An analysis of the hospitality industry: Nahm

An analysis of the hospitality industry: Nahm INDEX In this project I have briefly mentioned about the restaurant Nahm which is a fantastic restaurant to talk, experience and research. This project has helped me to discover about the restaurant and grabs my interest towards the restaurant. The projects also talks about how the cuisine served in the restaurant is famous around the world. Chef David Thompson with the Michelin star in Nahm London is a very creative chef for his cuisine. The restaurants ranking has been consistent in the world for its great food and service. 1 NAHM: THE RESTAURANT 1.1 Introduction to hospitality industry: The hospitality industry is a very vast industry to explore. However, hospitality starts from our home where, how elegantly we serve our guests and be generous to them. Hospitality industry is not just about hotels and restaurants, it simply means that how the guest is provided with privilege services to enjoy in any kind of shelter, whether home or away from home. The main aim of hospitality industry is to make the guest happy with the services provided. 1.2 List of hospitality sectors: Accommodation, includes hotel, hostels, resorts, motels Food Beverage. Includes all kinds of restaurants, cafà ©s, bars, pubs etc. Travel, tourism sector Recreation centers Convention, Meetings events Entertainment sectors, includes movie theatres, amusement parks etc. (Powers Barrows, 1999), (University, 2015) 1.3 Evolution of restaurant: The word â€Å"RESTAURANT† earlier meant was to restore where in the ancient time people indicated the word as a soup which was rich and highly flavored that used to restore the strength which was been lost. The word has been pass through many centuries changing its meaning. Now, the word means where people come to a place to eat. Throughout the globe, the restaurant business is been visible to everyone. The restaurants are booming worldwide. People love to eat and they want to dine and socialize with all of their leisure time. Now, we also have the quick service restaurants for the people who don’t have time to cook their meal and all the want a ready made quick meal which can give energy to work all day long. This all of the services and the restaurant lifestyle which we are receiving today is only because of the French revolution. Yes, the French revolution has played a big role in developing the restaurants. In the time of 18th century there were many travelers who visited various inns or any kind of food shop which also served wine or beer, from this the restaurant evolution commenced. These tavern restaurants were the product of France in the period of 1765, where the first ever restaurant was discovered which is known as Le Boulanger, Boulanger was a Parisian bouillon seller and he quoted as his sign that â€Å"Boulanger sells restoratives fit for the gods†. From that period the number of restaurants started increasing in Paris and then grew all over the world. This period was a role playing period for discovering of restaurants. Later, the industrial revolution handled the modern food which helped in rising of chain the restaurants. McDonald’s is the best example of chain restaurants which is dominating the chain restaurants worldwide. However chain restaurants is very different from a proper fine dining restaurant. Fine dining restaurants has its own different world, serving its specialty food to the people with a great amou nt of authenticity and Michelin stars involved. People will dine for the better ambience, leisure and would want to try various cuisine’s specialty that the restaurant would serve. With many of the restaurants serving its own cuisine, the cuisine they are serving should be authentic as well as traditional and only some of the restaurants could make it to the best of the cuisine. That’s how the top fine dine restaurants stand out the crowd. Where the NAHM restaurant is one of them. (Olver, 2015), (Mealey, 2015) 2 RESEARCH 2.1 About NAHM: NAHM is awarded the world’s top 50 restaurants and ranks in top 13, and is Asia’s no.1 restaurant. The owner of the restaurant is an Australian Chef, Chef David Thompson. The restaurant received the first Michelin star after six months of its opening in its London branch. The restaurant serves Thai cuisine and is based in Bangkok. Unfortunately the London restaurant is closed and lost its Michelin star. The NAHM Bangkok was opened 2010. 2.2 About Chef David Thompson: Chef David Thompson is an Australian chef. The chef is also an author as well as broadcaster and is expert in Thai cuisine. Before opening his restaurant NAHM, Chef David Thompson had his restaurant named Darley street Thai in Sydney, Australia. This restaurant was voted as the best Thai restaurant 8 years in a row by Sydney morning herald. Then later chef established NAHM Bangkok and later NAHM London. The Chef is the author of ‘Thai Food‘in 2001, which was named Andre Simon ‘Book of the Year’ and the Glenfiddich ‘Cookery Book of the Year.’ In 2010, Chef published a new book â€Å"Thai Street food†. 2.3 About the flavors of the cuisine served: Chef David Thompson serves the most authentic Thai cuisine to the restaurant with his experienced team. The chef believes that the traditional Thai cuisine is all about dynamic interplay of dynamic sweet salty, hot sour. The chef uses ingredients such as garlic, shrimp paste, chilies, and lemongrass and blends them together to create an authentic, subtle elegance in which every element is in perfect balance. These all includes the curries, the salads, relishes, the soups the stir-fries, implementing the traditional Thai ingredients which is less seen in modern Thai cuisine. The restaurant uses the best market produce all over the globe and produces its own best dishes using the rare ingredients such as jungle curry with ‘pla chorn’ which is a fresh water Thai fish. The chef also creates colorfuldesserts which is a blend of salty and sweet. (Comohotels.com, 2015), (Theworlds50best.com, 2015) 2.4 Ambience of the restaurant: NAHM is found in the dining of Metropolitan hotel by COMO. The restaurant is situated to the ground floor of the hotel, which gives the straight view of the outdoor pool. The Guests can dine in the restaurant’s exotic interiors as well as up on the terrace and the restaurant also opens a facility for different dining room for corporate as well as social events. The restaurant is interconnect to private rooms, having the same ambience as the NAHM, to accommodate 24 people. NAHM closes in its ideas from the temples of the ancient Siam city of Ayutthaya, which features the bare wooden tables and raw brick pillars, with Chef David Thompson forcing in 100 percent effort to tune the ambience with the menu.(Comohotels.com, 2015), (Theworlds50best.com, 2015) 2.5 .Menu of the Restaurant: The dinner menu of the restaurant cost around 1,700 baht per person. Canapà ©s are also available in the restaurant. The set dinner is very long to finish, which would be completed around 2 and half hours. The menu consists of 8 course meal. The menu is also available in a la carte style and then followed by the dessert. The portion of the meal is decided according to people in the group are there. The lunch menu would cost around 1,100 baht per person, though the price of the menu is high, it comes in top 50 restaurants so the menu standard is excellent and worth the price. The restaurant initially serves ‘ma hor’ which consists of minced shrimp, chicken and nuts reduced in palm sugar topped with a slice of pineapple and then the meal is followed with canapà ©s. The restaurant serves flavorful curries, steamed dishes, stir fries and grilled specialties. In Canapà ©s, the restaurant serves Spicy Pork with Mint, and Southern Grilled Mussels , Peanuts and Crunchy Rice on Betel Leaves. The restaurant also serves the famous Thai Coconut and Turmeric Curry of Blue Swimmer Crab with Calamansi Limes which is the most authentic dish to try in the restaurant. The Grilled Pork Cheek with Smoky Tomato Sauce is one of the best dishes served in the restaurant. The restaurant also serves desserts like Sweet Thai Wafer with Poached Persimmons and Golden Duck Egg Noodles and Pistachio Pudding and Golden Tear Drops with Perfumed Mung Beans. The desserts are generally made from tropical fruits, vegetables and beans, prepared with coconut milk. The restaurant serves excellent salads like lemongrass salad of meaty prawns. The restaurant also offers the clear soup of roast duck with Thai basil and coconut. The menu of the restaurant is very traditional and authentic and brings back all of the old dishes. (DanielFoodDiary.com, 2014), (bangkok.com, 2015) 2.6 Running time of the restaurant: For the lunch the restaurant from Monday to Friday starts from 12pm to 2pm The dinner is served daily, the dinner starts from 7pm to 10.30pm For dinner the last time to order is 10:30 pm 2.7 Reservation policies: The reservation will be only available for 30 minutes against of the booking time the person has done and after that reservation will be released. 2.8 Dress code policy: The customer has to be dressed in smart casuals and won’t be allowed in the restaurant in short pants or any kind of sleeveless t shirts. The customer should also avoid wearing slippers, flip flops and open toe sandals. 3- Conclusion: Although Chef David Thompson is an Australian chef, he is highly skilled in Thai cuisine and it doesn’t mean that any other nationality chef cannot have the art of other cuisine. Chef David Thompson has worked hard to get his restaurant in top 50 in the world. He is very passionate about Thai cuisine and can be seen in his restaurant. NAHM is a very beautiful Thai restaurant and people can have a very wonderful experience of the restaurant as well as the traditional food served. NAHM was the first Thai restaurant to be awarded a Michelin star to its London restaurant which was closed later. Chef David Thompson now runs his restaurant in Bangkok and is very committed to his restaurant. He believes that the restaurant here in Bangkok is perfect for running in nature. He believes that the restaurant can only be operated in Thailand. (Lynne, 2014) References- Olver, L. (2015). The Food Timeline: history notesrestaurants, chefs foodservice. Foodtimeline.org. Retrieved 3 January 2015, from http://www.foodtimeline.org/restaurants.html Mealey, L. (2015). A History of the Restaurant. About. Retrieved 3 January 2015, from http://restaurants.about.com/od/Restauranthistory/a/A-History-Of-The-Restaurant.html Powers, T., Barrows, C. (1999). Introduction to management in the hospitality industry. New York: Wiley. University, C. (2015).HSC Online Develop and update hospitality industry knowledge.Hsc.csu.edu.au. Retrieved 7 January 2015, from http://hsc.csu.edu.au/hospitality/hosp_240/comp_units/SITHIND001B/4372/sectors.html Comohotels.com,. (2015). Thai Cuisine in Sathorn | The Metropolitan Bangkok. Retrieved 3 January 2015, from http://www.comohotels.com/metropolitanbangkok/dining/nahm/concept Theworlds50best.com,. (2015). Nahm. Retrieved 3 January 2015, from http://www.theworlds50best.com/asia/en/asias-50-best-restaurants/1-10/nahm.html DanielFoodDiary.com,. (2014).Nahm Bangkok – Thailand’s Best Restaurant Was Good, Not Enough to Wow. Retrieved 3 January 2015, from http://danielfooddiary.com/2013/03/07/nahm/ bangkok.com,. (2015). Nahm Restaurant Bangkok.com Magazine. Retrieved 3 January 2015, from http://www.bangkok.com/magazine/nahm.html Lynne, R. (2014). MBS Guy Savoy closes: Street-food version of famed Thai restaurant Nahm will take its space.The Straits Times. 1

Hamlet: Finding Courage to Die :: Shakespeare Hamlet

Hamlet: Finding Courage to Die In William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" we see a young man paralyzed with grief over his father. So much so that he is believed to have gone mad. Hamlet is such a complex character that one must look deeply to find what drives him. Did he really have the courage to kill the king or was it madness? Hamlet's character will be illuminated by explaining both soliloquies and finally Hamlet himself. "To be, or not to be, that is the question," (Beaty, 1348) is one of the most famous and well known excerpts from the play "Hamlet." What most people do not realize is the significance it has in the portrayal of the character Hamlet. During this soliloquy Hamlet is debating his fate. Hamlet is asking himself whether it is more noble, in the mind, to passively accept and suffer through all the pains of life fate throws at him, or to actively destroy, in death, these numerous troubles, and ultimately end his pain. Hamlet is questioning whether it is better to live in a world where he cannot see any goodness or take his own life. Hamlet has a very intense, philosophical personality. For this reason, he cannot take his life because he does not know what happens after one dies. He is not positive of an afterlife, therefore he doesn't have the courage to end his life. "Now might I do it prat," (Beaty, 1363) is a soliloquy in which we see a shift in Hamlet's rationalization. Hamlet, as his fathers only son, is seeking revenge for his fathers death, but is afraid that a quick death for Claudius would not be enough. Hamlet feels that waiting until Claudius is in an immoral situation would make him suffer in death because he would not be allowed to repent for his sins. During this soliloquy Hamlet is caught up in his plot for revenge and has foregone, for the moment, his plan of suicide. The contradictions in these two soliloquies sheds much needed light on Hamlet's personality. Hamlet is very outraged by the immoral actions of some of the other characters. He is deeply offended by his mothers hasty marriage to her brother-in-law and king. Hamlet begs his mother to stop being intimate with Claudius and to think more upon her late husband. This shows that Hamlet has a very clear perception of right and wrong. He also shows this characteristic by being suspicious and even hurt by his childhood friends loyalty to Claudius. Hamlet: Finding Courage to Die :: Shakespeare Hamlet Hamlet: Finding Courage to Die In William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" we see a young man paralyzed with grief over his father. So much so that he is believed to have gone mad. Hamlet is such a complex character that one must look deeply to find what drives him. Did he really have the courage to kill the king or was it madness? Hamlet's character will be illuminated by explaining both soliloquies and finally Hamlet himself. "To be, or not to be, that is the question," (Beaty, 1348) is one of the most famous and well known excerpts from the play "Hamlet." What most people do not realize is the significance it has in the portrayal of the character Hamlet. During this soliloquy Hamlet is debating his fate. Hamlet is asking himself whether it is more noble, in the mind, to passively accept and suffer through all the pains of life fate throws at him, or to actively destroy, in death, these numerous troubles, and ultimately end his pain. Hamlet is questioning whether it is better to live in a world where he cannot see any goodness or take his own life. Hamlet has a very intense, philosophical personality. For this reason, he cannot take his life because he does not know what happens after one dies. He is not positive of an afterlife, therefore he doesn't have the courage to end his life. "Now might I do it prat," (Beaty, 1363) is a soliloquy in which we see a shift in Hamlet's rationalization. Hamlet, as his fathers only son, is seeking revenge for his fathers death, but is afraid that a quick death for Claudius would not be enough. Hamlet feels that waiting until Claudius is in an immoral situation would make him suffer in death because he would not be allowed to repent for his sins. During this soliloquy Hamlet is caught up in his plot for revenge and has foregone, for the moment, his plan of suicide. The contradictions in these two soliloquies sheds much needed light on Hamlet's personality. Hamlet is very outraged by the immoral actions of some of the other characters. He is deeply offended by his mothers hasty marriage to her brother-in-law and king. Hamlet begs his mother to stop being intimate with Claudius and to think more upon her late husband. This shows that Hamlet has a very clear perception of right and wrong. He also shows this characteristic by being suspicious and even hurt by his childhood friends loyalty to Claudius.

A Reflective Writing

Student life is one of the most beautiful experiences ever.   Many things not learned in the home, in the workplace and within the vicinity are all enjoyed and encountered in school.One thing is worth mentioning, I could not have appreciated the beauty and exquisiteness of life as a student without the tedious requirements, blunders in the course of the performance of all those required of us and achievements at the end of the day.   Here are some worth-mentioning experiences and are worth-sharing.Practicum IV was very challenging.   I had it with College Champigne.   Expectations I had with the school and with the students were high.   I had to prepare as much as I could to meet the standards.   The students were in their high school, advanced grade 2 level.At the beginning of my teaching experience, I made sure to encourage the use of plain English as a mode of communication, either with me or with their classmates.   I introduced L2 standard of teaching thinking that all students having reached such level are capable of performing in that level.To my despair, I noticed that immediately utilizing L2 standard poses difficulty in the students.   Evaluation conducted yielded low result in the students’ performance. With this observation, I had to adjust my manner of teaching.Some performed low, so I had to get back to L1 to be able to cope with the needs and the capability of the students.   In responding to this problem, I also talked with the students personally.   I had to know their individual difficulties so I may be able to apply the best method suitable for all of them, without disregarding some students behind. This, for me, is the essence of a teacher as a critic and interpreter of knowledgeNevertheless, constant communication is English had been the policy.   Consistency and insistent use of the language, I believe, etched in the minds of the students the value of learning English and the use of it in day to day life.   I made sure to be a model in the use of the language myself; otherwise, the student would not have the encouragement to use the same.I designed strategies suitable to all 38 students.   First thing to note is that as a teacher, I should have a positive mind in all the undertakings.   In some activities, I make sure that both oral and written practices are applied.   In the grammar portion, I asked the students to read a fairy tale, for example.   The story is read orally, the students also had some group work wherein they are able to share their opinions and thoughts on the story.After the oral activity is the written one. In the discussion on verb tenses for instance, the students are asked to fill out the blanks of the appropriate verb tense.   They also had home works to work on.   With the aid of fairy tales also, the students are able to make plot diagrams to assist them in their group discussion.   Students who chose the same fairy tale are grouped together.Moreov er, the students are asked to make body biography of the characters of the story assigned.   This enables them to relate the story to the class the next day.   This also enables them relive the story during the course of the discussion.   Each group is to make a body biography and relate the same to the class.   They also had jigsaw reading and the reader’s theater.   The latter made use of a video where they had to make the editing themselves.All these involve the participation of everyone, enhancing the confidence of the students as they work with their peers.

Definition of the Political Term Dark Horse Candidate

A dark horse candidate was a term coined in the 19th century to refer to a candidate nominated after multiple ballots at a political partys nominating convention. The term has survived beyond its early origins and is still sometimes used in the modern era. The first dark horse candidate in American politics was James K. Polk, who became the nominee of the Democratic Partys convention in 1844 after delegates voted numerous times and the anticipated favorites, including former president Martin Van Buren, could not prevail. The Origin of the Term Dark Horse The phrase dark horse actually derives from horse racing. The most reliable explanation of the term is that trainers and jockeys would sometimes endeavor to keep a very fast horse from public view. By training the horse in the dark they could enter it in a race and place bets at very favorable odds. If the horse won, the betting payoff would thus be maximized. The British novelist Benjamin Disraeli, who would eventually turn to politics and become prime minister, used the term in its original horse-racing usage in the novel The Young Duke: The first favorite was never heard of, the second favorite was never seen after the distance post, all the ten-to-oners were in the race, and a dark horse which had never been thought of rushed past the grandstand in sweeping triumph. James K. Polk, The First Dark Horse Candidate The first dark horse candidate to receive a party nomination was James K. Polk, who emerged from relative obscurity to become the nominee of the Democratic Party at its convention in 1844. Polk, who had served 14 years as a congressman from Tennessee, including a two-year term as speaker of the house, was not even supposed to be nominated at the convention held in Baltimore in late May 1844. The Democrats were expected to nominate Martin Van Buren, who had served one term as president in the late 1830s before losing the 1840 election to the Whig candidate, William Henry Harrison. During the first few ballots at the 1844 convention a stalemate developed between Van Buren and Lewis Cass, an experienced politician from Michigan. Neither man could get the required two-thirds majority necessary to win the nomination. On the eighth ballot taken at the convention, on May 28, 1844, Polk was suggested as a compromise candidate. Polk received 44 votes, Van Buren 104, and Cass 114. Finally, on the ninth ballot there was a stampede for Polk when the New York delegation abandoned hopes for another term for Van Buren, a New Yorker, and voted for Polk. Other state delegations followed, and Polk won the nomination. Polk, who was home in Tennessee, would not know for certain that he had been nominated until a week later. The Dark Horse Polk Caused Outrage The day after Polk was nominated, the convention nominated Silas Wright, a senator from New York, as the vice presidential candidate. In a test of a new invention, the telegraph, Samuel F.B. Morse, had strung wire from the convention hall in Baltimore to the Capitol in Washington, 40 miles away. When Silas Wright was nominated, the news was flashed to the Capitol. Wright, upon hearing it, was outraged. A close ally of Van Buren, he considered the nomination of Polk to be a grave insult and betrayal, and he instructed the telegraph operator in the Capitol to send back a message refusing the nomination. The convention received Wrights message and did not believe it. After a request for confirmation was sent, Wright and the convention passed four messages back and forth. Wright finally sent two congressmen in a wagon to Baltimore to tell the convention emphatically that he would not accept the nomination as vice president. Polks running mate wound up being George M. Dallas of Pennsylvania. The Dark Horse Candidate Was Mocked, But Won the Election Reaction to Polks nomination tended to be surprise. Henry Clay, who had already been nominated as the candidate of the Whig Party, asked, Are our Democratic friends serious in the nominations they have made at Baltimore? Whig Party newspapers mocked Polk, printing headlines asking who he was. But despite the mockery, Polk won the election of 1844. The dark horse had triumphed. While Polk holds the distinction of being the first dark horse candidate for the presidency, other political figures have been called a dark horse as they seemed to emerge from obscurity. Even Abraham Lincoln, who had left politics entirely after serving a term in Congress in the late 1840s, but would win the presidency in 1860, has sometimes been called a dark horse candidate. In the modern era, candidates such as Jimmy Carter and Donald Trump could be considered dark horses simply because they were not taken seriously when they entered the race.