Jasmine Restaurant

We returned from the states and got to work setting up the restaurant. Jasmine had a lovely birthday party, about 18 locals came by and had a great meal followed by cake and carcassonne. Then the monk came by the next day to bless our business and he told us the best day to open would be Monday (this was Saturday). So we opened on Monday. Our Swedish friend Anders was in town for the birthday and he stayed for the opening. We had no sign and no customers. The next day we were closed (we will be closed Tuesdays). I made a quick sign and strung some more christmas lights and Wednesday we opened. We were packed, overwhelmed and exhausted. Thursday the same groups came back for another meal and we were packed again - $100 in sales just that evening. We met some nice people and they all loved the food. They came by for breakfast the next day. Now it is Saturday and we have had only two customers ( it is 8 p.m.). The blender/ coffee grinder broke and the electric grill stopped working (need a better transformer) but we are pulling it off. Our customer have been reporting back at their guesthouses what excellent food we serve and that has prompted visits by the locals to snoop around for our secret. More later...