On this page you will find Journal entries from 2022-2023 during my line cook days at “Vit Beo”. Names have been changed to protect the identities of those involved. If you ever worked or ate at VB, then you should know it will always have a special place in my heart as the last culinary team I had the privilege of working at. This is dedicated to their kitchen team, full of lovable, crazy, misfits.
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- The beginning + notes from a staff meetingBy: Marie Pascual I always felt like an outsider in every restaurant I worked at.After graduating from culinary school in 2017, I chased jobs at well-known Filipino spots in the city—hoping to reconnect with my roots and sharpen my technical chops. But I brought bad habits from school into the workplace.… Read more: The beginning + notes from a staff meeting
- Friday Night Fire DrillBy: Marie Pascual I’d spent weeks dreading my first Friday mid-shift. Insecure in my green abilities on how to run the front, huffing my vape like it was an oxygen tank. Maneuvering with a loose sense that it was chaos — and that it would be mine to manage. By 4… Read more: Friday Night Fire Drill
- Golden DumplingsBy: Marie Pascual I’ve been having a really tough time connecting my passion for cooking while actually cooking lately. After a series of weeks that I needed to take off due to mental health and family reasons, my trust from the crew was a little lost. I haven’t been as consistent… Read more: Golden Dumplings
- When Sly Calls by Michael FrankBy: Marie Pascual I’ve been trying to get over my habit of over romanticizing everything; a broken toy found in a park, a pair of empty glasses seen from the outside of a café partnered with empty chairs, finding fresh flowers in the garbage can- it’s just too much clutter in… Read more: When Sly Calls by Michael Frank
- DoodlesBy: Marie Pascual Day in the life: Kitchen team sailing in a bowl of rice noodles that look more like udon noodles. I’m not an artist. Left – RightTop Row: Kid, Mario, O.G, Perry, TyBottom Row: May, “S.Q.”, Jin Robot, Young FM
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Marie Pascual - Between Worlds 