Ms R Gets into the Kitchen
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While the third wave feminists are trying to work out what it’s all about, Ms R would like to take this opportunity to say that here at R Towers, we enjoy the kitchen as much as the bedroom.
To those who have only discovered their stoves through the likes of Jamie Oliver and the faux-sexual antics of a larger-than-life Nigella, did you know that cooking has been around for millions of years? And in terms of its ability to seduce, it ranks only with Ms R’s ability to get tickets to a cricket World Cup final.
But as much as Ms R enjoys wandering into the kitchen, in recent years she has often wished for a sous chef, preferably a charming young man, but anybody, really, who could take care of all that peeling and chopping. The idea is that Ms R could stand at her bench with the correct quantities neatly arrayed in fresh glass bowls and pretend she is the star of her own cookery show.
At The Kitchen in Parson’s Green, they’ve come up with a nifty idea for all you time-poor people who are fed up with eating ready-made E numbers and would actually like to do something with your own hands, but are a little afraid. They do all the preparation for you, and all you do is come along and put the meal together while a Michelin-starred chef keeps a friendly eye on you. No, I haven’t made it up. It’s all true.
Go to their website and they’ll direct you to a list of menus for that month. You choose which dishes you’d like - I selected Fish Cakes, Chicken Kiev and Beef Stroganoff - and the quantity you’d like to make. Then you forget about it until you turn up and find yourself at a bench with glass containers holding exactly the right ingredients for every dish. All you have to do is assemble them with the help of ex-Le Gavroche chef, Thierry Laborde (who doesn’t shout at you), and the wonderful and warm Natalie, who co-owns the business with him. As you finish assembling each dish, you put it in a container, they seal it for you, pop the cooking instructions on the top, and you’re done. Between each recipe they remove the mess and supply you with clean bowls and utensils.
Do you have to know how to cook? No. You just have to be someone who wants to eat nice meals every night but is unable to get their act together to make it happen. Not surprisingly, The Kitchen has lots of repeat customers who come once a week and prepare their entire week’s menu.
“But Ms R,” you say, “my Waitrose Chicken Thingaloony only costs me £5.50."
Ah, but you see The Kitchen is priced very competitively. You can make single serving dishes for £4.95 and dinner à deux for £9.00. That’s five meals made with top-quality, ethically-sourced ingredients. And someone to do all the peeling and chopping for you.
But as much as Ms R enjoys wandering into the kitchen, in recent years she has often wished for a sous chef, preferably a charming young man, but anybody, really, who could take care of all that peeling and chopping. The idea is that Ms R could stand at her bench with the correct quantities neatly arrayed in fresh glass bowls and pretend she is the star of her own cookery show.
At The Kitchen in Parson’s Green, they’ve come up with a nifty idea for all you time-poor people who are fed up with eating ready-made E numbers and would actually like to do something with your own hands, but are a little afraid. They do all the preparation for you, and all you do is come along and put the meal together while a Michelin-starred chef keeps a friendly eye on you. No, I haven’t made it up. It’s all true.
Go to their website and they’ll direct you to a list of menus for that month. You choose which dishes you’d like - I selected Fish Cakes, Chicken Kiev and Beef Stroganoff - and the quantity you’d like to make. Then you forget about it until you turn up and find yourself at a bench with glass containers holding exactly the right ingredients for every dish. All you have to do is assemble them with the help of ex-Le Gavroche chef, Thierry Laborde (who doesn’t shout at you), and the wonderful and warm Natalie, who co-owns the business with him. As you finish assembling each dish, you put it in a container, they seal it for you, pop the cooking instructions on the top, and you’re done. Between each recipe they remove the mess and supply you with clean bowls and utensils.
Do you have to know how to cook? No. You just have to be someone who wants to eat nice meals every night but is unable to get their act together to make it happen. Not surprisingly, The Kitchen has lots of repeat customers who come once a week and prepare their entire week’s menu.
“But Ms R,” you say, “my Waitrose Chicken Thingaloony only costs me £5.50."
Ah, but you see The Kitchen is priced very competitively. You can make single serving dishes for £4.95 and dinner à deux for £9.00. That’s five meals made with top-quality, ethically-sourced ingredients. And someone to do all the peeling and chopping for you.
Here Is The Writer : Ms Robinson
Ms Robinson was once a copywriter who wrote award winning ads and had eight hour lunches. Weary of the sex, glamour and lavish parties, she switched to corporate communications where she held the hands of executives and banned them from writing this execrable sentence: "In this ever changing world, the only constant is change itself." These days she writes for an increasing variety of people and has ghostwritten several books but if she told you who for, she'd have to kill you. Click here to read her blog, Woman of Experience.
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