{"id":1916,"date":"2015-11-03T09:32:46","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T23:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.moffat.com.au\/?p=1916"},"modified":"2019-12-18T09:17:46","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T23:17:46","slug":"the-choice-is-yours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moffat.com.au\/blog\/cooking\/restaurant-and-cafe\/the-choice-is-yours\/","title":{"rendered":"The choice is yours"},"content":{"rendered":"[spb_text_block animation=”none” animation_delay=”0″ padding_vertical=”0″ padding_horizontal=”0″ width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”]\n

Offering super health-conscious food is a rising trend for many inner city cafes and\u00a0restaurants, but it\u2019s nothing new for Argo on the Parade. Four years on and the clear\u00a0vision of this caf\u00e9 marks it as one of South Australia\u2019s most popular and successful.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Daniel Milky manages this family-owned business with his parents\u00a0and seven siblings. The Milky family has composed a straightforward\u00a0concept \u2013 to make healthy food both accessible and delicious.<\/p>\n

For 59 years Argo on the Parade was a bustling continental deli. Some\u00a0of the original owners were from Daniel\u2019s family. But after they sold the\u00a0shop in the early 2000s business dwindled, and it eventually closed. A\u00a0few years later Daniel and his family resurrected the site and gave it a\u00a0modern makeover.<\/p>\n

Argo on the Parade now caters for a wide range of food intolerances\u00a0and preferences from low fructose diets to gluten intolerance,\u00a0veganism and vegetarianism. Such diverse requirements might have\u00a0restricted the results but the cafe offers a varied, mouth-watering\u00a0selection of contemporary, fresh cuisine. Their concept is working. It is\u00a0attracting customers in droves.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was only 23 at the time we opened Argo on the Parade, back in\u00a02010\u201d, he says. \u201cIt\u2019s been five years of absolute craziness since then.\u201d\u00a0Daniel describes the caf\u00e9 as having eclectic appeal. A celiac himself,\u00a0and with vegan sisters, the family wanted the caf\u00e9 to be inclusive.\u00a0\u201cWe don\u2019t just attract one narrow group of customers,\u201d Daniel explains.\u00a0\u201cWe want everyone to feel welcomed and comfortable.<\/p>\n

As well as seating 110 people the caf\u00e9 offers takeaway food and\u00a0coffee. Demand on the kitchen is considerable. Typically there are\u00a0up to 25 staff working in the restaurant at any time, including three\u00a0baristas.<\/p>\n

At Argo on the Parade importance is placed on being a nonjudgemental\u00a0environment that is accessible and warm. There’s no\u00a0judgement or food snobbery.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t judge people for what they choose to eat\u201d, says Daniel.\u00a0\u201cWe want to support people and enable them to make healthier\u00a0choices. But, of course, what they end up eating is up to them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ahead of the crowd and with queues out the door \u2013 for Adelaide,\u00a0Argo on the Parade has become a healthy obsession.<\/p>\n[\/spb_text_block] [spb_image image=”1917″ image_size=”full” frame=”noframe” intro_animation=”none” animation_delay=”200″ fullwidth=”no” lightbox=”yes” link_target=”_self” caption_pos=”hover” width=”1\/3″ el_position=”first”] [spb_text_block title=”IN THE KITCHEN” animation=”none” animation_delay=”0″ padding_vertical=”0″ padding_horizontal=”0″ width=”2\/3″ el_position=”last”]\n

A really busy caf\u00e9 generates a lot of dishes, which can lead to time\u00a0and labour inefficiencies. To combat this Daniel asked Moffat to install\u00a0a Wexiodisk WD-153 ICS+ conveyor dishwasher<\/a><\/span>. This has reduced\u00a0the usual four staff washing dishes to just the one, or perhaps two\u00a0when busiest. In addition, Argo on the Parade has installed Moffat\u2019s\u00a0Wexiodisk PRM-90 corner pre-rinse machine<\/a><\/span>, a chain drive and a\u00a0Wexiodisk sorting station.<\/p>\n

Daniel knows these ovens well and thinks they are amazing. \u201cI find\u00a0they work best when I am actively involved with the process –\u00a0designing the menus and helping staff use the ovens in the most\u00a0appropriate way,\u201d he says. \u201cThat\u2019s when the machinery really shines\u201d.<\/p>\n

Daniel explains that since installing the S\u014fta speed cook ovens they\u00a0have been able to reduce toasting time on menu items such as\u00a0sandwiches from seven minutes down to one and a half minutes.\u00a0So the customers get in and out of the caf\u00e9 quickly, they\u2019re happy\u00a0for not waiting too long, and Argo on the Parade maintains a rapid\u00a0pace of turnover.<\/p>\n[\/spb_text_block]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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