Lee Middendorf

If you’ve eaten out in Australia there’s a good chance I’ve made you a coffee, cleared your table, shaken your cocktail, suggested a wine, or described a dish to you. Along the way I’ve learnt from the best, trained the worst and worked amongst some of the most passionate. I’ve made friends, created enemies, pleased and disappointed and I’ve loved every minute of it. I am Lee Middendorf and this is waitersfriend.com.au


Posts by Lee Middendorf

The Holdfast Hotel

After a lengthy refurbishment things are settling in at the Holdfast Hotel. It was looking quite the part when Waitersfriend called in for a chat with venue manager Floyd O’Toole.  Floyd looks a little jaded, as does any manager who’s had his hotel pulled down, then rebuilt around him.  But as the last few glitches are being ironed out, he manages a smile as he pans a look across the stylish new dining room and tells how all the anguish has been worth while.

The bars are looking great, stations are set out to maximise efficiency, plenty of stainless steel making [read more...]

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Pan fried Tommy Ruff with skordalia and parsley salad - James Bodroghy

James Bodroghy of The Cooks Pantry shares a favourite recipe with Waitersfriend and our readers.  James describes the dish as, “a great example of the culinary journey, a real South Australian dish with a Greek background”.

Find out more about James in our Social Bites as Waitersfriend looks back on his journey from apprentice to businessman.

Pan fried Tommy Ruffs with skordalia and parsley salad Serves 4

Ingredients

4 Tommy Ruff Fillets

2 slices fresh white bread

1 bunch continental parsley

3 lemons

4 garlic cloves

3 non- waxy potatoes[ ie.coliban]

½ cup olive oil

2 tbspn pine nuts

1 tbspn currants

1 tbspn preserved lemon, finely sliced[or finely sliced lemon zest]

½ red onion

1 tspn honey

Salt [read more...]

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