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		<title>Site of the Month for October 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 03:09:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Site of the Month for October 2011 talks of Restaurant Directory. List Restaurant is a worldwide restaurant directory offering cooking, fine dining, food services, recipes, chefs, cuisine, cookware, gourmet, coupons, restaurant reviews, restaurant recipes and more.]]></description>
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Site of the Month for October 2011 talks of <a href="http://www.listrestaurant.com/">Restaurant Directory</a>. List Restaurant is a worldwide restaurant directory offering cooking, fine dining, food services, recipes, chefs, cuisine, cookware, gourmet, coupons, restaurant reviews, restaurant recipes and more.</p>
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		<title>How do I submit a restaurant review?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 07:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Health Officer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Restaurant Guide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Restaurant Review]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[To review a restaurant, simply find the restaurant you&#8217;d like to review using our search facility, then follow the link towards the bottom of the page that reads &#8216;Have you eaten at this restaurant? If so, we&#8217;d like to hear from you&#8217;, and follow the instructions. We cannot accept any reviews that use foul language, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To review a restaurant, simply find the restaurant you&#8217;d like to review using our search facility, then follow the link towards the bottom of the page that reads &#8216;Have you eaten at this restaurant? If so, we&#8217;d like to hear from you&#8217;, and follow the instructions.</p>
<p>We cannot accept any reviews that use foul language, include allegations of dishonesty or accuse a restaurant of making them ill &#8211; unless that is supported by a doctor&#8217;s note and a report from the Local Environmental Health Officer.</p>
<p>The Editor alone decides whether or not to publish any review or comment, the decision is final.</p>
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		<title>Restaurant Uniforms For An Impressive Presentation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 07:49:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apparel and Uniforms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clothes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Restaurant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uniforms]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Restaurant uniforms are more than just clothes for your staff. They are a part of the overall presentation, a component of the identity of the restaurant and also exhibit quality of the restaurant. An important part of the presentation is how your staff is dressed up. Since the staff is a part of the restaurant, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Restaurant uniforms are more than just clothes for your staff. They are a part of the overall presentation, a component of the identity of the restaurant and also exhibit quality of the restaurant. An important part of the presentation is how your staff is dressed up. Since the staff is a part of the restaurant, it carries the identity of the restaurant along with it. A smartly dressed staff gives a splendid impression of the restaurant, and makes the presentation impressive. While a poorly dressed staff gives the impression of a casual approach of the hotel. Besides this, guests also relate presentation to the level of hygiene maintained in the hotel. Waiters dressed up in clean, smart uniforms give a good impression, while poorly dressed up staff may totally turn off the guests.</p>
<p>Designing the right attire for your restaurant staff is however, a little more complicated than you might think. Reason being the environment in which restaurant staff works, is a little different from other jobs. You can dress up smartly for an office job where you have to sit and work all day, but the nature of work of restaurant staff is different. While the cooks have to stand in the kitchen, in the heat and prepare exotic dishes, the waiters need to move about serving it. It is difficult, therefore to keep the uniforms neat the entire day. Besides, along with looking smart and presentable, the uniforms should also offer ample comfort to the staff. It requires careful selection of the uniforms.</p>
<p>Well designed uniform should be such that it is both comfortable as well as durable. The fabric of the uniform should be light, comfortable, easy to clean and durable. Any compromise with the quality of the fabric would result in shabby looking uniforms just after a few washes. Frequent washing is essential for restaurant uniforms, specially owing to the stains that are quite common while cooking and serving food. Along with the right fabric, proficient stitching is also as important for the right shapes and cuts, that make the uniform comfortable to be in. Apart from these qualities you also look for your restaurant&#8217;s identity in the uniforms. Rather than plain uniforms, uniforms that have your restaurant&#8217;s name and logo look far more impressive and help towards brand building. You can also give an edge to the uniforms by adding designs that you want. Whether you prefer the traditional restaurant uniforms, or wish to add a contemporary touch to the uniforms, there is a range of styles to choose from.</p>
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		<title>Give Your Internet Cafe a New Important Change</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 08:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Cafes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet Cafe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet Software]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Are you in need in making your business automated and secured? Your answer to all these questions will definitely be in positive. The solution to your problems is right here in front of you. You are in need of buying internet café software for your business. The reason of purchasing this software is the benefits [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Are you in need in making your business automated and secured? Your answer to all these questions will definitely be in positive. The solution to your problems is right here in front of you. You are in need of buying internet café software for your business. The reason of purchasing this software is the benefits it will inject in your business. To get you help and aid, internet café is the best available option these days. When you will get software designed for your internet café, you will feel yourself lucky enough. The exceptional qualities of internet café software will control all the operations of your business.</p>
<p>Your customers will be bound to use the bandwidth inside your internet café and you will be free from all worries attached to the use of bandwidth by your clients. This software will have a strong hold and control over bandwidth usage by your clients. It has often been a problem, that there is no control over the bandwidth usage rate by the clients of an interne café, but internet café has come up with the solution to this problem. On becoming weak in terms of your system, you can loose control over the bandwidth usage by your clients. Internet café keeps a strong control over the bandwidth usage and in this way the track of your customer&#8217;s time and data usage is recorded by this highly efficient software.</p>
<p>At times, inside internet cafes, clients keep using internet even after they avail their own paid time. The administration, due to the lack of record does not come to know the time and data, his client has used. Internet software has a built-in system of keeping the record of all the users within no time. This software will help you in specifying the time for each of your user, depending upon the cost he has paid to you.</p>
<p>Internet café will prevent you from the suspicious and unethical activities that can be performed by your users. In your café, people belonging from different classes come, who have been brought up in different backgrounds. Therefore, you need to keep a strict check upon the activities your users perform inside your café. Internet café will provide you with a facility of restricting unethical websites, in order to maintain the good will and reputation of your café. Depending upon your requirements, you can get yourself an internet café designed for you. The privacy of users is given importance and it doesn&#8217;t mean the software will violate the privacy of customers/users.</p>
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		<title>Restaurant Business Proposal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 08:23:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business to Business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are a novice in writing business proposals, then don&#8217;t be afraid to get some extra help from the experts. You can ask for different strategies on how to write them, such as what clicks and what doesn&#8217;t to the intended readers. Luckily, for those who are just too shy to approach anyone, there [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you are a novice in writing business proposals, then don&#8217;t be afraid to get some extra help from the experts. You can ask for different strategies on how to write them, such as what clicks and what doesn&#8217;t to the intended readers. Luckily, for those who are just too shy to approach anyone, there are numerous computer programs available on the market. Included in the package are some business templates that you need to slightly modify to suit your desired output. Also, these can be saved for future references, and changes are easy to implement.</p>
<p>One technique in writing a business proposal is to divide it into two parts. The first portion will focus on describing the different opportunities of your business as well as your plans on how to take advantage of them. The second part will show the current financial data, like the financial statements and tax returns. When you have made your outline, you are then ready to write your restaurant business proposal. The keys here are conciseness and clarity. Thus, it is ideal that the first part will just be limited to 10 pages. Clear examples are also advisable especially when you are trying to give them a picture of the various marketing opportunities.</p>
<p>Even in your proposal, sell your business, that is, include the reasons why your company is totally different from your other competitors. You can highlight your special talents, experience, and achievements that give you the edge. Identify your target market. This will guide you in planning your marketing methods to gain market share in the industry. Surely, intended parties will be interested in such information. It is important when writing business proposals to be realistic&#8211;never ever consider exaggerating things just so you can receive affirmation from the other party. Or else, you may find it hard to acheive them. As a result, your proposal is but an unrealized plan.</p>
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		<title>The Fun in Internet Cafe Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 04:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Cafes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Surveys claim that depressed people are the people that use the internet often. The truth behind these surveys are somewhat alarming and yet, it could be the very reason why the internet rules! Not that having too many depressed people in the world should be a reason to celebrate &#8211; but then again, it could [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Surveys claim that depressed people are the people that use the internet often. The truth behind these surveys are somewhat alarming and yet, it could be the very reason why the internet rules! Not that having too many depressed people in the world should be a reason to celebrate &#8211; but then again, it could be a reason why you should start setting up your own internet business in your local area. Depression is why people lose themselves online &#8211; for the internet is like an escape from reality. By staying online gives sad people some kind of a therapy to be in another world. When you set up an internet business, you must understand that internet does not cause depression at all &#8211; in fact it gives people something to cling to. And that should be motivation enough for you. Not only you will earn from it, but you get to give people hope and chance to &#8220;therapy&#8221; themselves and for them not to succumb to loneliness.</p>
<p>The internet is a link to the other side of the world &#8211; the information it gives, the life it caters to are limitless&#8230;endless. And you can give that unlimited source of information on a silver platter you call your little internet cafe. An internet cafe busy would be ideal to those who have the passion and the time to &#8220;Google&#8221; their day away. Not only that you will be closed to the very thing you worship (next to God, of course) the most: your computer, but also, you can make a profit out of that said passion of yours. So how do you exactly start an internet cafe business?</p>
<p>First, identify the concept of how you would exactly want your internet cafe to be &#8211; what other services would you offer? And who would be your target market Second, research about your area feasibility: Is there a demand for an internet cafe? Who are your competitors should you open one soon? How much capital do you need to start on this said business? Third, a comprehensive case study must be done &#8211; how many computers would you need? How many people do you need to hire as staff? Fourth, consider having a business partner or a bank that will loan you the capital you need. Fifth, find that &#8220;spot&#8221; &#8211; internet cafes would do well near a school campus if students are one of your &#8220;targets&#8221; for your market. Or you can position your cafe near other cafes as well. Sixth, check what permits you will need for your cafe &#8211; visit your local municipality or you can hire a legal adviser if you are naive when it comes to those applications. Seventh, choose an internet service provider and choose well. </p>
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		<title>Things to Consider Before Starting an Internet Cafe</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 03:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Cafes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cafe Businesses]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The internet cafe business is relatively new and can be traced back to about 14 years following the launch of the internet. Initially, people used to queue up outside internet cafes to surf the net. However, diminishing broadband charges have lead to people preferring to access the internet from home. The real challenge of a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The internet cafe business is relatively new and can be traced back to about 14 years following the launch of the internet. Initially, people used to queue up outside internet cafes to surf the net. However, diminishing broadband charges have lead to people preferring to access the internet from home. The real challenge of a cyber cafe these days is to keep the customer hooked enough to keep coming back for more. How to accomplish this is the main question.</p>
<p>Business Models If you&#8217;re pondering over how to start an internet cafe, the most crucial decision you have to make is which business model to adopt. There are numerous choices. The first one is the most conservative model wherein you provide only internet access. Another option is to serve tea, coffee and snacks along with internet connectivity. You could also add computer repairs and maintenance services and even sell computers and computer parts. Many people buy franchises of prevailing internet cafe businesses. When you buy a franchise you get the advantage of a time-tested business model and the know-how behind it, but you&#8217;ll have to pay for that edge.</p>
<p>Planning Before starting a cyber cafe, always chalk up a solid business plan. A good business plan should lay down your business goals, ways to achieve them, the obstacles that you may encounter, how to surpass them and financial planning and analysis. If at all possible, talk to at least three different cafe owners about what you plan to do. Try to contact cafe owners from out of town, so there won&#8217;t be any competition conflicts, and, if possible, show these experienced owners your business plan. The advice they give could save you thousands of dollars, so don&#8217;t hesitate to offer them a really nice dinner or lunch for their time.</p>
<p>Start Up Costs Finance is the driving force in any kind of business. So make sure that you acquire adequate funding before starting your business. How much is enough? It depends on your business model and the services you intend to offer. If you&#8217;re planning to provide exclusive services like gaming, social interaction or a remote office, your capital requirement can run into thousands of dollars. There are computers to purchase, broadband connections to book, furniture to be bought and a place to be leased or acquired outright. Include these things in your budget.</p>
<p>Changing Trends The success of a cyber cafe depends on how you keep up with the latest cutting edge technologies. Trends keep changing and technology keeps improving. Webcams, video conferencing and innovations like VOIP were unheard of before but are widely used these days. So the survival and prosperity of an internet cafe depends on how well you adapt to the changing trends in computers and related technologies.</p>
<p>Advertising Advertise as much as possible to draw attention to your cafe. Distribute your business cards whenever you get the opportunity. You can also sell memberships in terms of internet hours. Put in an ad in your local newspaper and on community websites. Get a listing in the yellow pages.</p>
<p>Last but not the least; apply for a business license to run any cafe. Evaluate all the risks, conduct your market research and adapt to changing technological trends. If you&#8217;re serving food, this will mean in inspection by the health department. Health department inspectors regularly refuse licenses until major repairs or improvements are completed.</p>
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		<title>Making Table Reservations Online</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 08:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Online Reservations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pizza Mania]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A good food website is one that won&#8217;t tell you that you have to just order food through their portal. This single company features dozens of restaurants across East London and South London regions. For them, one restaurant is just as good as any other. Even if you actually like the experience of sitting in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A good food website is one that won&#8217;t tell you that you have to just order food through their portal. This single company features dozens of restaurants across East London and South London regions. For them, one restaurant is just as good as any other. Even if you actually like the experience of sitting in a restaurant and eating the traditional way, rather than ordering food online, it is completely acceptable to the site. In fact, a good site will give you some wonderfully easy methods to do that. First you have to get to a proper website. Registration is free for most sites and takes only a few moments. Once you are registered, you get a unique login ID which you can use every time you place an order or take some other action on the website. The ID also gives you several other privileges and benefits and hence it is advisable to hang on to it.</p>
<p>Once registered, you can find a restaurant on the right website. You will find that these are the choicest, the best restaurants from all over the place. Also, you will find that the restaurants don&#8217;t just deal with one type of food. If you are a true connoisseur of good food and really like to vary your experience, then you will feel quite at home here. The restaurants contain names like Moja Indian Takeaway, Royal Bengal Indian Takeaway, Royal Palace Chinese Restaurant, Mango Tree Indian Takeaway, Poppy Hana Japanese Restaurant, Pizza Mania, Pizza Classico, Home Chinese Restaurant and others. With such a wide diversity of choices, it is easy to pick up just the kind of food you want to eat and the right restaurant for that.</p>
<p>So, once you have chosen your restaurant, you can get contact details from the website itself. A site will give you the restaurant number and even the restaurant address. The restaurant number enables you to call right away and book your table at the restaurant. If you tell them that you are a member of a site and if that restaurant is holding a special offer with it you might also get free privileges. Booking can be done online also, through the website. When you are able to book your restaurant, you are done. You now have to just put on some good clothes and leave for eating at the restaurant you have chosen. Since the table is already booked, it means you don&#8217;t have to wait till your number arrives. You can practically waltz in at the time they have given and have your table reserved for you.</p>
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		<title>Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 07:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cooking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Traditional and authentic Italian food has become famous all over the world, particularly its pasta based dishes and the use of cheese. The food is mostly combined with sauces, cured meats and antipastos. Italian gourmet food often includes a variety of exquisite cheeses which help produce filling and satisfying dishes and such food is the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Traditional and authentic Italian food has become famous all over the world, particularly its pasta based dishes and the use of cheese. The food is mostly combined with sauces, cured meats and antipastos. Italian gourmet food often includes a variety of exquisite cheeses which help produce filling and satisfying dishes and such food is the full flavour expression of the rich history of Italy. Most non-Italians, find this kind of cuisine restricted to the many special dishes that they have become famous for world wide, especially spaghetti and pizza. People tend to assume that the traditional food of this country is all pretty much alike and that there is no such variety in the Italian way of cooking. The truth however is quite the opposite as the cuisine in its entirety is extremely rich and varied.</p>
<p>There are so many recipes which can be found for just pasta. This is a great example of the options in cooking Italian recipes. Meals such as spaghetti and risotto are extremely popular because they are easy to prepare, and offer virtual ready meals for the cook. Pasta happens to be the most popular food item in Italy. Any pasta base can be accented with an unlimited number of additions including sausage, chicken, red and green peppers, fish and a wide variety of other vegetables and meats that create an authentic dish.</p>
<p>However an Italian cooking recipe isn&#8217;t just about sticking to pasta recipes and pizza. Its got a long way to go. Find starters such as cured meat and cheeses with fresh vegetables and special Ciabatta bread. Superb salads, beautiful, fresh breads and delicious puddings add on to the rest of the exquisite menus. Roast fillet of salmon served with braised lentils, green beans and a mustard dressing, braised lamb shank served with sage potato puree in a rich tomato sauce, prawns cooked in a tomato sauce with fresh garden peas served with bread. These are just some of the delicious meals on offer.</p>
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		<title>Food Delivery Services</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2010 06:56:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Philips</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Delivery Services]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first food delivery services started during the Second World War, particularly throughout the Blitz where many homes were destroyed and large swathes of the population were left with no kitchens in which to cook their meals. The idea was developed from the work of the Women&#8217;s Volunteer Service who had previously delivered meals to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The first food delivery services started during the Second World War, particularly throughout the Blitz where many homes were destroyed and large swathes of the population were left with no kitchens in which to cook their meals. The idea was developed from the work of the Women&#8217;s Volunteer Service who had previously delivered meals to servicemen; transferring the process to families that had lost their homes due to bombing raids.</p>
<p>Following the war the food delivery programmes developed by the Women&#8217;s Volunteer Service were continued. It is believed that the first use of the service occurred as early as 1947 in Hemel Hempstead. At this stage, rather than the vans that are used today, the meals were delivered using old prams. At this stage the meals that were being delivered were predominantly pre cooked and kept warm. In the modern age most local councils have developed similar services although predominantly councils now use frozen ready meals rather than delivering hot food.</p>
<p>Whilst it was in the UK that the first food delivery networks were created the idea soon spread around the world. In the United States the inaugural home delivery service for food was created in Philadelphia. From 1954 onwards this service strived to feed those that were housebound, ensuring that they received their quota of dietary requirements and would not go hungry. The Philadelphia model was used across the country, first in Columbus and then New York.</p>
<p>Australians were also quick to realise the benefits of food delivery services for the elderly. The first service in this country was started in 1952, apparently delivered by a woman on a tricycle before the Red Cross took over to ensure supply could meet the demand. Many other services started throughout Australia, including one in Port Adelaide and Sydney. Today food delivery programmes are well established and organised on regional basis.</p>
<p>Today food delivery services are well established in many different countries. Some still deliver hot food whilst others deliver chilled and frozen variants. In some cases volunteers are still the backbone of the service although many councils choose to pay their delivery drivers and chefs. As well as council run operations a number of private sector companies have started delivering frozen meals to people that may not necessarily meet the requirements for free meals.</p>
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