Hot take: I almost quit doing family meal after a rough Friday, but one line cook changed my mind
Last Friday at the bistro on 9th, I burned two trays of chicken thighs for family meal because I was rushing and had the oven cranked to 450 with no timer on. My sous looked at the smoke and said, "just do rice and eggs, nobody cares, they care that it's hot and on time," so I scrapped the fancy plan and threw together a big pot of congee with scallions in 20 minutes flat, and the crew cleaned it out. Do you all go simple for family meal on busy nights, or do you push through with the plan anyway?