Playbooks
Diner specials: learn combos and substitutions as a quick prep game
A diner runs on combos and substitutions. Learn the numbered specials and the swap rules as separate decks and quiz them like a quick prep game.
Lawrence Arya··4 min
Playbooks
Does training week suck? The menu test is what you can prep for
Training week tests come fast, and the menu test trips most new servers. Photograph the menu into a deck and quiz by recall across the week to pass it.
Lawrence Arya··4 min
Playbooks
Memorize strict fine-dining service sequences with a smart app
A strict fine-dining sequence is memory work. A hospitality app beats a generic flashcard tool by building ordered cards from a photo of your standards sheet.
Lawrence Arya··4 min
Playbooks
How to memorize the restaurant 'bible' without reading it all
Management sent you home with a 60-page restaurant 'bible' and a test in three days? Here is how to memorize only the pages that count, and skim the rest.
Lawrence Arya··5 min
Playbooks
Bad memory? Menu study tricks that actually work
Think you have a bad memory and a big menu to learn? These study tricks, images, self-testing, spacing, and audio, work for anyone, with a flashcard app from a photo.
Lawrence Arya··5 min
Essays
Do you have to write menu notecards by hand? Not anymore
Told to write out menu notecards by hand for your serving job? Here is why a phone app does the same thing faster, and how to tell management you have it covered.
Lawrence Arya··4 min
Playbooks
The easiest server training study hack that works
Want the easiest way to study for server training? Swap re-reading for quizzing yourself from a photo-built deck. That one change does most of the work.
Lawrence Arya··4 min
Playbooks
How servers remember to ask the meat-temperature question
Keep forgetting to ask 'how would you like that cooked?' Here is how to make the temperature question automatic and learn the doneness chart with flashcards.
Lawrence Arya··5 min
Playbooks
Build a server allergy test you can practice instantly
Want to know your menu's allergens cold? Build an allergy self-test from your menu and take it until you pass, with a quiz generated from a photo.
Lawrence Arya··4 min
Playbooks
Passing the Texas Roadhouse menu test: turn handouts into a quiz
Studying for the Texas Roadhouse menu test from a stack of handouts? Here is how to turn those pages into flashcards and quiz yourself, so you pass the test and work the floor with confidence.
Lawrence Arya··4 min