Pork Fried Rice ...
Well, kind of. Trying to think back to my first job some many years ago, the years kind of stick together and it's hard to separate. I know roughly the time frame which is why I have to go with pork friend rice.
I was a sophomore in high school and my basketball friend hooked me up with a dishwashing job at the Waikiki restaurant in town. Nothing glamorous, nothing difficult. Just clean the dishes as they came in, load them in the dishwasher, take them out of the dryer and restock out in the dining room.
The extra cash helped with paying for gas considering I was one of the few with a car at the time, thanks to my grandmother, and buying concert tickets, yes, many concert tickets.
But the real benefit came at the end of the night. The excellent main cook, known in the back as "Grandfather" always made sure I had enough food to bring home each night.
He was amazed at my love of pork fried rice with duck sauce, but there was nothing better.
I can remember vividly watching the NCAA Final Four that year when freshman Derrick Coleman of Syracuse and freshman J.R. Reid of North Carolina squared off. That would be the last spring that I worked at the Waikiki, guessing it was around 1987, as I would eventually move down the road to Shaw's Supermarket.
First as a bag boy and eventually moving up to stocking shelves. I worked hard, learned a lot of valuable lessons in management, people skills, and the rewards and doors it can open. I worked some late night shifts, weekend shifts, days of scolding heat and retrieving carts through ice and snow. Years later, I can look back and say it was worth it. Plus, pretty hard to beat the free pork fried rice though.
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