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So we had a soft opening

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Nobody knew.    Sometimes you have to do it that way, less stress.    It was cool to see people walk in without any advertising, or big announcements.    Unfortunately, Jeffe  walked in pissed that opening morning, he looked at me and knew it was best to keep it moving to the kitchen.     Always, when things are going good in life something has to try and ruin it.   It wasn't a great way to start opening day and I immediately had to try to lighten the mood, but he wasn't having it.   First thing he did was take a whole pan of rice that was just cooked and threw it out.     He went to inspect the rice and discovered it was burned at the bottom.  That is something that we both have in common, but he wasn't wrong though.   How are you going to mess up rice?  Nearby, his cousin was trying to save the cooks face by saying he likes "rapa".  Some people do like the burnt part of the rice but not at a restaurant, you do that home.   He was right to be angry, but it defini