Greek Lunch

We drove into League City today..... got my hair trimmed.... it's getting longer, the style is changing just a bit with each trim. I plan to keep letting it grow till the weather gets really hot, then I'll see how it feels when the sun is out and the temperatures are near to or over one hundred degrees. We're back into the high 70s and very low 80s now (finally) and so far, so good.... but we'll see.

After the hair cut appointments, we drove further down into Kemah and had lunch at Skipper's. For as long as we've been going to this small Greek restaurant, the consistency of the tastes and the quality of the food has never wavered. Delicious each and every time, and we've been going there since 1994.

We spoke to the owner today, whom we hadn't seen in a while because we hadn't gone there for lunch or dinner since before the holidays. He always asks everyone if they enjoyed their meal, and today I told him just what I wrote up there-- that his food is always, always, without fail, just delicious and just perfect.

His secret? Simple. Only two cooks in his kitchen... him and his wife. That's it. His kitchen staff knows how to reheat and plate, but they don't cook/prepare the foods. Ever. Period.

And that "secret" right there, just might spell out the beginning of the end for our favorite Italian restaurant when they move into their new and larger location. Larger kitchen-- more chefs. Larger restaurant-- more customers. All of that means more food has to come out of that Italian kitchen and there is just no way for one person (the owner/chef of the Italian place) to make everything. As it is now, my husband and I can both tell when the owner hasn't prepared our meals. And even young Miss C, who has been there with her parents as well as with us, can always tell when her favorite dishes have been cooked by someone else. And she's just 15, for goodness sakes.

"Skipper's" is a small, family-owned restaurant. Not too many tables, but enough to give the owners a decent living, I'm sure--- and I believe that because that restaurant is always busy. Hard work to keep it going, I'm sure also--- I would think that the owners are in there cooking before the sun comes up. But it works. Thankfully so, for us and all of Skipper's customers.

Dentist appointment this afternoon... to have the new crown put in. Oh goodie. And right now I've got laundry going. Oh goodie to that as well.