Who Made my Food??

Remember the last time you ate Chinese food? Maybe you do. How great was it? Probably good enough that just by thinking about it is making you hungry. I know right, they are delicious. Now do you remember the person who is behind this greatness of fixing your food for you? OR do you even know him/her or ever care to know about them in general. Little sad but we usually don’t. 

However today here I will introduce Ofelio Condido Martinez. He is the head chef at Asian Café in Topeka, KS. He is responsible for all the cooking and most of the kitchen stuff. He moved in United States from Mexico about 20 years ago. Ofelio never went to culinary school or have any kind of degree in his profession. Talking with him, I found out he kind of start picking it up since he start working in here 15 years back. Now he knows how to make the whole menu and doing great in his job. As he is the most experienced one in the kitchen, he is also the trainer for the newly hired trainee. Everything in that restaurant is made from scratch, nothing is premade. Ofelio is doing great job in processing the food from beginning to the plate. He mentioned he likes perfection, even if the onions or the tomatoes are not chopped evenly it bothers him. His least favorite thing is, when someone talks behind his back it makes him extremely upset. In his word “say it in my face, or go home”, which I found was very interesting. He is very loyal to his employer, he said his boss have never problem with him about his work. His job is very flexible for him. When any guest comes to eat, like the food and compliments, Ofelio feels like he has reached his goal. 

 

I love Chinese food, for people like Ofelio we still get to eat those whenever we want to. I appreciate their service.