I would like to propose that music and street food are the same thing. They are a commodity that is bought and consumed, and then hopefully bought again. Of course with music you usually only have to buy a song once to have it with you forever, but I would also like to point out that you would starve, you and your song.
With street food, and probably many other businesses, the similarity to the music industry is eerie, so I will make my case on the grounds that if we treated entrepreneurs like rock stars, the economy would probably be fine. Before you query my logic, which at best is flighty and likes tangents, I will try and elaborate.
Many small businesses these days are based around one marvellous idea, something that will change the world and make it an altogether better place. The idea forms among a few like-minded people and they start a company with two basic, grand aims. No 1: to get this idea out into the world and make life better. No 2: To earn a living from it.
If you could do me a favour and re-read that paragraph, but replace “idea” with “sound” and “company” with “band”.
To make this happen you need some skills, and in our case you need to be able to create beautiful food. We’re passionate about our food, and try and share it, talk about it and give it to people as much as we possibly can. The goal is to become one of the best street food companies in the country, so that perhaps one day people will come and visit us, just to taste the food.
If you wouldn’t mind swapping “food” for “music” and “street food” for “rock music”.
The food industry is a pretty tough place to make a living in a recession, with everyone cutting back, but you can still get that big break. All it takes is to get spotted by the press and get a few plugs in the right places and you might even end up being renowned for what you do. You just have to do it right; not take too many drugs and make sure that the media don’t find something gross in your kitchen.
Just go ahead and remove the negatives on this one. Maybe replace “kitchen” with “past”, or possibly “bins”. Actually “trousers” would work here too.
Once you have made your mark in the online world you’re ready for the big time, and might be able to get on board with a local, independent street food collective so that you can reach more people and have a steady income. It would give you more time to work on getting the food just right. You might even get enough funds together to start you own restaurant.
Last one: if you could replace “local, independent street food collective” with “global record label” also “a steady income” with “anything you want” and “restaurant” with “religion”.
Conclusively proven you see; and we don’t need to worry about what we’re going to eat when we go to festivals. My only gripe is that we, the rock stars of food, will always be looked at down the nose of advertising. Meanwhile the rock stars of rock will be loved for even showing up. We need to support the little, crazy and different companies just like the folks who make the amazing music, otherwise we will end up with a world of washed up manufactured boy bands and mindless chain food.
Although for balance I should say that I’m sure they are both very valuable contributors to British society.
Providing they work together.
And don’t mess up my order.
One band’s Myspace could be a small catering company’s blog. I’m getting it now.
In your last questionnaire, you asked for an amazing food experience. I know you stated streetfood, sorry. I just wanted to briefly tell you about a restaurant who had come through the choking wave of tripadvisor and emerged victoriously. It was a small independent Turkish restaurant. It’s unique charm I suppose was in the fact they had a.) a massive oven in the middle of the restaurant b.) a massive fire pit to roast spits of meat on and c.) attentive staff and that Turkish friendlyness.
Apart from that, they also benefitted from being able to prepare pretty much every dish in advance and then put it together. 1 guy worked at the pit, cooking meat for about 20-30 people, 1 guy on the oven cooking various breads. The waiting staff and owners seemed to shuffle in between.
I was just impressed how fewer staff they needed, and I was happy to see such an “un-snobby” restaurant score so highly tripadvisor.