Hang out at the bar with him and his friends. Feel the pressure and the joy of being a waiter as you follow him to fine dining. The tales are informative, humorous and interesting as they provide an effective balance between the amorous profound and the light, between the personal and the professional, between the contemporary and the historical, between European and American dining. In part this balance makes the stories so interesting. Most of all however these books are observations by a sometimes stiff waiter, at other times stiffed waiter.
Nothing is left out.
Truly a must read for anyone who would like to know what skills and more it takes to wait on tables in fine dining around the world. All in all, Erich's life experiences in Hamburg, the Costa Del Sol, in Johannesburg, in the Cape, in Big Sur and Monterey California add a pinch or two of paprika to the smidgens of heat throughout these most delicate slightly spicy waiters tales. The 3 books are based on actual waiters diaries from the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s and include most conservative views from Hamburg's fine dining and impressions from the Mediterranean collected along the Costa del Sol. You also get much more than just a glance at International money, pomp and movie stars in the tales about the South African Apartheid years. To top it all off, the stories happy ending introduces you to the casual style of California's coastal life.