Restaurants (a heads up for juniors choosing internships)

For the past few weeks I've been waitressing (lunch service) and bussing (dinner service) at a French Bistro in the South End for my Senior Internship.
It's been really fun and I love the people I get to work with; easy-going, multi-lingual sweet and sarcastic beings.
Another really great thing about interning at this bistro is they feed me really well.
Just, not that well.
And I was interested in learning more about the restaurant business.
I came out appalled.

I was disappointed (and disgusted) to find that they recycle their bread baskets (after cutting off the "touched" ends) to make bread pudding, and asparagus butts (in addition to regular asparagus) to make "special of the day" cream of asparagus soups.

And don't even get me started on their "clarified" butter.

paradise cakes

Paradise cakes are banana chocolate chip pancakes with coconut shavings sprinkled on top.

Good, but not euphoric.