COVID-19: A Wake-Up Call For The Restaurant Industry? | For Food's Sake! 3 | Episode 1/4

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[@mdml0]

overpriced fancy food with tiny servings on large plates. people need to learn to cook their own meals. this is survival.

[@Sadude13]

FACTS! THE RESTAURANTS NEEDED TO BE HUMBLED!!

[@mdml0]

@@Sadude13 Some self-important chefs too. They act like they're curing cancer or recreated the Sistine chapel. Just cook the food pls. You're not winning a Nobel peace prize for your soufflé.

[@cwilliams8343]

Had to kiss myself for a nice spicy veggie, mahi-mahi dish, yummy 😋. Dreams😋 at home 🏡

[@johninaryan951]

Well its quality not quantity. Eating to much out of greed is making you fat, thats dangerous.

[@mdml0]

@@johninaryan951 what's also dangerous are an entire generation of people unable to feed themselves because all they've known in their entire adult life is to order food. Quality doesn't need to be fancy. It simply needs to be nutritious and filling. Learning to feed yourself should be a basic skill.

[@tititata1]

Pretentious restaurants are grounded. Arrogant chefs are humbled. This is one positive thing about COVID.

[@vancouverviking4652]

Arrogant chefs are still Arrogant

[@maymei6742]

In 6 months or you will know what Covid is all about... I sure hope you and your family will say there is something good out of Covid

[@tititata1]

@@maymei6742 Positive in this case, means a chance to learn and be better. And there are pockets of life positivity out of this pandemic actually, if you care to reflect deep enough. Positivity does not necessarily mean good. Anyway, Covid is already 10 months; I don't need another 6 to know what it is all about. You stay safe!

[@s._3560]

30% of salary and probably most of that has gone to the fancy restaurant owner's own salaries. Kitchen staff are paid pittance. The cashflow of 2 months is because they pay themselves off quickly and stash any profit away in their own bank accounts. IF the profit is really so meagre here at only 10% in the F&B business. Why was it so big and attracted so many worldwide players here? Those restaurant owners/celebrity chefs don't look like overworked labourers with a hard life. They all look so plump and overfed.

[@gee_emm]

A whole load of (previously) working people are also now out of a job. ‘Pretensious’ or celebrity chefs are rarely found actually working shifts in kitchens and are not the ones living month to month with no savings - that’s just the workers they employ. So, there’s that...

[@momoko7859]

I have talked to resturanteurs of low to moderately priced, what i heard was vastly different from the high end restaurants covered in this documentary. they said sales is mostly the same and for some sales actually boomed that they couldn't keep up with the take out demand. except for myself, everyone i know have been ordering out at least once or twice a week. i mean people get bored with eating the same old. understandably, take out from a high end resturant would decrease given the small portion and lack of atmosphere of eating that fancy food at home (at least for most people).

[@Manbarrican]

Thankfully the work-from-home efforts have helped some people to stay employed...

[@needmoreramsay]

It's called "willing suspension of disbelief". You can go and dine in close(r) proximity to 1 or two other people with no masks; be served by people with no masks; food prepared by people +who interact with managers and owners with no masks; THAT'S PERFECTLY SAFE AND ACCEPTABLE. As soon as you stand up to go to the can, or leave to pay the bill: MASKS ON. Because you know, the virus respects the fact you made the effort in between sitting down and standing up so it leaves you alone.

[@TitoTimTravels]

Where are you eating? Our restaurants have managers, servers, and cooks all in masks. At the table we wear our masks until the food arrives.

[@Missy_V]

I love how Ming knows the Dutch word 'gezelligheid' and how well he pronounced it 👍🏻 Good luck to everyone and stay healthy!

[@NoName-vv7hi]

I dont see those economic rice, chicken rice, Fish ball noddle are closing during convid but in turn they have more business. F&B is not dying is those restaurant selling hawker food at a premium price are dying.

[@minty9470]

Thought provoking videos, love the hosts’ way of delivery with hints of humor in between. Keep it up!

[@seymores]

The coffee machine vs man part is frankly quite dumb.

[@rhyswong8976]

I still prefer dining in restaurants. Its the overall experience of it, the environment, freshly cooked food, seeing people eating, having a good time with families or friends or both. Just too bad CoVID brought all this to a near standstill. And deliveries are good but it aint as great as dine in.

[@lingth]

Frankly thats not "Making coffee" its just pressing buttons on a a touch screen, Making coffee involves measuring beans, grinding powder, doing the pour and the frothing of milk and such. i think that's just pressing buttons and having a coffee machine make it for you.

[@priersackh]

That is what technology do, why bother to do that when you can set with machine. Like your phone that can send text just in a matter of milisecond, why not send your text through mail service? XD

[@AHD2105]

I agree...but luckily (for me) I only like instant coffee but otherwise I'd back up your argument!!

[@blomegoog]

coffee is unnecessary. lets all focus on nutrient rich foods for sustainability and life. Its like defending cigarettes and alcohol and soda/energy drinks.

[@johnnypham2850]

@@blomegoog NO

[@Emily-qn6lq]

What about when you personalize the drinks? They should have tested that.

[@tamsenmillerbaum]

Give the man the same machine the robot is using. The robot does not have to steam the milk, the machine does it, the man has to pour and steam the milk. Also, a real, practiced barista could beat that robot if they both had to do the same exact tasks, but the robot has easier task.

[@charlenethepiggy4813]

I May not have seen his previous videos, but he’s got my attention now. They look very interesting! 👀

[@leehyunsong7001]

The only major factor that force closed so many restaurants is RENT.

[@edwardlumsianming3430]

Big tech companies eventually will take over. Expensive restaurants are meant for tourists and once a while local experience beside GST is increasing soon. Hawker centre food can be very delicious minus the setting, atmosphere. Reality will conquer Passion. Robinson is a good example. E commerce will win because in the end it is how much it.

[@maeaeiaeoaio701]

Looking for recipes online especially here on YT, prepare and cook. If it doesn’t taste the same as the restaurants you go to, at least it the closest you can get and you save a lot of money by cooking. And you know how you prepared your food.

[@davidlevingstone4429]

In America at least... Most restaurants are complete garbage, all the bad/mediocre restaurants I've been to in my city have closed, all the good restaurants that I was a reccouring customer are still operating 🤷

[@trouthousecomics]

Foreign labor restrictions...basically you can't run a business without exploiting cheap labor?

[@jericlester8765]

the food service industry has shifted online and it’s the home-based kitchens that are thriving now because they are responsive and innovative... the old-school restaurant business model is unprofitable even in post-pandemic time because of its high overhead among other fixed cost... while home-based kitchens that sell their food offerings online have no overhead/fixed costs at all...

[@kenlee1416]

There go exponentially more plastic waste into the rivers, seas and oceans exacerbating the plastic pollution which is already reaching apocalyptic conditions without the nonsensical scare.

[@bevsighttv1982]

CHR un Jour, CHR toujours ✊✊✊

[@samsumggalaxytab6890]

High rent is always the killer

[@NoName-vv7hi]

Should Be high rent in a prime tourist location cater for tourist selling hawker food like 3 stick of satay at $15, 2 pcs of kaya toast at $10 or 1 bowl of wan ton noodles at $18 that cook by some student on vacation that sure to close down during this period.

[@foreignerinthefilipinofood8917]

Exactly and I see more of the same happening in the future, that is why I am going mobile, yes a food truck is our future.

[@josephyang4997]

The problem with takeout and meal kits is the trash that is produced. We need to make less waste not more! I would like to see a takeout model where the containers are reusable.

[@read_reviewsew674]

Thought provoking videos, love the hosts’ way of delivery with hints of humor in between. Keep it up!

[@lingth]

Cloud Kitchen is just bad for Environment, Takeaways, plastic bowls, forks and spoons, and the amount of packing waste generated is huge. the carbon footprint is huge.

[@durianjaykin3576]

So? Compared to maintaining the dining space, like including air-conditioning, fans, amenities like wifi for customers, i dont think its too bad for the environment

[@kenlee1416]

Not necessarily 'carbon footprint' but the massive amount of extra plastic waste is GUARANTEED to end up in the rivers, seas and oceans - leading to a speedier extinction of many sea creatures. It is estimated that 90% of sea birds ingest at least some plastic in their lifetimes, microplastics are already being found in seafood consumed by humans and even in our water supplies. Guess we'll find out soon enough the effects on humans of ingesting microplastics.

[@durianjaykin3576]

@@kenlee1416 there are things such as biodegradable plastics, well the consequences of eating them? You need to eat lots of fish before you get lots of plastic into your system before its really toxic. If you're really worried, you can fork out the cash for organic fish or smth, go help raise demand for farmed fish.

[@kenlee1416]

@@durianjaykin3576 Of course I know those things exist - I even brought some back from abroad 30 years ago, 15 years later when i took them out, these bio-deg plastics crumbled into small bits to the touch and these bits still look ''plasticky'' to me. And looking at some of the so-called bio-deg plastic containers used today, I highly doubt they are what is claimed. In any case, much of it will end up as rubbish in our waterways and still cause plenty of pollution. I'm an older guy with no skin in the game of life so to speak, and won't have to deal with the consequences of the plastic apocalypse - but the younger generations will have to if they choose to continue with the convenience & throwaway lifestyle.

[@samsumggalaxytab6890]

To sustain the biz, there is something (fix cost) u need to put into endownment such as 1. 12 months rental 2. Chef, staff & your salary 12 months 3.12 mths Estimated monthly utility bills (water, electricity, severage, telephone, mobile etc)

[@jericlester8765]

gourmet DIY kits are the next big thing in the food business😂😂😂

[@siewlim7455]

Thank you for sharing out side Restaurent Situations 🔥

[@BeyondChange]

Spending money is now in the past. No one has money to spend anymore.

[@MiloLabradoodle]

Great show. Entertaining and a lot of good future focused ideas.

[@bc8079]

And the benefit of slowing down over fishing and animal death.

[@bokwoon]

I'm not sure I want to eat in a tiny greenhouse hut, it's got to be baking hot in there

[@kemalasaridina1898]

Amsterdam is always cool even in the summer. If anything those greenhouses are blocking the cold wind 😂

[@annamariamerendino1790]

That makes me angry, because most of us can’t afford a robot, and technology is expensive so many can’t afford people do it much better they are passionated with what they do , so they loose that passion

[@keenho]

Dude should have just kagebunshined and run his restaurant.

[@gef2]

the senior director of grab was talking too much nonsense that edited him out hahah

[@aspiromy]

indeed put most industry reset from frivolous to no frill essentials.

[@Manbarrican]

44:34 that dish looks like fresh garden trimmings D: why would anyone eat that

[@RobertFierce]

That robot isn't faster than an actual barista. You just suck at making coffee and operating that machine xD

[@beautyandthesimp]

The extinction caused by covid like the meteor on dinosaur

[@juandelacruz-bs2ck]

the problem is in the complexity of the foods now where in it is inappropriate because of the condition of our economy now. The days of famine has come. We need to become resourceful these days and we need to shift from complex to basic.

[@cwilliams8343]

One ☝️ sentence from complexity to basics. 👍🏿

[@kenlee1416]

You must be kidding talking about famine. Famine is where you have one meal a day (if any) - a small bowl of a watery rice gruel with 5-10 grains of rice, a couple of very small cubes of sweet potato seasoned with salt (if at all seasoned).

[@zombiemom3380]

It's not a Fair competition with the robot because he has no idea what he's doing and the robot does

[@AnhNguyen-il5yl]

The way he eats just satisfies me

[@beautyandthesimp]

Chef and delivery guy

[@garrenchiew2206]

30% for good cook, 30% for ingredient, 25% for operation cost. u mean labour cost only 15%? why u guys only feature this 30% earner. why didnt feature 15% staffs misery in this eposide? 1 good cook/high white hat ratio to how many support staffs. think think...

[@theinkbrain]

You definitely should NOT have been touching the rims of those coffee cup. You may as well have not been wearing your mask.

[@Yogirliej4dee]

I didn’t know how westernized Singapore is. Every one speak English. My family is not rich they would be appalled to be spending so much on food ordering. They rather buy the ingredients and cook themselves. Plus many people are joining FB groups of home cooking and looking up recipes on KZbin

[@thiskeithlee]

@Simple if we really wanted to we would have done that long ago why stand so long more then 50 years why the government scrimp their effort in the saving the country through so many crisis they might as well have let the country out sooner and seriously if you so negative about Singapore we don’t need you as a citizen

[@thiskeithlee]

English is a language teacher in school and plus a lot of people are communicating in English business overseas coming here business opportunities overseas with people who speak English and we aren’t as westernized as you think alot of Singaporean’s still follow alot of their traditions and also a lot of traditional temples around and not a lot of people will spend money on food only reason no time and don’t know how to cook

[@hellomello1516]

The profit he claims are bullshit. Restaurant have a minimum of 40% profit and a lot of them have 100%+

[@needmoreramsay]

Bahaha sitting in a little glass box to eat lunch. Man theyre trying hard

[@LuueeJanice]

Yep at this point of time, things are getting quite challenging.. There is always light at the end of the tunnel.. Hope we get there soon.

[@TheEfefefefefefefefe]

When the facetime call with dutch guy is only a recording lol

[@lindabonomi7274]

Not a single person wearing a mask in your restaurant????

[@cwilliams8343]

The best food🙀, the meal U prepare for yourself. U know it’s organic freshness origins, cleaning/preparation techniques used to prepare a great meal.🙏🏿👵🏿🤔

[@needmoreramsay]

40:09 OBEY

[@needmoreramsay]

CROWN digital (Corona=Crown) Automation, replace workers with machines. It's all a coincidence.

[@needmoreramsay]

16:55

[@samsumggalaxytab6890]

U have to use motorbike delivery to cut cost

[@alexoh9671]

I can never get over the SEA accent when they speak english! This documentary does speak to the reliance on F&H by the government to create shitty jobs and the volatile nature of running a business.

[@honestlyna]

I was team ella all along. Go Ella!

[@mudassarazam3249]

Hi

[@needmoreramsay]

Smells good ? How can you properly smell a coffee with a piece of plastic and cotton stuck over your face ?

[@alanjohnson2528]

reset ....everyone should cook and eat at home and go out very little ..save money

[@cwilliams8343]

Making coffee or tea U add your special spices 😋

[@jericlester8765]

those glorified chefs have seen their reputations crumbled and their weaknesses pried open during this pandemic time and so with their inability to compete with home-based kitchen chefs... consumers now have more options than before and good gourmet food is easily and affordably accessible as never before...

[@mudassarazam3249]

Good

[@beautyandthesimp]

Only profit 5 percent because rent place

[@SkyHeaven9]

Worst food to eat now is sushi...raw covid

[@trebledc]

Lower your fix cost, leverage by venturing with other industries then sell sell sell. The guy who move to a smaller place made the right decision. It is all about casflow now not profit. People still need to eat they just scared to go out.

[@bluelingen]

15:00 just an off-topic comment: literally ownself serve ownself

[@jolly1039]

Learn from the Romans.. chefs becomes superstar just before the collapse.. dining in a restaurant is the epitome of greed and laziness.

[@idocastle7122]

2 Chronicles 7:13 13If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people,14and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.…

[@needmoreramsay]

478 (=19) LATTE DISPENSING... 14:38

[@needmoreramsay]

CROWN digital (Corona=Crown) Automation, replace workers with machines. It's all a coincidence. 16:55

[@needmoreramsay]

40:44 19

[@ciarankelly4338]

Enjoyed your video and what did you brush on cheese sandwich at end of video -was it butter! Thank you!

[@limlee1535]

That guy with the long goatie...at this time, Serious?

[@hafizhassan3234]

What's wrong with the long goatie? As long as he keeps it clean and groom well.

[@moviezaftermidnight6348]

xionovirus#19

[@moviezaftermidnight6348]

Wasn't it xionovirus20 not too long ago.. why is it 19 too?? Sounds like there are 2 diseases going around...

[@henriquecosta3031]

Taiwan is the best country... long live democracy... china should copy Taiwan way of life XD

[@chickendogful]

henrique costa: do you really believe that you live in a democracy ? if so I am putting the Eiffel tower up for sale , would you like to buy it ?.

[@dangshorty2029]

All thanks to covidcia

[@ajkgaming7115]

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[@roxy6240]

C'est la vie.

[@samsumggalaxytab6890]

Ela automated coffee machine. S$150,000 get rich sponsor. HaHaHa u can afford from others generosity

[@zexiniooo]

No one cares

[@hooiyewlim]

2nd

[@stevejob9366]

Gay

[@AxelRaffasyaold]

1st

[@minty9470]

Pretentious restaurants are grounded. Arrogant chefs are humbled. This is one positive thing about COVID.