So last week, I made a lemon meringue, choc/peanut butter torte, apple pie, cherry pie, and deep dish caramel apple pie for the restaurant my uncle's GF just bought. It was their first week. I heard nothing from them. No feedback.
Granted, they're busy. They just opened.
So I was dying to check out the place. My mom, sister and I went there tonite for dessert (what else?) and now I'm feeling discouraged!!! I was so excited but now....
The owner was there and she said she's been really busy. I asked her if she still wanted me to come in on Wednesday as planned before, to do more baking, and she said that they've been slow. She thinks it's cuz school started and because of Labor Day. So she never answered "yes" or "no" but that was a no I guess. She's really hard to talk to. So I asked the other co-owner if they got any comments on any of it. She said the deep dish was "hard to cut" because it was so deep, it would fall apart. The apple pie was gone (don't know if they sold it, or if it was horrible and they tossed it!). The torte got good reviews. Lots of people ordering it and liking it a lot. She said she sold some of the lemon too.
Thing is, they have one menu - nothing separate for desserts. And on the desserts section, it lists hot fudge sundae, cream puff, rice pudding and "assorted pies". That's all it says. If I saw that, I would have no clue that the pies are homemade or that they have cake as well. They do have a dessert "specials" sign, but it's sitting propped up on the floor near the counter. NO ONE can see it, trust me. I mentioned to them that maybe I could do flyers and they could set them on the tables. I got no feedback on that. Kind of a blank stare.
In addition, the stuff was made on what... last Sunday. So it's almost 1 week old! I had cherry pie (which I normally would never order, but it looked really yummy when I made it). It was good, but I got it heated w/ ice cream on it. The crust wasn't crunchy. It was dough-y. I am guessing (and my mom agreed) it was due to heating it up??? Maybe that softened it? Anyway, it was still really good.
I know they're busy - but they don't understand that I'm a perfectionist and I want to do a good job and I need feedback in order to do that! I don't know if they want me to continue baking for them. She said she'd call me.
Basically, everyone who has tried my stuff has raved about it. I know what is good and what isn't. People can say whatever they want, but I know if I did a great job or if something is "so-so". That being said, I'm not sure what happened to the crust. Is it from sitting around for a week? That could probably do it. Also, heating it probably softened it.
This won't make or break me. They're going to allow me to put my cards out either way (which I'm working on getting done soon!). It's just that I'm not getting rave reviews - and that's what I wanted, darn it!!!
What should I think about all this?
Amber
(P.S. I never wanted to do the pies in the first place! They asked me to. Of course, being that I'm making money doing it, I'll do it. It's just that I wish they were more exciting pies. Lemon meringue, apple and cherry are so "blah".)
Granted, they're busy. They just opened.
So I was dying to check out the place. My mom, sister and I went there tonite for dessert (what else?) and now I'm feeling discouraged!!! I was so excited but now....
The owner was there and she said she's been really busy. I asked her if she still wanted me to come in on Wednesday as planned before, to do more baking, and she said that they've been slow. She thinks it's cuz school started and because of Labor Day. So she never answered "yes" or "no" but that was a no I guess. She's really hard to talk to. So I asked the other co-owner if they got any comments on any of it. She said the deep dish was "hard to cut" because it was so deep, it would fall apart. The apple pie was gone (don't know if they sold it, or if it was horrible and they tossed it!). The torte got good reviews. Lots of people ordering it and liking it a lot. She said she sold some of the lemon too.
Thing is, they have one menu - nothing separate for desserts. And on the desserts section, it lists hot fudge sundae, cream puff, rice pudding and "assorted pies". That's all it says. If I saw that, I would have no clue that the pies are homemade or that they have cake as well. They do have a dessert "specials" sign, but it's sitting propped up on the floor near the counter. NO ONE can see it, trust me. I mentioned to them that maybe I could do flyers and they could set them on the tables. I got no feedback on that. Kind of a blank stare.
In addition, the stuff was made on what... last Sunday. So it's almost 1 week old! I had cherry pie (which I normally would never order, but it looked really yummy when I made it). It was good, but I got it heated w/ ice cream on it. The crust wasn't crunchy. It was dough-y. I am guessing (and my mom agreed) it was due to heating it up??? Maybe that softened it? Anyway, it was still really good.
I know they're busy - but they don't understand that I'm a perfectionist and I want to do a good job and I need feedback in order to do that! I don't know if they want me to continue baking for them. She said she'd call me.
Basically, everyone who has tried my stuff has raved about it. I know what is good and what isn't. People can say whatever they want, but I know if I did a great job or if something is "so-so". That being said, I'm not sure what happened to the crust. Is it from sitting around for a week? That could probably do it. Also, heating it probably softened it.
This won't make or break me. They're going to allow me to put my cards out either way (which I'm working on getting done soon!). It's just that I'm not getting rave reviews - and that's what I wanted, darn it!!!
What should I think about all this?
Amber
(P.S. I never wanted to do the pies in the first place! They asked me to. Of course, being that I'm making money doing it, I'll do it. It's just that I wish they were more exciting pies. Lemon meringue, apple and cherry are so "blah".)
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