When you think of a waiter you may think about him dressed with a traditional or casual attire, a polite smile, a certain elegance and discreet gestures …well in another words, you may think of a completely ‘standard” waiter. This is because you may have never met some of the following waiters… So just [...]
People could have called it the ‘’Frenchie Day’’ but they named it ‘’The Bastille Day’’. At coffee shops, people could have called them ‘’waiter!’’ but a lot of them are using the French word ‘’garçon!’’ when they need something. So what the hell is the Bastille Day – that spreads every year throughout the [...]
News travel fast but trips travel fast as well…that’s the least I can say!
Originally born in England during the 16th century or during the Middle-Ages in the kingdoms of the Lords (according to some other sources), tips have spread all around the world…and like the news…have been deformed, rejected, acclaimed, judged…all their long [...]
Today is happening one of the most popular waiters races in Asia, the Hong Kong 2010 waiters race (服务员比赛 for those who read Chinese)…so let’s give it a full attention.
After a 10 years break, Hong Kong has eventually restored its waiters race in 2007.
Every year the race is [...]
Saint-Germain Place, Paris.
A quick glance at the terrace…eventually one table is free inside the coffee shop. The Cafe de Flore, located in the St Germain district of Paris is basically never empty. Thousands of people coming from everywhere in the world or simply living in the district are having a break there, around [...]
For sure, waiters races traveled a lot. This event has its own translation in almost all coutries! Have a look to this lexicon and complete it:
English: Waiters Race French: Course des garçons ou course des garçons de café Italian: Corsa dei camerieri Spanish: Carrera de camareros or carrera de mozos Portuguese: Corrida de [...]
Recently, I surfed on the web and find hundred of beautiful photos about waiters race. I suppose that most of them come from non professional photograph. I think it could be great to organize a special contest for these photographs and then to see if they can compete with pros! What do you think [...]
The waiters race is known all over the globe, people love this event, it would be great if an international race would bring waiters from different countries in a same venue!
Robert, a waiters race lover