14 Oct 2011

What's on your menu?

Louisiana_chinese_restaurant
I LOVE this picture. First of all, it’s just funny and unexpected. Second, it illustrates an important point for business. Either stick with what's expected, or do something unexpected in a big way. If the folks at Hai Nam just put gumbo on the menu—in southeast Louisiana—it probably would have been a joke. Instead, they’re shouting about it and probably drawing a lot of customers—the curious and the dubious both.

Does everything on your menu make sense, or is there stuff that just sort of hangs out there without being ordered? Is there something you feel confident is the best in town but you haven’t put it on the menu because it doesn’t seem to fit? If either is true, fix it.