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Orders and judging
How guests ask, and what they make of the plate.
Every guest says what they want in their own words. The same crêpe can be asked for a dozen ways: "The red jam one, rolled" is a Rouge-Gorge; so is "Alizarin crimson on raw canvas, rolled like a poster tube".
Plain, quirky and riddles
- A plain order says it straight. There is no pad: the guest's sentence is all there is. Not sure? Ask "Pardon?".
- A quirky order is a little poetic. The pad shows three question marks (filling, fold, cook) and "Guess right: bigger tip". Work it out and you earn more; ask "What do you mean?" and the pad fills in with pictures and plain words.
- A riddle ticket shows only the guest's quote.
Asking is never wrong; it just gives up the little bonus for understanding by yourself.
What an order says
The ticket in the kitchen carries everything the guest asked for: the fillings and how much of each, the fold, the doneness, the flour (once you have buckwheat) and a paper bag if it is to take away. A guest who names no amount gets the usual helping; anything else ("just two banana slices", "plenty of honey") is written on the pad.
Takeaway slips
Some days somebody comes in with a written list: a slip of two or three crêpes for one bag. They are cooked one after another without leaving the kitchen, and handed over together.
How a plate is judged
The guest looks at the plate before they taste it, and their face can only be as happy as what they see:
| On the plate | At best they are | |
|---|---|---|
| Nothing to fault, and cooked really well |  | Hearts |
| A scruffy fold, too much or too little of a filling, a filling all on one side or over the edge, creases, a late flip, an extra filling |  | No hearts: they say what they saw |
| A fold that came apart or is not the one ordered, a burnt or raw side, never flipped, torn, a filling missing, the wrong flour, the wrong colour |  |
The money is the crêpe's price, adjusted for how good it was, plus a tip. The till slip on the counter shows one number, the tip, and one thing to fix or one thing done well.
Patience
A guest's patience shows on the gauge under their ticket. It runs down slowly while you cook; at a quarter left the ticket rattles and the guest's face changes. Run out and the crêpe is worth less; a guest who waits far too long leaves. Some guests are much more patient than others: see guests.