http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Nasty Nomad/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Nasty Nomad en-us Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:33:07 BST Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:33:07 BST i have finally showcased my food in a pimp restaurant today was my first day back at work and we are presenting the new menu. MY new menu... today we served about 2 thirds of the new menu tomorrow we'll also serve the ones we didnt today. the reaction has been GREAT there was only one copmlaint and it was about one of the dishes from the old menu the they decided to carry over about http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Oaxaca/Oaxaca/blog-311089.html i finally got out of oaxaca i got to puerto escondido yesterday the place is beautiful HUGE waves nice beaches good lookin women.... I LIKE.......anyhoo my euphoria will probably be short lived. as it turns out the fish purveyor i was gonna work with isnt gonna be able to provide monkfish and sole all year. i therefore probably have to go back to oaxaca to solve t http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Oaxaca/Puerto-Escondido/blog-308757.html ALLOOOOOOOO jesus been a while huh ive been workin like a slave gettin shit done in the restaurant. its been great but i dont think im gonna continue much longer. in theory tomorrow is my last day of work but im gonna stay on until saturday or sunday to do a tasting for the owner with the new dishes ive come up with. then starting monday its the guelaguetza oaxaca's annual festival that http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Oaxaca/Oaxaca/blog-301098.html He caved in Im the one and only chef of Los Danzantes Oaxaca Plus there is this other chef who'se doing a consulting job for them analysing all 3 of their properties in mexico and i think ill be able to learn smth from her too. Plus on monday a group from Slow Food in Italy are coming for dinner and im doing the menu AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIGHTOn a far more serious note yeste http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Oaxaca/Oaxaca/blog-290043.html ok so im possibly unemployed right now... my prior agreement with the owner of Los Danzantes was to stay until sunday... i spoke to him on friday and told him i wanted a lot more money if he wanted me to stay on bc i found out i was being grossly underpaid. if he wants me to do a chef's work he has to pay me like one. up to now i've been making 8000 pesos a month 500 euros while i shouldve be http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Oaxaca/Oaxaca/blog-288162.html ok been a while since my last entry...thats cuz im not in a hostel any more so i dont have 24h access to internet. i rented a room for the month 120 euros and thats fairly expensive here and its GREAT e my own space privacy not have to lock up my valuables in a locker.. etc.work is going well. things are progressing slowly but surely. the main problem is the chef has been goin to DF tha http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Oaxaca/Oaxaca/blog-280841.html so im staying after all. hopefully found a room for rent. gonna check it out 2mrw. about 950 pesos a month... thats 60 eurosgonna stay on for another month help them get los danzantes up to where it should be.exhausted so ima go to sleep.met a really cool girl by the way and no im not gettin tied down no worries... n http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Oaxaca/Oaxaca/blog-277387.html ok so i cant sleep bc i have something on my mind....i actually REALLY want to stay on here for at least a month so istarted thinking of extending my trip... which led me to consider that i might as well include time for central america. so here's the tentative itinerarytoday 16 may2.5 months mexico and cuba1 august2 months central america belize guatemala honduras nicaragua and costa ric http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Oaxaca/Oaxaca/blog-276893.html I take back everything i said about the restaurant I spoke to the owner and the chef 2 days ago and realised i had been way too hard on them in my Drunk comment... pun intended.as it turns out the chef has only been there for 3 months and has already made a lot of changes. the reason we clean so much is that when he got here and gave the kitchen a thorough cleanin he found thousands of cockroac http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Oaxaca/Oaxaca/blog-276870.html i was graced with a day off today... and it was one of the best days of my life... I met up with one of the waiters of los danzantes la ranadiego around 1300 and went to have a post hangover beer.. we ended up talking till 1630 then went to the 2 main markets in oaxaca. I finally realized 3 dreams of mine to see a stand at a market that only sells chiles to eat a chapulin a dried spiced http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Oaxaca/Oaxaca/blog-275723.html drunk as shi t been a rough couple of days... started workin yesterday my moms bday... AUGURI MA and ended up wrkin a 15.5 hour day yohooooooooooootoday i worked from 10 am till midnight and this place is a fuckin joke...we didnt have water froom 10 am till 13.15 the place has a tank for the water which was empty...they filled it up and by 13.30 we were ok but then around 1900 th http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Oaxaca/Oaxaca/blog-275329.html Madonna mia...... mexico city is damn chaotic....... Amazing city though even if i havent seen much of it. Been running around delivering various presents and such from rome which allowed me to get a glimpse of the city. Im leving for oaxaca in a little under 2 hours i have a 6 and a half hour bus ride and then start work tomorrow I absolutely cant waitMexican food is soooooooo http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Distrito-Federal/Mexico-City/blog-274564.html Visited Countries Map http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Distrito-Federal/Mexico-City/blog-274279.html