the new restaurant is really quite beautiful, probably the best looking one I have ever worked in, and the food is serving the best food in Hutch, hands down, no that is not my ego talking, its the fact that I make everything from scratch at the restaurant and all the others in town are microwave jockeys! No seriously, there is not another place in town capable of competing with me, which truly bites because I have not found any decent help in the kitchen for cooking, but we are managing and we can see the light at the tunnel.
So why all of a sudden, like today, am I back on the blog wagon? Because I had a freak accident at work and almost lost a finger, had surgery yesterday for a nice skin graft and I am just laying around resting like the doc said to. So I figured I should get back on the net since I started this thing and keep it updated as regularly as possible. So I will and have been the one handed chef for the past week and it looks to be that I will continue to be the one handed chef for several more weeks to come. Makes running my line that much more fun doing 100-150 covers!! Now Im thinking of getting a knife tattooed on the finger as a reminder!
On the plus side, Angela is getting a new bike this coming week so she will be able to take the Cadey Bug out for little jaunts around town and I look forward to riding with them and for us to explore the closer towns by bike and hopefully get some group rides in from our restaurant as well. Spread the cycling love! Angela is pretty excited bout the new bike, I am too, even though its not our favored Kona brand, the Trek she is getting is still a nice bike. Me on the other hand got some new Avid brakes on my single speed cross bike and got it all cleaned up, Angela saw my cross bike all cleaned up and was shocked to see that it was two different colors...it was quite funny, the bike has only been in the household for like 3 years!
Looking forward to nice bike rides once work settles down, solo for some nice mileage, and with the family, looking forward to creating new and exciting dishes for Hutch to try and looking forward to seeing and watching and playing with my Cadey Bug!
Anyways, so we are now living in Hutchinson KS and whenever people ask us what brought us to Hutch and where we are from they just look at us like we are crazy because we tell them we left Kansas City for Hutch. And given the fact that we have not really experienced Hutch to its fullest yet, maybe they are right but so far we are happy.
So the new restaurant is really quite beautiful, probably the best looking one I have ever worked in, and the food is serving the best food in Hutch, hands down, no that is not my ego talking, its the fact that I make everything from scratch at the restaurant and all the others in town are microwave jockeys! No seriously, there is not another place in town capable of competing with me, which truly bites because I have not found any decent help in the kitchen for cooking, but we are managing and we can see the light at the tunnel.
So why all of a sudden, like today, am I back on the blog wagon? Because I had a freak accident at work and almost lost a finger, had surgery yesterday for a nice skin graft and I am just laying around resting like the doc said to. So I figured I should get back on the net since I started this thing and keep it updated as regularly as possible. So I will and have been the one handed chef for the past week and it looks to be that I will continue to be the one handed chef for several more weeks to come. Makes running my line that much more fun doing 100-150 covers!! Now Im thinking of getting a knife tattooed on the finger as a reminder!
On the plus side, Angela is getting a new bike this coming week so she will be able to take the Cadey Bug out for little jaunts around town and I look forward to riding with them and for us to explore the closer towns by bike and hopefully get some group rides in from our restaurant as well. Spread the cycling love! Angela is pretty excited bout the new bike, I am too, even though its not our favored Kona brand, the Trek she is getting is still a nice bike. Me on the other hand got some new Avid brakes on my single speed cross bike and got it all cleaned up, Angela saw my cross bike all cleaned up and was shocked to see that it was two different colors...it was quite funny, the bike has only been in the household for like 3 years!
Looking forward to nice bike rides once work settles down, solo for some nice mileage, and with the family, looking forward to creating new and exciting dishes for Hutch to try and looking forward to seeing and watching and playing with my Cadey Bug!
Friday, January 14, 2011
7 hours and no semi!
The day finally arrived, we got our fab Uhaul truck and a trailer to load the soccer mom van,(none of the kids play...yet) so that we can fill it to the brim. It was just the 2 of us but little Cadey Bug was a big helper in more ways then you could imagine.
We were really hoping to get some movers to help load us up but the first place that we called last week told us that our 4 bedroom home would have to have a semi trailer and it would take 3 of their workers, $95.00 an hour with a minimum of 8 hours. PASS>
The next place we called, thought we had it...but then they decided to get rude with their sign interpreter and instead of giving us an invoice with all the rates and whatnot before they got a credit card they just demanded the dang credit card. Guess what? When you are in business and you need people to buy things from you maybe you should be a little more people friendly!
So- we ended up with just ourselves and the two wheeler. Overall our day went pretty smooth and we kept it pretty organized. Maybe we should start a moving company instead of a restaurant? Could call it TnA Moving. Get your dirty minds outta the gutter folks!
Now we are bunking out on the old house in our sleeping bags after a nice hot shower and first thing in the morning heading out the door toward our new home and our new restaurant to open.
Also hoping to be able to catch a chance Saturday to register for my Dirty Kanza 200 ride! Keeping my fingers crossed.
We were really hoping to get some movers to help load us up but the first place that we called last week told us that our 4 bedroom home would have to have a semi trailer and it would take 3 of their workers, $95.00 an hour with a minimum of 8 hours. PASS>
The next place we called, thought we had it...but then they decided to get rude with their sign interpreter and instead of giving us an invoice with all the rates and whatnot before they got a credit card they just demanded the dang credit card. Guess what? When you are in business and you need people to buy things from you maybe you should be a little more people friendly!
So- we ended up with just ourselves and the two wheeler. Overall our day went pretty smooth and we kept it pretty organized. Maybe we should start a moving company instead of a restaurant? Could call it TnA Moving. Get your dirty minds outta the gutter folks!
Now we are bunking out on the old house in our sleeping bags after a nice hot shower and first thing in the morning heading out the door toward our new home and our new restaurant to open.
Also hoping to be able to catch a chance Saturday to register for my Dirty Kanza 200 ride! Keeping my fingers crossed.
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| Loaded truck. We actually downsized before the truck and donated a lot of stuff. |
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| Soccer mom loaded |
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| Soccer mom part 2 loaded |
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| Few of the goodies ready for the adventure |
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| Our bedroom for the night |
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| The littlest mover just tuckered |
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
No Move and Lost Glasses
Okay, so we woke up today, checked on the weather and road conditions...yep, the weather was not so bad, been a nice brisk 19 today! But the road we need to travel on was being reported as iced over...so we pulled the moving plug.
We are looking now to move on this coming Friday...so weather I am asking you to please hold off on anymore ice and snow until we get the house loaded and are in our new home. Please? I am not looking forward to driving a huge truck and pull a trailer with a car on it over some icy road! So, again, PLEASE, hold off on the ice and snow.
On to another note, my favorite riding glasses are missing. nothing like trying to go for a ride in the great bright white with no eye protection. I'm going blind just typing about it! Either they have been packed away in one of our many moving boxes or a ghost has decided that he or she likes them and is currently earing them.
So I either need to go through all of the boxes,( without Ang hanging me ), or just hope that once we get moved and unpacked the glasses will show up and until then I guess I just keep my eyes closed.
We are looking now to move on this coming Friday...so weather I am asking you to please hold off on anymore ice and snow until we get the house loaded and are in our new home. Please? I am not looking forward to driving a huge truck and pull a trailer with a car on it over some icy road! So, again, PLEASE, hold off on the ice and snow.
On to another note, my favorite riding glasses are missing. nothing like trying to go for a ride in the great bright white with no eye protection. I'm going blind just typing about it! Either they have been packed away in one of our many moving boxes or a ghost has decided that he or she likes them and is currently earing them.
So I either need to go through all of the boxes,( without Ang hanging me ), or just hope that once we get moved and unpacked the glasses will show up and until then I guess I just keep my eyes closed.
Monday, January 10, 2011
First...
Took my first bike ride of the year...finally, and it was just 5.5 miles, so short but oh so sweet. Woke up to snow, another first for the year here in Fort Scott, and I allowed my inner child to enjoy it for a tad while.
What was funny though was once I got to the store, the employees there were shocked as all get out that I rode there. Asking me questions as to why and it's too cold, where is your car, etc. That is one thing once we leave here Wednesday, that I surly won't miss...the people shocked seeing someone on a bike because they like it and want to ride vs. someone riding a bike because they have so many DUI's and cannot get a license. Maybe the town should think of closing some of the liquor stores here...I think we have 6 or more...
Anyhoo, finished up shopping and headed back out on the bike with the groceries on my back and rode a few extra miles before heading home to make us a hot lunch while we watched the snow fall.
Snowed all day, still snowing actually, now we are wondering if we are indeed loading up the moving truck on Tuesday or if the first snowfall in town is keeping us here in a packed house until clearer days. Maybe I can take out the 29r if that is the case and really let my inner child play!
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We needed a few things from the grocery store, and we are all done packing up the house minus the last minute items in the morning. So I suited up and grabbed my Banjo Brothers bag, lowered the tire pressure on my Tricross singlespeed to gain a bit of traction in the snow and I was out the door.
The roads were not plowed and the scene was nice. No cars to bother me. Just me and the bike enjoying the quiet solitude of a wintry ride.
What was funny though was once I got to the store, the employees there were shocked as all get out that I rode there. Asking me questions as to why and it's too cold, where is your car, etc. That is one thing once we leave here Wednesday, that I surly won't miss...the people shocked seeing someone on a bike because they like it and want to ride vs. someone riding a bike because they have so many DUI's and cannot get a license. Maybe the town should think of closing some of the liquor stores here...I think we have 6 or more...
Anyhoo, finished up shopping and headed back out on the bike with the groceries on my back and rode a few extra miles before heading home to make us a hot lunch while we watched the snow fall.
Snowed all day, still snowing actually, now we are wondering if we are indeed loading up the moving truck on Tuesday or if the first snowfall in town is keeping us here in a packed house until clearer days. Maybe I can take out the 29r if that is the case and really let my inner child play!
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